Redistributing the wealth (1000e)

Qwertyfied

Qwertyfied

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Ireland

DVDF

E/

** Please note - I will not be considering people who are using multiple accounts, considering the deep unfairness of this. A mod is flagging such users to me, and I thank her kindly for this. Similarly, those with an account which has been opened specifically for this thread (i.e. an exceptionally low post count), will also not be considered. This is all in the interests of fairness to those seeking my assistance. Thank ye **

Hello everybody,

Right, because I'm giving all my gold and ecto away I think I am justified in any verbosity that may seep through in this post. I do ramble, be warned, and I'm going to write this without too much editing or desire for terseness.

To give a background, I am a player of 6 years. I have repeatedly earned myself quite a bit of in-game gold, only to give it away and then re-earn this money. I found pleasure in both the redistribution of the wealth I accumulated, mostly through trade, but also the accumulation of this (going from nothing to a thousand ecto or so). Historically I used to redistribute this earned ecto in-game, by playing games with people, or simply chatting in random outposts and giving 10-100e to those most friendly and willing to chat. This is a social game, though it has over time and through the introduction of many utilities, lost that essence of sociability, even the potential for it in some cases. This current giveaway represents my last. I haven't played much the past 3 years, I will pop on sporadically, maybe intensely for a week - and earn money to be given away, but now that I've (almost) liquidated my collection of shields, I realise I won't be returning in any active sense. I simply don't have the time to play anymore, I have other priorities (mainly my writing, but ye know me not so why should you care!).

A few in game have expressed interest in my writing, from this thread, thus I'll ramble for a wee while on that. I'm happy to talk further in game too if anybody is interested, I can talk endlessly on literary theory and my own theory on poetics etc. I've been writing a novel (experimental, quite modernist in some senses) for the past three years and should be complete in first-draft form come January. Atop that I've recently started, and will soon finish, my first book of poetry inspired by theory on the subject. If anybody is uber-interested (I highly doubt this) then you can pm me for more information or discussion. I'm always happy to chat with people and theorise, get others and myself thinking. My book of poetry will be complete by June 16th as I have a public reading that day that I've agreed to in advance, already given a few, but promised myself I'd have it done by then, my poetry is spontaneous and stream-of-consciousness-esque and thus I produce it in flurries. Anyway, that was just a bit of extra information for the sake of giving some background.

Anyhoo, this thread is seeking to accomplish my wont to give. Do not read into this so much as generosity or charity, or if you do, see it as focused generosity. What I am asking of people is the following: to ask of what you want, how much and why. What claim do you have on the pot, how much and why - don't be greedy - but lay out the importance. This is not a place for the rich to claim on something to get richer, they will get richer by default due to trade conditions of what this incurs. It is rather for the poorer player, or one that simply doesn't have time to amass the wealth to buy something nice for themselves, to be endowed with that free of charge, no need to grind.

I will review cases based wholly on this thread - your post on why you should be given X ecto. I will not respond to any communication in game regarding the thread, only if I contact someone regarding what they wish to have in order to grant their request. Even if you do pm me in game, I'm likely not there - I play rarely, and even when I do I'm usually doing other things simultaneously, or reading.

So to break it down:

1) Specify what it is you want the money for
2) Specify how much money you want
3) Any additional information you want to relay

The reason I've emboldened this is because a lot of people are saying they need stuff without specifying a number, there are two many people wanting assistance, I can't be calculating and extrapolating from information given how much someone wants/needs - you have to specify this yourself. I don't have much time to go online regardless, you have to mention figures or else I'm afraid I can't really help you out. Also, I can't pick everyone - I have a system in my head for choosing who gets what, some claims are inherently more worthy than others.

I also have a Req 8 tac -2/-2 Tall Shield, which I'm willing to give away too, if you wish to claim this you'll have to be pretty exact about why.

So, thank you for your time if you read this. I will keep track and post of what I have distributed and given to people at the bottom of this post.

