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Genesis Paladin

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2007

Missouri

Christian Expeditionary Force

R/E

09 Nov 2007 at 20:10 - 1

You know, when coincidences align so that the situation develops a sort of drama that transcends mere gaming fun and becomes an epic. Here's mind:

I was in the Shiverpeaks for the first time today, working on a mission in the Iron Horse Mines vicinity, and I was supposed to kill some boss-thing (as usual). All I had with me was a pet and a few henchies, and things were going okay until I started hitting TAB and saw the boss character was just around the corner. He was a lvl14 and I was a weak lvl12, so I expected bad things. It only got worse when I rounded the bend and saw those HUGE Summit Rider things; this was the first time I'd ever fought anything that wasn't on foot, and my jaw dropped when I saw what I was up against.

After some extremely chaotic fighting we took down his cohorts, and then it took a few minutes to break through his Healing Signet cycle and take him down, inch by inch. What with the Ground Stomp, the roars from the animals, and the nukes everywhere from the Elementalist henchie, it was a pretty awesome fight.

After we killed him, everyone in the party was down at bare minimum health; the healer was dead for good and I had already used my rez sig; next thing I know about five of those Snow Effins come rushing at us - right out of the gloom like Lord of the Rings or something.

I was the only one alive at the end of it all. Even my pet, Lolcat, died.

Tahlia Tane

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

W/

09 Nov 2007 at 20:18 - 2

Just one, I think. I was duking it out with some Charr in the Charr homelands and the battle music was playing. The battle lasted for over a minute because we kept aggroing more foes so the battle music played even longer. But this particular battle music (Iron Footfalls) is soooo awesome that it gets really awesome-sounding at over a minute. It sounds so epic and hearing that music while battling it out in a loooong battle was just too awesome. It's pretty much proof that contextual music and sound that responds and adjusts to the player is extremely important.

You can't see me

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

P/W

09 Nov 2007 at 20:29 - 3

I was fighting my guild mate, Warrior To Warrior. We both had Shield Bash Equipped, and both used attack skills right after the other activated it, note we activated at nearly the same time.

=P

super strokey

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Soviet Canuckistan

N/

09 Nov 2007 at 20:54 - 4

Ive had times when i was playing with pug and we were fighting so where, all i remember is that it was super tight the whole time with everyone almost dying lots, after it was done i was amazed that we still existed tbh. fun stuff

Olim Chill

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

USA

DMI

N/

09 Nov 2007 at 20:54 - 5

I've gotten that 'movie' feeling often. Mostly in missions. The pressure of accomplishing them, as well as some of the unusual tasks involved, can create good drama.

Hott Bill

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

Shards of a Broken Crown

R/

09 Nov 2007 at 20:58 - 6

1. Factions after Zen Daijun, Togo says "I have contacted a old friend, Mhenlo of Ascalon" Sent shivers down my spine.

2. 12:01 Midnight of EOTN, You meet the young women and she says "My name is Gwen" I stated jumping up and down, called my friend and said "I told you she was alive"

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

09 Nov 2007 at 21:11 - 7

Porting to Temple of Balthazar and seeing a wammo /dancing behind a female ele.

Maybe I watch the wrong kind of movies.

Pirates Arrrg Matey

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

N/Mo

09 Nov 2007 at 21:13 - 8

When prince rurik died and made me go " yessss! and no!!!" at the same time. Then you find out you have to fight him in hells precipice, then I got that shivery feeling.

Kerwyn Nasilan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2007

WHERE DO YOU THINK

W/

09 Nov 2007 at 23:21 - 9

Arborstone during the collapse, Awsoneness

Wish Swiftdeath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2007

Mo/W

09 Nov 2007 at 23:37 - 10

when i was fighting galrath lol. Back when i was a noob, the rest of the party died because they aggro'ed verata, i ran through - killed the bandits with my leet HH paladin. Then fought a 20 minute battle against Galrath(on the top of a hill with the castle in the background)- eventually managing to kill him

. I remember feeling like a hero and everyone saying well done lol. Good times...good times...

