Sancho Panza
Novice
- Joined
- Sep 11, 2005
- Messages
- 9
On a serious note, I bought both games (Guild Wars first) when I became disgusted with the SWG "combat upgrade"
SWG was my first and only mmorpg, and I loved it, had good friends, and was an accomplished weaponsmith. However, even before the infamous CU, it had begun to pall, so I quit and after a few months of floating around, had to pick a new game.
It was a tough choice,between GW and WOW, and in the end the free-ness of GW won out so I bought it. It was surprising to me how un-fun it was right off the bat. Everything being an instance really killed the joy mainly. You cant really meet people in the over-crowded towns very well, and as soon as you step out of the town you are literally on your own - in an instance. I spent the whole week or two playing with NPC party members.
Granted, I quit playing before I reached 20, I was lvl 12 or so, so it may be better further along.
SO began a month of kicking myself and wishing I had gotten WOW. Finally, I had some extra cash, and managed to rationalize two big $50 game purchases in 2 months to myself and my wife and bought WOW. I have been happy ever since!
Unlimited number of characters, RP servers (with more mature players) and so many quests, I can play with or without friends, and -gasp- I can just meet someone along in the middle of a non-instanced quest and team up. It truly is the best all-around mmorpg out there.
In addition, with the huge amount of abilities learned over time, the grinding is sorta fun. Also, with the talent trees, character customization is better then most RPG games, thought admittedly, the character graphics are not quite so customizeable, one of my gripes.
SWG was my first and only mmorpg, and I loved it, had good friends, and was an accomplished weaponsmith. However, even before the infamous CU, it had begun to pall, so I quit and after a few months of floating around, had to pick a new game.
It was a tough choice,between GW and WOW, and in the end the free-ness of GW won out so I bought it. It was surprising to me how un-fun it was right off the bat. Everything being an instance really killed the joy mainly. You cant really meet people in the over-crowded towns very well, and as soon as you step out of the town you are literally on your own - in an instance. I spent the whole week or two playing with NPC party members.
Granted, I quit playing before I reached 20, I was lvl 12 or so, so it may be better further along.
SO began a month of kicking myself and wishing I had gotten WOW. Finally, I had some extra cash, and managed to rationalize two big $50 game purchases in 2 months to myself and my wife and bought WOW. I have been happy ever since!
Unlimited number of characters, RP servers (with more mature players) and so many quests, I can play with or without friends, and -gasp- I can just meet someone along in the middle of a non-instanced quest and team up. It truly is the best all-around mmorpg out there.
In addition, with the huge amount of abilities learned over time, the grinding is sorta fun. Also, with the talent trees, character customization is better then most RPG games, thought admittedly, the character graphics are not quite so customizeable, one of my gripes.