Yours,

Luke Connolly (both IGN and real name)

Currently available (roughly): 160e
Re-distributed: 750e

Decisions:

Il Fez Il 30e Given
BK010 70k Given
lorazcyk 25e Given
Jakesaltz 10e Given
cosyfiep 35e Given
valakivi 25e Given
turtlepoppet 20e Given
Starlet 40e Given
InfernoX 15e Given
sparklybeast 20e Given
tw1tchdp 15e Given
Ikarii 50e Given
shenrei 24e Given
TheGizzy 49e Given
Net The Nabi 25e Given
Bassman 75k Given
Nekodesu 25e Given
l Apple of the earths l 25e Given
Blahblahsen 15e Given
Sir Uldawg 25e Given
misamoriko 20e Given
theCOREYCOLAK Knowledge Given
Astraeos 25e Given
Teracide Knowledge Given
hoeppy Knowledge
Remus Longblade 25e Given
TimOfDoom 25e Given
Loralai 30e Given
dontwaittoolong 20e Given
kallikukur 20e Given
ChibiCherry 10e Given
Fire Turok 25e
William Nicholas 25e Given
deelou_05 25e Given
Kiron The Brave 25e Given
Reiden Argrock 20e Given
Sephiroth Istari 25e Given
kidax 20e Given
Sh1ntu 18e Given
Renowned Spartan 14e

AlexaCocopuffs

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2011

EDIT, Luke please read.
Actually.....there are a lot of other people who need this money way more than I do...Luke, thank you so much for your generous offer of 20e, but I think that TheGizzy or someone else in need could use this way more than I ^^ Thanks again,

Il Fez Il

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2007

Mo/

Hi Luke, my name is Daniel, I've been playing for the better part of 6 years now and I've decided I need to kick it into gear and work on my HoM, but alas i dont have much time between the Airforce and 2 kids at home, but when I am at home and the kids are out/napping I try to get a little "me" time, even though sometimes my wife doesn't like it too much lol. Well I'm sitting at 20 out of my 30 point goal, all I really need is the weapon statues, a green pet and 190 z-points to hit my goal. I guess I'm asking for ~50e or so, although I do love that shield you described =D, thanks!

Thanks a lot had a pleaant conversation in game and got the ectos, and they will be put to good use

furiouskane

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2009

N/Me

Hello,ive been playin for a bit now and have been wanting obsidium armor for my hom but for the life of me i cant gather ectos, only managed to gather 7 ectos and 6 shards any help would be awesome......i also love shields as I am a warrior.

in game name furious kane

F U R Y

F U R Y

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2008

R/Mo

Hello, my name is Charles. I am a young philosopher that enjoys the game. I would love to add that little -2/-2 to my collection which I have just started. It is a beauty.
Your philosophical friend
Fury

Superfly00

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2011

Win By Aggregate

Mo/Rt

Hello there, my name is Nick. I am a young guy just entering college and been playing guild wars on my free time with dad for 5 years now. I have almost everything I need so I started a collection of Bo staffs. I have a total of 5 right now all 20/20 and would love to keep my collection going. I would love around 75e to at least buy one more. If so thank you for your time

Ign Healer of goals

jakerzi

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2012

Dang! This is awesome. Congrats on almost hitting 1000e too! That's crazy. For last few years, I've been working on getting obby armor (overdone now, but oh well, I still love it) on my female ele, and I'm at about 85e. So I'm asking for about 45-50, to cover expenses of shards. Whatever happens, great job on trying to redistribute it, hope that shield goes to someone who needs!

BK010

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2012

The Sword Swingers

P/W

Hey, if your giving away money etc i would like to apply for some of it,

im not sure how much I'll need, maybe 60-100k?, i haven't played in quite some time and im working on my HOM so any assistance or stuff i can get would be greatly appreciated

my IGN is Agustus Wolfbane

cheers

lorazcyk

lorazcyk

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2007

guildwiki.org/User:Lorazcyk

Mo/

Hi Luke,

I've been playing for nearly 7 years, so why should I benefit from your generosity? Well, here's the thing. I'm a terrible player. Slow, and scatterbrained. Neither brawny nor brainy. I learn things really slowly, so even when trying to farm, I can try every day for weeks and only actually do it right twice.
I did manage to make 2 ecto like this, but I got sad that I'd never be able to make enough to get my scuba diver Elementalist armor. So instead, I gave the two ecto to a guildie. Eh.

You mentioned you wanted to be kind to someone who doesn't have much time to make money on their own. Well, I do have plenty of free time. But I'm really sensitive to lights, and when I play GuildWars I need to stop after 30min/1hr because I get migraines. Which means... I'm out of action until the migraine runs its course, which often takes the rest of the day.

