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    Default Is Guild Wars worth buying?

    I'm thinking about buying all the expansions for Guild Wars tomorrow but first I'd like to know, is it worth it?
    Nearly every free mmorpg bores the hell out of me and Guild Wars sounded like a nice pvp game.

    Could someone give me the pros and cons of the game?
    Thanks.

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    If you have enough money to spare to the point where you can buy all of the expansions in one trip...then sure why not...its a GREAT game.


    If you don't like it, you can always just throw it away(money seems to be no issue for you) and buy something else.

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    Buy 1 first. Then buy expansions. Ugh..awesome game. I was stunned by the storyline. It really held me into the game

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    Pro's

    Casual
    Fun (opinion but w/e)
    Decent graphics
    Balanced so you can find a playstyle and enjoy it without being over or under powered.
    Just about every playstyle is in the game so you'll be able to make a character you like
    storyline that's engaging
    teamplay is stressed (which I like cooperation)
    Great PVP
    good replay value
    Amazing title/achievement system to let those hard-core players stay hard-core and have something to show/work for.

    Cons

    Community is over all nice, but theres the occaisonal douchebag
    Learning curve to get into pvp is kinda steep if you are wanting organised GVG's.
    Sometimes Choppy music/slight bugs. I think they are hardly noticable, but sometimes you will "teleport" back a few spaces because you lagged.
    End-game farming is pretty build specific. AKA ursans/cryway. It's efficient but lame boring and hard to get anything done group wise anyway else.

    It's definitely worth the money, because it's only one time fee, and you can always play while another game is in matenence or if you want a change of pace, w/e.

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    From personal experience i found it a great game with a a clan or mates but kinda got boring soloing with npcs.
    Unsure if the game is still as populated as before and i haven't got eye of the north so cant tell ya about that.
    It's probably just as good as the stand alone counterparts which kept me hooked for hours as I tried to make the best elementalist possible and I enjoyed owning in pvp with clan/mates

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    Oh I have Factions already but I wan't the others aswell.
    I don't think there that dear anymore maybe 30 euro for the newest one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ControlKill View Post
    I'm thinking about buying all the expansions for Guild Wars tomorrow but first I'd like to know, is it worth it?
    Nearly every free mmorpg bores the hell out of me and Guild Wars sounded like a nice pvp game.

    Could someone give me the pros and cons of the game?
    Thanks.
    Yes. But you have to buy all of the expansions too

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    I know you have to buy the expansions

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    Quote Originally Posted by ControlKill View Post
    I checked game.co.uk and all the games are 7 pound, now I don't live in English but I'd say the prices are just a bit higher around here.
    Quote Originally Posted by Squeak2 View Post
    IF money is a problem for you, you can look for the trilogy, or similar combined deals. Often saving you money. Look into the NCSoft online store as well. They had a buy 1 get 1 50% off or something like that.
    £10 is the retail price per chapter (its cheaper with most stores, online stores more so). While the complete collection box goes for £20 I think, so it works out to be half price.

    I'm just getting back into the game, playing as a ranger in prophecies.

    Quote Originally Posted by VinalTat View Post
    Yes. But you have to buy all of the expansions too
    There's only one expansion
    Prophecies, Factions, and Nightfall are stand alone chapters. GW:EN is the expansion, as it requires a previous game to play.

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    I'd buy it off amazon or direct2drive.com if I were you, direct2drive.com is having a sale on all of the Guild Wars games.

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    I was thinking about rejoining, but I'm giving ragnarok a try and seeing how that goes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bryan View Post
    I'd buy it off amazon or direct2drive.com if I were you, direct2drive.com is having a sale on all of the Guild Wars games.
    I don't think my mam would let me use her credit card>_>
    I would rather just go down to Game and buy them, its only 5 minutes away.

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    in order to have maximum fun, get the expansions as well, then its considered fun.

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    yes, its worth your money, eotn is particularly fun, but u need one of the base chapters to get to it, any would do, tho i personally preferred prophecies and nightfall over factions. if i were you, i'd look for the trilogy, i know for a fact that in aus, getting the trilogy saves u heaps of money than getting the individual campaigns, i found nightfall and factions on their own standalone for approx 70$ + each, but the trilogy with all three was 100$ and it came with a free copy of eotn.

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    gw is worth every penny of it. for a non subscribing mmo, it has few problems like too much instanciation (planned), lack of itemization (planned), and elitist pvp (planned too).
    but the good points are so good you ignore the bad points.
    best story ever in an online rpg game, best immersion ever, an engaging skill based combat system, excellent henchmen system, etc etc.
    gw2 coming with better stuff. till that grab gw. its a world apart from the pathologic asian grinders that call themselves mmos.

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    I feel sorry for you guys... I got mine from Toys'R'us

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    Quote Originally Posted by TrueElements View Post
    something isnt right,no fggts has said "get wow instead" yet...
    Well, U already have kinda said it ^_~.

    I won't comment anymore bout GW, as it appears everyone has said sumthin godd but it n_n.

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    ya and pm me when ya get it, ill help ya ingame

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