Memories From an old Pro,

[Mentalmdc]

I was browsing through the new games out and after seeing an advert for GW:EN i was wondering how the old GW world was getting on.

I played GW solidly for a Year before exams and other commitments got in the way.

so let me just reminisce a little,

Who remembers the very first 55 monk builds? where just about any monk could make riches with only 1k startup costs? those were the days,

And when in halls you couldn't tell the difference between a rank 3,4, and 5, and a rank 6,7 and 8 etc. Or before that when you could always get into a group because nobody was any higher than rank 3!

If anyone has anything they missed from way back then post it here so we can all remember the good old days.

-THE M-

[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.

And I can't ever forget getting that full set of Droknar's Platemail. Oh how I love the pigmail!

[Mentalmdc]

Another thing i remember doing was looking at the presearing map and running through the world thinking how big that was and presuming that was the whole game world.

Also how epic i felt doing the initial little PvP fight at the end of presearing, and how annoyed i was when we lost.

[MMSDome]

i remember after everything got all burnt up and I entered the real Tyria I looked at the map and saw the fire islands and was determined I would explore my way there. Little did I know that you had to follow a story line and all that jazz and couldnt just run straight to a dock from Ascalon :)

[Neo Nugget]

i remember when there weren't supply and demand for dye traders, and i remember the really old interface and menu for the dye trader.oh and when black dye was 35k ahh yeah lol.

[Stormlord Alex]

I still remember asking 'How do I get a platinum?' ;)

Those were the days!

[KamikazeChicken]

I remember ecto dropping in piles of 4 and people selling them for 125-200 gold. I also remember rank sticks, colored pets, skill gems, skill rings, 1k black dye, 100k Sup Vigor/Absorption... so on and so forth.

[KANE OG]

I remember when the casual farmer could actually farm and have a good time doing it, as opposed to having to do it.

KANE

[bart]

i remember buying my first sword. At that time fiery dragon sword was the "in" thing and i remember at lvl 10 i used all my gold about 5k to buy a purple +13 stance req 11 fiery dragon sword. I was so happy.

[MelechRic]

I remember this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/NachosKeeper/Guild%20Wars%20Screens/gw035.jpg

I remember when a big drop was 2gp.
I remember skill crystals.

Best of all was the first time I went to the random arena in Kyhlo. I was hooked.

Ah good times...

[IKNOW]

Running around the desert opening barrels for FREE ;>

[trobinson97]

I remember when I first got to post searing on my little level 7 warrior. I saw a group looking for a warrior for Last Day Dawns. I clamped down on the Shift key and said "I'LL GO, I'LL GO!" Their response to me wasn't nice at all.

[Artkin]

I remember with black dye and ecto were 100k...when towns were full of people looking to group for missions NOT sell...gold drops were kick butt...etc etc etc

[wetsparks]

And I can't ever forget getting that full set of Droknar's Platemail. Oh how I love the pigmail! Still got and love using my pigmail.
<----I use it for my pic.

[tomcruisejr]

I remember the times when there were no PvP characters and the pve was fun.

[Radiuju]

I remember when I could come onto the Guild Wars forums and not see several new topics complaining about everything you can think of.

There are issues that are acceptable to be complained about, but every aspect of the game is criticized in one way or another these days.

[Death Kaster]

AHHhh thw good ole days .... atribute refund points, free to open chests in predictable locations, Fiery Dragon swords, 50 minions, and much more fun in pve.

[Necrotic]

I remember when switching weapon sets also meant switching armor sets and when feathers and wood planks were really useful (skillcharms)

[prism2525]

I remember the march glitch. obsidians, ectos, sup vigors and absorption were being sold at 250g.

They rolled it back :\ :p

[Holz]

I remember getting spammed as a lvl20 Monk in noob island, since the hero-system however there's no teamplay involved...

[Pericles]

I remember walking through ascalon with my warrior wondering how to get to the mysterious land called 'Kryta', but then i found out u had to do the missions hehe.

[Kool Pajamas]

I remember when pugging in pve was common and had decent players in those pugs.

I remember getting pwned in presearing... >.<

[Etta]

I remember when everyone were playing nice and just enjoyed the game. Not a lot of spam, scam, screaming kid, pug was fun to be in. And not a lot of cry for nerf this/that, put this/that in, why is this so hard/easy?, why can't i get in HA team? A good old days when you just log in and y'know......... just play.

[kitsune23]

Infusion runs only infused one piece of armor. We had someone on one run try to hijack the remains and demanded we pay him 1k. We aggroed mobs into him and refused to rez him after he died. :)

I also remember THK being hard and noone wanting to do the bonus. Scraping together enough gold for my first set of 15k by farming imps and golems. The first time I went to FOW (what, you can't take henchman? crap!). Getting an ecto and salvaging it because noone knew what they did yet.

