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Game must be utterly dead at this point, but if you have Nightfall, then you have the ability to complete it solo, as it added customizable NPCs. Mind you, I still completed Prophecies and Factions solo before it, but it was more autism than fun.

>Combat

Typical skill synergy with selection kind of thing.

>Exploration

Not much to gain from exploring unlike GW2, but there are some gorgeous ass vistas.

>Grind

Unless you want to go for achievements, the heroes system from Nightfall makes it not too bad at all.

>I'm told that this game is less of an MMO and more of an instanced, Co-op RPG with MMO elements

It isn't a MMOG at all, there are no elements of it. It was created and initially marketed as an action RPG. WoW happened and turned everyone retarded and suddenly everything was being called "MMO" for no reason.

>how good is the combat, how fun is the exploration, and how bad is the grind?

Shit, shit, shit. It was a PvP game. Nobody plays it now. There's no reason to buy it.

>>16651609

It's a fantastic game. The PVP is extremely fun and balanced. Probably the most balanced MMO that exists.

Sadly there are very few people still playing, so the experience might be worse, but Random Arena and JadeQuarry should still be frequented.

There's basically no grind for levels, because the level cap is more like a tutorial and less like a lifelong grindfest.

Just play the campaigns. Exploration is also very nice and pleasant, there's lots of titles that reward exploration.

Combat is probably kinda old by todays standard, but I think it's still very satisfying.

PVP is definitely where Guildwars excels, so it depends a lot if enough people are still playing it.

Fortunately they made it easier to find groups with centralized mission hubs and the ability to completely fill your party with custom-NPCs.

>>16651609

It's shit and dead.

>>16651701

Forgot to say, building your skill builds for a whole team is where the real fun is at.

I've spent countless days just browsing the wiki and skills and thinking up interesting builds.

>>16651701

>There's basically no grind for levels, because the level cap is more like a tutorial and less like a lifelong grindfest.

t. never played Prophecies at launch

It was advertised as having only 20 levels so you didn't have to grind but it was bullshit, you attained level 20 very late in the game, making it just as bad as a 80 cap without the excitement of leveling up. It wasn't until Factions and Nightfall it just became the tutorial. Of course that means OP doesn't need to concern itself about it.

>>16651701

What if you despise playing with others, could you play it successfully as a single player unbothered by the incompetence of others?

>>16651721

There were still plenty of people paying for a run to Drok's so they could get their alts to level 20 in a day.

>>16651732

Yes, but don't expect it to be as good as an RPG that was actually designed for single player.

>>16651609

You can buy it, refund it, and keep the key you stupid goy motherfucker.

>>16651721

>t. never played Prophecies at launch

Jesus, I forgot how late Hard Mode showed up. It's been four times longer since Hard Mode than it was between Hard Mode and release.

>>16651609

You need the Nightfall expansion to complete the game at this point, as it added 'heroes' which are advanced AI which have the same class abilities as players of certain classes which you can control.

The game ins't completely dead, and there are several alliances which are still active and have people playing. Random Arenas and other PvP stuff is still somewhat active during EU primetime, less active during NA primetime, but GvG is mostly dead outside of some arranged stuff once in awhile.

It's a far better game than GW2, though. The class system is amazingly fun, and tons of combinations and builds are able to be used.

>>16651704

>>16651694

It's not entirely dead, though. Just logon and go to Kamadan, there's a decent number of people usually.

I tried it a couple months ago. All monsters respawning in the field every time you have to go back to town wore me out fast. And you can’t just run past everything because your AI partners will die fast on the way. It’s not hard, but it makes the game horribly tedious and grindy and not even having the best combat in a tab-target MMO can make it not-boring.

>>16652074

>you can’t just run past everything

I used to get paid to do exactly that, you only need one player to reach the loading zone to get to another area, so players would pay specialised runners to take them to high level areas and outposts quickly. Look up Droknar's run on youtube, I had to undercut people because my R/Mo build was suboptimal.

> horribly tedious and grindy

I don't think I've ever heard this before, with the main quest exp it's impossible to be underleveled. I think you just tried to outlevel content as if it was wow, instead of building a real skill deck and learning how to use it. GW1 rewards clever gameplay and exploitation, not grinding and clicking.

>>16652120

Still plenty of people at it:

https://kamadan.decltype.org/

Though last I checked the market was all over the place due to the effects of the autistic German speed clear cults.

>>16651694

>I doubt you'll have much fun

I disagree. I've played full-through all four GW1 campaigns by myself at least twice, and probably 80% through a third time, and I loved it. The game has a fantastic setting and story and the AI team gives you something to autistically tweak and configure as you progress. PvE was always better than PvP.

>>16652356

Oh and I forgot to mention the soundtrack. Jeremy Soule's best work bar none, TES doesn't even come close.

>>16652347

sent ;)

buy it, use the key on their website, refund it on steam

>>16652137

its not the same, anon.

>>16652347

>GWP pretty much requires you to have full 8 player groups

my brother and i manage to finish that with a team full of mercs.

>>16652361

This is almost certainly true. Morrowind is pretty good, but outside of the main theme of that game, Guild Wars is an entirely different ballpark.

>>16652137

Jesus these prices are so inflated nowadays. I can't even imagine being a buyer in this market.

>>16652467

>Jesus these prices are so inflated nowadays

i logged in a few months ago and noticed that the black/white colors dropped price a lot.

>>16652425

Yeah, and I'm talking vanilla prophecies where you could only have three mercs, no customizable heroes like nightfall introduced. That means a team of four, with only me and three dumbass stock AIs.

>>16651609

If you want to play with other people, make sure to go to Kamadan. It's where everyone congregates and you'll be able to find a guild there.

>>16651609

I tried buying GWs but couldn't get it to even launch through Steam to register the Arena.net account… refunded

It's pozzed to hell and back.

How the fuck you still don't know it?

>>16655683

Guild Wars 1? What are you fucking talking about?

>>16655752

He is trying to fit in.

>>16655683

>GW1

>pozzed

Go back to reddit you retard, you've obviously never even played the game.

>tfw you still miss Pre-Searing

Fucking Charrfags.

>>16657329

That feel when finished Legendary Defender of Ascalon just a weekend before they introduced dailiy quests.

Man, show me another MMO where you can let the enemies grind on you to get around an exp cap to be able to get an achievement, because the devs wanted to honor the players who refused to leave the tutorial instance because of the marvelous aesthetic and feels.

Fucking one-of-a-kind.

it was a great game but it's been dead since the abortion gw2 came out

>>16651609

I had tons of fun in GW1, and still have it installed, but I haven't played for years because I lost contact with my old guild and I don't know how to find another one. So go for it.

>>16651609

It's a good dead game. Start with Nightfall and go through Eye of the North when you can, to unlock all the Heroes, then play at your leisure.