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Geek Syndicate
el of gameplay. links events between the two games. So far I’ve only done a couple of dungeons and they are pretty much impossible to do by yourself but there is always people lurking around the entrances looking for groups and so far I haven’t been in one bad party. Structured PvP and WvW There are two forms of fighting against other players, PvP (Player versus Player) and WvW (World versus World). PvP has two modes; tournament and hot join. All characters retain their profession but not race specific skills and given a fixed maximum level. Scores are then tracked depending on how well the player does in each given match. The awards in PvP are only usable in PvP which means that it kind of sits by itself from the game. World v World however is different, rather than playing against individual players your server is pitted against two other servers in an area and the goal is to capture as many bases as possible with points awarded for each 15-20 match over a week. So far this is one of my favourite modes

Playing with Others (The MMO part of this RPG)
Guilds As the name suggests Guild Wars does have guilds, however there are no wars between them, the name is a reference to Tyria’s history in the first game. Guilds are easy to set up and influence points are given to your guild for taking part in events. These points can them be spent on boosts for the whole guild to take advantage of. The trouble is that as it stands, there’s no way of finding a guild, you have to wait to be invited and hope it all works out. Currently my guild is just me and a few friends who are on the same server so it’s taking a long time to get the boosts we want. Dungeons Unlike the general world events dungeons are set instances which can only be accessed by those in your party. Currently there are nine, as well as the Fractals of the Mists: which works like a “horde” or survival mode with a number of dungeon events each harder than the last. Each dungeon has its own mini storyline which does add to your understanding of the world and in some cases
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as the rewards you get can be used in the normal game and rather than being on my own against other players I have a team of up to five-hundred other players to work with.

Longevity of the Game
The problem with a lot of games is what do you do after you’ve hit the maximum level, completed your personal story and explored the whole map? Well first of all exploring the whole map is hard. After twohundred and fifty hours, I’m at 90% - and that’s providing they don’t release any new areas with the new updates coming sometime in January or February. The game also has an achievement point system which awards points for various things such as killing a certain number of creatures. A number of these achievements also provide you with titles for
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