Curse

Swingline · Jul 07, 2011, 03:09 PM // 15:09

Getting my first 100k and blowing it on a q8 15^50 max FDS in July 2005. I still have it.

Urcscumug · Jul 07, 2011, 03:32 PM // 15:32

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Originally Posted by akelarumi

Clicking the shrine with Althea's ashes a split second before I was killed for the 1000th time, and the victorydance me and my mates had afterwards.

No no no, that's wrong. You have to casually walk to the altar with 59% DP over the mounds of all the dead Charr bodies, like a boss. :P

The most vivid (and early) memory I have of GW is walking down the hill in pre-Ascalon right after creating my first character, and seeing people going around and spontaneously burst into the golden flames of the quest reward aura, and the "whoosh" sound that goes with it. I didn't know why or how they did that, but it looked like the coolest thing in the world.

*Darcy* · Jul 07, 2011, 03:35 PM // 15:35

Going through Prophecies without knowing how big the world would be. My first online game and I was really a newbie in every sense. Getting Factions a few weeks later and going crazy when I hit the mainland with the level 20 quests so quickly.

peter81 · Jul 07, 2011, 04:13 PM // 16:13

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Originally Posted by Urcscumug

No no no, that's wrong. You have to casually walk to the altar with 59% DP over the mounds of all the dead Charr bodies, like a boss. :P

The most vivid (and early) memory I have of GW is walking down the hill in pre-Ascalon right after creating my first character, and seeing people going around and spontaneously burst into the golden flames of the quest reward aura, and the "whoosh" sound that goes with it. I didn't know why or how they did that, but it looked like the coolest thing in the world.

YEAH ! I remember that sound - i still like it

LordDragon · Jul 07, 2011, 04:55 PM // 16:55

Wandering around explorable areas during one of the betas that dumped you in LA and finding out that Henchmen level! I had been wandering around for many hours.

Getting that first taste of Ascalon in a beta and remembering where LA was and thinking OMG the world is HUGE!

Getting to LA a few weeks after release and thinking I had to be pretty close to done with the game. Then being happy I wasn't even close to finished.

Capturing my first Elite Skill back when you had to wait for the boss to use it first. It was Gladiator's Defense.

Chosovi · Jul 07, 2011, 05:35 PM // 17:35

Most of my first run through Prophecies consists of fond memories for me.

Getting to Amnoon Oasis (I adore the Crystal Desert and the Desolation) and buying my first max weapon. I don't use it anymore, but still have it.

Having absolutely no idea what the Augury Rock mission was going to entail, and then beating my doppleganger.

Pugging my way through Sanctum Cay. Some teams were good, some were bad, all were educational. OTOH, I also remember fondly soloing (with henchmen) the rest of the game, because i like to figure things out on my own and get taken by surprise.

I have to admit though that my biggest "OMG THAT WAS AWESOME" moment came in Nightfall, and that was the first time I rode the wurms. I still love the wurms. Second to that would be the first time I realized you could see the Crystal Desert from the Desolation and actually cross back and forth between them.

kartmaster · Jul 07, 2011, 05:51 PM // 17:51

Some of the old farms bring back good memories. I remember farming Fire Imps outside LA with my ranger. Farming Totem Axes, and the Edge of Extinction farms were always fun.

texanmann11 · Jul 07, 2011, 06:00 PM // 18:00

I miss the days before I even knew what a speed clear was.

LordDragon · Jul 07, 2011, 07:42 PM // 19:42

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Originally Posted by Chosovi

Having absolutely no idea what the Augury Rock mission was going to entail, and then beating my doppleganger.

THIS!! and surviving with just 2 hit points because I hadn't learned the tricks yet.

June Bug · Jul 07, 2011, 09:17 PM // 21:17

My first go at Prophecies and seeing all the different places in Tyria. I had no idea about runs to LA. How proud I was when I finally spawned in that city after managing my way through the Shiverpeaks.

Or the shortcuts to Sanctum. I just went through all the hoops to get there and and finding out I was just about something over half way to the end. But I loved it nonetheless. :P

Venbloodblade · Jul 07, 2011, 09:26 PM // 21:26

In the eye of the north preview weekend, we could only explore the northern shiverpeaks. me and a random group went out from sifhalla to the now famous "rabbit hole". we went down the rabbit hole. the boss spawned and we thought "oh this shouldn't be to ba-"*30 demons spawn* "OMGWTF?!"

Also, from eye of the north, when you get the elite ursan skill. before it got nerfed. now, i understand why it was nerfed but when i first got it, it was on my ele that had to stay in the back lines of group and hope i didnt aggro anything. when i got that ursan, equiped my zealous scythe, and had 102 energy feck needing a tank I WAS A GOD. XD

Elusive of SoLD · Jul 07, 2011, 09:40 PM // 21:40

My greatest memory from back in the day was joining with random level 10s attempting the Beacon's Perch->Lornar's Pass crossing - failing each and every time. The skills we all had, the poor armour, the low-levels we all were makes me now think wth did we try that so many times. Good times.

The most defining moment which sticks out to me was the early Nightfall quests, leading up to an obvious war; but thinking, we're just gonna see the aftermath like Prophecies' Charr Searing. I was wrong. Stepping off the boat, adrenaline pumping music playing - other Sunspears' fighting. This is and will always be my favourite mission.

Ellix Cantero · Jul 08, 2011, 01:01 AM // 01:01

"Group looking for 2 monks to go!"

