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Velvet Wing

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

In your cupboard *nomming* your cookies

Blade of Souls

P/W

18 Dec 2006 at 08:52 - 41

I was trying for survivor the other day, my paragon was already at level 11, progressing steadily.. then lag kicked in, and in some weird way, I was killed (yes, weird... normally I don't die

) after that experience I decided to log out. 2 days later I decided to have another go at the whole survivor thingy and logged in to GW

I waved goodbye at my paragon and deleted her to make a new one... Not realising I also had a near perfect spear, shield, perfect green hammer, sword and a self made rago's flame staff on her.. (and about 10k of change...)

When I walked around Kamadan on my new paragon and saw someone who wanted to buy a Rago's flame staff I openend my inventory to show the guy what I had to sell... only to realise I had been really really stupid...

After that I just started to play my para outa frustration... made it to survivor really really quick for some reason ^^

Riotgear

has 3 pips of HP regen.

Join Date: Aug 2006

The Objective Is More [Cash]

W/

18 Dec 2006 at 09:58 - 42

My ranger had 15k druid's (with a superior vigor rune of course) among other things. That is, until I slammed a few too many jello shots and deleted her instead of my PvP ranger.

Oops.

stanza

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

18 Dec 2006 at 10:07 - 43

My main mistake (and it still happens occasionally) is "typing in team chat" when its not active , only to look up at screen and see lots of open windows and underneath it all you have run miles forward and aggroed evrything in your path.

shardfenix

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Il Power Overwhelming Il [HaX]

18 Dec 2006 at 10:11 - 44

Tried to salvage out a +30 bow grip but got 5 wood.
Note: This was back when +30 grips were worth 70k+.

Sold an ecto for 7g to a scammer

Error 7'd after a black dye dropped

Error 7'd halfway through Sunspear Castellian

Sold black dye to a merchant for 1 accidently.

Deleted 5 sigils from a pvp character instead of putting them in storage.

Hand of Ruin

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2006

18 Dec 2006 at 10:15 - 45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riotgear

My ranger had 15k druid's (with a superior vigor rune of course) among other things. That is, until I slammed a few too many jello shots and deleted her instead of my PvP ranger.

Oops.

That's what you get for drinking Jell-O shots...

Stupid Shizno

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2006

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

[eF]

Mo/

18 Dec 2006 at 10:23 - 46

Silliest mistake i am at fault is trying to orginize my runes, i have a lvl20 of each char, so when i get a rune ill put it in storage, then when i have time log onto the right char and take the rune and put it in a bag. in the process of this i deleted a couple superior vigs and blood a few times by having it to into trash instead of a bag =[

Sophitia Leafblade

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Dragon Slayer Guild [DSG]

R/

18 Dec 2006 at 10:30 - 47

listening to a friend who said u can use armour on new chars if they had the same name. Remade a Warrior and Mesmer who had 15k armour so i could remake them with different secondarys (so i could get lots of free skills from quests rather than having to change secondary in dessert and buying all the skills, since i was broke at the time)

v8nutty

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2006

Swordmasters of Hoeth

E/Me

18 Dec 2006 at 10:41 - 48

Bought a sup rune of scythe mastry on NF first day for 150k (i *was* rich ... then) putting in on the chestpiece then immediately overwriting it with a major rune of Mystiscm grrrrrr.

Bought 5 x white dye for my dervish on day 1 for 21k each - now worth 5k each

Hockster

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2005

18 Dec 2006 at 10:57 - 49

I sold a req. 8 15^50 chaos axe to the merchant instead of the 17% while hexed one I meant to sell.

The Silver Star

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

UK, Scotland

Il Guild Name Il

W/

18 Dec 2006 at 11:03 - 50

I gave my brother all my 500 ectos, on his birthday because i forgot a present, however i stopped PvE anyway it sucks <3.

Olny real silly mistake i have done is waste my time getting them in first place <3

<3P<3v<3P<3

Nexus Icon

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Natis Ignigena

Me/

18 Dec 2006 at 11:03 - 51

The moral of the story is this:
GW needs a buy-back option a la WoW.
I too have made many such mistakes, only recently selling a superior death rune at the marchant, and selling one of my build oriented axes I lovingly crafted back in Factions (although secretly I was happy about that one; Factions crafter axes were poo in the looks department).
Nothing on the scale of crafting multiple pieces of FoW boots mind.
Ouch, that's gotta hurt.

Riotgear

has 3 pips of HP regen.

Join Date: Aug 2006

The Objective Is More [Cash]

W/

18 Dec 2006 at 11:17 - 52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nexus Icon

The moral of the story is this:
GW needs a buy-back option a la WoW.

A simpler method would simply to have an optional confirmation dialog when attempting to sell orange/green items. Possibly other things too, like runes/upgrades, which don't even vendor for a price that justifies the use of a salvage kit charge.

Another way could be to simply change the interface to selling to a sort of "bulk sale" interface a lot of RPGs use, where things are moved into a sell list and then the entire list is sold at once, giving you the opportunity to alter the list before you finally sell it all.