[savage vapor 33]

I remember when HA and Emotes actually meant something in PVP.
I also remember the character screen with the fire glowing in the background and your characters stood there, and when you picked them, they walked towards your screen. GG Anet, you need to bring that back!

I also remember when superior absorption was close to 30-35k. LoL....the good ol days.

[Corinthian]

I remember that once you had to collect some attribute redeem points or something, so you can change your attributes. :D

[deus texaco]

i remeber the sense of awe i felt when i finally got to the legendary droknars forge that i had heard so much about.i was just like "wow i must be pro now!".happy days :D

[Orphan Anthem]

Man, i remember when 20k was alot, a year later ta du i spent 20k without blinking

[Recon_Alpha]

I remember when you could change your attribute points while exploring, no keys to open chests, starting my first char and landing in Pre-Searing thinking this has to be the best looking game that I've ever played.

[The Muffen Man]

I remember reading a review of GW 2 years ago and it said: " If you only buy one game this year make it GW"

That was so true back then...not so true now :(

[warren_kn]

I remember getting my first sup rune (Inspiration) and selling it for 5k. I remember wondering how on earth anyone could EVER be able to afford Obsidian armour as ectos were around the 30k mark. I remember wondering what this Lions Arch place was all about that people were talking about. Lastly I remember the first time I travelled from Bergen Springs to ToA. Unfortunately since then the community has taken a large portion of the fun out of this game.

[Star Gazer]

ah, the attribute refund points! The old login screen with that music. When actually thinking that post sear ascalon was a neat place to explore. When getting a max stat weapon was worth a ton of money (pre-green XD). Ah man....I really do miss those days

[wetsparks]

I also remember THK being hard and noone wanting to do the bonus. Scraping together enough gold for my first set of 15k by farming imps and golems. The first time I went to FOW (what, you can't take henchman? crap!). Getting an ecto and salvaging it because noone knew what they did yet. I remember when monks could go to THK and people would bid for their services. My first time there I thought it was crazy that this one person in the group offered to pay a monk 10k to come with us.

[fb2000]

I remember when monks could go to THK and people would bid for their services. My first time there I thought it was crazy that this one person in the group offered to pay a monk 10k to come with us.

I remember that too :D

[Ozric]

I remember having to farm Cotton for my LA Pyro armor.

I remember the beta days and some complaining that The Wilds was just too hard.

I remember when the Doppleganger was the only creature in the game that had a dynamic skillset, and could build his own bar, choosing any skill you had learned.

[LifeInfusion]

I remember the Town of Kyhlo and the Undead Zombies in the area before HoH.

EDIT: Pic:
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/1548/gw100cd9.jpg

[savage vapor 33]

I remember the Town of Kyhlo and the Undead Zombies in the area before HoH.

RoFL....holy crap....you have a great memory infusion.

[DarkNecrid]

I remember the first Gaile Grey chat in-game.

I remember skill rings.

[Levi Garett]

I remember the march glitch. obsidians, ectos, sup vigors and absorption were being sold at 250g.

They rolled it back :\ :p

I remember a merch glitch that was not rolled back and tons of people bought thousands of ecto for pennies and instantly became high rollers (I was at work...). :eek:

I remember learning to solo farm (before 55 builds became the norm) using Divine Boon + RoF + Zealots Fire spam. :ninja:

I remember a thriving market/demand for almost any item you obtainted including non-max mods and non-perfect items. :D

I remember when certain skins were rare and people would actually want weapons that weren't 15>50 20/20 +30. I remember greens ruining many of these rare skins. I remember inscriptable items ruining many additional rare skins. :(

Ahh the good ole' days...

[Railin]

I remember selling my first Althea ashes. :O

[M1h4iL]

Heres some things I remember from when I started playing GW since day one. (I don't play anymore)
In no particular order:
No one knew what ecto was and people sold it to merchant for a whole 100g.
When prices for everything were low and when 500g seemed like a lot.
When in Tomb of the Primeval Kingdom, now HA, parties were made using anyone with random invites. I remember about 2 weeks after the game was released and I just made it to Dragons Lair with my pve char, I decided to go to the ToPK and joined a party thinking this was another mission. On our first run we made it to HoH but didn't win. I remember asking so many questions as to where are we, why are we here fighting people not monsters and why there were so many Koreans with weird names. We made a good amount of fame.
I also remember the craziness over FDS, fellblade and chaos axes.
When Europe was the easiest teams to beat in GVG.
When everything was new, exciting and interesting having done it for the first time.
Good times.

