Should i play perfect world

xanxus7 · June 2010

Hi there im thinking about downloading perfect world and i wanted to ask people how this game is. Normally i find that in the lower levels of an mmo you really can't find all a game has to offer so i figured id ask about thinks i wanted to know. How is the guild system in this game? Is their guild vs guild or guild quests and raids?How is the community of this game? Is this game heavy on it's item mall or is the game playable without having to kill urself to try and catch up to people who pay.How is character customization are u able to wear any interesting costumes or anything like that. Lastly whats the best server to join and how are the classes are they well balanced and recomendations?Thanks in advance and sorry if i posted this in the wrong spot or anything.

Jennalicious - Sanctuary · June 2010

No. .......

Nowitsawn - Heavens Tear · June 2010

How is the guild system in this game? -quite basic; guild name over your head, upgrade guild level to hold more members.

Is their guild vs guild or guild quests and raids? -only form of GvG is territorial war. Takes a lot of money and effort and is basically only viable for the biggest of guilds. No quests, no raids.

How is the community of this game? -pretty bad on average (ingame, the forum community is the exact opposite of what you'll usually find ingame) but to be honest, it's the same as with any other MMO. This game only heavily relies on team play and people who don't know their class can really ruin that.

Is this game heavy on it's item mall or is the game playable without having to kill urself to try and catch up to people who pay. -There's successful people who didn't pay a dime. But to be blunt; cash = power.

How is character customization are u able to wear any interesting costumes or anything like that. -character customization is among the best. You can make your character look like anything you want. There's a huge variety of costumes but those are from the item mall.

Lastly whats the best server to join -unless you love heavy pvp, I'd suggest joining a PvE server because it's hard to compete with heavy cashshoppers if you don't cash shop yourself.

and how are the classes are they well balanced and recomendations? -not particularly balanced. But they all shine in their own way. Some excel at PvP, others are invaluable in a group. Try reading around the class forums to get a good impression.

http://ecatomb.net/ would also be a nice place for you to look around.

Vitenka - Dreamweaver · June 2010

Guilds work pretty much as usual (they're called 'factions' here). You get ranks with different powers to add members and kick them out.

There is a weekly guild-vs-guild PVP system, called territory wars (TW) - but basically only the topmost guilds on any given server can usefully play.

There are no guild quests.
There are very few raids, since all instances are locked to a single squad, which maxes out at six.

There ARE a few bosses on the worldmap who a couple of squads can team up on to beat-up, but no big raids.

The community is full of immature idiots who have, for example, never heard of the word 'you'.

The cash-shop is largely optional. There's useful stuff there, and the game tempts you towards it by offering you short-term versions of some of the items in it. You can also spend in-game coin to buy from it - though the exchange rate is horrible.

However, if you want to compete PVP then it is a lot more vital.

There is a lot of fashion, all through the cash-shop.

There isn't much variation in equipment though - at any given level any particular class will only have two or maybe three options.

The classes are well balanced, though Assassins are flavour-of-the-month.

Which server? Pick the coast closest to you, pick PVP or PVE, then throw a coin. There's no huge differences.

Kupuntu - Sanctuary · June 2010

xanxus7 wrote: »

Hi there im thinking about downloading perfect world and i wanted to ask people how this game is. Normally i find that in the lower levels of an mmo you really can't find all a game has to offer so i figured id ask about thinks i wanted to know. How is the guild system in this game? Is their guild vs guild or guild quests and raids?How is the community of this game? Is this game heavy on it's item mall or is the game playable without having to kill urself to try and catch up to people who pay.How is character customization are u able to wear any interesting costumes or anything like that. Lastly whats the best server to join and how are the classes are they well balanced and recomendations?Thanks in advance and sorry if i posted this in the wrong spot or anything.

1) Guild (called factions in this game) system is pretty simple, a guild can have 50/100(?)/200 players depending on the guild level.
2) Community isn't the best I've seen, but if you find a nice faction with plenty of helpful people, I think you will do fine.
3) There is a guild vs. guild thing called Territory war, but it's hard to get to a faction that actually wins those wars.
4) There are people who have managed to compete with heavy real-money-users, but it's really hard.
5) Classes aren't that balanced; assasins can come out of stealth and kill all robe classes easily. Blademasters can achieve 5 attacks per second (all classes can, but usually only assassins, archers and BMs use that) which is kinda OP. End game mages and archers are pretty OP too.
6) Best PvP server: Lost City. Best PvE server: all are good, but Archosaur and Raging Tide are pretty new so if you want a newer server, play there. Heaven's Tear is the oldest one.

