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Majority of my time is spent at work or doing some other necessary or family activity so $15/month really is getting wasted for nothing. Trust me this game rocks. Guild Wars is three different games set in the same world plus an expansion, and a sequel on the way. I have been playing World of Warcraft for a year now, and to tell you the truth.I'm tired of pay for play. Buy it, play it. The game is just as epic as World of Warcraft but with better graphics and designed like my favorite game, Diablo II. When you turn the game off, coins and cash stay were they should be, in YOUR POCKET.
So I looked at the downloadable ones online. That's just wasting $. Just my 2 cents but why pay for something for a month when the majority of your time isn't even playing the GAME. Some were pretty great ie. I have PVP'd yet (7th level warrior) but I'm already in a guild.
I finally sat back and look at my time. Soon as you begin you're in the story and it takes off from there. But Guild Wars, while having to pay for it initially but free forever, has them beat. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy playing WOW (65th Level Warrior), but for the time and price (sucky economy.).I needed a less expensive or free MMORPG. Perfect World and Shaiya.
I have no idea if u can buy this type of key card online. Please be careful everyone. Well i purchased this game used and i got a access key card with this game. It doesnt work so now I cannot play the game.
and keep playing. and play. and play.
The graphics are top notch and the gameplay is smooth and fun. It updates often, and, best of all, it's not a "World Of Warcraft". Guild wars is a lot of fun to play, and even look at.
They "Axed" the subscription fees, so you can play. The game is very great and I recommend it for anybody into fantasy MMO's. The system requirements for this game are VERY low.
You should hardly need to upgrade anything (i noticed a bit of a RAM problem, but i was running vista with 512 MB so 1 GB more did the trick) and you'll probably get more out of the game then it cost you.
So there will be no kill stealing, or ambushes to ruin your game. Also, you don't have to worry about other players ruining the game for you because you can only interact with them during guild battles or in towns. Overall, if you like mmorpg's where you grind for levels, enjoy grief playing, and only play to PK, then you will hate GW. This game is for a more mature player who instead of seeking greater levels to turn the tide of battle, use their own strategies on a balanced play field.
Each character has a primary and a secondary class, and the secondary class can be changed at will once a certain point in the story is reached. (The Frost Gate mission can be pretty tough, if you're playing alone).Second, the NPC henchmen. The main story of the game is interesting and compelling (although it meanders at times), but there's a large portion of content that you won't see simply by following it -- towns and outposts off the beaten track, non-storyline quests, interesting things to see, and a couple of especially-difficult dungeons to explore once you've finished the storyline.There are six playable character classes -- warrior, ranger, elementalist, necromancer, mesmer, and monk. Early on, it's easy to advance beyond the point where the opposing monsters reward any experience. This game was the first of the Guild Wars campaigns to be released, and it shows.
This makes it good for newer players, but experienced gamers might come to dread creating new characters.The difficulty level does ramp up noticeably as the game continues, and the last couple of story missions (and the endgame dungeons) can be very challenging. There are ways of hurrying it along a bit, but not of skipping it entirely. Of course, the difficulty is generally pretty low as well, although there are points where it increases sharply. Coupled with their poor AI, this can mean they die often, making missions difficult to complete.Finally, the start of the game features an extended tutorial. Now, the bad: First, this game starts off slow. In the Frost Gate mission, for instance, they're level 8, while the enemies you face will be levels 9-12. Characters can be played in the other campaigns, if you have them. This means they might be a couple of levels behind you.
There are some great things here -- a lot more content than I'd expected in a no-monthly-fee MMO -- but it's also plagued by annoyances that the later games in the series smoothed out.First, the good: There's a lot of content here. While these NPCs allow you to effectively play the game solo, their level is set to a constant, depending on the area they're in. But the early stages are slow enough that I now create all of my characters in one of the other two campaigns (Factions or Nightfall).Still, the game's story is good enough to warrant playing through. All skills can be swapped freely in any town, and each class has a few dozen to choose from. There's an extended tutorial, and while there are only 20 levels, you won't reach the top level for many hours.
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