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Haradeas

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1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

I am always strict in following the storyline through a game. I wanted to simply play 1 char start in Prophecies and end in Nightfall.

I have read tons of informations about doing this but I got more then 1 reason that makes it kinda lame and boring to do :(

If you want a new prof from NF or factions and want to start in prophecies... forget it :( You have to play like 1/3 of the addons before you can start in prophecies ( so storyline kinda screwed ) and besides that, there arent even skills of the new professions in prophecies. ><

I love the storyline and questing and hate playing with more the 1 char and changing secundairy prof (even once). But it seems that I am forced to play 3 chars >< 1 char of each part of GW. OR I am forced to play a core profession ( first and secundairy ) so that I can go trough the 3 GW parts without to much skill problems...

I only wanted to just play 1 char with 1 primairy and 1 secundairy though the whole GW storyline. (without changing it) Seems impossible if I dont take only the core professions...

So I dont have much motivation anymore to start a new char in prophecies and gather prof skills only to change it to another prof ( when I move on to the next part/addons factions, then NF ) because I wanted to play a non-core prof :(

So I just wait on the asnwers here before I make up my mind what I gonna do now... I really hope someone can enlighten me on this matter :)

Thx for ya time

Cheers :)

08/20/07 12:29

SycX

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

Hmmh, what do you expect to hear?

Of course there are no skills in Prophecies for Factions/NF classes cause I guess ANet didn't know which other classes they'd add in their following campaigns. And it would be a lot of work if they added Assassin/Ritualist/Dervish/Paragon to Prophecies afterwards, with having to change skill trainers, dialogues, armors, etc...

So I guess the way GW is, it isn't possible to play it the way you'd like to (except when playing a core profession, as you mentioned).

08/20/07 12:35

Haradeas

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

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kk thx m8. Just thought I was wrong about it ( kinda hoped it ) But dervish was the only new prof I was interssted in. To bad.

Btw, they only have the change the skills( links) you get by quests by the prof you have... they dont have to change anything else :)

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08/20/07 12:43

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

I recently purchased 3 character slots and filled them up with more characters. Now I have every primary profession. Of course if you want an Assassin, you have to start it in Factions. Thats the story line for that character type.

You could create a W/Mo and take him/her through every campaign.

08/20/07 12:45

SycX

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

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To make it fair for people who started (for example) a dervish in Prophecies, they'd have to add new bosses with elite skills for the non-core classes in Tyria. Otherwise people playing those chars would have to wait til they get to Canthat or NF (in the dervish's case) to get any elites. :)

08/20/07 12:45

Haradeas

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

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If they just change the skill rewards to the new profs that would also be fine. Ofc it we wanna capture elite skills then we have to add mobs.... maybe we dont have to add, just add some skill to the mobs. ( if they dont become invincible that is :P )

08/20/07 12:52

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

I think your playing the wrong game mate ^^

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08/20/07 13:32

Hardstrike

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

I don't get the problem. at least I haven't had any.
each prof is great in its own campain, like ritualists in cantha. and dervishes in elona.

but the abiliy is there to take em to another campain, and to swap secondary prof. if you don't use that its your problem. you CAN, but if u won't... don't complain ;)

08/20/07 13:33

Brother Fork

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

For an example... Those who only have prophecies can't be dervs/paras/rts or assassins.. so if a-net would add bosses in proph it wouldn't work for the "Only Proph accounts" to get titles like Tyrian Skill hunter and such things... so it would be unfair for those who doesn't have all of the campains.

08/20/07 14:05

Haradeas

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

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So you like to play a prof transfer to another campain and play the whole campaign with the same skills -_- ( because there arent any dervish skills in prophecies...

08/20/07 14:07

Haradeas

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

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but it is fair for the people that bought them all ? ... they dont need to add bosses only change the skill rewards for quests...

08/20/07 14:09

SycX

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

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When I said they would have to add bosses in Tyria, I meant that would be the case IF/WHEN you could play dervishes in Prophecies...therefore people who only own Prophecies could complete the skill hunter title (cause dervishes would be available in Proph) :)

I knew this topic was going to end in some discussion^^

08/20/07 14:23

Grimgram

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

dude either play the cards you are delt or fold.
why shuld the game adapt after you when you refuse to adapt after the game. this is the way it is and it wont change. besides. when you bring a char from proph into say elonan pre missions it says that "these are events that took place before your char was here" or something like that, the camps play out simultaniously so either play core prof from tyria and keep it in the rest or play another prof and start in that professions campaign

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08/20/07 15:51

Evil Geek

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

As each new campaign was released the storyline in other campaigns was adapted to accomodate 'people from another continent'. There is nothing to stop you creating a character in any campaign and moving it to get the majority or all of the other campaign as long as your accts are linked and still have an enjoyable/coherent storyline.

