> They don't use the mechanic of more and better gear as a reward, so content doesn't get obsoleted by that.
Interesting. What do they use instead?
Most games use either gear or something akin to gear (like ships in Eve).
Interesting. What do they use instead?
Most games use either gear or something akin to gear (like ships in Eve).
Players have fairly easy access to all skills and max-level equipment in the game. Skills are (almost) never made obsolete by other skills, so you could very well be using the exact same skill you learned early in the game while you fight the final boss. The challenge is finding the combination of skills and gear to best suit your needs at any given task. Comparable to collecting tools to add to your toolbox, a screwdriver can solve new problems for you, but it doesn't make the hammer any less useful.
You collect a bunch of cards (skills) and then build a deck (skill bar) from that.
This also meant that not every mission was necessarily more challenging than the last (in Factions there were some missions that were much harder right after leaving noob island than those deeper in the game play like in the Luxon/Kurzick areas).
Max level armor/weapons are easily attainable by anyone in GW1 but if you want fancy looking stuff you're going to have to work for it. Makes the game a lot more skill based instead of grind based. Works very well for GW1 PvP.