The Unavoidable Demise And Rebirth Of My Dear Aim Deathbane

Darkpower Alchemist

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

NYC

The Circle Of Nine[NINE]

E/N

22 Mar 2007 at 01:59 - 1

I know it is far premature, but do you realize what the immenent release of GW2 means to me? The end of my beloved ranger,Aim Deathbane. He is my...he is what I love most about GW. I don't want him to change. I don't want to have to start him over again. I don't want to have to remake him for a new century. He is awesome now!

He is at the height of his power.Skill Hunter,lightbringer,swordsman,thumper,healer,prote ctor,trapper,trailblazer...slayer of man and demon...He is what GW is all about. He is greatness of skill personified. To remake him seems sacreligious.Blasphemous! He should have a shot at the next big gameworld, though I know he won't. Remaking him is not an option.His greatness will be left in history's back pocket, never to face the new breed. He will just be lost, though he is always mine, but lost to the new breed of loud mouths and good guy players...*sigh* I'm vey sad about that realization.

Does anyone else feel as I do? Voice it here for us. Let us bond on this level,and think of happier thoughts,fond memories, and times of greatness that our rangers have seen and lived through.

XvArchonvX

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

22 Mar 2007 at 02:34 - 2

Nah. I love both of my rangers dearly, but I'll be ok when I move on. There's a wierd sort of fulfillment that can come with spending a lot time on something and getting rid of it forever. Who knows, maybe I was a buddhist monk in my past life. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

Besides, just because the new GW starts anew doesn't mean you can't go back to the old GW from time to time.

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

22 Mar 2007 at 13:42 - 3

Quote:

Originally Posted by XvArchonvX

There's a wierd sort of fulfillment that can come with spending a lot time on something and getting rid of it forever. Wholeheartedly agree.

princes amandia

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2006

W/Mo

22 Mar 2007 at 13:56 - 4

i hate new guildwars
why do they have to do this ??

Tark Alkerk

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

In a Black Hole

less

22 Mar 2007 at 14:11 - 5

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Originally Posted by princes amandia

i hate new guildwars
why do they have to do this ?? get with it, its genesis and decay, genesis and decay,

personally i am looking forward to remakeing my charecters, there is a strange fullfilment about it, that i get to start again.

DarkSpell

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

[OoO]

R/Mo

22 Mar 2007 at 14:50 - 6

Think about it. Someday you will get bored with the game after finishing every quest. After obtaining every title. After constantly winning in PvP. A fresh start will only make things more interesting.

qvtkc

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

22 Mar 2007 at 15:39 - 7

The fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirth.

KazeMitsui

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

pretty sure its all up in yo face

[WHAT]

22 Mar 2007 at 17:47 - 8

now i can get freakin survivor on my ranger hahahahahhhahaha

anshin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

22 Mar 2007 at 18:56 - 9

i don't feel like you because i know i won't quit playing Guild Wars...

Guild Wars 2 will probably just become a new hobby for me... nothing more...

Silent Elvin Ranger

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

Ontario, Canada

22 Mar 2007 at 20:36 - 10

With the lost of what we have worked hard on and cherish dearly, comes a new chance to rebuild. Rebuild to PERFECTION! Do everything you wish you did but never got to do. For example, Ranger - being my first character ever - i never got an experianced start. I never got to make those well thought out builds, get elites early, and you really get to think how you want your character to turn out. I want a character with survivor, and nothing would be better than to get it on my ranger...which was made well before the titles came out. When I was new, being on my ranger, I only used skills I already had...so the builds i used were all pretty much the same....and they all sucked.

What is new must come to an end, to create the new.

~Silent

Darkpower Alchemist

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

NYC

The Circle Of Nine[NINE]

E/N

22 Mar 2007 at 21:30 - 11

Well,in all honesty,I still love my ranger too much to not be sad about not having him progress forward. Someone call Gaile and request a time machine,or a tempral spell.

