This thread is about something that you just realised about Guild Wars and want to share it with someone. It could be that a certain NPC looks like another or that Kormir is secretly a Ninja or something.
Let's start with my sudden realisation about Guild Wars:
If you really really think about it, Guild Wars is just a dress up game. As far as PvE is concerned, that is it's purpose. Fight, to get gear, to fight, to get better gear, to fight to get pretty gear. Maybe fight some more to get some pretty pet that follows you around. How is this any different from playing with dolls? We just work to look prettier and have a prettier word(s) below our name. Many may argue with me... but why do you make money in Guild Wars?
Let the Realisations be posted!
That thing you just realized...
Mexay
jazilla
@OP: The same could be said for RL. Why do we work to make money in RL besides having a roof over our heads and grub in our guts? We work to buy things we want.
I would say that my realizaition about GW is that the 8 skills to a skill bar is awesome. It gives the game a more tactical feel as opposed to other games where you have every skill at your disposal.
I would counter your argument about it only being to get nice stuff. I spent my money on things of use as well. Weapons for heroes(for functionality), for tomes so I could learn skills/Elite skills for crucial builds in certain areas. Money for insignias and runes for multiple characters and ALL of their heroes. I think you have a point, but you are unclear in how you put it. If you are saying, "what do i do with all my money after I have achieved everything in GW that I want to?" then maybe you have a point. I notice that I give a lot of my stuff/money away to alliance mates that are still working on the stuff i was working on a few years ago. I think you make a pretty base argument from one angle. There are many angles and yours just happens to be a single way of looking at it.
I would say that my realizaition about GW is that the 8 skills to a skill bar is awesome. It gives the game a more tactical feel as opposed to other games where you have every skill at your disposal.
I would counter your argument about it only being to get nice stuff. I spent my money on things of use as well. Weapons for heroes(for functionality), for tomes so I could learn skills/Elite skills for crucial builds in certain areas. Money for insignias and runes for multiple characters and ALL of their heroes. I think you have a point, but you are unclear in how you put it. If you are saying, "what do i do with all my money after I have achieved everything in GW that I want to?" then maybe you have a point. I notice that I give a lot of my stuff/money away to alliance mates that are still working on the stuff i was working on a few years ago. I think you make a pretty base argument from one angle. There are many angles and yours just happens to be a single way of looking at it.
Shake N Bake
People normaly buy prettier Stuff to show off. Face it.
And that's what makes GW awesome. You can really show off (ok, now please no,"i don't care about e-peen"), as you musn't get that BDS or that FoW(all stats r the same), but you choose to spend the ectos/gold on it. GW is just for people to whoop out their epeens and compare who has the biggest. And if it's not their armor weapons it's their titles ("gtfo r3 noob!").
Savvy?
Kbithx!
And that's what makes GW awesome. You can really show off (ok, now please no,"i don't care about e-peen"), as you musn't get that BDS or that FoW(all stats r the same), but you choose to spend the ectos/gold on it. GW is just for people to whoop out their epeens and compare who has the biggest. And if it's not their armor weapons it's their titles ("gtfo r3 noob!").
Savvy?
Kbithx!
Painbringer
That for some reason I have a heck of a time getting on GW Guru at work. long time outs pauses too long for loading screens. Work runs run IE but at home I run fire-fox and rarely have problems.
BackOnTopic
The Hench healer sucks in war of kyrta even with all the changes.
WTB a prot hench at TOA
BackOnTopic
The Hench healer sucks in war of kyrta even with all the changes.
WTB a prot hench at TOA
Hobbs
After 58 months of playing GW I realised that the Reaper's Mark skill icon does not depict the Statue of Liberty around a month ago.
Drelias Melaku
Part of the fun of gearing up and customizing is that you have to play to get the money to do it, even if it's just for a collector item or something. Though I do enjoy customizing, I'd much rather earn my Jade/Amber through competitive missions than buy it just because I enjoy the experience. Sapphires and rubies? Treasure runs and quests, plzkthx. It's not that I hate spending money, it's just that dishing it out for things I can easily get by simply playing the game is a hell of a lot more fun.
I just realized how rare it is to actually see armor combinations in-game. I see them in the screenshots forum, but I wish I could actually find them more often while playing.
