Minion Factories rolling over people in HA. I'm sorry, in the Tombs.
Pre-made templates that were better than a lot of today's builds in RA.
Developers giving a damn about promises and keeping their word.
Memories of early Guild Wars
Abedeus
Pistachio
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I think a lot of people forgot what roleplaying really is or never knew though. It's not about maximizing DPS or kill ratios to cost of spells. It's about playing any character and skill makeup "You" enjoy. It never should come down to you can't play with us because your build sucks. That's so "out of character" for players to do they shouldn't even be allowed to play. That's why I enjoy RA and FA and JQ, nobody can tell you the build to bring into the battle. Nobody can kick you out of the group. Everybody gets to play the way they want to and not be dictated to about how awful their character or build sucks. ... |
Saldonus Darkholme
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I remember starting the game, LOVING Pre-Searing, not knowing there was a Post-Searing.
I remember reading about a bug fix in Yak's Bend and thinking that must be in the more advanced areas.
I remember FINALLY finding Piken's Square, and seeing a bunch of characters with letters and numbers over their heads. (I even reported that as a bug. The CSR was kind enough to point out what that all meant.)
I remember the Monk Strike, and how hard THK was.
I LOVED "the book trick" in FoW.
I LOVED the minion factory, watching that marching wall of death.
I remember taking 1/2 an hour to kill Glint.
I remember how hard it was to find a monk in THK and the Fire Islands, so I monked solo with my Mesmer and Necro, amazing the group (and myself!)
Good times!
slowerpoke
addition of the wiki really changed things. now everything is documented and accessible at the click of the button.
Pistachio
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addition of the wiki really changed things. now everything is documented and accessible at the click of the button.
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luminoire
when fellblades, storm bows, sephis axe and the ever elusive sickles were priced well above your average player.
Copenhagen Master
The old favor system for FOW/UW
UNLIMITED MINIONS!!!
20/20 items usually 50k plus just for the mods
Free chest/barrel runs.. now they are gone
UNLIMITED MINIONS!!!
20/20 items usually 50k plus just for the mods
Free chest/barrel runs.. now they are gone
Awex Mafyews
I remember back in the days when I used the Healing Hands elite on my warriors bar and that final thrust was the most awesome skill ever and trying to find any PUG group when all I saw was "LF monk for mission" everywhere. I also remember back when mods and Superior Vigor runes were worth a fortune and that my purple hammer with an undead mod was pretty awesome not to metion my white fiery dragon sword I was the shizzle back then.
Rue The Day
Griffon run! Haha all those poor repeatedly killed griffons.
Durin_Kane
Buying a max damage spatha ( with no extra stats or anything ) for 1k lol
Shasgaliel
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I think a lot of people forgot what roleplaying really is or never knew though. It's not about maximizing DPS or kill ratios to cost of spells. It's about playing any character and skill makeup "You" enjoy. It never should come down to you can't play with us because your build sucks. That's so "out of character" for players to do they shouldn't even be allowed to play. That's why I enjoy RA and FA and JQ, nobody can tell you the build to bring into the battle. Nobody can kick you out of the group. Everybody gets to play the way they want to and not be dictated to about how awful their character or build sucks. |
pamelf
The excitement that we'd see regular updates when SF came out.
Pickle
When 'Dynasty Warriors' popped up saying they had won their first match in HoH, everyone in Europe was in the Temple of the Ages with a full group.
moriz
when i first started, i didn't know that presearing was the tutorial area, and is not connected with the rest of the game. in fact, i spent hours looking over maps online, to see where i was. i was quite surprised after i found out there was nothing south of foible's folly.
RotteN
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When 'Dynasty Warriors' popped up saying they had won their first match in HoH, everyone in Europe was in the Temple of the Ages with a full group.
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http://rip-dw-healer.ytmnd.com/ >> God our monk template sucked.
I remember a lot of cool stuff from the first year of this game. Things were all fresh and new back then. Good memories ...
garethporlest18
When I could make a million in a week, farming Ettins for a few hours a day.
axe
I remember being in LA and watching the parties forming for Villainy of Galrath quest and thinking how pro those guys must be.
