I have been playing Factions since Friday with the pre-order access key. I did have the collectors edition on pre-order but got shafted by its delay in release (if I wait then I would be at risk of loosing my new characters) so I went with the standard version. I have really been enjoying the campaign thus far on the starter island. The assassin class is really fun to play, what with the chained attacks and being able to teleport around and all. I was also able to take my Monk over to Cantiha and made a killing on the inflated materials prices. I had about 97 steel ingots stockpiled when I stopped playing a month ago, so I made a ton offloading them at 300g-400g. each.

Currently I am up to the second mission area (Zen Daijun) and need to do quests in that area. So if anyone catches me on I would be happy to help with quests/missions etc.

Aww, I would so be in if you could spread characters among different guilds =/ Maybe after my inevitable kicking ^^;

Phew! Looks like my hard work will be safe as I wait for Collector's to arrive. I'll have to take a break from Factions for a couple days, but nothing I can't handle. I'm just wondering if I'll be able to still sneak into Cantha with my original characters.

Interestingly though, I've found the game a bit easy to play with my A/Mo. With everyone pretty much playing an Assassin, it's been hard to find a party, so I usually end up going through with a bunch of henchies. I feel that you get to level 20 pretty damn quick though, since all the quests feel like giving you loads of xp (although some of them do deserve it =/ ). I haven't been trying to rush through the game, but I feel like one could just breeze by through it if they had a reasonable amount of skill.

I passed the second mission, but wouldn't mind playing with you Exchrono. Just get on MSN sometime.

:ninja:

The reason why the monastary island rushes you to level 20, is because once you reach the mainland, you'll be running into huge mobs (10, 15 guys) all lvl 20 and above, and the difficulty gets ramped right up to near impossible.

"In prophecies, it was all about getting there, in Factions, you're already there"

In that case, then I feel like Factions does not merit its price tag. While I understand this is how NCSoft is going to make its money from the game, $50 for a quick expansion seems a bit much, especially if it only promises a few hours of gaming time.

But then again, GW was never really hyping its single player aspect, it's all about the multiplayer, so I understand the direction to go with a (seemingly) shorter storyline with Factions.

Heck, they had some of those insane mob quests on monastery island in any case. There are a few I haven't even thought of touching until I get up to 20.

Thats not how it is at all.

Here's a quick summary of the game, as how I experienced it. You make a new lvl 1 character in Cantha. You start on the monastary island, and it quickly brings you into an imersive story. You do training, quests, (quests that give you 3500-5000 exp) which quickly boost up your level. Think of the monastary as the original pre-sear. The reason they get you to lvl 20 quickly, because, well.. the mainland is very difficult.

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/219/gw0510he.th.jpg
thats the monastary island, and its quite big... you'll spend a good 5-6 hours there, doing all the quests.

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this is the mainland. its smaller then tyria, but its alot more dense. There are alot of towns, outposts, missions, and a boat load of quests. BUt once again, very difficult mobs. all lvl 20 and above. Dont expect to survive there if you're not lvl 18 or higher.

Think of it as story line too.. Prophecies was starting out as a new recruit, following the storyline across the mountains, getting to Lions Arch, you're level 20, and then you get swept up in the new storyline that unfolds with the white mantle and all that.. Then you ascend, and it just keeps going.

Factions, is you start, new recruit, but there are already bad things happening on the island, and they push you to grow quickly, so when you get to the mainland, you'll stand a fighting chance against the multitudes of enemies. Factions by far, is not a short game. There is an equal amount of content, and is equal in length as well. Ignore the whole "but you get to lvl 20 in 4 hours" level 20 means nothing. Its all about skills in this game.

If you want to see a fully explored map of Cantha, you can do so Here
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How exactly do you get your characters from the Prophecies Campaign to Cantha? I've been asking people but nobody ever seems to answer.

EDIT: Ah! Thanks, much appreciated, Rollins.

Whew...took a while, but I got my Luxon 15k, along with a new pet :biggrin: .

http://public-files.pcloadletterwtf....ures/gw202.jpg

Wow, wtf is that? >.> A chicken? thing? Thats neat.

That is a phoenix. You can grab one after you finish the last mission. =)

Luxon or Kurzick side? Dude, thats awsome, and is enough to make me want to make a ranger.

Ah....I shouldn't give a way spoiliers =p. Let's just say either way you go, it'll be the same ending.

Awsome. I'm only at.. uh, I got to the temple place, where that ghost assasin girl is. Not that far I know, I've been taking my time :P

QUICK CHECK!

How far has everyone gotten? I've been busy with finals and friends and such, so I haven't gotten very far on my E/Rt.

I don't like the undercity much for Factions, and how it was set up. I mean, you have these same couple types of guys, and your job in a lot of silly side missions is to kill the same thing over and over again. Also, it frustrates me not being able to run to mission spots and being forced to complete the most roundabout quests in order to get inside a town. I know they're trying to stop runners and farmers and such, but it seriously is killing the game.

Besides, having to pay for every skill now, instead of unlocking with quests, gets pricy, and I know a lot of people who don't have the money to keep up with it.

I've only gotten to the temple where you meet the ghost assasin lady person. Not too far either.

I don't mind that there are no skill quests, and I think its not too expensive to get them. Its not like you need to buy every skill given to you. Only the ones you need, when you need them... The most expensive investment I put into factions so far was buying each of the secondary professions. That was a bummer, but a few quests and selling loot got me back the money I spent so s'all good.

Just recently started playing Guild Wars again after a good 3 month break..decided to try out the new updates(dont plan on getting Factions though) since some of them seemed worth playing for.

Was wondering about mini-pets that I keep seeing every so often: How exactly do you get one? Does a character have to be 12 months old or can the account in general be 12 months old?

Btw if anyone wants to play I'm up for anything...PM Huggable Snuggables or Oh Fiddles =)

Your character has to be 12 months old for them to receive the mini-pet in their inventory. Think of them as birthday presesnts. Also, if you buy the Factions Collectors edition, you'll get a minipet from that.

http://www.guildwars.com/images/scre...en147-page.jpg

Could you like go out and buy a collector's edition of factions and add the key and still get the pet even if you already have a factions key on your account?

This is highly unfortunate, but due to the fact that I'm at school, I can't play Guild Wars anymore and haven't been for a while (damn school networks). However, Summer is once again approaching, and I hope to play. Is it worth getting however, considering my former involvement with Guild Wars (Kitty and others who were around a year ago probably remember...)?

Yes, I believe you can. Find a store that has the collectors edition first :P

I got mine at bestbuy believe it or not

I went into Gamestop yesterday and was like "sup, you got Guild Wars Factions Collector's Edition" and the guy was like "We have one in the back but it was someone's preorder." Of course I asked "Shouldn't he have picked it up by now? It's been a couple weeks." So he is like "You know, good point. Let me check. Oh hey, here you go." So now I have it. Yeah he was a good kid.

HAHA...nice!

Sucks to be that kid. =p