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Innocent

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mo/

04 Aug 2008 at 05:32 - 1

You know, it's been a long time since I've written you a letter. I do apologize for my infidelity, you see there's just been a rift between us lately. Me and you, we were so close when I first met you. You and your little red dress you liked to call prophecies. I loved the way you looked, and especially the way we played (rawr

). And then things took a turn for the worse. You enticed me to conquer all aspects of yourself. I was okay with that until I found that ugly pair of pants you call factions. It was okay at first, I mean, I got used to it. I was never one to appreciate Asian things, but eventually I think you won me over. Things were okay again for a little bit, but then I guess you got bored with me. You went out and bought that slutty outfit of yours called nightfall. You introduced me to your new friends, your dervish and your paragon. I didn't like them at all. It really hurt my feelings, because it was like you got high and met them at a dirty (and I don't mean hip) dance club.

Where is the Guild Wars I once knew? The one full of dignity and grace? You've dirtied yourself, and now I don't know if I want you. I write you this letter to let you know that I'm calling it off. I've got a new love in my life. Her name might or might not be <insert other game>. Her hair is always a mess, and she's much more high maintenance, but at least she puts out.

Yours,
Jacobbs

P.S. Stop calling me, you're creeping out my co-workers.

joeycarlos

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2008

D/P

04 Aug 2008 at 05:45 - 2

woah!

what the heck,
i feel the exact same way about her. ugh..

this thread... is so.. precise and accurate, yet creative.

Tender Wolf

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2007

All over Tyria, Cantha, & Elona

The Eternal Night Vanguard [TEN]

R/

04 Aug 2008 at 05:51 - 3

Funny and creative, but I can see this getting closed soon...

All I see here is another WOW VS GW thread. In my opinion, Prophecies is the worst campaign of the three, Factions being the best and Nightfall in the middle. I honestly don't get why so many love Prophecies the most but that's beside the point.

Again, creative but I don't think we needed to hear that you're "dumping" Guild Wars for WOW. Just stop playing, it's that simple.

Although Guild Wars 2 will totally pwn WOW.

Innocent

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mo/

04 Aug 2008 at 05:54 - 4

I guess I should have mentioned some random game I've never heard of before. But I figured people would relate to the WoW reference more.

I forgot about GWEN because well, GWEN means bad pve, and it has no bearing on the state of pvp.

[edit]

I don't play WoW btw. maybe I should change that part. (fix'd)

arcanemacabre

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

04 Aug 2008 at 06:13 - 5

Plenty of other fish in the sea.

Oh, and I loved the slutty Nightfall dress. It was the mounds of makeup called EotN that ruined the ensemble.

"You're an Online RPG, not a whore!"

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

04 Aug 2008 at 06:14 - 6

You know, we never needed a letter to communicate before, but now I just can't bear to look at you that I need to write you this letter. << what do you think about that for an opening?

a good read none the less

I just like to add things all the time, and join in the fun.

Fragile Feeling

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2008

Mo/

04 Aug 2008 at 06:23 - 7

Lol, I enjoyed reading that, slutty little outfit called nightfall haha

ruskiy_soldat

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

Thousend Tigers Apund ur Head

R/W

04 Aug 2008 at 06:24 - 8

Quote:

Originally Posted by Innocent

I was never one to appreciate Asian things, but eventually I think you won me over.

I feel the same way.

PyrAnkh

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Lowbird Academy [LoW]

W/

04 Aug 2008 at 06:26 - 9

Great post, love it

Joshthor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2007

Eternal Knights Alliance [RotK]

Me/

04 Aug 2008 at 06:54 - 10

this was awesome. i agree with you for the most part. prophesies was the best game they made. i didnt like factions (ab is terrible) buttttt i love nightfall...(whats wrong with that slutty outfit?) :P

DarkNecrid

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

04 Aug 2008 at 07:10 - 11

Dear Guild Wars,

I remember when we were both 18 and young, and you were oh so beautiful. You and me had some wild times in the bedroom and out. Remember gale lock? Yeah who doesn't...