I need a time mage, ASAP! LOL.

But, honestly, though I am sad for Aim having to be left behind, he will most likely have a son...or in this case, a grandson. LOL,who would think that a 2 year old would have a grandson...LMAO. The best thing about the time before GW2 is that I will be able to finish all my characters off by its release. Farming has lost some of its appeal,as we will not be able to take gold with us(if I'm not mistaken. If I am,then plz tell me!), but the fact that I can max my Skill Hunter title, will at least bring some solace to my heartache.

Dramatic,yes,but I would have liked to have Aim without erasing him, come to the next game.

Craze Horse

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

We Step on Puppies [PuP]

23 Mar 2007 at 00:11 - 12

strcpy

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

One of Many [ONE]

23 Mar 2007 at 06:27 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craze Horse

I'm in the same boat, but think about it this way. Guild Wars 1 has been out a little under 2 years. Guild Wars 2 comes out in another 2 years. You have got a long while to wait. At least double what your entire Guild Wars play has been thus far. You beat me to it. I see many things talking about the "imminent" release, that this means that we will not have time to enjoy, and all sorts of things. How many though GW would have a 4 year run when they started?

The only thing I agree with is that I no longer have a reason to hoard crafting materials in anticipation of having to purchase new armor for two new professions. Once GWEN is out no reason to hoard crafting items for anything other than armors I currently want. Other than that - 18-24 months is a LONG time in the gaming world and plenty of time to enjoy myself.

If you play for anything other than current enjoyment you will find a VERY long string of disappointment in gaming - 10 years from now (and more than likely 5, but I'm being quite generous there) no one will care your current achievements you have in *any* game you are currently playing even if you are now in a beta.

Fallen Nephilim

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

R/Mo

23 Mar 2007 at 11:09 - 14

tbh, i hated making and levelling all my characters, beside the ranger.

it was the first factions char, so the quests were all new.

i can't wait to remake on the new one, but this time, ill be called something cool, like "Cloud Strife"

Ill get it realease day and make a super ace name

ArKaiN

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

Lotus Branca[Lbr]

Mo/Me

23 Mar 2007 at 17:36 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by XvArchonvX

There's a wierd sort of fulfillment that can come with spending a lot time on something and getting rid of it forever.

This might be the smartest, most profound thing I've read in these forums.
I remember the feeling well, when I quit D2: tons of lvl 99 chars all equiped with the best items posible, I took a long look at it and said "Well, thats it. Time to move on".
It still exists I think, If bnet didn't delete it. I consider it buried.

Quote:

i can't wait to remake on the new one, but this time, ill be called something cool, like "Cloud Strife" A monk called "Phoenix Down", a Ranger called "Legolas" and an elementalist called "Ghandalf the White". Thats all I ask.
"Aragorn The Strider" as my warrior wouldn't hurt either

anshin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

23 Mar 2007 at 19:51 - 16

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArKaiN

A monk called "Phoenix Down", a Ranger called "Legolas" and an elementalist called "Ghandalf the White". Thats all I ask.
"Aragorn The Strider" as my warrior wouldn't hurt either
wisdom in these words

Darkpower Alchemist

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

NYC

The Circle Of Nine[NINE]

E/N

24 Mar 2007 at 06:12 - 17

Lol,well guys, this has been fun. Hearing all the comments has been uplifting, yet, Aim is...my ranger's ranger. Sure,I can make a new ranger, and with my skills,he will be just as awesome,if not better by that time, but I still love Aim.

Letting go because you chose to is much different than being forced to. The thought of letting go of Aim just feels very forced atm, though it is a good ways off, even more so than my first warrior,Sirot. It is unavoidable and inevitable, but it isn't by choice. That's what makes it sad for me.

Getting on with my gaming life is fine, but I'd rather it be on my own terms. Anyway, thanks for the comments guys.

Fallen Nephilim

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

R/Mo

24 Mar 2007 at 23:12 - 18

Just so long as Aim lives on in your heart.

