What do you miss?
rlimit
I started to reminiscence about the "good old days" when Prophecies was just released and Pre-Searing was thought to be the whole game. My dream took me far upon the lands of Tyria; Pre-sear and Post-sear, Shiverpeak, Los Angeles, the Bloodstone, Ossa's sore throat, and the cuddly Titans. Times when Firestorm was accepted as nuking and frenzy was still worth using. When guilds have to work together to get a hall. The days where "LF MM/NUKER/TANK/ETC" were nonexistent. I shed a tear as these dreams were... merely just a dream.
Theus
I miss 6 team Burial Mounds.
God I loved ganking.
God I loved ganking.
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I miss the days when melee monsters didn't run away when they only had 50% life.
Kakumei
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Originally Posted by rlimit
Firestorm was accepted as nuking
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Man I miss attribute refund points, not having rune or rare material traders, dozens of broken quests, the original Spirit Spamming in Tombs, getting 2 faction per kill, having to go through Iron Mines five times to get infused, having to time your cap sig to get the elite...
Yeah this game has gotten so awful these days.
garethporlest18
I miss old Sup Abs and shield damage reduction (wtf did they fix that for?). I miss Griffins as well. Now if we could have those 2 things back, we'd be ace!
Wow I said ace...
Wow I said ace...
Splatter Mcnasty
I miss:
global damage reduction from a single piece of Knights armor
global damage reduction (instead of physical only) from absorb runes
Frozen Chests
Lost Strongboxes
having ONLY non-inscribable items (inscribable sucks, in my opinion)
sense of accomplishment when you finally got that special rare item you were searching for...
the time when monsters wouldnt run from you, making many skills useless wastes of space...
global damage reduction from a single piece of Knights armor
global damage reduction (instead of physical only) from absorb runes
Frozen Chests
Lost Strongboxes
having ONLY non-inscribable items (inscribable sucks, in my opinion)
sense of accomplishment when you finally got that special rare item you were searching for...
the time when monsters wouldnt run from you, making many skills useless wastes of space...
Alleji
8v8 Tombs...
*sigh*
*sigh*
Lonesamurai
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8v8 Tombs...
*sigh* |
lennymon
my guess is far fewer than half the current crop of players even remembers the difference... I barely do myself.
I blame alcohol for my memory lapses, what was I saying?
I blame alcohol for my memory lapses, what was I saying?
-Loki-
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Originally Posted by Lonesamurai
you mean HA? Tombs is full of Farmers...
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Lonesamurai
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Originally Posted by -Loki-
So is HA ...
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Str0b0
I miss borderline competence. I miss playing with people that acted like they had a pulse and who had an IQ that would at least make for a respectable earthquake. I miss beating up ettins for their ratty old armor. I miss the old ecto prices where a man could make his fortune in just a few UW runs. I miss the days when FoW armor actually meant something.
EDIT: Oh yeah and lest I forget. I miss the days when a gold chest was a gold chest and a purple chest was a purple chest and that was just the way it was. Talk about party cooperation. You had one brave tester per chest. If he lost out then he lost out but the rest of the party saved their precious keys. That was heroic selflessness. you just don't see that anymore.
EDIT: Oh yeah and lest I forget. I miss the days when a gold chest was a gold chest and a purple chest was a purple chest and that was just the way it was. Talk about party cooperation. You had one brave tester per chest. If he lost out then he lost out but the rest of the party saved their precious keys. That was heroic selflessness. you just don't see that anymore.
LifeInfusion
I miss the old days when 5gold dropped from lvl 20 mobs.
Lonesamurai
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Originally Posted by LifeInfusion
I miss the old days when 5gold dropped from lvl 20 mobs.
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Vinraith
I miss the old skill trader system, before you could buy anything that was unlocked on your account. I gather I'm virtually alone on that one, though.
Otherwise, to be honest, I think the vast majority of changes have been positive.
Otherwise, to be honest, I think the vast majority of changes have been positive.
lyra_song
I miss the days when you had to do quests to unlock other secondary professions.
Buying seems so cheap.
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Buying seems so cheap.
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sindex
Ah all the conservatives in the GW world. As they say, "nothing lasts forever." All things considering, I don’t know if there was anything I hoped that would return to its former glory. Many things have changed for some what in better cause, except for small skill balance issues that resonates most of the complaints at times.
Lonesamurai
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Originally Posted by Vinraith
I miss the old skill trader system, before you could buy anything that was unlocked on your account.
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I know that you can instantly buy a skill from the first trader you come across (chapter specific) if you unlock it with faction...
Hell, if you buy the PvP unlock pack, you have access to every non-elite at the first trader you come across and can do a full 8 skill bar without elites or a cap sig on a brand new pve character from the start
rlimit
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Originally Posted by Kakumei
Haha what?
