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Guild Wars Factions is the second in the Guild Wars series of games. The great thing about Guild Wars is that this multi player role playing game is that there is no monthly fee, you only pay once, which sets it apart from most other online games. With Guild Wars all you have to do is buy the game or purchase an account key online and you can play for an unlimited time. Guild Wars was released just over three years ago and has completely changed the face of massively multi player online rpg games [MMOPRG].

The first Guild Wars game Prophecies was criticized by some players and so there have been some changes made to the campaign. Players can get Factions as a game by itself or they can choose to add it on if they already have an existing Prophecies account – even if you buy Factions on its own you can still access quite a lot of the content of Prophecies.

Guild Wars Factions introduces players to a new continent Cantha where two opposing groups or factions, the Luxons and Kurzicks are constantly engaged in battle. When you play the game you decide which of the factions you want to belong to and then you can join in the war.Players help their factions to claim towns on the map from their opponents. This game has a new PVE or player versus environment campaign. The Luxons respect strength more than anything else, they have no religion and they live in the Jade Sea. The Kurzicks on the other hand respect religion and social order, they live in the dark environment of the Echovald Forests.

Originally Guild Wars had six professions (hence the guilds) but in this game another two professions, the Assasin and the Ritualist have been added. The chief skill of the Assasin is getting into a situation or battle quickly and getting out again just as quickly once the mission has been accomplished. An Assasin can teleport around the battlefield and they can also shadow step. The Assasin’s special skills means that they can do a great deal of damage to their opponents. The Assasin’s major weakness is the armor that used, it is not quite up to the task expected of it and this means that the Assasin is of little use in the front line of combat.

The Ritualist has a direct link to the spirit world and is able to conjure up spirits into the field either to protect their allies or attack their opponents. In addition to this they can communicate with the spirits of their ancestors in a ritual involving ashes and urns to create ghostly weapons to put into the hands of the spirits they have conjured up. Factions also contains new skills and armor for the six existing professions and there are new ways of playing the game for both player versus environment and player versus player.

Tom Kranz has been playing Guild Wars since its UK launch. As well as writing about the three Guild Wars chapters – Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall – he also covers Guild Wars gold and Guild Wars maps.

Guild Wars is an extremely popular massively multiplayer online role playing game; it is different to most online games because there is no monthly subscription – once a player has bought the game or a key code they can continue playing for as long as they wish.

Guild Wars is quite a complicated game because it is made up of a number of different campaigns and each campaign has its own extra additions to the original campaign of Prophecies. In the Guild Wars players have basically two modes of action, player versus player game and player versus environment. In the first players compete against each other or they become part of a team that is competing against another team. The environment, the virtual world is an important part of Guild Wars, unlike other virtual worlds the Guild War world is not static – this means that characters can move on in their lives and the story takes place in real time.

Each campaign in the Guild Wars series has its own territory or continent and each continent has a set of maps. Maps are necessary to any campaign and in Guild Wars they allow the player to see where they have come from, where they are, and where they should be going. They have to make their way through the map in order to gain rewards with which they can buy certain skills. Players choose the profession or guild to which they want to belong and then they start to build their character. Guild Wars builds are accomplished by making use of certain skills, each player can have only eight skills, one of which may be an elite skill which cannot be bought.

Players can recognize their allies, those who are on their side by green dots on the map, their enemies on the other hand are represented by red dots. Players have to accomplish a series of tasks or missions to take their character to another level where they have access to more armor and skills.

Guild Wars is fast developing a cult following and there is a Guild Wars wiki containing a lot of basic but useful information concerning the game. There are also Guild War gurus who compete every now and again to see who has the most up to date knowledge on the game. Like many other online games there are also a series of cheats that some people claim they use, but if a player is caught cheating then they risk having their account suspended.

Derek Smithson

Massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPG) are a new genre of computer games which are proving hugely popular around the world. Client software is installed on your PC, and this lets you connect to the game’s servers. Joined thousands – even millions – of other players online, you are no longer restricted to just playing through a storyline by yourself.

