When you lose survivor... - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

05 Jan 2008 at 06:08 - 1

What do you do?
After ages and ages of grinding experience, using scrolls, spending money...
Until you end up dying of lag/taskbar popups/malfunctioning hardware...

I just lost mine on a 10-monther, because of Windows Security Alerts...and i wasn't very happy

(Anger management problems grrr...)

Your turn

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

05 Jan 2008 at 06:10 - 2

Lol you got those tonight too, eh? I'll second the lameness.

I don't go or get hyped up for survivor just because of that: How it can be lost so easily due to something externally.

knives

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

USA

Grenths Rejects [GR]

Me/

05 Jan 2008 at 06:15 - 3

Delete -> Give up on GW for awhile -> come back when I have nothing else to do and start over.

I pwnd U

God of Spammers

Join Date: Oct 2005

in the middle of a burning cornfield...

Scars Meadows [SMS] (Officer)

05 Jan 2008 at 06:22 - 4

Scrap everything and restart/remake the character and try again. I usually don't get very fair before I give up and decide just to keep the character as far as I feel like.

genofreek

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

USA

Jenova's Apocolyptic Remains [JAR]

D/

05 Jan 2008 at 06:41 - 5

Keep playing; I was level 3 or so and not going for the title anyway. XD

chowmein69

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

05 Jan 2008 at 06:42 - 6

remake it a few days later.

ThunderStruck

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

The Arctic Marauders [TAM]

05 Jan 2008 at 06:51 - 7

Depends: if it is MY stupid mistake, I accept it and move on.

if it is lag, or my most recent one (AOL minimized GW window) then I basically neglect the character and take a break from GW.

Brewmaster

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Just a ramblin' man, no place to call home...

W/

05 Jan 2008 at 06:52 - 8

I messed up mine several times, but I jsut restarted immediately afterward. Only took me a little under 22 hours to get it, and thats with some afk and neccessary breaks. But it does make me incredibly pissed when they die at high xp amounts.

moko

??uo??o??

Join Date: May 2006

05 Jan 2008 at 06:59 - 9

I am happy of the fact that I don't have the burdon of keeping a dumb character alive.

Survivor equals ftl.

VanDamselx

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Buffalo, NY

[TTBH]

05 Jan 2008 at 07:05 - 10

I usually laugh, because I do something so damn retarded it's the only thing I can do. I eventually retry, and die again. Some day I will accomplish it just through normal game play like I want to.

Zeek Aran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Earth, sadly

BORK

A/

05 Jan 2008 at 07:06 - 11

When you lose your survivor, I laugh in jealousy because GW implemented a title that my title-wh0aring character will never get.

??? L??wLi????????? ???

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

Dela-where?

Demonic Rage [dr]

E/

05 Jan 2008 at 07:07 - 12

kick my computer and burn gw boxes.

jk i just delete char..

Yichi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Guild Hall, Vent, Guesting, PvE, or the occasional HA match...

Dark Alley [dR]

05 Jan 2008 at 07:48 - 13

I cry myself to sleep. I don't eat for 4 weeks. I go into a coma and do nothing but sleep for 4 days in a row. I delete EVERYTHING off my computer and sell it. I tell my family to get lost. I write the suicide note. I tie the rope.

Oh you wanted a serious answer. TBH I've never even had a survivor char.

theblackmage

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

05 Jan 2008 at 07:51 - 14

I scream at my computer, the game, myself, or any combination thereof, depending on why it happened, such as not paying attention to my energy while KO'd in the dwarven boxing

upier

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Done.

[JUNK]

05 Jan 2008 at 07:59 - 15

I don't remember when was the last time that I lost a survivor.
I am just too good.

/French

arcanemacabre

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

05 Jan 2008 at 08:01 - 16

I get mildly upset for the following 5 minutes, then shrug it off because it's just a title.

Then again, that was a 10-month-old character, you said. That might make me a bit angrier for another 5 minutes, I think.

Isison

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

P/Mo

05 Jan 2008 at 08:16 - 17

when I lost my survivor, i lost my monitor...

Joshthor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2007

Eternal Knights Alliance [RotK]

Me/

05 Jan 2008 at 08:20 - 18

i lost survivor once

stuntharley

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Australia

Critical Chop [cC]

W/

05 Jan 2008 at 08:28 - 19

I went for it on my derv, he was lvl 10... i bought him a tormented scythe and customized it.

Died 10minutes later =)

I just continued

mr_groovy

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Netherlands

No Inherent Effect [NiE]

05 Jan 2008 at 08:37 - 20

Depends on what lvl you die. After getting max rank, who cares

Shuuda

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Guildless

Me/

05 Jan 2008 at 08:44 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mokone

I am happy of the fact that I don't have the burdon of keeping a dumb character alive.

