I Remember When...

Ambuu

Ambuu

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

I felt like making this thread so that other people could talk about the good and the bad of guild wars back in the day.


I remember when...
It was only prophecies and everyone had fun playing with other players and what not. And when Sorrow's Furnace became part of the game.




So no it's your turn. just start off with "I remember when..."

Jebus

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Belgium

Legion of Sacred Light [LSL]

W/

I remember the monk strike at THK

Targuil

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

Tampere, Finland

Keep Dreaming [Yawn]

E/

I remember when i had to pug in north shiverpeaks and when THK made easy coz of wammos.

savage vapor 33

savage vapor 33

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

Regems Basement

The Malevolent Wolfpack [tMw]

I remember when Heroes Ascent was located where the Tomb of Primeval Kings is, or w/e its called now.

I remember when ecto was worth a lot.

I remember when running from Ascalon to Sanctum Cay used to be about 50-75k a person.

I remember when there were no titles, people were generous, and this game was fun.

Ambuu

Ambuu

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by savage vapor 33
I remember when there were no titles, people were generous, and this game was fun.
/agree.

I wish there was an option to play just the prophecies campaign. no titles or faction, old school.


I remember when celestial cigils were 60k+

I remember when a black dye could be bought by traders for ~35-40k

Big_Daddy

Big_Daddy

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

The Big Daddy Experience [BigD]

N/Mo

..... we didn't have to buy keys to open chests. *sigh*

1 up and 2 down

1 up and 2 down

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Rt/

I remember when threads that talked about the good old days didn't exist.

Ambuu

Ambuu

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

aye, that was a bad update for us.


I remember when the worst update possible was made: The AoE Update.

savage vapor 33

savage vapor 33

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

Regems Basement

The Malevolent Wolfpack [tMw]

I remember when Chest Running was an activity, not a burden.

??Ripskin

??Ripskin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Big_Daddy
..... we didn't have to buy keys to open chests. *sigh*
Wow, I completely forgot about that.

I remember when you didn't have to be ranked to get into HoH. I remember playing some of the first rounds of HoH o.o

Halmyr

Halmyr

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Canada! eh!

~none~

W/Me

-I remember when there were refund point.
-We had to fight to althea ash
-15k armor was impresive
-you had to do iron mines 5 time to be fully infuse.
-People actualy did party for UW ( no 55 or trapper group)
-griffon farming was in
-THK was hard

RPGmaniac

RPGmaniac

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by 1 up and 2 down
I remember when threads that talked about the good old days didn't exist.
Amen to that.

These things show up way too often. And they all usually meet the same fate...

Those days are in the past guys, you gotta move on.

Str0b0

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Carolina

N/Me

I remember when we had refund points. Now everyone expects you to be able to run every build that is viable in a class on the fly.

I remember Superior Absorb was insanely expensive.

I remember when ecto was worth something.

I remember when Obsidian armor meant something.

I remember when barrage was leet sauce.

savage vapor 33

savage vapor 33

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

Regems Basement

The Malevolent Wolfpack [tMw]

Quote:
Originally Posted by RPGmaniac
Amen to that.

These things show up way too often. And they all usually meet the same fate...

Those days are in the past guys, you gotta move on.
And yet you continue to look at these threads and post on them? Contradicting? The past is always fun to bring up, and it would be better without nay-sayers

I remember when GVG's had no time limit, and there was no VoD.

xReLx

xReLx

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2007

Mo/

I remember when I first saw Lions Arch

I shat my pants with joy!

angmar_nite

angmar_nite

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

[SNOW] of [YUM]

E/

I remember when each time I was broke, a trip to the trolls saved me. (Thank you feel no pain)

I remember when THK was insane

I remember when runners were a major money making profession.

I remember my first k

I remember seeing the mursaat for the first time and being terrified.

yeah_hi

yeah_hi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

UK

I remember:

- The old campfire login screen.
- Refund points.
- Drake and Ettin farming.
- Sup Vigors being dozens of plat.
- MMs with minon armies so vast it would drop my FPS.
- Mobs that stayed put in AoE.
- Sorrow's Furnace coming out and all the greens being super-expensive.
- PUG-ing being the norm and not the exception.

*sigh*

Winstar

Winstar

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

London

I remember when they ended Griffon farming and introduced Kepkhet and all the scarabs

I remember when the Charr took down Ascalon. Those Bastards!

Skuld

Skuld

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Thousend Tigers Apund Ur Head [Ttgr]

A/

Had to use my teeth to cut the grass!

