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genofreek

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

USA

Jenova's Apocolyptic Remains [JAR]

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18 Feb 2008 at 13:50 - 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Free Runner

The one conversation i hate in THK.

"Ummm guys....i've just realised my armors not infused"
"lol"
"Oh sh*t mine isnt ether!"
"Wuts infused???"

Thats when you can hear the Mursaat yelling lol at you.

Oh hell, I just realized my main character, that I've been playing the hell out of lately, isn't infused. XD And she's been wearing this armor for months! Oh well, I'm about to trade it out anyway...

On topic, I once joined a group for a mission then told them to wait a sec while I fixed my skills. I'd been running needed to change skills completely, didn't have the right template, so like an idiot I started methodically removing my skills. I get down to the last thing on the bar, my rez, and then -- I'm zoning? What the christ?!

Turns out our GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGObot leader didn't see what I said or didn't care.

Luckily it wasn't some endgame mission and it was mostly a mage group that needed a meatshield, so I just stayed up front and uselessly swung my scythe at everything. We made it.

Kattar

EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING

Join Date: Mar 2007

SMS (lolgw2placeholder)

Me/

18 Feb 2008 at 14:35 - 42

Did a CoF run this weekend, and the 600 died a few times. There were 4 monks, me (a Me/Mo with WoH and HB),another mesmer, a ranger, and an Ele. 600 dies and he tells us to Lerroy the next group of enchanted so we can rez. We all charge in, and I start healing, just for fun, to see how long we could last.

We end up beating the next two groups (enchanted and other popups) and rezzing the 600. I lol'd since no one planned it.

He gave us a nice discount since he saved him two more times. Heh.

Vanilla Guerilla

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2007

Helping Hand of Ascalon

Mo/

18 Feb 2008 at 15:53 - 43

I forgot to swap out my 55ing armor before going into an AB once. I didn't bring the 55 skills, just the armor. I think I died twice. Just stayed back and got lucky.

I also did one of the Mursaat missions after I bought new armor. I've messed up alot of things while monking, as my guildies can attest to.

The Meth

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

R/

18 Feb 2008 at 16:06 - 44

Just messing around in RA a week ago, I was running a WoH / Hybrid build, with the drawback that I forgot to switch my attributes back to healing from smiting. 11 Straight wins and the team complemented me on my monking, with only 8 prot and divine favor healing lol.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kyrein

survived a mursaat mob with 1 health..........on my survivor character(yes i was uninfused)

Now when people always rant on about the price difference between +29 and +30 health mods I can point to you. Half my characters still aren't infused, even in HM those mursaat go down like flies. It does always piss off any other human players in my team tho, good for laughs.

creelie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Alberta

Charter Vanguard [CV]

Mo/

18 Feb 2008 at 16:10 - 45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Winterclaw

@OP: Prot Spirit also protects against that mursaat skill.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RhanoctJocosa

herd [skill]Protective Spirit[/skill] wuz gud? mmk

Yeah, that would have worked great against the 24 degen.

***

I've also been in parties that beat Abaddon and (Factions) Shiro while I had nothing on my bar but a res sig. But that happens all the time.

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

18 Feb 2008 at 16:41 - 46

I was a warrior without Infusion, and survived fighting Mursaat.

The key was, another Warrior would grab aggro.

It was pretty wild, never had Spectral Agony cast on me. Not once.

So, yeah, you can survive Mursaat w/o Infusion!

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

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18 Feb 2008 at 17:25 - 47

Oh... I went once by a whole mission only with 3 skills out of 8 and wearing the wrong headgear (+4 earth instead +4 fire)

No one noticed, anyways, I'm pretty good with limited builds, XDDDD.