I used to get really sad that I was such a bad player, so to make myself feel better, I bought myself pretty armors. Generally a mishmash, like Canthan top and Luxon skirt. Then I felt better temporarily. Getting armor has been my motivation to keep playing, as silly as that may sound. Because I get sad a lot about not being a good player despite trying so hard to learn, this is the way I keep myself playing GuildWars. I really like this game a lot, even if I'm not so good at it!
If you go to the wiki page listed below my avatar, you can see my characters.

So anyway, my last and biggest wish in GuildWars is to get Obsidian armor for my Elementalist. I'm already working on it, slowly but surely, to make sure I can get it before GuildWars 2 comes along. Receiving 58 ectos from you would would bring a smile to my face! Why? Because with 58 ectos that someone generously gave to me, it would make me really excited that "I can really do this!", and I'll be really motivated to get the armor as I don't want to be embarrassed in front of the whole GWGuru community after sharing all this silliness about me. WHAT? I got to prove I can do, don't I?

Mimi

P.S.: Why 58? Because it's my favorite number. Actually it's 85, but I'm not shameless enough to ask for that much. Even 58 platinum worth of ecto would be more than enough.
P.S.S: Another reason why I'd like the ectos is because since I'm such a slow player, I would spend all my time farming and never get to play with my friends. Well, time in GW1 is running out, I want to play with my friends as long as I can. My fault, poor planning, I know.


(Just noticed I haven't written my IGN.
Yuki Uematsu.
Thanks!)

How Can She Slap

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2012

W/

Hey, I'd just like 20 or so ectos for a tormentor weapon to finish up my 30/50 HoM. I haven't found anything valuable throughout the time I've been playing, so receiving this gift would be awesome.

Jakesaltz

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Dec 2010

Brothers of the Underworld

E/

Hey Luke,

I've been a player for almost 7 years now, and I've gotten quite a lot out of Guild Wars in that time.

I've never been particularly good/fond of farming. I was always more keen on playing through missions with my friends (i.e. more fun, less profit.)

Recently, I've finally made it to 29/30 points for my HoM. Initially, I had set on getting 35 or 40, but that's not looking possible anymore, and I'd be satisfied with getting to 30 before GW2 comes out.

That said, I'm a destroyer weapon away from my goal, and a few ecto should be enough to purchase one, somewhere around 8-10e would round out my HoM nicely. With some minipets to spare.

If I can pull it off with your assistance, I'd like to share what's left of my wealth and give away these last minipets I thought I had to sell, and help a few more people get their last point.

IGN: Jake Saltzman (also real life name, if that makes a difference to you :P)


edit:

http://hom.guildwars2.com/en/#page=m...AAAhWQQQAAAAAA

Finally did it with that last little push! Thanks again Luke!

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/

Hello,
I have been playing for almost 7 years (this august)...I have yet to finish my HoM either--that last set of FoW armor ...I have been SLOWLY accumulating ectos (yes BUYING from the material trader since I dont do uw very well )...and am still a few ecto (and shards) short ...so a generous donation of 35 ecto would give me enough for that armor (still waay short on shards and no cash on hand either).
Though any donation would be greatly appreciated as helping towards my goal
thanks,
cosy
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edit: thanks for these...I will use them well. Sorry we couldnt have talked longer (RL ya'know)...

WowThatsMe

WowThatsMe

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2009

Australia

D/A

Hey Luke, first of all I would just like to say this is so generous of you.
I must admit that I do have 50/50 HoM and I don't want to seem greedy, but I would love that -2/-2 shield (I honestly have no idea what that is, because I'm not too great with OS mods and what not).
Why? After I hit 50/50 I have somewhat lost interest in Guild Wars, but because I love it so much I decided to make an assassin and start learning speed clears. This shield seems like it would be a good speed clear shield, although I have no idea if it is. This is my main reasoning behind this. However, if you feel that the shield belongs in a better/more needed home, I do not mind, since there may be people with more uses for it then me.
Thanks for your time

IGN: Task Force Alpha

DreamRunner

DreamRunner

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/

Hi Luke,

I know exactly what you mean when it comes to socializing within GW. Its a reason why I recently joined the presearing community after hitting 45/50 in my HoM from the past 7 years of playing. I have been talking to a few friends about socializing and the role of guilds that come into this, and its more about your guild and what its players represent rather than the content of the guild. For instance, PvP guilds can socialize with other PvP players, even though they aren't within the same guild. But because of the lack of people playing at the same time, guilds are constantly looking for other people to play, even when players regularly play for an opposing side. Thus, the inter-socialization of guilds are becoming more obsolete, as there is less inter-subjective experiences within guilds, instead the inter-subjectivity has grown into the playerbase of pvp players vs pve players.

