I personally laugh my ass off, over people in Obsidian armours...and items of the same ilk.
Of my many characters, one of the them that stands out the most as actually having "character", is one of my warriors in pre-searing style armour.
It's one thing to have "money" in guild wars. It's also a rare thing to look like you "don't". I don't pretend that I don't buy the vanity items, I just think it's silly to feel like you need to flaunt them.
What really makes you go "woah"?
Firebaall
Amadei
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It's one thing to have "money" in guild wars. It's also a rare thing to look like you "don't". I don't pretend that I don't buy the vanity items, I just think it's silly to feel like you need to flaunt them.
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Topic: nothing really makes me go whoa anymore. I'm jaded
Firebaall
Amadei...
Are you telling me that you are missing the subtle "lookatme"....."please?" that's all around us? Getting that item or armour used to be an indication of achievement, but not so much anymore. It's drowned in a sea of "been there....done that".
That certainly dosen't dissuade people from standing around in their black dyed obsidian armours, feeling important. lol
On a side note:
The truly funny thing is, that no material "wealth" in Guild Wars means anything, anymore. You have the "new" class system that's brought down this game to the gutters. You have:
-the extremely wealthy (that either cheated/exploited their wealth, or got very lucky with a true semi-unique mini-pet/item drop)
-the "upper middle" class (worked their butts off, but have nothing to show for it above and beyond what can be honestly aquired by anyone with time and conviction...maybe a few stacks of ecto in the pantry).
-the "middle class" (those that can afford a few sets of elite armours/weapons, providing a little grinding action)
-the "lower class" (scraping by on items found and gathered through casual play, and not grinding. Still matching all those listed above in function, if not form)
What's the point? After you've done all the chapters (countless times on numerous characters), what's left?
Where's the "Whoa"? It's not in guild wars anymore. There's nothing epic or special in any achievement, or discovery....yeah, I guess I'm jaded too.
I guess thats what this thread is really about, isn't it? When's the last time you got excited about a drop, or a discovery? What motivates you now? It seems everything in this game is watered down, and communized.
I think we should start a new thread: "What was the last thing that really made you go whoa". I apologize fixating on the material thread of this whole "whoa" thing, but for me, it's what hurt GW the most in my eyes.
Are you telling me that you are missing the subtle "lookatme"....."please?" that's all around us? Getting that item or armour used to be an indication of achievement, but not so much anymore. It's drowned in a sea of "been there....done that".
That certainly dosen't dissuade people from standing around in their black dyed obsidian armours, feeling important. lol
On a side note:
The truly funny thing is, that no material "wealth" in Guild Wars means anything, anymore. You have the "new" class system that's brought down this game to the gutters. You have:
-the extremely wealthy (that either cheated/exploited their wealth, or got very lucky with a true semi-unique mini-pet/item drop)
-the "upper middle" class (worked their butts off, but have nothing to show for it above and beyond what can be honestly aquired by anyone with time and conviction...maybe a few stacks of ecto in the pantry).
-the "middle class" (those that can afford a few sets of elite armours/weapons, providing a little grinding action)
-the "lower class" (scraping by on items found and gathered through casual play, and not grinding. Still matching all those listed above in function, if not form)
What's the point? After you've done all the chapters (countless times on numerous characters), what's left?
Where's the "Whoa"? It's not in guild wars anymore. There's nothing epic or special in any achievement, or discovery....yeah, I guess I'm jaded too.
I guess thats what this thread is really about, isn't it? When's the last time you got excited about a drop, or a discovery? What motivates you now? It seems everything in this game is watered down, and communized.
I think we should start a new thread: "What was the last thing that really made you go whoa". I apologize fixating on the material thread of this whole "whoa" thing, but for me, it's what hurt GW the most in my eyes.
kobey
Once I got myself a droks run (long long time ago). The W/Mo was wearing 1.5k droks armor. I was thinking if he was a good runner, he probably should have ran enuf to afford better armors. Thus I had my doubts about his capbabilites.
When he started his run, I was "woah-ing" all the way. 1 of the best runner I had seen back at that time. This taught me not to judge by armor
When he started his run, I was "woah-ing" all the way. 1 of the best runner I had seen back at that time. This taught me not to judge by armor
Ctb
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Slightly off topic since nothing really makes people "woah" anymore, but why are people that have to go afk deemed as "idiots" when it was somethin possibily more important than a video game?
