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Posted by: Ferrus.1725

Ferrus.1725

During the progression of the personal story of my thief I was given the choice to join one of the 3 orders. I clearly opted to join the Order of Whispers but got shoved into the mage one.

Is there a way to undo the change? Should I send a ticket or anything? I have not progressed further into the personal story or anything.

Thanks.

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Posted by: SiNoS.2147

SiNoS.2147

Shoved? As for the problem its a perma thing. So only way to change would be remake or submit a ticket.

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Posted by: Shael.4703

Shael.4703

That’s the second time I heard/read about “I’m sure I’ve chosen this group but I got the other group”. Could it be a bug? Though probably an isolated bug since, at least for me, you’re only the second one I encountered such a thing happened.

Others say you can switch orders once you finish the storyline mission but I’m not sure about that since I’m only half-way through mine.

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Posted by: Ferrus.1725

Ferrus.1725

‘Shoved’ as in I went to the Order of Whispers dude but the next quest said I was in the mage order.

Mhm. It might be a bug but most people who encounter this usually think it is their own human error so maybe not many posts/reports.

I’ll try to submit a ticket and hope it works, a thief in the mage order would be quite peculiar ..

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Posted by: Shael.4703

Shael.4703

Mhm. It might be a bug but most people who encounter this usually think it is their own human error so maybe not many posts/reports.

Good point _

a thief in the mage order would be quite peculiar ..

Nah. The three Orders are not really profession-specific or were made to have a feeling of “I’m a thief, I’m not supposed to be here”. The “mage” order you’re talking about is probably the Durmand Priory (or Priory for short). It isn’t a “mage” order, the Priory is an order whose way of battling world problems is gaining knowledge through history and spreading that knowledge to everyone in the world. No “mage” related stuff there.

Unless what you mean by “mage” is that the quests are more effective to be finished by Elementalists – in which case, many quests are like that. My first character is in OoW, and Elementalists sure will find it easier to do. My second character is in Priory. My third will be in Vigil. (Vigil is a military type order who believes in “kill them all!” [something like that])

To give you an idea, here’s how my choices are:

  • Sylvari ranger – Order of Whispers
  • Human engineer – Durmand Priory
  • Norn elementalist – Vigil

So personally, I’d say your thief is fine in any order. Not to mention, the Priory are sort-of archaeologists, your Thief character will surely fit in ^_~

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Posted by: Ferrus.1725

Ferrus.1725

Oh right. Just I feel Order of Whispers seems to be more suited to my thief as I wanted the personal story to go in that direction. Anyhow, thanks for presenting a different light on the Priory, surely will make it much more enjoyable in case I cannot get a reset or something to happen

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Posted by: Warathor.8796

Warathor.8796

To put the orders into contemporary language

Whispers = Spies (Mossad, CIA, KGB, etc)
Priory = Scholars (University)
Vigil = Soldiers (Military)

Playing a priory ranger atm

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Posted by: ToxicRaiv.5970

ToxicRaiv.5970

“Joining one of the three orders is not required to play the game, though progress through the personal storyline will be blocked at some point if the player doesn’t make a choice. Once a choice is made, changing affiliation is still possible “with a little effort”."
That is from the Guild Wars 2 Wiki. I’m not sure how to change yet but at least there is hope.

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Posted by: Shael.4703

Shael.4703

Oh right. Just I feel Order of Whispers seems to be more suited to my thief as I wanted the personal story to go in that direction. Anyhow, thanks for presenting a different light on the Priory, surely will make it much more enjoyable in case I cannot get a reset or something to happen

Yep, I understand. Thief does fit more in OoW, being the order a spy organization that pull the strings _

But since you’re in Priory, however that happened (probably a bug), I think you’ll enjoy it too. Not to mention, I keep seeing/reading that the Karma items in Priory are better(?) – can’t confirm myself yet.

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