But as things went on, you started to age and wear down. Your once explosive personality, with a wide range of emotions such as boon prot, cripshot, shock axe, final thrust sword wars, hammer wars, air spike, and such have gone away. I find you to be a shadow of your former self as you aged, as you soon tried new things like "AoD sins" and "spirit spam". What happened to you? ;(

And then you cheated on me with the mailman, and he taught you "tree" and "paragon holding". I do not like to be held that way, ma'am! But yet you kept doing it, as you kept getting older...and the emotions I grew to love turned to sinsplit, dervsmite, incoming holding, shatter sins, goth spike, blood spike, r-spike, rit-spike, shitway, spiritway...:/. You've become a harsh mistress, Guild Wars, and even after you cheated on the mailman...and the guy who took your groceries out for you...and a senator of our state...and the guy who runs the post office...I find myself unable to leave you, even if you've become an old woman, who has lost all her personality. You broke my heart and I still find myself unwilling to give myself to any other woman...;(

Why did you have to turn out this way...

graverobber2

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

Order of the Flameseekers [NL]

W/

04 Aug 2008 at 07:29 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkNecrid

shadow of your former self

was that "pun intended"?

cthulhu reborn

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

the Netherlands

W/Mo

04 Aug 2008 at 07:43 - 13

Funny thread.

Still, I don't entirely agree, since I really do love the paragon class. In fact my main char is a paragon.
Factions was a disappointment for me because the game was too rigid ( as in non runnable) and the factions didn't end up being factions. Whenever I am in Kurzick area's and see people with Luxon armours and titles (which happens all the time) and vice versa, I see the word FAIL in my mind. People care about faction points but not about the factions themselves. Too bad really.
Nightfall, I did enjoy more but admittedly the starter island took way too long and the capital for map travelling between continents for high level chars should never have been on the starter island. And admittedly Nightfall was the ultimate of non sensical quest rewards (and I am not talking cash rewards). Completing an important task (quest) gives me 10 lightbringer points, but killing a few margonites in a desert in worm forms gives me much more standing with the lightbringers....certainly not for killing or questing in the Realm of Torment...I mean that would be too logical.
Still, I do like my Paragon.

unkleanone

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2008

TN

Semi Automatic Bananas [SEMI]

R/Mo

04 Aug 2008 at 08:11 - 14

hmm for me i must say factions wasn't that bad but nightfall ruined the game with inscriptions...but meh its been said a thousand times....nice letter though.

fenix

Major-General Awesome

Join Date: Aug 2005

Aussie Trolling Crew HQ - Event Organiser and IRC Tiger

Ex Talionis [Law], Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] ????????????????&#

W/

04 Aug 2008 at 08:17 - 15

tl;dr

GW sucks now.

Nicely written though, what with the 'Anet whoring out their game' comparison.

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

04 Aug 2008 at 08:20 - 16

Guild Wars,

I cheated on you with Hellgate:London and EVE. You might want to get tested.

Evil Genius

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2006

Australia

Mo/

04 Aug 2008 at 08:22 - 17

I loled (well okay not really but almost).

On a serious note, I don't agree with the Factions and Nightfall ruining the game. Sure, aspects of them have caused aspects of the game to deteriorate, but there was nothing intrinsically inferior in them. Other issues is what have ruined the game for me.

Akaraxle

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Italy

E/

04 Aug 2008 at 08:42 - 18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joshthor

this was awesome. i agree with you for the most part. prophesies was the best game they made. i didnt like factions (ab is terrible) buttttt i love nightfall...(whats wrong with that slutty outfit?) :P

Quote:

Originally Posted by cthulhu reborn

Still, I don't entirely agree, since I really do love the paragon class. In fact my main char is a paragon.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evil Genius

On a serious note, I don't agree with the Factions and Nightfall ruining the game. Sure, aspects of them have caused aspects of the game to deteriorate, but there was nothing intrinsically inferior in them. Other issues is what have ruined the game for me.

ITT: pvers.

As a side note, Nightfall ele clothing disappointed me. Prophecies clothing was sure revealing, not slutty though!

tigros

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2008

Romania

Eternus Love [kiSu]

D/

04 Aug 2008 at 08:43 - 19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Innocent

I forgot about GWEN because well, GWEN means bad pve, and it has no bearing on the state of pvp.