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Duh.
Bryant Again
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Amadei...
Are you telling me that you are missing the subtle "lookatme"....."please?" that's all around us? Getting that item or armour used to be an indication of achievement, but not so much anymore. It's drowned in a sea of "been there....done that". |
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That certainly dosen't dissuade people from standing around in their black dyed obsidian armours, feeling important. lol
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*snip*...I apologize fixating on the material thread of this whole "whoa" thing, but for me, it's what hurt GW the most in my eyes.
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Darkobra
First time I saw an elemental sword.
On the topic of armour, I get nice armour that I like for me. If others like it or hate it, fine. But I bought it with my money to make me look good in my eyes. The one piece of armour I'm truly proud of is my male elementalist's Ancient robes dyed black.
On the topic of armour, I get nice armour that I like for me. If others like it or hate it, fine. But I bought it with my money to make me look good in my eyes. The one piece of armour I'm truly proud of is my male elementalist's Ancient robes dyed black.
upier
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- Someone with Brown dyed armor.
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I know my ele also had it - the Shing Jea set dyes like a dream and it looks STUNNING in brown!
Maybe my ranger also?
What can I say ... some of us set trends rather then follow them!
/snotty French
On-topic:
Drops for others compared to MY drops.
I keep getting crap and others ... don't!
Even if it's JUST dust!
I get "A" pile and they get "PILES"!
Th Fooster
when i see a god among mere mortals title, or rank 6 + champ titles.
its impossible to grind THAt much without automaticaly pickig up some skill on the way.
the other thing is when i see a UW group folowing the build i posted in my guide, and dont recognize me in game and kick me for running a bar that deviates from it. thats when i shake my head and say wow. i wrote teh build they are folowing and think they know it better than i do. whoa.
its impossible to grind THAt much without automaticaly pickig up some skill on the way.
the other thing is when i see a UW group folowing the build i posted in my guide, and dont recognize me in game and kick me for running a bar that deviates from it. thats when i shake my head and say wow. i wrote teh build they are folowing and think they know it better than i do. whoa.
kobey
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when i see a god among mere mortals title, or rank 6 + champ titles.
its impossible to grind THAt much without automaticaly pickig up some skill on the way. the other thing is when i see a UW group folowing the build i posted in my guide, and dont recognize me in game and kick me for running a bar that deviates from it. thats when i shake my head and say wow. i wrote teh build they are folowing and think they know it better than i do. whoa. |
Stolen Souls
Nothing really has that "wow effect" on me anymore. It's more like..."Oh...one of those...".
EroChrono
I suppose seeing someone with a Kanaxai or Polar Bear minipet would sorta "Wow" me.
And people that pick unusual shields by choice, like Tower Shields or such. The more expensive the other equipment, the bigger the Wow in this case.
And people that pick unusual shields by choice, like Tower Shields or such. The more expensive the other equipment, the bigger the Wow in this case.
Esan
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when i see a god among mere mortals title, or rank 6 + champ titles.
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Tarkin
A maxed Grandmaster Cartographer, i see 12 hour afther the release of titles... beta testers FTW...
MarlinBackna
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Yes, even games like Oblivion do not impress me as much.
Graphics, beautiful GW graphics. yay! |
If GW2 has a similar sky to Oblivion's while still maintaining the great environment art and medium graphic requirements, I will buy it straight up for that reason, aside from the other things that could make GW2 great..../donedrooling
About the "woah" factor in GW, the usual FOW armor and stuff amazed me when I was n00b, but now great armor/weapon combos do it for me. I do the best I can with my limited money stores, although I have decent combos on all of my main characters (Black Dread Mask/Monument w/ Destroyer Staff on my Rit, white Monument w/ white Gloom Shield and Deldrimor Sword on my Warrior, brown Cathan (the swirly one
) w/ Golden Phoenix Blade and Tengu Focus on my Monk). I am pretty proud of these combos and of other ones I have seen in the game. 
Turbobusa
A clean spike.
"blind on 2"
"Ok remo....WTF I'M DEAD"
"blind on 2"
"Ok remo....WTF I'M DEAD"
Lalita
Stepping aside from the 'I'm too cool to be think anything anyone has is cool so that makes me even more cool' crowd...