MMORPGs expand the world of role playing games, allowing players the freedom to make their own storylines, and prove their skill not just against computer controlled opponents (NPCs) but also each other. Usually MMORPGs like World of Warcraft have a monthly subscription fee, on top of the initial fee required to purchase the game client.

Guild Wars from ArenaNet does away with these subscription fees. Once you have bought the software, installed it, and created an account to log in to the game, everything is free. This gives players the freedom to play Guild Wars as little or as often as they want.

Each character has a relatively low level cap of level 20. This is because Guild Wars is based more on skill rather than how far you have progressed in the game or what items your character has. Combined with the lack of a subscription fee, this has made Guild Wars very popular with casual gamers.

There are three campaigns – Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall. Each of these has their own unique characters, skills and items, along with the core characters and skills which are available in all campaigns. Each can be played as a standalone title, or registered with one account, allowing players to move their characters between the three storylines.

Prophecies alone has over 30 character/profession combinations, and more than 200 quests available through the storyline. Factions continues the initial storyline, moving events to a new continent. Nightfall, the third campaign, moves the action to an unexplored part of Tyria, and brings events in the main storyline to a climax.

Eye of the North is the game’s first true expansion, requiring one of the campaigns to be installed first. Aimed at established players, there are no new professions or characters available. Eye of the North introduces some new features which link the existing titles to the forthcoming sequel. The beta for Guild Wars 2, starting in 2008, is sure to have a huge take-up.

Since it’s release in April 2005, Guild Wars has sold over 4 million copies, and won numerous awards. With such a large established player base, as well as regular tournaments for cash prizes, the game is going still going strong.

Tom Kranz is a an avid player of Eye of the North, the expansion to the award winning Guild Wars. Follow the links for more information on Eye of the North maps and Guild Wars gold.

The Guild Of Dark Knights is a MMORG and is free to play for anyone.

You join the game as a low life knight. The whole objective of the game is to rank and bank. You can start off with stealing carts and committing crimes. Once you have built up enough money you will be able to do an Organised Crime (OC). When you do an OC you get a lot of money as well as rank. But you usually have to share the money out with everyone else in your tea. People may kill you, if this happens you have to re-register and start the game ALL over again. So do not hesitate to shoot them if they come in your way. Finally, I hope you enjoy the game and if you have any questions, queries, problems or suggestions, feel free to contact a moderator or administrator.

Crimes, Steal A Cart and Missions are the core of the game however there are also casinos and other features where you can go against the game or other players for extremmley large amounts of money. You may also kill people for money, betrayal, power or maybe they got twisted up in your business.

The Guild Of The Dark Knights has no real end to the game. The missions are only additional most of the game is ment to be what you make it e.g Guild Wars, Disputes, Rivalrys and killings. TGODK has no winner either, the current best player could be betrayed or killed at any moment in time. One thing you will eventually learn maybe even the hard way that friends are the best thing on TGODK.

The Eye of the North expansion to Guild Wars introduced two new races, the Norn and the Asura. Players who bought the pre-release pack were able to play Eye of the North over the Sneak Peek weekend, as a final test before the expansion went live.

The only Primary Quests you could undertake during the Sneak Peek weekend were those of the Norn. Since most people will encounter the Norn first, we’ll be covering them in this article.

The Norn are giant Viking-like warriors who live in the Far Shiverpeaks. Compared to your character they are around 8-9 feet tall. They are skilled hunters who have a close relationship with nature, with the ability to transform into giant bears in battle.

In each explorable area in Eye of the North, Resurrection Shrines are dotted around the landscape. Standing next to each of these shrines are NPCs, who will give you a bonus of 1 Reputation Point for each creature you kill.

This feature was first introduced in Guild Wars: Nightfall, as a way to progress along several new Title Tracks that had been introduced. Building on this idea, in Eye of the North you can also gain random bonuses and an increase in the number of Reputation Points for each kill.

Along with the Norn comes the Norn Title Track, which is used to gain access to Norn NPCs, their quests, and special Norn skills. Until you reach Rank 1, you will not be able to talk to any Norn NPCs in any outposts. At Rank 3 you can get Norn NPCs to craft consumables for you. At Rank 4, you can use the Norn weapon crafters, and at Rank 5 you can use the Norn armour crafters.