[Disarm][Body Blow][Distracting Strike]

[Sloth Hunter's Shot]

[Smiter's Boon][Patient Spirit][Cure Hex][Aura of Stability][Castigation Signet][Smite Condition]

[Foul Feast]

[Wandering Eye]

[Glyph of Immolation][Glowing Ice]

[Falling Lotus Strike][Trampling Ox][Signet of Deadly Corruption][Vampiric Assault]

[Pure Was Li Ming]

[Anthem of Weariness][Spear Swipe]

[Signet of Mystic Speed][Signet of Pious Restraint]

... and I've only picked a few of the current heavy used PvP skills out there in GWEN... and most used ones are monk skills...

DarkNecrid

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

04 Aug 2008 at 08:45 - 20

Ya but I think he meant new Guild Halls (an underground TGD final battle esque GH map...*drool*) etc

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

04 Aug 2008 at 09:06 - 21

The idea that ANet is greedy by constantly forcing out new content regardless of its impact or quality is a pretty old one, and one that ANet hopefully has noticed (everyone else has, after all).

And ffs people, this is not an open letter omg lol because it's not actually written to anyone, but a different format for raising criticism. Do you not think before you post on the bandwagon? Is there any point in me telling you, if you can't see it yourself?

the Puppeteer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2007

04 Aug 2008 at 09:20 - 22

wow man - you're quitting?

Can I have your stuff then?

Guillaume De Sonoma

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

aFk

Me/Rt

04 Aug 2008 at 09:21 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by arcanemacabre

Plenty of other fish in the sea.

The sea is much more of a river, and the river is pretty running dry.

Alex Dimitri

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

Passionate Kiss Of Nosferatu [KISS]

N/Mo

04 Aug 2008 at 09:29 - 24

Heh, nice thread and very original !
I`m not leaving my GW baby yet, but unfortunetly she`s starting to stray away from the gall i loved so much ;( !

Innocent

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mo/

04 Aug 2008 at 09:34 - 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by tigros

[Disarm][Body Blow][Distracting Strike]

[Sloth Hunter's Shot]

[Smiter's Boon][Patient Spirit][Cure Hex][Aura of Stability][Castigation Signet][Smite Condition]

[Foul Feast]

[Wandering Eye]

[Glyph of Immolation][Glowing Ice]

[Falling Lotus Strike][Trampling Ox][Signet of Deadly Corruption][Vampiric Assault]

[Pure Was Li Ming]

[Anthem of Weariness][Spear Swipe]

[Signet of Mystic Speed][Signet of Pious Restraint]

... and I've only picked a few of the current heavy used PvP skills out there in GWEN... and most used ones are monk skills...

Most of these skills have made gvg worse. Disarm was op, Glyph Immo is pretty op, especially with steam. Anthem of Weariness was op. Smiter's Boon and many other monk skills just make playing defense so much easier. Foul Feast is too good too.

GWEN sure added a lot to the game. You're right, my statement that it had no bearing on pvp was incorrect. It did have an effect. A negative one imo.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avarre

And ffs people, this is not an open letter omg lol because it's not actually written to anyone, but a different format for raising criticism. Do you not think before you post on the bandwagon? Is there any point in me telling you, if you can't see it yourself?

^ Lol

tigros

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2008

Romania

Eternus Love [kiSu]

D/

04 Aug 2008 at 09:46 - 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Innocent

GWEN sure added a lot to the game. You're right, my statement that it had no bearing on pvp was incorrect. It did have an effect. A negative one imo.

Yup, exactly my point... I mean hell! Gwen could have been one of your sluts as well!

Tartychops

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2006

04 Aug 2008 at 12:12 - 27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr Strangelove

Guild Wars,

I cheated on you with Hellgate:London and EVE. You might want to get tested.

Great post from the OP but this one here gave me a hearty office lol, gj.

-Sonata-

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

Pretty Hate Machines [NIN]

Me/

04 Aug 2008 at 13:45 - 28

Another divorce thread..

Whatever happened to playing as many games as one likes at any given time? Or simply putting the "cartidge" in the back of the case when you're bored, instead of writing it a Dear John?

Gamers are meant to be polygamists! You should be having multiple partners on a regular basis and be guilt free!

romeus petrus

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Urgoz Warren

Legion of Doom [LOD] Home of PWNZILLA http://PWNZILLA.guildlaunch.com

04 Aug 2008 at 14:52 - 29

Quote:

Originally Posted by -Sonata-

Gamers are meant to be polygamists! You should be having multiple partners on a regular basis and be guilt free!

