I got to 1mil XP with my paragon survivor.. It was pretty easy getting to there, and I didn't have any close calls until my death. So, I'm capping a skill of a Titan boss, somewhere in the Realm of Torment (can't really remember which one exactly). Pretty straight forward, I was on 120 Elite skills. Then I start lagging.. really bad. My internet connection dies, and I can't back in. The fight was going pretty well, I was still on about 600 health when I got the disconnect.
So, I log in the next morning, and type /deaths. "you have died 1 time"
I then proceed to delete most of my characters (including this paragon), and stopped playing guild wars for a while. That sucked really badly. I can only guess that the reason I did die was because of the reconnect feature. Seeing as I was still in the instance even though I wasn't logged on.
/sigh
I'm never trying that crap again (survivor)
so what you guys do when you fail on getting a one-shot title, Survivor?
SuperDave
nechronius
I have a survivor (1) paragon. Not intentional, mind you, but I happened to notice that at around the 130k mark I was working towards it. Now I tend to be a lot more cautious with him even though I've told myself I don't care about the title. It's kind of stressful as there's always a cloud hanging over the character that a death with him means a lot more than with others.
Kind of annoying. I should just kill him. Yet...
Kind of annoying. I should just kill him. Yet...
Olim Chill
Three's a charm, for me:
1st try - Tactical error (forgot to run) and paid a huge price at level 19.
2nd try - Lag got me at level 15, as a swarm of Tengu approached.
3rd - Reached Survivor after killing a Wind Rider in Sage Lands.
Still marching onward towards indomitable.
1st try - Tactical error (forgot to run) and paid a huge price at level 19.
2nd try - Lag got me at level 15, as a swarm of Tengu approached.
3rd - Reached Survivor after killing a Wind Rider in Sage Lands.
Still marching onward towards indomitable.
jhu
1st attempt - Paragon, got to legendary survivor. I was amazed and told myself i wouldn't try for that ever again
2nd attempt - Mesmer, got to legendary survivor on a double xp elite cap weekend. told myself i wouldn't try for it ever again.
3rd attempt - monk, got to survivor and died; 4th attempt - monk, got to legendary survivor
5th attempt - elementalist, got to legendary survivor. never doing this again, etc.
6th attempt - dervish, got to survivor and died trying to kill the nornbear; 7th attempt - dervish, got to legnedary survivor and completely demolish that damn nornbear
8th attempt - ritualist, got to survivor and died; 9th attempt - ritualist, got to legendary survivor
10th attempt - assassin, got to survivor and died; 11th attempt - got to legendary survivor
12th attempt - necromancer, got to legendary survivor
13th attempt - ranger, got to legendary survivor
14th attempt - warrior, am attempting to get legendary survivor
2nd attempt - Mesmer, got to legendary survivor on a double xp elite cap weekend. told myself i wouldn't try for it ever again.
3rd attempt - monk, got to survivor and died; 4th attempt - monk, got to legendary survivor
5th attempt - elementalist, got to legendary survivor. never doing this again, etc.
6th attempt - dervish, got to survivor and died trying to kill the nornbear; 7th attempt - dervish, got to legnedary survivor and completely demolish that damn nornbear
8th attempt - ritualist, got to survivor and died; 9th attempt - ritualist, got to legendary survivor
10th attempt - assassin, got to survivor and died; 11th attempt - got to legendary survivor
12th attempt - necromancer, got to legendary survivor
13th attempt - ranger, got to legendary survivor
14th attempt - warrior, am attempting to get legendary survivor
Solas
well my monk got to lv.19 without me trying to ger usrvivor, when i realise that he hadent died yet i tought may aswell go for it....lost half a level later
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would easily go for survivor on my main if it was Exp beofre dyign not 1 death on char, as in everytime oyu die it resets.
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would easily go for survivor on my main if it was Exp beofre dyign not 1 death on char, as in everytime oyu die it resets.
Sekkira
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well my monk got to lv.19 without me trying to ger usrvivor, when i realise that he hadent died yet i tought may aswell go for it....lost half a level later
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Snow Bunny
I remade my monk 21 times to get legendary with her.
All my characters are survivors now. I deleted everyone that wasn't and remade.