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

R/

18 Feb 2008 at 17:30 - 48

Heh, did the exact same whoops with my Necro. Shelved for roughly a year and then I decided to finish prophecies with him, but first I needed new armor, so to Kamadan I went. Get 1/2 way through Thunderhead and go oh &$*# this is going to hurt. Surprisingly, my straight h/h group didn't suffer a single casualty and I even managed to do the bonus

stretchs

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2007

Untimely Demise [Err了] - SOHK

18 Feb 2008 at 17:35 - 49

We went into a couple gvg's where our monk had just come from RA or TA where he had been running a Life Bond SoR bar, made for a bit of concern but thankfully he wasnt the LoD Infuser at the time and we somehow made it through

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

18 Feb 2008 at 18:17 - 50

I was in a similar situation as the OP. Back when I was in a guild, I was helping some of their other characters on THK.

I decided to go on my wammo, forgetting I recently got her new headgear, boots, and some other piece.

Point is, Spectral Agony was still unpleasant. Somehow though, I was able to Healing Signet pwn it. HOW?!

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

18 Feb 2008 at 20:58 - 51

Yes, on many occasions with all my armors on my monk and ranger. GG. Except, I died on almost all occasions.

Kusandaa

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

N/Mo

18 Feb 2008 at 22:19 - 52

Yeah... I own myself quite often in this way.

- Helping guildie with RoF on my ranger. Brand new Norn armor not infused. GFG.
- Helping another guildie with THK, asking him if he was infused. Of course, mine wasn't. At least I carry multiple sets.
- Clearing UW with ursans, I was terra tanking. Forgot to switch attributes. Asked the team to resign, switched, paid the entry fee. A couple days after the UW run, I thought I'd do FoW with my ele. Switched from terra tank to fire manually, forgot attributes... took me a couple mobs to realize. To myself: "Why oh WHY doesn't Glowing Gaze give me a decent amount of ener-..." Over vent (was running with guildies): "... I'm a noob. Resign guys..."
- Forgot pieces of Foundry smiter armor (back when I was running with 16/15) on my monk for a few FoW runs and other stuff. Never noticed until I was wondering why my sandals weren't matching the rest of my armor.
- Going in a mission/explorable with the wrong headpiece, especially on my necro. Or without henchies/heroes, then wondering why I can't kill crap.

neoflame

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

18 Feb 2008 at 22:34 - 53

Spirit Bond is better than Prot Spirit against Spectral Agony on the uninfused anyway.

Quote:

Originally Posted by creelie

Yeah, that would have worked great against the 24 degen.

Oh noes, 100 damage over 5 seconds?! How will I cope? Oh right, any direct heal in the game.

ShadowsRequiem

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Inde is Smoking [Hawt] *ToA*

W/E

18 Feb 2008 at 22:35 - 54

Quote:

Originally Posted by creelie

Yeah, that would have worked great against the 24 degen.

***

I've also been in parties that beat Abaddon and (Factions) Shiro while I had nothing on my bar but a res sig. But that happens all the time.

Degen is capped at 10 K THX BYE

isamu kurosawa

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

United Kingdom

Me/

18 Feb 2008 at 22:38 - 55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dreikki

Skill. For 5 seconds, target foe moves, attacks, and uses skills up to 80% slower; suffers -1...24 Health degeneration; and loses 3...81 Health each second.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wiki

This skill's "health loss" will in fact trigger Spirit Bond and can be reduced by Protective Spirit.

and degen is nothing to heal.

garethporlest18

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

[HiDe]

W/

18 Feb 2008 at 23:35 - 56

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkBahamut

Managed to kill the Disc of Chaos in 4, one ranger (me), one smiter monk (hero, was testing a build), a 'sin (guildie) and an MM (another hero). The other guildie with healer/prot monks crashed during the loading, we, well, actually ME and the golems, manged somehow to kill the Disc, took ~ 7 minutes of non stop Needling Shot spam & reactivate Golems. Lulz

I did the same kind of thing. Except all my party was dead, and we had two Golems up only and me healing. Well I healed the golems with what I had and we got through the entire Disc's health like that. I was surprised.

shru

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

19 Feb 2008 at 00:24 - 57

Quote:

Originally Posted by isamu kurosawa

and degen is nothing to heal.

