Suis Vs. Guild Wars - A playthrough/guide/blog Disclaimer: This thread is going to be 18+. If you are offended by swearing, terrible puns and mild sexual innuendo, please leave immediately and don't complain. Yeah, so if some people have been observant, it's pretty obvious that I'm something of a fan of Guild Wars , especially the PvP aspect of it. Which is a fair enough assumption, really - I've been playing for over two years and have only taken the occasional break. Background aside, here's what I'm doing: I plan on making a PvE character ready for PvP. In doing so, I'll be completing at least one campaign and quite probably the expansion, Eye of the North. I will also be logging this journey for the benefit of the readers, so you can follow along on my pet project. I'll be including lots of pictures, blisteringly witty insight, blatant movie rip-offs and that blatant cynicism and dry humour you've come to expect from me. Currently I have three characters from PvE ready to PvP; my Monk (what I usually play in tournament PvP), my Ranger (pewpew) and my Elementalist (your standard BLAU BLAU BOOM HUR HUR character). I also have my PvE main, a Dervish, who is essentially death incarnate and roflstomps the entire game while abusing broken and overpowered skills. Just like he's supposed to. I also play a lot of PvP with most other classes using the PvP character system (essentially a "L20 PvP-only" character with any skill I've unlocked throughout the game on any of my characters available to it). From this, you can say I'm at least reasonably versatile, having had experience in both support and offensive roles. So for this playthrough, I intend to make it entertaining by playing something of a hybrid role - the Mesmer. I never play Mesmer because I'm fucking terrible at it. They're like Blue or Time Mages from Final Fantasy, except without the massive MP reserves. They don't do a whole lot of damage, they don't really provide much team support per se (no real heals or buffs) and not many people actually want a Mesmer outside of PvP. This is because the Mesmer is a spellcaster focusing on degeneration and disruption of the enemy forces. This is usually achieved by near-instant interruption spells, long-lasting hexes (but not as long lasting as those of the Necromancer, sigh) and nifty little skills that can literally stop someone from casting for 14 seconds. That may not seem like a lot, but in PvP a Mesmer can literally turn the tide of an entire match by interrupting a single spell or landing a lucky Power Block (any decent guild is capable of launching a lethal damage spike on a target with less than 3 seconds' warning, lasting less than a second, recharging in about 8 seconds; if an enemy Monk is unable to cast, that'll be an almost guaranteed kill). This game-changing ability isn't really used as much in PvE, instead reducing Mesmers to spamming low-cost degen hexes and the occasional interrupt on enemy bosses and healers. Mesmers are indeed the hardest class to play in terms of skill and reflexes. My ping precludes me from having reflexes. So, time to create my Mesmer. I've put him in Nightfall due to the fact that I don't want my guy looking like an azn (Factions) and I absolutely hate the Prophecies tutorial area (goddamn Pre-Searing). Actually, I hate most of Prophecies up to about Sanctum Cay; it starts getting good in the desert. Then you hit Ring of Fire later and you're like "oh god, what the fuck is this?" and the game becomes you yelling at your monks. But that'll come later. Anyways, the big choice here is skin colour. It's so tempting to make this guy black like my Dervish, but I'm conflicted over my desire to make him look like Gerard Butler. The latter eventually wins out, although I'm sad that I can't put him in leather speedos due to the armour available to Mesmers (if only I didn't already have a Warrior...). I name him "Spartan Puppet" (I use "Puppet" as my generic tag, most of my character names have it so people know I'm around), but forget to screencap the naming screen. Gg me. Elona, the continent Nightfall is set on, is a treat to play in really. It's very North African, from the wetlands of Istan to the plains of Kourna, and even to the obligatory Big Fucking Desert (called, appropriately enough, The Desolation. Oh yeah, and the sands are so sulphurous that mortals die instantly upon touching them, which will really be a pain later on). Even if the game balance has been terrible at times, I've always loved the environments. Puppet starts his journey on this little tutorial island. Corsairs have come to fuck up our shit, so we need to go and counter-fuck their shit. The chick on the right is Kormir. She leads the Sunspears, who are essentially a private army dedicated to vigilante justice. Istan uses them as a sort of police force because they're pansies. The Sunspears are NOWHERE near as awesome as Batman though, or this game would be a lot more awesome (not to mention a lot shorter). I imagine it would be like this. Just with more ass-kicking. The other dude standing next to Puppet? That's Koss. Koss is the greatest NPC in this game. He's a pimping, gambling, hard-drinking slab of muscle and awesome. You'll be seeing a LOT of Koss if I have any say in the matter. Jora and Goren (the other Warrior heroes) are lame. And that's it for this post. I'll leave you with a picture of Koss while I begin my murderous rampage throughout the world of Tyria (and possibly into the Underworld at some point, I really do need to kill Dhuum). KOSS! So, until next time, peace out! Comments are welcomed, since I'll be making a table of contents in this post once it gets started.
I really don't give two shits about any MMORPG, this is extremely entertaining though and I can't wait for more, Blitz.
Well, I'll be using heroes and henchmen unless I'm forced to take other players. If I do take other players, there will be plenty of questioning of sexual orientation. Other people don't make for an entertaining playthrough.
