Things you wish you knew before you started Guild Wars...

Scary

Scary

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2007

Uhmmmm??

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

N/

Titles, yep I shure wanted to know that infront.

A and using balthazar faction to gain Z-keys.

My New Name

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zigity View Post
the -image command gets rid of loading screens
whaaaaaaat??? lol

M @ T

M @ T

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

South of heaven

S E X Y Shinigami[SEXY]

W/

I wish I knew farming had nothing to do with actuall "farming".. Made a fool of myself 4 years ago as you can imagine.

That they would make all armor inscribable and wouldn't have to salvage my FoW armor I wantd to use in PvP. It was dyed gold oldschool .

The new Dye system.

That stocking up Brown Dyes when they came out, would not make me rich.

Tijger

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Mo/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Olim Chill View Post
Dye values. LOL.
Yeah, good point. I had the luck that a nice person (this was 4 years ago) spammed in newbie land not to sell your dyes to the trader in Pre-Searing because I was about to sell a black dye for 1g at the time...I sold it in Ascalon the next day for 11K (remember this was a loooooong time ago )

jray14

jray14

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

NC, USA

Ohm Mahnee Pedmay [Hoom]

Before buying alt accounts, I wish I'd known that they'd remove the XTH. I have to admire the way they did it though, playing the "really complicated bug" card every few weeks. Clever PR (or else they really are that sloppy at programming and contracting, which I don't want to believe...)

nacho3232

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2009

would this game get abandon when GW2 was being worked on

Age

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cacheelma View Post
That they'd betrayed the playerbase and started making a new game, despite telling people during beta that "We're in this for a long haul" etc etc.

GW3 is gonna be announced how many years after GW2, two? less than that?
I would agree with you on this as if they could as well as with th introduction of titles exccept for the pvp ones.Their obssion with bots.The introduction of to many gold sinks.

Lawliet Kira

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

E/Me

that rangers werent meant to be fire eles

Atro

Atro

Miss the good ol' days

Join Date: Sep 2009

Where don't I live?

A/

the value of black dye before dying my backpack and belt pouch black

Zahra

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Sherbrooke, Qc

Me/E

That there was a Prophecies CE and that I would want one (but not to the point of spending hundreds of dollars to add one to my account at this point).

Nate112211

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2008

E/Mo

I wish I'd known about survivor before I had 7 or 8 maxed titles on my character. -_-

??iljo

??iljo

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

N/

iding items + elite skills

AlsPals

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

Sellin hot stock tips for pro[fit]

Me/E

I wish I knew about:
1. The dreadnaughts chest. Knew about the other ones. I heard about it, but was too busy scrubbing up PVE with my W/Me Illusionary Weaponry character.
2. Nightfall and EOTN would make a once great game only great to those who didnt know how much better it was before they started playing.
3. Fame was going to be introduced.
4. All the farms (55, TOPK greens, SF greens, Riverside Hill Giants, Riverside Tengu, Ettins.) Missed most of them. Made a 55 when all the monk runes were 60k+. Next day an Anet update made them 10X less.
5. How to properly farm UW. With said 55, I rarely made it out the first chamber. And this was BEFORE Grasping Nightmares.
6. That certain weapons would be astronomically priced. Q8 Gold 14^50 Brute sword. Fell in love. Found another weapon I liked better, merched it for the 250~ GP. Bought a q10 Gold UNCONDITIONAL +14 Crystaline from a dude for 2k. No other mods. Sold it a year later for 100k. Most money I had up to that time. Makes me sad.
7. Powertrading. This I wish I knew about the most, as I dont like farming per se. If I had stacks and stacks of shit in storage, I could spend time buying what at will, funding a guild, and taking Screen Shots.
8. Hard Mode would have loot scaling. Would have built a fuggin campain against anet to stop that POS. Greens too.

Cherrie

Cherrie

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Echowald

Marked by [Fury]

Me/

-That there will be a Survivor/LDOA Titles (never got them on my main ;( )
-That we would get Birthday Presents
-That ANet would nerf Harvest Temple MeMo farm so soon
-UW 55 sooner.

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but useless all the same.

Kisti of Dolphins

Kisti of Dolphins

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2007

Sweden

Kindred Spirits [KiN]

R/Rt

That there were titles. Then maybe I would have my god walking among mortals by now
Learned to read all the descripions on the skills, then I might have realized that Barrage and Apply poison don't mix very well
That you don't get virus in your computer just by accepting an invite to a party, trading or answer when someone whispers you, lol, yes I was the biggest newbie ever when it comes to online games.
Guildwiki, found out about that after playing about a year. Thanks guildies<3 Imagine how enlighted I was after discovering that

Commander Kanen

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2008

[DVDF]

P/

When NF first came out i wish i descoverd paragons before they got nerfed to hell. i picked derv =((

azizul1975

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2007

GMT+8

The Elite Guard of Tyria (TEGO)

Mo/

that characters are meant to do what they are meant to do... i remember making a E/Mo and doing the monk job for arborstone quest...lol

Zodiac Meteor

Zodiac Meteor

Imma Firin Mah Rojway!

Join Date: Aug 2008

At the Mac Store laughing at people that walk out with anything.

E/Mo

Monking =/= Glyph of lesser energy + firestorm + health party

I waz a prozor monk with heal other and healing breeze.