Survivor equals ftl.

Quoted for truth.

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

05 Jan 2008 at 08:56 - 22

depends... on my first try I got to 110k, and died from the rit boss (spirit rift-canthan noob island), back before it was fixed....I still have her and was a bit miffed for a bit. On my second one, my hubby got me killed off by over aggroing

I didnt play with him for a few days, took the character to another area and left her there for a few months (she was level 19 and only needed a few thousand more). Third try made it to level 13 and died at the battle of tsumei village

. 4th try---made it to level 1

5th and 6th tries made it to level 1 and are still working on level 2 (I dont use scrolls etc...just kill things....)...one of them I dont really care about since she made it to the first level, the other I would be severely pissed if she dies since I am killing the wurms outside of boreal for her points (will take her quite some time to get to level 3 that way

).

I was happy I finally got a character to level 1, now I am working on getting on to level 2 and 3.

Meat Axe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Brisbane, Australia

R/

05 Jan 2008 at 09:14 - 23

Well, usually when I lose one, I'll just sit there for a couple of seconds, maybe utter a four letter word once or twice, and then move everything off, and start the character again. If the character is more than a couple of months old, I'll let them sit there until 1 year, and get the birthday present and then reroll it.

I lost survivor on my dervish a couple of days ago. My client froze while doing dwarven boxing on hard mode. I had just clicked on something to attack it when it happened. I would have been fine if it had have happened one second before.

Longasc

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

05 Jan 2008 at 09:49 - 24

I just kept the char and tried survivor on another class.

I made three survivor attempts:

Ritualist: Died level 6-8 on Shing Jea to Kai Ying and friends. A friend was the monk. Lesson learned: Play only with Heroes and Henchies. Was not too angry. Kept her because of her big bosom. RANK: ZERO

Mesmer: Made Survivor rank 1. Then I did the 15 attrib point quest in Zen Daijun and forgot to take a rez with me. Was the last man standing after a mistake. I was too lazy to do that again and embraced death. I thought legendary survivor to be MADNESS in that days. RANK: Survivor

Paragon: Started, played to undomitable. 3 months break. I made a male paragon, he is sooo gay, and somehow spear chucking does not give me the slightest hint of an adrenaline rush like a warrior trashing mobs with an axe does!!! Then they added the Sunspear skills, which made it easier to complete the title track. RANK:LEGENDARY Survivor

The lesson I learnt after I became legendary survivor: It was totally not worth it. Everything after rank 1 was just GRIND.
I wonder what I have would done if I died at 99% of Legendary Survivor.

anonymous

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

05 Jan 2008 at 09:51 - 25

The only time I have lost survivor is right after I get lvl 3, and I lost it on purpose to keep 1337 xp, so I guess I don't really do anything when I lose survivor.

Dronte

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Sep 2006

05 Jan 2008 at 10:03 - 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Isison

when I lost my survivor, i lost my monitor...

I LOL'd ^^
I tried legendary survivor 3 times with my rit, died once at 180k xp, sin boss spawned and owned me at kaineng. Deleted, recreated, died at 300k lol (arborstone ftl). Deleted, remade, farmed a lot till 650k xp, then I got bored went to do missions, forgot to change my 600hp armor (15 armor each piece) and met with a star burst ele boss @ tahnnakai temple... 700 dmg ftw, instant-death. I felt a bit silly coz I died coz of my stupid mistake.
With my ranger I died when I tried to farm with my own build in HM xD (right after survivor lvl 1).

Zahr Dalsk

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Canada

05 Jan 2008 at 10:51 - 27

Whenever I lose out on a major grinding achievement like that, I stop.

Close Guild Wars.

Look over the software and hardware on my computer. Add the combined values. Convert to GW gold (at the current gold selling rate of 1 million gold to $89 american). Learn once more that it is worth more than any GW grinding addict with their crystallines and their FoW and what-have-you will ever attain. The anger leaves and I sit back in satisfaction, knowing that I have achieved more in real life than they ever will, and that it's just a game. I never again bother with Survivor. I then go have something to eat.

Pleikki

WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!

Join Date: Nov 2006

???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]

05 Jan 2008 at 11:05 - 28

IF i love survivor i Just play that char like any other char.. it pissed when sometimes i lose it but yeah Its just title.. And bah who uses scrolls ^^

BlueNovember

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

WTS GW2 items for Zkey

Mo/

05 Jan 2008 at 11:19 - 29

Heh. My sin died on 1,336,268 or something. Died whilst trying to get it on exactly 1,337,500. xD. I laughed and started over. Was only like 40 runs of punchout tournaments, ~15 hours old char.
I pitty those who die after spending hundreds of k on cap sigs and capping skills :s.