Norn Reputation Points are gained from completing Norn quests, missions and dungeons, and killing creatures in explorable areas while under the Norn Hunting Party blessing, which is granted by Norn NPCs near Resurrection Shrines.

As the Norn are suspicious of strangers, each time you talk to a new Norn NPC, they will challenge you to single combat. Only once you have defeated them (a relatively easy task with an 8 person party) will they talk to you.

Once you have the Norn Hunting Party blessing, you will receive one Norn Reputation Point for each creature you kill. After 25 kills, you will gain a random bonus, which can range from short term boosts in strength or abilities, or extra bonus points while you keep defeating monsters.

The chat area will tell you each time you’ve killed another 5 monsters, giving you a running total. For each multiple of 25 kills, you can talk to a new Norn NPC, who will give you a random bonus. This ranges from extra Reputation Points, time limited bonuses, or an increase in your Norn Hunting Party level, giving more Reputation Points per kill.

It’s important to note that you can only get Reputation Points and bonuses from NPCs once. Once you have spoken to an NPC they will not give out any more bonuses. Keep an eye on the map to keep track of where you have travelled – Resurrection Shrines appear on your map, and you can travel back to them to pick up NPC bonuses.

One of the best random bonuses an NPC can give is Strength of the Norn, which is an enchantment spell lasting for 60 seconds. When active you receive +100 health, and after the 60 seconds are up, you’re healed for 100 health.

For each level of the Norn Hunting Party blessing, you receive one extra Reputation Point per kill. For example, Norn Hunting Party Level 3 adds an extra 3 Reputation Points per kill.

Norn NPCs in towns and outposts will only give out certain missions and quests if you have reached a certain Rank in the Norn Title Track. As you progress, it’s worth revisiting outposts to see if any NPCs have new dialogues available.

The new races in Eye of the North, and the associated Title Tracks and bonuses, add another level of depth and involvement to the expansion. Players eager to prove their skill and unlock new and exciting missions.

Tom Kranz is an keen and experienced games player, and has been playing Guild Wars since the beta and it’s UK release. He runs a Guild Wars blog about Eye of the North at http://eyeofthenorth-gw.blogspot.com/

When I think of MMORPGs that consistently bring a quality product and a unique and fun roleplaying experience to their players, the first two games that come to mind are World of Warcraft and Guild Wars, and Guild Wars has one big advantage over WOW: price.

While both WOW and Guild Wars are great MMORPGs, Guild Wars has a distinct leg up. To join the GW community, all you need to do is buy the game, sign up, install the software, and then play. There are no monthly fees or subscription costs so if you don’t feel rushed, letting you use your time as you see fit, without having to worry about your (or your mom’s) credit card being charged.

The expansions work in the same way, you can upgrade your game with a one-time purchase. The idea of an MMORPG with no monthly fee and a price similiar to offline games is incredible, if not downright genuis; mainly because the life of Guild Wars is considerably longer than other games due to its online community and constant expansions.

I believe the graphics to be far superior to WOW as well, mainly because Warcraft goes for the colorful, fairytale look while GW creates a more scenic landscape, characters that look more human, and architectural details that reflect various cultures from around the world.

Unlike other MMORPs, GW doesn’t have everyone thrown together on one server or another, where people are dueling and stealing each other’s kills. GW uses towns, cities, and outposts as the common area for people to get together and develop parties and trade items. As soon as you step outside those areas only those in your party can be seen, you don’t have random players running around during the missions.

Guild Wars is about as free-roaming as other MMORPGs, though you can’t just wander from land to land in search of quests; there is somewhat of a linear element to the story that you have to follow in order to progress through the game. You can travel back to places you’ve already been, but stepping outside the area will start a mission that you already completed, so there isn’t much point to backtrack, unless you want to help out some lower level friends.

