This thread has no point other than to let people have nostalgia about Prophecies.
Post TWO things you remember about Prophecies, ONE good and ONE bad
I'll start:
good: GWEN
bad: Divinity Coast mission = bane of my existence...
try not to repeat
Your Favorite Things in Prophecies
Soul of the Scythe
Clerihew
Good: It has to be said - beautiful pre-searing. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....
Bad: Empty outposts in Maguuma
Bad: Empty outposts in Maguuma
BSSuperman
Good - Startiing the Game for the first time ever and battling my way through the game and finally being delighted beating my doppelganger and reaching lvl 20 - AT LAST
Bad - Not enough to do in Maguuma.
Bad - Not enough to do in Maguuma.
Great Scoot
Good - doing the massive amount of work to get my exploration titles, seeing every nook and cranny of Tyria
Bad - I would agree with the Maguuma strife, also not enough parties to do cool quests like defend droks, or defend north kyrta province
Bad - I would agree with the Maguuma strife, also not enough parties to do cool quests like defend droks, or defend north kyrta province
salamanca
Good: there is a tie:
- First time I reached LA it was decorated for Wintersday.
-First time I walked into Beacons not yet knowing there were missions that had an easier route and climbing up on top of the mountain.
Bad- The volume of scummy chat that shows up in presearing Ascalon. If I was a new player now, and saw some of the stuff that gets said there, I would probably not bother continuing with the game.
- First time I reached LA it was decorated for Wintersday.
-First time I walked into Beacons not yet knowing there were missions that had an easier route and climbing up on top of the mountain.
Bad- The volume of scummy chat that shows up in presearing Ascalon. If I was a new player now, and saw some of the stuff that gets said there, I would probably not bother continuing with the game.
Mournblade
Good: Finding all of the 'secret' areas - hidden shrines out in the wilderness, grottos, etc.
Bad: Losing my survivor (2) title when I entered Dreadnaughts Drift and got mobbed right at the entrance before I could react.
Bad: Losing my survivor (2) title when I entered Dreadnaughts Drift and got mobbed right at the entrance before I could react.
Kuldebar Valiturus
Good: The storyline and leveling pace were in sync.
Bad: Lack of upgraded storage until you reach Lion's Arch.
Bad: Lack of upgraded storage until you reach Lion's Arch.
Teh [prefession]-zorz
Good: presearing, just b-e-a-utiful
bad: lack of stuff to do in Maguuma, if there was more to do you think people would still do the droks run? [besides to get the max armor]
bad: lack of stuff to do in Maguuma, if there was more to do you think people would still do the droks run? [besides to get the max armor]
VitisVinifera
good: sorrow's furnace
bad: favor
bad: favor
Envious
Good: Beauty of Pre-Searing.
Bad: Post-Searing, ugly...well just Ascalon city. Sad to see such a beautiful place burned to ashes by the Charr. Don't get me wrong I love th Charr, the vey first time I encountered them, I thought it would be cool if we could play these hulking beasts.
Bad: Post-Searing, ugly...well just Ascalon city. Sad to see such a beautiful place burned to ashes by the Charr. Don't get me wrong I love th Charr, the vey first time I encountered them, I thought it would be cool if we could play these hulking beasts.
Eldin
Good: Pre-Searing is a beautiful area. I think they deliberately made it more realistic (such as the npcs just walking around and the merchants outside towns) so your first impression of the game would be awesome.
I too arrived in LA the first time during Wintersday!
Bad: Maguuma's emptiness, despite its beauty. Also after being spoiled by Pre-Searing, I thought Post-Searing Ascalon was just BLEAH!
I too arrived in LA the first time during Wintersday!
Bad: Maguuma's emptiness, despite its beauty. Also after being spoiled by Pre-Searing, I thought Post-Searing Ascalon was just BLEAH!
placebo overdose
personaly
good: post searing ascalon i loved it, so much fun and enemies that chalenged me for the first time
bad:i did not like the ring of fire too many elites gave my noob head lots of pain
good: post searing ascalon i loved it, so much fun and enemies that chalenged me for the first time
bad:i did not like the ring of fire too many elites gave my noob head lots of pain
mrmango
Maguuma leaves a lot of to be desired huh?
Good: Pre, of course, and fighting to Kryta. Beating the lich the first time was cool too.
