One of the things that make GW stand up from other MMORPGs is the fact that its not based on subscriptions, once you buy an episode you will have it forever and at a relatively low price.Guild Wars threatens the entire online RPG establishment with its bold design. More importantly, it's a very impressive game that's rewarding on many different levels and can be tremendously appealing for any number of reasons.
GW has 4 episodes, Prophecies, Factions, NightFall and Eye Of The North.The core (Prophecies) professions ( warrior, ranger, monk, necromancer, mesmer and elementalist) can be chosen in any chapter, in Factions players can also choose Assassin and Ritualist and in NightFall they can choose Paragon and Dervish.Also players can pick a secondary profession that can be changed anytime, giving players a wide range of combinations and a huge amount of possible builds that can fit any play style. Getting end game equipment (stats wise) is quite easy in GW giving the players the chance to dive in PvP quite fast even on the Role-Playing server, after you unlock all the skills you need on RP server you can create characters on the PvP only server with end game equip and skills.
In battle you can take only 8 skills with you so you have to choose wisely, this system keeps the game balanced and the PvP very challenging. In Guild Wars you wont find any class over-powered, any build has a nemesis making the game more fun :)
Core Classes
Warrior - The mightiest of mighty, the bravest of the brave, the Warrior is the master of melee combat and heave armor.
Attributes:
Ranger - An agile and wily survivor, the Ranger specializes in archery, beast mastery, and attunement to nature.
GW has 4 episodes, Prophecies, Factions, NightFall and Eye Of The North.The core (Prophecies) professions ( warrior, ranger, monk, necromancer, mesmer and elementalist) can be chosen in any chapter, in Factions players can also choose Assassin and Ritualist and in NightFall they can choose Paragon and Dervish.Also players can pick a secondary profession that can be changed anytime, giving players a wide range of combinations and a huge amount of possible builds that can fit any play style. Getting end game equipment (stats wise) is quite easy in GW giving the players the chance to dive in PvP quite fast even on the Role-Playing server, after you unlock all the skills you need on RP server you can create characters on the PvP only server with end game equip and skills.
In battle you can take only 8 skills with you so you have to choose wisely, this system keeps the game balanced and the PvP very challenging. In Guild Wars you wont find any class over-powered, any build has a nemesis making the game more fun :)
Core Classes
Warrior - The mightiest of mighty, the bravest of the brave, the Warrior is the master of melee combat and heave armor.Attributes:
- Strength (Primary) - Increases the armor penetration of your attack skills by 1% per attribute level. Strength also improves the effectiveness of skills that keep you alive, and those that inflict damage on your opponents.
- Swordsmanship - Increases basic sword damage as well as damage dealt by sword skills.
- Axe Mastery - Improve Axe Mastery to increase basic axe damage and damage dealt by axe skills.
- Hammer Mastery - Increases basic hammer damage and damage dealt by hammer skills.
- Tactics - Improves Shouts and Stances that give you and your party an advantage in battle.
Attributes :
- Expertise (Primary) - Points into Expertise decrease the Energy cost by 4% of your attacks, Rituals, Touch Skills and Ranger Skills.
- Beast Mastery - Improves your animal companion's basic attack damage, as well as skills that help to keep your companion from harm.
- Marksmanship - Improving Marksmanship increases basic bow damage, and increases damage dealt by bow skills, it also affects the chance of a critical hit. It is the base attribute for most bow skills.
- Wilderness Survival - Improves defensive Stances, Preparations, and Traps, as well as some nature rituals
Monk - The servant of divine spirits, the Monk uses prayer to protect, preserve, and restore the well-being of companions.
Attributes:
- Divine Favor (Primary) - This attribute provides a healing bonus to all Monk spells that target allies, and increases the duration and effectiveness of spells that help you call forth divine powers to aid your allies.
- Healing Prayers - Points allocated to Healing Prayers increase the duration and effectiveness of spells that allow you to heal yourself and your allies.
- Smiting Prayers - Increase the duration and effectiveness of skills that inflict damage on the enemy. Smiting Prayers are especially effective against the undead.
