Alright, so i remember when GW just came out and we were all noobs in pre. I actually thought pre was the whole game. Looking at the map, i thought it would be short and stupid. I was mistaken.
But anyway, i remember i couldn't play yet cuz my comp was messed up, so i read the manual a billion times. I tried to make up what professions i would be based on their descriptions. I said "hmm... i wanna be a mes/ele for fast casting spells. I also thought mesmers would be totally different. Like who new that illusion would be health degeneration and stuf like that?? i was dissapointed by this. Also, i thought i'd make a ranger/necro to have a pet and minions for lots of support. turns out no builds exist that use this strategy well. (unless of course i make one)
So i wanna know... what did you think the game was gonna be like based on what u read in the instruction manual? Honestly, i though the whole storyline and profession system was pretty cool, until the expansions came out. i think there shoulda been just 5 professions, the original 6 -mesmers cuz they dont fit in. then when sins and rits came, they just ruined it. of course, they were totally imba cuz they were new, and they dont fit in with GW. then dervs and paras came, and dervs were kinda of a wild idea, paras kinda weird cuz of the whole "godlike" thing, but they fit in better, i mean a warrior w/ a spear shouting the help the team. much better idea than the other 3 profs.
So anyway... what are your comments. Do you think they went to far a ruined what you thought would be a cool game? Or do you just follow whatever is the best and try and be the best and have no fun (ursanway)
When GW just came out...
Scythe O F Glory
ajc2123
I honestly thought it was going to be just like diablo 2 but with secondaries. which at the time I was confused about having a secondary. Not having permanent attributes and armor with attribute requirements (for the most part) excited me the most because putting points in a character permanently like many mmorpgs scare me.
Also I was a little disappointed when the cripstorm idea on the box along with the shitty build that the warrior had along with a bow (who obviously wasn't using it for pulling) didn't work at all. But now I'm glad that M shower warriors fail.
About the question though, Yea I think assassin's rits dervs and paras kinda ruined the game. Love to play them but they just weren't thought about hard enough before being implemented. Don't know why they made an assassin class when they obviously didn't want a fast killing machine, or the rt primary where it sucks, or the replacement warrior (dervish) or a party buffer who is only wanted as an imbagon. Mesmers I beleive though, are awsome and i'm glad they are a core profession.
I don't follow trends unless its farming. And I CERTANLY don't use ursan. I just make fun builds.
Also I was a little disappointed when the cripstorm idea on the box along with the shitty build that the warrior had along with a bow (who obviously wasn't using it for pulling) didn't work at all. But now I'm glad that M shower warriors fail.
About the question though, Yea I think assassin's rits dervs and paras kinda ruined the game. Love to play them but they just weren't thought about hard enough before being implemented. Don't know why they made an assassin class when they obviously didn't want a fast killing machine, or the rt primary where it sucks, or the replacement warrior (dervish) or a party buffer who is only wanted as an imbagon. Mesmers I beleive though, are awsome and i'm glad they are a core profession.
I don't follow trends unless its farming. And I CERTANLY don't use ursan. I just make fun builds.
KoKoS
I believe that mesmer can own most of the professions if used correct so stop talking of mesmer like it's noob or sth..
And new professions gave us the ability to find new builds for farming, pvp and other stuff.. Imagine what would happen if there were only 5 proffesions! All characters would look like the same due to lack of variety in professions and 1 big nerf = boom! we wouldn't even be able to farm basic areas cause teams using 5 professions would be forced to exclude 1 and they wouldn't be able to replace that profession (i.e replacing a munk with a resto rit)
And i'm not saying that gw exist coz extra professions exist, i'm saying that they did not ruin the game
And new professions gave us the ability to find new builds for farming, pvp and other stuff.. Imagine what would happen if there were only 5 proffesions! All characters would look like the same due to lack of variety in professions and 1 big nerf = boom! we wouldn't even be able to farm basic areas cause teams using 5 professions would be forced to exclude 1 and they wouldn't be able to replace that profession (i.e replacing a munk with a resto rit)
And i'm not saying that gw exist coz extra professions exist, i'm saying that they did not ruin the game
cosyfiep
having never played another online game (the only other computer games I have played are the sid meyer ones like civ)....I thought there would be a lot of killing and stuff---my husband convinced me to play after I had watched him doing the ring of fire quests (back then it was hard to do, and PUGs actually took all of the classes 
)....pre was very pretty and I didnt want to leave it...ah the good ole days.