The skills and abilities in GW are pretty standard and depend on your class; you have the option to dual class, which opens up skills to your character from that class. For example, I have a warrior with a monk secondary class, so while my main focus is offense and attacking, I have a few healing spells from the monk side that help out in case a fight gets out of hand.

Guild Wars tops other MMORPGs on so many levels, mainly because of price; you get the great quality, graphics, and playability that normally comes with a monthly subscription. If you havent played Guild Wars yet, get it now and pick up the two expansions while you’re at it and you’ll ask yourself why you didn’t do it sooner.

Guild Wars gold is needed for every reason and that is why farming for items to get you gold is a neccessity. A warrior can farm alot of gold just by soloing. Farming smite crawlers in the Underworld can gain you lots of gold that I’m sure we can all use.

The Build includes the following skills, Vengeful was Khanhei, Vengeful weapon, resilient weapon, watch yourself, dolyak signet, healing signet, bonetti’s defence, and sprint. Other speed buffs would help as well.

To start you’ll need to get out of the chamber by using speed buffs to evade the Aatxes. After losing them they will return to its original location. This build is unable to defeat Aatxes so thus running would be a good idea.

Upon entering you will need to get the quest from the Lost Soul. If you aggro and mobs you will have to sprint back to the cliff where you started. If you aggro a Dying Nightmare you should be able to kill it with Vengeful Weapon twice. Once you have received the quest many monsters will pop up on your min map. Graspin gDarkness’s are not difficult to handle, lure them them out and kill them. Usually a group of 3 to 4 will come at a time. If you manage to aggro anymore Aatxes just run back to the cliff.

Once lured hit Dolyak with your sword or axe until Bonetti’s is charged, then use Vengeful was Khanhei. Rinse and repoeat until they are all dead. Once the 3 groups of grasping are dead you can escape the chamber. It’s important that you take out the graspings because they interrupt and energy drain, which can be handled using Bonetti’s.

It usually takes about 30 minutes to complete and you would be able to collect 1 or more Globs of Ectoplasm, and 2000 gold worth of drops. A glob of ectoplasm sells for about 8,000 gold. Each run you can get a total of 10,000 gold minus the 1,000 entry. Within an hour you should be able to collect at least 18,000 gold. Not too bad I would say. I usually would prefer to buy the gold myself than to spend that hour farming it. 100,000 gold only costs about $10.

Josie Lee prefers to spend the time pvping than farming for Guild Wars gold. She is able to farm 18,000 Guild Wars gold an hour, which is only worth about $2. Her job definitely pays more than grinding Guild Wars gold.

Guild wars is a massively multiplayer online role playing game that is made up of a series of campaigns of which Prophecies is the first. Prophecies was launched in 2005 and its story revolves around the prophecies of an ancient dragon, the Flameseeker Prophecy.

Prophecies is the first Guild Wars campaign and it was in this game that the core professions were introduced these consisted of the warrior, the elementalist, the ranger, the monk, the necromancer and the mesmer. The warrior is character with high armor who wields a variety of weapons their energy comes from adrenaline skills that need to be charged up after a certain number of games.

The elementalist casts spells and specializes in the elements of earth, air fire and water characters in this profession can be offensive, defensive or a combination of those two things. The ranger uses a bow, has moderate armor and often has a pet with them. The monk specializes in defense and in the healing arts, it is also a spell casting profession, usually a healer the monk has the ability to call down holy wrath on its adversaries. Necromancers are also spell casters they cast hexes, steal life and have the abilityu to summon up undead minions. The mesmer also casts spells and specializes in the manipulation of energies. The world where the game takes place is known as Tyria.

There are twenty five missions in Prophecies story line and there are certain objectives to be fulfilled in each one by a team of four to eight and non-playing characters that are managed by the players. Prophecies introduced different arenas where player versus player battles are played out. In Guild Wars the game world is not static or timeless but subject to change with stories that advance in time.

Prophecies had two high end dungeons that are accessible by the avatars of the in game gods and has some of the best weapons and armor in the series. This makes it one of the most intensively farmed areas. Farming refers to the process whereby players aquire gold or other valuable items to help them progress in the game. Like all Guild Wars campaigns the action takes place through either player versus player action or player versus environment.