Medic

Medic

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

CA

[DNR]

Mo/

That superior runes dont stack, but the -HP does.

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

that 4 years later I would still be playing it....would have kept some of the 'rare' and 'leet' stuff to sell later---would have been rich instead of just having enough plat to buy a few lockpicks a day.........................

high priestess anya

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2007

That henchies werent ignorant people and not knowing to press j to upgrade pvp chars

Voodoo Rage

Voodoo Rage

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

Sacramento, CA

Geezers

R/

I wish I knew about birthday presents. My current account was inherited with a full set of characters all created on the very first day the program was released (I get my pets on the actual release day). Unfortunately I ended up deleting all but 3 of the characters (2 were actually in pre-searing too) missing out on a fortune in pets.

I also fantasize about being about to raptor farm the day EOTN was released and selling those elemental swords for megabucks.

ll Jamie ll

ll Jamie ll

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2009

Devon, England.

Desolation Lords [DL]

E/Mo

That frenzy made you take double damage.

No... im serious.

panda11011

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2009

Peace with Quiet [Hush]

W/Mo

that I knew how to farm...

Yelling @ Cats

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2009

That in general, people are retarded.

Would have saved me a lot of hassle trying to do missions with PuGs.

tonini

tonini

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2007

Retired from guildwars for good:D

[]

R/

my 100k from kanaxai sword...

Sword Hammer Axe

Sword Hammer Axe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2008

Look up.

Kurzick Conflagration Unit [KCU].

W/

That I've read the manual. Seriously I got to Kryta before I learned about attributes XD

AngelWJedi

AngelWJedi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2008

orlando,florida

Society of Souls [Argh]

Rt/E

wish i had known how childish a lot of people are in guilds/allaince. so far most of them i only known pain headaches.

Ailina

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2010

Whats Prot Spirit [FoR]

R/

I wish I had known to save the -50hp grim cesta way back in early 2006...

I clearly remember talking to my brother and laughing about how stupid it would be for someone to want LESS health... Keep in mind this was early in the game, when they were still worth quite a bit, and when the greatest day ever for me was when I got my first 1k. :P

(yeah, I only discovered the wiki like a year in).

Oh, and the biggie. I was online during the 2nd celestial new year, when the cele pig collector was there, and I had 6 mini pigs (5 to trade, 1 to keep), but in a silly moment with my friend I named them and decided I couldn't give them up, and was convinced I could buy the cele pigs after the festival, "when they'll be cheaper".

I've been kicking myself every day since then. I want my shiny pig...

T-Strudel

T-Strudel

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2010

Gate of the Nightfallen Lands

Above Pop Secret [PoPS]

E/A

That holding shift splits a stack

Identifying white items and crap inscriptions increased value

Healing Sig + Frenzy can kill you

That a Magma's Shield still looks a thousand times better than a Destroyer shield (still kicking myself for selling a R9 gold -5/19% +30hp for 10k)

Skipping Infusion is a bad idea

That people who spam racial slurs in PvP won't get banned, but when you say someone is acting like a bitch in all chat, you're gone for 3 days.

Dabineh Deathbringer

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2010

N/A

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by madriel222 View Post
That I could add henchmen to my party XD
Agreed!!!!

When I first started about 2 months after this game came out, I made a necro and went out and fought on my own. I asked for parties and people didn't ever invite me, maybe I was a shy online guy since this was my first MMO.

So I quit lolz, and rejoined when my bro told me I coud use henchmen.

SithLord2064

SithLord2064

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2008

Phoenix, AZ

From the Ashes Rise the Pheonix

E/Me

I wish I had known dye prices. Srsly, sold a black dye in pre for like 50g. I also wish I had known about mission bonuses. I did 4 missions (the first 4 in Ascalon) and kept wondering why each mission town had 1 sword at an angle.

drkn

drkn

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2009

Wroc??aw, Poland

Midnight Mayhem

Me/

that there are classes and Classes, some constantly hit with the nerfbat, some loved beyond their need.

Turbo Ginsu

Turbo Ginsu

I despise facebook

Join Date: Feb 2008

Australia

Meeting of the Lost Minds

Me/

That only a moron deletes a squishie's starter armour. Stacks can be split. The arrow at the bottom of your att points opens the screen thingy..

pinkeyflower

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2010

That PvE was entirely different to PvP, and PBAoE spells only affected people in adjacent range.

Sjeng

Sjeng

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

in my GH

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Yol View Post
I wish I'd known that there would be a survivor title.

I wish I'd known that treasure hunter and wisdom would one day be account-based.....all those high-end chests I found and didn't open because I wasn't on my main character at the time

I wish I'd known that the rare mat prices would be 'reset' at Factions release....didn't have much money at the time, but enough to buy a fair few 100g ecto's that would have subsequently made my early playing days a bit easier (or cheaper).
^This. exactly this.

Raynb

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2007

that Mesmers would never be "fixed" as a wished class in PvE and that I should have stayed with the necro I created before the Mesmer, even though I did not like him...

revelation

revelation

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

I wish I knew that dead swords would drop crazy in prices and that paying 500k for it and customizing it the very same day is a stupid idea.

Master Ketsu

Master Ketsu

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

middle of nowhere

Krazy Guild With Krazy People [KrZy]

R/

That PvP would one day be Politics and not skill, so that way I could build rep with as many high enders I could find so getting a group would be 10 minutes instead of 45.