)....pre was very pretty and I didnt want to leave it...ah the good ole days.
GoodApollo1234
I'd dabbled in plenty of online games, so I expected to make a level 99 R/W (so I could use a sword when enemies got close XD) with a bow that does 500+ damage.
So when I got to post-Searing, I was psyched about it, but I couldn't figure out why I couldn't solo 5-10 enemies at once like I could in D2.
Also, as soon as I got to post-searing, I wanted to sell my collector armor from pre-Searing, so what do I do? I advertise "WTS AWESOME COLLECTOR ARMOR DYED GREEN- BARELY USED." Someone, who was really just trying to be nice, PM'd me and said "Dude, you can't sell armor. It's customized to you." I said "No it isn't." He said "I promise you it is." I kept insisting that it wasn't, even though I knew very well that it was. Eventually, he gave up. I felt like such a badass.
.... If I'd remembered his character name, I'd PM him and apologize, and thank him for attempting to help me not look like an idiot.
I also got into an argument with a guy because I refused to believe that singed gargoyle skulls were worth 75g each (that was a lot of gold to me at the time. I thought I was rich at 1k).
I was a real douche back then.
So when I got to post-Searing, I was psyched about it, but I couldn't figure out why I couldn't solo 5-10 enemies at once like I could in D2.
Also, as soon as I got to post-searing, I wanted to sell my collector armor from pre-Searing, so what do I do? I advertise "WTS AWESOME COLLECTOR ARMOR DYED GREEN- BARELY USED." Someone, who was really just trying to be nice, PM'd me and said "Dude, you can't sell armor. It's customized to you." I said "No it isn't." He said "I promise you it is." I kept insisting that it wasn't, even though I knew very well that it was. Eventually, he gave up. I felt like such a badass.
.... If I'd remembered his character name, I'd PM him and apologize, and thank him for attempting to help me not look like an idiot.
I also got into an argument with a guy because I refused to believe that singed gargoyle skulls were worth 75g each (that was a lot of gold to me at the time. I thought I was rich at 1k).
I was a real douche back then.
Zahr Dalsk
I thought classes would have much less differences than they actually did; for example that primary/secondary was less about using the primary's build, but more about the primary's benefit (armour, energy, etc). For example Warrior and Necromancer; I'd thought that a W/N would be a heavily armoured summoner but with less mana (energy) and that a N/W would have less armour but more energy. While this is true, the builds themselves are not - a W/N cannot run minion master. Though a few builds do allow a primary to take over another class's role, for the most part primary determines what builds you run.
In short, I thought class differences were minor :P When in actuality they are extremely significant.
In short, I thought class differences were minor :P When in actuality they are extremely significant.
toastgodsupreme
I made a warrior, I was retarded and I regret it to this day. It still exists on my old account. 37+ months old.
Alex the Great
i thought a W/E would rock, because i could cast FIREBALLS, the go mash people with my hammer.
then my friend told me warriors sucked, so i made a ranger with armour of earth and ward against melee with some block stances and attack skills, which i advertsed as an "Anti-Physical" ranger.
and this game still rocks.
then my friend told me warriors sucked, so i made a ranger with armour of earth and ward against melee with some block stances and attack skills, which i advertsed as an "Anti-Physical" ranger.
and this game still rocks.
Crom The Pale
First char I made was a War/Ranger and I tamed a Wolf thinking it would make for an awsome combo and cool looking with the correct armor too....
Breakfast Mc Rit
LOL. I used to use Firestorm on a Ranger back when people didn't think about moving out of AoE (Prophecies beta). Once the beta finished I didn't pick up the game until last year and couldn't understand why I was getting owned so hard.
Molock
I remember taming a Melandru's stalker on my warrior (my first character) because I thought he would contribute to my damage. I never was a wammo but I did think Troll Ungent was da shit and carried it with me everywhere. It did say rangers used survival skills in the manual so I figured the combo was gonna rock. What is funny is that people told me the pet was a bad idea for a warrior.. but IWAY then appeared and I was set to go! lol
Pugs picked up every profession and we just played to have a good time. Nowadays people (myself included unfortunately) play pretty seriously and only the best builds and certain professions get PuG love.