/laugh

fowlero

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

England, UK

We Are The One And Only [rR]

05 Jan 2008 at 11:42 - 30

I got my first legendary doing punchout, felt kinda lame to did a rit normally.

Was all good, half way to indomitable, no lag in sight at all.

Went to ascend in prophecies, running the last crystal back to the ghostly and suddnely a huge lag spike. Char stuck for ~15 seconds, during which time i somehow managed to flag all my hench away...

And a guildie had offered to come monk for me

I'll maybe delete it when i get insanely bored and fancy something to do, in the meantime find out if i like rits in pve or not.

Stormcaller

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

Adelaide, Australia

05 Jan 2008 at 12:03 - 31

I hastily delete the character so it is forgotten

I keep trying though as I can get to about level 16 - 18 but this time I am trying again I will take it just a little easy when I reach close to and around those levels.

GrimEye

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

Rt/

05 Jan 2008 at 14:58 - 32

Mokone and Shuuda:

Feel good? Hooray for you both. Enjoy your FTW.

ON TOPIC:

I have only one survivor, my rit. Have died 3 times before being successful at my fourth. Worst was when my second attempt I died with needing only some +200K. When third attempt failed I almost give up. But my sheer desire to get the title for the character I like most, I made fourth and have to do it for a month.

Im trying to get my Paragon an LS3 title now that there are easier way to get the title. But my heart is not really on it, so he's stuck in LS1.

Good Luck all to your quest. But the experience on my Rit will last me long enough until GW2.

Theo Godscythe

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2007

D/

05 Jan 2008 at 15:24 - 33

Currently only My Dervish [Theo Godscythe] has R3 Survivor so am putting all my time into him...the toughest part was capping elites from Elementalist Bosses (God I hate spikes)...but I hear that now u can get the title in just 1 or 2 days doing Irontoe Farming.

Anyway you die, you restart, you get over it...

...if you really want something you'll go the extra mile to get it...

P.S. BE VERY CAREFUL a Dervish with Earth Prayers and Avatar of Balthazar can get killed very quickly, imagine how fast casters can die.

Steboy93

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Feb 2007

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

W/

05 Jan 2008 at 15:37 - 34

Yell a bit and kick my desk, then just carry on playing character as normal.

Sorry to hear about you losing your survivor tyla mate

Olim Chill

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

USA

DMI

N/

05 Jan 2008 at 16:00 - 35

No doubt it can really sting, especially if you're working at it through the course of a campaign(s). You just have to suck it up and reroll.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueNovember

Was only like 40 runs of punchout tournaments, ~15 hours old char.

I don't know how anyone could find real satisfaction in reaching LS that way.

Squishy ftw

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

Your backline

W/

05 Jan 2008 at 16:11 - 36

When a survivor of mine dies I just go all Zhed in a big mob to get rid of that dumb /deahts = 1.

Then I lol, and move on.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

05 Jan 2008 at 17:10 - 37

a long time ago i had a very fun to play character which was just plain lucky and was not killed.

the higher the level i got i found it was less and less fun to play as i was getting more and more careful with it.

ran it into the next mob at level 18 without armor .

and suddenly she was fun to play again and gets a 2nd bday present in less than a month (23+ months)

since then any new character gets that 1st death first thing so i dont have to worry about it.

i play for fun not to impress anybody

Legendary Shiz

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

05 Jan 2008 at 17:14 - 38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joshthor

i lost survivor once

RLY GUD POST. TOTALLY ANSWERS QUESTION.

TaCktiX

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2006

The Order of Chaos Reborn [ToC]

05 Jan 2008 at 17:18 - 39

I tried 5 times with my Rit for Survivor, finally got it (nearly every quest on Shing Jea with Henchies, yay). Then she got chumped by double-aggro Jade Brotherhood in Xaquang.

Every time I lose a Survivor, my heart skips a beat while I contemplate all the work lost. Granted I played my Rit through to the completion of Factions (now Protector of Cantha and all 15 Factions Rit elites).

Then there was my Ele. Level 12, doing great at Nolani Academy. Call me a needless romantic, but I like doing the early missions with PUGs. Big mistake on the bonus. The monk didn't know just how bad the Spirits of the Fallen mob up, and suicided the entire team quite successfully. I was flaming angry at this monk, cussed him out, then deleted and rerolled. Feels really boring doing the same starter area quests the second time in a month with essentially the same character.

Lord Feathers

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

ROAR - Rangers of Ascalon Return

R/P

05 Jan 2008 at 17:21 - 40

Actually for this title I play through the game doing it. Doing runs in safe areas for experience pts only cheapens the title and if you die just start over. Myself I did it with the paragon and it's a great class to try it with. Good armor rating and your not a primary target. You'll have to build up your heroes as you go but it makes the title more worth while and fun then farming. If you farmed experience for it in my opinion you didn't earn it.