The 100 unconditional dps does add up nicely though... There is a reason people infuse their armor, don't try to act like it doesn't effect you. It may not be an instant-kill with decent monks, but not everyone uses sb, and if so it is a hell of alot more than just the degen you're suggesting.

TheGuildWarsPenguin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Los Angeles, California

Picnic Pioneers

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19 Feb 2008 at 00:52 - 58

I was doing the Raisu Palace mission for the first time and my fire spells were hitting EXTREMELY low, so I was like "these shiroken must have +1000 vs fire or something". Then I realized that my attributes were totally wrong because I was farming something before the mission. I beat the mission with 10 dmg meteor showers and celestial storms. And no one noticed that my attributes were messed up.

Sir Seifus Halbred

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

19 Feb 2008 at 15:28 - 59

Quote:

Originally Posted by kratimas

Why would you care if their armor was infused in Factions?

Sorry I couldn't resist.

Krat

I think your thinking of Prophecies infusion. I am talking about Factions infusion, i don't remember what it is called.

Kattar

EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING

Join Date: Mar 2007

SMS (lolgw2placeholder)

Me/

19 Feb 2008 at 15:29 - 60

Cuz there's no such thing as Factions infusion perhaps???

Celestial Skills are the only thing I can think of that could even be anywhere close to what you mean...

fluffball

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2008

19 Feb 2008 at 17:32 - 61

I don't read the wikis until after I've done an area, so the first time I did the mission where you kill both Shiro and the Lich, I nonchalantly slaughtered the wraiths and Shiro with H/H. I figured this was like the rest of PvE, and a cakewalk for a Paragon, and it was. (I also had never done factions at the time, so I didn't realize Shiro was supposed to be hard.) I was screwing around watching TV at the time, and lost all but me and the General while running around activating shrines to get master's, then kill lthe Lich. I screwed around TOO much, and died. No biggie, I'll just pay attention next time and get master's easily.

I died many times in a row before I finally broke down and looked at the wiki. Apparently this mission was supposed to be hard. I screwed myself out of an easy masters.

So I didn't quite get away with it... I could have though.

Shakti

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Home...

Vier Reiter [Vier]

19 Feb 2008 at 18:38 - 62

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Seifus Halbred

I think your thinking of Prophecies infusion. I am talking about Factions infusion, i don't remember what it is called.

What Factions infusion? Did I miss a meeting or something? Ascention maybe, Factions did We No Su or whatever it was called, but infusion?

Ouchie

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

[Leet]

R/

19 Feb 2008 at 19:10 - 63

I was bored one day and infused my Wintersday Antlers and Yule Tide Cap.

Alex the Great

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

America.....got a problem with that?

[Lite]

W/

19 Feb 2008 at 20:43 - 64

was doing the boxing missions on EoTN, so i was a W/A with 13 strenght and 12 dagger mastery, and no skills (idk y). thena friend called and asked for help on Heart of the Shiverpeaks. i just stood there and tanked lol

Milennin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2006

Europe

W/

19 Feb 2008 at 21:08 - 65

After I bought a new armour set I also entered a mission with Mursaat before infusing it.=P It sucked, but survived.
Also forgot a few times to set my attribute points to sword after using an axe build (or vice versa) and I've had a few times I forgot to switch back from running, testing or PvP build to general PvE build before doing a mission with a PUG.xD

duck69a

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2007

MDM

E/Mo

19 Feb 2008 at 21:40 - 66

We were re-running the Ice Caves for a guildie (noone infused) and we had a couple of deaths to the 1st pack of mursaat, we were like, that's odd, we didn't have this much trouble last time, then we look at the party makeup and realize that our regular monk had changed to his elementalist character and no one had swapped heros to bring an extra monk along to replace him...