- Protection Prayers - Allocate points to Protection Prayers to increase the duration and effect of your Protection spells, which help protect you and your allies from harm.
Necromancer - One who has learned to draw power from the blood sacrifice and communion with death, the Necromancer uses black magic to cast curses and raise undead minions.
Attributes:
- Soul Reaping (Primary) -
- For each point of Soul Reaping, you gain 1 Energy whenever a non-Spirit creature near you dies. You may only gain Energy in this way 3 times every 15 seconds.
- Curses -
- This attribute increases the duration and effectiveness of your Curse skills, which reduce your enemies’ effectiveness in battle
- Blood Magic - I
- ncreases the duration and effectiveness of skills that steal Health from your enemies.
- Death Magic -
- Increases the duration and effectiveness of skills that deal cold and shadow damage to enemies as well as those that increase the effectiveness of your undead minions. The higher the Death Magic Attribute is, the more undead servants you may control at on
Mesmer - A master of illusion, misdirection, and control, the Mesmer subverts the damage-dealing capabilities of others, manipulating their perceptions to achieve personal goals.
Attributes:
- Fast Casting (Primary) - Decreases the activation time of your Spells and Signets. (No effect for non-Mesmer skills with an activation time less than 2 seconds.) In PvE, each rank of Fast Casting decreases the recharge time for your Mesmer Spells by 3
- Domination Magic - Increases the duration and effectiveness of your Domination spells, which allow you to disrupt and damage your enemies for their actions.
- Illusion Magic - Increases the duration and effectiveness of your Illusion spells, which deceive your enemies and hinder their movement, attacks, and ability to cast spells.
- Inspiration Magic - Increases the duration and effectiveness of your Inspiration spells, which steal Energy from enemies, remove enchantments, and prevent damage.
Elementalist - The master of arcane lore and magical aptitude, the Elementalist calls upon the power of fire, earth, air and water to obliterate enemies.
Attributes:
- Energy Storage (Primary) - Increases your character's maximum energy, and improves skills that help you regenerate energy
- Air Magic - Points to Air Magic increases the duration and effectiveness of your air skills, which pierce armor, cause Blindness, and knock down enemies, stunning them.
- Earth Magic - Build up Earth Magic to increase the duration and effectiveness of your earth skills, which can protect both you and your allies or attack your opponents, ignoring armor level.
- Fire Magic - Improve Fire Magic to increase the duration and effectiveness of your fire skills, which inflict fire damage and can affect large areas
- Water Magic - Allocate points to Water Magic to increase the duration and effectiveness of your water skills, which slow enemy movement.
Faction Classes
Assassin - A swift, silent master of shadows, daggers, and death. The Assassin can chain together increasingly deadly strikes that target a foe's critical areas, killing quickly and efficiently.
Attributes:
- Critical Strikes (Primary) - For each point spent on this primary attribute, the Assassin gains an additional 1% chance to score a critical hit. Assassins can also gain Energy whenever they score a critical hit in this way. The higher the rank, the more energy gained per critical hit.
- Dagger Mastery - Increasing the Dagger Mastery attribute boosts the damage the Assassin inflicts with daggers and the chance to land a critical hit with a dagger. Many skills, especially dagger attack skills, become more effective with increased Dagger Mastery. This attribute also improves your chance of performing a Double Attack and striking with both daggers at once.
- Deadly Arts - Increase the Deadly Arts attribute to improve the duration and effectiveness of Hexes and other skills that make a single enemy vulnerable to the Assassin’s strikes and many half range spells.
- Shadow Arts - Put points into the Shadow Arts attribute to improve skills that boost the Assassin’s defenses and allow instantaneous shadow movement. Also keeping them alive longer, and giving them a heal in the process.
Attributes:
- Spawning Power (Primary) - For each rank of Spawning Power you have, creatures you create (or animate) have 4% more Health, and weapon Spells you cast last 4% longer. Some Ritualist skills, especially those related to Spirit creatures, become more effective with higher Spawning Power.
- Channeling Magic - No inherent effect. Many Ritualist skills, especially those related to lightning damage and energy, become more effective with higher Channeling Magic.
