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xnightmythx

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

28 Oct 2006 at 20:30 - 1

Remember when the attributes could only be changed a handful of times before you ran out of points? Remember a Superior Vigor Rune costing 100K?

How much money and time did we spend figuring out what the dye combos were? If you do, then you have been playing GW for a while. The recent changes Anet have incorporated are the best I have ever seen in the game. The fact that you can now save your builds AND change your second profession right out of your skill box is such a huge improvement.
Dye previewer? SWEET! And as that was not enough, you can even select what you choose to salvage! Oh man! Do you think the new generation of GW players will ever appreciate these changes that us veterans do? I sure hope so. I wanted to post this so that you guys could share your experience with the newer players.

What things do you remember in the beginning of GW that have now since changed?

Megla Zero

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

North Carolina

[OS]

28 Oct 2006 at 20:34 - 2

Not to mention how many times we've butchered the names of skills just so we didn't have to type 3-4 lines when asked for all of our skills. What is more annoying (to me at least) is that we've all basically been asking for these improvements since the game came out, but we're just getting them now.

I don't think the newer players will appreciate the improvements unless they used to play it before all the new stuff, or they read these forums and see how everything has been changed.

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

28 Oct 2006 at 20:37 - 3

The days of sup asorb being 100k..brings back memories

Mr_T_bot

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2006

28 Oct 2006 at 20:38 - 4

More like "we have been asking stuff since before the original game came out and we havn't gotten 90% of it, but look at this awesome 10% we have gotten... that has been butchered from what we requested..."

CTU

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mo/

28 Oct 2006 at 20:39 - 5

Good old times, I remember when sup absorb cost 100k and Sup Vigor was very close to 100k to.

Cottage Pie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Birmingham, England

Taking Aegis

Mo/Me

28 Oct 2006 at 20:52 - 6

i remember loosing sup absorbs to salvage when they were 100k...

the game is much better now, but it should have had all this from the start imho, they are small things, really.

dreamhunk

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

:P

E/Me

28 Oct 2006 at 20:55 - 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by xnightmythx

Remember when the attributes could only be changed a handful of times before you ran out of points? Remember a Superior Vigor Rune costing 100K?

How much money and time did we spend figuring out what the dye combos were? If you do, then you have been playing GW for a while. The recent changes Anet have incorporated are the best I have ever seen in the game. The fact that you can now save your builds AND change your second profession right out of your skill box is such a huge improvement.
Dye previewer? SWEET! And as that was not enough, you can even select what you choose to salvage! Oh man! Do you think the new generation of GW players will ever appreciate these changes that us veterans do? I sure hope so. I wanted to post this so that you guys could share your experience with the newer players.

What things do you remember in the beginning of GW that have now since changed?

pppppfffffff they don't have divine aura or the famous ithas bow( The must rare of all bows), but love the new update.

besides my charactor belongs to the all powerful elite divine beings of the game :P (not even fow armor can match) :P

those days I had lot more ectos and they also droped out side of uw

he slick was the big thing

tompilk

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

Lancasire, NW England

The Brotherhood of Afterlife

W/Mo

28 Oct 2006 at 20:58 - 8

I remember 100k runes! and remember when black dye was dirt cheap too!
Tom

Hmmer

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk

Mo/W

28 Oct 2006 at 21:05 - 9

Lol, good times indeed, i still remember the Alpha test of phrophies, when the guild wars map was only ASKALON! This game has come a long way since then.Black dye used to be the cheapest of all, and 75% of the players where warriors (LMAO!),10% rangers, 10% eles,2% monks, 2% necro, mesmer 1%(maybe less really). Well congrats Anet, u made alote of people happy this time.

Sid Soggybottom

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2006

28 Oct 2006 at 21:08 - 10

Also skill capping is a lot more improved than what it was from before. Remember bosses that never used their Elites or trying to cap while the boss was still alive? Or even bosses that didnt even spawn?

Obviously improvements are great, which is why I find it ridiculous that some players will oppose an improvement simply because in the past people had to do things the hard way and thus be unfair to those people.

reetkever

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mo/E

28 Oct 2006 at 21:16 - 11

well when I first got GW it was halloween as well (I bought it the exact same date Nightfall came out - but then a year earlier).

I remember:

-Sup Absorption being 100K
-skills like Firestorm being good thanks to no AoE
-green items were just new, and worth alot
-griffon farming!
-gold armors turning out to be Major Runes
-Fur Squares were worth alot, so Charr farming had its uses
-Sundering mod of 10/10 being highest instead of 20/20

duncan99

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

Norway, Oslo

Glob of Ectospasm

28 Oct 2006 at 21:22 - 12

i have been playing for 40 days now, i remember duo farming fow

Taurucis

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

The edge of reason

I don't play any more.

