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manmanman133 · Jan 12, 2010, 03:30 AM // 03:30

Did you play through the storyline first? How many campaigns did you comlete? Did you clear high-level dungeons?

Do you wish you had started with PvP or PvE, and why?

Dont Nerf The Perma · Jan 12, 2010, 03:36 AM // 03:36

I started a little while after I had beaten prophecies and cantha. I never really got into it though, I always felt it was too hard to win. Random arenas isn't too forgiving on newcomers...

Tearz1993 · Jan 12, 2010, 03:37 AM // 03:37

a bit before THK, I went 97% PvP and never looked back.

Twin Blade Warriror · Jan 12, 2010, 03:53 AM // 03:53

i did pve at first..but pvp a lil when HA was in tombs ^^ got r3 in there..iway ftw

Jensy · Jan 12, 2010, 03:58 AM // 03:58

In terms of REAL PvP... October 09? >_> Before that, only lame shit like JQ/AB/FA, etc.

Started PvE in 2007. Got to smelly guild hall (5), PvE got zzzzzzz boring, started GvG. Did all dungeons in NM/HM, all mostly everything in both modes.

Do wish I had started PvP years ago, but there's nothing to be done for that, now

Plan to start PvP in GW2 right away, so it's not such a climb up a really steep, slippery mountain.

MMSDome · Jan 12, 2010, 04:14 AM // 04:14

After I maxed all the eotn titles I got bored with PvE and frustrated with the grind that went along with it so through procrastination I began to Hero Battle and when I logged on thats the only thing I would do because it wasn't time consuming and boring plus I got to piss people off by running lame builds.

I started too late

Divine Ashes · Jan 12, 2010, 04:15 AM // 04:15

I started PvPing after I beat Prophecies (there was only Prophecies when I started), so then me and a group of guildies I beat the game with decided the next step would be pvp. Sorrow's Furnace was introduced then, so we were sidetracked for a few months, but we eventually got into pvp together, and gvged together for a good two years or so before most of us quit.

So I guess I started pvping after beating my first campaign and farming a bit...about 3 and a half years ago or so. I definitely think it was better to start with PvE. We got a feel for the game and a feel for how we all played together. Those 5 man oro runs using the two monk henchies instead of players got us pretty in sync with each other

**Marty Silverblade** · Jan 12, 2010, 04:21 AM // 04:21

I never really did, despite having an account since mid 05. I'm more of a PvE guy, and it didn't help that for the most part my playtime is inconsistent and unreliable, and I never was motivated enough to get past the 'complete failure at PvP' stage. I did mean to get into codex arena, but I got distracted by various things, and I wasn't playing much then anyway.

Shayne Hawke · Jan 12, 2010, 04:31 AM // 04:31

My movement into PvP began during the Wintersday Event of '05, when I played a lot of Snowball. That coupled with having unlocked a large portion of upgrades and skills through general PvE play gave me the starting ground for entering other casual forms of PvP. I haven't been extremely serious about it though, so the farthest I've gone in PvP is frequent participation in the Snowball ATs.

Bob Slydell · Jan 12, 2010, 04:34 AM // 04:34

January 2007 up to today, but at that..rarely and when I do, it's on my only PvP-Only Character... Mesmer.

[DE] · Jan 12, 2010, 05:27 AM // 05:27

When did it all start? Try when Prince Rurik unknowingly thrust me against another team of 4 stout-hearted players right before the Searing. "What is this.. I don't even..?". But the battle had begun. Dazed and confused I was forced to turn on my brothers in arms and strike them down as the Prince looked on. And for what? A blue number counter that increased as our massacre continued? All for the sick pleasure of a Prince who was rightfully exiled. While the Ascalonian's were bravely trying to defend against the Charr onslaught, Rurik was busy playing God.

Yeah. I remember my first time in PvP.

Snow Bunny · Jan 12, 2010, 05:27 AM // 05:27

In '05 when I pugged my lvl20 necro (who is longgggggg gone) and discovered that soul reaping, something I considered useless, was AWESOME BECAUSE THEN I COULD SPAM HEAL PARTY.

true story.

edit. amazing story de

Del · Jan 12, 2010, 05:28 AM // 05:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by MMSDome

After I maxed all the eotn titles I got bored with PvE and frustrated with the grind that went along with it so through procrastination I began to Hero Battle and when I logged on thats the only thing I would do because it wasn't time consuming and boring plus I got to piss people off by running lame builds.

I started too late

pretty much this,, after i got bored of pve i just started RAing all the time, then i ended up in [Worm] and started doing higher end pvp.

ser · Jan 12, 2010, 06:41 AM // 06:41

Went through Prophecies on my first character back when the game was shiny new. Then after finishing the storyline, I started to take my second character through the game. However the casual PvE guild I was in at the time disintegrated from people losing interest in the game, and I was growing bored of slogging through the game a second time. So about 4 1/2 years ago I got into doing Tombs, and from there quickly found a guild to do GvG with. Still did some PvE here and there after I started GvGing in earnest, but my time was split around 70% PvP 30% PvE. Fast forward to the present and the only reason I get on anymore is for GvG.

kedde · Jan 12, 2010, 07:32 AM // 07:32

July 05 when I got the game.
After 8 days of pve'ing I got dragged into some ~r400 gvg and found it was amazingly awesome.
I had my breaks, both from the game and pvp, but that was what made me come back repeatedly.

*lemming* · Jan 12, 2010, 07:37 AM // 07:37

Played through proph+factions five times before trying to make a GvG guild with RL friends in ~summer 2006, which went nowhere. Left that to join XoO bootcamp in September or so; left for the real world in January 2007.

IMMORTAlMITCH · Jan 12, 2010, 08:47 AM // 08:47

Fall 2005, had no desire to play another pvp game after WC3 until I tried GvG and loved it.

Cantos · Jan 12, 2010, 08:58 AM // 08:58

My first PvP would have probably been March 2005. I know I didnt play any on my first beta weekend, because wandering around presearing was way too interesting. At the end of the February beta I had made it to Lion's Arch, and by the end of the March beta, The Henge of Denravi, so I started PvP somewhere between those two. My focus switched to PvP from late 2005 onwards. Quit high level PvP 2007.

I dont wish I had done anything different.

prey monkie · Jan 12, 2010, 12:22 PM // 12:22

Should have started From the beginning in HA etc but i guess i was more into pve that time. i can remember the shitload of touchers in RA. that was really ennoying. im defintly going more balanced between pve/pvp in GW2. im full sc now

Jarge · Jan 12, 2010, 12:38 PM // 12:38

About a year and a half ago, but even this was too late because the ladder had died and HA was being dominated by high-ranked guilds.
I've since forced my way into GvG/HA guilds and acquired some ranks, but I'm still nothing like the "oldschool".
I decided when I finally beat all 3 campaigns that pve was boring. Especially with triple necro - nothing is difficult any more.
Which is why I enjoy pvp so much, because I'm not the best and because everything is a challenge.