Quote:

Bought 5 x white dye for my dervish on day 1 for 21k each - now worth 5k each

Prices always decrease exponentially. Never get something when it first comes out if you don't wanna feel ripped off later. I look forward to when rubies/sapphires are 1k each and my Vabbian armor is worth a tiny fraction of what it is now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hand of Ruin

That's what you get for drinking Jell-O shots...

Hey, they were good jello shots! Besides, the only other thing to drink was Labatt, and I hate Labatt.

Yanman.be

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

[ROSE]

A/

18 Dec 2006 at 12:12 - 53

Sold an old non-max rare crystalline to merchant due to lag ( dropped from keyless chest outside ventari's refuge )

icedwhitemocha

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

Ancestral/Grenz

[CneX]

W/

18 Dec 2006 at 12:27 - 54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yanman.be

Sold an old non-max rare crystalline to merchant due to lag ( dropped from keyless chest outside ventari's refuge )

Haha, so many people are going to be checking out Ventari's Refuge for an unlocked chest... *cough*

Anyway, I've had my fair share of merchant miss-sells and miss-deletions, including but not limited to:
1) A piece of my monk's 15k armor
2) A black dye
3) A character.

Yep, accidentally deleted (still don't know how) my monk... I actually wasn't too upset, he was pretty ugly. I remade him into a much better looking female canthan monk, but I was still pretty pissed because he had a fair amount of nice items on him >_<

Westofeden

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

TN

Naga Stole Mah Bike [OhNo]

R/E

18 Dec 2006 at 12:29 - 55

I got to lvl 19 with my ranger with out dying then lag got me. Didn't really matter though he was Canthan so it didn't take too long.

Thalion Galad

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

18 Dec 2006 at 12:54 - 56

Hi all

ehehe

Deleted a pvp char full (all 4 bags) of stuff , greens, golds, materials, etc...
Now i have a post-it on my monitor saying ''DONT DELET CHAR's DUMB...''

/happy

jimmy_logic

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

R/

18 Dec 2006 at 13:37 - 57

Disable bags and all your problems should go away... I know mine did.

Astro Hikaru

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2006

18 Dec 2006 at 13:43 - 58

tanked craploads of lvl28 dervishes in DoA as the only obsidian flesh tank of my party.

when they're all dead and the dust settled, i realized my warrior was been fighting without any pants on. i actually forgot to wear it back after taking it off for faster suicide (vigor rune on it) through gates.

no wonder those little dervish balls kept running away from me!

Belicosos Finos

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

UK

Heros of the Rose [HotR]

W/

18 Dec 2006 at 14:10 - 59

I had a mesmer that I wasn't happy with. So promptly cleared out her inventory, moved money to storage and deleted her. A month or so later realised I didn't check what she was carrying. And I know for certain she had a rather nice gold shadow staff on her. I hate to think how many of the other characters Ive deleted, that I have forgotten to check what they are carrying.

MrTumnus

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Mo/R

18 Dec 2006 at 14:14 - 60

I sometimes type in team mode when I'm alone (like in pre-searing); I almost instinctively just it ctrl 3 and start typing. I've even started doing that when on msn. :/

wilq

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

[RTF]

Mo/Me

18 Dec 2006 at 14:22 - 61

I decided to get my warrior the primeval armor, so 1st time I beat Abaddon it turned out I forgot to take money and materials, second time I only took money with me and forgot to take materials, finally I was able to buy the armor on my 3rd try... I don't know why they won't make it as a mappable location to those who beat the game already.

That's the most recent I remember.

Mithie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Rest En Pieces [RIP]

Me/W

18 Dec 2006 at 14:23 - 62

Biggest mistake? Probably the first time I learned how weapon swapping makes you drop the flag...

AxeMe

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Atlanta

HEX

W/

18 Dec 2006 at 15:07 - 63

I entered PVP with my warrior and died within seconds. Later I noticed - that in changing some stuff around - I had neglected to equip a shield.

Stranger The Ranger

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Those Netherlands

Dynasty Warriors [DW]

R/

18 Dec 2006 at 15:07 - 64

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hand of Ruin

Spent 20 minutes fighting my way to a boss to get a skill cap, then realizing I didn't bring signet of capture.

Same happened to me... the worst thing is, the boss I went after was Maw The Mountain Heart...

Another stupid mistake of mine was getting a Black Dye drop... and I forgot to pick it up -.- (was doing Sunjiang District with Henchies)

Cass

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

18 Dec 2006 at 15:34 - 65

Heh I went out with my mesmer in Unwaking Waters to cap both a mesmer and an ele elite in one 'efficient' run. When I used the cap signet on that ele saltspray dragon and it showed no skills I realized I had forgotton to switch my secondary back from /Mo to /E. doh

J snukka

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

New York

18 Dec 2006 at 15:50 - 66

I went into a mission in Chapter 1 a year and a half ago with my Elementalist using fire skills but my attributes were all in Air from PvP.

Quid Pro Quo

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

18 Dec 2006 at 15:59 - 67

When I first started I got a free FDS. I was amazed with it I mean it was nearly max and only req. 11! I was very happy with it thinking I was starting out great in the game.. until I accidentally merch'd it. I learned from then on to be much more careful and never have done anything like that again whether I'm buying or selling.