[Lag Hell]

When i spent 3 hrs getting to the falls in maguuma jungle for my collectors leg piece with my ele. god that felt good when i clicked "exchange"

[marshy man]

i remember the days when fow/uw were the ultra elite areas that few could conquer.
i remember america having favor all day and night.
i remember daily updates, and the addition of sorrows furnace.
the monk strike that took place in thk.
when you could join a pug with near 100% chance of completion.
when you saw a person with fow, you thought that it was a person from anet.

[Evan montegarde]

Fighting Korean spirit spammer teams in HoH...and losing
When every single team in PVP was a bunch of IWAY warriors
Taking henchmen to a guild battle because, hey, they can't be THAT bad
Losing THK 10+ times and being elated when a guild monk was on
Thinking SF was going to completely reinvigorate the game for me
Last, wondering wtf a mini pet was when I got on after a 6 month break or so

[Radiuju]

When Skill decided your worth, not hours played.

[Kinn]

Fondest memory?

I remember when PvE was a multiplayer game.

[Molock]

Ahh... I feel so depressed now.

I remember when I first arrived in Ascalon, after searing, and exploring it for hours to find new outposts.
I remember when I first arrived in Droknar's Forge, I was so proud. I then farmed for hours to get my platemail set.
I remember joining a guild where people where happy and where it didn't seem like a competition.
I remember when you could find a good PUG and succeed almost everytime.

And above all, I remember when the community was friendly and mature. There wasn't mass ammount of immature brats running around spamming horrible jokes and profanity. The game truly decreased in quality, especially in the past year. So many good memories :(

[TomD22]

Fondest memory?

I remember when PvE was a multiplayer game.

Yes.

:(




(stupid bloody forum says I "have to have at least 12 characters in my message")

[BohemianKeith]

June 2005
"Changed Signet of Capture so that it now targets dead boss monsters. When you use the signet, you are presented with a menu of all of the dead boss monster's skills, and can capture any skill of your choice. This eliminates the need to keep boss monsters alive while trying to capture their skills, and will substantially reduce the difficulty of capturing certain skills that are rarely cast by boss monsters."

*shudders*

[Malice Black]

Heh I remember the days when I explored just for fun. Getting my first ever gold drop (max gold clever with no dmg mod) sold it for 1k :D

[Muspellsheimr]

I remember when there was no pre-searing.

And when I beat Thunderhead Keep first time, and try, with a pug, as a level16 necromancer with only Blood is Power, Well of Blood, and Resurrection Signet on my bar. - That was a good time.

[The Muffen Man]

I remember the day I went 29 consecutive wins in ra with 4 warriors before factions was released...god those were the days.

[Raiin Maker]

Two words:


Griffin Farming.

[Puebert]

I remember looking forward to skill updates.

[Annom]

I remember getting nuked by Gwen.
I remember Skill Crystals.
I remember Refund Points.
I remember the first E3 with Guild Wars.
I remember when a person with 15k armor was considered a god.
I remember waiting for the Summer Update leading to the opening of Sorrow's Furnace.
I remember the first green weapons.
I remember the very first Icy Dragon Swords.
I remember when half-eaten masses looked like Ectos.
I remember when Silver Dye was worth up to 5k.
I remember when there used to be 2 Gwens in Pre Searing.
I remember when you had no idea or indication other than animation for what an opponent was casting.
I remember when the player base wasn't much larger than 50k players, and people were known individually for their expertise on a specific class.
I remember when Soul Reaping was normal.....

[floppinghog]

with all thats changed i wish they would add some blood and undying zombies of some sort to GW2... now that would be entertaining for months at a time... :D

[dwc89]

the monk strike that took place in thk.


That now seems so long ago, still remember a bunch of them hanging out at Fishermen's Haven - on that little Island.

Getting my first character through the game without a max weapon, didn't see one drop until after I got through.

lol - just remembered, first char fighting from Yak's to Beacon's, via Ice Tooth Cave. Friend told me about the 2 missions in Northern Shiverpeaks after. Did the same thing from Bergen Hot Springs to Druid's Overlook.
Looking back, that was fun. Get in a group or hench it and head out a portal.

Probably my favorite memory was when a friend and I henched it from Camp Rankor to Beacon's Perch. Finding a Statue of Grenth in Lornar's Pass. I loved playing in the Southern Shiverpeaks.

Selling stacks of wood and glittering dust in Droknar's Forge , monks and necros were always buying.

Days to be fondly remembered and not seen again I'm afraid. Still play, mostly because a few friends still do and we do still have fun - most of the time.

[Ellisthion]

I remember not knowing that Elite skills existed, until I got the the Desert and captured my first one, Marksman's Wager.

I remember selling 15 wood to someone in Ascalon City, because he was saying that he was buying all wood, and I thought 15 was a fair bit.

