Ahh old times...
-Weapons non-inscrbibles, when a good weapon with a pretty skin was hard to get
Old times always was better.... i missed it
Memories of early Guild Wars
Gonzo_Neo
own age myname
I remember getting "wtfpwned" in Ascalon Arena because almost everyone had max armor.
I was a W/Mo who thought mending was good.
Doing THK about a bazillion times before actually getting it done. I think it was mostly that I was a horrible warrior, and no one liked warriors on top of that.
My first FoW run had my team wiped at the first area. Lol, I ran into the in mob and over aggroed, good times good times.
I remember farming Trolls for a living. Along with the occasional Hydra run.
I have a lot more memories, but I'll just keep them to myself.
I was a W/Mo who thought mending was good.
Doing THK about a bazillion times before actually getting it done. I think it was mostly that I was a horrible warrior, and no one liked warriors on top of that.
My first FoW run had my team wiped at the first area. Lol, I ran into the in mob and over aggroed, good times good times.
I remember farming Trolls for a living. Along with the occasional Hydra run.
I have a lot more memories, but I'll just keep them to myself.
superraptors
Socrates The Mauler
I remember when IDS would drop as a blue weapon, despite always being max and 15^50.
I remember people would apply blue dye to an FDS, which made it sort of look like an IDS in your inventory. People would then go to ascalon and sell it as if it was an IDS.
I remember people would apply blue dye to an FDS, which made it sort of look like an IDS in your inventory. People would then go to ascalon and sell it as if it was an IDS.
dunky_g
oh yeah and doing Hells chest runs for hours on end to try and get max damage deadbows and sephis axes.
Stop The Storm
doing infusion runs in iron mines to infuse 1 piece of armour at a time.
the free chest that spawned by the eidolon
20/20 sundering mods being 80k+
random salvages of weapon mods.
no mass NPC traders (dye/rune etc)
a limit of 5 on the ammount of times you can change region.
buying non max weapons and thinking youre amazing with your new purple 6-9 wand
having to kill the rifts in tomb of primeval kings
using mending on my warrior with a vamp weapon to get an amazing +2 health regen
the free chest that spawned by the eidolon
20/20 sundering mods being 80k+
random salvages of weapon mods.
no mass NPC traders (dye/rune etc)
a limit of 5 on the ammount of times you can change region.
buying non max weapons and thinking youre amazing with your new purple 6-9 wand
having to kill the rifts in tomb of primeval kings
using mending on my warrior with a vamp weapon to get an amazing +2 health regen
EinherjarMx
I remember the "noob filter" (THK)and how i pugged several times with no success, but did it with henchies after the 6th try XD. Oddly enough, can't remember the monk strike.
One of my favorite memories is when i was capping elites on ring of fire, and had a hard time getting through those damn hydras. One day I saw a female ele with her spanking brand new fow armor, fire staff and helping us like a pro. He was like, "wait... follow me, and after following him it took us like 20 minutes to cap that damn elite" since that day i wanted to get fow for my ele until i did it 2 years ago
Anyone remembers the days when amber was 5k a piece? and spent all day playing AB just to get 3k faction to sell amber?
One of my favorite memories is when i was capping elites on ring of fire, and had a hard time getting through those damn hydras. One day I saw a female ele with her spanking brand new fow armor, fire staff and helping us like a pro. He was like, "wait... follow me, and after following him it took us like 20 minutes to cap that damn elite" since that day i wanted to get fow for my ele until i did it 2 years ago
Anyone remembers the days when amber was 5k a piece? and spent all day playing AB just to get 3k faction to sell amber?
Robin190
Reading all of this, i really wished i started playing from the beginning. xD
Stop The Storm
was fun right at the beginning of guildwars. when you used what you found. when everythings new and youre exploring and on a new adventure. thats why im looking forward to guildwars 2, i just hope it pulls me in like guildwars has.
