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aron searle · Dec 28, 2005, 09:54 AM // 09:54

Why do people but 15k?

Why do people play Online games, what do you actually achieve out of it...............

(Playing video games serves no purpose, other than entertainment why argue about what you do in them)

Fluffyx · Dec 28, 2005, 10:02 AM // 10:02

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Originally Posted by aron searle

Why do people but 15k?

Why do people play Online games, what do you actually achieve out of it...............

(Playing video games serves no purpose, other than entertainment why argue about what you do in them)

Of course you dont get anything physical out of it, unless you can sell your stuff on ebay.
But it all depends on the player gets their entertainment. Others play for pvp, others for pve, and others just like to show off their equips

Funk_Styles · Dec 28, 2005, 10:10 AM // 10:10

its not hard to get 15k armor, the only "farming" i do is for greens in SF, and i mostly do that to get greens for myself, ones i dont need i sell cheap to people who need help in ascalon city, and the ones that sell for good money i get some cash for those. yet i have many sets of 15k for each of my 3 pve chars. you dont have to farm to make alot of money in this game, just pick up EVERYTHING thats dropped for you
unless your scrolled all the way up to first person view, you have to look at your character, why not make them more pleasing to the eye?

agent of ascalon · Dec 28, 2005, 03:42 PM // 15:42

LMAO to the op, you call us noobs for having FoW armor and 15k armor? lets see.... you want a 10/10 sunder on a weapon, that is only a 10 % chance of getting somthin u can acheive with like 8-10 str -.- now THAT is noob,

yuna of spira · Mar 07, 2006, 04:36 AM // 04:36

yea i know this is an old post, but i came across it and no one said anything about this:

Have you never played a MMORPG before? Have you never heard of WOW, EQ, L2, etc etc etc?!?!?! Half of the reason you play these games is so you can stand back and admire what you have that you can claim as YOURS. This goes with looks as half of it. I can't imagine how many hours me and my L2 buddies have argued about the best looking armor for elven male fighters. It's how half of the game is played for ppl. Why do people have dyed armor? cuz it looks good. And if you are willing to spend the money, in most cases FoW looks better than any other possible armor out there......so dont bitch about how MMORPGs are played, you just made yourself look like a ultra noob

Mandy Memory · Mar 07, 2006, 05:07 AM // 05:07

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Originally Posted by Guardian of the Light

Title says it.

I wear 1.5k armor I don't care about looks. I have met the biggest noobs wearing FoW armor why do people waste money on these things that you'll get tired of a few days later.

I'd rather spent 60K on a 10/10 suldering +30 Health sword.

Well you are halfways smart. Too bad you blew it.

1. You are using swords...(unless you already have a guy with an axe on your team)
2. You said suldering.
3. You meant sundering...which is still crap.
4. You want a fortitude mod, which you should want an armor mod or something else better.

Guardian of the Light · Mar 07, 2006, 05:28 AM // 05:28

Ok I have a second question.

"Why can't people take a honest insightful question to ask opinions?"

I was asking a question geez...

Mimi Miyagi · Mar 07, 2006, 05:42 AM // 05:42

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Originally Posted by Guardian of the Light

Ok I have a second question.

"Why can't people take a honest insightful question to ask opinions?"

I was asking a question geez...

How was your original question "insightful"?

It sounded more to me that you simply posted it to bash "n00bs" wearing 15K or FoW armor.

I bash people that talk about their 15K or FoW armor as if it somehow made them "better" than people without. That doesn't mean buying the armor in itself is "bad" - only the attitudes people display while wearing it.

But your question was more trolling than "insightful".

HawkofStorms · Mar 07, 2006, 05:50 AM // 05:50

Also, what else are they to spend money on? Money has very little value in this. Other then armor and vanity skined weapons, what else am I to spend my 100k on? It isn't like RL where people go into credit debt wearing A&F clothes instead of paying their credit card bills on time. There is nothing else to do with money.

-Loki- · Mar 07, 2006, 06:05 AM // 06:05

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Originally Posted by Guardian of the Light

I'd rather spent 60K on a 10/10 suldering +30 Health sword.