I also remember being surprised by the "low" level cap. I thought GW was going to be like WoW.. yup
Pugs picked up every profession and we just played to have a good time. Nowadays people (myself included unfortunately) play pretty seriously and only the best builds and certain professions get PuG love.
I also remember being surprised by the "low" level cap. I thought GW was going to be like WoW.. yup
Trylo
E/R!
i wanted to use earth spells because [earthquake] and [ward against melee] seemed so cool. as well as a pet, that was awesome. i remember getting my melandru's stalker and using ice spear to kill that gargoyle mage in presear. i was always so sad when the poor thing died. then i got a spider... and capped [ferocious strike] and was never out of energy! then factions came and i got a red crab...
but somewhere in there IWAY came along and ruined my perception of pets... :/
i wanted to use earth spells because [earthquake] and [ward against melee] seemed so cool. as well as a pet, that was awesome. i remember getting my melandru's stalker and using ice spear to kill that gargoyle mage in presear. i was always so sad when the poor thing died. then i got a spider... and capped [ferocious strike] and was never out of energy! then factions came and i got a red crab...
but somewhere in there IWAY came along and ruined my perception of pets... :/
frikkus
I came to GW a little late, it had been released for about 4 months before I jumped in I think.
For me it was all about the Mesmer. I'd always been a fan of support-niche characters, but I could never find any that fit perfectly for me. Bards and support healers had always left me wanting more... or perhaps 'less' really... more specialisation.
I was so excited reading the manual on the car trip home ^_^ My first ever character was a mesmer, and I've never looked back.
Whilst I certainly enjoyed the addition of the new classes, I was guilty of running some truly terrible Me/A I.W. builds.
For me it was all about the Mesmer. I'd always been a fan of support-niche characters, but I could never find any that fit perfectly for me. Bards and support healers had always left me wanting more... or perhaps 'less' really... more specialisation.
I was so excited reading the manual on the car trip home ^_^ My first ever character was a mesmer, and I've never looked back.
Whilst I certainly enjoyed the addition of the new classes, I was guilty of running some truly terrible Me/A I.W. builds.
{IceFire}
R/E, power shot+firestorm was good back then? :/
Accursed
Flare+Read The Wind.
the savage nornbear
Necro/Ele flare spam. Then I came to senses and made a blood build. Then I further came to my senses and created a ranger and finally came into my own.
Better to burn out
um mesmers rock, rits are cool, sins i hate because they are too japanimationy and not enough like real assassins(and i realize it's a fake video game but still, I can't find flamboyant skinny kids running around with knives in their PJS very frightening.) Dervs and paras are cool too 
paras are more archangel like id say.
paras are more archangel like id say.
Talonz
I was the same say seeing the map in pre. Had me going along the lines of "well, that's pretty big." And then I saw the entire (now lower) map of Tyria and found it was huge.
And then I discovered you couldn't explore most of it. Pfft.
And then I discovered you couldn't explore most of it. Pfft.
Dr.Jones
i thought i could use a bow with my monk at first, did not use any bow skills just thought i could have a cool bow and be a monk.... secondly i thought mesmers where actually going to be able to make illusions, and change the environment, and trick enemies into doing there biding...
as far as the new stuff yes it did brake the game and they have yet to fix it. i mean non block able teliporting and a aoe melee attack and unremovable shouts and weapon spells. they need to make shadow stepping have more drawbacks, and have ways to remove both shouts and weapon spells.
as far as the new stuff yes it did brake the game and they have yet to fix it. i mean non block able teliporting and a aoe melee attack and unremovable shouts and weapon spells. they need to make shadow stepping have more drawbacks, and have ways to remove both shouts and weapon spells.
Skyy High
When I hit post for the first time, and zoomed out, I thought to myself, "WTH, how am I supposed to walk all over that?!"
Also, I thought ele fire spells would hurt your teammates, so the ele would have to yell out when they were casting a spell so the warriors could run out of the way of the flying meteors. Silly me.
Also, I thought ele fire spells would hurt your teammates, so the ele would have to yell out when they were casting a spell so the warriors could run out of the way of the flying meteors. Silly me.
I Phoenix I
R/E Fireballin'-Penetrating Attacks with a Melandru's Stalker!
I remember that I spent tons of time trying to explore all of Pre-Searing as well...I was trying to find more towns.
