Name the dumbest thing you've done in GW.

Gigashadow

Gigashadow

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Bellevue, WA

W/

Not playing GvG more in 2005-2006. I did play a decent amount, but looking back I just wish I had invested more time into it, as this was the best time for the game.

Gervic

Gervic

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

Magyarorsz??g ,Budapest,XIV ker.,Angol u.

Virtual Hunters [VH]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by N E D M View Post
how is sorrows furnace related to a gold crystalline?
Its dropped from a sorrow chest (the one you dont need key for).

Edo123

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2010

Biggest dumb fail i had was when i first got factions and didnt know that i could link the accounts up. >.<''
After 2 years then i rebought it xD

Sold like 70ectos cos of lag + spam clicking

byteme!

byteme!

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

On Earth

W/P

The dumbest thing I've done is...(this is going back 5 years or so)

Finding out about 55 Monks and thinking it's the best thing since sliced bread. Took said build on a full FoW run with pugs. I spent the majority of the time face planted on the ground. lol good times.

Sadalsuud

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2010

A/W

Leveling from 1-17 in one day.

I'm tired.

novawhiz

novawhiz

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

A/

I....dunno what to say.... Just trying to troll and this happens. gg gw pvp

Del

Del

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2009

In a van, down by the river.

RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO if I know, ask Lynette.

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by novawhiz View Post
I....dunno what to say.... Just trying to troll and this happens. gg gw pvp

Try using n/w with grenth's balance, frenzy, and healsig.

dagrdagaz

dagrdagaz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2010

NL

E/N

After taking stuff off of Hero armor with Expert Salvage Kits alot, out of habit using an Expert Kit to take somthing off an Elite Armour piece...wich indeed broke :-\

Maybe/prolly dumb, but it is intentionally;
I rarely wanna spend/waste time selling stuff (in Kamadan) that takes more time to sell, to other players.
Lately, instead, i started to merch or trashbin items to get more inventory space.
Prolly most expensive item i trashbinned, was a Harmony :-\
But that was cos i got annoyed after 2 or 3 failed sell attempts/negotiations.

randommm

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2010

Making my paragon my main. I regret it now, he's pretty boring but I've done a fair amount of stuff on him.

Rihanna

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2007

Fuzzies Anonymous

E/Me

Hitting 50/50...

Now I have nothing to do in the game

Azazello

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2010

I'm sure I've done worse but I just tried to run destructions depths on my new ranger using incendiary arrows and ignite arrows.

insanethemadone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2009

Back in the Barrage / Pet days in fow i got a VS and merched it :S + when the EOtn came out i was farming SoO alot and one day i got a BDS and merched it i was way to tired to play at that point :S

Elusive of SoLD

Elusive of SoLD

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2007

England

SoLD

Mo/Me

I accidentally deleted some armour (tinted spectacles) thinking it was the new Halloween "Spectercles" when I gave it to the Festival Hat Maker and no longer needing it. Nice waste of 10-15k+ that could easily have been avoided

Chronick

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2009

A/W

selling my q8 15^50 sephis axe for 500e... i thought i got a good deal but 2 weeks later i found out the price for them had rose to 650e >,< they're probably some ridiculous amount now...

Pengiwinwin

Pengiwinwin

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2007

Philadelphia

[PvM]

R/Rt

Yea i was so pissed when i accidentally Merched my +15% Damage always (Like 15^50 except no ^50) Gold scimitar from beginings of Guildwars. Later I found out What it was Worth O.o

Firefighter Fred

Firefighter Fred

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2008

Lord of purple

E/

Playing too much...

Ghost Dog

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

W/

That's not that bad.

ruk1a

ruk1a

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2008

UR MOM LOL

ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES

A/

Buying this game was most definitely the dumbest thing i've ever done in guild wars.

Doubt

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2007

Mo/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by Xiaquin View Post
Reading these makes me feel a little bit better. Just finished leveling my Rainbow Phoenix today.

