Early / Old? Wtf. - Guild Wars Forums

EnzimX · Oct 08, 2005, 03:18 PM // 15:18

I'm just A beginner in Guild Wars, I was lvl 5 and allready chosen a second profession, I went to a guy in the first town for a quest and then I joined a kind of battle and after A while I was in Old Ascalon, the whole city destroyed. Someon there told me there was no turning back so I was fkd up. So can someone explain what that other dimension is? I read something that that the point is where the real missions and the real guild wars begins, that the 'sunny' tyria is just a stage to be introduced to the game, is it?

Savio · Oct 08, 2005, 03:26 PM // 15:26

Yes, what you heard is correct. The pre-Searing Ascalon is basically a training area. Post-Searing is where the main RP action is.

Fyre Brand · Oct 08, 2005, 04:13 PM // 16:13

Don't be discouraged though. Here's a couple of things you have available that you didn't before:
1. Xunlai Storage -- pay 50g one time (no monthly fees) and you get a small storage.
2. Traders -- you get to buy and sell crafting materials regular and rare to traders. You can also buy and sell runes. Runes will help bump your attribute levels (start with minor runes, most are cheap and don't lower your health).
3. Armour -- There are two armourers in Ascalon. Check them both, as one sells better armour than the other. Make sure you upgrade your armour before you add runes to them. Sounds obvious, but it's easy to get excited and make the mistake.
4. New Quests and Skills -- While the old set might have seemed functional, there are some new skills out there that will make your build more effective. There are also new quests and missions to tackle for experience and rewards (skills or mostly useless items).

There are some more things that are available to you, but you will find all that out as you explore. Post-Searing Ascalon is pretty ugly and filled with Charr (like in the 'Across the Wall' quest), scorpions, gargoyles, and more. As you progress you will move to new areas, some prettier than others. There is a mountainous snowy area, a jungle, and more.

EnzimX · Oct 08, 2005, 05:34 PM // 17:34

Ok guys thanx, so you can say the game really begins when i'm doing that quest and going to Old Ascalon. And I've read that when you are in the early ascalon you can't go to the jungle and crystal desert. It's just a kind of tutorial. But there are no real nessecairy things to do in early ascalon except for selecting you secondairy profession and lvling to around lvl 5 and do some little quests?

Arno_ed · Oct 08, 2005, 05:49 PM // 17:49

yes you can say that. The thing i always do in pre searing is: Getting all my skills, and getting the rez signet(you can also buy after the searing), have fun the game is just beginning for you

Kamatsu · Oct 08, 2005, 09:20 PM // 21:20

Pre-Searing Ascalon as you've been told is the introductory stage of the game - newbieville as I call it

. It's there that you can learn the basic's of how the game works - such things as green arrow's when you have quest's, how to attack, how to buy/sell to merchants, etc and so on. It's also a place to get a selection of skills for your professions - these are the "main" thing to do in pre-searing, but if you didn't get all your skilsl you can still get them either from Skill Trainers or certain quest's in Old Ascalon offer them as quest rewards.

So don't be annoyed with yourself for getting out of newbieville. Just play on because you have a lot of game ahead of you. There's a lot more to do in post-searing than there ever was in pre-searing. Pre-Searing was just an introduction into the game.. and you can always go back there by creating a new PvE character (since all new PvE characters start in Pre-Searing) if you really want to see it again and find out what you missed.

widowdaballa · Oct 08, 2005, 11:57 PM // 23:57

Yeah, it is. It's kind of like a flash back that you could play in. A story so to say, so that you know how things were the way they were in old ascalon.

NightOwl · Oct 09, 2005, 12:04 AM // 00:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fyre Brand

1. Xunlai Storage -- pay 50g one time (no monthly fees) and you get a small storage.

I'd like to add that the storage area is accessable to all characters on the account...put something in with one character, get it out with another. Saves alot of hassle.

Monseir · Oct 09, 2005, 12:24 AM // 00:24

i kept my char in pre-searing for awhile and i was better off....i

Penguins Can Fly · Oct 09, 2005, 12:27 AM // 00:27

also another thing to do in pre-sear is to do the tithe for ashford abbey quest that devona eventually gives you if you complete her earlier requests.

it'll give you a free skill point, which can come in handy later when you "buy" skills with it that can't be gotten from skill quests. :>

Former Ruling · Oct 09, 2005, 02:29 AM // 02:29

Yea theres a few things in pre-searing you miss if you dont do them (mainly that skill point quest, and The Tapstrey Shred from Gwen).

The Rez Sig can be bought post-searing but its much easier just to get it there.

smurfhunter · Oct 09, 2005, 02:37 AM // 02:37

btw.... im currently interested in buying about 2 million broken flutes. since everyone here is talking about ascalon and gwen maybe its the right place to add it?

Kamatsu · Oct 09, 2005, 04:24 AM // 04:24

Why would you want to buy a broken flute? You can find them in Old Ascalon - they are usually by where the monk dud hang''s out with the farmer.. east of Sardelec Sanitorium...

and the quest which the flute is relating to is broken right now iirc. Unless they have fixed the quest recently...

