The Day That Changed Guild Wars Forever

StormDragonZ

StormDragonZ

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

New York

W/R

April 19th, 2008 is coming, but look back as to why I consider 4/19/2007 to be the day that changed GW.

The Dawn of Hard Mode

In about a month and a few days, it'll be the one year anniversary of when Hard Mode was introduced.

Should this day be important enough to be considered weekend event or be in a sense of "game holiday" status?

kerpall

kerpall

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

I live in an Igloo in southern BC, neer US border.

The Pig Pen [PIGZ] & We Aint All [NロロB]

Mo/D

Maybe they'll introduce "Very Hard Mode" ? lol. Every monster has "Boss status"...

Cale Roughstar

Cale Roughstar

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

Canada

Guy In Real Life [GIRL]

W/E

I would argue that the day Factions was introduced was the day the GW changed forever, but that is just me.

Dr Strangelove

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

/signed for ludicrous mode

Danax

Danax

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2007

Ontario

R/Mo

They'll put in a double vanquisher weekend...or double HM rewards...whoopie.

And, I dont want a harder mode. I just finished the first hard mode.

GloryFox

GloryFox

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Good ol' USA, where everyone else wants to be

Now Plays World of Warcraft on Whisperwind

I'm for Hell mode..

Hell mode is Hard Mode but if your character dies it's deleted forever.

dunky_g

dunky_g

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

[SNOW]

gogogogogo uber hard mode!

Voltaic Annihilator

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2008

E/Me

/signed for the double vanquisher! and for the boss status monsters AKA all monsters lv 50 and we get to have groups of 20

Aera

Aera

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Galactic President Superstar Mc [awsm]

E/

No.

We didn't have an anniversary for Factions, Nightfall, Sorrow's Furnace, greenies, Hero Battles, etc.

Why would this be any different?

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

I think the moment ANet came up with Factions and a multi-campaign idea is when GW was forever broken. Everything was at its best back in the Prophecies days: whilst Factions and NF provided some positive new changes to GW, it mostly just broke the game.

ANet should have remained with Tyria and added expansions/big patches like Sorrow's Furnace.

It'll probably be some drop rate increase in HM - let's break the economy even more! WOO!

Antheus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

Quote:
multi-campaign idea is when GW was forever broken
So, 5 years before launch?

Multiple campaigns were the core concept around which GW was designed, and in part why it was designed in the first place.

Solas

Solas

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Ireland

Currently LF Active HA Guild, Glad 2, Comm.3, R2

E/

Chuck Norris Mode.

Meh either way i dont really mind if theres an event or not, maybe double gold drop chance from enemies/chests ?

Adam of Tyria

Adam of Tyria

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/

Whats on April 19th?

Brianna

Brianna

Insane & Inhumane

Join Date: Feb 2006

Feels like it was yesterday.

I don't know about a weekend event or whatever for it though.

Most of an event I could see out of it is a community one, where people have gather-ups to go vanquish and stuff, doesn't sound fun though.

thedeadwalk!

thedeadwalk!

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Atlantis

The Ocean [quay]

/signed for the better drops HM was supposed to have.

Fatal Fury

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/

/signed for -player's name- MUST DIE mode

for those who know what im talking about

upier

upier

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Done.

[JUNK]

Sweet baby Jesus!
We should celebrate it!
That was the day that they completely shattered our hopes that they actually have a clue about PvE design.

Phaern Majes

Phaern Majes

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2005

Anywhere but up

The Panserbjorne [ROAR]

R/Mo

I think they should make a weekend where all players and their heroes have 1/3 health, but henchies get 3 times as much.

Count to Potato

Count to Potato

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Imagination Land

I Swear She Was Eighteen [Gwen]

W/

I thought 4/19 was the day that changed gw forever because the day after, [Gwen] was formed and it was 420!!!! omg, HM and 420 on same weekend, so in retrospect its the weekend that changed gw forever

Edge Martinez

Edge Martinez

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

NC

DKL

I think Factions changed GW. Speaking of which, I think we should build a fence along the Kryta shoreline. These Canthans are coming over and stealing all our loot and abusing the monk system.