Bad: The Wilds, it's just so long. :x
Good: Pre, of course, and fighting to Kryta. Beating the lich the first time was cool too.
Bad: The Wilds, it's just so long. :x
erfweiss
Good: Working my characters to the higher level areas (Sorrows/Tombs/UW/FOW) to farm.
Bad: Realizing that when trying to sell items in the community, people lack manners. I get tired of being told off.
Bad: Realizing that when trying to sell items in the community, people lack manners. I get tired of being told off.
qvtkc
Good: The quirky, but epic, storyline, best of all the chapters.
Bad: Finding out that 15k armor cost 15k per piece - I thought I would never ever see that much gold (I was level 9, just arrived in post, at the time).
Bad: Finding out that 15k armor cost 15k per piece - I thought I would never ever see that much gold (I was level 9, just arrived in post, at the time).
Sophitia Leafblade
hmm so many memories so hard to choose but the 1st ones that come to mind are:
Good: Watching the mursaat get hit by siege Fire
Bad: Watching Saidra die!
Good: Watching the mursaat get hit by siege Fire
Bad: Watching Saidra die!
qazwersder
Good: Everything, so much to explore and see. Lots to do. Shiverpeaks. My noobness.
Bad: Not sure. It got me addicted?
About the maguma jungle, i'd expect something dark and mysterious to be in there.
Bad: Not sure. It got me addicted?
About the maguma jungle, i'd expect something dark and mysterious to be in there.
Steboy93
Good: The brilliant story,the feeling of satisfaction after killing the lich lord and gettin my warrior's 15k Glads. =)
Bad: Doing Elona Reach over and over again with a rubbish party >_<
Bad: Doing Elona Reach over and over again with a rubbish party >_<
Soul of the Scythe
By far it would seem that Prophecies had teh best look of all the campaigns. So many different areas from a barrenwastyeland in Ascalon, to snow covered mountains in the Shiverpeaks, a beautiful countryside in Kryta, to a dense jungle in Maguuma, to a vast empty desert in the Crystal Desert, and finally to the volcanic hell that was the Ring of Fire Islands. Prophecies is by far first.
Cantha pretty much had four areas, Shing Jea Island/Pongmei Valley were jsut plain and boring, The city was mad confusing but a little interesting, The Jade Sea was cool and as was the Echovald Forest. With that said Factions comes in a fairly distant second.
Elona wasn't very interesting. Istan was nice, Kourna, Vabbi and the Desolation left something to be desired. The Realm of Torment was a success though. Nightfall is in a very distant third.
Please continue with the posts. If you think of something else feel free to post again as I am gonna do:
Good: The Challenge. Prophecies is the only campaign I enjoy playing through over and over.
Bad: Curse you Galrath and your annoyingly long Quest!
Cantha pretty much had four areas, Shing Jea Island/Pongmei Valley were jsut plain and boring, The city was mad confusing but a little interesting, The Jade Sea was cool and as was the Echovald Forest. With that said Factions comes in a fairly distant second.
Elona wasn't very interesting. Istan was nice, Kourna, Vabbi and the Desolation left something to be desired. The Realm of Torment was a success though. Nightfall is in a very distant third.
Please continue with the posts. If you think of something else feel free to post again as I am gonna do:
Good: The Challenge. Prophecies is the only campaign I enjoy playing through over and over.
Bad: Curse you Galrath and your annoyingly long Quest!
Lord Nibiru
Bad: Curse you Galrath and your annoyingly long Quest![/QUOTE]
Long? not long,I will do it for you in 10-15 min if you want.
Long? not long,I will do it for you in 10-15 min if you want.
olly123
Good : seeing Prince Rurik finaly killed
Bad : only to learn that hes be ressed, but gald u get to kill him again
Bad : only to learn that hes be ressed, but gald u get to kill him again
Scarlett Romanov
Good: Playing through Pre-Searing alone.
Bad: Folks getting runs to everywhere in the game. Most folks don't even bother playing through the game anymore.
Bad: Folks getting runs to everywhere in the game. Most folks don't even bother playing through the game anymore.
strcpy
Good: Hmm, that's hard. I can not really think of any one real instant that stands out in prophecies. I guess if I had to say, the first time I heard one of the Krytan songs - just wonderful. It fit the scenery so well.
