Curse

enter_the_zone · May 27, 2011, 12:25 AM // 00:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skyy High

Getting out of presearing a day or two behind my friends (I started after a group of ~5 told me to get it). They told me in school the previous day that the tutorial was tiny compared to the rest of the game. This being my first MMO, I was like, psssh, how big could it be? So, I got into burnt out Ascalon City, hit M, and was very unimpressed. "It's the same thing as I just was, except burned?" But my friends had said that they were in some mountains to the West, so I scrolled...and scrolled...naturally I didn't have any cities on the map, but it sure seemed like it took a while to get to the white area. So I started scrolling back to where I was, just to see if the scale had changed...

Then I accidentally clicked the map. WHOOOOOSH!

To this day, that's still my favorite moment in GW.

Yeah, exactly that.... I actually got goosebumps at size of the world. That was the first time I began to realise just how much time GW was going to consume.... and it was a gross underestimate. Unfortunately, that high was followed by the depression of grinding through all the burned out areas. I detest them to this day, just so damn dreary. But then I got the the Shiverpeaks, and it was still a slog, but it was so pretty.

Skyy High · May 27, 2011, 12:45 AM // 00:45

I actually remembered "enjoying" postsearing Ascalon, by which I mean, I was freaked out, saddened, and a little scared of adventuring out of the missions. I appreciate when games make me feel like that, and I think those are the emotions they were going for. For the same reason, I didn't mind Kaineng much; they were going for oppressive, ugly, and confusing, and boy did they hit it, and it made Pongmei Valley that much more of a breath of fresh air (I particularly like how your last moments in Kaineng right before getting to open grasslands is trudging through waist-high sewage...).

Pierre Francese · May 27, 2011, 02:10 AM // 02:10

*Picking your secondary specifically for Augury Rock mission.
*Attempting to find groups from THK+ as a mesmer.
*Rolling through ToPK as a B/P squad
*Capping random elite skills because you finally reached that point.
*Having to get armor from LA just to make a 55 set because it was the cheapest armor that gave max energy insignias.

just a few things I can recall

anonymous · May 28, 2011, 08:41 AM // 08:41

Using Meteor Shower on a warrior because the box recommended Hamstorm and I figured Meteor Shower would be even better.

bitchbar player · May 28, 2011, 09:21 AM // 09:21

Desert griffon farming
55 monk before scatter and before dying nightmares in UW
fun times

Hobbs · May 28, 2011, 11:32 AM // 11:32

When Augury Rock wasn't a mission, just a thing you did.

Absolute Destiny · May 28, 2011, 05:35 PM // 17:35

When you couldn't use a salvage or ID kit within so many seconds of a fight.

Anyone remember that little annoyance?

Spookii · May 28, 2011, 07:43 PM // 19:43

Heh, a fun topic for sure.

I remember joining the game and remaking my character 3 or 4 times before I realized that my skills could be changed around in town.

I miss doing BP groups in Sorrow's Furnace and ToPK. Some people might hate me for saying this, but I actually miss Ursan too. I miss being able to group up with people for missions. I never really did much grouping for quests, honestly. I do remember that I grouped up with this one party that were doing quests outside of Yaks Bend. Gosh, that was a good time.

I miss Kaineng being full of people. I really loved that city. Factions stuff used to be hard, gah. Arborstone anyone?

The pride I felt when getting my first set of elite armor. Or heck, I can remember wanting Fantaic Armor from Lion's Arch for my first character. Just getting that stuff was one heck of an accomplishment.

More than anything, though, I just miss the people. I miss being able to group up for runs and missions.

Skyy High · May 29, 2011, 12:09 AM // 00:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Absolute Destiny

When you couldn't use a salvage or ID kit within so many seconds of a fight.

Anyone remember that little annoyance?

So glad when they took that out...

mr monk rupsie · May 30, 2011, 08:46 PM // 20:46

Or when you were stuck with 1 attribute since you need to kill monsters to change your bar? Ugh suddenly my bar was like well for the ele fire. The warrior was stuck to either sword or axe. Necro was stuck in death (minions owns in the beginning).

AndrewSX · May 31, 2011, 06:16 AM // 06:16

Even if i've started playing less than 2 years ago....everything i saw for first time in proph.
The setting. The Ascension(got mad aroud that). The titans. The very first chars struggling to do things with hencs.
Good times when being a noob makes everything epic.

Anime Divine · May 31, 2011, 10:56 AM // 10:56

when i

spend a week trying to find a quest until i discovered wiki and i screamed HALLELUJAH

reached ascalon what a long walk.

did shards of or first time man i died like 100 times

started solo farming uw with war.

finally finsihed vanquishing all campaign what a great feeling.
600 smiter was tha bomb

finished DOA with selfmade discord heroes (made toghter with a friend) wich i still use to steamroll every area. and no its not from wiki it was before discord got welknown.

proudly can say to damn every single mission NM or HM "thats just easy"
wanna test me ask me ingame Anime Divine

and a whole bunch of other stuff.
mostly firstimers sc

Chillin-N-Killin · May 31, 2011, 03:54 PM // 15:54

"(minions owns in the beginning). "
I remember running around with My MM with 20 + minions REMEMBER THOSE DAYS?