In Prophecies as in all Guild Wars campaigns players have to build their characters using a maximum of eight skills, which can include one elite skill. Unlike the basic skills elite skills cannot be bought. Since the release of Prophecies a number of other campaigns have been launched including Nightfall and Factions.

Derek Smithson

Maps have always been a part of Guild Wars. Maps are a great feature that can really help you and your party navigate your way across the Kingdoms of Ascalon. By default the map is displayed in the bottom right corner of your screen. The maps found in Guild Wars will allow you to see enemies, beasts, and NPC’s from a distance. For simplicity’s sake, green dots indicate and ally on the map and a red dot indicates an enemy on the map.

In Guild Wars Eye of the North, Arenanet introduced dungeons as a more important part the game. As a result they also had to introduce new maps for the dungeons. Dungeons on the map are displayed in total darkness until they have been thoroughly explored. The only way to make your way around the dungeons until then is with the help of the dungeon maps that can be found near the entrances of dungeons. These maps aren’t very detailed but they’re enough to get about the dungeons without any frustration. Dungeons maps will display dungeon bosses, keys and doors to the next or previous level.

If the default maps that come with Guild Wars aren’t enough for you, you can also download third party extensions that can enhance your map with any number of features. Many third party maps are capable of displaying fulls maps of any region or area. Some have the ability to search for cities, enemies, NPC’s and more in just a few clicks. Try out a few third party maps so you can figure out which one is the best for your tastes. A good extension will also include all the dungeon maps.

If you are having trouble getting through the dungeons in Guild Wars Eye of the North, you can turn to the internet to help you through them. Many websites offer detailed maps and walkthroughs to get you through even the most difficult and confusing dungeons. Chances are that you’ll be able to find any dungeon walkthrough online pretty easily.

Learning to read your map in Guild Wars is an essential skill that is required for smart playing of the game. Without being able to comprehend the map with ease, you’ll find yourself lost in dungeons and running in circles unaware that you’re heading right back to where you started. Luckily, Guild Wars made their maps easy to read and you really wouldn’t be able to play the game without them.

Tom Kranz is a an avid player of Eye of the North, the expansion to the award winning Guild Wars. Follow the links for more information on Eye of the North maps and Guild Wars gold.

Luckily for you, Guild Wars gold is among the cheapest massive online multiplayer currencies available. A good Guild Wars gold program will be able to deliver your gold to any character on any server in less than an hour. You obviously need to be available to accept the gold from the Guild Wars Gold delivery service. Never pay more than $10 for 100,000 in gold. Guild Wars gold is very cheap, don’t get tricked into purchasing gold for any more.

Not only can you buy Guild Wars gold from any number of web sites, but you can also sell your gold to them too. These companies obviously need to make a profit, so don’t expect a whole lot in return for your virtual goods. But if you really go all out and sell everything you can expect to make a nice hand full of cash.

If you’ve got gold coming out of your ears and would rather prefer to buy items, you can do that too. Many online trading services will have store like setups for MMO items. There’s a wide selection of Guild Wars items available all for only a few dollars each.

Most virtual good traders have stores setup for each of the stand alone campaigns as well as gold and items for the Eye of the North expansion pack. Unlike cheating to obtain gold, purchasing Guild Wars gold is totally safe, and theres little to no chance of getting caught for doing it.

If you want an all around service you may consider purchasing a power leveling package. After you purchase one of the packages, you’re account needs to be accessed. Then the service will take the responsibility of leveling your character. As you reach higher levels it will begin to cost slightly more as it is far more difficult to level already high level characters.

An obvious way to save money when buying Guild Wars gold is to buy in bulk. If you’re willing to pay $40 more than the basic package you can get over 500 thousand in gold. That 500 thousand will last you a very long time and you never have to worry about buying gold again.

With all of these 3 services combined you can have a fully developed character in less than a day. A high level character, with large amounts of gold, and the best weapons and armor are now all obtainable in less then a day for way less than $50.

Tom Kranz