I just realized how rare it is to actually see armor combinations in-game. I see them in the screenshots forum, but I wish I could actually find them more often while playing.
legioncg
After 4 years of playing I realized about 4 months ago what the "R" key does
RedDog91
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Originally Posted by Togira Ikonaka
After 58 months of playing GW I realised that the Reaper's Mark skill icon does not depicted the Statue of Liberty around a month ago.
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FengShuiDove
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Originally Posted by jazilla
@OP: The same could be said for RL. Why do we work to make money in RL besides having a roof over our heads and grub in our guts? We work to buy things we want.
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On a scale from 1-Drab, your post is about an 8.
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Originally Posted by legioncg
After 4 years of playing I realized about 4 months ago what the "R" key does
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OT: Ever seen the face in the background of Empathy's skill icon?
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Originally Posted by fengshuidove
ot: Ever seen the face in the background of empathy's skill icon?
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Drelias Melaku
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Also, Animate Bone Minions.
Snow Bunny
Just realized how prestigious I am.
ashes
Yesterday i realised that u dont have to actually target a minion with Jagged Bones ...
Source; Official Wiki
I was blown away! xP
Source; Official Wiki
I was blown away! xP
vamp08
Hmmm, after 4 years I haven't found myself with a "...OHHHHHHHHH" moment. 
Perhaps Natural Healing's skill icon being a cut-n-paste job of the Nightfall box (excluding CE)?
Perhaps Natural Healing's skill icon being a cut-n-paste job of the Nightfall box (excluding CE)?
Voodoo Rage
A few months ago after asking someone in my guild help me trade back in forth to split up a stack of lockpicks, I realized that the shift key lets you do just that... :headsmack:
zwei2stein
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Star_Jewel
This thread could be taken two ways: Point out profound things about the game from a perspective not many people take, or "boy was I stupid to not realize this about the game mechanics!"
Anyway, mine apply to the latter:
The friend who got me into this game had played for about 2 years before he dragged me in. He'd always spaz at me about getting too close to the mobs, when my aggro circle was clearly nowhere near the red dots. It wasn't until somewhat recently that he said, "Hey, I just realized that that translucent white circle on the radar is the aggro bubble!"
Apparently he'd been judging aggro based on proximity to mobs on the screen, and all that time had assumed the bubble on the radar was basically just a "you are here" marker.
He's usually so smart with stuff like that, too....
I, however, am not. So I don't feel too bad about it taking me 15 months to realize that end-game collector trophies are stackable. I'd been wasting like 5 inventory slots with Droknar's Keys and Amulets of the Mists. Ironic part? What clued me in was when I traded one of them from my newly-purchased STORAGE ACCOUNT to my main, where it auto-stacked.
Anyway, mine apply to the latter:
The friend who got me into this game had played for about 2 years before he dragged me in. He'd always spaz at me about getting too close to the mobs, when my aggro circle was clearly nowhere near the red dots. It wasn't until somewhat recently that he said, "Hey, I just realized that that translucent white circle on the radar is the aggro bubble!"
Apparently he'd been judging aggro based on proximity to mobs on the screen, and all that time had assumed the bubble on the radar was basically just a "you are here" marker.
He's usually so smart with stuff like that, too....
I, however, am not. So I don't feel too bad about it taking me 15 months to realize that end-game collector trophies are stackable. I'd been wasting like 5 inventory slots with Droknar's Keys and Amulets of the Mists. Ironic part? What clued me in was when I traded one of them from my newly-purchased STORAGE ACCOUNT to my main, where it auto-stacked.
-Martian-
...that the blood renewal icon wasnt a champagne bottle popping. Seriously.
aspi
That judges insight does not portrait Elvis singing.
Hugh Manatee
Find Their Weakness!, anthem of envy, anthem of weariness and disrupting anthem work on spirits, and that specifically anguish will double the damage vs a hexed target.
Essence Snow
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A few months ago after asking someone in my guild help me trade back in forth to split up a stack of lockpicks, I realized that the shift key lets you do just that... :headsmack:
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dancing gnome
After vanquishing Shing Jea Island and parts of Kryta in HM I just realised Guild Wars is INFINITELY more enjoyable and balanced for smaller parties. 4-6 vs 4-6 is a very nice match up. You are able to actually use utility skills and snares to take out your opponent. When PvE begins to fail and brings in mobs of 8-24 is where Guild Wars becomes insanely inbalanced and majorly suckage with everything coming down to who does the most AoE damage and blocking the mobs with minions or spirit walls, god know snares or utility skills are useless against mobs of 8-24.