Bad: Never did care that nearly all the really good elites were RoF only and random spawn. Really needed some more good ones earlier to fit the game pace. There are still elites there I need to cap.
Prophecies is one of my favorite games of all times, mostly because the "bad" isn't really bad at all. I found both Factions and Nightfall to have higher higs and lower lows. I never found one real "wow!" moment in the game, just a whole bunch of "really neat!".
Bad: Never did care that nearly all the really good elites were RoF only and random spawn. Really needed some more good ones earlier to fit the game pace. There are still elites there I need to cap.
Prophecies is one of my favorite games of all times, mostly because the "bad" isn't really bad at all. I found both Factions and Nightfall to have higher higs and lower lows. I never found one real "wow!" moment in the game, just a whole bunch of "really neat!".
Luciora
Good : Best for me was that Prophecies had a great story to tell. If you took the time to do some more exploring than just running through the game and skipping the little quests you missed out on a LOT of very good scenery as well as a good number of funny moments. Not to mention all the small real life things that the devs put into the game 
Bad : Maguuma Jungle, it was a fairly nice place to visit but it seemed like it was just there, no real purpose to it all. Other bad, visiting the desert on my mesmer lately and not getting a SINGLE group even with people just standing around doing nothing
Bad : Maguuma Jungle, it was a fairly nice place to visit but it seemed like it was just there, no real purpose to it all. Other bad, visiting the desert on my mesmer lately and not getting a SINGLE group even with people just standing around doing nothing
Cebe
Bad: Ascalon...Post Searing. All of it. The landscape, enemies, music, it's all so depressing!
Good: Mursaat. Some of my favourite enemies in all of GW.
Good: Mursaat. Some of my favourite enemies in all of GW.
Soul of the Scythe
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Nibiru
Bad: Curse you Galrath and your annoyingly long Quest!
Long? not long,I will do it for you in 10-15 min if you want. Thanks but I wasn't asking for help. We are just remembering things about Prophecies from the first time we played through. I doubt any of us had a group of level 20s helping us through this quest the first time(provided you bought the game within a month or so of release).
That quest is one of, if not the, hardest and longest quests in all 3 campaigns. Relative to where your character is at in the game when you do it(around lvl15).
Long? not long,I will do it for you in 10-15 min if you want. Thanks but I wasn't asking for help. We are just remembering things about Prophecies from the first time we played through. I doubt any of us had a group of level 20s helping us through this quest the first time(provided you bought the game within a month or so of release).
That quest is one of, if not the, hardest and longest quests in all 3 campaigns. Relative to where your character is at in the game when you do it(around lvl15).
Quru
Good thing about Prophecies: Northern Shiverpeaks. It's just soooo beauuuuutiful
Bad thing about Proph: Crystal Desert. IT IS SO BORING AND UGLY! The Doppelganger is only good thing at Crystal Desert.
Bad thing about Proph: Crystal Desert. IT IS SO BORING AND UGLY! The Doppelganger is only good thing at Crystal Desert.
Luciora
The Desert wasn't the best place out there but it actually did fit into the storyline rather well. Also there were quite a few good sites out in the desert waiting to be discovered.
The thing about the desert is that it reflects a once great empire that was lost to the sands, but those darn pop-ups did drive me insane
The thing about the desert is that it reflects a once great empire that was lost to the sands, but those darn pop-ups did drive me insane
Shadow Kurd
Good: Desert
Bad: Maguuma jungle and Kryta , boring missions
Bad: Maguuma jungle and Kryta , boring missions
Horseman Of War
Shiver To The Red Engine Go Peak Arena
HA doesnt have shit on that.
HA doesnt have shit on that.
malko050987
Good: Pretty much everything except the poisonous spiders. I hate that. >.< And for something in particular, coming back to low level areas and disintegrating the enemies. Good for my soul.
Bad: Lack of people in most places. Impossible to find parties for the titan quests. Thank Melandru I'm making friends who are willing to waste a weekend on them ^_^
And after seeing Factions, Proph >>>> Factions.
Bad: Lack of people in most places. Impossible to find parties for the titan quests. Thank Melandru I'm making friends who are willing to waste a weekend on them ^_^
And after seeing Factions, Proph >>>> Factions.
