Curse

Thowra Wildfire · Oct 08, 2011, 10:39 AM // 10:39

I'd agree with most of the quests posted here, the ones that get me the most being the Bleached Bones in the desert, Family Ties and yeah, the scene in the UW with Gwen and her mother. Pretty much any sad story involving family will get to me

There's another one set in early Prophecies too, where we find out about Althea's fate - The Duke's Daughter.

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Originally Posted by Prince Nightwing

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Oh and as a side note, I really do hope GW2 has some depressing/sad lore

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I think there will be - I've heard it mentioned in a couple of GW2 interviews that there will be graves of some of the GW1 NPC's to be found, and if you vistit them at night their ghost will appear and you can chat with them. Has to be something sad in there ....

FengShuiDove · Oct 10, 2011, 01:58 AM // 01:58

Little Lost Bear.

First time I read that quest dialog I was like nope...

ruk1a · Oct 10, 2011, 04:28 AM // 04:28

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Originally Posted by Shady Guy

Cid in ff6 is worse. It being preventable aids this, but I wonder how many that played the game even know you can save him and Shadow.

Not as sad as Cid in ff9. Poor guy was turned into an oglop for cheating on his woman.

OT: The quests where we haz to kill the cute wittle hekkets.

cataphract · Oct 10, 2011, 06:41 AM // 06:41

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Originally Posted by Thowra Wildfire

I think there will be - I've heard it mentioned in a couple of GW2 interviews that there will be graves of some of the GW1 NPC's to be found, and if you vistit them at night their ghost will appear and you can chat with them. Has to be something sad in there ....

Run up to a tombstone.
Read the inscription.
*HERE LIES ALESIA, HEALING HENCHMAN*

/dance

Thowra Wildfire · Oct 10, 2011, 08:02 AM // 08:02

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Originally Posted by cataphract

Run up to a tombstone.
Read the inscription.
*HERE LIES ALESIA, HEALING HENCHMAN*

/dance

lol, ok so there's an exception to everything... except you could say her grave is especially sad.....

You see, whoever discovers her grave, she then haunts, as an unshakeable companion, until she learns how to be a good monk (or how to make a wammo a good thing)....

So every time you log in, SHE'S there, waiting for you (and you know she'll never, ever, be leaving) .....

OT: I always thought Shiro's story was kinda sad (in Factions), after all, was easy to see it wasn't his fault - kinda felt bad killing him in the last mission. Hmm, maybe sad's not the word, it's more tragic than anything. Particularly the cut scene showing him just before he kills the Emperor.

MithranArkanere · Oct 12, 2011, 12:26 AM // 00:26

I prefer when they allows us to choose the best way.

If I have to choose between saving the veterans and the orphans, I choose both, even if I have to rip space-time to do it.

The only good ending is the Good Ending.

Chocolate_Prayers · Oct 12, 2011, 02:12 AM // 02:12

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Originally Posted by cataphract

Run up to a tombstone.
Read the inscription.
*HERE LIES ALESIA, HEALING HENCHMAN*

/dance

I heard her grave contains phat lewt

Also:
Hopeless Romantic.

Not in the sense that it is a particularly deep quest, but rather that the main character of the quest is pitiful.

Kashrlyyk · Oct 13, 2011, 05:08 AM // 05:08

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Originally Posted by Prince Nightwing

How could I have forgotten about those bones?

"... Our rations were exhausted two days ago. We held out as long as we could, but this afternoon we voted to amputate Cerzak's injured leg and distribute the meat equally among us. Even if he survives, he'll not walk again. But if we don't do this thing, as vile as it is, none of us will live to see another day."

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Nice reference to Monty Python's Flying Circus' "The Royal Episode".

Raven Wing · Oct 13, 2011, 07:39 AM // 07:39

Oswald's Epitaph outside Yaks bend. His wife asks you to mark his grave...

Laraja · Oct 13, 2011, 11:33 PM // 23:33

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Originally Posted by Ailina

Also, the cutscene where Vekk finds out his dad died and scatters his ashes had me tearing up. Especially since that's when we also first find out that Gadd was his father. And now they'll never get a chance to reconcile...

I disliked Vekk so much that his death only got a 'serves you right' mutter from me. They made him such as arrogant jerk that I just couldn't summon any pity for him.

The first time I went through Prophecies I did feel really bad for many of the Ascalonians that lost their lives, and the Althea's Ashes quest. Rurick may be irritating and a bit of a tool, but he tried his best for his people.

The bleached bones story is probably my favorite, or that of the lost family from the plague in Fahranur, the First City in NF.

MMO Player · Oct 14, 2011, 12:43 AM // 00:43

For the most part, the quests make some sort of sense in GW. However my friend was by today and I was playing my Dervish and I was doing the collector's "Juvenile Termite Legs" quest when I killed a termite in Plains of Jarin. I leaned over and said, this never makes any sense. I just killed a giant bug and I can see the legs, more than the two I need. He laughed and said they should have told you to get 50 or 60 of them. It is not just that but then I started killing them left and right and I was picking up gold. My friend asked if they had pockets? I stated that's nothing considering some drop spears and bows. He suggested that maybe they lost their real legs and were using the spear or bow as a replacement....

For the most part I do enjoy the GW detail to the quests. I played WoW before and I can tell you that the quests are always dry and lifeless. Just some NPC telling you to go collect a number of some animal part and bring it here. Uh why? Don't ask questions just do it for the glory of Stormwind!

synbios_kun · Oct 17, 2011, 02:48 AM // 02:48

Going home.

I found this father's description of his plight utterly wrenching. I want to give this guy a brohug.

For a mixture of heartwarming/sadface, I find Too High a Price to be a close contender. A girl who will do anything to protect her father, even up to selling herself. It made the "Here is another arrangement. I Take the loan out of your hide, and you die like the worthless scum you are!" option all the more satisfying when I pulped Sunzu and his cronies. Left me with a Big Damn Heroes feeling.

Swingline · Oct 17, 2011, 01:27 PM // 13:27

No quest ever made me sad except the scenario of Ventaris fate. The poor centaur dies alone in his grove not knowing whether or not if his efforts to create a better world were in vain. All he could do was write some of his philosophies on a stone tablet in the end.

On a side note... shouldn't this be in the Druids Overlook section of the forums?

Swingline · Oct 21, 2011, 07:21 AM // 07:21

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Originally Posted by Shady Guy

Saddest story in game is Dhuum's. Imprisoned for centuries because of a managerial disagreement, and then he finally breaks free to smell the flowers and feel the breeze through his cloak, only to... get thrown back in jail by some random farming PUG. Talk about tragedy.

Vivi most probably dies at the end of that, poor little guy. Since he's the character the represents what it means to be alive, I have to admit its appropriate that he goes out at the end though. FF games have a tradition of killing off one of your playable characters in one way or another.

Dhuum was an asshole. Its good to see some appreciation for FF9. Such an underrated game.

Another very sad tale is the fate of Ascalon. King Adelbern loses it and kills everyone. Walking around in your shattered homeland as ghosts for eternity is not my idea of heaven.

Phineas · Oct 21, 2011, 09:26 PM // 21:26

This one's a tad sad, where Leiber is concerned...

The Defenders of the Forest

Nekodesu · Oct 23, 2011, 01:23 PM // 13:23

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Originally Posted by Phineas

This one's a tad sad, where Leiber is concerned...

The Defenders of the Forest

Yeah I think so too, it makes me QQ every time I do it @,@