Stupidest Question You Asked As A Beginner ?

Spazzer

Spazzer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2006

USA

Team Asshat [Hat]

Mo/E

"Isn't Backfire a little overpowered?"

icymanipulator

icymanipulator

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

I panicked the first time an item stacked in my inventory. Sounds silly, but I was trying to trade for a single item and for the life of me could not figure it out. Good thing for wiki it saved me a potentially embarrassing question.

Zeander

Zeander

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Florida

Illusions of Aphrodite [LUST]

R/E

Oh I forgot one! I told someone I was taking a break from GW so they asked me if I had any greens. I told them that my armor is green... (ranger).

Miral

Miral

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Hell. AKA Phoenix, AZ

The Gear Trick [GEAR]

W/A

"agh why won't these stupid monsters drop some good armor!?"
"how do I get a cloak?"
"how do I jump?"
"whats with all those naked bald Mo/W in granite citadel running the exact same path?"

Luna Star

Luna Star

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2007

"why is there a little girl stalking me outside" that was in pre searing
"what does noob mean"
"how do i cast"

Curse You

Curse You

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

South Pole

The Magus Order

N/Mo

Not mine, but my all time favorite noob quote:
"where I get hat?" (during any major event with hats)

Phane

Phane

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

UK

The Perfect Duos [DnB]

E/A

I just started and was in ascalon at lvl 4 i think. (missing all the quests :P)
Me: "How do i make money?"
Random person: "You can go farm. You need to go further in the game"
Me: "Farm? is it some sorta thing to plant?"
-.-"

When i started trading in ascalon;
Me to customer: " Req 13 is more expensive than a req 9 isnt it cause it need more att"

Yama Sutra

Yama Sutra

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

Netherlands

The Dutch Dream Team

E/Mo

Though i must have been asking stupid questions , i memorize only the time when i sold dyes .......

I still remember how i sold a black dye for 300 gold and it really made my day .......

And i think i also might have been selling dyes to a merchant .....for the 1 gold they were worth.

Sol Deathgard

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Shadows of the Dragon

W/N

GW is my 1st & so far only MMO, so I had some dumb questions. When I 1st started playing I would see some people with capes, I didn't have 1 and wanted 1, so I asked Who do I talk to to make a cape.

knoll

knoll

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Washington State.

[ToA]

W/

"What does precious mean?"
My firend IRL, who I played with, then goes on to tell me that if you keep it tell you are level 20, you will become invincible, not thinking "O I wont die then", But think "O nice will be very hard to kill me."

AerosX

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

Mo/

"how do you save the game?"
"where do you buy droks armor?"

Andisa Kalorn

Andisa Kalorn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

[PMS]

My boyfriend let me create a character on his account (before I bought the game). As soon as it loaded, I turned to him and asked:

"Okay how do you move in this game?"

Yeah I didn't have much experience with computer games of any sort. Luckily he was the only one to hear all my noob questions. Well... except one incident. Where his friend asked if I had been to grendich courthouse and I thought he was talking about a place in real life.

marshy man

marshy man

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

gardiner, me

GameAmp Guides [AMP]

"hey Nate, where is the 'save' button?

artay

artay

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Australia

The Agony Scene

E/

I used to think that the persons professions that float above their heads (eg Mo/Me) while forming a party for a mission was the persons ip address (don't ask!)

I thought "Is that really necessary?"

SuperDave

SuperDave

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

South Africa

Forever Knights

Mo/

Holy crap, how do I do kung-fu? no, I don't want to /dance I want to /Kung-fu dammit!

kicks66

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

London

[Cape]

E/

The first time I saw someone use a /rank emote I asked them how to use a spell in a town.

I Is Special

I Is Special

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

NJ

To Gain Extra Mobility We Play [NUDE]

W/

"How do you get into a stance?"
"How do you get out of this freaking place?!"(i couldnt find the exit in post ascalon)

peterchen620

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

Lion Arch Guards

W/Mo

"Can I be a wammo too?" << When someone during the game says he's going wammo style. Don't even know what that means.
"Mending is awesome in PvP!"
"Stop pinging my mending skill >_<" << During RA
"Why can't I sell my armor?" << Stock armors
"h'MM'.... cakes...."