Deceptistar - Sanctuary · June 2010

xanxus7 wrote: »

How is the community of this game?

it really is a hit and miss, just like how you just cant be friends with every single stranger you meet in real life. As for guild choosing, just be patient with them tho, you wont see all the good and the bad unless you been INTERACTING with them for over a week or so. Many guild jumpers fail to interact and be patient.

Is this game heavy on it's item mall or is the game playable without having to kill urself to try and catch up to people who pay.

If you know how to do a decent amount of ingame bartering (like putting up shops, working the market) then you should be ok. The pple who 'pay' and have OMG UBER gear are only about 5% of the population. If you luck out, some nice gear can drop from mobs and instance bosses and its not that uncommon.

whats the best server to join?

I would personally be really careful of the newer servers like Archosaur and Raging Tide. Only because there are a higher ratio (compared to the other older servers) of pple who dont know their class well teach the new comers = more pple who dont know how to play or are ignorant of basic things and no one corrects them.

WaffleChan - Sanctuary · June 2010

to give an accurate sit/rep of pw, its really split in a diverse way. the beginning of the game can be extremely fun. people are helpful, i see offers to help slay bosses, guild recruiting, tons of parties willing to assist you if their needs are the same. at the same time, the end game royally blows unless you rely on the item mall. end game equipment? sure it can be farmed, and you can feel like a pro at the end of your weeks or months of hard work... then again, the guys helping you farm couldve already gotten the stuff youre working so hard to get by splurging their college tuition on cash shops.

really, pvp is stacked against who has the fattest wallet. with a fat credit card, even the most ****, screwed up build (lolsagearchers) can stand up to the legit player and make him frustrated in trying to kill his fellow man.

on the flip side, if you only play this in a non competitive nature, as i do on my alts, i find this game to be a magical experience unlike any other. despite flaws or issues i have with a game, there are only 3 that will keep me coming back for more, this is one of them. (Diablo 2 and iRO are the others, but hey they dont matter here.)

Michael_Dark - Lost City · June 2010

The PvP on PvE servers, as most of them note, is pretty one sided. The only people who PvP are the ones who chose too, and they're usually the best geared on the server. So if you're interested in ANY PvP at all, don't join a PvE server. On a PvP server, there is all sorts of PvP, it's not just high levels ganking low levels.... there is a bit of action going on for pretty much every level range if you so choose. If you actually like it and decide to stay on PWI, at the end, that's pretty much all that there is left to do.

Gaijen - Sanctuary · June 2010

Jennalicious - Sanctuary wrote: »

No. .......

LOL b:victory .......

Themax - Heavens Tear · June 2010

Michael_dark - Lost City wrote: »

The PvP on PvE servers, as most of them note, is pretty one sided. The only people who PvP are the ones who chose too, and they're usually the best geared on the server. So if you're interested in ANY PvP at all, don't join a PvE server. On a PvP server, there is all sorts of PvP, it's not just high levels ganking low levels.... there is a bit of action going on for pretty much every level range if you so choose. If you actually like it and decide to stay on PWI, at the end, that's pretty much all that there is left to do.

Quoted for the truth.

Iribehir - Dreamweaver · June 2010

The only good thing with this game, in my opinion, is cool armors at endgame and lots of free exp from dailies, but what do you need that for when you can't enjoy any other part of the game?

I regret every time I login that I didn't spend my time on another game...

The choice is yours, but I'm advising you to keep looking for another game and ask the same questions there as you did here.

Good luck!

CreditToTeam - Raging Tide · June 2010

Pretty much what the first reply said.

Partypooper - Harshlands · June 2010

xanxus7 wrote: »

Hi there im thinking about downloading perfect world and i wanted to ask people how this game is. Normally i find that in the lower levels of an mmo you really can't find all a game has to offer so i figured id ask about thinks i wanted to know. How is the guild system in this game? Is their guild vs guild or guild quests and raids?How is the community of this game? Is this game heavy on it's item mall or is the game playable without having to kill urself to try and catch up to people who pay.How is character customization are u able to wear any interesting costumes or anything like that. Lastly whats the best server to join and how are the classes are they well balanced and recomendations?Thanks in advance and sorry if i posted this in the wrong spot or anything.

No

Lesthar - Heavens Tear · June 2010

Partypooper - Harshlands wrote: »

No

You sure deserve your name.

To the OP: Why don't you give it a try? It will cost you nothing more than more than a giga to download.
If you are unhappy with the game, uninstall it. It's that simple.

Discovery by yourself, it's what so many people forget to do nowadays.

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