I Remember When...
Little Shenanigan
i remember thinking that if you clicked on anybody in town, they would know that you did it, and would whisper you asking why you just clicked on their name.
Slimster
It seems like it takes 10 hours to do what it used to take an hour and a half before, because of all the updates to stop solo and farmers and every thing else that made this game fun for the player who wanted to log on for 2 hours and have a lot of fun...... but thats why i quit playing. I always knew the monk strike would ruin this game(just kidding). it was the IWAY(jk again) really it was all the people who complained about bots and farmers... and programmers who didn't want to stick to their original game ethic..
Slimster
ohhhh your the clicker guy, oh yeah i was always wondering what u were doing clicking on me.
DarkWasp
-/roll 100 was a game in LA. It was removed from PvE areas because of abuse.
-Gates of Kryta was extremely hard and had a huge mob rush at the beggining of the swamp
-Drake Farming
-Crystalines dropped in Kryta
-When I thought losing the favor meant the mission I was in was about to get harder
-People bought "Precious" items
-I won in HoH because my team was the only one that wasn't 6 mending W/Mos and 2 monks
-You got morale boosts for killing spirits in the tombs before the first PvP round
-Alesia was a good monk and my friend and I fought over her hand in marriage many times after being saved from situations
-The old UI before the april beta
-White dye was impossible for many armors
-You could walk out the gate like an a--hole in the tombs and split your team in half
-YOU COULDNT TAKE OFF YOUR CAPE
-There was no "Do Not Disturb"
-The Frog came and spoke for the first time and could spend hours filling us with juicy information rather than just answering marketing complaints
-People didn't think to use local chat for trades
-The first time i heard mesmer noises after only phys damage in pre (I was like
O O)
-Ascalon City was a major trade district
-The arenas were seperated
-The Guild Hall was on some islands in Tyria
-GOLD ITEMS DID NOT DISPLAY IN THE DROP TEXT (We had to ask, was that a gold you just picked up?)
-Sigils were 100k
-Sissy Boys won games like 20 hours a day in the HoH
-It took months to finnaly get pictures of all FoW armors
-Everyone thought rangers sucked
-There were 2 mesmers total online at any given time
-Monks were supposed to be the "rezzers"
-You could get a superior vigor from a blue armor
and best of all
-THERE WERE NO FREAKING SPECTACLES AND GAUNTLETS!
-Gates of Kryta was extremely hard and had a huge mob rush at the beggining of the swamp
-Drake Farming
-Crystalines dropped in Kryta
-When I thought losing the favor meant the mission I was in was about to get harder
-People bought "Precious" items
-I won in HoH because my team was the only one that wasn't 6 mending W/Mos and 2 monks
-You got morale boosts for killing spirits in the tombs before the first PvP round
-Alesia was a good monk and my friend and I fought over her hand in marriage many times after being saved from situations
-The old UI before the april beta
-White dye was impossible for many armors
-You could walk out the gate like an a--hole in the tombs and split your team in half
-YOU COULDNT TAKE OFF YOUR CAPE
-There was no "Do Not Disturb"
-The Frog came and spoke for the first time and could spend hours filling us with juicy information rather than just answering marketing complaints
-People didn't think to use local chat for trades
-The first time i heard mesmer noises after only phys damage in pre (I was like
O O)
-Ascalon City was a major trade district
-The arenas were seperated
-The Guild Hall was on some islands in Tyria
-GOLD ITEMS DID NOT DISPLAY IN THE DROP TEXT (We had to ask, was that a gold you just picked up?)
-Sigils were 100k
-Sissy Boys won games like 20 hours a day in the HoH
-It took months to finnaly get pictures of all FoW armors
-Everyone thought rangers sucked
-There were 2 mesmers total online at any given time
-Monks were supposed to be the "rezzers"
-You could get a superior vigor from a blue armor
and best of all
-THERE WERE NO FREAKING SPECTACLES AND GAUNTLETS!
creelie
I remember when THK was the almighty filter, the mission that sorted lousy players from good ones. Anyone at the Ring of Fire island could be assumed to be at least semi-competent.
...or maybe my standards have just risen.
...or maybe my standards have just risen.
Cats
I remember when monks were a highly sought after class.