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

09 Nov 2007 at 23:40 - 11

Intro to Eye of the North. Being chased by hundreds of Destroyers, dwarves dying, front, back and center, amazing music playing... Amazing intro.

Hells_Faithful

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2007

The Void

Hells_Followers [HF]

R/W

09 Nov 2007 at 23:59 - 12

It was back in the day when Prophecies was the only one out... I was playing on my original character Dram Storgrad a W/Mo...

I was up in the shiverpeask trying to finish the last mission in order to get the Ring Of Fire... I was lucky enough to get a full grp of ppl to try and take on Thunderhead Keep... We were an awesome team nothing stood in our way...

We got to the point were we have to hold the fort from Murasaat and Stone Summit waves... We made it all the way through it and were waiting for the boss to come at us... We waited, and waited, and waited but no boss... So we were using the best vantage points from inside the fort to search for the missing boss... Finally I was able to spot him and his pals, but there were just sitting out in the middle of nowhere...

So me being the leader of the grp told every1 to hold there positions and get ppl on the Balistas on the right side of the base... They were all like "???" ... So I told them that I was going to pull them to us...

So every1 got in position, and I ran out into the open field to get the boss to follow... And within a few seconds it worked, so I ran back within the bladt radius of the Balistas and Stood there while my team barraged them with the mighty siege attacks... But the problem was that they kept running back to there original spots, so I kept up the tactic and we slowly killed all him pals... So when he was by himself and I pulled my team was like come back to us, you will surely die if you stay there and take the dmg...

But me being a galant hero I said no and told them to keep up the siege attacks... Eventually I surrcomed to the dmg and died, but within a few secs so was he... So we won the battle, at the cost of my life...

And tragically thereafter I decided to delete Dram Storgrad, and make a female warrior instead... Thus I have always proclaimed that Dram Storgrad was killed in a valant effort to protect those in his grp on that fatal mission...

But ironically I decided that the female warrior that was going to take his place, was in fact Dram Storgard's younger sister Lyssa Storgrad... And thus she was to avenge her brothers death...

JMFD

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Looking...

E/

10 Nov 2007 at 00:46 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kerwyn Nasilan

Arborstone during the collapse, Awsoneness

Also! My bf actually turned round and asked me if I was okay, and I was all "I think they just killed Mhenlo!" (Then saw him get back up - yay)

Brianna

Insane & Inhumane

Join Date: Feb 2006

10 Nov 2007 at 00:51 - 14

The synapse of a moment where when the Nightmares remove my enchants in the Underworld, and an Aatxe is about to hit me - I get Protective Spirit back on just before he hits me.. I wonder how It's possible to react that fast sometimes, but I have done it many many times lol. Just felt movie/epic like and I wish I could slow-motion it.

Kryth

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

Ascalon

Venatori Solaris

10 Nov 2007 at 01:04 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darkobra

Intro to Eye of the North. Being chased by hundreds of Destroyers, dwarves dying, front, back and center, amazing music playing... Amazing intro.

That and,

way before Factions was released we were trying various builds to dominate HoH with (now HA) with guildies. And we were running this build that day which we had thought was ingenious then. (The build being winter spam with mantra of frost

) good ol' times...

/sigh

So anyway after winning the first round we had proceeded to the Burial Mounds map (when that map was still a 6 team deathmatch) and defeated the first enemy team, only to realize that we were up against 2 korean teams, which ganked a european team half a minute ago just like that. So we decided to fall back to our base at once (on TS) and try and defend ourselves against the gankers there. We all knew we had no chance 8vs19 but, /resign was going to be added more than a year later and we came too far to rush and die.

So they gathered up before the entrance (reminds me of the LotR 3) and we started skirmishing =) Then they came swarming through the gate, and we all activated our mantras. It was a battle I still remember vividly, they rushed to us like a tsunami to a fishing village only to be countered by the damage reducing wavebreaker of the irremovable (noone used WB then=) ) mantra... they were like fiery beasts trying to hunt in a snowstorm. (at least thats how I want to imagine it). We had stood our ground for a long time, until our last breath. They won that day, no Gandalf to save us with a bright army of more europeans =) but it was the first time I saw koreans say GG to us.