Caelus The Fallen
Ah yes, those were the days 
Soloing Thirsty River with my N/Mo and a gazillion minions. Who cares if they aggro the wrong mob and don't kill the priest in time? That's just more bodies for me to exploit!
Farming Tengu in Twin Serpent Lakes with my E/Mo smiting build (all melee mobs, no AoE scatter). That was hilarious - Ether Renewal + Zealots Fire, stick up some other enchantments, and spam Divine Boon (back when you could spam DB) = God-mode. Then they changed DB to have a cool down, so it was DB and RoF. Then they changed DB's targetting so it no longer worked, and you had to go RoF + Guardian. Eventually, they bit the bullet and added a load of Mesmer Tengu to the groups. Still, those feathery chaps bought me my first elite armour set.
Soloing Thirsty River with my N/Mo and a gazillion minions. Who cares if they aggro the wrong mob and don't kill the priest in time? That's just more bodies for me to exploit!
Farming Tengu in Twin Serpent Lakes with my E/Mo smiting build (all melee mobs, no AoE scatter). That was hilarious - Ether Renewal + Zealots Fire, stick up some other enchantments, and spam Divine Boon (back when you could spam DB) = God-mode. Then they changed DB to have a cool down, so it was DB and RoF. Then they changed DB's targetting so it no longer worked, and you had to go RoF + Guardian. Eventually, they bit the bullet and added a load of Mesmer Tengu to the groups. Still, those feathery chaps bought me my first elite armour set.
dsielschott
I remember Tombs being packed because the end greens were worth alot,
Sarrows Furnace was HUGE!!!
LA was the place to be,
running to ToA/Sanctum Cay was difficult,
almost any gold weapon with 15^50 was worth 5-10k
getting infused was a big deal!
O!! and IDS farming was a leet thing
I also remember tryin to PUG FoW, and getting destroyed on the first plain.....back then a team of 1 barrage ranger, 2 monks, 1 warrior, and 4 meteor shower eles would destroy.....still would but people dont do that
Sarrows Furnace was HUGE!!!
LA was the place to be,
running to ToA/Sanctum Cay was difficult,
almost any gold weapon with 15^50 was worth 5-10k
getting infused was a big deal!
O!! and IDS farming was a leet thing
I also remember tryin to PUG FoW, and getting destroyed on the first plain.....back then a team of 1 barrage ranger, 2 monks, 1 warrior, and 4 meteor shower eles would destroy.....still would but people dont do that
McMullen
Korea always having favour.. not good times. And rangers expertise lowering the cost of all skills, good times.
booyacs
I remember a lot of stuff some pvp some pve.
Lets see first thing is when beating Glint was something that you screen capped. I think as an ele I pugged a group and was one of the first teams to beat Glint on the first attempt.
The dual body guards in GVG. When the Guild Lord wasn't from factions. When you didn't have to unlock RA, TA or HA (was tombs).
I actually remember Tombs being in the desert and the non crap maps in what is now HA.
Farmin Sorrows Furnace and getting 3 greens as a triple nuker before the aggro nerf. I remember selling some greens for 100k a piece or 500k for the set.
I remember the old interface where it looked like you had a square + to add players.
Soloing the UW on a war when you could actually kill the axxtaes.
I also remember there not being a hardmode or the no end of game greens.
When golds weren't always maxed out.
Lets see first thing is when beating Glint was something that you screen capped. I think as an ele I pugged a group and was one of the first teams to beat Glint on the first attempt.
The dual body guards in GVG. When the Guild Lord wasn't from factions. When you didn't have to unlock RA, TA or HA (was tombs).
I actually remember Tombs being in the desert and the non crap maps in what is now HA.
Farmin Sorrows Furnace and getting 3 greens as a triple nuker before the aggro nerf. I remember selling some greens for 100k a piece or 500k for the set.
I remember the old interface where it looked like you had a square + to add players.
Soloing the UW on a war when you could actually kill the axxtaes.
I also remember there not being a hardmode or the no end of game greens.