Miral

Miral

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Hell. AKA Phoenix, AZ

The Gear Trick [GEAR]

W/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by Yama Sutra
And i think i also might have been selling dyes to a merchant .....for the 1 gold they were worth.
hahahaha my girlfriend did that, in pre-searing she sold all dyes to merchant for 1gp, including a black and 2 whites.

Alas Poor Yorick

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

I was once asked by a W/Mo in Preseering,

"Can you help me tame a bear?"

My own stupidest moment was when someone asked me to run them to Sanctum Cay and I thought "run" meant you did all the fighting for them while they stood back - I didn't understand why they just wanted to rush past the enemies and miss all the loot. They were, understandably, a little miffed at me.

Miss Puddles

Miss Puddles

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

Shiverpeaks Search And Rescue [Lost]

Me/

- why are people talking in different colors?
- why can't i afford anything from the merchant? (i apparently had not realized what a plat was and thought i continually had onyly a few hundred gold)
- (after switching districts in ascalon) omg where am i???

Akuma

Akuma

IRC W H O R E

Join Date: Feb 2006

Australian Trolling Crew HQ, rightful leader and administration

Yale University [Snow]

W/

"Why is this game so bad?"

Oh wait, that question wasn't stupid.

"Why can I not kill anything?"

I was a level 8 N/W with a hammer and random blood magic skills! Winner!

Giga Strike

Giga Strike

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

stranded in vabbi this time

None [N/A]

"why does smithing magic kill zombies?"

I Mean I

I Mean I

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

in my guild hall afk

Ar Vin Pvp[AMp]

R/

Ascalon Arena wammo was chasing me using "For Great Justice".

and i was like "WTF am not an outlaw!" then i looked up the skill description.
I was soooooooooooooooooo embarassed
i left pre ascalon on my lvl 3 my friends were still there so i asked.
How i go back to the pretty place with the flowers and the birds?'
and ofc i needed a cape for my guild so i need 2p and i asked.
I need 2p but the rare material wont sell me any what's happening!?

ichigo_panty

ichigo_panty

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

Exiled And Forsaken[EnF]

-Where am I? How do i get back to the green field. All i am seeing now is ruins

First time player and reached post searing by accident. (Was invited by some random pug in pre searing.

-What is mission? What do i do?

First time doing mission in post searing.

-Omg, where must i go now? I am totally lost.

Just reach post searing without any knowledge about the game.


Thinking back and reading these thread made me laugh at the stupid things we asked in the past.

Lydz

Lydz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Cape Town, South Africa

The Crazy Dragons [TCD]

E/Mo

The most embarassing moment for me was when me and my m8 were doing some quests in Ascalon. A Charr dropped 65 gold pieces and we were like "OMG!! This thing just dropped 65(!!) gold!" to our guild >< Thankfully everyone online didn't say anything.

applejacks

applejacks

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

N/E

I was complaining to a friend of mine how overpowerful the catacombs were. "I was just standing in that green sludge and I keep dying. I just don't understand it."

To same friend: I have been standing in town for half an hour and the mission has not started. and there's tons of people here waiting! friend: just press enter mission. me: oh.

To same friend: Those level three elementals are so powerful. They keep killing me! (was a N with no heal and I had aggroed several hordes of them) friend: did you take any henchies with you? oh. no.

Noanoa

Noanoa

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Finland

I Need Scissors [Aivo]

Rt/

I'm one of those people who just keep quiet if they don't know or understand something.. and then maybe look it up later in private. I also read a lot about GW before I even bought it, so I was perhaps a bit more prepared than some (well, I did sell my dyes to a regular merchant in Pre, and I thought for over a year that you mix dyes by applying them to your armor directly, one at a time).

I also skipped the Res Signet quest in Pre because I thought asking for help would make me seem like a.. noob.

Perhaps my noobiest comment was when I was wondering about this "Divine Aura" that I should have gotten from the CE box, and I honestly thought it meant the way that my character glowed (remember, everything glows in Pre :D).