I remember getting sad seeing Post-Searing for the first time, and how pretty it wasn't anymore. I also remember reaching Kryta, and taking screenshots everywhere because I thought it was so pretty.

I remember a kind soul giving me, a level 8 Ranger, a max damage gold longbow (no bonuses); in the days that having a max damage weapon meant something, and a low level character was almost guaranteed to be a new player.

I remember purchasing Res Signet in Ascalon City, because I didn't do even half the quests in Pre-Searing.

[J snukka]

i didn't read the thread and dont know if this was listed. but i remember when we had to bust our ass to buy a guild hall. oh man oh man, don't remember the price but wasnt it around 600k for a sigil.

[Slim]

i remember being in panic because i left the presearing before i wanted too and i couldnt get back :(

[badfish34668]

you guys realize that "i remember when" is the lowest form of conversation?

[Theus]

you guys realize that "i remember when" is the lowest form of conversation?

And how exactly did your comment add to the conversation?

Anyway, I remember when people actually partied for missions and quest's. Ever since they added heroes, the game seems to become more and more of a chore to play.

[SuperDave]

I remember when I still ran meteor shower and eruption on my Warrior (my first character), because in the Prophecies manual it said warriors like to get up close and personal, and have high armor, and elementalists are capable of dishing out the most damage of all profesions

[Angelica]

I remember my disappointment when I realized I could not go back in presearing once I left it! :(
I always loved the beautiful serene atmosphere of presearing! :)


/Angelica

[Ludo]

you guys realize that "i remember when" is the lowest form of conversation?

Whose arse did you pull that from?

Anyways, I remember mostly how fun it was being a total noob... I still play, but the freshness of it all was quite great the first time through Prophecies. Factions, and certianly not Nightfall, never had the "magic" for me. I still make almost all of my characters in Prophecies.

[pamelf]

I remember, and totally miss free chests. :( Keys were the worst addition ever.

[ogre-mage]

I remember when the game wasn't a giant pile of dev-team crucified garbage. Wasn't too long after the release of Factions, actually.

[Mickey]

I remember my first ecto, and I remember when 1 g was alot. So I went into Uw alot, and got alot of ectos, and sold em to the merchant for 1 g each....:( gg Mickey, gg

[Buzz Hunter]

I remember paying over 70k for my celestial sigil at the merchant to start my guild....

And when the 55 craze hit and all superior monk runes were going for 25 k plus.....

[Yawgmoth]

I remember the journey from Pre-Searing to Lions Arch done with my bugged PvP Mesmer.
I remember when The Craig arena was 6v6 Capture the Relic (and winning alot there)
I remember getting burninated by Gwen.
I remember the uber fun of 8v8v8v8v8v8 Burial Grounds play (and the completely unfun 20+ minutes waits when no team wanted to attack first)
I remember me farmerzoring my first ~300k by killing masses of lv16-18 mobs, before any kind of antifarm code existed.
I remember (and miss) the times when rare (gold) items were actually rare and couldnt be simply made of cheap components...
...
I think i could write a book, rotflmao, need to stop now

[Ludo]

I remember (and miss) the times when rare (gold) items were actually rare and couldnt be simply made of cheap components...


Even I can remember that one! (Been playing about a year).

Hate inscribable weapons. (Combine a shitty req 9 + a shitty req 12 and have a perfect weapon). Beh.
Hate hero's.
Hate etc. etc.
Love the game. More or less. But I play less and less, I must say.

[savage vapor 33]

I remember when Local Chat wasnt filled with so much spam.

[hr1100]

i remember that it took me 2 days to kill Galrath, thats before the update that raised the experience reward, and playing in crystal desert with my post-searing Ascalon armor :D

[God Apprentice]

When Black dye was 47k, and ectos could be salvaged from glittering dust

[Every time i lag]

-old griffon farming, ='(
-sup absorption for 100k?
-found an ecto and almost sold to merchant
-first time hitting lvl 20 =)

[zakaria]

i remember when ppl were advertising in Ascalon to join their guilds and everyone was anxious to join guilds, i remember when my guild leader in first guild i joined asked all the guild to collect gold enough to buy sigil (when it was worht 100 K:confused: ) for guild hall, we work as team without fear of getting scammed and we bought our guild hall in matter of 2 weeks...good old days when ppl where eager to help and work as team....sigh.

[BenjZee]

Omg Attribute Reffunds!!! Wtf Was That About!!!

[assassin rob]

I'm playing guild wars for almost 2 years and played it A Lot

I miss the time when i played with my elementist in pre searing and it was so fun to see the flowers ,going to post searing and getting in ascalon with a lot of missions. It was so excited for me.