- Communing - No inherent effect. Many Ritualist skills, especially those related to summoning spirits, become more effective with higher Communing.
- Restoration Magic - No inherent effect. Many Ritualist skills, especially those related to healing, life stealing and defense, become more effective with higher Restoration Magic.
Night Fall Classes
Paragon - With a commanding voice and charismatic presence, the Paragon rallies the valiant through inspiration, motivation, and leadership.
Attributes:
- Leadership (Primary) - With the Paragon's primary attribute, Leadership, you gain 2 Energy for each ally affected by one of your Shouts or Chants (maximum 1 Energy for every 2 ranks).
- Command - Many Paragon skills, especially those that protect your allies or increase your tactical position on the battlefield, become more effective with higher Command.
- Motivation - Many Paragon skills, especially those related to healing and energy management, become more effective with higher Motivation.
- Spear Mastery - Increases the damage you do with spears and your chance to inflict a critical hit when using a spear. Many skills, especially spear attack skills, become more effective with higher Spear Mastery.
Attributes:
- Mysticism (Primary) - The Dervish's primary attribute, reduces the cost of your Dervish enchantments by 4%. It also gives +1 armor per rank of Mysticism while you are enchanted in PvE.
- Earth Prayers - Many Dervish spells, especially those dealing with defense or Earth damage, become more effective with higher Earth Prayers.
- Scythe Mastery - Scythe Mastery increases the damage you do with scythes and your chance to inflict a critical hit when using a scythe. Many skills, especially scythe attack skills, become more effective with higher Scythe Mastery. When attacking with a scythe, you strike up to three adjacent foes in front of you.
- Wind Prayers - This attribute increases the duration and effectiveness of the Dervish's Wind Prayer skills, including prayers that speed movement and lash enemies with cold damage.
For those who love PvP there are several way to do it:
Random Arena - The Random Arenas (or RA) are a group of Player versus Player arenas where two teams of four people battle each other across thirteen different maps. Both the teams that are generated and the maps themselves are chosen randomly.
Codex Arena - The Codex Arena is a four vs. four PvP game type where players are limited in their build creation by a limited pool of skills, the Codex
Guild vs Guild - Also known as GvG or Guild Battle, is a strategic form of PvP which matches two teams of eight players from different guilds against each other in the Guild Halls. The core objective of the combat is to kill the opposition's NPC Guild Lord before the opposition does the same to your Guild Lord.
Heroes' Ascent - Also known as HA, is a continuous global tournament between teams of 8 players from all over the world. Teams compete in several arenas in sequence before finally meeting in the Hall of Heroes, where they may win valuable loot.
Fort Aspenwood - Is a Competitive Mission where the Luxons, led by a Luxon Commander are invading a Kurzick fortification, to prevent Master Architect Gunther from developing a weapon called Gods' Vengeance to be used against them.
The Jade Quarry - Or JA is a competitive mission in which the Luxons and Kurzicks fight for control over jade resources.
Guild Wars makes PvP much more accessible than most games of this kind. In other games if you want to have any chance in PvP you have spend literally hundreds of hours to grind xp and equipment.Here you can just create a PvP char lvl 20 (cap) with decent equipment and skills and jump in the arenas, although you can unlock extra skills by completing the game's missions in the role-play mode.Once you unlock a skill on one character its open account on the whole account so you can always create a new char and have all the skills unlocked if for some reason you don;t like your current character.
With the option to change your secondary profession anytime GW really gives you the chance to find the perfect build ( skill build ) for your play style.GW has the most competitive PvP I have ever seen in a MMORPG.
Guild Wars breaks the RPG mold in many ways, and does it with style, you want PvP you got PvP, you want a game good story and great graphics you got one.If you like killing other player GW is your game, even if you have no interest in player-versus-player battling whatsoever, Guild Wars will still provide you with more than 100 hours of quality gameplay, which you can tackle either alone or together with other players pretty much every step of the way.No matter what kinda of game you like you should give Guild Wars a chance, you wont regret it.
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