Every time a survivor died I instantly clicked the close box and walked away.
All my characters are survivors now. I deleted everyone that wasn't and remade.
Every time a survivor died I instantly clicked the close box and walked away.
sevendash
My Rit survivor died at 16. I was so sad. Otherwise I got a character to Survivor in a matter of a few hours from the Wintersday Underworld mission where you fight the Snowmen. Now she's working on her boxing skills to get to the later ranks.
ValaOfTheFens
After I posted in this thread the last time I erased my Paragon, as she was full of phail, and made a Mesmer. In 5 days of careful playing I was able to get her to r1 Survivor and am currently getting her the skills she need to farm LS. I'm hoping for a weekend where I can get double exp from skill caps or even a double SS/LB weekend b/c then I won't have to farm HM to grind LS.
The reason I made it to r1 this time was b/c I read a guide on how to get to survivor and followed it to the letter. The guide on Guru is just great.
The reason I made it to r1 this time was b/c I read a guide on how to get to survivor and followed it to the letter. The guide on Guru is just great.
Age
I have 2 I am wanting to be survivors but I am terrified of leaving pre and they are at lvl 8 with no deaths.
DarkGanni
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I have 2 I am wanting to be survivors but I am terrified of leaving pre and they are at lvl 8 with no deaths.
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- Ganni
Windf0rce
I am a perfectionist and I dislike the fact there's a title I could possibly permanently miss. I *know* I won't get every title possible (such as PvP titles, and I never PvP), but it's comforting to think I *can* get any title provided I feel like and decide to go for it someday.
With that in mind I tried survivor several times, with fails along the way of course:
1. Male Tyrian Monk - died before Rank 1; kept him for fun/playing/farming.
2. Female Tyrian Elementalist - died before Rank 2; deleted her because I couldn't stand that frozen Survivor Bar... Better have no bar at all!
3. Female Elonian Monk - died before Rank 3; wasted lots of time and money on capping elites, deleted her and kept my other Monk instead. Got sick of the Elona start, decided I wasn't going to make another Monk (already had one) and decided to remake a totally different char (Ele) in Cantha.
4. Female Canthan Elementalist - MADE IT to Legendary Survivor using the Jade Brotherhood Bond/Farming method. And I feel no blame having farmed the title - I still invested gold on it, time, and effort to do many runs; the farming can only be really done after leaving Shing Jea, so she went through some dangers to leave the island, get heroes, and all. She became my main char and now I can die/play normally (so far she died only twice and even then mostly not my fault).
For those perfectionist who want to have all possible titles I recommend doing the farming for the title, it works and is worth the effort (and start in Cantha!!! it's the easiest/most practical approach, but doesn't work of course if you want a Paragon or Dervish, or a particular hairdo/face from Tyria or Elona).
With that in mind I tried survivor several times, with fails along the way of course:
1. Male Tyrian Monk - died before Rank 1; kept him for fun/playing/farming.
2. Female Tyrian Elementalist - died before Rank 2; deleted her because I couldn't stand that frozen Survivor Bar... Better have no bar at all!
3. Female Elonian Monk - died before Rank 3; wasted lots of time and money on capping elites, deleted her and kept my other Monk instead. Got sick of the Elona start, decided I wasn't going to make another Monk (already had one) and decided to remake a totally different char (Ele) in Cantha.
4. Female Canthan Elementalist - MADE IT to Legendary Survivor using the Jade Brotherhood Bond/Farming method. And I feel no blame having farmed the title - I still invested gold on it, time, and effort to do many runs; the farming can only be really done after leaving Shing Jea, so she went through some dangers to leave the island, get heroes, and all. She became my main char and now I can die/play normally (so far she died only twice and even then mostly not my fault).
