Guild Wars: We poke our heads out the door
Mark and I played our first Guild Wars – Nightfall. I’m running a Warrior and Mark a Monk (healer). It went well, we died two or three times, but let’s not blame the newbie Monk. I played the original Guild Wars a little, this is Marks first.
I tried to make sure Mark had a good time. When Mike and I played GW he hated it. I’m the one who talks them into spending money on these things. I like almost all the MMOs I’ve tried. The boys? Not so much. GW is just enough different from standard MMOs that it’s a little annoying. The keyboard controls, UI, play-style take some getting used to. I don’t know if it will ever feel comfortable.
I can’t say we did anything wondrous. We poked around in the first instance area trying to do quests and get experience. We improved our armor and weapons some. We survived a few fights we shouldn’t have. I thought it went well and Mark seems to enjoyed it enough, though he hates his Hero for some reason. I think the Hero said something, while Mark was doing the initial newbie stuff, that ticked him off. He’s been trying to get rid of his Hero since.
I dinged level 4. Mark did the same later, playing solo. We are on for another run Tomorrow. Hope it works out.
Completely unrelated: I’ve been playing EQ2 solo a little. I dinged level 14 last night and I’m enjoying it enough that I’m considering purchasing the latest expansion. Wonder if I could talk the boys into playing EQ2 again?