Mar 16, 2010, 02:18 PM // 14:18
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: in a house
Guild: The Knitters Guild
Profession: W/R
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What ever happened to Sorrow's Furnace
Last night I was thinking about skill capping for the title in Prophecies when on my map I saw, Sorrow's Furnace!!!
I spend tones of time there.. once.
Does anyone do that anymore?
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Mar 16, 2010, 02:37 PM // 14:37
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rattus rattus
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London, UK GMT±0 ±1hr DST
Guild: [GURU]GW [wiki]GW2
Profession: R/
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Every once in a while when I fancy a new Drago's
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Si non confectus, non reficiat
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Mar 16, 2010, 02:38 PM // 14:38
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Sep 2008
Profession: A/Mo
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at first it was fun...but now people want rewards for there work and its a big place for nothing in return....same as TOtPK...best u get is a green....guildwars players (not all but most)...want the chance of something of value for the effort...BDS EBlade Obby edge etc...they are still a nice reward so people will play them alot.
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Mar 16, 2010, 02:44 PM // 14:44
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WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!
Join Date: Nov 2006
Guild: アoo アugs アlan [ァアァ]
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Axeman002
at first it was fun...but now people want rewards for there work and its a big place for nothing in return....same as TOtPK...best u get is a green....guildwars players (not all but most)...want the chance of something of value for the effort...BDS EBlade Obby edge etc...they are still a nice reward so people will play them alot.
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This pretty much, i Still enjoy doing it now and then as i dont care about the rewards. its shame that Tombs and SF are dead
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Mar 16, 2010, 02:48 PM // 14:48
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2006
Profession: Mo/
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Takes back time when sorrow furnace was added to the game.
Yup good old days
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Mar 16, 2010, 02:54 PM // 14:54
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Academy Page
Join Date: Nov 2009
Profession: R/
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Basically, the dwarves got owned by Bladed Aatxes.
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Mar 16, 2010, 02:57 PM // 14:57
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Nov 2007
Guild: Girls Pee Pee When They See [ME]
Profession: N/Mo
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It basically was the berth of the "green" weapon. At that time, most of the greens that came out of the furnace were decent to good.
Well obviously through the additions of factions, nightfall, and Eotn...these sorrows furnace greens became obsolete.
Think about it, even finishing the questing in sorrows didnt do anything for you. It became strictly for the farm.
Dont forget, Sorrows furnace was the place to be for the great days of the true human Minion Master. Certain areas in Sorrows gave you all the bodies you needed to control 30, 40, or 50+ minions with relative ease. When they nerfed the max to 10 minions, sorrows furnace took a big hit.
Obviously its dead as a doornail. An end chest would bring some draw back to with some additions of maybe new gold weapons. Keep the weapons UNINSCRIBABLE for some draw of truly unique weapons. Up the foe patrols maybe to help make it more interesting.
Considering with all people working on gw2, it wouldnt take much to update Sorrows to bring some draw back to it.
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Mar 16, 2010, 03:06 PM // 15:06
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#8
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: in a house
Guild: The Knitters Guild
Profession: W/R
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I can remember being dead and a Green dropped with my name on it and everyone was, "Don't res him!!!" So, no one res'd me and the fight issued of who will get the drop.
That was my first introduction to all for one and everyone for themselves in GW.
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Mar 16, 2010, 03:19 PM // 15:19
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Nov 2009
Guild: Elite Mercenaries of Abaddon [ema] and Dhuum [emd]
Profession: W/
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I still do it. I like it. I do some events with my guild there, not to mention Moa Chick.
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Mar 16, 2010, 03:43 PM // 15:43
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Chicago
Guild: LFG
Profession: R/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by imnotyourmother
I can remember being dead and a Green dropped with my name on it and everyone was, "Don't res him!!!" So, no one res'd me and the fight issued of who will get the drop.
That was my first introduction to all for one and everyone for themselves in GW.
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This is why I always would go with two well-known guildies and the two henchie monks when I 5 man-Oro'd .
Seriously, though, back when SF was added were the really good old days of Guild Wars. Back then, 100k was A LOT of money, and getting one of Bortak's Greens or Rago's Flame Staff drop for you was cause for a coronary infarction. Also, no minion cap, so 30-40 minions on screen owning everything in sight was amazing.
To answer the OP, no...nobody really does it anymore aside from the occasional Black Moa trip. This is mainly due to the drastic decrease in the value of Greens when inscriptions came out.
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Mar 16, 2010, 03:48 PM // 15:48
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Jungle Guide
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Like so many things it's not worth it. The novelty of doing it with just a pary of 4 or 5 and occasionally getting a green wears off.
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Mar 16, 2010, 03:55 PM // 15:55
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#12
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Underworld Spelunker
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo
Guild: Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]
Profession: E/
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I went there a long time ago. Then I went back to get a statue and a black chick.
Then I forgot about the place.
Most uniques there can be replicated with better and moddable stuff, and the couple of nice skins you may find around there can be found inscribed in the North, from the other stone summit dwarves.
So there is no motivation to go there other than fun.
It's still fun, though, but not as fun as other things I may do.
It's a place to go with people. With H/H is not so fun.
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Mar 16, 2010, 04:08 PM // 16:08
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#13
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Grotto Attendant
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Done.
Guild: [JUNK]
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Last edited by upier; May 10, 2010 at 04:38 PM // 16:38..
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Mar 16, 2010, 04:09 PM // 16:09
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#14
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WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!
Join Date: Nov 2006
Guild: アoo アugs アlan [ァアァ]
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Ppl forgetting the Uber Killroy chest dropping Purple Magmas, Crystallines, Dwarvens Etc!
its someting to go for still even now!
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Mar 16, 2010, 04:20 PM // 16:20
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#15
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Dec 2008
Guild: Funny Business Inc [FBI]
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The purchase and possession of my Miniature Dredge Brute, is my personal way of showing my love for the place.
The quests were awesome, the drops were cool, and the place was just amazing. Not to mention the Dredge are cute being rebellious and communists and all :3
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Mar 16, 2010, 05:09 PM // 17:09
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#17
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Academy Page
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Denmark
Profession: E/
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I still love Sorrow's Furnace, and go there often just because it's my fav "elite" area
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Mar 16, 2010, 05:26 PM // 17:26
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#18
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Minnesota
Guild: Black Widows of Death
Profession: W/Mo
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Its a great place and fun to go. Too bad a-net has not updated it since the early 70's
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Mar 16, 2010, 05:44 PM // 17:44
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Wolfenstein Fuel Dump
Guild: Melandru's Elite Hunters [Hunt]
Profession: D/
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Factions ruined greens because Every boss drops one and it also birthed the begining of "end game greens" Which Ive always thought were stupid, I loved hunting down bosses and grinding to kill em, now I just have to finish the game, lol.
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Mar 16, 2010, 05:53 PM // 17:53
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#20
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Michigan
Guild: Heroes of the Horn [HoH]
Profession: N/
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Would be nice if these dead areas could be revamped for more playablity.
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