Pirates Arrrg Matey

Pirates Arrrg Matey

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

N/Mo

I remember when:
- MM-ing SF/farming was fun and people complimented you for doing good instead of making everything about drops and not for fellowship, idk maybe i'm crazy
-when in pvp I first went with a trapping build and messed up and everyone was like its ok and everyone on the other team was like good game. Not like now where you can get "Noob,LOL, fail, that skill sucks, etc. mostly stuff like that.
-also when I used orders/MM in TOTPK and i was beast lol
-looking at sup vigors and sub absorption/black dyes and being like wow I need to work up to get those stuff. But now its like sup vigor 14k, absorption 1k woohoo, no challenge, but then again i'm crazy.

double sigh*

Crimso

Crimso

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

PCformatforums[PCFF]

Me/Mo

I renember when there were about 6 unlocked chests near each other in riverside provinince(near the undead) that dropped everything from pre-searing loot to Black dyes and armour with runes on I had great fun farming it, then it got removed.

Nemo the Capitalist

Nemo the Capitalist

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Trust me you dont want to know my Chasms of Despair

Zaishen Brotherhood

N/Me

I remember when I used to have a Life in the Real World instead of playing GuildWars.....man those were the days.

Dallcingi

Dallcingi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

The Black Parades [死人死]

Mo/

Yeah I remember slaying trolls... best thing ever...

Karyuu

Karyuu

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

Kahlifownia

Roses of the Moonlight Sigil [RoMS]

W/Rt

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Lilanthe

Lilanthe

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

I remember... the flying henchmen.

Sprites

Sprites

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

royaume de la lumi??re :D

LOGW

E/Me

I remember when amber was worth 3k each ^^

I remember the 8 m/r teah at primeval kings ^^

Kay84

Kay84

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Netherlands

[DVDF]

E/

I remember the release of prophecies, when noone really had an idea about what they were doing.

I remember buying a celestial sigil for about 110k.

Omniclasm

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

Guild Hall

A/

I remember having 27 Bone Fiends in THK.

60k per rune for my 55 monk.

Prophecies missions being hard.

Spending 2 months trying to finish the fire islands, because nobody wanted a Necromancer.

When you could only buy certain skills in certain places. Not all unlocked skills anywhere, and before Ember Light Camp sold all of them

Shuuda

Shuuda

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Guildless

Me/

Anyone remember the time we had lots of fun playing golf?

..... me nether.

Mahanaxar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Italy

Lupus Et Agnus

R/

Market reset, when some luckers got literally millionaire in a few minutes

Refund points

Skills unlockable in pve only, with skill trainers scattered all over the world

THK being hard

Sup Abs at 100k

Farming 20/30 griffins/trolls at once with balthazar aura, before the AoE nerf

Juicey Shake

Juicey Shake

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

CA

in it for the trimmmm

R/

I remember when I used to play this game

God Apprentice

God Apprentice

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mo/N

I remember when Black dye was worth 47k.

Crimso

Crimso

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

PCformatforums[PCFF]

Me/Mo

I also renember when I sold a major hammer mastery rune for 10k.

street peddler

street peddler

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

i remember when i could play this game for longer then 10 minutes without getting bored.

Tamuril elansar

Tamuril elansar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

N/

i remember when ''evade'' was still in the game...

max gladius

max gladius

Yep, really is me...

Join Date: Aug 2005

My House

L33t

u guys already posted most the good ones...

i remember when -2-2 wasnt just vs physical, when sup absorb absorbed -3 dmg vs all types....

when sup absorb and vigors were 100k....

when axes could have enchantments last 40% longer

when sephis axes were expensive... when blue dwarven axes dropped... when chests were free... when +5 energy swords were only HoA swords and those were worth tons...

when items stayed rare, and didnt go from 100e to 10k overnight, because ANet didnt nerf the drop rate so everyone in lions arch could own 2....

when anet gave players something to strive for, achieve, want...

when anyone who played the game or even heard about the game... wouldnt think something like this (read my signature)

Faer

Faer

La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo

Join Date: Feb 2006

I remember when the first of the "I remember when..." threads was made.

And the second, and the third, and the fourth...

knoll

knoll

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Washington State.

[ToA]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Faer
I remember when the first of the "I remember when..." threads was made.

And the second, and the third, and the fourth...
I c wut U did THAR

You can't see me

You can't see me

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

P/W

I remember when these threads were not around, and people played the game for what it is and did not complain about how crappy they thought it had become through updates and expansions.


Maybe it's time to bring these days back.

Skyy High

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by You can't see me
I remember when these threads were not around, and people played the game for what it is and did not complain about how crappy they thought it had become through updates and expansions.


Maybe it's time to bring these days back.
Aye, I remember this too, but only just barely...