I miss the time when we all could play in the missions with pugs and not hero or hencmens.It was so fun to do Kryta missions with people :)

I miss the helping part of people.
I miss : The older template skin of guild wars

I remember: The buy ecto's for 250g time , No keys for chests
I remember : Totpk with the competive plays with no care about rank

A-net screwed a lot of things up

[Phrozenflame]

I hope the Anet is reading this one....They added alot of new stuff, new items etc etc....but in process of doing it they lost out the 'essence' of what guild wars was all about.

I hope GW:EN tries to put back what we have lost :).

- I hope there are some human-only missions where you are not allowed to show your titles/ranks.

- I remember playing PvP when there were Ele lightning spike build..chian lightning and bang 4 opponents dead!
- Where I sold I think a goodrare brute sword for 2k omg :/ [lvl 12!]
- Free chests
- I sold black-dye in pre-searing for 70g! :'(
- Pre-searing was so beautifull...
- When people used to play the game, not trade, I must admit I earn more money now trading than playing, what can I do, everything is so over-farmed etc, I need my FoW :D
- How the entire world was pissed when protective bond was it? got nerfed.
- When factions came and I hated it lol
- Monk Strike at THK! and even the Anet people came and got mixed with players.
- Where forming teams was fun and you actually needed skilled people.
- When I was like Akh!! This guy is the Lich!!
- When I got ub3r confused with storyline because I did a run to droks :/ , I re-did several missions to get a hang of it.

Alot more..

By far this has been one of the best posts we have seen in several weeks...I hope Anet recaptures the 'essence' what guildwars was all about. I dont wish to criticise Anet, but the focus from thiere strength of GW 'team-play' shifted to differentiating the newer campaigns by adding Heroes etc. Now I think I get some idea why GW-EN will be the last part.

PLS re-capture the essence of Prophecies. Quit with the running restrictions, Nobody wants to repeat what they have already done....or something like that.

Thank You

[CyberNigma]

you guys realize that "i remember when" is the lowest form of conversation?

I remember when this guy wasn't on the forums.. :-)

[Agent Mold3r]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Phantom Gun]

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]

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]

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]

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]

-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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[Puddingbroodje]

i remember that you didn't have to be R3+ in HA to find a nice group..
and also my first time in post-searing when i talked to stefan (the hench) and didn't get a responce :p

[Genetic Freak]

My first ever Droks run was awesome, seeing the azure shadows and griffons at such high lvls and Southern Shiverpeak areas was cool.
I miss the old campfire login screen. =\ So many great memories from this great game! :D
My good ole' newbie days were probably the greatest and most fun time I've had!

[Scary Raebbit]

Refund points
100k Sup Abs
Keyless chests (particularly the one RIGHT outside Grotto)
1.5k and 15k armors looked the same
ZF triggering on Cyclone Axe
RA Island with the shark
First Elite capture (Poison Arrow)
First 15k Armor (Druid's 15k when they put the skin in and dying it the un-saturated black)
Salvaging a +30 off an R9 15>50 Storm Bow (I still kick myself about that)
Seeing FoW Armor for the first time (Male Warrior and Female Necro)
Not knowing about missions and going on a "trek" from Ascalon City through the Northern Shiverpeaks with Henchs. I got Frostbound armor and had to look up a map, squinting at the details all the while getting lost and dying to those Gargoyle Mesmers.
Actually trying to farm Undead Horde and reaching 60 DP, rezzing, and hoping the villagers can save the town.
When I got 3 Sup Abs from Ettins and selling them 90k+.
Balthz Aura stacking and Lulu
Spirit Spam
No one wanting a Ranger when SF first came out (heh)
ToPK Greens (Victo's Shield and Axe) going for insane prices. Seeing the Ogre-slaying Knife for the first time.
Replaying Pre-Searing and feeling like a big man because I knew what was going on.
Reading that you can skip a part of the quest where you get Althea some gifts.
Restarting the Charr quest at that temple with the Ashes when I only have 15 DP.
Wishing I had Ranger Master Nente's armor.
Not know how charming an animal works in Pre-Searing.
Trying to cap Animate Bone Fiends in a Krytan quest, on my Ranger, but utterly failing.
Having my Ranger run as an MM.
Contemplating my Ranger skill bar in Bergen Hot Springs, since I had Backfire and Empathy on, and not knowing if I want to drop them or not.
Meeting Willa the Unpleasant for the first time.
Getting excited about going to the Ring of Fire Islands.

[Havoc of PhoeniX]

A great second birthday present would have been the old campfire login screen back for us old pro's =)

[Esprit]

I remember when farming and title grinding did not dominate the game. People actually played together more.