Was truly epic for me.

Toutatis

Walking Wiki

Join Date: Nov 2006

Isle of Medication

Visitors from Aranna [VFA]

Me/E

10 Nov 2007 at 01:12 - 16

There are so many epic moments in this game that it's hard to remember them all.

Being swarmed by Afflicted, coming from all sides in Vizunah Square, not knowing when reinforcements are going to arrive. Not knowing how much longer you can hang on when the monk suddenly announces that he's dangerously low on energy and you have a sneaking suspicion that a boss is going to come with the next wave. All that's really missing from that is a proper piece of backing music

Tahlia Tane

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

W/

10 Nov 2007 at 01:16 - 17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hott Bill

1. Factions after Zen Daijun, Togo says "I have contacted a old friend, Mhenlo of Ascalon" Sent shivers down my spine.

2. 12:01 Midnight of EOTN, You meet the young women and she says "My name is Gwen" I stated jumping up and down, called my friend and said "I told you she was alive"

Uuuhhhh... oh ... kay...

TaCktiX

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2006

The Order of Chaos Reborn [ToC]

10 Nov 2007 at 01:56 - 18

While working toward Tyrian GMC (when Arenas were inaccessible but still counted), I was working through the Charr camp in Great Northern Wall. I climbed the hill and suddenly found myself on the Edge of the World. The shadows cast just so that it looked epic.
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/1471/gw103hx6.jpg

After killing the last boss necessary for Elite Skill Hunter, I stood behind his dead and exploited corpse, then activated the cap sig and leveled up. Transcendant is the resulting shot:
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/8417/gw083qn1.jpg

My final movie-like moment was the first time I faced the Doppelganger. I was running a "Necro Tank" build that used some axe adrenaline skills, Blood Renewal, Demonic Flesh, and some Vamp spells to work (quite effective, honestly). I hadn't gotten the memo that bringing self-healing in any form isn't intelligent. I went in and beat the Doppelganger in exactly 50 seconds, first try, purely by running the build better than the AI could. "On top of the world" gets close to my feeling of euphoria after that.

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Shadow Longstem

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2007

10 Nov 2007 at 03:51 - 19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toutatis

There are so many epic moments in this game that it's hard to remember them all.

Being swarmed by Afflicted, coming from all sides in Vizunah Square, not knowing when reinforcements are going to arrive. Not knowing how much longer you can hang on when the monk suddenly announces that he's dangerously low on energy and you have a sneaking suspicion that a boss is going to come with the next wave. All that's really missing from that is a proper piece of backing music

my first time in vizunah square, boy was i unprepared for that, went in there solo with henchies and made it all the way to the last spawn point of mobs before the "boss"/cutscene area, unfortunately togo died before i could get there, but while it lasted itwas sheer madness, cutting down afflicted left and right.

Meat Axe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Brisbane, Australia

R/

10 Nov 2007 at 04:16 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toutatis

Being swarmed by Afflicted, coming from all sides in Vizunah Square, not knowing when reinforcements are going to arrive. Not knowing how much longer you can hang on when the monk suddenly announces that he's dangerously low on energy and you have a sneaking suspicion that a boss is going to come with the next wave. All that's really missing from that is a proper piece of backing music

Yeah, Vizunah Square is one of my movie like moment. I'd already got masters on the mission, but I went back in to explore a small corner I missed while trying to rush through.

This time, I got paired up with someone from local, an assassin. We went alright through the first fight. But when we reached the second area, halfway through the fight, he died. This, of course, meant that all his henchies started mourning him, and they refused to go on. So, I decided to try by myself, with Talhkora, Olias, and another hero I can't remember. It might have been Zenmai, since I decided I wanted a native hero to go through the story.