Imagine the feeling when entering the HoM only to find you've done the wrong one. Then imagine that just the day before you were running alongside a guild mate who had the right one (Imperial). Apparently, I thought they were equal.
.. yeah i leveled the wrong one too. bah.

syronj

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

I only started GW this year, so nothing major. I should have created different builds on a couple of my characters (currently seven total); I have a warrior/necro for example, which was kind of stupid of me -- he doesn't have the chance to use the necro abilities much so far. Another character is a mesmer/ranger, who again mostly uses her primary abilities. I'm going to continue with these characters for now, though, since I've invested time in them.

Voodoo Rage

Voodoo Rage

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

Sacramento, CA

Geezers

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by syronj View Post
I only started GW this year, so nothing major. I should have created different builds on a couple of my characters (currently seven total); I have a warrior/necro for example, which was kind of stupid of me -- he doesn't have the chance to use the necro abilities much so far. Another character is a mesmer/ranger, who again mostly uses her primary abilities. I'm going to continue with these characters for now, though, since I've invested time in them.
No worries, you can freely change your secondaries later in the game.

Skyy High

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by syronj View Post
I only started GW this year, so nothing major. I should have created different builds on a couple of my characters (currently seven total); I have a warrior/necro for example, which was kind of stupid of me -- he doesn't have the chance to use the necro abilities much so far. Another character is a mesmer/ranger, who again mostly uses her primary abilities. I'm going to continue with these characters for now, though, since I've invested time in them.
You're most likely on the right track if you're mostly using your primary profession. It's very easy to misuse your secondary profession by trying to shoe-horn in some skills that don't complement your build or profession well at all; it's a very common newbie mistake. And, like the poster above me said, changing your secondary becomes cheap (free, if you have Prophecies) and easy later on.

MagnumShadow

MagnumShadow

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2010

Far Shiverpeaks

Back when i was a noob,i was doing wintersday quests for the first time and i got some ectos,and i was like WTH is this ? and i salvaged them.

Star_Jewel

Star_Jewel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2010

Denizen of Tyria since Feb. 2009

Quote:
Originally Posted by MagnumShadow View Post
Back when i was a noob,i was doing wintersday quests for the first time and i got some ectos,and i was like WTH is this ? and i salvaged them.
Ectoplasm or Frozen Ectoplasm? (Might be a dumb question, considering I don't know if the frozen ones can even be salvaged...)

MagnumShadow

MagnumShadow

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2010

Far Shiverpeaks

Quote:
Originally Posted by Star_Jewel View Post
Ectoplasm or Frozen Ectoplasm? (Might be a dumb question, considering I don't know if the frozen ones can even be salvaged...)
Glob of Ectoplasm XD

Star_Jewel

Star_Jewel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2010

Denizen of Tyria since Feb. 2009

Aw, that sucks.

On the other hand, "some ectos"? I don't think I've ever gotten a single ecto by doing the Wintersday quests.
I guess Karma was evening things out for ya.

Grav

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2010

New Zealand

W/

I tried WTSing Medals of Honor in Kamadan last night.

...

I was tired.

maraxusofk

maraxusofk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

San Francisco, UC Berkeley

International District [id多], In Soviet Russia Altar Caps You [CCCP], LOL at [eF]

W/

Not buying island guardian when they were 125e each

Xiaquin

Xiaquin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2010

[aRIN]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by MagnumShadow View Post
Back when i was a noob,i was doing wintersday quests for the first time and i got some ectos,and i was like WTH is this ? and i salvaged them.
I honestly didn't know it was possible to salvage a crafting material. What on tyria would it salvage into?

Del

Del

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2009

In a van, down by the river.

RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO if I know, ask Lynette.

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Xiaquin View Post
I honestly didn't know it was possible to salvage a crafting material. What on tyria would it salvage into?
Most likely dust.

novawhiz

novawhiz

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by maraxusofk View Post
Not buying island guardian when they were 125e each
this

or when kanaxai was stack or two

Hobbs

Hobbs

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

Organised Spam [OS]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Xiaquin View Post
I honestly didn't know it was possible to salvage a crafting material. What on tyria would it salvage into?
As far as I know you can salvage every rare crafting material into another material, some even salvage into other rares, for example Steel salvages into both Iron and Charcoal.

