~ The Cult of the Six Symbols ~
Tips/Tricks for GW1 play with GW2?
Good idea, I loved GW1 and the story is definitely better than GW2.
Start with Prophecies, then play Factions, then play Nightfall, then play EotN, then play GW;Beyond.
Prophecies is set in Tyria, the same world that GW2 is set in now and you will notice all the references form Prophecies when you go back to playing GW2. (It’s also the best btw).
Factions is set in Asia-inspired Cantha. Lore-wise, you won’t see much to do with the world as it currently is.
Nightfall is set in Elona, which is Africa-inspired. You will learn all about Abbadon in this expansion.
EotN was made after they canceled an expansion and announced GW2. Its basically a lead-in to GW2.
GW:Beyond was more lead-in to GW2 and included the “War in Kryta” and “Hearts of the North” which was about Gwen, Thackery, and Ebonhawke (though they killed the GW1 live team before they actually established Ebonhawke in-game.)
There is also “Winds of Change”, which doesn’t relate to GW2 too much other than showing how all the Tengu came to Tyria as isolationists.
If you check the wiki, you can read about the HoM Calculator. The calculator has certain things you can do and if you do them you will unlock point for rewards in GW2 which you can receive after reaching the Eye of the North in-game and linking your accounts.
Check out these links:
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Hall_of_Monuments_Reward_Calculator
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Guide_to_earning_Hall_of_Monuments_rewards
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It takes a while. Quite a while. A lot of plat will speed up your HoM point acquisition, but for the rest it just takes time. There are obviously fewer people playing GW1 today, so it’s gonna be harder than pre-GW2 to get plat and HoM achieves.
Getting your char to lvl 20 won’t do it for ya. You can pick what titles you want to go for, but it took me quite a while to “Flameseeker”, even with 8 lvl 20’s w/max gear and skills. Honestly though, the skins + weps you get from your HoM aren’t that nice anyway. I’d do it just for the gameplay and story – getting HoM points is gonna take you a long time.
You can buy all of the points, the problem is getting the resources. If you have gw1 ectos, plat, whatever, you can buy everything you need including pay people to run the content for you.
Getting the first character to 20 and unlocking all the areas/campaigns asap is what I recommend, as a new player your best source of money is zcoins which are rewarded per character for completing dailies.
If you’ve got a nice guild with GW1 veterans, you could ask them if they’re willing to part with their GW1 wealth. I know (/think) I’ve got a whole bunch of it I’ll never use.
Getting the first ten or so HoM points should be easy and fun. Play through the campaigns, maybe get the campaign-related achievements. Then you’ll have to buy some weapons and elite armor, but the first 20 points come rather naturally. Then you’ll have to buy some stuff you probably don’t need to get 30 points, but it shouldn’t be awfully time-consuming. After 30-ish points it gets much harder, but you only get achievements as rewards.
GW1 is a really good game, though, especially if you can find some people to play with. Eye of the North’s dungeons are the reason why I was so disappointed with GW2’s dungeon design. They’re complex, non-linear and challenging in the right way.
Follow up to my original post. Picked up The Trilogy pack and EotN during the Steam sale this weekend. I understand you can play one character through the entire thing, but I decided to start a character in each campaign (expedite my history lesson) and then whatever character seems to be the sweet spot by the time I’ve finished the campaign, I’ll take them through EotN.
I’ve made it to lvl 8 on all three characters so far. It’s been a good lesson on how much GW2 has evolved and it’s been pretty neat seeing places in Prophecies that I recognize from GW2. The heroes and henchmen are a god send because the community is pretty sparse and quiet…unless you’re in a guild, I guess.
I really hope we’ll be able to eventually adventure to Cantha and Istan in Gw2!
~ The Cult of the Six Symbols ~
legendary survivor
you cannot jump
What dreadful business.
Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.
legendary survivor
you cannot jump
What dreadful business.
I would do Legendary Survivor a hundred times before I do Legendary Defender of Ascalon once.
Also you can /jump.
If you’re only interested in the armor sets (6 points), it won’t take you long. Just play through one of the campaigns, dedicate a Ranger pet, and you’re basically done. If you seek to get to 25-30 points, you will have to dedicate a lot of time to get there.
1. Start with Nightfall, as it’s the most newbie-friendly campaign out there.
2. Once you hit level 10 and get a bunch of heroes, start doing Eye of the North quests until you get more heroes (you get 3 right off the bat).
3. Once you got them, go back to Nightfall.
4. Voila, you have a party full of heroes. It will make your life much easier.
—Engi main tryhards unite!—
If you’re only interested in the armor sets (6 points), it won’t take you long. Just play through one of the campaigns, dedicate a Ranger pet, and you’re basically done. If you seek to get to 25-30 points, you will have to dedicate a lot of time to get there.
1. Start with Nightfall, as it’s the most newbie-friendly campaign out there.
2. Once you hit level 10 and get a bunch of heroes, start doing Eye of the North quests until you get more heroes (you get 3 right off the bat).
3. Once you got them, go back to Nightfall.
4. Voila, you have a party full of heroes. It will make your life much easier.
If you actually care about the story and experience you will get from the game instead of the paltry HoM rewards, I suggest you DO NOT do this. Start with Prophecies instead.
Guild Wars comes packaged as Guild Wars trilogy, which is GW, nightfall and factions. Eye of the North is the separate expansion that unlocks the Hall of Monuments, which (if you link your GW1 and 2 accounts) allows you to gain GW2 achievements through GW1 play.
For the story, play prophecies (original campaign) the other stories are pretty crap in my opinion and are mainly there for the “hero” mercenary feature, wherein you can recruit NPC’s to fight for you in place of party members, and the extra classes
Don’t expect much in terms of group play from GW1 though, it’s been dead since GW2’s release, and it’s now 2 years since then
Resident smug Englishman on the NA servers, just because.
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30/50 in HoM isn’t terribly difficult, which will be all skin rewards + quite a few achievements. It’s the last 20 that might be a bit difficult.
I say 30/50 isn’t difficult because you’d honestly acquire most of it just by playing through the game.
If your sole intention is to get the cosmetics and AP, I would say don’t bother.
30/50 in HoM isn’t terribly difficult, which will be all skin rewards + quite a few achievements. It’s the last 20 that might be a bit difficult.
I say 30/50 isn’t difficult because you’d honestly acquire most of it just by playing through the game.
If your sole intention is to get the cosmetics and AP, I would say don’t bother.
this, but if you want Gwamm though…
rofl have a nice year
Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.
Not entirely all achievements for me. I’ll take what I can get, but if I’m grinding for something, I rather it happen in GW2. Playing each separately also gives me a chance to try professions that no longer exist. I’m running a Monk, Ritualist and Paragon. I can see the linage in the professions in GW2. So, that’s been pretty nifty, too. Hasn’t been a bad experience at all, so far, other than playing on a dated engine. Now I really wish I dumped WoW earlier than I had. Haha.
~ The Cult of the Six Symbols ~