I remember when my jaw dropped the moment I saw the digital splashing waves at Kryta.
I remember when giant wurms invaded LA, Sardac Sanitarium and Ascalon.
I remember when people had to manually sync a dance - when the asterix function hadn't been implemented.
I remember when my jaw dropped the moment I saw the digital splashing waves at Kryta.
I remember when giant wurms invaded LA, Sardac Sanitarium and Ascalon.
I remember when people had to manually sync a dance - when the asterix function hadn't been implemented.
Skuld
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AuraofMana
I remember when I can have more than 10 minions...
dont feel no pain
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I remember when I can have more than 10 minions...
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Necrotic
These threads are good sometimes....if just to remind those of us who have been around a while what we enjoyed about the early days of the game.
I remember most of the stuff mentioned so far...many good memories.
I remember when switching your weapon set would also switch your armor set.
When there was only one backpack with 40 slots. No Xunlai Agent even.
When the UI had a more gothic look to it.
When PUG was not an offensive word. And something you joined occasionally.
When the Wiki did not exist and you had to search the forums or *gasp* ask a question!
I remember most of the stuff mentioned so far...many good memories.
I remember when switching your weapon set would also switch your armor set.
When there was only one backpack with 40 slots. No Xunlai Agent even.
When the UI had a more gothic look to it.
When PUG was not an offensive word. And something you joined occasionally.
When the Wiki did not exist and you had to search the forums or *gasp* ask a question!
NJudson
I'm sure this has already been mentioned, but...
I remember when we only had 1 storage slot.
Thank you for the change ANET!!!
I remember when we only had 1 storage slot.
Thank you for the change ANET!!!
baz777
I remember Farming when Alliance chat first started.
All that ‘Gold’ text got me really excited at first.
Btw, I’m old!
All that ‘Gold’ text got me really excited at first.
Btw, I’m old!
KANE OG
I remember the hardest boss in the game, "Cobble Poundstone", as a lvl 4 Warrior coming to post.
KANE
KANE
cerb
I remember me and my friend driving to Tim Hortons (Starbuck's canadian equivalent) through snow storms listening to 80s music in his car to talk about strategies for Guild Wars (we were working on 2-men SF)
I remember my year 2005. I had a crush on this girl, but I played GW so seriously with my friend, ended up not caring about the girl, failing nearly all my classes but performing good in GW :P (2005 best year ever)
I remember my first HoH win, and my first under my name
I remember Faithful Sno, Syl from We Step On Puppies and Avarre, best people ever
I remember I once saw a 55 video by Pater Bones (I hope I got his name right) which I was impressed by and inspired me to start soloing. Then, the week after I made my first Griffon runs, Balthazar's Aura got nerfed.
I remember making a Monk/ranger pet build for THK that actually worked very well (1 monk THK)
I remember managing 55'ing the place outside Ember Camp (Perdition Rock, was it?) during Factions (they all had enchantment removal)
I remember being banned twice for 24 hours because of offensive character names and I feared I'd lose my items
I remember searching days and nights for the most perfect UW rod (req 8 max 20% cast heal and 20% recharge prot, during Factions) and ended up finding one and bought for 300K which I had to borrow from many ppl :P
I remember writing a post about the fastest aggro patterns in UW and how to handle it (using Wary Stance!), right before quitting the game, and then two or three days later, ANet introduced the anti-aoe system v2. (where creeps would run after spiteful spirit)
I have so many good memories about this game. And I honestly think 2005, driving through those snow storms with the 80s music playing just to talk about Guild Wars, was the most enjoyable year in my whole life. Now I gotta go study if I don't wanna fail like back then
I remember my year 2005. I had a crush on this girl, but I played GW so seriously with my friend, ended up not caring about the girl, failing nearly all my classes but performing good in GW :P (2005 best year ever)
I remember my first HoH win, and my first under my name
I remember Faithful Sno, Syl from We Step On Puppies and Avarre, best people ever
I remember I once saw a 55 video by Pater Bones (I hope I got his name right) which I was impressed by and inspired me to start soloing. Then, the week after I made my first Griffon runs, Balthazar's Aura got nerfed.
