Whats Your Wow Moment

ive been playing this game for years...and i was in the echovald forest and i was thinkin on how beautiful it is...but i can remember the first time i played guildwars and dont get me wrong alot of places in prophecies blew me away...but i can remember all the years ago sittin back in my chair going wow this is beauitful...i wanna know when u where a "noob" what aspect of the game blew you away at first..(guildwars=my first mmo) also like u first going into the fissure of woe and how ridiculously overwhelmed by the foes i was at least...until of course all these sc lol...

when I left Griffon's Mouth cave and came out into North Kryta, I said wow

When I first started the game, presearing was beautiful. Then, the searing happened -.-

Mine would have to be stepping into Kryta the first time.

After being in generally colourless, slow-paced, depressing-music-lands for the first half of the game, when I stepped into that world of green and jaunty-sounding strings instruments, I was like, "WOW!!! :D:D:D:D" I was just so freaking excited to reach the magical land of Kryta that had been talked about since day one, that I burst when I got there.

I also thought that when I played Factions for the first time and ran out of Shing Jea into those fields. I was amazed by the landscapes in that game.

Also when I got to Vabbi for the first time in Nightfall. It was cooler than what I thought it would be.

back in my starting days of gw, "wow u can change 2nd profession as many times as u want and edit skill points"

GW really is a great looking game but if I had to pick something then probably the first time I played through the Deep. It's not that it's strikingly different from the rest of the Jade Sea (more so when you enter the "Moria" section) but it is pretty visually impressive. The fact that there were now 12 man zones blew my mind too with a sheer volume of foes to match. To this day this is the only elite I always come back to just for the simple pleasure of playing it.

Doing the quest that leads you to Nahpui Quarter and I took the route up the cliff along the water. Beautiful pathway up there... especially considering the stark contrast with the dirty, building crowded city of Kaineng. Shing Jea Island is very beautiful too, but the depth of scenery on that overlook is just amazing.

The Deep, the area where you take 10 damage while moving. You slowly go down the stairs and I though, this is the stairway to hell. Awesome. The cave entrance I was, "Daaaamn, this really feels like fighting your way into hell." It's the feeling that your super powerful and unstoppable and yet there is something super strong waiting at the end.

All that is missing is the creepy music that gets darker and scarier as you went down.

Pre Searing for me too, when I was new I thought it was what the entire game would look like, and nothing else in the entire game can do a justice that pre does.

i've always liked the landscapes in nightfall, especially the sulfurous wastes and vabbi

Pre-Searing, good times in there when your new. And the Jade Sea, that place just looked pretty amazing. Vanquishing and Cartographer really allows you to see some nice scenery.

I love the sulfurous wastes and the worms, I've wow'd alot during my time playing but being able to enter a worm and a siege devourer was

When i first looked at the price of an obsidian armor on wiki. I said... wow...

+1 For Jade Sea.. I Played Through Proph With Warrior And A Monk And Was Amazed At The Sheer Size Of The Game Though !
But The Swamps / Deserts In Proph Dont Come Close2 The Beauty Of The Jade Sea

Markus

When I first farmed UW with my sin. So much. Fun.


The other, probably blazing through Tyria with the help of a friend I ow so much to.

When i realized that there was a place called tombs where you could do HoH. Wow! (lol, about typed "where u could do HA" lol)

First time going through Urgoz's Warren and just looking around at the scenery, especially in the one death trap room with all the waterfalls was nice to see.. Urgoz himself not so much.

Ascalon and its environs, back in the alpha.

- Red sky
- Exotic unearthly landscape
- Crystals and lightning
- Amg FLASH GARGOYLE don't let it get me
- Tar pits

All in all it felt very prehistoric, and the shiny armor + the glow effects was amazing.
Kryta and especially Maguuma in the later weekends was also amazing.

Impression: GW is prettiest game in existence.
I've yet to see a better looking game.

Probably when my game crashed... and I loaded it up again... and it reconnected me to where I'd been before I crashed. It was a novel experience at the time.

Also, when I learned I could edit my skills and attributes as much as I wanted with no penalty. I was like, "Man, how do shitty game makers like Blizzard even stay in business? ArenaNet is brilliant!"

This.

After a tough fight to get there, and losing people along the way, it was great to finally see our destination. All the warmth and colour...

I mean, granted, there turned out to be the little undead issue. But Kryta is a beautiful country, and finally seeing it after all that slogging through snow and ice was a big "wow" moment for me.