When you were a beginner what was the most riduculous question you asked and which you now look back on and think "why did I say that?"
The one which sticks in my mind is when after I got the storage task, I went through the chat thing asking if someone would take me to a Xunlai Agent. Now looking back I feel rather ridiculous.
Anyone else going to share their embarrasment?
Stupidest Question You Asked As A Beginner ?
oscarsymonds
Corinthian
"Why does the sword sometimes come from the other direction and why do we get two swords from a mission sometimes?"
savage vapor 33
"Where is ascalon?" (Standing in it.)
"How to I get to my Guild Hall?" (Wasn't in a guild at the time.)
"How to I get to my Guild Hall?" (Wasn't in a guild at the time.)
Renegade26
Where is Ashford Village, cos I ended up there after dieing": First time I died.
Juicey Shake
"omg how do you take your clothes off?"
"wtf is this purple thing taking my health away? what the hell?"
"Why does the sword sometimes come from the other direction and why do we get two swords from a mission sometimes?"***
my brother and I kept doing the bonus for ranik and leaving not realizing it was just the bonus lolo
"wtf is this purple thing taking my health away? what the hell?"
"Why does the sword sometimes come from the other direction and why do we get two swords from a mission sometimes?"***
my brother and I kept doing the bonus for ranik and leaving not realizing it was just the bonus lolo
creelie
"Help! My vision is all floaty! And why can't I stand up?"
My pre-searing experience was rather gentle, and the first person I met in Old Ascalon was a W/R doing a test run all the way to Droks. He and his friend, and the other people being run, showed admirable patience in answering my questions. For example, I thought "droks" were very special animals that would help you somehow.
I still remember the awe I felt when I zoomed out on the large map.
My pre-searing experience was rather gentle, and the first person I met in Old Ascalon was a W/R doing a test run all the way to Droks. He and his friend, and the other people being run, showed admirable patience in answering my questions. For example, I thought "droks" were very special animals that would help you somehow.
I still remember the awe I felt when I zoomed out on the large map.
reddswitch
The manuscript that came with the games isn't exactly helpful. One of mine was:
What are all those blue figures and numbers doing on top of everyone? Is there a way to remove it?
Bad thing is usually no one answers.
What are all those blue figures and numbers doing on top of everyone? Is there a way to remove it?
Bad thing is usually no one answers.
BenjZee
i got confused about unique maps for explorable areas. i got confused about whawt areas people were at
when i got to post searing i asked many times how do i get back to ascalon....replies were "your in ascalon noob"
Also asked how do you write so fast:
1) when people would spam usin up key
2) when people would ctrl click stuff. i wanted to know also how the bloody hell they got their % untill next lvl in there head
when i got to post searing i asked many times how do i get back to ascalon....replies were "your in ascalon noob"
Also asked how do you write so fast:
1) when people would spam usin up key
2) when people would ctrl click stuff. i wanted to know also how the bloody hell they got their % untill next lvl in there head
Ozric
Having never played anything like a mmorpg before GW,...
'This sucks! I'll never be able to hit anything with a 3rd person view like this!'
'This sucks! I'll never be able to hit anything with a 3rd person view like this!'
lyra_song
"Why does Rurik keep dying?"
TalonTheCat
"What do Dyes do?"
Taki
When I was a beginner I got a lot of wrong answers to simple questions I asked, such as order of enchantment removal, ability to stack hexes (was a necro at the time and always casted life siphon first), or inate AP on hornbows, so I stopped asking and tested/researched things myself.
