Request: Beta Ascalon City

Flame

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2005

10 Jul 2006 at 23:28 - 1

Anyone have pictures from the old Post-Searing Ascalon City, back when everyone had tabards and you had to buy skill gems?

Vilaptca

Pre-Searing Vanquisher

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

11 Jul 2006 at 01:05 - 2

I think I deleted mine...because they sure aren't with my other GW screenshots...

Eragon Dragonslayer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Right Behind You

The Raven Evolution [wvw]

A/

11 Jul 2006 at 02:55 - 3

u had to buy skill gems?! wtf mate? i started playing in november so i have no idea what ur talking bout lol

EDIT: heres some i found...

sry if they arent the best quality but i found on google..

Mr D J

Permanently Unbanned

Join Date: Jun 2005

11 Jul 2006 at 03:02 - 4

Bah... if you wanna help me recover the info from my dead 60 gb hard drive I can give you all the pics you want

Stick Out Tongue

. I found lots of glitches in beta ascalon like rocks you can walk thru and all that kind of stuff

Goats17

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

House Zu Heltzer, laughing at them.

The [GEAR] Trick

N/Me

11 Jul 2006 at 03:29 - 5

There are still rocks you can walk through.........I spend my time sitting in them.

Plushie Penguin

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

That plushie penguin on a shelf in your bed room

Rt/E

11 Jul 2006 at 03:55 - 6

wow.... wish I had been around to try the game back then.....

tifaRockheart

i-map person

Join Date: Apr 2005

Raisu(Rice) Palace, talking to like Suki

Hired Goons

11 Jul 2006 at 04:39 - 7

I have quite a few ss from when I first started. I don’t remember the skill gems, but I do remember the skill charms. I’ll assume that both are two different things though.

This is when I wanted to see if you could go into a building, but then Gwen followed and got me stuck on the stairs. Then she started asking for the flowers I had... so I gave them to her hoping she’d let me free.

The old buy/sell system for outfitters (merchants).. also note: gold was very hard to get!

Just a ss of being out in a mission with a team. I believe the greenish warrior is Prince Rurik

Had to add at least one ss of another beta event where Gwen fried everyone

But I guess you’re referring more to stuff like in the link below, since I started GuildWars sometime after the tabards:
http://www.guildwars.com/events/inga...ingintyria.php

BlackRecluse

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

[Dark]

W/

11 Jul 2006 at 05:05 - 8

i have a bunch of early beta screenshots kickin around, ill post em. anybody remember when you could buy hundred blades in ascalon city

i was so pissed when i didnt find it in the real game

Alberic

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

United States

[AB]

R/

11 Jul 2006 at 05:28 - 9

Originally Posted by BlackRecluse

i have a bunch of early beta screenshots kickin around, ill post em. anybody remember when you could buy hundred blades in ascalon city

i was so pissed when i didnt find it in the real game

Here's one of my screenshots with a skill gem drop:

Eragon Dragonslayer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Right Behind You

The Raven Evolution [wvw]

A/

11 Jul 2006 at 05:38 - 10

Originally Posted by Alberic

tifaRockheart

i-map person

Join Date: Apr 2005

Raisu(Rice) Palace, talking to like Suki

Hired Goons

11 Jul 2006 at 05:46 - 11

^ wow, so that's where guild-hall.net got it's design from

VERY interesting ss's btw

kratic

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Florida

Sole Asylum [SA]

Mo/

11 Jul 2006 at 05:53 - 12

I wish the hud still looked like that, so much more eye candy

OMFGimCUTE

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

a box

I hop around

W/D

11 Jul 2006 at 07:14 - 13

Originally Posted by tifaRockheart

I have quite a few ss from when I first started. I don’t remember the skill gems, but I do remember the skill charms. I’ll assume that both are two different things though.

This is when I wanted to see if you could go into a building, but then Gwen followed and got me stuck on the stairs. Then she started asking for the flowers I had... so I gave them to her hoping she’d let me free.

The old buy/sell system for outfitters (merchants).. also note: gold was very hard to get!

Just a ss of being out in a mission with a team. I believe the greenish warrior is Prince Rurik

Had to add at least one ss of another beta event where Gwen fried everyone

But I guess you’re referring more to stuff like in the link below, since I started GuildWars sometime after the tabards:
http://www.guildwars.com/events/inga...ingintyria.php
OMGOMGOMG i started when you started, i forgot how the game looked like that before =) i liked it better that way too

Kaguya

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Moon

Mo/

11 Jul 2006 at 07:15 - 14

Originally Posted by kratic

I wish the hud still looked like that, so much more eye candy It looks much more inflexible tho, I suppose it wasn't as customisable as the current hud is.