I remember making a Monk/ranger pet build for THK that actually worked very well (1 monk THK)
I remember managing 55'ing the place outside Ember Camp (Perdition Rock, was it?) during Factions (they all had enchantment removal)
I remember being banned twice for 24 hours because of offensive character names and I feared I'd lose my items
I remember searching days and nights for the most perfect UW rod (req 8 max 20% cast heal and 20% recharge prot, during Factions) and ended up finding one and bought for 300K which I had to borrow from many ppl :P
I remember writing a post about the fastest aggro patterns in UW and how to handle it (using Wary Stance!), right before quitting the game, and then two or three days later, ANet introduced the anti-aoe system v2. (where creeps would run after spiteful spirit)
I have so many good memories about this game. And I honestly think 2005, driving through those snow storms with the 80s music playing just to talk about Guild Wars, was the most enjoyable year in my whole life. Now I gotta go study if I don't wanna fail like back then
Skuld
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When the Wiki did not exist and you had to search the forums or *gasp* ask a question!
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Avarre
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ZOMG
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Good times =)
foo
I remember getting to the 9th level for the first time, and then hearing that there are 16. oh I was so excited, wondering how hard it's going to be. then getting to level 13. that music still creeps me out!
Yang Whirlwind
I remember when my whole guild did nothing for about a month but Ettin farm for runes. We would talk for hours on TS while we each solo killed the same mobs over and over and over again. The competition to see who would get the best result when id'ing a character full of gold armors.
And there prices:
Superior Absorption - 100K
Superior Vigor - 70K
Superior Monk runes - 8K+
Ahh those were the good old days! ... Now back to realtity!
And there prices:
Superior Absorption - 100K
Superior Vigor - 70K
Superior Monk runes - 8K+
Ahh those were the good old days! ... Now back to realtity!
Redfeather1975
I like cerb's list the best. It tells a fun story.
And woot for Tim Horton's runs in snowstorms.
And woot for Tim Horton's runs in snowstorms.
Alka
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I remeber when you didn't require ascention or lvl 20 to enter FoW or UW.
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Turbobusa
but he was ascended... or weh no su, or he got to sunspear hideout.
I remember when i first arrived in GW, my friend gave me a fellblade. it was shit, no dmg mod, not even max damage, but I kept it for soooo long, it looked too much freaking cool to be changed.
I remember when i first arrived in GW, my friend gave me a fellblade. it was shit, no dmg mod, not even max damage, but I kept it for soooo long, it looked too much freaking cool to be changed.
cerb
Thanks Red 
and hey Avarre, how you doin'?
@ Tim Hortons during snow storms : It was totally awesome (we're in canada), you know when it snows so much you can barely see in front of you? So my friend has this old 1992(?) Toyota Tercel crap, and we just couldn't see what was in front of us, aside from the house and truck lights (you know, those that toss the snow away), and the car was slipping sooooo much. All this to get to a Tim Horton's and have cookies while discussing GW strategies.
The two of us had made a guild called "The Financial Solution" (that was at the time where 5-men SF was popular and Brohn's items were easily > 100K) and my friend had the idea of us two hiring people to find greens, we would pay them instantly a certain price per item and we would take care of the trade for them. (Basically, we paid about 90% of the item's "market-safe" worth, for each green from SF). He had come up with an excel spreadsheet during his computer class with a detailed price list and how we could maximize profits etc.
Then we made Ordinarily Extraordinary [oX], where we had to be the most creative farmers. All over winter 2005-early 2006. (Later, he joined SMS as he admired Racthoh's work, and I started PvP, and slowly we both started playing less and less and eventually quit
)
Also I remember practicing the Icy Dragon Sword runs all day long (when they just came out), listening to music from Pandora (while it was still permitted for Canadians, because now it's not). I still remember that run from Granite to Minerals with the Dolyaks and a Hey Mercedes (that's a band) song playing *dreamy*
After posting, I got so nostalgic about these times, I just browsed my computer for possible souvenirs and found some screenshots, so I took a few of the best and uploaded them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2045392...7603128765577/
I added descriptions to each picture, I hope those who will check them out will enjoy them !