I whoa when I see a neat armor combo, not just 15k.
I whoa when I see a new player getting excited about stuff I find a grind.
I whoa when I see people making an effort to match weapons to outfits.
I whoa when I see people using 'common' weapon skins because they like them.
I whoa when I see 'A God Amongst Mortals' I mean they are a God, you should get a second look if your a God. Now only if a 'Smite Them!' skill came with that title....
I whoa when I see a neat armor combo, not just 15k.
I whoa when I see a new player getting excited about stuff I find a grind.
I whoa when I see people making an effort to match weapons to outfits.
I whoa when I see people using 'common' weapon skins because they like them.
I whoa when I see 'A God Amongst Mortals' I mean they are a God, you should get a second look if your a God. Now only if a 'Smite Them!' skill came with that title....
Kinn
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Honestly the only game that i am see as comparable in terms of environmental graphics, is Crysis. Even then you have to have a monster rig to make them look good, where as GW game engine is ancient by comparison, yet still is enough to keep pulling me back into the game.
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Mesmer in Need
When I see a mes with an Asuran skirt i go whoa. That's about it.
Friar Khan
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Originally Posted by Bryant Again
The days of "whoooa what armor/weapons!" is long gone. These days I'm more "whoooa, no one uses those swords/armors!"
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Nowadays the only gear I care about is gear that's aesthetically interesting, because so many people use the same fugly swords and shields just because they're expensive.
Nazar Razak
Wyvern armor dyed black still looks better than most 15k armors IMO. I "whoa'd" the first time i saw it, never knew 1k could look so awesome :P
The Red Messenger
mini ghostly, on a lvl 10 mesmer wearing FoW armor and a gimp mask made me go "whoa"
Sir Seifus Halbred
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Someone in my party today was using a Eternal blade and a Draconic Aegis. Guess what? He was using Droks armor.
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dread slayer
Nothing seems to *whoa* me anymore unless its noob armor dyed black + elite weaps......
Nowadays, even fow armor is gone common.....
I would still wanna see emerald blade skin in person...
Nowadays, even fow armor is gone common.....
I would still wanna see emerald blade skin in person...
Amadei
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Originally Posted by Firebaall
Amadei...
Are you telling me that you are missing the subtle "lookatme"....."please?" that's all around us? Getting that item or armour used to be an indication of achievement, but not so much anymore. It's drowned in a sea of "been there....done that". |
obsidian ectoplasm
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Torment weapons on someone in 1k armor...
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I saw a guy with R5 KoBD with 1k (Consulate docks) armor....
Evaine
I saw a male Ranger the other night that made me stop and take a second look because I didn’t recognize his armor. Turns out it was a combination of 1k pieces - not dyed black - and it looked terrific.
I saw a female Dervish recently with armor dyed pale yellow and a female Elementalist with armor dyed peach. I always wonder what dye combinations they used to get those shades because they look so pretty.
I’ve seen more unusual looking characters lately too. Like the Nightfall Necro that spawned next to mine at Kaineng the other night. I swear it looked like an killer clown with DayGlo tufts of hair.
Someone mentioned getting exited about drops in an earlier post - I still do about some. The other night my Necro had two black dyes drop for him - one during the Ice Caves of Sorrow mission and the second when he was exploring Snake Dance. One to drop is rare, but two? Wow! The catapults should have stayed messed up.
I saw a female Dervish recently with armor dyed pale yellow and a female Elementalist with armor dyed peach. I always wonder what dye combinations they used to get those shades because they look so pretty.
I’ve seen more unusual looking characters lately too. Like the Nightfall Necro that spawned next to mine at Kaineng the other night. I swear it looked like an killer clown with DayGlo tufts of hair.
Someone mentioned getting exited about drops in an earlier post - I still do about some. The other night my Necro had two black dyes drop for him - one during the Ice Caves of Sorrow mission and the second when he was exploring Snake Dance. One to drop is rare, but two? Wow! The catapults should have stayed messed up.
Shadowmere
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...the first time i saw a Derv carrying an Undead Scythe, those things look awesome!
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Another weapon that made me go "woah" when I first saw it was an Amethyst Aegis, beautiful shield that one.
