Curse

Agent Mold3r · May 29, 2007, 12:48 AM // 00:48

i remember my first guild, all we did was explore remote areas such as dragon's gullet, twin serpants lake, ect, for fun, and tried to find cool hiding spots and camping spots where we journeyed to, and just talked, it brings back memories...

Griff Mon · May 29, 2007, 02:15 AM // 02:15

I remember many of these things.

The monk strike in THK was the funniest, it was at the height of monk snootiness when THK was the ultimate noob filter with people making 10+ attempts before getting through. I don't know how many times I've been in groups scolded by monks for not doing things right up to their expectations just before they zone out.

Not until I started to play a monk who would have to chase Wamo's into the enemy aggro to keep them alive and then have them pitch a fit when I failed or got myself in trouble trying to save them from their own stupidity.

But the Runners Academy for the Droks run from Beacons Perch was something else. Not an official place mind you, but advertised on this forum and you had to contact the members of this guild in-game to arrange your training. You had to be a lvl 20 W/Mo with Superior Vigor and Absorbtion, and had to sport a certain set of skills including Mending and a Dolyak Signet. After paying a certain fee, you would be taken by the experts down the run and shown how to do it. Then you could charge people a small fortune for the run.

I did not participate in this particular piece of tutoring and the Drok's run has changed a great deal since then....

MegaMouse · May 29, 2007, 03:08 AM // 03:08

Started when GW Profecies went retail. Loved my Elementalist until they gelded him into oblivion. I loved taking on monsters 6 lvls above me and winning, going to a new town and there was noone there for several hours because noomne knew it was there, running the sanctum cay mission with my Ranger before they fixed the boat scene. Now all I do is log on to see if friends are there and talk a few minutes then log off. No fun anymore.

Mega Mouse

The Omniscient · May 29, 2007, 03:40 AM // 03:40

Oh, how fun and exciting the pve world was to me back then. The music and environment added with the nice graphics made the game such a nice thing to play. I'm suprised that I used to played for hours and hours everyday and ended up taking like half a year to finish the game on my first character.
Random arenas was a good memory as well. I spent a helluva lot of time playing it. oh yea, and I also miss the ol' login screen too =/. It had nice music along with it.

MysticalCheeseit · May 29, 2007, 04:48 AM // 04:48

my first gvg as a level 16 ele with firestorm...and for that matter when gvg builds had some originality before observer mode :/

Neo Nugget · May 29, 2007, 04:57 AM // 04:57

ahhh yeah, the prophecies opening theme.......I would like an option to revert back to that screen

Phantom Gun · May 29, 2007, 05:13 AM // 05:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bryant Again

Probably one of my favorite memories was when I pressed M in Post-Searing and said "Look at the size of this place! I can't wait to explore it all!" When I was done with the game, I was bummed when I realized that only about a little more than half of all the map was used.

Same here, but what I could explore was fun none the less.

I also remember the first time I beat prophecies. 3 of our group members dropped out as soon as we got into the mission area, but for some reason we kept going and beat the last mission. I was on my mesmer and i'm glad I decided to bring a perma rez.

I wish I would of added the ones that stuck with it, I wonder if they still play.

Sheriff · May 29, 2007, 07:11 PM // 19:11

I remember Kyhlo before it was renamed Ascalon. Still have some screenshots!

I remember 100 Blades NOT being an elite

I remember Elites being "capturable" in the early game.

I remember waiting anxiously for the next "preview weekend" back in 2004.

I remember people waving their goodbyes and saying "cya next month!" when a preview weekend was over

MSecorsky · May 29, 2007, 07:28 PM // 19:28

There was this ... butterfly ... in pre-searing that I must have followed for a good twenty minutes, just because I was amazed to see it at all.

Gwmaster · May 30, 2007, 12:14 AM // 00:14

my turn..my turn!!!
-i remember when chest in arid sea always used to drop gold items
-i remember when i sold my first storm bow (14-26) damage and white for a nice 22k
-remember people seling ectos for 900gold.
-i remember the griffons, and wen i farmed them, i was taking people with me and they were all amazed :P.
- i remember playing with people was actualy for fun, and at least it was more social back then.
-i remember when the sup absorption were 100k, and sup monk runes were more than 20k each.
- i remember when every ele had fire storm.
- wen gold items had no mods and bonus
-i remember gwen and wurms killing everybody in lions arch
-i remember the nerfs

oh yes i still remember!

Sheriff · May 30, 2007, 07:45 AM // 07:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwmaster

-i remember when i sold my first storm bow (14-26) damage and white for a nice 22k

Storm bows were great! I remember when you could buy a max white one for 1k, get a couple mods for 1k, and sell them (now blue) for 25k-ish each

I also remember when Cyclone Axe triggered Zealot's Fire. Ah, the whammo days.