For those perfectionist who want to have all possible titles I recommend doing the farming for the title, it works and is worth the effort (and start in Cantha!!! it's the easiest/most practical approach, but doesn't work of course if you want a Paragon or Dervish, or a particular hairdo/face from Tyria or Elona).
snikerz
well 2nd attempt, i made it, total of 7 hours from creation to legendary survivor
offtopic
the fastest, quickest, profitable way to get legendary survivor is do Kilroy Stonekin's Punch-Out Extravaganza!, take slayer scrolls, you get roughly 45,000 XP every 7 minute run, should take roughly 4 hours the minute you start doing it.
offtopic
the fastest, quickest, profitable way to get legendary survivor is do Kilroy Stonekin's Punch-Out Extravaganza!, take slayer scrolls, you get roughly 45,000 XP every 7 minute run, should take roughly 4 hours the minute you start doing it.
creelie
Any Factions character can Fedex their way to r1 Survivor pretty easily. The first time that happened, I was just pleased to have the word under the character's name - I didn't even think of not proceeding to Vizunah Square.
I had intentions of going for r3 on my ranger, to give myself incentive to not delete her (I do that with rangers). But I wasn't serious enough about it and she died at 200k exp. I'm sort of glad - I really wanted to get her Luxon armor.
I had intentions of going for r3 on my ranger, to give myself incentive to not delete her (I do that with rangers). But I wasn't serious enough about it and she died at 200k exp. I'm sort of glad - I really wanted to get her Luxon armor.
Beqxter
Had a lag death on my survivor warrior just shy of 1mil xp. Annoyed the crap out of me. Deleted, restarted, and am now at 1.2mil xp. Being. Very. Careful.
unknown1
i would never delte my chars for that title =) b-day presents ftw =)
Diablo II hardcore was fun though, knowing if u died u died. but yeah it was like
#%#@%@ if you died. i remember pvpers just wait till u walk out and then zap zap ur dead
Diablo II hardcore was fun though, knowing if u died u died. but yeah it was like
#%#@%@ if you died. i remember pvpers just wait till u walk out and then zap zap ur dead
Witchblade
survivor fail=delete
deleted Rank1 Assa cuz i wanted to reroll name and skin
deleted Rank 3 Mesmer -> needed a slot and boring gameplay
deleted Rank 1 Ranger -> rip vs a boss / lag spike
deleted Rank 2 Ranger x2 (both at 1.100.000+ xp, lag and baddies popped around me, one of em had a 15k already ^^ RIP)
deleted Rank1 Assa cuz i wanted to reroll name and skin
deleted Rank 3 Mesmer -> needed a slot and boring gameplay
deleted Rank 1 Ranger -> rip vs a boss / lag spike
deleted Rank 2 Ranger x2 (both at 1.100.000+ xp, lag and baddies popped around me, one of em had a 15k already ^^ RIP)
boxterduke
When NF came out I planned on getting Survivor for my Dervish, I gotta tell ya I was nervous every time I played her.
Acolyte of Grenth put a stop to the progress and I really enjoyed playing my Dervish after that since I stopped being nervous playing her.
She is still around, I never deleted her to try again since I won't have the energy to do so anyway.
Acolyte of Grenth put a stop to the progress and I really enjoyed playing my Dervish after that since I stopped being nervous playing her.
She is still around, I never deleted her to try again since I won't have the energy to do so anyway.
blood4blood
My Dervish is Survivor (1) - I play her occasionally, and very carefully, and never with PUG's. I never really bothered trying for Survivor otherwise, it's not an important title to me (I remember people selling power-levelling services specifically to give others the title with no effort and no risk - the only reason I'd do it is for my own satisfaction in doing it without shortcuts).
Cale Roughstar
Furthest I ever got was about lvl 11 with my Paragon, just a day or two after NF came out. I noticed the survivor count in the titles page, and for the next several hours of play, it felt like a cloud was over my head. Died to a bunch of mandragors, and have never even thought about it since. Someday I may try to make one, but it is unlikely, as I still have a TON of titles to get for my Warrior.
cosyfiep
Tried this a few times....
first attempt was my canthan monk who made it to level 18 (if I remember) and got owned by the rit boss north of zen dajun on that island (before they changed him)..
second attempt was a canthan mesmer, died at level 13 during the siege of tsumei village
third attempt was on my paragon, got to level 19, and 131000 xp when my hubby decided to agro 3 groups in the keys....he died quickly, the dumb plants dropped a slow spell on me as I tried to run away....she died and I didnt play her for almost 3 more months, and I didnt talk to my hubby for many days
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4th attempt....my male rit....made it to level 1 died at 170k 
....he was part of tyria's most wanted male...
my 5th (and still continuing on) attempt is my elonian ele who has made it to 190k and with all the lag I face refuses to leave the jungle of tyria for fear of dying horribly! I hope to get her to level 2 at least before she dies.