When your friends would pm you as they were about to face their doppleganger and you would wish them good luck, and not to get discouraged.
I remember them Pmin you back hours later saying "I give up"
The Prima Strategy guide was FASCINATING
I remember deleting my first Warrior (W/Me) because I wanted to be a Monk secondary, I was unaware that you could switch secondaries. Hey do you remember the secondary profession changers in the outposts in the desert, had to trek for hours to get to those places.
When your friends would pm you as they were about to face their doppleganger and you would wish them good luck, and not to get discouraged.
I remember them Pmin you back hours later saying "I give up"
The Prima Strategy guide was FASCINATING
I remember deleting my first Warrior (W/Me) because I wanted to be a Monk secondary, I was unaware that you could switch secondaries. Hey do you remember the secondary profession changers in the outposts in the desert, had to trek for hours to get to those places.
Coverticus
Hmmm.... 
- Finding ToA by accident and wondering wth was going on
- Being proud of my firestorm and flare build in FOW
.. and wondering why people lolled at me 
- Discovering 55 monking for the first time.
- Discovering how much money I needed to MAKE the 55 armour set (fortunately before 55ing became widely known)
- Making Griffons the early ancestors of Vaettirs slaughterfest
- Proudly being a striking monk in the THK strike event
- Getting to the Desert on my first char (ele) and someone politely pointing out pre-searing armour might struggle...
- Being persuaded to create a warrior for a certain thing called... erm, ah yes Droknars Running. Kerchings
- Being in a guild for 5 months without having "guild chat" turned on...
- Grrring at the introduction of Dying Nightmares in UW. Swines.
- Whooping in delight when finally I completed The Villainy of Galrath. And 4k XP too! Woooot. If only I knew how redundant skill points would actually become lol.
- Spending 40 minutes in a PuG trying to kill Willa The Unpleasant in Abaddon's Mouth. Oh the pain, then waiting 100 years for the bonus to finish - think it took 3 hours to do that mission hahaha
- Getting a Crystalline Sword and, thinking it looked rubbish (which I still do), politely handed it over to the merchant for a few gold. Still have cold sweats over that one lol.
- Sorrows Furnace being released. "Hot-Damning" when my first green dropped (Brohn's Staff, which I still have for sentimental purposes). Cue a Necro being built so I could play with as many Bone Fiends as I liked in there (and Tombs). Happy 5 man times.
Fond memories, the game isn't like it used to be! Now where is my walking stick...
- Finding ToA by accident and wondering wth was going on
- Being proud of my firestorm and flare build in FOW
.. and wondering why people lolled at me - Discovering 55 monking for the first time.
- Discovering how much money I needed to MAKE the 55 armour set (fortunately before 55ing became widely known)
- Making Griffons the early ancestors of Vaettirs
slaughterfest- Proudly being a striking monk in the THK strike event
- Getting to the Desert on my first char (ele) and someone politely pointing out pre-searing armour might struggle...
- Being persuaded to create a warrior for a certain thing called... erm, ah yes Droknars Running. Kerchings
- Being in a guild for 5 months without having "guild chat" turned on...
- Grrring at the introduction of Dying Nightmares in UW. Swines.
- Whooping in delight when finally I completed The Villainy of Galrath. And 4k XP too! Woooot. If only I knew how redundant skill points would actually become lol.
- Spending 40 minutes in a PuG trying to kill Willa The Unpleasant in Abaddon's Mouth. Oh the pain, then waiting 100 years for the bonus to finish - think it took 3 hours to do that mission hahaha
- Getting a Crystalline Sword and, thinking it looked rubbish (which I still do), politely handed it over to the merchant for a few gold. Still have cold sweats over that one lol.
- Sorrows Furnace being released. "Hot-Damning" when my first green dropped (Brohn's Staff, which I still have for sentimental purposes). Cue a Necro being built so I could play with as many Bone Fiends as I liked in there (and Tombs). Happy 5 man times.
Fond memories, the game isn't like it used to be! Now where is my walking stick...
Mr.Kotte
I remember when I found my first superior absorption ever (ettin rune farming). Sold it to the rune trader for 80k, and promised myself I'd never lose that money.