JONO51

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

P/

I say x4 Hard Mode rewards. Should get more people interested in it :P

Stormlord Alex

Stormlord Alex

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Beyond the Forest of Doom, past the Cavern of Agony... on Kitten & Puppy Island

Soul of Melandru [sOm]

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by kerpall
Maybe they'll introduce "Very Hard Mode" ? lol. Every monster has "Boss status"...
My Paragon still laughs at that.

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

I hope they do something to make the birth of HM

Zydonis

Zydonis

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2007

USA

Loners United [CULT]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Eldin
I think the moment ANet came up with Factions and a multi-campaign idea is when GW was forever broken. Everything was at its best back in the Prophecies days: whilst Factions and NF provided some positive new changes to GW, it mostly just broke the game.

ANet should have remained with Tyria and added expansions/big patches like Sorrow's Furnace.
I agree.. The game was much better back in the day. Only good thing I can think of that came with the other campaigns was heroes.

Ork Pride

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

They might remove loot-scaling!

Sergeant of Marines

Sergeant of Marines

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

Japan

[트두므s], Guild Leader

Mo/

^^ NOT!


Good laugh though

maraxusofk

maraxusofk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

San Francisco, UC Berkeley

International District [id多], In Soviet Russia Altar Caps You [CCCP], LOL at [eF]

W/

nf changed more i gotta say. it was the first time i thought pve was hard (could be i jsut sucked harder then). later, i realzied nf had some ultra imba skills and it became easy. inscribes did more to affect the economy too.

Swift Thief

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2007

Aatxe Pirates [YaRR]

A/

Even more loot scaling?

Sujoy

Sujoy

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

In Livia's Cleavage (.)ME(.)

The Early Monk Heals The Worm [EMHW]

Mo/

its my bday! nothing cool happens on the 19th, cept for this!

bhavv

bhavv

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by upier
That was the day that they completely shattered our hopes that they actually have a clue about PvE design.
So i'm not the only one that believes this?

I agree 100% that HM changed GW since it ruined it so much, and also so did that PVE only elite skill that we're not allowed to QQ about anymore because Anet thinks its good for the game.

Aren't the same people making GW2?

Danax

Danax

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2007

Ontario

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by bhavv
So i'm not the only one that believes this?

I agree 100% that HM changed GW since it ruined it so much, and also so did that PVE only elite skill that we're not allowed to QQ about anymore because Anet thinks its good for the game.

Aren't the same people making GW2?
Well yeah, they are. However, hopefully they might correct some mistakes they made. They started GW2 because they realized that their campaign scheme was full of fail. Hopefully they'll not make any sort of Hard mode.

Nevin

Nevin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

Screenshots of GW2 and the launching of the GW2 site maybe? on... 4/19

And woo 4/20!!!!

Zinger314

Zinger314

Debbie Downer

Join Date: May 2006

N/Me

Hard Mode changing the game? Pfft.

Heroes in Nightfall changed the game.

Zahr Dalsk

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Canada

Legendary Mode.

Where everything deals x50 damage, has x50 health, and Protective Spirit/Shelter are disabled.

Mission icons bear the skull of an Elite.

Fay Vert

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

R/

Ah, the day GW was wrecked. The day of the great loot nerf lie. The day fun in GW died and the grind became king.

I hope the designers at ANet hang their head in shame at how they ruined such a glorious game and turned it into the POS we have now.

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

I hope GW2 is like Prophecies, and they don't break it. Because breaking a game twice is no fun.

I hate Factions, half the players don't own Prophecies (DAMN THEM!) or are stupid 9 year old Naruto wannabes.

bart

bart

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

I think the day that changed GW is the day they introduced Heroes. For better or for worse it changed GW into a single player game (for me).

genofreek

genofreek

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

USA

Jenova's Apocolyptic Remains [JAR]

D/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Strangelove
/signed for ludicrous mode
Conditional /sign, Guild Wars had better go plaid or no deal.

Mr. Undisclosed

Mr. Undisclosed

I phail

Join Date: Mar 2007

Phailville

D/

QQ less plz. Seriously you you complain or the stupidest things yet you still play...

creelie

creelie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Alberta

Charter Vanguard [CV]

Mo/

Screw you haters, I love hard mode. It makes the game feel new again. When I go into something in HM, I know it's going to be a challenge (yes, even with an SY paragon or a sabway trio). HM brought back that newbie thrill of triumphing over adversity that hooked me so hard on this game to begin with.