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It's not worth using now?
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Yeah because people never ever spammed what they were looking for.
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Originally Posted by Kakumei
Man I miss attribute refund points, not having rune or rare material traders, dozens of broken quests, the original Spirit Spamming in Tombs, getting 2 faction per kill, having to go through Iron Mines five times to get infused, having to time your cap sig to get the elite...
Yeah this game has gotten so awful these days. |
knoll
I wish the monsters didnt run away and when there for no inscribable, items i miss having fun trading and getting unquie items...
Just Another Dude
I miss the old Lost Strongbox and Frozen chest, always a nice little suprise waiting to play with if you were bored 
And no inscribable. I dont like inscribable.
And no inscribable. I dont like inscribable.
Kakumei
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Originally Posted by rlimit
Back then, any build was viable. People don't care what skills you use. They don't care if you are MM, or tank. They just want you. They just want a player
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Gwmaster
i miss:
griffins
lost strongbox
frozen chest
bugged chest outside of sanctum
i miss that feeling that i had wen i found a rare item..
i miss the good old days
griffins
lost strongbox
frozen chest
bugged chest outside of sanctum
i miss that feeling that i had wen i found a rare item..
i miss the good old days
rlimit
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Originally Posted by Kakumei
This is bullshit and you know it. June/July of '05 was not as amazing and wonderful as you're making it out to be.
The game has, for the most part, only gotten better as time has gone on. Those heavy into skill balance may disagree, but the game itself is a lot more enjoyable than it was immediately following release. |
Yeah, true that. I'm just ignoring the bad aspects of the past. The game did get better but I still miss some things of it.
btw. whose that in ur avatar? It looks like ayu.
Malice Black
The "old skool" people from Guru.
The anticipation of a gold drop.
Chest Running.
Proper PuG groups.
Communication beyond wtb/wts
Favor (being stuck in US server sucks)
14^50's being gold.
The fact I use to be able to play more then an hour before getting bored.
List goes on.
The anticipation of a gold drop.
Chest Running.
Proper PuG groups.
Communication beyond wtb/wts
Favor (being stuck in US server sucks)
14^50's being gold.
The fact I use to be able to play more then an hour before getting bored.
List goes on.
MMSDome
Caromi Tengu farming out of riverside province!!!! Those were the greatest days in my Guild Wars career!!!!
LONG LIVE THE TENGU FARMING!!!!!
Added: Non-inscribable items. I liked when golds meant something more then just being able to add your own damage mod. They were courtious in the aspect of making it easier for us, but i miss money!
Also I miss selling unid gold items to people in Riverside for alot. Unid mesmer, ele, necro, and ranger runes for 5k each, warrior runs for 15-20k each, and monk runes for 20k each. Unid Vigor was probably worth around 100k unid too
LONG LIVE THE TENGU FARMING!!!!!
Added: Non-inscribable items. I liked when golds meant something more then just being able to add your own damage mod. They were courtious in the aspect of making it easier for us, but i miss money!
Also I miss selling unid gold items to people in Riverside for alot. Unid mesmer, ele, necro, and ranger runes for 5k each, warrior runs for 15-20k each, and monk runes for 20k each. Unid Vigor was probably worth around 100k unid too
Vinraith
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Originally Posted by Lonesamurai
Umm, apart from Elites, you can...
I know that you can instantly buy a skill from the first trader you come across (chapter specific) if you unlock it with faction... Hell, if you buy the PvP unlock pack, you have access to every non-elite at the first trader you come across and can do a full 8 skill bar without elites or a cap sig on a brand new pve character from the start |
I MP I
Things I miss:
Farming ettins for runes. They've been nerfed to oblivion. You're lucky if you even manage to get a minor rune (blue armor) now.
Griffon farming was great. Not so much the loot but the xp you got before they introduced xp scrolls to the game. Hell you had to do it for attribute refund points and skill points.
Superior vigor and absorption runes going for 60k-80k Black dye going for 10k+ Ectos selling for 15k+ shards selling for 5k+
Frozen chest and lost stronghold box. I got nothing worthwhile. It was fun cause I had nothing to do when I beat the game so had to kill time till america got favor.
How people actually used to interact with everyone in a district without someone spamming 5 letter words and talking about their nonexistent genitals every second. Yes there used to be people who had something intelligent or interesting to say a long time ago! Hard to believe I know.
Getting into a pug and managing to beat the harder missions from thunderhead keep to ring of fire to hells precipice.
When chests dropped all golds for everyone instead of that random pattern they gave them now.
Being in awesome guilds before people's epeens got bigger than their brains irl and caused drama which killed the guild.