As an example : A few of us created new characters in NF, two of my buddies couldnt play for a while so I took my NF created Ele and got her the Protector of Cantha title and followed that storyline qute happily :)

For a non tyrian Character a run from LA to ascalon isnt going to be hard to get, you may have to get a couple of runs but it would be relaively easy to do and you can start Tyria (with the exception of pre of course) from the begining.

It can be done so that the storyline makes complete sense but you can't get the skills from one continent unless you go there, that isn't going to change.

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08/20/07 16:22

Hardstrike

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

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So you like to play a prof transfer to another campain and play the whole campaign with the same skills -_- ( because there arent any dervish skills in prophecies...

exactly,
what am i supposed to do then? not play the campain with a character i really like? thats lame.

The fact that you have a problem with it doesn't mean everybody does. In fact, I think you are the only one. ofcourse it would be great to have dervish skills in prophecies, but its impossible. and it won't make the game less fun.

So just play it or not, and don't bother other people with it.

08/20/07 16:39

An Experienced Noob

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

I'm confused about this whole thing. Each campaign (while having things that are related to the others) has its own storyline to follow. There is no "one giant storyline" that connects them all.

08/20/07 16:41

kingoffly

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

you can still buy some tomes for your skills lol
and i just done the3games on 1char
like you want to do
but i did begin in factions faster level 20so faster game and easier
the i went to NF when finished i went to P
you can't get in PRE but whatever i don't like that place anyway XD

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08/20/07 18:02

Mister Mud

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

I can understand that if you get focused on one thing, you can stick with it for a while, but it's good to spread out your characters. By the way, no matter what you say, I think you'll change your secondary profession at least once. Change is good, especially in Guild Wars, you can find better builds/skills/profession combinations that way.

Also, I think that technically you could start with Factions, then go to Prophecies, then Nightfall. It's only at the end of Nightfall that you kind of need a sense of what happened in Prophecies and Factions to understand what's up. To the contrary, you can start Factions and be perfectly fine with not knowing anything about Prophecies, and visa versa. That way, you at least gain access to the Assassin and Ritualist professions.

Whatever you decide, good luck on you, and see you in Guild Wars!

08/20/07 19:29

Haradeas

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

Thank you all ( well most of you who answered me nicely that is ) for your opinion.

P.S. There is a giant storyline btw ;)

Cheers

08/21/07 14:44

Truemajeed

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

Look. If you want to take a charachter through all 3 campaigns, and to benefit as much as possible from that, then obviously a core prof is the starting point... you can get skills / elites/ armour in all 3 campaigns that way

If you want to take a derv through all 3, then obviously the only thing that will benefit will be your 2ndary... and switching your secondary is kinda important to get a good feel of what the primary can do...

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08/21/07 15:16

sweet_insanity

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

Unfortunately u cant, i spose Anet didnt want to start putting extra proffesions in prophecies because it would have taken them ages to do, this would include new bosses ect. around the campaign, i spose it would have been a pain 4 them.

08/21/07 15:33

Evil Geek

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

Another thought on getting access to skills from other campaigns if you decide to be completely linear in following the storyline, you could always go do some PvP, take the Zaishen Challenge or do some RA.

As far as I understand it you can unlock the skills from the campaigns you own by using the faction points earned in PvP at the Priest of Balthazaar. To get access to them in PvE then you need to get some tomes which you can buy from other players by watching trade chat or advertising in most major towns, use that tome to get any skill you unlocked via PvP for that profession.

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08/21/07 16:00

Truemajeed

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

Tomes drop in HM, right>?

Looks like those bosses have been dropping too many rubbish items and not enough tomess in HM lol

08/21/07 16:28

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RE: 1 char to play GW / Factions / NF = not doable by arena ? :(

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Tomes drop in HM, right>?

Yeah thats why he will need to buy them as he wont have access to HM until he finishes whatever campaign he chooses to start with.

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08/21/07 16:34

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