Anyway. To answer your questions, I have been looking at buying FoW armour, but because I can't afford the time (working full time) to be grinding away for more ectos, as well as to buy more torment/destoyer/oppressor weapons. So I am after 120e for the FoW armour, but it will also kickstart my conviction again for me getting to 50/50 again.

IGN Alex Dreamfire

valakivi

valakivi

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Cantha

Brothers of Disaster

Mo/W

This kind of generosity is rarely seen, ive come back to the game to get my HoM points wich im at 17/30 spend most my gold in minipets and im currently working on getting armor and weapons, i need to get Kurzick armor and those chunks aint cheap hehe.

If you could spare 20~30 ectos, that would be great and it will make getting my points easier, but im more interested in how to make the gold myself, im actually good at making gold or at least i was when i used to play years ago, since i just came back im feeling outdated, i have a Monk wich i use to run 55 in UW but alas i think that doesnt work anymore, also got a Warrior, Ritualist and Assasin.

Im sitting in 25 platinum and looking for ways to farm for some more.

IGN: Inquisitor Valakivi

turtlepoppet

turtlepoppet

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2012

Panda and Kitty

Me/

Thank you kindly for the 20e And for the nice wee chat Hope to see you in game again.

Starlet

Starlet

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

The Underworld

Rt/

Well hello there you kind person. I would very much like to jump on this kindness bandwagon!

My husband and I have been working on our HoM and while mine is looking quite nice (37) after 6ish years of play, his is looking quite shabby (14). I've never been a great player, don't have the money to max out my own HoM let alone help him with his. He's currently on Night shifts at the hospital and I'm back at uni, hasn't been a lot of play time for us. So if your still feeling generous by the time you get to my post I would love to surprise him with a few bits for his HoM.

I'm thinking like 100e would be awesome, but of course thats an awful lot. How about 50e? Weapons are likely to be the hardest thing for us to get. Anyway, I'll stop boring you.

<3
IGN: Lady Lunabelle

EDIT: Thanks so much! It was fun chatting to you this morning, have a great rest of the year.

Phantas

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2012

Order of Night

W/

It's great to see that there are still kind hearted people out there.

I am trying to get at least 30 points for my HoM to keep up with my friends (who all have 30+). I haven't played GW for a while and recently picked it up again, and i'm loving it.
The main concern for me is getting money to buy mini's or armor to accumulate more points.

Really like 5 or maybe even 10 ecto's would be great, since i've never had anymore then 50k (free zaishen key's cause of balthazar factions points anyone?)
Great thing you're doing!

IGN: Lord Phantas

InfernoX

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2012

W/

Hello, Luke, its not normal for me to request something for nothing but as you seem so happy giving the items away for free, how can I resist?

A little background, I played GW a long long time ago directly after beta, over time I was unable to play due to other obligations and my account faded into oblivion. Recently after the GW2 beta I decided I wanted to pick GW up again to get the HoM finished and pass some time until GW2 is launched. Basically, I would love to have some extra cash to work on the more tedious HoM achievements. If I could get maybe 10e-20e I would appreciate it, however, if this is not a worthy cause I do fully understand

Thank you for your generosity even if I am not given anything. It is people like you who are willing to help out 'just because' that really make games like this worth playing.

IGN: Vince Ori

EDIT: Thank you Luke, you are too generous. Should you start playing GW2, look me up, I will do what I can to repay you

Guantlets of Flame

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2010

Hi Luke, thank you for being so generous. I have been working on my HoM for a while, and my last goal is getting my obsidian armour. I was hoping that I would have enough after this past week from farming some of the birthday celebration, but I am still short by quit a bit. I have 103 ecto and 14 obsidian shards after liquidating just about everything in my storage. Unfortunately, I'm getting tired of farming and have less time to put into playing. I gues I'm asking for about 50 ectos, but I will take whatever you feel like giving. Thank you again.

sparklybeast

sparklybeast

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2011

UK

Hi Luke

I've owned a copy of Nightfall since the beginning of 2007 when my sister bought it as a Christmas present for me. I didn't really get into it until approximately a year ago and since then I've been spending most of my free time playing (well, as much of it as my husband will tolerate!). Unfortunately that doesn't amount to much (maybe an hour a night and 3 hours or so on the weekend) but suffice to say if I had more spare time I'd choose to use it playing Guild Wars!

