Curse

lord of all tyria · Jan 12, 2010, 12:53 PM // 12:53

Couple of months before NF release, having bought prophecies a week before factions release.

urania · Jan 12, 2010, 02:30 PM // 14:30

bought GW prophecies around 2006 and played pve for about 6 months straight (mighty E/R with a pet), afterwards swapped to TA directly (slightly before or around the time glad rank was implemented) and since i liked the format so much I continued playing it along with some occasional RA, AB, HA and gvg runs until it was deleted.

TheEyesKing · Jan 12, 2010, 02:42 PM // 14:42

Completed Eotn+Factions. Then i started PvP played in like 1.5 years now lol.

Eddie Frenzy Spam · Jan 12, 2010, 03:10 PM // 15:10

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Originally Posted by Dont Nerf The Perma

I started a little while after I had beaten prophecies and cantha. I never really got into it though, I always felt it was too hard to win. Random arenas isn't too forgiving on newcomers...

Yeah, everyone knows lifes best philosophy is "If anything is too hard, just quit.."

I think I started about 2 and a half years ago, just doing RA and then signed up in a HA PuG thread playing with Tiyuri and some of his friends which really showed me how complex and rewarding the PvP side was, I only ever played with them two or three times but it was enough to get me hooked in =P

Jaran Cell · Jan 12, 2010, 03:27 PM // 15:27

Played in most of the betas but didn't try PvP out untill after I finnished prophesies for the first time. That would have been somewhere in May 05 =)

Diskarn · Jan 12, 2010, 03:43 PM // 15:43

Joined a semi-serious RP guild on my first char 1 month after release.
I was lvl 11 elementalist and they let me join their GvG... xD

Earth · Jan 12, 2010, 04:00 PM // 16:00

I got into a GvG guild 3 months after I started, then about a month later it disbanded due to drama, then I went back to PvE again. Played around a bit in HA but never really got into it, and started playing more "seriously" again a few weeks ago.

Wuhy · Jan 12, 2010, 04:15 PM // 16:15

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Originally Posted by Jensy

In terms of REAL PvP... October 09? >_> Before that, only lame shit like JQ/AB/FA, etc.

Started PvE in 2007. Got to smelly guild hall (5), PvE got zzzzzzz boring, started GvG. Did all dungeons in NM/HM, all mostly everything in both modes.

Do wish I had started PvP years ago, but there's nothing to be done for that, now

Plan to start PvP in GW2 right away, so it's not such a climb up a really steep, slippery mountain.

exact same thing with me... EXACTLY. except i got gwamm too D: .. wanna do structured pvp with me as soon as gw2 comes out?:3

Tharg · Jan 12, 2010, 04:25 PM // 16:25

I would like to get into PvP but nobody in my Guild is doing PvP. I know these guys for such a long time that I don't want to pack up and leave the Guild. Tried some RA but that was not so great. So, I'm kind of stuck at the moment

Wuhy · Jan 12, 2010, 04:33 PM // 16:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tharg

I would like to get into PvP but nobody in my Guild is doing PvP. I know these guys for such a long time that I don't want to pack up and leave the Guild. Tried some RA but that was not so great. So, I'm kind of stuck at the moment

don't care about them, care about yourself. you want to do pvp? go ahead. its not the best time to start it though

tealspikes · Jan 12, 2010, 06:17 PM // 18:17

Unless you purchase unlock packs, you will be at a great disadvantage if you try PvP'ing right out of the box. Beat the campaigns first, get well acquainted with the game mechanics and numerous skills, and identify every identifiable item you get. When you feel comfortable, go ahead and play in FA/JQ, AB, and RA.

I PvE'd for about six months sometime after Faction came out, then got bored and quit. I started playing again near the release of EotN and did PvP almost exclusively. I wish I had tried to get into GvG earlier since that's where all the fun is.

AlsPals · Jan 12, 2010, 07:09 PM // 19:09

I started it in Beta. Way before rank ruined the format.

Edit:Anyone wanna do PvP from the start in GW2, count me in

. I plan to stay in the loop on all major farming/pvp events this time around, enjoying the game can be done in the first 8 hours. In GW I missed all the major farms and PvP events going at my own pace. Damn that. I wanna be one of those guys 2 years into the game who can buy anything/give a good arguement on game fundamentals. Hell, even first 3 months.

Benderama · Jan 12, 2010, 07:49 PM // 19:49

i think i started pvp a few months after my first character was created, i wondered why there was such a big section in the manual. due to my lag-off-a-cliff pc i was terrible, though my friend began to play it when he started and i started to play more then. around last year in january i actually got a bit more into it since i passed the massive brick wall that is/was/will be RA, then in TA i failed. since the update giving everyone access to HA i have now learnt i fail at that too %D
i AB more often though not much, i guess i find it more fun because it allows idiots like me to go minion suicide ^^; JQ and FA are fun too when you're not an RoJ monk

Darth The Xx · Jan 12, 2010, 08:13 PM // 20:13

First thing I did when I bought the game ~2 years ago was make a PvP char and unlock TA and HA

. The only reason I do PvE is for the nice looking gear, although now you can buy PvP gear without TRPs so no need for that lame garbage anymore.

Greedy Gus · Jan 12, 2010, 11:03 PM // 23:03

Bought the game summer 2005 after hearing from people in beta that it had great team pvp. Played through pve twice to learn basics and unlock skills/runes for 4/6 professions, while listening in on teamspeak to our guild's gvg matches.

Played flaggers in gvg back when they dueled, did a lot of airspike/spiritspam tombs when that was the most popular format, pretty much went pure gvg ever since the first championship season started, and started using pve to make chars for pvp when I learned about random superior items like lieutenants helm & the IAS fire wand.

J1000 · Jan 14, 2010, 01:10 AM // 01:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by tealspikes

Unless you purchase unlock packs, you will be at a great disadvantage if you try PvP'ing right out of the box. Beat the campaigns first, get well acquainted with the game mechanics and numerous skills, and identify every identifiable item you get. When you feel comfortable, go ahead and play in FA/JQ, AB, and RA.

I PvE'd for about six months sometime after Faction came out, then got bored and quit. I started playing again near the release of EotN and did PvP almost exclusively. I wish I had tried to get into GvG earlier since that's where all the fun is.

I say don't worry about the disadvantage. 10,000 faction is all you need to put together a "real" build. The bigger issue is just experience, and PvE won't help much there.

Royale · Jan 27, 2010, 05:11 PM // 17:11

september '05, gvging with The Cornerstone [CRNR] and spending our nights losing to Treacherous Empire, Clan ZPZG, Dead Presidents, and Alice In Wonderland over and over

psygnosis · Jan 30, 2010, 07:11 PM // 19:11

In beta. After d2 was completly dead and i didn't wanna play shadowbane (had a monthly fee back then) gw beta started.

-Pluto- · Jan 30, 2010, 10:14 PM // 22:14

I started doing that pvp in the shiverpeak arena for lvl10-15's. Never even made it to Lion's Arch for over a year since I went from there straight to making pvp characters and playing in RA once I got to lvl16.

MasterSasori · Jan 31, 2010, 05:16 PM // 17:16

When factions came out and I thought AB was awesome.