P-S: There's a pic that's just for you, Avarre
and hey Avarre, how you doin'? @ Tim Hortons during snow storms : It was totally awesome (we're in canada), you know when it snows so much you can barely see in front of you? So my friend has this old 1992(?) Toyota Tercel crap, and we just couldn't see what was in front of us, aside from the house and truck lights (you know, those that toss the snow away), and the car was slipping sooooo much. All this to get to a Tim Horton's and have cookies while discussing GW strategies.
The two of us had made a guild called "The Financial Solution" (that was at the time where 5-men SF was popular and Brohn's items were easily > 100K) and my friend had the idea of us two hiring people to find greens, we would pay them instantly a certain price per item and we would take care of the trade for them. (Basically, we paid about 90% of the item's "market-safe" worth, for each green from SF). He had come up with an excel spreadsheet during his computer class with a detailed price list and how we could maximize profits etc.
Then we made Ordinarily Extraordinary [oX], where we had to be the most creative farmers. All over winter 2005-early 2006. (Later, he joined SMS as he admired Racthoh's work, and I started PvP, and slowly we both started playing less and less and eventually quit
)Also I remember practicing the Icy Dragon Sword runs all day long (when they just came out), listening to music from Pandora (while it was still permitted for Canadians, because now it's not). I still remember that run from Granite to Minerals with the Dolyaks and a Hey Mercedes (that's a band) song playing *dreamy*
After posting, I got so nostalgic about these times, I just browsed my computer for possible souvenirs and found some screenshots, so I took a few of the best and uploaded them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2045392...7603128765577/
I added descriptions to each picture, I hope those who will check them out will enjoy them !
P-S: There's a pic that's just for you, Avarre
DarkWasp
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It said "rare Long Sword" or whatever in the log, in the regular text colour, did it not?
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Also I remember when everyone had sterotype RP names like
Jenifer Longbow or David Skullcrusher. (Dunno if those are real)
and Koreans kept winning in the hall with confusing somewhat English names.
I remember a bug in Granite Citadel that ALWAYS allowed you to run through the gate and go free exploring up into the first section of Mineral Springs.
I remember exploring Pre with my friend. (2 man max groups are THE BEST)
I remember when I thought farming meant growin stuff in the feilds. (I was a MMO newbie)
I remember reading an article about proffesions and pre/post searing and becoming even MORE confused about the game.
In_Flames
I remember [LuLu] - when you didn't have trouble finding a party to do missions with. The Ring of Fire was the shit ( now no ones even there ) When being a healer meant you could always find a group for UW or FoW or just anything at all. There were no heroes, no minis, black ink was the highest, 15k armor was awesome- Glint was unbeatable.
artay
I remember when we versed a minion factory in gvg and all took screenshots because we thought they were cheating.
sagilltwins
I remember when people stood in AoE forever because they didn't realize you could move...
TheGuildWarsPenguin
I remember when you needed to get attribute "refund" points to change attributes. Fail.
I D E L E T E D I
@ cerb
Your memories make me real sad
I remember when i heard about this mysterious Boon Prot monk and the day i made a monk only to play that build it got nerfed
Your memories make me real sad
I remember when i heard about this mysterious Boon Prot monk and the day i made a monk only to play that build it got nerfed
Zarko
Haha good memories... I rememer selling my first black dye for 1 g because I didn't know how much it was worth
creelie
I remember when I paid 40k for one of Brohn Stoneheart's greens (not sure if it was the wand or the offhand), and it was a bargain that my guildies were all jealous of.
Despite all the gnashing of teeth, the economy really is deflating.
Despite all the gnashing of teeth, the economy really is deflating.
Hotel
Interesting.
I remember bragging in all-chat about getting my first Kephkets Refuge.
I remember thinking that presearing -WAS- guild wars. I was clueless there was more. >.>
I remember when "leet-speak" was retarded and frowned upon. Its "all the rage" now. Can't go anywhere without seeing ZOMG.
I remember when people actually OFFERED to help you.
I remember bragging in all-chat about getting my first Kephkets Refuge.
I remember thinking that presearing -WAS- guild wars. I was clueless there was more. >.>
I remember when "leet-speak" was retarded and frowned upon. Its "all the rage" now. Can't go anywhere without seeing ZOMG.
I remember when people actually OFFERED to help you.
VanDamselx
I remember when they first made it so when a purple or gold dropped, it would show that color text on the item on your chat log.