My most ridiculous/embarrassing question asked would have been during my second GvG. I was on my ranger harrassing the other team's ele they sent back to help on a 3-man gank where someone had fired the catapult and took out 2 guildmates. Being the ingenious sob that I am, I made sure to stay just outside the range of where the last catapult landed......only to get smoked during the next few launches. After some brief raging on vent about how far I was from the last shot and questioning on how often the server checks player position, someone politely pointed out to me that where the cats hit is actually *random*. Yea, that was cool
My most ridiculous/embarrassing question asked would have been during my second GvG. I was on my ranger harrassing the other team's ele they sent back to help on a 3-man gank where someone had fired the catapult and took out 2 guildmates. Being the ingenious sob that I am, I made sure to stay just outside the range of where the last catapult landed......only to get smoked during the next few launches. After some brief raging on vent about how far I was from the last shot and questioning on how often the server checks player position, someone politely pointed out to me that where the cats hit is actually *random*. Yea, that was cool
placebo overdose
i did not realize red dots were enemies and tried to talk to monsters like npc's ^_^ my friend explained to me why i kept dieing
yeah_hi
Heh, two years into the game and I'm still asking stupid questions!
"Why can't I see anyone?" springs to mind. Took a while before someone in Ascalon showed enough pity to explain the whole instanced-map thing.
"Why can't I see anyone?" springs to mind. Took a while before someone in Ascalon showed enough pity to explain the whole instanced-map thing.
Bryant Again
"can I have some money plz"
tyche7
"Why do I need a monk - I have mending!"
Taala
No stupid questions from me, but there's one thing I feel a bit silly about.
Before I started playing, I was reading through the skill descriptions from the Guild Wars website and considering what profession to play. When I got to [wiki]Muddy Terrain[/wiki], I misread it as speed boots have no effect. "Speed boots huh, sounds nice to have" I thought and went off to play, thinking where could I find a pair of those. I did forget them eventually as I progressed in the story, so it never ended up as a stupid question.
Before I started playing, I was reading through the skill descriptions from the Guild Wars website and considering what profession to play. When I got to [wiki]Muddy Terrain[/wiki], I misread it as speed boots have no effect. "Speed boots huh, sounds nice to have" I thought and went off to play, thinking where could I find a pair of those. I did forget them eventually as I progressed in the story, so it never ended up as a stupid question.
yeah_hi
I've just remembered one from my partner, uttered during a very early beta weekend:
"I wonder what effect red dye gives?"
This was after he'd spent the weekend utterly convinced that the purple dye he'd added to his warrior boots increased his attack power. He'd extrapolated this into a belief that different coloured dyes would produce different bonuses when applied.
"I wonder what effect red dye gives?"
This was after he'd spent the weekend utterly convinced that the purple dye he'd added to his warrior boots increased his attack power. He'd extrapolated this into a belief that different coloured dyes would produce different bonuses when applied.
isamu kurosawa
I got called a noob for asking what i still see as a valid question myself:
"Why does everyone want someone to play the game for them?"
was in regards to seing so many people asknig for runners.
"Why does everyone want someone to play the game for them?"
was in regards to seing so many people asknig for runners.
RPGmaniac
When I was first in Pre Searing I thought the Trade Channel was the Whisper Channel, so I would PM everyone who spammed in Trade to STFU, I'm not interested... then I somehow figured it out where the Whisper Channel was really at(at least before I left).
Voltaire
"Why won't plague touch remove Emptahy?"
I had no idea that there was a difference between conditions and hexes. I mean they're both bad things that pop up on your condition bar, right?
I had no idea that there was a difference between conditions and hexes. I mean they're both bad things that pop up on your condition bar, right?
Neo Nugget
Took me like 20 tries to learn how to dance lol. I think a few things i did were
dance
.dance
\dance
.\dance
./dance
(space) then /dance
then finally...../dance
Then it took me a while to figure out only ranger's could breakdance
(i was a necro)
dance
.dance
\dance
.\dance
./dance
(space) then /dance
then finally...../dance
Then it took me a while to figure out only ranger's could breakdance
Diddy bow
hm...
"What do i do??" XD
"how do you get red text?"
"What do i do??" XD
"how do you get red text?"
Zappa
"Where is the auction house?"
I win.
I win.
Every time i lag
i get an award if it comes to the most idiot thought ^^
i thought i finished the game the first time i reached Jak's Bend...
i thought i finished the game the first time i reached Jak's Bend...
makosi
"What do I do with a Sapphire?"
