retired_A_Y_A

I was a hardcore player at one point.

In terms of being RPG'ish', it's a lot less geeky than other ones. you need a bit of a head for numbers but thats about it.

They make their money by releasing add-on packs for you to purchase.

Single player is ok but it really comes together when you do get into a group with others (you can just do single missions with others, you don't then get joined with them) to attempt a mission instead of taking CPU characters with you.

I found the first chapter (about 2 and a half years ago) to be absolutely fantastic but then later chapters spoled it and don't play it anymore. Couple this with the fact that the community probably isn't as friendly as it was at the beginning and i'd probaby recommend searching for something else to play.

drcobalt

cheers for your input guys - will think about getting it for christmas :thup:

retired_nafrally

There are 3 things to consider regarding MMOs.

[] Free
[] Online
[] Good

Pick two. In Guild Wars case it's Free and Online, not Good.
World of Warcraft would be Good and Online, but not Free. etc
Have played both.

retired_ietus

Could you name a couple of offline MMO's please?

retired_therob

That's a contradiction in terms, isn't it?

retired_ietus

Yep

retired_nafrally

the point is meant to be that there are no good free MMOs

retired_rinkjustice

Guild Wars wasn't/isn't a mmorpg like all the rest

Was closer to a mixture of online rpg and an online shooter more than anything else.


At least when I played, the big thing(s) were Tombs and the guild battle.

The guild I was in was an alpha/beta guild so we dominated the ladder and tombs when it first came out (even for awhile we were having fun zerg-rushing other guilds and winning that thing in about 30 seconds to a minute ), but most of us got annoyed because of the pain in the ass grind required to unlock everything and quit.


Point is, it wasn't supposed to be the grindfest of WoW/EQ/DAOC, but instead closer to playing an team-based online shooter like Tribes, CS, or TF. At least that's what had attracted the group of people I played with during beta, which is why we all left when they tried to keep the grind whores satisfied.