So yeah, I just noticed GW PvE balance fails as soon as the mob (and party sizes) increase above 6.
So yeah, I just noticed GW PvE balance fails as soon as the mob (and party sizes) increase above 6.
N I T E Stalker
You make money in GW to get better and nicer armor, to get better and nicer weapons and to be rich and show off 
Jk Arrow
Took me forever to learn that the F key targeted me. Also was an ah ha moment when I learned that enemies only know how to run to the left and walls can prevent them from scattering at all.
-Vodka-
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12chars
Bill Clinton
I just realised that the numbers written on the skill bar (1-8) change depending on which key you have mapped to them.
jray14
I realized this about 4 years ago but was still nevertheless shocked that I spent a whole 6 months playing without it:
{Control Panel -> Accessibility Options -> Use Sticky Keys -> Press modifier key twice to lock} +
{engage sticky left-Ctrl and left-Alt upon entering explorable area} +
{H/H} =
WIN!
{Control Panel -> Accessibility Options -> Use Sticky Keys -> Press modifier key twice to lock} +
{engage sticky left-Ctrl and left-Alt upon entering explorable area} +
{H/H} =
WIN!
- You see names of all enemies, allies (except minions/spirits), and items
- Your targets are always called to H/H
Mintha Syl
Ok uhm I'm so stupid that I always realize things very late...the first thing that now comes to my mind is my recent discover that campagne poppers are party items and not alcohol
About skill icons, they're always so small and uniformly coloured that I think there's a lot I was interpreting wrongly, but now none comes to my mind.
About skill icons, they're always so small and uniformly coloured that I think there's a lot I was interpreting wrongly, but now none comes to my mind.
Ranger Jaap
the animation of protective spirit a Buddha guy gives a rock on handsign.
Voodoo Rage
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Originally Posted by jray14
I realized this about 4 years ago but was still nevertheless shocked that I spent a whole 6 months playing without it:
{Control Panel -> Accessibility Options -> Use Sticky Keys -> Press modifier key twice to lock} + {engage sticky left-Ctrl and left-Alt upon entering explorable area} + {H/H} = WIN!
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pumpkin pie
Captain Greywind is wielding a crystaline Sword .... he's been secretly farming ...
Hells Fury
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Yesterday i realised that u dont have to actually target a minion with Jagged Bones ...
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Originally Posted by -Martian-
...that the blood renewal icon wasnt a champagne bottle popping. Seriously.
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Originally Posted by aspi
That judges insight does not portrait Elvis singing.
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http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Galle...ll_icons/large
There is no face in empathy icon.
I still can't figure out whats in enraged lunge and eoe icon.
Aldric
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There is no face in empathy icon. I still can't figure out whats in enraged lunge and eoe icon. |
Mintha Syl
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God know what EoE is though
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shishkabibble
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Always looked like monkeys to me
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And this thread is full of realizations, it's awesome.
Mine was the auto-whisper. After 4 years of typing in names like "IIllzzzzLiiiLllllII" then hitting whisper, I found out that hitting ctrl+click will automatically bring them up in whisper.
chowmein69
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A few months ago after asking someone in my guild help me trade back in forth to split up a stack of lockpicks, I realized that the shift key lets you do just that... :headsmack:
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Angel Killuminati
I realised that Guildwars is like the video game, sims, a reality where you play avatars in a fantasy world.
Except for the mystical spells, pvp action, enemies that want to kill you and norn fighting tournaments. Well, maybe not the same!
Except for the mystical spells, pvp action, enemies that want to kill you and norn fighting tournaments. Well, maybe not the same!
vamp08
The woman in Vow of Silence is covering her mouth with her WHOLE hand. I always thought she was doing a "shhhh!" index finger move.
BTW, who is that woman!??! She is on the box-art and skill icons but she has no significance in Nightfall. Whats up with that? (Factions: Nika, involved in a quest| Proph: Eve, she's a henchie)
BTW, who is that woman!??! She is on the box-art and skill icons but she has no significance in Nightfall. Whats up with that? (Factions: Nika, involved in a quest| Proph: Eve, she's a henchie)
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Originally Posted by Hell Darkblight
There is no face in empathy icon.
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is it or is it not?
Mustache Mayhem
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Originally Posted by -Martian-
...that the blood renewal icon wasnt a champagne bottle popping. Seriously.
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