It was tough. It was long. We almost died. But we made it through. Having an MM and two barrage rangers probably helped a lot (Zenmai was running a Critical Barrage build). Anyway, we finally reached the last area, with the Shirokin, and we went straight for him. We managed to out damage the healing from the enemy monk, and killed him. Unfortunately, we missed masters reward by a couple of minutes. The other guy was happy enough, though, and even complimented me by saying that was the most amazing thing he'd ever seen.

Shinjinbukai

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

Palo Alto, California

Zealots of Shiverpeak[ZoS]

Mo/

10 Nov 2007 at 05:38 - 21

during cutscenes it seems like the most movie-like time, lol

??Ripskin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

Mo/

10 Nov 2007 at 05:56 - 22

I healed myself in TA for a full minute for my team to respawn. We went on to get 17 wins ^^

jhu

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2007

10 Nov 2007 at 06:21 - 23

the cinematic for the following:

1) when gwen showed up at the eye of the north
2) when jora wants to kill her brother

Thom Bangalter

Grindin'

Join Date: Dec 2005

MO

E/Mo

10 Nov 2007 at 06:34 - 24

The answer to any question like this can be answered with Undead Prince Rurik.

Steph Fire Adept

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

10 Nov 2007 at 06:45 - 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darkobra

Intro to Eye of the North. Being chased by hundreds of Destroyers, dwarves dying, front, back and center, amazing music playing... Amazing intro.

QFT, truly awesome with the music background.

Kotetsu Rain

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Utopia

D/

10 Nov 2007 at 15:35 - 26

Back in the beginning of Factions (when PVE Sin hate was at it's strongest) I got through all of Factions by having to start my own groups and when I was able to cap Barrage it went easier with the help of a Critcial Strikes Barrager build but then came the final mission. Through-out that experince I felt like an outcast that still came out top.

Then came the final mission where barrage had little to no use. I managed to find a group and at the very end Shiro bombed everyone with Meditation of the Reaper leacing me with 15 HP. I dived in for a final assault combo with Ride the Lightning with a finishiner of Jaged Strike. That was defenintly a movie moment.

chowmein69

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

10 Nov 2007 at 16:24 - 27

when i first met livia in a cutscene during a GWEn quest

xReLx

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2007

Mo/

10 Nov 2007 at 16:52 - 28

I do. Only in Proph and GW:EN though.

mazey vorstagg

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Nodnol

Meeting of Lost Minds

E/Mo

10 Nov 2007 at 17:04 - 29

I love the part when Pyre shoots the charr in the throat! That's brilliant. Pyre definitely has all the best lines and the best personality out of all the heroes!

Pyre FTW

creelie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Alberta

Charter Vanguard [CV]

Mo/

10 Nov 2007 at 20:34 - 30

The Searing. I didn't read spoilers or game guides back then, so it was with shock and horror that I saw the sunny green world of my character's youth turned into a blasted wasteland.

Lady Raenef

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Oregon, USA.

Zero Mercy [zm]

W/

10 Nov 2007 at 20:52 - 31

Killing Murakai with only five people. Felt like the matrix.

Warrior (me)
Assassin (friend)
Two eles, both running fire
Paragon, running spear/restoration

Konrow

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

NY, New York

Warlords of Earth [WAR]

10 Nov 2007 at 23:20 - 32

that quest in the Battledepths were all the stone summit rush the dwarves. That was one of my favorite moments of this game. I was totally owning and holding the area and then it died down for a little and i thought to myself "wow awesome 15 minutes of straight awesome battle survived" then bam a bunch more come in, the epic battle music starts playing and i'm fighting for another 5-10 mins until i finally destroy them. I just felt so great during that battle.

Snow Bunny

Alcoholic From Yale

Join Date: Jul 2007

Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]

11 Nov 2007 at 01:56 - 33

When I Evisexecagon-spiked someone in RA, then /ranked their corpse.

Government Flu

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2007

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Paradoxa Zoloft Asylum [PXZ]

W/R

11 Nov 2007 at 03:54 - 34

Probably the best part in any Guild Wars game was when Prince Rurik's face gets a close-up, and the clouded sun is just above him in the pale orange sky and he says it's time to free ourselves from the Charr. I know it's a cinematic rather than a real time experience, but I just can't think of anything that screams "Movie!"

