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deejrandom: Well I have a guild hall we can meet in. I can play in the mornings between about 7 am and 10 or 11 pm and in the evenings between 6 pm and 9:30 pm or so.. I'm in Arizona and right now we are on Pacific time here in the good ol' US of A

If my calculations are correct, then you should be in GMT -7, so there is 8 hours between us.
That means your 7-10 AM = my 3-6 PM, which is fine time for me.
And your 6-9:30 PM = 3-5:30 AM for me, which is the time I get up and get ready to work.
So if you are willing to play in the morning (for you), we can play sometimes this week. Next week I work at 6 AM - 2PM your time and in the week after that I work in the mornig again.
Oh man, I have played Guild Wars on an off since it was released. I am a very slow player, however, and have only finished Prophecies. I did a tiny bit of GvG (I was in the guild Kansas City Hotsteppers and we even made the Guild of the Week!) and I did a lot of Random Arena. I don't have it installed currently but I probably will sometime soon though I still have many, many other games taking up my time at the moment. Go ahead and add me though so whenever it is I do decide to reinstall we can group together, my in-game main character is Darmak Morningwood and I am in the Central time zone (GMT-6). I usually play games when I get home from work and the fiance goes to bed, around 1:00 AM (early in the morning for me, I know).
I love GW. It's not really a MMORPG (like WoW for example), because all the areas are "instances", meaning that you'll never meet somebody else than your group and the mobs in the area. And that's perfectly fine for me! I've tried a lot of MMORPG and I hate to do a quest involving killing xxx mobs and having to wait because everybody is doing the same thing and is camping waiting for the mobs to respawn... Anyway, i hate the "kill xxx mobs of the abc type" quests and in GW, there aren't any as far as i can remember.
I play GW since it came out so yes, I've finished all the campaigns and Eye of the North. It's true that Prophecies lacks a little bit of charisma, visually speaking. But at least, in GW there is a scenario and a rather good one. Of course, it means that the first time you play GW, it's better to follow the scenario and not wander too much on the side, to avoid missing parts of the story (i remember that running from Lion's Arch to Sanctum Cay in Prophecies can really spoil the scenario). But it gives also a lot of replayability to the game because there are tons of sidequests!
I generally play PvE and it's true that sometimes I have been angry to see the stupidity of my heroes and henchmen in battle (ahhh Orion and his always-too-late casting of spells, Dunkoro always forgetting to heal himself...). But still, playing GW solo is possible and you have quite a good range of possibilities : solo farming, running, classical PvE, PvP, Zaishen quests and bounty hunts, skills hunts, title completions, etc.
So yeah, even if now i must confess i'm waiting for GW2, I still play GW with lots of pleasure. It would be fun to play with people from GoG, but it might be a little bit tricky to me : I'm french, i live in Japan, but i play on french servers to play with my friends. But GW gives access to any server area, so joining a party on an american server might be possible.
Generally, you can find me ingame under the name of Klatch Mervan or Imra Indel
Post edited July 20, 2009 by xa_chan
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xa_chan: I love GW. It's not really a MMORPG (like WoW for example), because all the areas are "instances", meaning that you'll never meet somebody else than your group and the mobs in the area. And that's perfectly fine for me! I've tried a lot of MMORPG and I hate to do a quest involving killing xxx mobs and having to wait because everybody is doing the same thing and is camping waiting for the mobs to respawn... Anyway, i hate the "kill xxx mobs of the abc type" quests and in GW, there aren't any as far as i can remember.

I always looked at Guild Wars as less a traditional MMO and more of a newer version of Gauntlet. Pretty mazes to be sure, but it is the same basic Idea.
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deejrandom: Well I have a guild hall we can meet in. I can play in the mornings between about 7 am and 10 or 11 pm and in the evenings between 6 pm and 9:30 pm or so.. I'm in Arizona and right now we are on Pacific time here in the good ol' US of A
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klaymen: If my calculations are correct, then you should be in GMT -7, so there is 8 hours between us.
That means your 7-10 AM = my 3-6 PM, which is fine time for me.
And your 6-9:30 PM = 3-5:30 AM for me, which is the time I get up and get ready to work.
So if you are willing to play in the morning (for you), we can play sometimes this week. Next week I work at 6 AM - 2PM your time and in the week after that I work in the mornig again.