Gamer polygamy FTW. even though GW:Prophecies will always be my first love when it comes to GW. I have no problem loving that lil skank they call NF.

The Little Viking

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

innergalactic gargleblasters

W/Mo

04 Aug 2008 at 15:12 - 30

Prophesies is home.
Factions I did not like at first...but now, I have a blast there. I can charge through that and have a good time doing so. But once again Prohesies is home.
Nightfall....I so looked forward to that...and as very dissapointed. Still am dissapointed. The island is just a pain and takes to long to get off, the missions are to long and to far in between. But it did bring me back to prophesies...and i thank Nightfall for that and for heros.
GWEN...only good thing to come out of gwen are the dungeons. But once again...the ones i like most are so far from any outpost, that by the time i get to the dungeon, I no longer have time to do the whole dungeon. (catacombs of kathandrax.my favorite)....SO im back to home base - prophesies. with a bit of traveling in factions.

MarlinBackna

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2007

[TAM]

W/

04 Aug 2008 at 15:41 - 31

Quote:

Originally Posted by unkleanone

nightfall ruined the game with inscriptions.

Seriously? Changing the items in the game to make it easier to get perfect weapons ruined your economy, did it? You still have the noninscriptable weapons, which go for ludicris amounts of money, so lighten up. That wasn't nearly the worst they did.

Quote:

Smiter's Boon and many other monk skills just make playing defense so much easier....You're right, my statement that it had no bearing on pvp was incorrect. It did have an effect. A negative one imo.

Would have been better if these skills weren't used at all? Because that is what you are suggesting. Smiter's Boon and the other smiting skills are what made Smiting actually playable in high-end PvP (except things like Smiteball that got nerfed quickly). Saying that a under-represented and under-appreciated attribute that for the longest time was forgotten and is now finally in use is negative is exactly the opposite to what Izzy and many others would think. Those skills are some of the most thought-out skills ever put in this game, period. I commend Izzy/whoever made the skills for making an attribute line playable again. Now only if he did that with Communing

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Quote:

the missions are to long and to far in between.

Long missions in NF? Maybe because you actually had to play them. Prophecies missions were a bitch to play, often taking longer than 45 min and there were 25 of them. You must skip a lot of the storyline/missions to play Prophecies regularly.

Zahr Dalsk

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Canada

04 Aug 2008 at 16:39 - 32

Guild Wars I think had one of the best beginnings of any game I've played. No, it's quite on the level of Morrowind and such, but it was still so wonderful when I was first exploring. Now, so many hours later, all the exploration is over. Somehow feels less, now. I'll never reclaim the feeling of that first character in pre-searing, that first arrival in Cantha. That sense of wonder as I explored new places was one of my favourite things about Guild Wars.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tender Wolf

In my opinion, Prophecies is the worst campaign of the three, Factions being the best and Nightfall in the middle. I honestly don't get why so many love Prophecies the most but that's beside the point.

Quoted for truth.

Xunlai Guru Agent

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

04 Aug 2008 at 17:36 - 33

For a second there I thought it was another one of those open letter thingies.

Nice post, I enjoyed it. ^_^

Sparks Dawnbringer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Los Angeles

none

E/Mo

04 Aug 2008 at 19:57 - 34

Dear Guild Wars,

I found you late in life. You were the handsome knight in shining armor come to rescue the princess. You took me to faraway lands I would never imagine. You made me look at the world through many different eyes and showed me that there were many ways to solve the same problem. You showed me that life is not static and change is a part of life. You invited me to your party and made your friends mine.

Yet, as I lived with you I found that there is a dark side too. That some of your friends don't like what I like and some of them are just plain evil. I found that there were parts of you that I liked better than others. That there were times I tired of you, that I looked for more. I think you could be better and should strive to make the world a better place. I think that even you need new horizons, and need to find new places to explore. That you should not try and put me in a box and let me free to fly. I always come back.

I always come back and realize there is really no where else I would rather be. I always come back because I too need to give you room to change and grow. I always come back because I need to find that one thing I missed, that one place I could not find and that one hill I could not climb.