Shanaeri Rynale · May 30, 2007, 10:01 AM // 10:01

Hmm
Riverside E/Mo Smiting with my ele.
The Weird free chest just outside of Divinity that gave all sorts of odd bonus's
Running like hell from more than 3 charr with my level 6 Warrior
Hard Thunderhead keep
20/20 Rockmolders
The Magic Boxes in Dreadnaughts, that gave any item in the game(inc crys swords etc)
People actually forming teams in ToA to do quests
When Galrath was 500xp
My first droks run
Having to swap to America just to Get Shan's Fissure back in July 05
Seeing the Awe and majesty of the crystal desert for the first time
My first HoH win.

GW2 will be full of moments like these, and more.

Arduin · May 30, 2007, 10:22 AM // 10:22

I remember leaving pre-searing too early, because my friend was a bit ahead of me, and therefore got wiped by 4 grawls during a quest just outside Ascalon City. Made me think again abou how fast I wanted to progress in this game.

Or ending op in the Crystal Desert before I had seen the Jungle, because I had taken the shortcut by walking directly to Sanctum Cay. Even before the cartography title was released, I already was scraping walls, and I told to myself: "You are not leaving this Kryta-Area before you have mapped every little bit"

arcanemacabre · May 30, 2007, 10:37 AM // 10:37

I remember back when Starcraft looked like a re-skinned Warcraft 2.

(It's relevant! I promise! Mike O' Brien and Jeff Strain worked on Starcraft!)

bathazard · May 30, 2007, 10:52 AM // 10:52

lol i rember when i got the game and my friend had a lvl 9 and i was like WoW!!! lvl 9 thats sooooooooo... cool now i have 6 lvl 20. and when random areans was actually fun and people didnt leave every second. when a green sword sold for 100k and when i got one i thought i was heaps good. when people actaully did the missions not run them. when getting to lvl 20 was actually something fun not 10hours of killing the same guys again and again. when people that took 4 skills in pvp wernt noobs. when every1 wasn't getting called noobs. when a lvl 14 was alloud in a pvp battle in TA. when a lvl 14 beat a lvl 20 ele... when eles used flare and owned... when people talked and when they talked it was friendly...

Blackhawk · May 30, 2007, 10:58 AM // 10:58

I remember when my friends list and guild roster actually had more than a couple of people online, and people weren't so rude in towns.

visitor · May 30, 2007, 04:26 PM // 16:26

I remember getting to post-searing Ascalon and charging right out the portal and having my behind handed to me by the devourers outside and afterwards deleting my char and creating a allmighty W/MO
I also remember starting the game from runescape and thinking " My god this game is probably gonna be my one and only game" .
Well, it wasn`t

Oh and i also remember being called a n00b for the first time because of my bad spelling

xshadowwolfx · May 30, 2007, 11:25 PM // 23:25

Oh wow you guys, this really brings back memories.

I really remember my first character. I was a R/E because the book claimed that they could dish out elemental damage along with have a pet. I always brought firestorm with me. Then by the time I got to LA, I remember asking my guild whether I should keep using firestorm or switch to meteor shower. I was then baffled when my energy bar turned gray, I wondered if it was a bug.

The monk strike was the best, because of that I decided to make my monks. Yes monks, I have two monks now =D.

I remembered when I was trying to ask people how I could become a crafter to make money. I actually saved every item that dropped for me. 12-15 swords or random stuff that looked pretty.

I remember laughing at myself when I saw the price of a superior vigor (50k) and superior absorption (100k+). I also was baffled when my guildies were like yay I got my 15k armor. I was like huh 15k! for armor! wow I would be rich to have 1k. Then he told me it was 15k per piece. I thought he was joking.

I still miss the old loading screen. I really miss Old Tyria. The music, kryta, ascalon, and shiverspeaks.

Many people may critize newbs, but my god it was really fun being one. The world seemed so big and everything wasn't about builds, speed, and money but just adventuring.

phallanxian · May 31, 2007, 01:16 AM // 01:16

Can anyone tell me what attribute refund points are as i was late into GW and didn't start playing till after factions.

Shanaeri Rynale · May 31, 2007, 05:34 AM // 05:34

Every time you changed an attribute, either up or down it cost you a 'point'. When you ran out of 'points' you could'nt change any attribute anymore.

You earned more 'points' by gaining XP. I think it was 1 for every 250XP you got. I also seem to remember the maximum number of 'points' you could have was 24.

As you can imagine it led to some frustration, esp if you got stuck in an unworkable build.