It dropped from a Rockshot Devourer outside Post-Searing Ascalon and I wasn't aware of Rare Material Traders (or any traders for that matter).
I nearly sold it for 2k (or was nearly scammed) but I rejected and sold it for 12k to the trader once I realised it existed. It was a lot of cash for a newbie.
I also remember gasping at the sight of Ecto prices which were around 18k. Kept hoping an ecto would drop for me but it didn't happen until months later in the Underworld.
It dropped from a Rockshot Devourer outside Post-Searing Ascalon and I wasn't aware of Rare Material Traders (or any traders for that matter).
I nearly sold it for 2k (or was nearly scammed) but I rejected and sold it for 12k to the trader once I realised it existed. It was a lot of cash for a newbie.
I also remember gasping at the sight of Ecto prices which were around 18k. Kept hoping an ecto would drop for me but it didn't happen until months later in the Underworld.
FelixCarter
"HOW I MINE 4 FISH?!"
I MP I
Was in a pug doing the Fissure of Woe back in june 05 for the first time since I ascended my elementalist, and got an obsidian shard after killing a Abyssal with meteor shower.
Random pug guy: omfg! she got a shard!
Me: "what do you do with obsidian shards??"
Random pug guy: i dunno but they're worth money. (5-6k back then)
Other random pug guy: armor.
Me: oh really? cool. how/where?
Other random pug guy: u gotta do more quests.
Me: ah k. thx.
Then everyone got sloppy and the whole group died before we could even do the Tower of Courage quest. Two months later full Fissure armor for my elementalist >_> You bet I found out what they were used for after that. kekeke
Random pug guy: omfg! she got a shard!
Me: "what do you do with obsidian shards??"
Random pug guy: i dunno but they're worth money. (5-6k back then)
Other random pug guy: armor.
Me: oh really? cool. how/where?
Other random pug guy: u gotta do more quests.
Me: ah k. thx.
Then everyone got sloppy and the whole group died before we could even do the Tower of Courage quest. Two months later full Fissure armor for my elementalist >_> You bet I found out what they were used for after that. kekeke
ShadowsRequiem
where do baby dwarfs come from?
Kool Pajamas
How do i get to the guild hall?
What are platinum?
Can someone spare 2 platinum? (presear ascalon. wanted to make a guild or a cape for the guild...dont remember which...i believe the price changed since then.)
How do I tell what level I am?
What do i do? (very first thing i said when I entered the game hehe.)
What are platinum?
Can someone spare 2 platinum? (presear ascalon. wanted to make a guild or a cape for the guild...dont remember which...i believe the price changed since then.)
How do I tell what level I am?
What do i do? (very first thing i said when I entered the game hehe.)
Goddess Wills
Not quite a question I asked, but all this puts me in mind of quite a few different stupid things that happened in the early beta days.
I'd introduced a friend to the game through my guest key, and he went and bought his own prerelease copy before the next beta weekend. We got through presearing together (why did we think it was so important to do EVERY quest? it seemed like this was the real game, just quest quest quest and no story and I LOVED IT lolz) and we'd made it to ascalon. I ran around talking to every single NPC, looking at dye, materials merchants, all of it. My friend was stuck on this whole "guild" thing. He created one and invited me to join...omg we were so cool, we had our own guild, he even made me an officer! Then we saw these other people in another guild...THEY HAD CAPES! Well, we were so jealous, he asked a ton of people and someone finally told him who to go talk to. He's lookin' at the guild emblemer and sees the picture of the platinum bars, and tells me to get capes we'll need to pool our money...we need to buy two PARCHMENT. I told him I knew where we could get some cheap, and we fought all the way to the materials guy outside the sanitarium and I made two parchment, gave them to him, ran all the way back to the city (if we'd mapped & seperated we'd never have known how to find eachother again) and then he told me that the guy wouldn't take them. OMG I was so mad, stupid guild wars made me waste my money on something their little npc guy wouldn't even take. My friend wrote a "support ticket" calling them every nasty name in the book, complaining about their "glitchy" guild emblemer. He got a very kind response explaining our stupidity. I went and looked at the emblemer after he told me about it...believe me I smacked him good for that one...made him pay for my parchment too!
