[GW] Pre-Searing Ascalon

This morning, I started my run-through of Guild Wars: Prophecies, with a goal of playing the whole series to the end - specifically so if any positions open up with ArenaNet, I'll be up to speed on the current flavor of game mechanics and storytelling.

In terms of mechanics I'm very fond of in GW, the fluidity of re-organizing your character between missions, from stats to skills, is really very pleasant. The world is very beautiful and doesn't have any sense of geographical cookie-cutter flavor about it, in terms of placed objects and repetitive scenery pieces. While I initially felt a little railed in, in terms of the limitations that GW sets on geographical areas & travel paths, after exploring around the continents of WoW, including swimming around the eastern edge of one of the continents without finding a single damned interesting thing to look at or interact with, I'm much better now with being kept on the path, provided there is a constant level of entertainment and adventure to be had.

When I first experienced GW a few years ago, my computer was barely able to run the game, and I soon found that there was only one location in the entire game where I could actually interact with a merchant (Rurik's Square?) without blue-screening my computer. Now, being able to save, buy, sell, and mess with my inventory on the fly, playing GW is a much more fluid and entertaining experience. Additionally, now that I've played Eve, Warcraft, and a bunch of other MMO's, I feel I can appreciate GW in a much different light, especially when coming at the game from a position of experience rather than as just a 'noob'. :)

Today's accomplishments: Starting off with a Level 1 Wa/El and raising it up to Level 6, up to the Searing of Ascalon. (Hot plate!)

-Scott