Then I got sad when I got to Post and all those towns were gone...
I remember that I spent tons of time trying to explore all of Pre-Searing as well...I was trying to find more towns.
Then I got sad when I got to Post and all those towns were gone...
Bryant Again
My earliest impressions of the game were pretty cool. I thought the Maguuma would be an intensely crowded place, instead not so much. I also thought the Lich would be an awesome and abysmal diety found deep in the depths of Tyria.
Those were about the only expectations that were really "disappointed". Aside from that, everything was spot on.
Those were about the only expectations that were really "disappointed". Aside from that, everything was spot on.
Spazzer
On April 28th, 2005, I was in my parents basement, frustrated as hell because the original Guild Wars packaging came with the most impossible-to-read cd key.
It took me 3 hours to enter in the correct combination.
It took me 3 hours to enter in the correct combination.
Abedeus
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R/E, power shot+firestorm was good back then? :/
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...I had Glyph of Lesser Energy too ;d
Oh, and I used Me/N FC Minion Master with degen. Wow, I thought it was so cool, killing a monster in few seconds with mega degen. How wrong I was...
ShadowStorm
I remember my first character was an Ele/mes that specialized in Earth/Water for disruption. Using Echo'd Earthquakes, water snares, and Maelstrom, enemy casters didn't stand a chance (or so I thought, at the time). I remember everyone telling me I should go Fire because it had the best damage or to at least go Air because it could spike enemies well.
Raccoon
First character I ever made in the game was a mesmer. I still have him and 2 other pve mesmers which have completed almost all 4 campaigns too.
Always new mesmers were better then all other professions and still think they do.
I'm still surprised there are noobs out there who think they are useless XD
Always new mesmers were better then all other professions and still think they do.
I'm still surprised there are noobs out there who think they are useless XD
Scythe O F Glory
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I remember that I spent tons of time trying to explore all of Pre-Searing as well...I was trying to find more towns.
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Kusandaa
My first character was a warrior. Thought I was pretty good in pre... but when I reached post at lv4 not only the scenery sucked completely, but I found the game much, much harder. I had problems killing stuff and given I didn't have many skills, was forced to switch weapons to use them all. I also remember deleting her because I couldn't switch from sword to axe anymore - refund points FTL.
Good ol' me never saw henchies until I started playing with my necro and someone told me I could put click on them and put them in my party. My pre armor was dyed silver, blue, purple and green. When I figured out silver dye was worth in the 2k range... ouch. It's a lot to a noob.
Good ol' me never saw henchies until I started playing with my necro and someone told me I could put click on them and put them in my party. My pre armor was dyed silver, blue, purple and green. When I figured out silver dye was worth in the 2k range... ouch. It's a lot to a noob.
Darcy
I had no preconceptions of the game. I bought it for my son's birthday in Dec 2005 and two months later he talked me into buying it for myself.
I had no idea how it played except that it was online with no monthly fee and my son and I could play together. My normal game fare was the D&D games, Morrowind and Civ3.
First character - W/R and she was (and still is) a blast. I began with a sword build, but soon moved to axe. She now has more weapons than my other 7 chars combined. Now her shield collection is growing.
Pre to me was pretty, but boring. Thankfully, I knew more was coming.
I had no idea how it played except that it was online with no monthly fee and my son and I could play together. My normal game fare was the D&D games, Morrowind and Civ3.
First character - W/R and she was (and still is) a blast. I began with a sword build, but soon moved to axe. She now has more weapons than my other 7 chars combined. Now her shield collection is growing.
Pre to me was pretty, but boring. Thankfully, I knew more was coming.
jiggles
who reads instruction manuals? lol.
But when i first started playing i didnt have a clue what was going on, i was just killing stuff. And then one day everything was all pretty and shit, the next everything was dead and outside there were gargoyles that made mincemeat out of me. I didnt understand the concept of armour until i got to RoF and was stuck, so a guild group asked me why i was still in pre armour. A friend (who got me into the game) gave me a purple hand axe in the second mission, so i figured it was a sword (because it was one handed) so i put all my atts into swordmanship and used axe skills up until kryta. Anything purple or gold or blue i used to just leave there, i remeber someone (whos name eludes me) who spent 20mins explaining why purple items and gold items were better than blue and white,and even ID'd a gold rune for me and gave it back. I wish id of FL'ed him :/
damn i miss being a noob.