[Riot Narita]

I remember when Europe hardly ever had favour, and on the occasions when it was wrestled from America/Korea... Temple of the Ages was packed out with people trying to join a FoW/UW party and get in there before we lost favour again.

[Tahlia Tane]

I remember the awesome login screen from Factions. Yeah. That was a year ago. Unfortunately I never experienced the original Prophecies login screen, or the original UI styles. The Nightfall login screen is atrocious. On a sidenote, Nightfall itself rocks.

[Absinth187]

Been playing since a couple of months after the retail release, but I remember thinking pre-searing was THE game. I remember getting to Ascalon for the first time, and seeing "WTS purple sword" and "WTS purple staff." I thought, "Why are people dying their weapons purple?!"

I remember taking about a month to get to level 20 on my first character (ranger) because it was fun to take your time. I remember not being able to get into a FOW group to save my life! And then creating a warrior so I could go, and then getting rejected by one group leader because I had pigmail on... Then I discovered griffon farming. :D

I remember the monk strike, and trying a dozen times before completing THK. I remember when people were selling "pink" and "white" dye. Attribute point refunds. When ettin rune farming first came out. The campfire login screen. Being so surprised that I captured an elite for my secondary profession. Wondering how people were typing out their health and energy so fast. Accused a monk in a FOW group of typing it when he pinged that he had 55 health. Unlocked chests. Pre- green weapons. Wanting a superior absorption so bad. How leet getting to Droks felt.

[savage vapor 33]

A great second birthday present would have been the old campfire login screen back for us old pro's =)

Tell me about it. Post here if you want that, I'm seeing if maybe Anet can get something changed for that login screen that we have to look at.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10160948

[Taala]

I remember when you couldn't salvage or ID items until certain amount of time after battle. Damn annoying it was too.

[P A L P H R A M O N D]

I havent been around since the beginning (playing for 20 months now), but I have some very fond memories, like being shocked after going post-searing . . . I had thought that the pre-searing map was the entire game map, and thought THAT was big, lol. Also, when I got to post, looking to buy absolutely every weapon I could, since there seemed to be so many, and then the first time I saw a max gold weapon, and being in awe of how much damage they dealt, and then later, the same with green weapons. I also remember my two Razorstone drops when I first made it to SF, when they were worth 100k+. I also remember the MM's with amazing numbers of minions, and starting my Necro for the single purpose of raising hordes of undead, just for the coolness of it. It has been sad seeing Necros get nerfed further and further, but I still have mine. On my first go through the game, with my mesmer, I beat the game without getting to the jungle, as I just sort of wandered wherever. Then going through the Jungle, after a Fow team politely suggested I finish the rest of the game, get ascended, and then try again for FoW. People seemed nicer, and not have all the GW info at my fingertips on wiki and such . . . I suppose I miss being surprised by new enemies, weapons and locales more than anything else.

[Dreikki]

Man I hated refund points.

And when people kept farming tengu because runes were actually expensive.

[Sir fredman]

I remember sigils being 60k+
In a guild battle, you would also lose rating when a player died.
PUG were awesome.
me paying 10k for a monk in THK.
playing with guild members, because it was teamwork.
looking at warrior FoW, and thinking "is he God??"
all the old farming builds.
thinking "what game can compete with GW?"
all the old guilds that did gvg and rocked with original builds (seeing adrenaline spike)
you could play in HoH with pugs.
selling my superior vigor on accident to the merchant when it was 100k.
khylo.
the prophecies log in screen with the campfire.

there's so much more. people were friendly, and enjoyed helping other people out. Anet seriously needs to bring some stuff back, because GW is slowly dying, and hopefully EotN will change it.

:(

[vergerefosh]

Don't remember 100k+ sup absorption, but i remember them as 30K+, remember them as being all damage, not just physical

Remembering being surprised that Rurik died as skipped cutscenes

Not being able to get a group in desert with lvl16 E/Mo due to Cay run

Healing through Gates of Kryta with E/Mo whilst having friend tell me that I can't monk as I don't have Divine Favour

Having no idea what tanking was on my War

Not having any elites on any of my chars until Glint

Thinking how cool this game looks and how much fun it is. Only other game of same kind of type was EQ

Friend telling me that lvl 5 was a good level to go to post, so reaching lvl5 in a Necro, going into post (without collector armour), dying a lot, and deciding that it wasn't much fun. Not played a necro since. No real reason either

[Velath]

Hahah great thread, lots of things in here I haven't thought in a long time. Miss the old starting screen for sure.

Starting the day after release and pre-searing towns being packed.
Getting to Gates of Kryta with my ele and taking a good two weeks just farming lightning drakes with a guildmate.
Gryphon farming and subsequently getting 15k glads for my w/mo (a great day)
First trip into UW and talking to the ghost right at the start. Right away starting 2nd trip to UW on my expense!
The fun and frustration with PUGs at times.