When golds weren't always maxed out.
Splinter Slinger
I remember the protective bond nerf. Everyone in LA would have burnt the town down if they could.
Accually getting happy when a higher damage weapon you could use dropped for you and equipping it.
Also finding out my level 4 E/Me wasnt suitable for shooting a bow
Accually getting happy when a higher damage weapon you could use dropped for you and equipping it.
Also finding out my level 4 E/Me wasnt suitable for shooting a bow
Chieftain Heavyhand
When people were telling others about new farming builds instead of asking to have them nerfed.
paddymew
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Originally Posted by ShadowsRequiem
I believe the 15 always weapons worked like this:
They had a 15% mod with either -1 health degen or -1 energy degen, you would add a zealous/vamp mod to the sword then salvage the mod off to remove the conditional mod. Use to love the free chests they had too |
Sarevok Thordin
The great monk strike...
Anyone still have caps of that?
Anyone still have caps of that?
ShadowsRequiem
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Originally Posted by paddymew
Those weapons still exist, I got a +15%/-1 hp regen Jitte in Cantha some time ago.
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THK was fun! I ended up beating it with henchies after so many failed pugs.
Sol Faithman
The day that the merchant crashed and ecto and everything else was like 50g and Anet didn't do a roll back.
I logged off 20 minutes before it happened
I logged off 20 minutes before it happened
Vel
The most memorable one for me is Monk Strike at THK. They were protesting against un-appreciation they receive after healing the Leeroying Whammos.
In halls, the most hilarious memory was standing in the middle of altar to prevent Ghostly hero from capping it.
Sorrows Furnace 5 man Oro farm ...lol that Brohn's staff was HOT!
In halls, the most hilarious memory was standing in the middle of altar to prevent Ghostly hero from capping it.
Sorrows Furnace 5 man Oro farm ...lol that Brohn's staff was HOT!
Tarkin
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Originally Posted by Sarevok Thordin
The great monk strike...
Anyone still have caps of that? |
Rusty Deth
I remember trying to interrupt without seeing the foes skill charge, that was fun.
PUGing Last Days Dawn with my Monk and that npc dude still got creamed by the Titans at the end despite listening to my teammates and bonding the guy.
B/Ping tombs in PUGs before Heroes were introduced.
Minion Factory's
PUGing Last Days Dawn with my Monk and that npc dude still got creamed by the Titans at the end despite listening to my teammates and bonding the guy.
B/Ping tombs in PUGs before Heroes were introduced.
Minion Factory's
Shursh
- wiping within 15 seconds of entering FoW with that first ele group while PUGing (people still do that!!)
-Flaring my way through the game up until i got out of the ascalonian areas LOL...man that spell was so good, 5e and no recharge! me and my bro would go out by ourselves (we didn't know you could bring henchies) and run duo-flarers and spike down one or two charr before the rest overwhelmed us. then we got stuck in Piken Square because that first group of charr outside the entrance was too powerful (we had forgotten about map travel LOL) - we were stuck there for about a week if i remember correctly.
-finding out how to 55 and trying it for the first time, being like "ZOMG! THIS IS SO COOL!!"
-getting that quest "The Duke's Daughter" and, seeing how far you had to travel, being like "screw that, we are skipping that one" - looking back, that was a pretty easy quest.
-the guild hall map travel bug - got to droks really quickly that way lol
ahh...such good times.
-Flaring my way through the game up until i got out of the ascalonian areas LOL...man that spell was so good, 5e and no recharge! me and my bro would go out by ourselves (we didn't know you could bring henchies) and run duo-flarers and spike down one or two charr before the rest overwhelmed us. then we got stuck in Piken Square because that first group of charr outside the entrance was too powerful (we had forgotten about map travel LOL) - we were stuck there for about a week if i remember correctly.
-finding out how to 55 and trying it for the first time, being like "ZOMG! THIS IS SO COOL!!"