Steps_Descending

Steps_Descending

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

IN my pocket plane. Obviously!

Little Tom's Pocket Plane [THom]

Me/Mo

Unfortunately (read no sarcasm plz, i really mean no sarcasm by saying this), I don't remember asking overly-stupid question in the begining. I guess I was keeping my mouth shut.

Quote:
Originally Posted by SmithyBen
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
One thing i remember was about this : I was in Pre-sear playing with 2 people (then agian it probably wasn't in pre if we were 3 ppl), the two other guys call their level. But at that time I only knew about calling skills and attacks, so I typed : "I'm level X and 50%". Funny thing is : they told me, I tryed and was actually at exactly 50%!

nardhelain

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

Coven of the Gathering Storm

Guild Wars is my first and only MMORPG. I started playing Factions last July. I finally got a character to Minister Cho's Estate, looked around, and asked,

"S'cuse me, but what's an LFG?"

Zoe Nolinah

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

R/Mo

How do i save?

Why are all the monsters so overpowered! Why is their level so high??
(exploring old ascalon)

What is this 15^50? How do i know something is valuable when i find it?

What is this droks?

What are those glowing animal pictures, how do i get one? Where is Hoh?

lucifer_uk

lucifer_uk

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

Nottingham, England

The Venerable Truth [TvT] The Venerable Alliance [TvH] [TvL]

R/

Are you an NPC? *In presearing might I add*

Jamison0071

Jamison0071

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Melbourne, Australia

Morporkian Mercenaries

N/Me

I had made a W/E and just came out of Pre and was doing one of the first skill quests in Ascalon. I noticed the red writing (trade) and looked at the reward for the quest i was doing (Helping the People of Ascalon). Apparently the reward was something called 'Lava Font', I completed the quest and wondered why my text in all chat was still white, so I pm'ed someone in the Trade Channel, how to get red writing. Needless to say the response wasn't that kind.

Bai

Bai

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Houston, TX

Why some names were bolded and some were not in outposts.. This was before the number of party members showed up on top of the party leader..

El Pai De Buddha

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2007

Mo/Me

I had a horrible start to the game, being introduced into my friends guild and at the same time having to enter the guild's gvg. I think I made everyone panic by my questions "how do I get out of this base?" followed by "where do I put the flag?" What was hilarious was the fact that the guild I was in still won, though they were really down one player.

Taurucis

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

The edge of reason

I don't play any more.

W/E

I was watching a dance party in presear on my first character, my female warrior, and I saw a male ranger breakdancing.

I asked, "how do i breakdance?" and tried to type /breakdance

Then they said "you can't, you have to be a male ranger" and I learned that each type of char has a different dance. Lol.

Lifeinthefridge

Lifeinthefridge

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

1337land

W/E

"THESE CHARMS ARE IN MY INVENTORY BUT IM NOT GETTING THE ADDED HEALTH AND ENERGY FOR THEM????!?!"

im talking about focus items I didn't know you could equip them.... I thought they were like diablo 2 charms because thats were i just came from

upier

upier

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Done.

[JUNK]

one of the things that will haunt me to the rest of my GW life:
was playing with Dougs and i kept running out of inventory space! (we prolly left Ascalon ages ago!) so he goes something like:
you buy more bags to get more storage.
and i went:
well d'oh! i bought the bag and got the pouch! but my 4th bag slot is empty! where do i get the bag that fits THAT slot?!?!?

Arduin

Arduin

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

R/

"Where are my Health and Mana potions?"

L.J

L.J

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Brisbane

Blades Of The Dingo[AUST]

A/

I was new to guildwars and in ascalon in pre some necro added me to team took me outside and I asked a few questions while running to the gate.
Question."where is everyone"
Answer "only see others in town or outpost."
Question "wow you got a cape how do i get that?"
Answer "when you join a guild"
then replied "where do I go to join a guild".

When we got to the gate she told me to pull the lever "what lever?". After I found it she walked through and once the screen had loaded she told me to press m and go back to ascalon and that she will meet me back there, so i did. I never seen her again. I was used to open the gate and I didn't even know