The monies were gone within the week.
The monies were gone within the week.
angelsarc
Oh, speaking of greens, I want my old Rockmolder back.
MelechRic
I remember when the Drakes in the Gates of Kryta mission would drop golds that had no negative attributes.
I still have this bow as a memento of times gone by:
I still have this bow as a memento of times gone by:
Give me that Cookie
monk strike roxxed 
all at thunderhead right? long time ago..
i remember pre seering, played it, thought the game was dull and stopped...
that was at the first week the game started
i rejoined 7 months later, after WoW got boring, then i heard of all the godly items i missed out on.. lol
-50 hp axe..
all at thunderhead right? long time ago..i remember pre seering, played it, thought the game was dull and stopped...
that was at the first week the game started
i rejoined 7 months later, after WoW got boring, then i heard of all the godly items i missed out on.. lol
-50 hp axe..
Dr Imperial
The AoE scatter nerf and the Loot Scaling nerf....two of the worst things in gaming history....killed it for us farmers..
germanturkey
haha, Villany. what a great quest. i remember first getting it, hitting M to see where the green star was.. there wasn't one in the immediate field of sight. lol. then seeing, its allllllllll the way over there.
Kamakazi112
farming tengu....
1 hour=300-500k....
each run=10 gold armors
1/10 chance gold armor carried a rune worth 30k+
and then.....each run took 2 minutes....sigh i miss those days
1 hour=300-500k....
each run=10 gold armors
1/10 chance gold armor carried a rune worth 30k+
and then.....each run took 2 minutes....sigh i miss those days
MBTW
Running around post searing Ascalon screaming "where am i????"
Made a E/N then the Prima Guide siad better to be a E/Mo so I deleted it.... I was level 13 in druid's overlook and people were like WTF?
Thinking a Drok's run was mandatory.
Buying Pigmail and saying how "epic" i was
Paying 5k for a Ssauske's sword (still cant spell that)
Making my first 5k. that was the most cash i had for 2 years.
Getting a Geoffer's Bulwark and tried to run Droks with no "Charge!"
Running Piken Square for 400g
The massive cheers when my level 16 warrior in full Lion's Arch armor ran to Beacons.
Nightfall BWE. man, that was crazy.
wow... i have much more.
Made a E/N then the Prima Guide siad better to be a E/Mo so I deleted it.... I was level 13 in druid's overlook and people were like WTF?
Thinking a Drok's run was mandatory.
Buying Pigmail and saying how "epic" i was
Paying 5k for a Ssauske's sword (still cant spell that)
Making my first 5k. that was the most cash i had for 2 years.
Getting a Geoffer's Bulwark and tried to run Droks with no "Charge!"
Running Piken Square for 400g
The massive cheers when my level 16 warrior in full Lion's Arch armor ran to Beacons.
Nightfall BWE. man, that was crazy.
wow... i have much more.
davehall
I started playing about two months after GW came out. I started playing it along with about 6-10 colleagues from work (I work in a call-center) who formed a guild.
Some of the stuff that comes to mind...
Personal Achievements:
Discovering:
Funny Acts:
Some of the stuff that comes to mind...
- Farming gold/materials for cash to get capes/guild hall.
- Discovering that there was a difference between a mission and quest by pressing the mission button in The Great Northern Wall.
- Killing my first boss in The Breach, thinking I was "invincible" now that I had a Morale Boost...that was until my level 6 wammo entered The Ascalon Foothills and faced a level 10 Hydra.
- First encounter with a Frost Wurm in Lornar's Pass.
- Game bugs like seeing my henchies running off in the sky in Dragon's Gullet (after a party wipe)
Personal Achievements:
- Exploring 86% of Tyian even before there was even a title for it.
- First “Infusion” Run.
- Capping a black bear in Lornar's Pass with my level 8 ranger.
- Exploring Lornar's Pass and Snake Dance.
- Capping first elite (“Defy Pain”) while Clobberhusk was still alive.