(i sound like i'm comforting you for the loss of a relative)

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

24 Mar 2007 at 23:26 - 19

Most of us have probably spent more time with our GW characters than with any particular relative (excluding spouses).

But, I don't keep a Win95/98 computer around to play Dungeonkeeper or a NES to play the old console games. I remember saying goodbye to my Wizardry characters as each new game arrived and starting over.

This is the way of gaming. But mourning a character who still has over two years of life left seems a little premature. When I started playing, I had no idea the game would live that long, so every year seems like a bonus.

vergerefosh

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Englishmen Don't Drink [Tea]

W/R

24 Mar 2007 at 23:40 - 20

But you can put in new hilarity by having your old familiar character names with weird looking bodies.

If, as i hope i've understood correctly, pets can be brought across, i can keep my Miss Piggy, and just change the char she works with. Keep the name, but make him a midget with bat ears or whatever :P

Don't think of it as losing an old character, think of it as gaining a load of new ones

HalPlantagenet

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

too far from Conwy

The Chained Swan

26 Mar 2007 at 15:20 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by XvArchonvX

There's a wierd sort of fulfillment that can come with spending a lot time on something and getting rid of it forever. Who knows, maybe I was a buddhist monk in my past life. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Again, well said. In another vain, I read that GW 2 will be set 300 years in the future which leads to speculation about the possibility of fire arms which in turn leads me to imagine games highly informed by historical Renaissance Europe and late medieval Japan. Rich inspiration indeed; nevertheless, in such circumstances, I would greatly miss the role archery has played in GW 1. All speculation, of course; no reason to start a thread entitled "Save us from Tom Clancy's Guild Wars 2."

"Rangers lead the way."

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

26 Mar 2007 at 17:01 - 22

Quote:

Originally Posted by HalPlantagenet

Again, well said. In another vane, I read that GW 2 will be set 300 years in the future which leads to speculation about the possibility of fire arms which in turn leads me to imagine games highly informed by historical Renaissance Europe and late medieval Japan. Rich inspiration indeed; nevertheless, in such circumstances, I would greatly miss the role archery has played in GW 1.

See that's along my line of thinking as well. I've imagined a sort of psuedo-future world kind of like something you'd see in a Final Fantasy game. Mixing classic role-playing elements with science fiction. I'm pretty sure that there will be a character that will closely resemble the Ranger of GW1, but the setting has opened up any number of possibilites for new classes. Regardless, I'm sure we'll still end up posting in the same sub-forum of GW2.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HalPlantagenet

"Save us from Tom Clancy's Guild Wars 2." LOL

XvArchonvX

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

26 Mar 2007 at 18:49 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by HalPlantagenet

Again, well said. In another vain, I read that GW 2 will be set 300 years in the future which leads to speculation about the possibility of fire arms which in turn leads me to imagine games highly informed by historical Renaissance Europe and late medieval Japan. Rich inspiration indeed; nevertheless, in such circumstances, I would greatly miss the role archery has played in GW 1. All speculation, of course; no reason to start a thread entitled "Save us from Tom Clancy's Guild Wars 2."

"Rangers lead the way." I honestly would be a bit dissapointed if guns came to GW in replacement of bows. This is part of the reason I never got into WoW and also why I am weary of dissapointment by Fable 2.

Steps Ascending

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

Freelancing (Guildless)

26 Mar 2007 at 19:07 - 24

They will probably not replace bows, either they will add a new class(not that i want it) or they will be "elite bows". By the way, when will we get crossbows.

Back on topic, was I the only one that had a problem with everyonoe havign elites/greens in faction&Nightfall. I can't wait to get another slow ride like prophecy. Hope they won'T power-levle us!

Fallen Nephilim

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

R/Mo

26 Mar 2007 at 20:24 - 25

tbh, the only thing that coud ever replace my ranger in GW2 would be a pirate class.

HARRRRRRRRRRRRRR