So, thank you GW for all of you the light and dark. For you cannot really have one without the other. Sparks Dawnbringer and all her friends

enter_the_zone

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2007

R/

04 Aug 2008 at 20:43 - 35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparks Dawnbringer

Dear Guild Wars,

I found you late in life. You were the handsome knight in shining armor come to rescue the princess. You took me to faraway lands I would never imagine. You made me look at the world through many different eyes and showed me that there were many ways to solve the same problem. You showed me that life is not static and change is a part of life. You invited me to your party and made your friends mine.

Yet, as I lived with you I found that there is a dark side too. That some of your friends don't like what I like and some of them are just plain evil. I found that there were parts of you that I liked better than others. That there were times I tired of you, that I looked for more. I think you could be better and should strive to make the world a better place. I think that even you need new horizons, and need to find new places to explore. That you should not try and put me in a box and let me free to fly. I always come back.

I always come back and realize there is really no where else I would rather be. I always come back because I too need to give you room to change and grow. I always come back because I need to find that one thing I missed, that one place I could not find and that one hill I could not climb.

So, thank you GW for all of you the light and dark. For you cannot really have one without the other. Sparks Dawnbringer and all her friends

Until you get Grandmaster Cartographer and Legendary Vanquisher and there are none left....

Damian979

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

04 Aug 2008 at 21:23 - 36

Imo, the little ho named Gwen was the downfall. She was sweet and innocent in the beginning, but that wasn't enough. She soon became dissatisfied playing her flute in her spiffy cape and ran off with a rebel Char she met chugging some hunter's ales outside Piken square.

Before long she was being pimped out to the other Char gang members until one day she snapped from the abuse. She vowed revenge and as such seduced the CEO of Arena Net into giving her an expansion affectionately named after her full of painful grinding, bad skills, and contempt.

Thizzle

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2008

04 Aug 2008 at 22:07 - 37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guillaume De Sonoma

The sea is much more of a river, and the river is pretty running dry.

Well said. When I look back at all the campaigns it was the middle that was the best. Prohpecies was fun, but way too slow and by being slow as it was made it too long. Factions was a bit faster, but I like getting off the starting place quicker and experiencing what the game had. Nightfall is my favorite, but some of the quests are so boring. GWEN was the least I liked.

All GWEN brought was more reputation titles to grind and way more grinding than Nightfall ever had. I could handle having Sunspear and Lightbringer, but the way you get points in GWEN is too slow and repetitive. At least the Remains of Sahlahja runs give you drops and are somewhat quick. I don't like when story lines split either. That was a terrible idea from the start. I never liked having to get reputation to buy armor. GWEN had most of the things I hated, I liked Prophecies though the campaign kept it simple.

Another thing I want to add is that the Lightbringer actually had a point and that was to help you with servants of Abaddon. The only reason people get Norn is for armor or Ursan. The one thing I liked about GWEN was the bandanna and Dragon Gauntlets, but I rather see people in full armor sets. The chaos gloves can go.

Mr. Undisclosed

I phail

Join Date: Mar 2007

Phailville

D/

05 Aug 2008 at 00:55 - 38

I actually took the time to read this since the title didn't say "An open letter to guild wars".

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

05 Aug 2008 at 02:33 - 39

Thread fails. If all you like is the european style of fantasy, good for you, but I enjoyed the devs experimenting with new styles with each campaign. 3 campaigns of prophecies-style areas would have gotten exceedingly boring.

Kanyatta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Guildless, pm me

R/Mo

05 Aug 2008 at 02:42 - 40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tender Wolf

Funny and creative, but I can see this getting closed soon...

All I see here is another WOW VS GW thread. In my opinion, Prophecies is the worst campaign of the three, Factions being the best and Nightfall in the middle. I honestly don't get why so many love Prophecies the most but that's beside the point.

Again, creative but I don't think we needed to hear that you're "dumping" Guild Wars for WOW. Just stop playing, it's that simple.

Although Guild Wars 2 will totally pwn WOW.

WOW was actually never mentioned in the entire OP, so I don't know where you got the WoW vs. GW aspect. Anyway, the OP has a very accurate description, only he didn't mention the genital herpes that is EotN.

(On a side note: I'm sorry, but as much as I'm looking forward to it, GW2 is not going to take down WoW. The only real contender is D3.)