Discovering:
- Temple of Ages
- Making money by running other toons
- Griffon farming
- The breath-taking views from Anvil Rock, Majesty's Rest, The Falls, Kessex Peak, Snake Dance
- Seeing a 55-monk for first time in action
Funny Acts:
- Guild Members all taking off their armor for the cut-scenes
- Taking a caravan from TOA to Old Ascalon (just for the hell of it).
- Running my level 6 wammo to Marhan's Grotto for Elite Gladiator armor
Miss Puddles
I remember running an E/R build in Tombs (not HA) with traps, Inferno, Lava Font, and Troll Unguent. It was sweet.
Also, I remember seeing a gold weapon for the first time and going
Also, I remember seeing a gold weapon for the first time and going
Orfas
the old favor system w
aiting for america to get favor then on the last victory needed europe would win and people in toa went crazy XD
before there was HM...
aiting for america to get favor then on the last victory needed europe would win and people in toa went crazy XD
before there was HM...
QueenofDeath
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I remember being in LA and watching the parties forming for Villainy of Galrath quest and thinking how pro those guys must be.
When your friends would pm you as they were about to face their doppleganger and you would wish them good luck, and not to get discouraged. I remember them Pmin you back hours later saying "I give up" The Prima Strategy guide was FASCINATING I remember deleting my first Warrior (W/Me) because I wanted to be a Monk secondary, I was unaware that you could switch secondaries. Hey do you remember the secondary profession changers in the outposts in the desert, had to trek for hours to get to those places. |
The salvation for all those lost sales of mid game resources finally arrives in the Traveler Nicholas who needs those items for rewards now. Only took them 5 years to make him. lol
I was in awe of minion masters in those days. It was great grouping with one in THK and just watching his minions plow through everything like the 3 heroes from Nightfall do there now.
I remember Everquest doing something that was very kewl and brought back the old game. You could only play in the first chapter and couldn't bring anything or use anything from any of the newer expansions. This gave back to gamers the good old days when things were the most fun and expansions didn't ruin the game as people could only play in one portion of the world. It would be nice if Anet/NCsoft did something like this and brought back the old world and game of Prophecies before they ruined it with Heroes and consumables and inscripted weapons and any other things that have made the game so easy and simple now. Bring back the good old Heroes Asscent Wraiths, bring back the unlimited minion masters and when soul reaping was really soul reaping and not limited soul reaping.
Hyper Cutter
I remember when cranes were red, before China got all butthurt about them...
DreamWind
I only remember the game used to be good....really good.
Neo Nugget
I remember when people actually played in the ascalon, shiverpeak, istan and shing jea arenas. *tear
Sarevok Thordin
I don't know if this is "early" but I remember the moment heroes were implemented and the devs overlooked their effect in AB...
12vs12 suddenly become 12+heroes vs 12+heroes.
12vs12 suddenly become 12+heroes vs 12+heroes.
Malice Black
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when fellblades, storm bows, sephis axe and the ever elusive sickles were priced well above your average player.
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800k fellblades
1m ghostly staffs
spendings 100k+ on a non-max white items (their name escapes me)
selling white chaos axes in ascalon for 5k
went bit tits up after that
Neo Nugget
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spendings 100k+ on a non-max white items (their name escapes me)
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I remember when those were going for some crazy amounts before factions.
QueenofDeath
I remember when IWAY was so popular and it was easy to get into a group in HA and win too. I loved watching IWAY teams rip up the holy trinity groups too. hahahahah Anet has found a way to nerf everything that was fun though through the years. So, now I want them to nerf 55 monks and Shadowform Sins why should they have all the fun if we all can't?
Wilhelm
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I hope the developing team can create GW2 to have the same 'must play' feeling that the original Guild Wars had pre expansions.
Other than that...anyone remember the epic struggles that Villianry of Galrath produced??
Jonii
I remember when the Great Temple of Balthazar had a place where you could clip through the rock and end up in this awesome little cove. Everyone just referred to it as "The Cave," and regular visitors all knew each other and socialized there. Some time later, Anet fixed it and closed the cave. I haven't seen those players since.
glacialphoenix
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I remember doing it with friends, and at least one of us 007ed just before Galrath... leaving the remainder to tackle him on our own. We did it after a lot of pulling back and forth.