But when i first started playing i didnt have a clue what was going on, i was just killing stuff. And then one day everything was all pretty and shit, the next everything was dead and outside there were gargoyles that made mincemeat out of me. I didnt understand the concept of armour until i got to RoF and was stuck, so a guild group asked me why i was still in pre armour. A friend (who got me into the game) gave me a purple hand axe in the second mission, so i figured it was a sword (because it was one handed) so i put all my atts into swordmanship and used axe skills up until kryta. Anything purple or gold or blue i used to just leave there, i remeber someone (whos name eludes me) who spent 20mins explaining why purple items and gold items were better than blue and white,and even ID'd a gold rune for me and gave it back. I wish id of FL'ed him :/
damn i miss being a noob.
payne
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OMG i went through the same thing. I thought all the scenery atnd stuff in pre was awesome, and i spent a while there trying to leve up, get new armor and weapons, or find some new huge town. Then when i got to post, i hated it. tbh, i've always hated new ascalon. It's such a dark gloomy place. you get sick of the colors really fast.
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yup same....half the reason my guild hall is wizard(?) isle for the pre-searing scenery feel ;P
also running a bar like this up to and including THK - back when it was hard to do...
[skill]power shot[/skill][skill]charm animal[/skill][skill]troll unguent[/skill][skill]comfort animal[/skill][skill]conjure phantasm[/skill][skill]ether feast[/skill][skill]resurrection signet[/skill] oOO and the elite [skill]energy surge[/skill] <<< xD
also wondering wtf? I was being owned by lvl3 gargoyles outside post-ascalon and wondering why I had 60% DP.... <<<<<<<<first time I ventured out of post-ascalon on my own (didn't know about hench) :
aah good old naustalgia days :P (typo? lol)
---------------also seeing two lvl20 wars running past me first time I entered post-ascalon and thinking "OMG these guys are lvl20 must be uber leet" lol
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvww8...eature=related (I don't get a siggy so have to post it ())
aTT!kus
I remember that my first char was a warrior with fire storm and as soon as i got out of pre i quit the game for 3 months until i made my necro. The hulking stone elementals and gargoyles would kill me so fast as i tried to solo the mobs so naturally i deleted him. hopefully i am just as much of a noob in gw2 =)
romeus petrus
My first was my ele, ~18 mil XP on her atm. and ya it was mostly a [Fire storm] oriented build.
thedeadwalk!
I didn't use henchmen until Factions (though I also quit after a month Prophecies) came out because I thought you had to pay for them. I know you still do, it just seemed less salient to pay for them upfront. I'd probably do better with drops if that was the case, though.
Can't remember any noobish builds. I'll have to take more screenies in the beginning of GWII.
Can't remember any noobish builds. I'll have to take more screenies in the beginning of GWII.
Dante the Warlord
IMHO dervish was the ONLY extra profession that was cool. Ritualist was a maybe, since they have spirits which are pretty cool, but you could have just added to the necro or monk for most of those skills. Sin was an epic fail since those were hard to control and people thought they were wammos, ran in and died. Paragon are strong, but still pretty out of place, I would rather have phalanx, with longer spears. I would have even prefered knight, with a long javalen.
GW Prophecies was really the best campiagn and NF following closely. I too remember what it was like to think that pre searing was it. I did enjoying the duo gate opening. That was about the most fun I ever had.
GW Prophecies was really the best campiagn and NF following closely. I too remember what it was like to think that pre searing was it. I did enjoying the duo gate opening. That was about the most fun I ever had.
Railin
Hamstorm. 123
exploiter
when I first played GW, I was screaming how to display my weapon in Ascalon (outpost)
Vehemence
I just hope that they maintain the medieval settings for all Guild Wars expansion and kept the classes that suit the settings.
Winds
lol i made a M/W with the special in-game hammer reward, along with smites. I farmed outside Ascalon City so I can gather up 2k for a cape for my guild "The Jokers"
mrmango
The thing I remember is when I created my first character, a mesmer, that I expected Conjure Phantasm to create some sort of visual disruption on my enemy's screen. I guess something like what bloopers do in Mario Kart DS. haha fun times..
I used my mesmer with illusion stuff and a pet for a long time.
I used my mesmer with illusion stuff and a pet for a long time.