Edit: Also how much trouble I had with my doppleganger when I first fought him. I tried changing my build and ended up with a really crap one and running out of refund points and having to go explore so I could redo my build again! heh.

[Sheriff]

Getting 15% DP because your pet just died.

Starting the game in Lion's Arch.

Oh those beta weekends were a blast! I would PAY to be able to play the maps as we used to have them in those free weekends in 2004

[savage vapor 33]

Getting 15% DP because your pet just died.

Starting the game in Lion's Arch.

Oh those beta weekends were a blast! I would PAY to be able to play the maps as we used to have them in those free weekends in 2004

Best memories yet. QFT.

[myswheels]

I remember when I still ran meteor shower and eruption on my Warrior (my first character), because in the Prophecies manual it said warriors like to get up close and personal, and have high armor, and elementalists are capable of dishing out the most damage of all profesions

lol, this post = ftw.

[Andisa Kalorn]

I remember going from being poor to going permanently over 100k from farming ettins back when sup absorption was 100k, sup vigor was 70k, and sup monk runes were 20k, and not many people knew about ettin farming yet. :D

I remember when green weapons were added to the game and after much effort and a long time, the first green I got was the one I wanted most - the yakslapper. I don't think I've ever been as excited about a drop.

I remember when I created my first character as a N/W because my boyfriend thought that health stealing and extra energy would be better for a warrior than strength and extra armor... I also remember thinking that my boyfriend was a skilled player at the time. :p

And I remember when everyone thought 10/10 sundering mods were amazing and paid large sums for them.

[TheLordOfBlah]

Parties under the docks at LA (when you had to glitch through the wall)
Griff farming
100k black dyes and ectos
Monk strike at THK (i was part of it =P)
100 minions
ettin farming
pre searing parties
being able to run droks with a warrior...

[Riot Narita]

I remember reaching Beacons Perch for the very first time, ran out the exit to Lornar's Pass to explore... and got crushed like a bug. I was like "WTF everything is > lvl20 here"

[visitor]

I remember when ectos were actually more expensive than shards

[Prince Asmodai]

I remember my internet buddies the whole group of us JUST got to TOA...and we were walkin around an our buddy on TS says : "What..hmm what's this guy do..." I was at the merchant selling my crap...and all of a sudden BAM!! We were in FoW. ROFL....we all took off runnin around like retarded idiots tryin to figure out WTF to do and WTF happened...it was classic. We had all died and were like..."dude..wtf did you do?...DONT DO IT AGAIN...lol. He was like AWW S**T it took all my gold i was saving up..lol That was a fun night!

[Deadly Eyezz]

I remember getting spammed as a lvl20 Monk in noob island, since the hero-system however there's no teamplay involved...
So True,Heroes ruined the Teamplay in this game, I remember before NightFall, people standing in missions outpost asking for a healer,warrior or other classes, now all i can see people showing off saying "Hahaha! i did blah blah blah mission with heroes!!"
I am not an old player here, been playing for 7 months,the game is still fun for me, though A-net trying to stop the botting problem by nerfing farming instead of baning botters.

[Gwmaster]

u guys forgot wen capping gladiator defence was almost impossible because to cap an elite skill you had to cast it while the other guy was casting, and since stances were instant...well u know the story

[savage vapor 33]

u guys forgot wen capping gladiator defence was almost impossible because to cap an elite skill you had to cast it while the other guy was casting, and since stances were instant...well u know the story

Not the best times. You had to bring up a bad time lol. :(

[Voltar]

Protective bond

R.I.P.

actually i'm still trying to figure out a way to use it. been thinking with a ranger hero doing greater con and winter then using mantra of frost but it's kinda clunky.

i don't know if anyone else has the same hate for ascalon (after playing through it, then playing through it with the friends that weren't online, then playing through it again with friends that are new to the game)
since it was the only starting area.

lol, capping was great. i don't remember how many times i capped some inane crap that i already had. lol, monks charging to play missions.

/sigh. for some reason you got me missing the pre-cu swg too (i know a lot of swg players came to gw).

"So True,Heroes ruined the Teamplay in this game"

brother, if you were here for that, you wouldn't be saying that. i've waited almost an hour in a group while waiting for a monk. that's why i learned how to use the hench ai (before heroes) and blew players off.

for all the, "this group is awesome!" groups you get into, there were about 5-10, "how did these idiots get this far?" groups.

thk was definitely the choke-point for idiots. i felt way better back then getting into groups on the rof islands since the half-wits were back in thk wiping groups still.

prince asmodai, you made me actually "lol"

[Voltar]

oh, scary raebbit...hella lol. that reminds me when i tried to be a backup healer with my r/mo (in beta). i think the missions around riverside province were different too. sanctum cay was the last mission in beta...

and the easy w/r build i used to farm the gold giant boots in sanctum cay.

drake farming in the kryta province mission...oink! ftw.