Hikikomori
Good: The sense of satisfaction I got from walking (not running) from Camp Rankor to Beacon's Perch. Killed every enemy, explored almost every little inch of it. Took me three hours or so.
"Hey man what are you doing"
"I AM STANDING IN A COMPLETELY EMPTY SNAKE DANCE"
Bad: Post-searing Ascalon. Seriously. The Charr are pretty awesome, but that place is just so ugly.
"Hey man what are you doing"
"I AM STANDING IN A COMPLETELY EMPTY SNAKE DANCE"
Bad: Post-searing Ascalon. Seriously. The Charr are pretty awesome, but that place is just so ugly.
mips
Good:
Fishermans Haven, still the best place in all chapters...
Bad:
Seeing the price of black dye when first arriving in post-searing ascalon... (and realizing... you get the picture)
Fishermans Haven, still the best place in all chapters...
Bad:
Seeing the price of black dye when first arriving in post-searing ascalon... (and realizing... you get the picture)
Volitar
Good: The various sights in prophecies. Most notable were seeing the Shiverpeaks for the first time and in Gates of Kryta when you get to the beach area. I took so many screenshots of that. Also, Maguuma looked pretty neat and I really liked the Mursaat.
Bad: Lack of quests in the Southern Shiverpeaks (not counting Sorrows Furnace) and Ring of Fire. There really should be some more quests in these two areas.
Bad: Lack of quests in the Southern Shiverpeaks (not counting Sorrows Furnace) and Ring of Fire. There really should be some more quests in these two areas.
Ecklipze
Good: Exploring it all, and the scenerey, even Post Searing Ascalon has it's architectual beauties
Bad: Avicara, my sworn enemies.
Bad: Avicara, my sworn enemies.
Havoc of PhoeniX
Good: Exploring everywhere, even though Tyria didn't have all the pretty graphics updates of the later chapters, was still the most impressive scenery of all 3 Chapters.
Also being a newb during the WPE was fun, not knowing what attribute points were, and therefore going around shooting everything but doing no damage.
Bad: Agree with the Tengu/Avicara badness. Also, Devourers of any kind. They aren't hard to kill or anything, they just pop up to slow you down which sucks.
Also being a newb during the WPE was fun, not knowing what attribute points were, and therefore going around shooting everything but doing no damage.
Bad: Agree with the Tengu/Avicara badness. Also, Devourers of any kind. They aren't hard to kill or anything, they just pop up to slow you down which sucks.
shanaya
Good: as the sole monk, being thanked by all party members when we finished THK mission with no DP on anyone. An all-time high.
Bad: being flamed and cursed (NOOB!!!!), as one of two monks, for a party wipe during Ring of Fire mission, when the 'leader' decided we should go the long way round (through the lava etc). Almost made me quit monking.
Bad: being flamed and cursed (NOOB!!!!), as one of two monks, for a party wipe during Ring of Fire mission, when the 'leader' decided we should go the long way round (through the lava etc). Almost made me quit monking.
the_jos
Good: All those nice little beautifull things around the continent, specially in areas out of mission and quest path.
Bad: Edge of the world in the area above Ice Caves of Sorrow. Well, it's not that bad, but it's not what it should have been according to my map.
Bad: Edge of the world in the area above Ice Caves of Sorrow. Well, it's not that bad, but it's not what it should have been according to my map.
Killaya
Good: Right after I left pre for the first time, I was sitting in ascalon with my boyfriend, who had also just left pre for the first time. He told me to look at the map and I was like "0_O OMG SO BIG!!!" I was excited.
Bad: Thunderhead Keep. Ugh. UGH!!! It was so hard before Heros. And finding an actual party is still hell.
Bad: Thunderhead Keep. Ugh. UGH!!! It was so hard before Heros. And finding an actual party is still hell.
ddraeg cymru
Good Things: Reading all your struggles about THK and then thinking back about how i did it with me and a friend, mission and bonus easy peasy, no heros just hench FTW!! /roar also actually learning about the game, being noob
Bad Things:After reaching the fire isles and then kinda giving up because hench are just not as talkitive as a team... dam AI
also actually learning about the game, being noob Bad Things:After reaching the fire isles and then kinda giving up because hench are just not as talkitive as a team... dam AI