I remember when they didn't have a countdown bar on condition and enchant durations.
I remember during my first "guild experience" that I met another female gamer and we became good friends, she told about how she was a 23 white girl from Michigan. After that, I joined this all girls guild with my new friend. The guild was lame though and no one was ever on so I left. After I left, I still remained in contact with my friend. Until...
I found out my friend was a guy. Now I'm not racist AT ALL, in fact I don't even notice it but what I found weird was that he was a 23 year old black guy from Michigan. I didn't understand why he pretended to be white. The whole thing was very odd. The fact that he put on this whole facade just to trick people into thinking he was a girl and go beyond that really creeped me out. Needless to say, I remember the first time I used the ignore list.
I remember when they didn't have a countdown bar on condition and enchant durations.
I remember during my first "guild experience" that I met another female gamer and we became good friends, she told about how she was a 23 white girl from Michigan. After that, I joined this all girls guild with my new friend. The guild was lame though and no one was ever on so I left. After I left, I still remained in contact with my friend. Until...
I found out my friend was a guy.
Now I'm not racist AT ALL, in fact I don't even notice it but what I found weird was that he was a 23 year old black guy from Michigan. I didn't understand why he pretended to be white. The whole thing was very odd. The fact that he put on this whole facade just to trick people into thinking he was a girl and go beyond that really creeped me out. Needless to say, I remember the first time I used the ignore list.
Theo Godscythe
Although remembering what once was is fun, we cannot let ourselves wonder from what is now. Remember Anet, no matter how good they might want to be to the Gamers, is a company and they need to change the game to attract new players. Making things less expensive is just a way to make everyday players happy, no matter how much it bothers the rich grinders.
I remember when:
-farmers where happy with an easily exploitable zones/farming spots,
-when they farmed of spots with over-powered skills(*cough*Protective Bond),
-and when the economy was controlled by a few rich players.
But like I said the past is where it should be(and remain), in the past.
I remember when:
-farmers where happy with an easily exploitable zones/farming spots,
-when they farmed of spots with over-powered skills(*cough*Protective Bond),
-and when the economy was controlled by a few rich players.
But like I said the past is where it should be(and remain), in the past.
I Phoenix I
When Chitin Fragments were known as Shells.
When there was that weird Evade mechanic, which confused a whole bunch of people.
When there was that weird Evade mechanic, which confused a whole bunch of people.
Sol Deathgard
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I remember when making money was easy, and the guild wars economy wasn't crap.
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Charqus
I remember when I went to post sear ascalon for the first time 2 and a half ish years ago when people we're selling "max" damge weapons, which I thought must be like 100-150 damage. Haha.
I also remember the first real money I made was when the tombs changed from PvP to ToPK and getting Wenslaus' faith afew hours after it was launched and selling for 100k, and then powertrading with the new weapons to buy the next day Victos axe for 100k+10 ectos and Bulwark for 100k+15 ectos... Haha that was the most money I'd ever had back then and I felt really leet, especially when people said, Wow is that a Victos set??!?
Goooood times....
I also remember the first real money I made was when the tombs changed from PvP to ToPK and getting Wenslaus' faith afew hours after it was launched and selling for 100k, and then powertrading with the new weapons to buy the next day Victos axe for 100k+10 ectos and Bulwark for 100k+15 ectos... Haha that was the most money I'd ever had back then and I felt really leet, especially when people said, Wow is that a Victos set??!?
Goooood times....
Abedeus
I remember that getting 4k in a week was darn good.
I remember that I thought you have to buy new armor set to use different runes... I lost at least 40k throwing out armors to merchant, buying new armor + runes and few times...
I remember using builds without ANY synergy, like N/Me with 3 interrupts, Energy Tap, minions, Conjure Phantasm... And that for at least 3 months I had a build without rez...
I also remember my first guild... I had no idea what's going on, how I got to Shiverpeaks (didn't know the name of mountains at that time - we had Frozen Isle guild hall) and I was wandering mindlessly around the place...
I remember that I got level 14 in Old Ascalon (level 10 in pre-ascalon, four levels in Ascalon) and still couldn't finish Fort Ranik mission...
I remember that my first pve elite was... after 7-8 months of playing, few days after Factions came out I got Stolen Speed with my N/Me...
