Do you remember that golden time in your chosen MMOG?
That time when you’re a badass almost-max-level and most of the players are just climbing aboard, the much-coveted word of mouth finally had reached them? When you could offer a few coins to have a noob farm some crap for you, and, he (she) was happy to get some pocket change, you were happy to be relieved of crap farming and all was right with the world?
Maybe you had a chore back in Noobville, you ran back and were surrounded by beggars, thieves and admirers alike? You had a few minutes before the scheduled raid and gave generously of your advice, if not your money, to the true noobs, the untwinked.
Ya, I remember that time, too.
Listen up cupcake, that time is OVER. ‘Twas but a golden moment in time and it ain’t never coming back.
So, if you want me to get my noob alt off his ass, or any of these other noob twinks, you better bring some gold. By November 2004’s standards, we are rich beyond avarice, so open those pursestrings wide — we need MOTIVATION to aid, assist or abet.
There are no noobs here.
One of the joys of a new server is the fact that there’s a more sane economy. The first level 60s just appeared in the last week or so on Moonrunner, and that’s just the folks that were powerlevelling straight to the end game.
I’ve also run into several actual new players. . . the sort that you have to teach how to use /p and have no idea what VC or SW means.
Kind of nice, actually.
Uh. I still don’t know what VC and SW mean. And I’ve been playing since launch. If those are shorthand for dungeons and instances, that’s probably why. I hardly ever raid.
Allow me to add some clarity. VC is short for Van Cleef who is the boss you kill in Deadmines (the first alliance instance). SW stands for StormWind, you know the big castley place near the green foresty place. =/
No noobs in WoW. We’ve got them in Guild Wars. Especially at the end game.
I’m at the next to last mission and people now act like asses and drop from PUGs
Ahhh…that’s why. I’m a horde guy (at least right now). I haven’t experienced any of the Alliance content yet.
Awe man, don’t tell me that GW is crap at the end. Let me bask in the newness (to me at least). It’s my vacation from being bored with WoW content.
My only hope is that more games will be like GW with no monthly fee. Then I can play 4-5 at a time so that it takes 4-5 times longer to reach the game climax.
No, it’s not crap. Just play with good people or people you know. Good teamwork is a must if you want to get through well. Just wait till Riverside.
The only other gripe I have with GW is the insatiable need for a healer. You’re always waiting to do mission while waiting for a healer. If you want to get through the game fast, be a monk.
Is this the same for WoW?
in one word yes.
i maxed out 2 healers (pally and Priest) without ever waiting more than 10 minutes for an instance group. My Mage on the other hand has spent weeks standing in IF looking for ubrs/strat groups.
Yeah, if you’re a healer class and haven’t earned a reputation as a complete incompetent, you’ll get picked up really quickly.
The incompetents just have to wait a little longer, sadly :/
Getting those damn druid mentor letters are the biggest let down. I get so excited for mail and WHAM. A form letter.
Like we don’t get enough of those from Blizzard employees.
If those are shorthand for dungeons and instances, that’s probably why. I hardly ever raid.have with GW is the insatiable need for a healer. You’re always waiting to do mission while waiting for a healer.
I hate to tell you this but Guild Wars is all about “noobs”.
It was designed to be about noobs. The developers constantly do things to make the game and the economy more and more accessible to the noobiest of players, and if that completely screws veteran players over, they don’t care.
Guild Wars was designed to be incredibly simple. It is more of an introduction to MMORPG than it is an MMORPG.
The PvE is incredibly easy with a full team, even in the newly introduced “Hard Mode”. The PvP is a joke, having less to do with the skill of the individual players, or the teams skill, and more to do with wether or not you are prepapred for the build the other team is running. All in all it boils down to more grinding than anything else.
It is also important to not that Guild Wars has no type of developer presence in game. People run around scamming and touting themselves as the second coming while putting everyone else down. You can report them, but it does no good as the dev’s really couldn’t care less once you have bought the game.
Guild Wars charges no monthly fee, so even the utter lack of depth does not prevent it from having a huge player-base.
It is a crap game, and it is run in a crap way, but it is also worth the purchase price……
As long as you can deal with the 1 million 1 noobies.