I try to keep most of my toons alive to level 20, but some just never get there: my r/a died during training , my warrior; well, she and koss died horribly at the hands of some corsairs many levels over them (a death of a klingon!)....most of the others died due to stupidity on my part.
I still play them all. even the paragon got dusted off and has made it almost to the gate of desolation in nf.
I very rarely (ok never have) delete a toon that has made it to level 5 (I have mules that are level 4 and have almost never played them---except for holiday events which dont require much for the quests). I just buy more slots instead
first attempt was my canthan monk who made it to level 18 (if I remember) and got owned by the rit boss north of zen dajun on that island (before they changed him)..
second attempt was a canthan mesmer, died at level 13 during the siege of tsumei village
third attempt was on my paragon, got to level 19, and 131000 xp when my hubby decided to agro 3 groups in the keys....he died quickly, the dumb plants dropped a slow spell on me as I tried to run away....she died and I didnt play her for almost 3 more months, and I didnt talk to my hubby for many days
.4th attempt....my male rit....made it to level 1
....he was part of tyria's most wanted male... my 5th (and still continuing on) attempt is my elonian ele who has made it to 190k and with all the lag I face refuses to leave the jungle of tyria for fear of dying horribly! I hope to get her to level 2 at least before she dies.
I try to keep most of my toons alive to level 20, but some just never get there: my r/a died during training
, my warrior; well, she and koss died horribly at the hands of some corsairs many levels over them (a death of a klingon!)....most of the others died due to stupidity on my part.I still play them all. even the paragon got dusted off and has made it almost to the gate of desolation in nf.
I very rarely (ok never have) delete a toon that has made it to level 5 (I have mules that are level 4 and have almost never played them---except for holiday events which dont require much for the quests). I just buy more slots instead
More Outrage
I figured best way would be to farm with scrolls. So I made a Warrior with the sole intention of farming UW smites with the well known W/Rt build.
Made a tyrian char got my daughters account to run me to Lions Arch and then Keineng for max armour and high easy xp quests then Kamadan to pick up heroes and back to Ascalon to lvl up. (Let the heroes do the dangerous stuff).
Then I needed the rit elite VwK so I made a monk on my daughters account in Factions and took my warrior through to Leviathan pits mostly afk, just run away out of trouble at the cut scenes. And capped the skill, not required anymore thanks to tombs lol.
Get some practice in UW solo then just farm away and Alt+F4 if you find yourself taking damage when running to the smites.
Think it took a couple of weeks to do but it might of been longer plus all those ectos made it more than worthwhile and easily payed the way for scrolls.
Reckon if I had died I would of just started again no problem, just even more ectos. XD.
Made a tyrian char got my daughters account to run me to Lions Arch and then Keineng for max armour and high easy xp quests then Kamadan to pick up heroes and back to Ascalon to lvl up. (Let the heroes do the dangerous stuff).
Then I needed the rit elite VwK so I made a monk on my daughters account in Factions and took my warrior through to Leviathan pits mostly afk, just run away out of trouble at the cut scenes. And capped the skill, not required anymore thanks to tombs lol.
Get some practice in UW solo then just farm away and Alt+F4 if you find yourself taking damage when running to the smites.
Think it took a couple of weeks to do but it might of been longer plus all those ectos made it more than worthwhile and easily payed the way for scrolls.
Reckon if I had died I would of just started again no problem, just even more ectos. XD.
Lord Sojar
I tried once... and then Gates of Madness happened... you know the rest of the story.
chowmein69
when im going for survivor it dies just delete him and remake thast what i do
cdgsax
My Paragon was close to getting to getting to tier 2, but I died in Asurian territory (was my fault - don't ask 
) and I still continue to play him (too much of a hassle to start over imo)
) and I still continue to play him (too much of a hassle to start over imo)
Faure
Had months of work in a L2 Survivor, when i tried the farm methode on this forum. Then I made a mistake and he died; I kinda cursed the game, the monster who killed my monk, the monk who died, this forum, the thread and the guy who started the thread about the farming :P . Of course it was all my own fault but the last thing you normally blame is yourself.
