Curse

Man With No Name · Aug 31, 2005, 10:42 PM // 22:42

I don't know where to start....it's not really a story, just more of a list :P

Let's start with the stupidity of random arena and team arena:

- W/Mo's with Mending, Deadly Riposte and Riposte actually participating in PvP -- they actually zealously believe that 6 life per second will save them oO

- Anything W/R

- Warriors that target the other warriors first ( there are exceptions to this )

- Warriors that use any armor apart from Gladiators + Weapon Helm + Knights Boots

- People that can't follow a target call

- Necro's with the "1337" Life Transfer (E) and anything N/W

- Necro's that think stacking Life Degen is the best way to play -- rather than drop curses like SoF and Enfeeble

- IW mesmers

- Mesmers with Conjure Phantasm and/or Mind Wrack

- Dare I say it -- Fragility mesmers... :x

- People that actually stand in the Smiting AoE

- Elementalists that bring Fire AoE spells to PvP -- and worse people that stand in Meteor Storm...

- Monks that cast Life Bond on the rest of the team -- even though they'll be targetted first.... ( much better IMO to have a W/Mo put it on the Monk )

- Monks that think PvP functions like PvE -- they don't bring stances or other defensive buffs against melee

- Rangers without interupts and snares :X

- R/W Hammer users

As far as missions go I've been fairly lucky with only a few minor annoyances, seeing as I tend to use mostly henchies:

- People that talk to Rastigan The Eternal on first entering FoW....

- Frontline characters that talk to King Ironhammer first in Thunderhead Keep -- when someone standing in the backlines should -- since he follows that player...

- The "Tank Elementalists"

That's enough, for now >)

thekolman · Aug 31, 2005, 10:51 PM // 22:51

I always laugh when I see messages like "starting group for the wilds mission, levels 18+ only", or something like that. If I am forced into doing a mission that requires human players (I prefer hench), like Thirsty River, I will look for players who aren't level 20. Generally, those are the ones who have been through the game multiple times and know what they are doing, plus have been run to Droknars and have drok's armor.

Sometimes I like to do missions with my monk just to use unyielding aura on some 12 year old with ADD. If he keeps yelling "WTF HEAL", I'll just double click on my enchant, tee hee.

Isaacp · Aug 31, 2005, 10:55 PM // 22:55

Lol, another funny story.
I was playing with my guildies, and we were trying 2 get 2 the ToA, and I ended up getting there with my N/Me lvl 15 b4 the W/Mo got there, and he was 20, and also, all the other charecters died b4 I did, so I had to run them.

Divine Elemental · Aug 31, 2005, 10:59 PM // 22:59

ur from LoH?...
i always hated LoH cause half of their members are bad mannered
anyways ^^

i saw a monk in random arenas who was a mo/w
when prot bond wasnt nerfed
he was saying his all that and his uber l33t h4xor lmao
it cracked me up when our mesmer drained 1 of his enchantments
he replied u son of a ***** im gonna screw ur life and f**king slit ur throat u freaking nerd lol
offcourse he ended up in the ignnore list..

what · Aug 31, 2005, 11:55 PM // 23:55

Can't say that this is a n00b story.. but it was just outright ridiculous!

I was on my monk at Copperhammer looking for a run to Citadel..
this one guy popped up and said "Hey, I'll take you guys to Citadel.. let me switch out to my Warrior."

He came back a few seconds later and gathered a group.. and zoned out.. everyone in the group was expecting a run.. but instead he said.. "I'll fight you guys thru to Citadel for 2k each"

everyone couldn't help but laughed though..

Mavrik · Sep 01, 2005, 12:15 AM // 00:15

being shouted in Fort Ranik pre searing "Selling armor 27 for characters, 50G or best offer" whats sad is I was the only one to say "you can't use someone else's armor."

Shouted from Droknar Forge "Where is Talus(sp) Chute?"

Shouted from fisherman's haven "I hear beacon's perch is how to get to droknar, where is beacon's perch?"

Also shouted from droknar "How do I get to the desert?"

heist23 · Sep 01, 2005, 01:09 AM // 01:09

i was playing my warrior when she was still lvl 12-ish...i had recently bought her a fiery dragon sword (max dmg) because of all the ice golems around the north shiverpeaks. i got into a group, and someone asks if he can buy my sword. i paid 2k for this sword (clean, i didn't really think it was much of a rip-off when i bought it)

i say:

"well, i paid 2k for it, so if you can pay more than that then sure"

"2k? whatre the stats?"