Dunno, I didn't play that early

Drithlan

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

Antioch, CA

R/

11 Jul 2006 at 09:07 - 15

Originally Posted by tifaRockheart

This is when I wanted to see if you could go into a building, but then Gwen followed and got me stuck on the stairs. Then she started asking for the flowers I had... so I gave them to her hoping she’d let me free. Did she ever let you free?

Sagaris

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Netherlands.

11 Jul 2006 at 09:15 - 16

Wow... I like skill gems already! Gimme!

DJCoastal

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Mo/

11 Jul 2006 at 18:40 - 17

tifaRockheart

i-map person

Join Date: Apr 2005

Raisu(Rice) Palace, talking to like Suki

Hired Goons

11 Jul 2006 at 19:35 - 18

Originally Posted by Drithlan

Did she ever let you free?

Sadly no... Instead she started talking about how the flowers matched with the other flowers she had (I assume from other travelers through similar methods) and then started taunting me by dancing in front of me. I believe she also mentioned wanting an expensive little red cape. Let’s just say I became very poor that day...

In the end, I went searching online and through the controls for a jump button. When I didn’t find that, I went looking for a /stuck command of some sorts, and discovered the /jump emote and tried using that a few times. Wanna guess how that turned out?

OMGOMGOMG i started when you started, i forgot how the game looked like that before =) i liked it better that way too Haha, did Gwen bully you around also? Or was I just an easy target...
And yah, I think the older design from when I started went well with the GuildWars theme. Too bad there’s no option to switch between designs.

Mournblade

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

Houston, Texas

Dawn Treaders [DAWN]

W/Mo

11 Jul 2006 at 19:35 - 19

I would love to have been able to play even a month earlier - I was forced to wait for my birthday present though. lol

Lord Oranos

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Fort Aspenwood

11 Jul 2006 at 23:04 - 20

Originally Posted by Alberic

I like that old Interface, Especialy where the map is. To be honest it looks alot better too.

RotteN

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

W/

12 Jul 2006 at 00:33 - 21

you do know the current interface allows you to move your compass wherever you want it ? put it at the bottom if you want

MrGuildBoi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

A/

12 Jul 2006 at 00:40 - 22

he didnt mean that kind of interface, he meant like the brown rustyish kind

MrGuildBoi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

A/

12 Jul 2006 at 00:42 - 23

Originally Posted by Alberic

whats that 3rd skill?

and why do you all have knights armor? did you get runs to Drok?

Hatamoto

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

PhD

W/

12 Jul 2006 at 02:13 - 24

that interface is alot better then current one.

Eragon Dragonslayer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Right Behind You

The Raven Evolution [wvw]

A/

12 Jul 2006 at 02:42 - 25

i like the current one better...its sexyer...sexy like me

trecca

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Italy

Dark Evil Angels [DEA]

W/

13 Jul 2006 at 16:28 - 26

eheh hundred blades not elite

Retribution X

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Check behind you again.

N/

13 Jul 2006 at 16:33 - 27

Ahh, the good old days...

boxterduke

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Walking the ruins of Ascalon

DVDF

Me/

13 Jul 2006 at 21:46 - 28

Originally Posted by MrGuildBoi

whats that 3rd skill?

and why do you all have knights armor? did you get runs to Drok? I think this pic is from the first time GW was shown in E3 back in 2004.
When you started the character it would start in pre sear, it would start in ruined Ascalon city and since it was a preview all the characters shared the same armor.
I remember playing a Mesmer and all mesmers started with the Courtly armor.

I do not think there was even Droknar at the time.

fiery

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2005

maryland

InYurFace Gaming [IYF]

R/

13 Jul 2006 at 22:12 - 29

Interface is so spanking sexii

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

13 Jul 2006 at 23:01 - 30

Ah. Little newborn wammo pictures!

Seriously, its fascinating seeing GW in its infancy.

OMFGimCUTE

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

a box

I hop around

W/D

14 Jul 2006 at 01:27 - 31

she was mean to me =(

raven214

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

R/

14 Jul 2006 at 01:34 - 32

Originally Posted by makosi

Ah. Little newborn wammo pictures!

Seriously, its fascinating seeing GW in its infancy. I didn't actually participate in the betas and what not, but it is very interesting to see how the UI has evolved.

Matix411

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

Ontario

14 Jul 2006 at 06:24 - 33

man i wish i started back then
i think ascalon looked a lot more interesting.
and what's this about rocks you can walk through? where? WHERE?

and if that blue bib-like object is for GvG, or, if it is the 'cape' from back then, it's kind of interesting, but i wouldn't want it showing 24/7 like i had an eating disability.