Yeah, I got really lucky selling prized garbage but at the time it was.. kind of a big deal.

Hengis

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

London

Better Than Life (BTL)

R/

18 Dec 2006 at 16:12 - 68

My worst two are not that bad really:

When Sorrow's Furnace was just opened, people were simply swapping greens with each other. My very first drop was Brohn's Staff. Playing a Ranger, I really wanted one of the new green bows, so I swapped it for "The Stinger".. Do'h!

Secondly, I once merchanted a small pile of about 8 ectos.. I had had several successful runs in UW one evening and had not bothered putting them into storage.

The worst mistake I know of though was my son, who just after the release of Factions, decided to put his Kuunavang on a PVP char for some unknown reason, and then deleted the char!

Renegade26

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

R/

18 Dec 2006 at 17:11 - 69

Deleting my favouritest character ever by accident. Took 5 seconds and 250 hours work was gone. Every elite from prophecies and factions, dragos flatbow, a green zealous and a grean vampiric bow, even kanaxais maul for pve bunny thumper. Pet spider as well. I was so sad, and have never enjoyed GW as much since...

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

18 Dec 2006 at 17:17 - 70

Dying my roughspun handwraps black. That was during my very first hour in GW...

Kuja

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

MA

Kame

Mo/W

18 Dec 2006 at 17:53 - 71

Quote:

Originally Posted by Renegade26

Deleting my favouritest character ever by accident. Took 5 seconds and 250 hours work was gone. Every elite from prophecies and factions, dragos flatbow, a green zealous and a grean vampiric bow, even kanaxais maul for pve bunny thumper. Pet spider as well. I was so sad, and have never enjoyed GW as much since...

That is sad...however, there is the is whole thing where you have to consciously type their name in, and hit delete so yea, thats pretty hard to do on 'accident.'

tomcruisejr

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2005

18 Dec 2006 at 17:54 - 72

Forgetting the ghostly hero in HoH.

Rogue42

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

W/E

18 Dec 2006 at 17:55 - 73

Deleted one of my mules and he was less than a month away from his birthday. Wonder what he would have gotten.

Katari

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Upstate

Me/

18 Dec 2006 at 18:24 - 74

Fighting a pack of Jade Armors with an uninfused survivor mes.

Fighting the Discord boss (for skillcap #90) with 7 henchies and no prot-spirit as a 1.2M exp survivor mes.

At least I got the title on the second try. >_<

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

18 Dec 2006 at 18:32 - 75

sold things that isn't suppose to be sold for merchant price!

Whisper Evenstar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

NYC

Governors Of Destruction [GOD]

E/

18 Dec 2006 at 18:39 - 76

Quote:

Originally Posted by EPO Bot

Dying my roughspun handwraps black. That was during my very first hour in GW...

LOL - i did that to my starter boots when i was a nooblet - OOOPS

-----
fixed typo

JediKnight

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

A Galaxy Far Far Away

W/R

18 Dec 2006 at 18:45 - 77

After accidently merching some Shards, I now keep a Non-Merchable item in the first slot of my last bag, & put all valuables behind it. That way I will not be able to lag sell anything I wanna keep.

Franco Power

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2006

UK

W/

18 Dec 2006 at 19:23 - 78

I bought Nightfall...

Clawdius_Talonious

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Screwston, Tejas

KOS

N/Me

18 Dec 2006 at 19:56 - 79

Besides having sold stuff to the merch that I didn't mean to, I've gone into the Random Arena with my attributes misassigned once... The end of the second win I left my team, because who can monk with 4 healing prayers, really?

Also, I accidently took Elonian Leather instead of Fur for my Ranger Primeval armor, that was an annoying mistake. I didn't inform a guildmate about the worth of his Bone Dragon, and he sold it for 20k, that's not my fault but still ouch! I deleted my level 20 Rt (with a superior restoration rune) two days after Factions was released, because it was using a name that I had used for PVP only characters and by the time I realized it I had already typed the name and deleted the character (of course then I noticed I had Birthday Presents, sold those for enough to more than recoup any money lost then).

LicensedLuny

Badly Influenced

Join Date: Dec 2005

Buying Humps! (No kidding! Check my buy thread)

Hello Kitty Krewe [HKK] Forever!-ish

18 Dec 2006 at 20:00 - 80

Joined a new guild on an old friend's invite. One of the first "let's go out and get to know each other" things we did was take my necro up from Rankor to cap FoC. I hadn't gotten around to charging up there by myself yet, but I knew you had to be careful because if he died underground you couldn't use the cap.

We fight our way up there, bs'ing and having a grand old time. I'm just in hog heaven smiling and thinking, "Yeah! I think I can have a good time with this crew!" Totally forgot to mention to any of them the warning not to let him die underground.

What a great first impression - Hi! I know something really critical to our task, and I won't bother to mention it!

The guys were way cool about it, and we did it over. I felt more dumb for that one than any merchant mishaps though.

Second place for me is taking friends out to The Falls as the map expert. No matter how many times I go, even though I know it's there and practically invisible at first, I still always have to run around in a few circles finding that tree bridge.