Zamochit

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

N/A

11 Nov 2007 at 03:58 - 35

went up against the great destroyer in HM, entire team got wiped except me, the destroyer had about 2% health left. I was playing monk. Threw pain inverter on him as he used searing breath attack and he dropped before I did. Felt cool at the time

Mirikashitakuari

I haz no logikz

Join Date: Jun 2007

Indiana

BaBy

R/

11 Nov 2007 at 04:16 - 36

Me n alliance were doing..Great Northern Wall I believe and at the end when you have to rush to the gate and all that and if you stick around the hordes of charr come in..

Well..I was on my warrior and just for laughs, on vent I yelled "THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAA" and then we nuke'ed them and lol'ed

I thought it was funny.

Steboy93

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Feb 2007

Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] | Ex-Officer [TAM]

W/

11 Nov 2007 at 12:56 - 37

Busting into the mursat fortress through the front door in Ring of Fire hard mode, hordes of mursaat and jade pouring out, being nuked from all angles by ether seals, slowly but surely killing everyone of them, ahhhh good times

crazy diamond

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

11 Nov 2007 at 13:05 - 38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pirates Arrrg Matey

When prince rurik died and made me go " yessss! and no!!!" at the same time. Then you find out you have to fight him in hells precipice, then I got that shivery feeling.

If by "shivery feeling" you mean "ecstatic at the prospect of finally beating the crud out of Rurik" then I concur!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hott Bill

2. 12:01 Midnight of EOTN, You meet the young women and she says "My name is Gwen" I stated jumping up and down, called my friend and said "I told you she was alive"

I was moved to crying the manliest tears I ever cried in my life. No other game has woven an epic tapestry of tragedy and adventure such as this. I shall cherish the memories forever and pass down these tales to my children and grandchildren. The best part about these tales is that I was actually there!

Day Trooper

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Guild With No [NAM???]

E/Mo

11 Nov 2007 at 20:02 - 39

Mine occurred last night while doing Ices Caves of Sorrow HM with hero/hench...

We pretty much breezed through it (including freeing the dwarf for the bonus part later on). I was like 'hey this is too easy' and didn't figure we'd have any trouble.

Until...

We came to the part where you free Evennia & Saidra. We engaged 3 mursaat eles and were doing fine, but then a group of 4 white mantle (mesmers and eles) quickly joined in - followed by a 2nd group of 4 white mantle with more mesmers and eles.

I could see it coming - nooo! Minions...dying...too...fast.... due to AoE spam. Which means - AoE will now be focused on - my group!

We tried to run - but to no avail.

Boom!

Just like that the good times turned horribly bad. Whole party wiped but myself during the retreat

- and what's worse is: I had no rez skill equipped

I even recently had purchased one of those new EotN rez scrolls - but (you guessed it) had left it in storage.

Was this the end?? Was there no hope for our intrepid heroes??

Well I guess that's ballgame! Better luck next time. GG and /fail.

But wait!!

Isn't there a cutscene when you rescue Evennia? Yes! If I can trigger that, then the whole party will auto-rez and we can continue! All is NOT lost!

One slight problem though - getting through that same wave of white mantle eles and mesmers who so easily had dispatched my entire group.

This was my moment, my chance to shine and be the hero - the one who saves the day!

Luckily, I'd brought the perfect tank build to counter these infidels. Despite not having a self heal - I methodically slayed each and every white mantle and did indeed trigger that cutscene (it was funny to see my arisen comrades' health bars initially be at 0 health; very lucky there were no enemies to attack at that point

).

So, DT saves the world, he and Evennia sail off into the sunset, yada yada yada. Just like in the movies

{roll credits}

baz777

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

South East England

Leader: Lady Hairy Armpits S[mell]

E/

12 Nov 2007 at 13:32 - 40

Whilst in most PUG's

'Carry On GuildWars'