Guild Wars: Return to Tyria
After 2 years I got round to re-installing Guild Wars once again. Blame the Guild Wars 2 trailer for that 
I’d forgotten how good GW actually is to be honest. When I first played it I barely made it out of Pre-Searing Ascalon with a Warrior/Ranger before going back to Warcraft. Since I’ve given up that dark addiction for some time now, and Darkfall refuses to let me try before I buy, I decided to go for some good old free-to-play fun and try Guild Wars again.
I rolled another Warrior (familiar with them, know where all the Pre-Searing Warrior skills are etc… plus, I like to hit things in the face with a Hammer!), claimed my GOTY bonus items and got going. Once I got used to not being able to jump, or path through bushes.. or off hills (grr) I had a great time blasting through the old content again.
Over a couple of nights I checked off all the Quests I could do in Pre-Searing, paid a Gate Monkey some cash to let me go farm the Northlands for a bit, gave Gwen all the guff she wanted (and received a tapestry thread from her? wtf do I do with that?)… after a period of dye farming I figured why wait and did the quests that end with the Searing.
I didn’t remember the PvP part from the last time I did it, so until my memory kicks in, that was my introduction to GW PvP. Reminded me a lot of Warhammer Online now I think about it. Definitely something I’ll be trying more of. After an 8/0 victory against a team with what seemed to be 2 human players on vs me and my henchies, I am now entering the ruins of Ascalon for the first time in 2 years.
..and that’s where I left it. 2 Platinum in my bags, a bank full of various dyes and a ton of crafting materials. Now I just need to figure out what the hell is going on!
Still a little early for a conclusive opinion but I enjoyed what I have seen so far. Fingers crossed a couple of guildies I know come back to the game!
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