Curse

Quarantine · May 03, 2005, 02:28 PM // 14:28

i accidentally dyed my backpack when i was searching for something to apply my first dye to

cwebb004 · May 03, 2005, 02:55 PM // 14:55

I had gotten a purple dye drop but managed to trade it for a red one. Well, I happened to be using an Elementalist whos newbie armor is black and red. When I dyed the armor...IT CAME OUT LOOKING THE SAME! ugh! Lesson learned.

catharsis · May 03, 2005, 02:58 PM // 14:58

Woah, woah.. hold up... there's a secondary market for belt pouches?

Hm...

How much do they tend to go for?

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My own mistakes:

Like seemingly EVERYBODY else, I started applying dyes to my newbie armors before I had any idea whatsoever of what they were worth.... Then I decided the new colours looked goofy and paid cash for a dye remover to get rid of them

I used to keep selling my unnecessary crafting materials to merchants before I realized you can get way more cash from materials traders or other players. Oh, and people who buy wood are silly. EVERY bloody thing you find salvages into wood.

I bought a barbed rinblade of charrslaying for 125g.

I crafted my own steel ingot instead of just buying one. That's 10 planks of wood + 200g for charcoal, then charcoal + 10 iron ingots + 200g. 400g plus materials costs for one lousy steel ingot. It turned into a good helmet, mind you.. but still.

mnemosyne · May 03, 2005, 03:14 PM // 15:14

I ran headfirst into a bunch of charr (near althea's ashes) when I clicked on the ground instead of whatever I was supposed to be doing.

I also replaced my elementalist robes from the "good" merchant in Ascalon city (150g/ item 30armor) with the pyromancer one from the "bad merchant' (50g/item 15 armor) not paying attention and thinking "wow the prices go down as you level up" Then I proceeded to sell the elementalist robes for 9g

I still have problems doing that ctrl + click on your exp bar thing to announce how close to level you are. Sometimes it works, most times it doesnt.

Redfang · May 03, 2005, 03:16 PM // 15:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by catharsis

Woah, woah.. hold up... there's a secondary market for belt pouches?

Hm...

How much do they tend to go for?

You can do the belt pouch quest over and over in pre-searing Ascalon and stock up on belt pouches. They sell for 5 measly gold to a vendor in pre-searing Ascalon. They sell for 50 gold to a vendor in post searing Ascalon. So right before entering the academy, load up on these bad boys.

mnemosyne · May 03, 2005, 03:18 PM // 15:18

oh my goodness.. thanks for that, I never knew.

Chubz · May 03, 2005, 03:29 PM // 15:29

When I first got the game I got my level 1 Warrior, went outside and down to that small river, and started fighting the creatures there... about 3 attacked me at once (those things get crazy!) and before long I was dead.

Apparently the entire time I had been looking up there at the top of the screen at THEIR health instead of MY health over to the right.

I tried to flee but they caught up to me and killed me before I could make it anywhere. I guess it helps to have a look around before entering the frey...

femto · May 03, 2005, 03:33 PM // 15:33

ok, before I make the same mistake, what's a purple salvage drop? and what am I SUPPOSED to do with it instead of using a salvage kit on it?

butcherboy · May 03, 2005, 03:37 PM // 15:37

1) Killed the bull in pre-searing with my newb ranger. I should wait and charm it.

2) Repeated a quest twice and realized it might actually be a *joke* quest.
3) Tried to rush the Large Aloe Seeds in Wizard's Folley with my M/R.

4) Didn't save my rune hammers because I needed the space (do they really contain runes?).

5) Sold my best weapon simply because it wasn't equiped.

6) Hoard "collectables" instead of salvaging them esp once I have everything I need from the collectors.

7) Walk into a corner with allies/Gwen following me.

8) Tried to take just one more group of monsters before resting X

X.

9) Died my starter stuff green.

10) Despite having a better hammer I went questing with all my buffs in axes since my axe was just that cool.

I think the cape for Gwen does something (gives her more powers?).

mnemosyne · May 03, 2005, 03:37 PM // 15:37

the item name is colored in purple instead of blue like the normal unidentified. I too used a regular salvage kit on my one drop, because I thought it wouldn't work on the purple item and hadn't gotten to yak's bend yet.

DigitalX · May 03, 2005, 03:39 PM // 15:39

only thing i've done is wasted a few dyes on my current armor :P dyed it like 4 times ... lol ^_^ purple, red, green, orange, yellow, and right now the gloves and tunic are black, and the leggings and boots are silver :P

mnemosyne · May 03, 2005, 03:39 PM // 15:39

Oh, I've done #7 or walking up on a hill with Gwen and my trial ranger cat and not being able to move until they skip away.

Grimdar · May 03, 2005, 03:43 PM // 15:43

I accidentally sold my identification kit once, and another I accidentally bought two salvage kits. Hurt the wallet, real bad

DigitalX · May 03, 2005, 03:45 PM // 15:45

oh yah... i wasted 200 gold on a cape for gwen, and she didnt even take it... lol :P

butcherboy · May 03, 2005, 03:46 PM // 15:46

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Originally Posted by Grimdar

I accidentally sold my identification kit once, and another I accidentally bought two salvage kits. Hurt the wallet, real bad

Unless you leave your inventory screen open you don't get a lot of feedback for your purchases. I did the same thing once or twice but I used them anyways.

mnemosyne · May 03, 2005, 03:55 PM // 15:55

I've bought the two salvage kits. I ended up using them though. Good on long runs.

femto · May 03, 2005, 04:05 PM // 16:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by mnemosyne

the item name is colored in purple instead of blue like the normal unidentified. I too used a regular salvage kit on my one drop, because I thought it wouldn't work on the purple item and hadn't gotten to yak's bend yet.

uh oh....see, I'm actually a bit color blind, its hard for me to tell the difference between similar colors like red/orange, green/brown and blue/purple. i really REALLY hope I didn't make the purple drop mistake already

is there any other distiction between purple and blue items?

Warr · May 03, 2005, 04:44 PM // 16:44

hmm....this ones easy.

1.IN pre-searing, fought the charr north of the great wall, deathh sooo many times, while thinking there had to be a strategic way to kill them.... If you've done it, you know they PWNURSTUPIDAZZ

2. Did not know as a warrior once your on a target youll follow them forever...I first played a pvp char, and everytime they moved I tried to follow them using WASD ... and always thought.....how come all these other warriors are liking homing missiles!?!?!

3. Tried to kill the rogue bull as a Ele, with only a starter wand, with no mesmer skills.

4. Bought more than one cape for Gwen...cause I though maybe she wanted 2?

5. Didn't realize that the green water was killing me in the catacombs....

6. In PVP I kept pressing T, cause I didn't know you use CTRL+Space (do it) to call a target...wondering why it never called anything.

7. Pre-ordering from Fry's Electronics...worst item ever...(censor's icon) my wife has a war pick

Scturi · May 03, 2005, 04:44 PM // 16:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quarantine

i accidentally dyed my backpack when i was searching for something to apply my first dye to

Now I don't feel so bad... I did the same thing while trying to move my dye into my backpack, I accidentally double clicked on the dye.

Now I have this Bright green backpack... Hard to miss in the items menu.

Warr · May 03, 2005, 04:46 PM // 16:46

you can dye your backpack?