Sure, mornings are fine for me. I'll get GW installed and areas updated, etc today..er tonight.
Post edited July 20, 2009 by deejrandom
wec and i destroyed guild wars for about thirty seconds today
Still playing Guild Wars, IGN: Liandra Star.
Mostly play PVE. Love collecting sweets, kurzick faction, and the New Zaishen Quests.
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deejrandom: Sure, mornings are fine for me. I'll get GW installed and areas updated, etc today..er tonight.

All right then, Sandra Morningstar will be somewhere around Vabbi farming Lightbringer points, feel free to whisper me.
Also, if anyone is interested in getting into Guild Wars but don't know which campaign to get I highly recommend Nightfall. Prophecies is my favorite campaign but Nightfall does a much better job of explaining the game to new players and it is the only campaign to have heroes (henchmen that you can control and choose skills for much like your own player) which helps a lot if you aren't always able to find a group or if you want to solo. The expansion Eye of the North also has heroes but it's for more advanced players (and you need a campaign anyways to even play it anyways).
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Darmak: Also, if anyone is interested in getting into Guild Wars but don't know which campaign to get I highly recommend Nightfall. Prophecies is my favorite campaign but Nightfall does a much better job of explaining the game to new players and it is the only campaign to have heroes (henchmen that you can control and choose skills for much like your own player) which helps a lot if you aren't always able to find a group or if you want to solo. The expansion Eye of the North also has heroes but it's for more advanced players (and you need a campaign anyways to even play it anyways).

They sale a Guild Wars trilogy for about 30 bucks now, also.
BTW: I'll do my best to be on wed morning, but I will be on thursday morning after work. I had a ton of stuff happen to me yesterday so i wasn't able to get things ready for this morning like I wanted.
Welp, I went ahead and reinstalled GW last night and I'll try and play with you guys at some point. Like I said earlier my main character's name is Darmak Morningwood so hit me up and we'll do some PvE or perhaps even some PvP (team arena is pretty fun). I also usually play around 1:00 AM Central time (GMT-6) so look for me then.
Well today i had to work late, so my morning is shot. I'm pretty tuckered out, so I"m heading to bed. Will try to be on tomorrow and add the names to my friendslist that I see here. Tomorrow about 7 am my time.
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deejrandom: Well today i had to work late, so my morning is shot. I'm pretty tuckered out, so I"m heading to bed. Will try to be on tomorrow and add the names to my friendslist that I see here. Tomorrow about 7 am my time.

Btw what is your character name?
I think you didn't post it yet.
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Weclock: I've been tempted to get the trilogy off of steam for $49.99, but I simply can't afford it right now.
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Almak: A word of caution. If you buy the Trilogy you will not be able to associate it to your existing account since from what you have said I gather that you already own Prophecies so you will essentially be buying a part of the game you already own. I recommend you to go to their official page and recover your account information, than download the game client they provide and re-download prophecies. After which either buy the standalone expansions from their integrated online shop or at your local retailers. Steam versions are somewhat overpriced anyways. And if its the Steam Community integration that you want just add it as a non-steam game. Community features work perfectly (tested myself).

This seems really stupid.
So, people who own prophecies are expected to pay another $70 to get Eye of the North, Nightfall, and Factions, while new buyers can get the whole lot for $50?
it won't just ignore prophecies and activate the other two? or, even better, spit back a spare key for Prophecies?
I bought Prophecies recently specifically to see if it could hold my interest. so far it's doing a good job, but I'm just getting started. I was wondering about my options for upgrading, but it seems only the least attractive option is valid...
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LBartley: This seems really stupid.
So, people who own prophecies are expected to pay another $70 to get Eye of the North, Nightfall, and Factions, while new buyers can get the whole lot for $50?
it won't just ignore prophecies and activate the other two? or, even better, spit back a spare key for Prophecies?
I bought Prophecies recently specifically to see if it could hold my interest. so far it's doing a good job, but I'm just getting started. I was wondering about my options for upgrading, but it seems only the least attractive option is valid...
It will, and if you don't intend on quoting me, don't quote me.
Post edited July 23, 2009 by Weclock
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Weclock: It will, and if you don't intend on quoting me, don't quote me.

What will do what?
Also, yes ma'am.