I've got one character through all 3 campaigns, plus a couple of others have completed their starting campaigns. I've recently started working on my Vanquishing and Guardian titles, as well as the allegiance ranks and I'm making slow but steady progress.

Unfortunately I'm worried that the seemingly imminent release of Guild Wars 2 (well, within the next 6 months or so) will cause the Guild Wars economy to collapse and the things that help a fairly new and inexperienced player complete some of the harder content (consets, consumables, q9/green weapons & runes to outfit heroes) will become much harder to purchase and more expensive if you do find someone willing to sell.

Because of this I've recently been spending what little I'm earning through vanquishing on buying stacks of morale boosting consumables. But my cash is almost gone and I also now have no money to spend on other things to help towards my Hall of Monuments (armor/weapons etc).

I don't plan on buying Guild Wars 2 until I've completed all the content I want to in Guild Wars 1 but without the boosts etc I wonder whether I'll ever be able to make it through the DoA or the Underworld, for example. To this end, I would really appreciate whatever you could spare to help me in my quest to enjoy all the content the original game has to offer at the speed I am able to play at.

I know you asked us to specify an amount, but truly anything would help. If I had to pick a figure from the air, I'd ask for enough to buy a green weapon of every type so that I could have them sitting in my chest to use on heroes. At the moment I have to swap the weapons between heroes on each character and I'd really rather not as it takes ages. So that's a bow, spear, daggers, axe, sword, hammer, 4 different shields (2 paragon, 2 warrior), 4 ele staves, 4 mesmer staves, 4 monk staves, 4 necro staves, 4 rit staves and a scythe. Say an average of 4k a weapon and that makes 124k.

Thanks very much for your consideration. Even if you decide not to donate to me, I appreciate established players like you who want to give back to help others enjoy the game also. It's altrusim like this that makes the game, and the people who play it, great.

Jen

IGN: Nyala Soulstriker

tw1tchdp

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

[CKIE]

W/Me

I like the post sir. I to myself like to write but only if it's typewriting. I've been basically playing this game about the same length as you but without the luck of establishing any cash for myself. i've been trying to get fow armor since i was a kid, and now still playing i can pretty much look back and conclude I just can't do it lol. However 15ecto would be very gracious for a helmet the least.. my IGN is Teh Black Knight; hope to hear from you Luke!

ancalagon til ilyan

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2012

Fissure Of Woe

La Confrerie Du Noir Blason [noir]

D/A

Hello, luc.
I play has guildwars for 5 months and learnt the exit release of guildwars 2 some time later. I do not have a great deal of time to play, but I would like to reach 30/30 HoM, to be able to play has gw2.(i'm 13/30).I need ~25ecto. IG: Ancalagon Til Ilyan
Postscript: i'm frensh,sorry for my english ^^''.

Ikarii

Ikarii

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Ontario, Canada

Edit: Ectos received ingame. Had a lovely chat with Luke, I wish you the best in getting your writing published. You seem to have very solid ideas and I look forward to reading something from you in the future.

aspi

aspi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2010

eeew

N/Rt

I have everything I ever need in the game. Just wanted to say that you are pretty generous and hope to see you around in GW2.

shenrei

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Cali

Mo/E

Received. :3

Thanks much!

manasbananas

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2011

1) Specify what it is you want the money for
2) Specify how much money you want
3) Any additional information you want to relay

Hi I recently have been getting back into guild wars primarily to check out the new content and to get to 30/50 in the HOM as most people are currently doing. Working towards this has been good but I have been finding that the monuments that I'm really lacking in are the resilience and valor. I have been farming with my 55hp monk to try to build up the funds needed and have so far bought an elite luxon armour set. The main reason I would like the money (around 30e)to be able to afford different armour sets and weapons to progress in the HOM whilst spending the free time I will then have in getting titles for the honor monument.

Hanthomi

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2012

Hello there, I'll try to keep this brief.