Otherwise the first times I saw some armors (can't think of any offhand)
sibelang
our monk said his infuse got 3times powerblocked from "the stupid" mesmer on one match make us "woah!"
the mesmer ping must be 1ms and got nice brain to reflex his finger and predicted it
no joke
the mesmer ping must be 1ms and got nice brain to reflex his finger and predicted it
no joke
fowlero
Ages ago couple months after i started playing i was in an alliance guilds hall before we went to go cap skills in mineral springs.
This warrior decided to show me all his collection of weps, he had loads of these perfect tyrian weps, req 8's and all that.
I'd never even heard of req 8's and it made me "woah" in my head a bit, thinking of all the money they were worth lol.
This warrior decided to show me all his collection of weps, he had loads of these perfect tyrian weps, req 8's and all that.
I'd never even heard of req 8's and it made me "woah" in my head a bit, thinking of all the money they were worth lol.
psycore
the people bidding 4000+ ecto on the unded panda in high end.
THAT makes me go woah. Well actually mostly WTF and then HAX.
THAT makes me go woah. Well actually mostly WTF and then HAX.
naughteblonde
I'd been playing maybe 3 months and was invited to do a FOW run with my guild. One of my guildmates was wielding a zodiac bow. First time I'd ever seen that skin and it was like 'woah'.
Saw a screenshot not long ago of a monk using an Aureate Aegis dyed a stunning reddish purple colour. It was so 'woah' and would match my armor dye so well I farmed my butt off to get one on my ele.
Also a few days ago in Kamadan Am1 I saw a polar bear mini for the first time. Its the ultimate precious impossible dream in GW for me. No way I'll ever be able to afford one, not in a year of 24/7 ecto farming.
Saw a screenshot not long ago of a monk using an Aureate Aegis dyed a stunning reddish purple colour. It was so 'woah' and would match my armor dye so well I farmed my butt off to get one on my ele.
Also a few days ago in Kamadan Am1 I saw a polar bear mini for the first time. Its the ultimate precious impossible dream in GW for me. No way I'll ever be able to afford one, not in a year of 24/7 ecto farming.
Tyla
When people don't use D-Shot on a Ranger bar.
Kusandaa
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the people bidding 4000+ ecto on the unded panda in high end.
THAT makes me go woah. Well actually mostly WTF and then HAX. |
Another thing that made me go whoa:
I was bored, loaded ToA on my monk and there was a forge run group looking for one. I thought I'd tag along. The warrior - who was getting armor - had a crappy bar and whatnot, but the rest of the team had stuff that made sense, so I went in anyways. Then he started asking questions about quests, how long did it take, what was FoW like... /facepalm. He had been playing for a decent time too IIRC, and I don't think he replied to me when I asked him if he had EBayed his money...
Nightmares Hammer
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When people don't use D-Shot on a Ranger bar.
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People do that!?
Nothing else has made me "woah" like that.
Taisayacho
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When people don't use D-Shot on a Ranger bar.
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I used to go woah at nice weps, but now every random person in RA has FoW armor, torm shield, chaos gloves, blindfold/mo zing, and a voltaic spear, so, just no.
Abedeus
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our monk said his infuse got 3times powerblocked from "the stupid" mesmer on one match make us "woah!"
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I went Woah only two times.
1) First time I used Splinter Barrage, when all arrows had hit enemies.
2) When on Hard Mode Deep I noticed how damn many minions has Kanaxai.
Kyomi Tachibana
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Actually, monk could have had Guardian powerblocked. It's almost impossible to interrupt 1/4 cast with a 1/4 cast spell. Or it could be...Shame.
I went Woah only two times. 1) First time I used Splinter Barrage, when all arrows had hit enemies. 2) When on Hard Mode Deep I noticed how damn many minions has Kanaxai. |
You have to finish the interrupt cast at the exact moment they start casting theirs.
It's mostly a twitch reflex, I just happen to be lucky.
And Infuse is Healing Prayers, Guardian is Protection Prayers.
Edit: *cough* Missed the 'almost.' :'s
-Makai-
I was in a PuG with someone who had a near perfect Jitte; I was very jealous.
I never knew about the Shinobi Blade until you mentioned it. Thanks for sharing.
I never knew about the Shinobi Blade until you mentioned it. Thanks for sharing.
Cathode_Reborn
playin on the Kurz side at Aspenwood, this made me go woah:
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/9978/deadqh7.jpg
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/9978/deadqh7.jpg