Farming ettins for runes. They've been nerfed to oblivion. You're lucky if you even manage to get a minor rune (blue armor) now.
Griffon farming was great. Not so much the loot but the xp you got before they introduced xp scrolls to the game. Hell you had to do it for attribute refund points and skill points.
Superior vigor and absorption runes going for 60k-80k Black dye going for 10k+ Ectos selling for 15k+ shards selling for 5k+
Frozen chest and lost stronghold box. I got nothing worthwhile. It was fun cause I had nothing to do when I beat the game so had to kill time till america got favor.
How people actually used to interact with everyone in a district without someone spamming 5 letter words and talking about their nonexistent genitals every second. Yes there used to be people who had something intelligent or interesting to say a long time ago! Hard to believe I know.
Getting into a pug and managing to beat the harder missions from thunderhead keep to ring of fire to hells precipice.
When chests dropped all golds for everyone instead of that random pattern they gave them now.
Being in awesome guilds before people's epeens got bigger than their brains irl and caused drama which killed the guild.
Apple
I miss prenerf distortion, OoB, Gale and Cripshot. Also, random naked guy in bukdek byway, stance smiting, Chuck Norris jokes, when tombs had 5-10 IDs, when IWAY didnt bring an infuser, Griffon Farming, Chest running before keys were introduced (Grotto chest, I miss thee!), selling/buying being a viable means of making money, EoE bomb, going afk when bonding for rspike and coming back to "Flawless Victory", Using Destructive was Glaive on your teammates to interrupt their eviscerate when it was bugged, farming fog nightmares before mark of subversion was changed to lifestealing, casting through diversion "WTF WHERE HAS ROF GONE!", everyone being as clueless as everyone else.
Thallandor
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Originally Posted by rlimit
I started to reminiscence about the "good old days" when Prophecies was just released and Pre-Searing was thought to be the whole game.
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Seriously if the whole GW game is as beatiful as pre-searing, i would never have been as active on the forums as i am today(relatively speaking). I remember the day i got into post searing and saw the fugly landscape was the day i registered on guru.
Cheers.
Deleet
Frenzy was terrible for PvE, still is.
Apple
It never sucked one bit till flail came along...
garethporlest18
People's timing and usage of Frenzy is what sucked. Not everyone's mind you.
Star Alfur
Though this thread almost seems like a bunch of whining, I do become a little teary-eyed (lol) thinking about some past activities ...
When chests were either -all- gold, or -all- purple based upon the first item, I had a lot of fun group chest running. Now, there's no point.
The days of no inscriptions ...
Griffon farming! ^^
Lost Strongbox, etc.
The days of genuinely enjoying PvE, and doing Sorrow's Furnace runs with my guildies/friends ... but that's more of an issue of myself changing.
When chests were either -all- gold, or -all- purple based upon the first item, I had a lot of fun group chest running. Now, there's no point.
The days of no inscriptions ...
Griffon farming! ^^
Lost Strongbox, etc.
The days of genuinely enjoying PvE, and doing Sorrow's Furnace runs with my guildies/friends ... but that's more of an issue of myself changing.
Deleet
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Originally Posted by [Apple]
It never sucked one bit till flail came along...
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Tiger's Fury with prophecies was my favourite.
Makkert
Miss?
in general:
some friends that stopped playing
the game:
I guess the nerfs that killed certain buildtypes, like EoE build. I didn't like EoE, but now the buildtype is completely vanished of the face of the earth.
in general:
some friends that stopped playing
the game:
I guess the nerfs that killed certain buildtypes, like EoE build. I didn't like EoE, but now the buildtype is completely vanished of the face of the earth.
Apple
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Originally Posted by Deleet
For PvE? - The warrior should probably be tanking for PvE and frenzy is not a good idea then. However I am assuming the warrior is tanking.
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Poison Ivy
Lagless gaming...Wait no, it was always laggy.
Zedd Kun
I miss when everything were new, when I didn't really know what Scrolls and Runes were, when running from Augury Rock to Dunes of Despair for 500g per person were ALOT of money, troll farming with my 55, wreckage in Old Ascalon, Cities full of people, guilds where I knew everyone (until everyone left GW), only core professions, when PUG was in for every single quests, when I earned my first platinum, when I found rare items with not inscriptions, did HA with random teams... And I actually could play in more than an half hour without getting boring.. It's like.. I make new characters all the time, but what for? It's not that i NEED that profession or anything for a special purpose... Heh.. Well.. I guess these things will never come back...
Makkert
I remember now.
I miss when capping took more skill then Song of Concentration + ward stab.
That I miss.
I miss when capping took more skill then Song of Concentration + ward stab.
That I miss.