"it's max dmg 15-22"

at this point my entire party says "rofl you noob that's not max dmg"

i answer back asking to see a sword that has a higher damage rating....nothing happens. everyone is silent for the rest of the mission (borlis pass). i just sighed, shook my head and continued on.

the same day, after i finished borlis pass, i got into a group at the frost gate (or whatever the next mission was....i can't remember)

the leader keeps on spamming "gogogoogogogogogogogogo before anyone leaves". our monk said that he wasn't ready, he was arranging his skills. lo and behold, 3 seconds later the time starts and we zone in. i laugh in a pained way as the monk and his friend, a necro, start cussing out the group and leave. we actually ended up finishing the mission, with our glorious warrior ending up having 60% DP and dying every 4 seconds, constantly asking for heals.

this defnitely wasn't the best try i could ask for, but looking back i tend to laugh my ass off.

FatherNurgle · Sep 01, 2005, 01:47 AM // 01:47

If people are from another country, they might jsut walk up to you and offer items are stupid prices. A bot is not intellegent and can not answer questions. Are you a bot? Yes. That seems silly. It is probably a chinese or korean person selling off stuff their bots got them, so they can turn around and sell gold on ebay. A limited vocabulary is more likely responsible for the strange diction your getting.

Infernal Monk · Sep 01, 2005, 03:51 AM // 03:51

This is one huge thread, but ill add my newb experience. It happened last weekend during the wonderful extreme PvP weekend. spent most of the day in the competitive arena (the random 4v4 lvl 20). Now, me being a warrior, i always state before the battle i will call targets..just cuz im like that i guess. During this one battle however (teamed up with 2 other warriors and a ranger) after saying "ill call targets", i get the dreaded response of "okay, but im not gunna follow, i can kill a person by myself" from the uber warrior standing beside me. Now, myself being a hammer warrior and fairly good at taking people down...i admit to feeling some doubt when he flashed his shiny sword in front of me. The team we ended up fighting i believe had two monks...flawless victory for them...

Shadowdaemon · Sep 01, 2005, 09:59 AM // 09:59

oh i got one, i finally got my fissure armor for my necro, slapped a couple superior runes on it, cause they were really cheap at the trader, not even thinking about the -150 health, and i get killed in a mission, well before long, i am at 80 hp and every spell is cast at me, before long i am spending more time dead than alesia, not to mention i gotta come up with 40k for the sup vigor, and i am broke cause i sold all my stuff for the gold to get my armor, i coulda hit myself over that one.

momo2oo2 · Sep 01, 2005, 11:11 AM // 11:11

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Originally Posted by Caelus The Fallen

The tyranny of Superior Runes; I actually saw this today from a level 20:

My Health is 17 of 17!

Made me chuckle anyway...

Actually, when killed by hydras (or any other mob not in UW or FoW) when you respawn you have *1* health with the 55 builds. Also, the DP makes impossible to be rezzed with Signet as you get up and fall dead again (I think you get 1 with the respawn, but with the Signet its less than .5 health xD

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boylard

It took me ages to realise why GW kept being minimised, normally when I was in the middle of a big battle and trying to call targets. That little sucker has now been prised out of my keyboard and is blue-tacked to the top of my moniter.

My personal solution is play the game in windowed mode, maxing the window until it fills the whole Desktop. It leaves the Tool Bar at sight so I can watch forums, see the clock and anything else in Windows while you play. If you press WinKey by error, another click or Alt-Tab puts you in GW!

Charcoal Ann · Sep 01, 2005, 11:20 AM // 11:20

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Originally Posted by Man With No Name

- Warriors that use any armor apart from Gladiators + Weapon Helm + Knights Boots

not sure that this is a n00b story. i wear just knights and i would make so bold as to suggest that i am not a n00b.
someone being not being an unimaginative power gamer does not make them a n00b.

by and large n00bs do wear the most uber haxx0r equipment.

n00b story:
Leeroying ele in FoW called me a bible bashing american

uh huh....

i did warn him that to die was to burn in hell for all eternity i suppose.....

Maagus · Sep 01, 2005, 11:51 AM // 11:51

Monk in Tombs, pretending to get rank 3 in two days (too bad naming persons is against forum rules

Healing and protecting only himself, calling on other monks : don´t protect me. As soon as our prot monk stopped protecting him, he was dead, demanding for res, still shouting : "dont protect me they cant kill me". And still caring only about himself.
Well his nick was saying that something wouldn´t be alright because part of his name was from the hero of the movie with S. Stallone where nobody could kill him

DuVeL · Sep 01, 2005, 02:12 PM // 14:12

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Originally Posted by Old Warrior Dood

Oh..Man....That cracks me up too. Why? Because it still happens to me from time to time. I get so ticked off at myself when I realize that I am in "chat mode". Thinking I am stuck once again on someone's Pet or Minons. Do I just hit Enter and clear the chat? Heck no. I waste precious seconds erasing the WWWW's so I don't look like a total idiot. When team mates ask why I am not doing anything I say...sorry damn lag.

