3 Lessons about Guild Wars from the Factions Championship

This is 3 random clips I selected from the GWFC. Here is a summary (for those too dumb to get it from the video):

1. Stop using bad builds...and as a sidenote, PvE is ridiculously easy.

2. Guild Wars was built from the ground up for PvP.

3. PvE grinders destroyed a PvP legend and turned the GW franchise into the new WoW...thanks Anet.

Feel free to prove my points wrong with stronger evidence. Good luck on that one nubs.

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[farkaswolf]

The good old days...

War Machine and Evil "left" because some of their members had mandatory military duty/training. Not because they didn't like the game or lost motivation.

[DreamWindX]

Yes they lost some members due to that, but they both reformed with some new players around the time Nightfall came out. I think they lost motivation shortly after that because they are gone now.

[DESTROYEDCRAB]

You should e-mail this to A Net cause i completely agree with you. A Net needs to be slapped and they need to keep the PvP coming. Either way great video. i hoped it made a lot of people realize the truth.

[DreamWindX]

I don't think it did. There are a lot of thick headed people out there. Even after I showed them this video they argued that I took what the founder said "out of context", even though he is clearly talking about a PvP event at a PvP event. Really sad...

I could send this to Anet. I doubt it would get anywhere.

[crea1233]

2) in theory you are correct, but if you remember the start of GW there werent even faction around, you had to:

cap the skills in PvE, no faction

get armor in PvE, in the start it was actually pretty damn important to armorswap during pvp

get weapons in PvE, you could only get 2 weaponsets in the start, and to get +5 energy etc etc you had to get those trough pve.

ergo: the game werent built for PvP, but for PvEers that wanted to play against other enemies.

[DreamWindX]

The things you mention are just neccessary things Anet didn't add to the game originally.

The point of lesson 2 is that the game was supposed to have a more PvP oriented direction than it has taken. It is clearly going the route of PvE for GW2.

The other point was to show the founder claiming my point. (A lot of people didn't believe me).

[ForYeensSake]

You know, they should really get some of the best players to rebalance GW to preNF or perhaps even prefactions. PVE players would probably go for GWII, PvP players would still find a niche in GWI. Win-win imho (given that it attracts enough pvp players that is).

[gyrotuffjonykirby]

Guild Wars Is, And Always Will Be Legendary =)

[SolaceIX]

Ok I'm not trying to start a war or anything BUT:

GW becoming the new WoW is a GOOD thing to ANet. Why? Because WoW, whether you like it or not, is successful. Besides that, a lot of people, like myself, enjoy PvE more than PvP.

[bladerunner983]

Ya I like PVE, and I prefer it(personally), but I sincerely have a high respect for PVP as well. PVE/PVP will always be part of GW(2) and onwards. -I hope? There should be no PVE versus PVP ?, its just stoopid, each player(s), or each guild,....) to their own vices be it PVE'ing preferences or PVP'ing. If it wasn't for PVE thru' Proph. Factions, NF, and EoTN, I would "NOT" have played nearly as long as I did. -a dozen reasons why ?, have already been commented on here.

[jukissimissimo]

where i can find the complete movie (all 3 parts)?

[leandrogaluzzi]

anyone know where i can find these videos?

[fergmasterflex]

Ed (Sarus)did our interviews. He played monk for us.

[SnowSlide91]

Really awesome... I was wonder why in GTOB you can find only Factions' Championship trophy, now I know...