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Originally Posted by longman
Well I've already googled GW but I prefer a player's point of view on the game. The only GW available around my local area is GW: Eye of the north. It's an expansion right? Does that mean I have to buy GW originals to play it or can I just play Eye of the north?
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You'll want to buy the guild wars trilogy first. (its a bit more than a single game, but significatly cheaper than buying indivudually) Eye of the north comes later.
As for game play, Heres my personal opinion:
PVE:
Prophecies: Long startup, fabulous for first time players, great storyline, no rush for leveling. End game content is a bit small, but its the best campaign to access the underworld and fissure of woe from. Sorrows furnace is awesome, but a bit empty these days.
Factions: Forced leveling, very structured storyline, overall I find it annoying to play. On the flip side of the coin, Factions has the fastest leveling (level 20 and access to other continents in as little as 10 hours) and the only 12 man areas in GW. Urgoz Warren and the deep are probably the most fun endgame areas. Factions also adds three unique forms of pvp to the game (Allianace battles 12v12, Jade Quarry 8v8 and Fort Aspenwood 8v8)
Nightfall: Slower leveling that factions this is the first campaign with any grinding. Even so its faster than prophecies, and has a good storyline. Nightfall's endgame (domain of anguish) is the hardest in guild wars (Its the only area that I have never survived for any length of time in the game)
Eye of the North: The only expansion, EotN is all middle -> endgame. lots of content, and more grinding than most of the rest of guild wars, but its all optional.
Bascially for PVE guild wars is like many of the best MMO's out there with far less time grinding.
PVP is where the game really shines. Guild wars has the absolute most balanced pvp system of any game I've played, and allows you to start pvp immediatly after buying the game, theres no need to level a character before hand. With over 1000 skills to choose from and only 8 slots on your bar, you are forced to rely on allies, soloing is nearly impossible. There are exceptions to this but they are easily countered. If you like any pvp, casual or tournament or anything in between guild wars is the game for you.