-getting that quest "The Duke's Daughter" and, seeing how far you had to travel, being like "screw that, we are skipping that one" - looking back, that was a pretty easy quest.
-the guild hall map travel bug - got to droks really quickly that way lol
ahh...such good times.
SilentSyn
Spending close to 60k on a 20/20 Rockmolder. Luckily I got to use it a lot before it was nerfed.
My first character was a Mesmer, and i had to practically beg people to let me get on their teams for anything PvE. Its a miracle I ever saw FoW or UW at all.
GvG meta with heavy Ranger Spirit spam and Lord Camping.
Chain Lightning spikers
Boon Prots. They were so much fun.
I had actually forgotten about the Monk strike.
Capping elites used to be a huge pain in the ass.
My first time in PvP, I was in the arena at Droknar's Forge, and I tried running a Power Block build since I thought the effect was totally badass. We got through one game, which we lost, and I was promptly kicked off the team. I didnt catch a damn thing with PB and the rest of my bar was filled with Illusion spells. :-D
My first character was a Mesmer, and i had to practically beg people to let me get on their teams for anything PvE. Its a miracle I ever saw FoW or UW at all.
GvG meta with heavy Ranger Spirit spam and Lord Camping.
Chain Lightning spikers
Boon Prots. They were so much fun.
I had actually forgotten about the Monk strike.
Capping elites used to be a huge pain in the ass.
My first time in PvP, I was in the arena at Droknar's Forge, and I tried running a Power Block build since I thought the effect was totally badass. We got through one game, which we lost, and I was promptly kicked off the team. I didnt catch a damn thing with PB and the rest of my bar was filled with Illusion spells. :-D
Saborath Gilgalad
The QQing over THK
Massive amounts of people in SF (and no cap on the amount of minions you could have)
When the economy crashed and ectos could be bought for 100g or so.
Ettin and Griffin farming
IWAY in Tombs
Ether Renewal, Dual Orders R-spike and Boon Prots.
FoW Chest runs
And alot more that I can't think of atm.
Massive amounts of people in SF (and no cap on the amount of minions you could have)
When the economy crashed and ectos could be bought for 100g or so.
Ettin and Griffin farming
IWAY in Tombs
Ether Renewal, Dual Orders R-spike and Boon Prots.
FoW Chest runs
And alot more that I can't think of atm.
New Buddha
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Originally Posted by ShadowsRequiem
I believe the 15 always weapons worked like this:
They had a 15% mod with either -1 health degen or -1 energy degen, you would add a zealous/vamp mod to the sword then salvage the mod off to remove the conditional mod. |
Forgot that they added the extra -1s on unconditions as a nerf. yeah, still crying over it. Still have the Chaos Axe. Anyone know what's it's worth now?
cosyfiep
the first halloween ......mad kings jokes werent really old (yet)....not knowing what emotes to do. getting the pumpkin mask (yep still have it on 2 characters---cant seem to throw it away even though I showed it to the mask maker)...oh yeah, getting all those masks and having no place to store them.
the first wintersday....everyone doing the quest and not knowing where the socks were or the termites....and the gingerbread focus and candy shields (still have them too)....
getting my santa hat and antlers (yep still got them too....somehow I just dont trust that mask maker). And my mesmer running thru the ascension mission so she could get to dorks for the last part of that wintersday quest-----
now the quests are old, mad kings jokes are about as funny as hitting my head on the table and everyone knows the emotes--in order!
sigh
the first wintersday....everyone doing the quest and not knowing where the socks were or the termites....and the gingerbread focus and candy shields (still have them too)....
getting my santa hat and antlers (yep still got them too....somehow I just dont trust that mask maker). And my mesmer running thru the ascension mission so she could get to dorks for the last part of that wintersday quest-----
now the quests are old, mad kings jokes are about as funny as hitting my head on the table and everyone knows the emotes--in order!
sigh
Shayne Hawke
Enjoying the game is a memory.
DarkWasp
/roll lotteries.