Go buy a 3:1 vampiric, +30 hp sword. Sundering sucks.

sno · Mar 07, 2006, 06:06 AM // 06:06

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Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

Also, what else are they to spend money on? Money has very little value in this. Other then armor and vanity skined weapons, what else am I to spend my 100k on? It isn't like RL where people go into credit debt wearing A&F clothes instead of paying their credit card bills on time. There is nothing else to do with money.

100% agreed. (Besides, looking awesome is a nice bonus.)

LifeInfusion · Mar 07, 2006, 06:07 AM // 06:07

Because
-it is the most noticeable (it actually shows in town, UNLIKE WEAPONS).
-it doesn't have a highly risky fluctuating price (UNLIKE WEAPONS)
-it is easier to get into groups (for some reason)
-people will know you have been to granite citadel/marhan's grotto
-you only need one set (UNLIKE WEAPONS)
-They aren't nerfed (at least since release, exception of Lietenant's Helm)

N19h7m4r3 · Mar 07, 2006, 06:32 AM // 06:32

LifeInfusion thats exactly the reason I like 15k and FoW. I had a really hard time getting my ele a group for FoW runs but as soon as I got him Fissure armour I kept getting invites.
Some people who wear Fissure armour act as if they are better then anyone else. I only preferd the look af it yet its a fact that if you wear Fissure people think your good.
Strange but it only applies to PvE.
If you wear FoW into PvP everyone seems to target you, they probally think your a target caller.

But all in all people buy it to stand out, and when you already have all the items you want and have 1 mil lying around its the persons choice to buy what ever they like no matter what you might say or think.

~N19n7m4r3

bam23 · Mar 07, 2006, 06:38 AM // 06:38

FoW armor is overrated IMO. The 15k stuff looks much better.

lg5000 · Mar 07, 2006, 07:02 AM // 07:02

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Originally Posted by bam23

FoW armor is overrated IMO. The 15k stuff looks much better.

Can you honestly say that about the female mesmer armors?

Opeth11 · Mar 07, 2006, 07:23 AM // 07:23

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Originally Posted by lg5000

Can you honestly say that about the female mesmer armors?

No, I honestly can not.

TheMosesPHD · Mar 07, 2006, 07:25 AM // 07:25

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Originally Posted by Guardian of the Light

Title says it.

I wear 1.5k armor I don't care about looks. I have met the biggest noobs wearing FoW armor why do people waste money on these things that you'll get tired of a few days later.

I'd rather spent 60K on a 10/10 suldering +30 Health sword.

Well when a man and a woman really love eachother, they have a lil baby to show the world how far their love spans. What's so special about these tiny tots is that each of them has a beautiful gift called "personal preference".

/congrats Welcome to an amazing place where everyone else in the world isn't you. hf gl

I apologize if somehow this got double or triple posted. Sometimes the Submit Reply button goes crazy on me.

Jakerius · Mar 07, 2006, 07:26 AM // 07:26

I see the logic behind 15k armour (highest AL + looks) but not behind Forge.
Firstly, the Ranger Forge armour is pure crap. It looks worse than the pre-searing ranger armour.
Secondly, aside from the Necro and Monk armours, all of them look either generic or as ugly as sin.

And it costs an extra bajillion gold.

EF2NYD · Mar 07, 2006, 07:45 AM // 07:45

Ranger FoW is awesome. Better than that half naked druids look .

Fantus · Mar 07, 2006, 07:59 AM // 07:59

<- FoW armor

Why did I get it? Because it looks good! Do I really need any more reason?

What really amuses me are the people who say "why buy FoW armor when you better can spend the money on weapons". That's really funny. They can't understand why I prefer spending my money making my character look cool (but doesn't make her any stronger in the game) and themselves, they'd spend money on expensive weapons which don't make their characters any stronger either. Weapons are completely meaningless in GW. A blank weapon is 90% as good as the best "perfect" weapon you can get and a collector item is 99% as good. I have never bought an item from another player. To me, it's the ultimate waste of money in GW. Funnily enough, there is no new thread every couple of days basically stating that everyone buying weapons must be clueless, isn't it?

If you like to look cool: buy FoW armor
If you like to brag with perfect weapons: buy weapons
If you don't care about either: make a PvP char.

PS: Yes, it's correct that not every FoW armor looks better than their 15k counterparts. I'd never swap my 15k aeromancer's set for an ele FoW, not even if you'd give me the 105 Ecto for free.