Oct 08, 2005, 03:18 PM // 15:18	#1
EnzimX Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Netherlands\|The Hague Guild: DeoxyriboNucleic Acid [DNA] (leader) Profession: Me/E	Early / Old? Wtf. I'm just A beginner in Guild Wars, I was lvl 5 and allready chosen a second profession, I went to a guy in the first town for a quest and then I joined a kind of battle and after A while I was in Old Ascalon, the whole city destroyed. Someon there told me there was no turning back so I was fkd up. So can someone explain what that other dimension is? I read something that that the point is where the real missions and the real guild wars begins, that the 'sunny' tyria is just a stage to be introduced to the game, is it?

Oct 08, 2005, 03:26 PM // 15:26	#2
Savio Teenager with attitude Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]	Yes, what you heard is correct. The pre-Searing Ascalon is basically a training area. Post-Searing is where the main RP action is.

Oct 08, 2005, 04:13 PM // 16:13	#3
Fyre Brand Krytan Explorer Join Date: Sep 2005 Guild: Shadowlight Order [SoR]	Don't be discouraged though. Here's a couple of things you have available that you didn't before: 1. Xunlai Storage -- pay 50g one time (no monthly fees) and you get a small storage. 2. Traders -- you get to buy and sell crafting materials regular and rare to traders. You can also buy and sell runes. Runes will help bump your attribute levels (start with minor runes, most are cheap and don't lower your health). 3. Armour -- There are two armourers in Ascalon. Check them both, as one sells better armour than the other. Make sure you upgrade your armour before you add runes to them. Sounds obvious, but it's easy to get excited and make the mistake. 4. New Quests and Skills -- While the old set might have seemed functional, there are some new skills out there that will make your build more effective. There are also new quests and missions to tackle for experience and rewards (skills or mostly useless items). There are some more things that are available to you, but you will find all that out as you explore. Post-Searing Ascalon is pretty ugly and filled with Charr (like in the 'Across the Wall' quest), scorpions, gargoyles, and more. As you progress you will move to new areas, some prettier than others. There is a mountainous snowy area, a jungle, and more.

Oct 08, 2005, 05:34 PM // 17:34	#4
EnzimX Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Netherlands\|The Hague Guild: DeoxyriboNucleic Acid [DNA] (leader) Profession: Me/E	Ok guys thanx, so you can say the game really begins when i'm doing that quest and going to Old Ascalon. And I've read that when you are in the early ascalon you can't go to the jungle and crystal desert. It's just a kind of tutorial. But there are no real nessecairy things to do in early ascalon except for selecting you secondairy profession and lvling to around lvl 5 and do some little quests?

Oct 08, 2005, 05:49 PM // 17:49	#5
Arno_ed Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: DFF Profession: R/Mo	yes you can say that. The thing i always do in pre searing is: Getting all my skills, and getting the rez signet(you can also buy after the searing), have fun the game is just beginning for you

Oct 08, 2005, 09:20 PM // 21:20	#6
Kamatsu Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Australia	Pre-Searing Ascalon as you've been told is the introductory stage of the game - newbieville as I call it . It's there that you can learn the basic's of how the game works - such things as green arrow's when you have quest's, how to attack, how to buy/sell to merchants, etc and so on. It's also a place to get a selection of skills for your professions - these are the "main" thing to do in pre-searing, but if you didn't get all your skilsl you can still get them either from Skill Trainers or certain quest's in Old Ascalon offer them as quest rewards. So don't be annoyed with yourself for getting out of newbieville. Just play on because you have a lot of game ahead of you. There's a lot more to do in post-searing than there ever was in pre-searing. Pre-Searing was just an introduction into the game.. and you can always go back there by creating a new PvE character (since all new PvE characters start in Pre-Searing) if you really want to see it again and find out what you missed.

Oct 08, 2005, 11:57 PM // 23:57	#7
widowdaballa Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TeXaS Guild: Xen of Onslaught [XoO] Xen Of Heroes Division	Yeah, it is. It's kind of like a flash back that you could play in. A story so to say, so that you know how things were the way they were in old ascalon.

Oct 09, 2005, 12:24 AM // 00:24	#9
Monseir Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: IM da shiznit Guild: The Shiznitz Profession: W/Mo	i kept my char in pre-searing for awhile and i was better off....i

Oct 09, 2005, 12:27 AM // 00:27	#10
Penguins Can Fly Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Oct 2005	also another thing to do in pre-sear is to do the tithe for ashford abbey quest that devona eventually gives you if you complete her earlier requests. it'll give you a free skill point, which can come in handy later when you "buy" skills with it that can't be gotten from skill quests. :>

Oct 09, 2005, 02:29 AM // 02:29	#11
Former Ruling Grotto Attendant Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cedartown, Georgia Profession: R/	Yea theres a few things in pre-searing you miss if you dont do them (mainly that skill point quest, and The Tapstrey Shred from Gwen). The Rez Sig can be bought post-searing but its much easier just to get it there.

Oct 09, 2005, 02:37 AM // 02:37	#12
smurfhunter Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: my w/mo uses mending, orison, and healing breeze. you cant kill him. Guild: Sand Scorpions [SS] Profession: W/Mo	btw.... im currently interested in buying about 2 million broken flutes. since everyone here is talking about ascalon and gwen maybe its the right place to add it?

Oct 09, 2005, 04:24 AM // 04:24	#13
Kamatsu Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Australia	Why would you want to buy a broken flute? You can find them in Old Ascalon - they are usually by where the monk dud hang''s out with the farmer.. east of Sardelec Sanitorium... and the quest which the flute is relating to is broken right now iirc. Unless they have fixed the quest recently...