W/E

28 Oct 2006 at 21:23 - 13

I remember in the early days of GW, we didn't err7 and lag so much

Oh yes... less idiots, better community...I think there was the rainbow colored skill warmup bar (or none at all?) And of course the 60k+ superior monk runes... heh heh...

CyberMesh0

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Charter Vanguard [CV]

N/Me

28 Oct 2006 at 21:24 - 14

I remember the economy balloon when black dye was 42k and the sup monk runes were also 42k apiece

tuna-fish_sushi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

California

E/A

28 Oct 2006 at 21:26 - 15

I remeber soloing uw with Baltha aura and prot bond and zealots fire and symbol of wrath ahh the nice days.

dreamhunk

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

:P

E/Me

28 Oct 2006 at 21:29 - 16

i remeber soloing in the uw and fow with henchies :P and the days of the fire nuker, they did even need tanks

or the days of air elemental they rule pvp with Iorn fist, worriors would fear them :P

Necris

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

Canada

Lusus Naturae

N/Me

28 Oct 2006 at 21:33 - 17

Ahhh, you young whipper snappers... Back in my day, we didn't raise the dead! None of these new fangled spells. No. We had to annoy them until they became so annoyed that they rose from their graves just to slap you across the face! Necromancer armies were nothing more than hordes of grumpy skeletons and corpses!

That's right! Back then, monks didn't heal you with magic! They spat in your wound, threw a bunch of leeches on it, said a few words for Dwayna and that was it!

Elementalists? Pah! We didn't need them! If you wanted a fireball, you found some hay, rubbed two sticks together, then threw the embers at someone!

Pah! You young people are so ungrateful that the gods decided to get off their asses and sprinkle magic into the world, it's sickening!

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

28 Oct 2006 at 21:38 - 18

Infusion runs. Ugh.

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

28 Oct 2006 at 21:45 - 19

Infusions runs..easy but extremely annoying

dreamhunk

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

:P

E/Me

28 Oct 2006 at 21:46 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necris

Ahhh, you young whipper snappers... Back in my day, we didn't raise the dead! None of these new fangled spells. No. We had to annoy them until they became so annoyed that they rose from their graves just to slap you across the face! Necromancer armies were nothing more than hordes of grumpy skeletons and corpses!

That's right! Back then, monks didn't heal you with magic! They spat in your wound, threw a bunch of leeches on it, said a few words for Dwayna and that was it!

Elementalists? Pah! We didn't need them! If you wanted a fireball, you found some hay, rubbed two sticks together, then threw the embers at someone!

Pah! You young people are so ungrateful that the gods decided to get off their asses and sprinkle magic into the world, it's sickening!

Lol play with fire and you get burned lol, what can I say, I like things hot

Nathan the Skank

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

Cincinnati

Sleepless Farmers

W/E

28 Oct 2006 at 21:52 - 21

The HoD sword..........

The HoD helm being 50% instead of 20%......

When Tyrian greens were worth something......

When Melee monsters wouldn't run from you.......

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

28 Oct 2006 at 21:53 - 22

Guru was alot faster as there was less nubs posting

myword

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Korea

28 Oct 2006 at 21:58 - 23

when zealous stole energy from your opponent!

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

28 Oct 2006 at 21:59 - 24

old times ? hmmm

-Running Elona Wreckage (a mulechar full of gold items ina few hours

)
-no traders, means mules full of runes

-screwing sup abs/vig salvage

-dumping stuff to make room for stupid items, stuff worth ecto stack a few months later

-salvaging %dmg w/o cond during the early days of GW

-old runes .. sup looking mike minors

-the very old trade window bug (add quantity, decrease .. scam

)

Cottage Pie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Birmingham, England

Taking Aegis

Mo/Me

28 Oct 2006 at 22:04 - 25

Chaos axes did chaos damage...

lower req weapons did more damage....

and stuff.

Franco

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2006

England

VoB

Me/

28 Oct 2006 at 22:16 - 26

Nothing being nerfed...

TGgold

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Flying Gophers

Rt/P

28 Oct 2006 at 22:32 - 27

~Spending a while playing with horrible builds because you didn't have enough refund points to spec back to your normal one...
~The market reset...
~Griffon farming being worthwhile

~Chests!
~Friendly people who were playing through for the first time, letting you do a bunch of quests in say, the Piken Square area together for hours...
~Pre-Cookie-Cutters
~Nobody freaking about the survivor title...
~The glory days of the MM...