I remember ranger minor runes were 2-3k and vigor rune was for XXk... Minor vigor. Those were the days...
I remember that I thought you have to buy new armor set to use different runes... I lost at least 40k throwing out armors to merchant, buying new armor + runes and few times...
I remember using builds without ANY synergy, like N/Me with 3 interrupts, Energy Tap, minions, Conjure Phantasm... And that for at least 3 months I had a build without rez...
I also remember my first guild... I had no idea what's going on, how I got to Shiverpeaks (didn't know the name of mountains at that time - we had Frozen Isle guild hall) and I was wandering mindlessly around the place...
I remember that I got level 14 in Old Ascalon (level 10 in pre-ascalon, four levels in Ascalon) and still couldn't finish Fort Ranik mission...
I remember that my first pve elite was... after 7-8 months of playing, few days after Factions came out I got Stolen Speed with my N/Me...
I remember ranger minor runes were 2-3k and vigor rune was for XXk... Minor vigor. Those were the days...
MegaPsycho
I remember when Gwen walked into ascalon one fateful beta weekend, and annilated everyone in town.
I remember killing Rift Wardens in Tombs before your first match against real opponents, and being happy at being able to solo Wardens.
I remember when 2 man 55/SS in UW was both fun and profitable.
I remember Drake Farming.
I remember Attribute Refund Points, and my extreme happyness when they were purged from the game.
I remember when steel ingots was a good way to make money.
I remember when a clestial sigil was worth a fortune, and not every guild had a guild hall. So much for the days of guilds earning their halls...
I remember when me and friends/guildmates/party members would sing the song of "Rurik, the retard!" In the beta and early retail, as he had really, really bad AI.
I remember when going through THK was actually a challenge, and glad for it, as it kept noobs and people with terrible teamwork skills from progressing. I also remember getting quite livid when much of proph pve was nerfed, and became too easy.
I remember the first time I beat Hell's Precipice, that actually felt epic and felt like I accomplished something.
I remember going around with 35+ bone fiends in Maguma Jungle area and laying waste to all that would dare oppose me
I remember killing Rift Wardens in Tombs before your first match against real opponents, and being happy at being able to solo Wardens.
I remember when 2 man 55/SS in UW was both fun and profitable.
I remember Drake Farming.
I remember Attribute Refund Points, and my extreme happyness when they were purged from the game.
I remember when steel ingots was a good way to make money.
I remember when a clestial sigil was worth a fortune, and not every guild had a guild hall. So much for the days of guilds earning their halls...
I remember when me and friends/guildmates/party members would sing the song of "Rurik, the retard!" In the beta and early retail, as he had really, really bad AI.
I remember when going through THK was actually a challenge, and glad for it, as it kept noobs and people with terrible teamwork skills from progressing. I also remember getting quite livid when much of proph pve was nerfed, and became too easy.
I remember the first time I beat Hell's Precipice, that actually felt epic and felt like I accomplished something.
I remember going around with 35+ bone fiends in Maguma Jungle area and laying waste to all that would dare oppose me
Just.nl
I remember that i maked first a warrior
I remeber that the game b4 i played 'Runescape' was
(if someone wanna play it go to www.runescape.com(I really hate it now
))
I remeber that the game b4 i played 'Runescape' was
(if someone wanna play it go to www.runescape.com(I really hate it now
))
carnage-runner
i remember when i learned that bosses were the hardest thing in the world. And sometimes even 6 of you wouldn't kill it. I remember not knowing why i couldn't carry a shield as a necro, and why atrib points were supposed to be used when you got them, not 5 days later. I really miss the fact that this game used to be genuinely hard. For all the THK'ers out there, i feel your pain. That was the most amazing mission of it's time, enemies had all the skills that killed you, and you couldn't do much to stop them. I remembered paying a monk to join my party. I remember that this game used to be challenging to beat, and that people who didn't know eachother would work together and stratagize for the 54th consecutive time because they were so close to winning. What happened to those days? oh yea, Factions and NF. Oh yea, and one more thing... I remember when your max damage gold with 15 stance short sword, was worth some money and people wanted to buy it. THANKS INSCRIPTIONS! YOUR MY FAVS!