Then I tried the farming again with the best classcombinatio (me/mo), but cantha isn't the nicest place to start. Had to redo the starterislands about 9 times to finally die after all at the same position my para was screwed.
I haven't used my paragon since then, but my mesmer is pretty fun to play with.
Then I tried the farming again with the best classcombinatio (me/mo), but cantha isn't the nicest place to start. Had to redo the starterislands about 9 times to finally die after all at the same position my para was screwed.
I haven't used my paragon since then, but my mesmer is pretty fun to play with.
wu is me
lol ive /failed too many times xD. Im a risk taker in RL and thus tend to be in gw too lol. My most recent attempt at survivor saw me die when i went up against a mob of lvl 24's with a lvl 17. They spiked me, but thats not usually a problem... only this time i forgot i had changed my log out key....
but i like the title... It gives pve a supercharged jolt of adrenaline
edit: I almost always delete a non-survivor, with the exception of a survivor 2, which I was merciful to, because she was my only girl character (and because i needed hard mode =P)
but i like the title... It gives pve a supercharged jolt of adrenaline
edit: I almost always delete a non-survivor, with the exception of a survivor 2, which I was merciful to, because she was my only girl character (and because i needed hard mode =P)
N8DOGG
Tried it on my Derv no good, just kept playing her.
850k on my ele lag died.
Re-made her Starting again lol
850k on my ele lag died.
Re-made her Starting again lol
Jhadur
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Otherwise I got a character to Survivor in a matter of a few hours from the Wintersday Underworld mission where you fight the Snowmen.
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He's on about 900k atm I think. (He was a mule but decided to try for Survivor to see if it could be done on that Wintersday mission)
He was lvl20 with no deaths before getting a 2nd profession too
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mic.d/G...rvsurvives.jpg
Amadei
I've only actively gone for a survivor title once, on my NF ele. She got to two, then died during a lag spike in one of the Fire Island missions (Abaddon's Mouth, I think). Was upset for about two minutes, shrugged and moved on. I still have her and she's one of my favorites to play . Then there's a ranger I got to s1. Once I reached lvl 20, I dragged a friend into a scrimmage and demanded she kill me before I got tempted to continue on.
Nowadays, all new characters get their first death from random lvl 1 creatures in the starting area
Nowadays, all new characters get their first death from random lvl 1 creatures in the starting area
Tyla
ill tell ya what i do...
my ranger....my main...
didnt know about survivor title at first,and went out to kill myself randomly over and over(lol) then when i found out about survivor,i had my 15k armour
max title missout imo
my ranger....my main...
didnt know about survivor title at first,and went out to kill myself randomly over and over(lol) then when i found out about survivor,i had my 15k armour
max title missout imo
ZeeWarrior
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This is often the results of those who go for survivor *And the pic shown here is Dawn from the hit reality TV series Pokemon. I don't watch the show myself, but my younger cousin is a fan of it. I'm 18 years old and I outgrown it, although I do intentionally make funny articles on pokemon on uncyclopedia. I'm just want to convert my anger to humor.* |
Medic
Slightly off topic but this might help some ppl with their survivor title. Fronis Irontoes Lair in HM, super easy and super safe xp farm.
Dev121
Tried today lvl 3 paragon died outside Kaineng, too lazy to start again .
Onarik Amrak
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Tried today lvl 3 paragon died outside Kaineng, too lazy to start again
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bebe
TBH.. I don't think I'd be able to get survivor on any characters.. because.. dying is just.. inevitable for me.. XD Not because i'm an aggro freak or not careful enough.. it's just.. Dying is just.. something I not-necessarily "enjoy".. but something like that.. haha.. If it happens it happens.. and I don't wanna be one of those people that are like.. super picky on how they should do something and if blahblah happens they won't risk it.. or if they're like 10exp from level20 and they die.. so they reroll that character.... i wouldn't go remaking that character just because of the time I would've put onto it and such..