5-6 2-lined roll lottery advertisements would pop up every 10 secs and traders would say "Its hard to sell stuff with all the spam". Oh what they didnt know was comming...
5-6 2-lined roll lottery advertisements would pop up every 10 secs and traders would say "Its hard to sell stuff with all the spam". Oh what they didnt know was comming...
Painbringer
Finding Sorrows Furnace for the first time the hard way and exploring the area.
And hoping for a good boss spawn on THK took many attempts but finally made it on my main. Back then a solo trip with Hench was very very hard
And hoping for a good boss spawn on THK took many attempts but finally made it on my main. Back then a solo trip with Hench was very very hard
dime basha
free chests...
finding ectos and crystallines from any chest for free...
sigh...
finding ectos and crystallines from any chest for free...
sigh...
thetechx
When you could always count on [MATH] to win favor of the gods back from the Korean server.
Racthoh
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Originally Posted by Sarevok Thordin
The great monk strike...
Anyone still have caps of that? |
- Running a boon prot although I never got to play one with Energy Drain
- Running chests in the desert
- Getting destroyed by Ether Renewal in RA
- Fighting from Lornar's to Droks with a group of 6 using no elites, armor from LA, non max weapons, etc...
- Activation bars on skills didn't exist
- Tombs had 10 districts, always, and ranked groups were rare. Rifts.
- No aftercast on Ranger interrupts
Racthoh
We prefer to call them "Paladins".
Pistachio
*farming for respec points
*black dyes selling for over 50k
*people looking for groups and marketing themselves as "ascended", thinking they were hot stuff
*tombs being Heroes' Ascent - and IWAY dominating
*armor specific bonuses(like gladiator's for extra energy)
Ahh, those were the days.
*black dyes selling for over 50k
*people looking for groups and marketing themselves as "ascended", thinking they were hot stuff
*tombs being Heroes' Ascent - and IWAY dominating
*armor specific bonuses(like gladiator's for extra energy)
Ahh, those were the days.
boxterduke
I never forget farming Ettins and getting superior absorption or vigor. Man it was 100k a pop at the time.
I made a fortune.
I remember getting to LA the first time, it was such a huge city I felt lost.
Old Dye system, the new one sucks. (color wise)
The first Halloween, that was the best time ever.
The time when Ectos were like 100gold and people bought a ton of them, sadly I missed that although I was logged in that day.
Sorrows Furnace update.
The second time the market crashed, and how they shutdown the game to restore from an older backup.
First time I landed in the desert (still my favorite spot of the game - the music there is just amazing) and how I was nervous knowing that soon I will be facing the doppelganger (it had a different name back then)
The Monk strike.
How THK was the mission that everyone gets stuck at.
I made a fortune.
I remember getting to LA the first time, it was such a huge city I felt lost.
Old Dye system, the new one sucks. (color wise)
The first Halloween, that was the best time ever.
The time when Ectos were like 100gold and people bought a ton of them, sadly I missed that although I was logged in that day.
Sorrows Furnace update.
The second time the market crashed, and how they shutdown the game to restore from an older backup.
First time I landed in the desert (still my favorite spot of the game - the music there is just amazing) and how I was nervous knowing that soon I will be facing the doppelganger (it had a different name back then)
The Monk strike.
How THK was the mission that everyone gets stuck at.
Stokely
55 monk + HoD sword
ettin, desert griffon, lightning drake, and tengu farming
mixing dye
no scatter from aoe
no loot scaling
infusing only 1 armor piece per run :s
100k sup absorption, 20k per sup monk rune
Favor of gods determined by hall of heroes
ettin, desert griffon, lightning drake, and tengu farming
mixing dye
no scatter from aoe
no loot scaling
infusing only 1 armor piece per run :s
100k sup absorption, 20k per sup monk rune
Favor of gods determined by hall of heroes
Snoes
Changing my account to American server because they had favor when I felt like doing uw.
Puebert
Boon prots and capping Life Transfer.