Guild Wars

[Evilhalfling]

not that I've noticed, but aside from my monk with an axe, I play mostly casters.

I finally beat Prophcies last night with my Ele. Including redoing builds the last mission took about 2 hours.
Using the Fridged armor spell and having two casters with exisinguish helped with the constant being set on fire.

There are still titan missions left - but do I go on to beat the 3rd game with my ele, or work on a full suit of elite armor? since he has an elite Luxon shirt its only 45k and 40 jade (~57k total) to finish.

 

[hong]

I figured out the sword skin thing. It was the rit henchman casting weapon spells on me.

The final Prophecies missions generally weren't that hard (certainly not in comparison to Factions), even though I had a distinctly un-twinked build: warrior/ranger with a bow. I took in 2 healers, a prot monk, 2 nuke eles, a dervish and someone else. The NPCs are far better at keeping track of who needs healing than I am.

I haven't bothered with the titan missions, since they sound too much like work. I'm having a go at the Sorrow's Furnace quests though. Mostly I've been farming for elite armour and Kurzick faction. Yet to start Nightfall....

 

[Cage-Rattler]

Just going to pop in and say that, if you liked the storyline in GW: Prophecies....

[MindControl] Get Nightfall! [/MindControl]

I've yet to go through the Fifth Mission in Nightfall (out of 20), and already the story is blow-me-away epic.

 

[hong]

Actually, the storyline in Factions is pretty epic too. Become closer to the stars, track down and defeat the shade of an ancient traitor, whose death scream turned half a continent to jade a century ago... awesome. It possibly feels slightly less epic because you become closer to the stars not 1/4 of the way into the campaign, but Factions is funny that way.

But damn, am I having a hard time doing the bonus for the Dunes of Despair mission. Either the ghostly hero carks it while I'm off fighting the Forgotten generals, or he finishes his ritual and kicks me out of the mission prematurely.

 

[Evilhalfling]

in the first game you have to "Ascend" to change secondary classes.
In Factions you have to become "Closer to the Stars"
In Nightfall you have to kill some bugs in a cave, and your first hero (Koss) can do it at 3rd level. Its one of my least favoriate game changes.

I finished NF with a second character last night. It was much harder, as the first time around I used a rit with weapon of vengance and reverse damage, and brought reverse damage on 2 hero monks. Standing back and letting the uber boss kill himself? boring but very effective. This was nerfed in an update. I eventually gave up on pugs and henchies and called in a friend/guildmate to help - 2 charaters and 6 heroes managed the job.

 

[Vocenoctum]

Don't forget tomorrow, gotta get the Halloween masks!

 

[hong]

Geez, what is it with all the people spending thousands to buy up trick-or-treat bags?

 

[Vocenoctum]

Geez, what is it with all the people spending thousands to buy up trick-or-treat bags?

Supply & Demand.
Also, ignorance, since a lot of folks don't know how easy they are to get, I suppose.

When I'm bored sometimes, waiting for a friend to sign on, I'll sell collector pieces and there are almost always buyers. It's amusing when the pieces are right around the area you're selling in, but no one goes to get them...

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Finally picked up Eye of the North- it's actually my favorite of the games so far. It may not be a complete campaign in and of itself like the others, but it effectively is (in the sense that the storyline is self-contained). I love how it is more freeform than the other campaigns- where you could get stuck in an area if you didn't/couldn't get past a particular mission. I love exploring and filling in so much of the area on the original Tyria map.

Does anyone know if you can get the rewards for the books more than once? (IE, get a couple of extra books, complete the chapters, and turn them in as you go, so you get the 3000 xp, 6000 xp, etc. rewards all the way along)? Or can you only collect them once (maybe from each "faction"- the Norns, Dwarves, and Usura?)

Also, haven't been following the GW2 news much lately, but does anyone know if they've mentioned whether Cantha will be a part of that game (maybe not initially but eventually)? That's actually my favorite region of the world thus far.

 

[Vocenoctum]

Also, haven't been following the GW2 news much lately, but does anyone know if they've mentioned whether Cantha will be a part of that game (maybe not initially but eventually)? That's actually my favorite region of the world thus far.

Initially it'll just be the Prophecies area, but changed. Lions Arch will be a rogue city, Ascalon ruined, etc. There's a magazine right now with some info (and a code for a Destroyer minipet).