Keep the stories coming, it's nice to hear that we really were all stupid noobs once!
I'd introduced a friend to the game through my guest key, and he went and bought his own prerelease copy before the next beta weekend. We got through presearing together (why did we think it was so important to do EVERY quest? it seemed like this was the real game, just quest quest quest and no story and I LOVED IT lolz) and we'd made it to ascalon. I ran around talking to every single NPC, looking at dye, materials merchants, all of it. My friend was stuck on this whole "guild" thing. He created one and invited me to join...omg we were so cool, we had our own guild, he even made me an officer! Then we saw these other people in another guild...THEY HAD CAPES! Well, we were so jealous, he asked a ton of people and someone finally told him who to go talk to. He's lookin' at the guild emblemer and sees the picture of the platinum bars, and tells me to get capes we'll need to pool our money...we need to buy two PARCHMENT. I told him I knew where we could get some cheap, and we fought all the way to the materials guy outside the sanitarium and I made two parchment, gave them to him, ran all the way back to the city (if we'd mapped & seperated we'd never have known how to find eachother again) and then he told me that the guy wouldn't take them. OMG I was so mad, stupid guild wars made me waste my money on something their little npc guy wouldn't even take. My friend wrote a "support ticket" calling them every nasty name in the book, complaining about their "glitchy" guild emblemer. He got a very kind response explaining our stupidity. I went and looked at the emblemer after he told me about it...believe me I smacked him good for that one...made him pay for my parchment too!
Keep the stories coming, it's nice to hear that we really were all stupid noobs once!
Poison Ivy
How do you save?
Zeander
I had not idea that there was a pre and post-searing. I thought pre-searing was pretty much how the entire game was going to look. So, when I did whatever that quest was and ended up post-searing, I was *horrified*. The place was so ugly and gross compared to the green and lush place I was before. So kept asking "how do I get back to the green place?!". LOL
Goddess Wills
Quote:
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Originally Posted by Zeander
"how do I get back to the green place?!"
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(speaking of giving out items for free...has anyone noticed that lately the non-newbies looking for handouts get mad when something isn't 15^50? duh, if it was, it wouldn't be free!)
Aeyl
"how to jump"
onerabbit
its not really a question .. but something dumbi used 2 do.
when ever i got a gold item, i looked at the value then times it by 10 and sell for that price
so value 360, id sell it for 3.6k .. lol
when ever i got a gold item, i looked at the value then times it by 10 and sell for that price
so value 360, id sell it for 3.6k .. lol
Ayano Mitsu
0.o
"What's the difference between the yellow and the purple arrows on the names in the party menu?"
"Why does my health go down so fast when my bar is green?"
"Why does my health bar turn green? 0_0"
"Why is my health bar a shade of pink sometimes?"
"Why does the warrior henchman in Shing Jea have better armor than me?"
"Are green weapons literally green?"
"Why is my energy pool so low compared to my health pool?"
Don't laugh at me. >.>
"What's the difference between the yellow and the purple arrows on the names in the party menu?"
"Why does my health go down so fast when my bar is green?"
"Why does my health bar turn green? 0_0"
"Why is my health bar a shade of pink sometimes?"
"Why does the warrior henchman in Shing Jea have better armor than me?"
"Are green weapons literally green?"
"Why is my energy pool so low compared to my health pool?"
Don't laugh at me. >.>
BiafraBeliever
"how do i get to pre-searing?"(already in post searing)
"Who's ecto?"
"Who's ecto?"
Perkunas
"Where do I get a cape?"
gasmaskman
"What is a drok's run?"
Then I got a free run to Drok's
Then I got a free run to Drok's