NerfHerder

NerfHerder

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2010

I logged in to GW last night hoping to see a Dervish update.

sportacus

sportacus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2008

Burninating the countryside

D/



I decided to try and vanq varajar fells in the spur of the moment... only to find out that i was missing a necessary quest right at the end... i wasted 2 hours.

SkyFallsInThunder

SkyFallsInThunder

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2010

wtb vs Dragons shields!

Vengeance Of The Night

R/

I got a q9 OS Strength Ornate Shield, I think it's stats were -2/45^stance. Sold on guru auctions for 15-20k some 15 months ago. Yeah. And I was even ~ happy about the deal at the time. I still want to kick myself sometimes for it.

Also, my first guru auctions purchase was a q9 Runic Blade which had a s/b of 20k and a b/o of 40k. I pressed the b/o button, thinking I would pay the 20k and get it right away. I really wonder sometimes at the process of thought that lead to that conclusion, seeing as I did that right after I read the rules and found out what b/o meant. I guess I was just nervous. However, I honored the deal, no reason other people should suffer for my stupidity. And I hate people who back down after a deal is closed.

Yol

Yol

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2007

GameAmp Guides [AMP]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by sportacus View Post
I decided to try and vanq varajar fells in the spur of the moment... only to find out that i was missing a necessary quest right at the end... i wasted 2 hours.
Reminds me of the time when my alliance went to vanquish Sacnoth Valley....got through it all up to part where only the Charr fort was left and our dervish revealed he hadn't done Assault, so we couldn't get in...

As for myself, probably going through 3 stacks of fireworks to make space in storage a couple of days before the Party Animal title was introduced. I had three ToPK greens in the same tab which I should have just merched instead.

Acehole2006

Acehole2006

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

United Kingdom Essex

Fight For The Win

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Yol View Post
Reminds me of the time when my alliance went to vanquish Sacnoth Valley....got through it all up to part where only the Charr fort was left and our dervish revealed he hadn't done Assault, so we couldn't get in...

As for myself, probably going through 3 stacks of fireworks to make space in storage a couple of days before the Party Animal title was introduced. I had three ToPK greens in the same tab which I should have just merched instead.
I done this i was letting around 3 stacks also off in our gh during a big guild celebration to find out about 2months later they added the party titles etc

Anu Tok

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Dec 2010

1) Was in RA playing with one of those annoying Necro life transfer/siphon builds. Team was rocking, but for some reason, they had one necro/ranger left standing that all four of us just couldn't kill. Having never made a ranger, I was unfamiliar with his elite "Melandru's Resilience" and just kept spamming my blood curses. Ended up winning when the timer ran out, but wasted a good 7 minutes when I could've just wanded the dude. Lesson learned.

2) Just before HoM calculator, was doing some inventory cleaning and decided that since I didn't want to pursue the Black Moa Chick, so I wouldn't need this incubator kit thing. GONE. Was not happy several weeks later when I discovered why the incubator kit crafter would't talk to me. One per toon, + a decent chunk of dough in crafting materials. Dumb.

EmberZ0ne

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2010

Went all the way to the end of the Cathedral of Flames, my least favorite dungeon, for a Z-Bounty and forgot to bring the sacred relic back. I had a full inventory and specifically remember thinking "what is this thing, it's not worth anything" and dropping it. The worst part of it is I've done Temple of the Damned several times, I just forgot that I needed the stupid quest item. The quest is still in my log, with everything crossed off except for "See Gron Fierceclaw" hahaha. I haven't had the heart to go back and do it again.

-Old 3FL-

-Old 3FL-

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2006

Western Australia.

Crystal Mountain [CM]

W/

Dumbest thing?

On my first char, I was a W/E with like FireStorm on my skillbar and what not, even in RoF! hahaha

that was like 66months ago, but still! rofl (got the rof on my first char about 1 month into owning Gw...? approx)