I just make characters I want to make and enjoy playing them however I want to.. and don't want to feel restricted because a certain area has a high aggro zone or something.. >.>
In summary. Just a title I don't go for.. and don't try for.. xD
I just make characters I want to make and enjoy playing them however I want to.. and don't want to feel restricted because a certain area has a high aggro zone or something.. >.>
In summary. Just a title I don't go for.. and don't try for.. xD
RedNova88
Got my Assassin to nearly level 20. I was so excited even though it was only r1. Anyway. Was getting a run far into NF because an old guildie told me of a "great" way to solo farm mobs in a specific location. I forget the location. I just know that I lagged one day, came back dead after getting ran and running myself to certain areas.
Much much later I deleted my old warrior seeing as how she looked like an overcooked strip of bacon with her skin tone and I had SOMEHOW chosen the most fugly looking face. Not to mention I was furious with the attribute quests in prophecies. So I rerolled a new warrior and got her safely to level 8. Went to move on into post-searing. At the time I didn't know about the easy logout option, long story short I manually logged out and ended up logging out at EXACTLY 1 health while bleeding away. To my amazement I came back with no deaths. After which I spent a painstaking amount of time trying to find a runner smarter than a sack of potatoes to help me get to Droks for max armor, ending up getting scammed by fake runners in the process trying to get me killed and rob me of my money. Finally a friend told me that he had a friend that had Legendary survivor and was willing to run me to LA cheaply. I then got to LA, switched to NF and got max armor there. Went back to prophecies and farmed Minotaurs in HM until finally achieving the title.
That being said... It was quite the journey but I wouldn't recommend trying it repeatedly. It gets really stressful, albeit fun!
Just remember the game Frogger when you're going for the title. If you rush you're going to get crushed.... Oh and ALWAYS rely on guildies and/or friends. Simply because I've noticed a lot of people will try to get you killed when you mention you're going for survivor T_T
Much much later I deleted my old warrior seeing as how she looked like an overcooked strip of bacon with her skin tone and I had SOMEHOW chosen the most fugly looking face. Not to mention I was furious with the attribute quests in prophecies. So I rerolled a new warrior and got her safely to level 8. Went to move on into post-searing. At the time I didn't know about the easy logout option, long story short I manually logged out and ended up logging out at EXACTLY 1 health while bleeding away. To my amazement I came back with no deaths. After which I spent a painstaking amount of time trying to find a runner smarter than a sack of potatoes to help me get to Droks for max armor, ending up getting scammed by fake runners in the process trying to get me killed and rob me of my money. Finally a friend told me that he had a friend that had Legendary survivor and was willing to run me to LA cheaply. I then got to LA, switched to NF and got max armor there. Went back to prophecies and farmed Minotaurs in HM until finally achieving the title.
That being said... It was quite the journey but I wouldn't recommend trying it repeatedly. It gets really stressful, albeit fun!
Just remember the game Frogger when you're going for the title. If you rush you're going to get crushed.... Oh and ALWAYS rely on guildies and/or friends. Simply because I've noticed a lot of people will try to get you killed when you mention you're going for survivor T_T
EPO Bot
I got it right on my monk the third time. First attempt i got vaporized by mursaat ether seals. Second time i got pwnd by the brood wile still level one (i didn't even know it was be there!). Third time i finished the job.
Marty Silverblade
I'm not really too stressed with the survivor title. If my character survives to lvl 20 somehow, I'll be happy, but if I die, i'll think 'Oh well, never mind', and just keep going. 8 letters under my name isn't going to be the cause of me voluntarily losing hours and hours of my life.
Kia Lobeli
Not sure if this link works
Not my screenie, belongs to a guildy of mine Figured it fits the thread nicely.
Any time I failed survivor on my assassin I just re-rolled, didn't matter how much money or time I had spent on it, I was having fun and was dedicated to getting that title.
I have it now and proudly display it everywhere I go ^_^
Not my screenie, belongs to a guildy of mine
Figured it fits the thread nicely.Any time I failed survivor on my assassin I just re-rolled, didn't matter how much money or time I had spent on it, I was having fun and was dedicated to getting that title.
I have it now and proudly display it everywhere I go ^_^