The tidbit about Lomar's pass above made me remember when I was bored one night so I joined a "run for tips" to Droknar's even though my warrior had already been through the game. The tandem team that was attempting the run both died and left, so I ran the three newblars with me all the way to Drok's with my WA/ME who wasn't set up at all for running.

shadowfell · Jul 08, 2011, 03:18 AM // 03:18

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Originally Posted by Jason Xll

Ahh the times you could get like 30-40 minions and overrun the entire mini map...
Also farming Griffs with my HH Wammo, or Icy Dragon Swords the week they came out (which is incidentally how i earned my 1st and 2nd millions respectively)

I remember seeing this in HA's. MM's with tons of bones around them were a real pain to kill.

Firefighter Fred · Jul 08, 2011, 03:43 AM // 03:43

Things I miss...

Purple weapons being good enough to use and not auto merch...

Letting someone into a PuG because they were a "good level 18" (someone elses words, not mine [yes that statement has stuck with me]) and not because they were r4896534897 and have 12 billion stones that they just bought off some other sap

When the ele was the king of damage, and arcane echo + meteor shower was hot stuff (pun fully intended)

Farming those greens outside of Deldrimor War Camp (DAMN YOU WROTH AND YOUR MARK OF PROTECTION)

But it all pales in caparison to the simple joy of exploring the world. It seems like new players dont make it to a lot of the outposts in Proph because they dont need to go there (I'm looking at you Maguuma Stade) I remember buying the game, and getting the original guidebook so I could have a handy reference for what all the different skills did. It came with a nifty map/poster that had all the outposts listed on it (fun fact, the deldrimor war camp isnt actually on there), and I made it my mission to visit every outpost on that map. I dont get that same sense of discovery anymore, its kind of sad.

As a random aside, some of the original skill descriptions in the guidebook are pretty awesome.

Kung Foo Man Choo · Jul 08, 2011, 03:57 AM // 03:57

My first day ever, outside of pre, immediately as I left, my friends paid for a run from ascalon to beacon's, then paid for a droks run. After that was done, they took me slaying in the southern shiverpeaks to help me level and im just in awe and im asking them questions and learning about shit via teamspeak. And to top it off, I got my first green! http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Wroth%27s_Icon

mauirixxx · Jul 08, 2011, 04:22 AM // 04:22

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Originally Posted by Elusive of SoLD

My greatest memory from back in the day was joining with random level 10s attempting the Beacon's Perch->Lornar's Pass crossing - failing each and every time. The skills we all had, the poor armour, the low-levels we all were makes me now think wth did we try that so many times. Good times.

this reminded me of when I started playing. I got stuck on the Borlis Pass mission at a low level (got out of pre before I was ready - oops). By the time I got to Borlis I think I was level 12, and I tried and tried and tried. And failed. I was such a noob. It took me 2-3 months of random playing before I finally passed it. I mean I did it so many times (and failed) that I gained enough XP to hit level 18

Yes, I sucked that bad back in 05.

My favorite moment though, had to be when I finally got to Perdition Rock. I'm a sword Warrior, and I thought 100 Blades was "the stuff" back then, and I knew I was 3 missions away from finally capping it. After I capped it, I ran 100b EVERYWHERE with my leet leet FDS. I thought that was the coolest sword ever, and I still have it.

And I must say, no end game mission since Prophecies has been worthy of BEING an end game mission. When I finally beat it, I had a real feeling of satisfaction afterwards, like "Yeah, *I* did that!".

I was rather pissed off at the end of Nightfall - that end mission is a joke. Factions end mission, beat it in 2 minutes and you get the bonus? Eye of the North end game plays just like Factions - can beat the boss in less then 2 minutes. All are just short and quick.

Crap, I strayed off topic.

Da Kenster · Jul 08, 2011, 06:26 AM // 06:26

I also enjoyed the final mission of Prophecies. That revelation of Rurik, possibly my favorite GW character, was shocking the first time through. I remember going through with two friends and henchies and they all died and I tanked Rurik by myself and killed him, good stuff.

One of my favorite things to do was FoW runs with the guild during the prophecies only days. I would run the tank with the book so I would soak up the damage while everyone else did the killing. That was always a fun run, with good people to chat and goof off with. We never finished the entire FoW because of time constraints, but we always got a good run in through to at least the forgemaster. In the end, we would run down the beach to the spider cave, usually only myself and maybe one other making it that far, and just goof off and see how long we could last while popping as many as we could. Those were good times with good people.

I also remember how hard Thunderhead Keep was originally in Prophecies. It was either a good group, like a guild group, or you would fail hard. Then we had a bonder, and it was a piece of cake, until we got cocky and started goofing off and Jalis lost his bond and got killed by a mursaat boss who slipped by. That one hurt, but it was all in good fun.

5 man sorrow furnace groups, ranger farming UW, capping skills after they were used, farming the IDS when it was all the rage, all fun times. I also ran the lost strongbox in dreadnaught's drift for drops, and that's where i got my purple crystalline, which was "OMG awesome" back in the day, and showing fellow guildmates how to do the IDS or strongbox runs. The most fun part for me was the people who I was interacting with and having fun with, that's what made the game for me.

Edit: Heh, who else remembers skipping by the portal in granite citadel and running until the map ran out, the so called edge of the world?

Lishy · Jul 08, 2011, 06:43 AM // 06:43

Attribute Refunds

Da Kenster · Jul 08, 2011, 06:46 AM // 06:46

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Originally Posted by Lishy

Attribute Refunds

Heh, fun stuff, forgot about that.