[Flavius]

I've been meaning to do one of these topics for a while because i keep remenicing about the old stuff about GW like....


Atrribute refund points and the pain of having to change builds
When necromancers could ahve as many minions as their were dead bodies
When Superior Absorbtion was 100k
When 15k tormentors was the same as 1.5k tormentors and there was the great necro protest in LA
When you could farm minos and griffons till the cows came home and the retarded amount of bots that came in and out of Augry Rock ID1
When you could actually get run through the game and not have to do missions
When there were actually people in Wilds D1 and they needed the missions done
When Sorrows Furnace came out and Flints Wand went for insane amounts of money
When Skill balances were exciting
When you could echo Meteor Storm and have the monsters stand in both of them and not move
When protective bond was found on a skill bar
The first Guild Wars Halloween
When THK was rediculously hard and it taking me 14 tries to beat it
Fighting undead Rurik and going WTF HE"S A ZOMBIE!
When Ecto was 13k
When The Last Pride [evil] was still around
When IWAY dominated HoH (not HA) and Your Math Teacher [math] held halls for hours
When Team Arenas was next to Droknars Forge and getting pwned in Ascalon arenas because peopel would get run to droks, get high armor, cap an elite skill, and pwn the crap out of everyone
When no one wanted a mesmer (oh wait....)
When you pikced up the book in FoW and all monsters would attack you
When a Bonder was needed or else the group failed
When Gaile appeared in LA ID1


man what a f'ed up game GW has become :(

[Hyper.nl]

I remember selling my Kuunavang for 70k, so I could buy my Granite Citadel 15k armor, with a set of runes.

I remember buying another Kuunavang back two months later for 60k. :-)

And no, I'm not playing for long, Oct 2006.

[Rich_Izy]

Prophecies
Every elementalist in Ascalon Arena had fire storm
10k Droknars Forge runs
Voltar, I totally missed that skill T.T
Echo + MS
That immensely satisfying feeling after you defeat the Lich
Elona Reach ID1...speaks for itself
HoD sword, Lieutenant Helm (33% and not 25%)


HoH
Fighting the ghosts instead of zaishen
"55 monk lf balanced team, have TS/vent"

Factions
Kurzick beating the ___________ off the Luxons
Cavalon faction @ 1 million
Cantha being way more crowded than Tyria
very very few leechers in Fort Aspenwood....empty Jade Mines

Nightfall
Colossal Sword - 2mill
Dead Sword - well over 500k

[NevynZeddicus]

I remember how I loved the log in screen music for Prophecies. Sometimes I log in, go the the in-game store and listen to it still. Attribute refund points, getting to droks and having people in my guild think I was teh 733t for being the first, when shards were something like 18k, ectos 25k, black dye 33k, and vigor and absorption runes were 100k. Sometimes I miss those days.

[Dutch Masterr]

Its too bad i wasnt around until a week before Factions came out when i got Prophecies....but here is a good memory of the first time trying The Captured Son quest in Factions....also take note of the build im using LOL...typical assassin 2 hours after Factions came out.

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[kooomar]

I remember making "bank" the week of the release of GW by spamming "WTS Expert salvage Kits" and charging 50 more gold than they cost me in Yak's bend. And people actually bought them because yak's bend was crazy far into the game. I also remember wanting armor for my first toon, my ranger, and thinking "Crap, fur squares are 800g each, thats gonna take me months to get" And the best was walking around pre-searing thinking it was the whole game.

Guild Wars has had some amazing times, and actually, this thread has helped me realize why I have played, and made me want to keep playing. (As long as they update the max of the KoaBD title :D "

[combatchuck]

Here's some stuff I remember.

Selling all my Sup absorption to the merchant when they dropped from 70k to 30k in the space of 20 minutes.
My first gold drop (Gold req 11 14-20 gladius, sundering 10/9) and selling it for 1k.
Accidentally salvaging a gold armor in Hell's Precipice instead of IDing it.
My first max weapon, a blue maxed r8 Mursaat bow, given to me by my former guild leader. I still have it.
The sense of accomplishment I felt when I finally made it to level 20 in the desert.
The major buildup before the release of Factions, and the subsequent letdown.
Thinking that the Underworld was something you could never get out of.
Playing in arenas to have fun, with other people who were playing to have fun.
My current guild leader buying me Malinon's Shield, and teaching me how to ettin farm.
My first elite, Shield of Regeneration.
RUNNING TO PIKEN SQUARE 500G!