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WHich is the best campaign for a newbie?
nomraw
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in Guild Wars
I wanna know if nightfall includes everything thats there in prophecies....U can give any other reccommendations too...and How is the game for now??
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You can get the campaigns separately, or now you can buy all three at once (Guild Wars Trilogy) for $50 on Amazon. Buying Nightfall separately does /not/ include Prophecies automatically. With no monthy fee, buying a box is all the money that ArenaNet gets. They're not just trying to get you to get started cheaply so that they can extract monthly fees from you.
As for which campaign to start on, it depends some on what you're looking for. If you do content for the sake of doing content and like an interesting challenge and a good storyline, I'd recommend that you play through the campaigns in the order in which they were released (Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall), in order to get the proper experience. If you do Nightfall or especially the Eye of the North expansion first, you'll get stronger faster, but it kind of ruins the earlier campaigns, especially the pve-only skills.
If you're trying to get your characters as strong as possible as quickly as possible, going to Nightfall first and then the Eye of the North is the way to do it. But if you're just looking for a grindfest, then Guild Wars might not be the right game for you.
Nightfall consists of a completely different continent, but includes all professions that comes with Prophecies as well as two of its own (the Paragon and Dervish). Apart from that, Nightfall also includes hero NPCs and many Nightfall-only skills, so on the whole it is a very good package for a newbie.
Take note - each campaign has a very different feel to it. Prophecies and Eye of the North is European themed, Factions is Asian themed and Nightfall is African themed.
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That's what I meant by my "new continent" comment. It's a completely different world, hence a totally different storyline, quests, many different skills etc.
In other words only the characters are included from factions.?
In other words only the characters are included from factions.?
I'm not quite sure what you're asking?
Thinking of Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall as completely seperate games. They can each be played on their own. They are, however, linked in the way that you can take your Prophecies character and play Factions with it and vice versa.
There are a couple of Core skills that come with every campaign, as well as 6 Core Professions that come with every campaign too. Apart from that, they are all different in that they each have their own skills, quests, missions, continents and just about everything else.
Main Campaign length :-
Factions is the shortest campaign
Prophesies is the longest campaign
Nightfall is somewhere between the others on main mission length
Eye of the North is just a little longer than Factions (but needs 1 of the above settings installed 1st)
Levelling Speed :-
You will reach L20 fastest in Factions/Nightfall
Prophesies is the slowest
Fluff :-
Henchmen are fairly crap, at low levels they work, but as the campaigns advance thier skillsets become outdated and only marginally effective
Nightfall introduced Hero characters and are way better than Henchmen
Eye of the North added a few extra Hero's, there is an additional hero made available if you also own Factions (Assasin) or Prophesies (necromancer)
Skills :-
They are broken down into 5 basic settings
Core Skillset Available in all 3 campaigns
Prophesies Skillset Available if you own GW:Prophesies
Factions Skillset Available if you own GW:Factions
Nightfall Skillset Available if you own GW:Nightfall
EotN Skillset Available if you own Eye of the North
so if you buy Nightfall & EotN you will have access to the Core Skillset, Nightfall & EotN skillsets, but not the skills made available in Prophesies or Factions (gw wiki is a good place to look as it lists skills available by campaign & class)
I'd recommend Nightfall +EotN or Prophesies + Eotn for starting out, then add another campain when your ready leaving factions till last. Unless you want to follow the storyline through in whichcase get the campaigns in the order they were released.
info on combo packs
North America: Guild Wars Trilogy
wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Guild_Wars_Trilogy
retails around 50.00
Europe: Guild Wars the complete collection
wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Guild_Wars:_The_Complete_Collection
includes everything including Eye of the North
EQ2 fan sites
THanx a million everyone...I think I might buy just prophecies first..as I just went through a poll thread where many voted prophecies as the best..
Why can't we get everything in N. America?
I would try and get a trial key to see if you like it. That way you can save money and get the Trilogy. I also think you can get EotN for free if you buy any other chapter at Gamestop. At least you could in the beginning of the week.
-Almerel
Hello my old friend.
i personally like nightfall the most out of the 3 campaigns. the new classes and all were so fun to play, especially the dervish (if thats what the scythe wielding guys were called, cant remember)
Hey i was about to ask the same question but everyone here sort answerd everything well i will start from 1 and go in order iam not in a rush. is it true there will be gw 2?
Yes it is true indeed.
Prophecies is ALWAYS the best start for GW. It tells you the proper backstory and introduces you to all aspect of gameplay - and is long and bloody fun.
If you get other campaigns - then chances are you will not "enjoy" them as much since you wont have a clue WHY you are doing what you are doing and will probably think they are just mindless missions. Bloody fun nonetheless.
Nightfall is a mixed beast. It has its claws in all 3 chapters, and is a story in itself.
Best to play GW in the order they released them chapters - so you progress just as the story does. Your character will not be "gimped" in any way by the lack of all chapters installed. All cross-chapter items are freely available in the usual trade cities.
And did I mention bloody good fun?