After a bit we realized that the hero monk we did have was not keeping us healed very well, we then realized the monk hero we did have with us was actually a protection monk, not a healer!!!

we actually somehow managed to complete the rest of the mission without anymore deaths

Sir Pandra Pierva

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

Sardelec yelling at Tenshi

Angels Of Strife

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19 Feb 2008 at 22:21 - 67

here is my fav from HAing with my old guild
we were running a EOE bomb for kicks a long time ago and a nec with death nova and he was our saccer.

I was the eoe ranger........cept i had no EoE, sad i know.
Some how we managed to beat 3 groups before resigning out.
I dont think they ever found out that forgot the skill....

I was messing around with a hamstorm build just to see what people say.....
went to go do THK and changed skills.....but not attribs and we managed to beat the mission and bonus and I didn't notice it but i looked my attribs after wondering near the end why i was dealin only 2-3 dmg on the mursatt. And wondered why i had 12 in fire magic.

CyberMesh0

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Charter Vanguard [CV]

N/Me

19 Feb 2008 at 22:53 - 68

Nahpui Quarter + 5 Assassins + 1 Ritualist + 2 Monk Henchmen = win. This was a week after Factions came out.

Sir Pandra Pierva

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

Sardelec yelling at Tenshi

Angels Of Strife

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19 Feb 2008 at 22:55 - 69

actually that works well for most areas in factions that group.

I can't remember how many times i went to an early town and saw nothin but Sins everwhere. 2 districs full of them. Then as soon as i got to the split part they died out fast and hard. Then i got to shiro and raisu palace and found that they owned with the celestial skill. But getting them was hard since there were so few there....sadly

creelie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Alberta

Charter Vanguard [CV]

Mo/

20 Feb 2008 at 00:22 - 70

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Pandra Pierva

I was messing around with a hamstorm build just to see what people say.....

Hamstorm? Please elaborate!

I like to imagine that I have entirely overlooked the existence of the Kitchen Magic line in the Elementalist profession. Hams raining from the sky, enemies' legs encased in noodles, projectile spells of rotten tomatoes. Elites like Grease Fire and Heart Attack. On death of a foe, you can buff your teammates with Vodka Watermelon.

On second thought, don't elaborate. There is no way your explanation could be more entertaining than what my imagination has provided.

Kyrein

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2008

Island of Undisclosed Location

20 Feb 2008 at 02:04 - 71

hamstring+firestorm=hamstorm

jaymat

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2005

Lack of Talent [Luck]

20 Feb 2008 at 03:46 - 72

we were doing viznah square in NM and asked if ne1 else in the guild needed it. we got a few ppl say they did and we found that we had 5 warriors and 1 monk. wanting to be a little evil and being the party leader i told every1 to bring frenzy heal sig and then added the sin and warrior hench.

so the party looked like this
5 frenzy warriors with heal sig
1 sin hench
1 war hench
1 monk not very happy
we had a hench team on the other side

surprisingly we breezed it, even with us all spamming frenzy and having no defensive skills. there was only 1 death and we got masters. we then went and did the same for tahnaki temple and got masters on that to.

Shakti

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Home...

Vier Reiter [Vier]

20 Feb 2008 at 04:59 - 73

Quote:

Originally Posted by creelie

Hamstorm? Please elaborate!

I like to imagine that I have entirely overlooked the existence of the Kitchen Magic line in the Elementalist profession. Hams raining from the sky, enemies' legs encased in noodles, projectile spells of rotten tomatoes. Elites like Grease Fire and Heart Attack. On death of a foe, you can buff your teammates with Vodka Watermelon.

On second thought, don't elaborate. There is no way your explanation could be more entertaining than what my imagination has provided.

Ah crap LOL ... can't breathe. Now I want an apron and chef hat for my ele...

baz777

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

South East England

Leader: Lady Hairy Armpits S[mell]

E/

20 Feb 2008 at 08:21 - 74

I really must get my 3 pairs of tinted glasses infused one of these days

fanatic 's faith

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

Guild Wars

Currently retired from [Cape]

E/

20 Feb 2008 at 13:07 - 75

Entered a r10/8 ursan PUG in doa (i was r5/4)
we didnt die, and i was doing good even!