So you lag alot?

Weird thing is, if you use another chatprogram after that like MSN or so you start your conversations with w.

MarkyX · Sep 01, 2005, 02:28 PM // 14:28

I asked a warrior once "Are you axe?"

And she replied "Why axe?"

THE END

Alura Pyro · Sep 01, 2005, 05:33 PM // 17:33

ToA get group going to uw I'm a monk and a frien with me is a monk we get 3 tanks and i necro and 2 nukers as soon as we start the necro yells
Lerroooyyyyyy Jenkiiinnnnnssss!!!111!!1!!11!!!!11!!1!
runs up talks to the gost and runs out agroing everything he can but dies halfway through.
the monsters all go back to their patrol zones our group (being smart) kills the mobs the whole time he is yelling rez!!!!!! and roflcopter that no work like i planned
we procede to dance on his corpse jump on it and generaly defile it(not through spells

) .
eventualy he appologizes and we rez him at that point he charges the center room yelling LLLEEEEEEEERRRROOOYYYYYY again.
well he manages to kill something that drops an ecto for him.

we left him dead no one took his ecto we just left it sitting their with him screaming

dont steal that is G4yxor joo n00bs!!11!!1!11!
the funnyest part was we got wiped eventualy and when we got back to town he screamed and yelled and generaly carried on (another on ignore).

Ghost Recon · Sep 01, 2005, 10:24 PM // 22:24

erm i supose u can call it a n00bish moment i was selling 2 ecto i found in UW at TOA in dist 1 when some guy tells me that i am suck a moron and that no on will pay 10k for ecto (this was a while bak when ecto was like 12k from trader) so i asked why and he says it is worth 100g max so i thought 2 my self what gave him that idea looking at the ecto and seeing at the bottom it saying.

Glob of Ectoplasm
Rare crafting maertial
Value 100g

So i thought 2 me self he couldn't have could he? i asked him who he he sold it 2 and he answer trader so i told him 2 go 2 lion's arch and talk 2 the rare materials trader and see how much ecto is 1min l8r i tryed 2 pm him and it said this player is ingoring U.

Still put's a smile 2 my face

entropy · Sep 01, 2005, 11:41 PM // 23:41

a lvl 4 warrior in the 1st mission right next to ascalon. REzzed him with ressurect. He went up then down. Was like WTF!?!?!?! then I said check your armor. The guy went oops 3 superior runes...

myword · Sep 02, 2005, 01:15 AM // 01:15

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Originally Posted by Man With No Name

I don't know where to start....it's not really a story, just more of a list :P

Let's start with the stupidity of random arena and team arena:

- W/Mo's with Mending, Deadly Riposte and Riposte actually participating in PvP -- they actually zealously believe that 6 life per second will save them oO

they probably need mending for the 'while enchanted' to activate mods on their weapon/sword

Quote:

Originally Posted by Man With No Name

- Warriors that use any armor apart from Gladiators + Weapon Helm + Knights Boots

if i have a sup absorption what would i need knights boots for? gladiators is needed for the W/E KD/AS generic build, yes.

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Originally Posted by Man With No Name

- People that actually stand in the Smiting AoE

can't agree more. i've seen alot of melee characters stand next to a smiter and die stupidly. apparently switching targets never occured to them!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Man With No Name

- Elementalists that bring Fire AoE spells to PvP -- and worse people that stand in Meteor Storm...

can't agree more! there was this funny incident in TA though, i was having fun with a ranger trapper while waiting for my turn to rotate into GvG, so i entered for a random team and had a pyro who proudly proclaimed 16 fire to us, crippled/bleeding/poisoned spiker and monk in meteor storm

considering we had no monk and we were up against a guild team, it was amusing

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Originally Posted by Man With No Name

As far as missions go I've been fairly lucky with only a few minor annoyances, seeing as I tend to use mostly henchies:

- People that talk to Rastigan The Eternal on first entering FoW....

i don't really see what the problem with that is
talking to Rastigan doesn't make him move, killing the trigger group does

Doomlord_Slayermann · Sep 02, 2005, 01:59 AM // 01:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Man With No Name

- Warriors that use any armor apart from Gladiators + Weapon Helm + Knights Boots

Um, sometimes energy is not as good as the extra armor. Sometimes its better to have a strength boost than a weapon skill boost. Why the hell would you wear just knight's boots? Not like you get hit in the feet very often.

Other than that, good list.