Like many video games, the oldest in the series is the cheapest. While the newest Guild Wars release is always sold at the same price level as new releases of other PC and console games, the older games can be found at lower prices. Prophecies are easiest to get cheaply, but recently many stores sold Nightfall at roughly half the usual market price. Members of the GuildWarsGuru.com forums often post a thread in the Riverside forum when a significant price drop occurs, so a would-be player who is tight on cash would do well to shop around and wait for a sale about Guild Wars Gold.

By the admission of the Guild Wars developers, Arena Net, Factions was designed to be much more PvP-oriented than either Prophecies or Nightfall about Guild Wars Gold. If your ultimate goal is to play through traditional questing and saving the world from crime and the forces of evil, Factions is probably an inferior choice to the other two chapters.

The balanced, sophisticated PvP aspect is one of Guild Wars strongest selling points. Most PvP is universal, with arenas located at a