S_Serpent

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

When not at Aziure's Wizard Tower you can find my in Belgium

Knigths of the Keyboard Order - KkO

20 Feb 2008 at 14:40 - 76

Quote:

Originally Posted by creelie

About a year ago, my monk was turning a year old and I was mighty tired of looking at her dragon tattoos, bitchin' though they were. So I perused a lot of galleries, spent some quality time in Skyward Reach, and proudly dressed her in brand new duds from Vabbi.

So I was strutting around in this new suit, and one of my friends comes online. Turns out he's doing Thunderhead Keep for the first time, and yes he certainly would like to have my help! So I go there, and I'm looking good and feeling fine, just barely keeping the snottiness under control as I ask my friend's PUG if they're all infused. They say they are, and away we go.

Infusion . . . the concept runs through my mind again as the Mursaat close in on us. I asked the team if they were infused and they said yes, so why am I still thinking about it?

Oh crap.

I'm not infused.

I, the fancy-pants monk, benevolently helping out the hapless noobs, did not have my shiny overpriced clothing infused.

Then the Mursaat arrived . . . and I survived, somehow. I stayed WAY back from the mobs, and none of them got past the front lines, so I didn't melt into a squealing puddle. But I deserved to.

***

So, have you had any moments like that? Occasions where you did something truly dumb, and yet escaped the consequences? Post the stories here!

Seems your not the only had it recently on my monk too, bought her kurzick and helped out a guild for guess what = thunderhead keep

and not infused and still survived (rofl)

Sha Noran

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

http://tinyurl.com/2jlusq

Idiot Savants [iQ]

R/

20 Feb 2008 at 15:34 - 77

I won HA leading my team with a Gale/Axe Warrior with 4 points in Air and 16 points in Hammer. Hurrrr

genofreek

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

USA

Jenova's Apocolyptic Remains [JAR]

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01 Mar 2008 at 05:12 - 78

Oh man, there's just no reason I should have Hard Mode done for Destruction's Depths right now. I decided to H/H it since everyone's busy farming rep this weekend and no one likes DD, especially not in HM. I did okay and got to the central transfer chamber in decent time. I managed to kill the mobs on the mid-level, pull the disc, and kill it without aggroing anything else.

But then my *ranged* golems went frenzy wammo on me and ran down the steps to a Destroyer of Lives I wasn't calling or targetting. All three died almost instantly and brought all three remaining mobs on my ass. Long story short, I wiped twice. I had some rainbow candy canes, and those plus the boost I got from killing the disc left the party around -5%.

Third time I went to that little balcony in the middle. My party was mostly ranged fighters, so I was hoping that maybe the destroyers would just get mad and wand at me.

Nope.

I saw them coming up around in a line and ran in a panic to meet them. I guess they were focused on getting at my mages because they didn't try to get past my bodyblock. A Sinew got around me and killed everyone in the party except me and the monks, then ran back around me and joined the bodyblock party.

One monk kept me alive, barely, as I desperately hacked at somewhere around 10 or 12 severely pissed off destroyers of bones, sinew, flesh, and thoughts. The other, I realized a bit later, was dutifully rezzing the party.

I made my way slowly down the line, killing everything I'd been holding back. The only things left of the three groups at the bottom of the CTC were those immobile Lives. I got my golems back up, picked off the last three monsters, and stumbled away to reap my rewards.

Seriously. I shouldn't have gotten away with that. I'm a mediocre player at best, the Sinew could have caused a wipe, I didn't have enough consumables, etc.

upier

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Done.

[JUNK]

01 Mar 2008 at 07:37 - 79

Quote:

Originally Posted by creelie

So, have you had any moments like that? Occasions where you did something truly dumb, and yet escaped the consequences?

It's the only way to play, baby - the ONLY way to play!

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

01 Mar 2008 at 16:32 - 80

Yes, i have escaped the consequences of doing something, :P(not going to say it outloud

)
Wasn't a battle situation either :O and not scamming either, and not buying gold >.>