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

28 Oct 2006 at 22:33 - 28

Trader reset ftw

ChrisCo

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

[ToR]

W/

28 Oct 2006 at 22:34 - 29

Not ages ago.... but bulwark at 100k+ectos

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

28 Oct 2006 at 22:36 - 30

Quote:

Originally Posted by TGgold

~Griffon farming being worthwhile

~Friendly people who were playing through for the first time, letting you do a bunch of quests in say, the Piken Square area together for hours...

wow forgot those

i feel sooo old

supaet

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

28 Oct 2006 at 23:37 - 31

started a year and a half ago, I won't say the new players are lucky. If they're new, they just take all the goodies we have now for granted. But gotta thank the developers. The idea of attribute refunds seem rediculous now. Hope they continue to make great games

xnightmythx

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

28 Oct 2006 at 23:43 - 32

Anyone remember NOT needing to buy keys for chests? They were free! yay!

noir0

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

28 Oct 2006 at 23:44 - 33

You remember that time when we all got together and reminisced about the 'old days' in guild wars? yeah.. that was the best ever.

Jk jk but seriously enough with the reminising i see that far to much in these sorts of games. Sure new players have it better than 'old' (1 and a half years is old? :S) people did when the game first started but.. well think about it, thanks to you lot playin the game so long is how things got fixed, nerfed, moaned about ect.

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

28 Oct 2006 at 23:46 - 34

1 year and a half in quite old for a game, nowadays ...

Chilly Ress

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Kinetic Fusion [kF]

Me/

29 Oct 2006 at 00:04 - 35

I think my fondest of the old memories was definatey when the monk runes were 40k each. This is because I had figured out before many and had bought about 2 characters' inventories full of Superior Monk runes while they were 200g each....ya...

I made lotsa money off that, was so fun watching everone scramble to me to buy 'em!

Kamatsu

Moderator

Join Date: May 2005

Australia

29 Oct 2006 at 00:04 - 36

hmmm.. I remember when there was no Rune Trader at all and you could only get runes from drops or players.. I remember that to get skills you needed skill rings... I also remember run prices being 100K for sup absorption and sup vigor.. when you weren't guaranteed runes from monster armor drops (and loosing a sup abs when they were selling for 100K because of the random chance...)

People these days have it ... easy? :P Rune trader, dye trader, cheaper runes, dye dressing room, choosing what to salvage, guaranteed runes from monster armor drops, having sites like GWG with all the info you need on stuff :P.. oh yeah..

and I doubt they'll appreciate how good they have it - people don't tend to appreciate something till they either loose it.. or what they have/do is improved and they can see/feel/know how much better things are for them after the change.

Peddy

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Denmrak

Furians Reborn [FR]

29 Oct 2006 at 00:11 - 37

Ascalon.. I remember Ascalon during the beta weekends when the ground looked like sand from the local beach, the Sanitarium only a rectangular building filled with warriors and rangers, Ascalon City with a gigantic picture of Dwayna lit up by this huge crystal that had wrecked everything. The Charr that owned my lvl7 character.. yes.. good days

I actually wish they hold an 'Good Ol' Days' event where they put in the old Beta-Tyria, could be nice. What do you think ?

Gwmaster

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

Canada/Quebec

N/

29 Oct 2006 at 00:12 - 38

i miss the old days alot and i remember a few things:
-drake runs
-griphon farming
-8 man uw and everyone dying
-ecto that was worth around 1k
-cheap black dyes
-stormbows were worth alot too(i remember selling one that was 14-26 for 22k

and it was white.
-infusion runs..we had to do 5 of them to infuse our armor

-rare drops with no mods
-the no key chests that droped crystalines and all (if i remember well there was one outside riverside province..or Santum kay that was bugged and droped good things)
-people that wanted to explore and have fun

Aun

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2006

Sweden

Its Gi [Joe]

N/

29 Oct 2006 at 00:13 - 39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hmmer

Lol, good times indeed, i still remember the Alpha test of phrophies, when the guild wars map was only ASKALON! This game has come a long way since then.Black dye used to be the cheapest of all, and 75% of the players where warriors (LMAO!),10% rangers, 10% eles,2% monks, 2% necro, mesmer 1%(maybe less really). Well congrats Anet, u made alote of people happy this time.

So you're from the UK and this is your level of english?

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

29 Oct 2006 at 00:20 - 40

So you're from Sweden, how's Sven?