Well, just a mini-review, really.
I've played an guy to level 20 on this game, elementalist methinks. I stopped at the quest where you have to go from one place to another, trying it with hencies seeing as its extremeley hard to get people to help.
I've allso got a warrior/monk to around 11, stopped her because i was on an impossibley hard mish, den zajuun or something i think, dunno How i got past it with my elementalist.
To be honest, its a good game. And maybe because i phail, but i find the 'Skill' aspect to be too heavy. Its not
newbie freindly. Wich i personally think is a rather important aspect of games. Now maybe its because ive only played the factions campain, and i've heard its the hardest one.
But there are a few things that really gripes me about this game.
It relies too heavily on team-work.
Now, dont get me wrong, i love some team-work and strategy in a game, but guild wars takes it to the point where your going to HAVE to max out your party with henchies otherwise your going to get completeley owned if you try and solo. Unless youve got great gear and are extremeley skilled.
It is hard to get team members.
Most people in the game - aside from some level 20s arent really bothered with teaming if theyre not doign the same quest as you. Now this wouldnt be so bad. But the fact that the game is not open-world just reduces the possiblity of getting a team by about 50-80 percent in my eyes.
Most of the time ive got a team in MMORPGS through "Hey, you doing the quest <name>" to people who ive met outside, they say yes and we go on happy adventures in a boat made of money with a talking dog named Bernard.
...*ahem*
I've very rareley got teams by just standing in a town and shouting: LFG <Quest>
Relies on skill to much.
Now, dont get me wrong, i like a bit of skilled required to play a game, but to be honest, the only people who are going to get the full amount the game has to offer are the veterans / elite players.
Classic example, im trying to do this Go to <Person> quest on my elementalist, with a team of hencies, then we run into a huge group wich is backed by one of those elite mob people.
Team wipe.
Now this wouldnt be so bad if it wasnt so
Damn Hard to get a team of acuall players...
Though, this is just my point of view, and im glad that youve managed to get enjoyment from this game that i- so far have completeley failed to see.