I used to be a very active player, I spent well over 1000 hours in Tyria, Elona and Cantha.
I never made too much money as I found a strange enjoyment in running people across the map, but I knew what I was doing and I had a steady source of income.
I more or less got bored of Guild Wars very shortly after EotN was released, and I haven't played since, until just a couple of days ago. Just like many other people, I'm trying to get (as close as possible) to 30/50 HoM points. I'm one armor set away from getting 5 in the monument of resilience. Now I had my mind set on Vabbian armor, but having not played in over three years none of my farming builds still work, and I'm really struggling to get my 'skill' back. Now if I were to receive a very generous donation of around 40e, I would be an incredibly happy panda because I could get the Vabbian armor and get the minipet raccoon

Thanks in advance and have fun spreading the wealth!

ign: Isabelle of Gondor

Xemio

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2012

W/

Hi Luke

I have been playing Guild Wars for almost 5 years with some (long) pauses. Now me and my friend are trying to get our Halls full. He is at 29/30. And i'm at 20/30. I feel like i got all the "easy" points like taming a special animal and stuff. The points that my friends has more than me are all the expensive weapons and armors aswell as the zaishen and Alliance battles title, which i cant really afford.

To get comfi with Guild Wars again i deleted my lvl 20 ritu with crappy armor and made another Warrior (female). Due to the fact that a (male) warrior is my mainchamp i have all these max damage items i need and stuff (some with decent skins such as a Runic Blade. But I lack money to achieve my main goal - going above 25 points in the hall or even up to 30. I have like 40k gold right now but thats not even enough for a green minipet and/or some hero armors...and yeah i still need some gold to get a nice looking armor for my new character and the point of it ofc. I'd like to have an elite kurzick/luxon ar a vabbian armor cause it gives more points than the regular elite armors and i dont have one of them...

Id greatly appreciate if you could give me some ectos - maybe like 30? so i can get more points in my hall

IGN: Seul Contre Tous

Net The Nabi

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2008

USA/NJ/EST

[LoD] IGN: The Netnabi

A/

Luke, I humbly ask for 50 ecto. I would accept any help you can give, as here is the situation. My best friend for the past 7 years in real life had quit Guild Wars and came back. He doesn't have Nightfall and yet he is still closing in on 45 points. This is mainly because I was able to amass enough money to give him a good push but the fact is he will be stuck at 44 without obby armor. 50 ecto would give me some much needed leeway on the road to getting him that money. We play all different kinds of video games together and he has been everything from a guildie to a teammate, competitively or not. He has helped me out in other games and we have an incredible give and take relationship. So if you could please give me this help it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your consideration, either way.

Net

One of the best conversations I've had in a while. Very cool guy and a very good person to have a discussion with. Thanks again for the help, much appreciated

TheGizzy

TheGizzy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2010

A giant mitten

TeAe

E/R

Hi there Luke,

I think you and I could go toe-to-toe in our verbosity. I have a strong aversion to having my words be misunderstood or misconstrued, so I tend to get pretty detailed when I want to convey something important.

I guess that's my own "bear with me" request.

I started playing GW in October 2010...I dragged my husband and my best friend along with me and got them playing as well. Since I work from home and have a pretty flexible schedule, I was able to play more frequently than they were - and it wasn't long before there was "my gaming time": when I would do the things I wanted to do for/with my toon; and "our gaming time": when I would backtrack in campaigns to go along with them on their quests & missions to help them along. That disparity in how much we could each play never did close - I finished all three campaigns & EotN. Both finished EotN & Factions, hubby finished Proph, neither have done much in Nightfall.

Fortunately, I made a couple of wonderful friends in-game as well, and have had a lot of fun playing with them. They have been an enormous help in teaching me to be a better player, and to not be so intimidated by trying something new (I screamed like a little girl the first time they took me into Sorrow's Furnace). Due to health issues which have caused him to need to be in a care facility, one of the two had to stop playing some months ago... we're working on getting him a laptop and internet access so he can play GW2 with us. We miss him a lot! The other friend has been diligently helping me to finish my titles and fill my HoM. She is always ready to work on anything I need to do - vanquishing, HM missions, dungeons, skill capping, we've run the gamut. I am literally days away from getting my GWAMM - I'm hoping to have it in time for my 41st birthday next week! I just think that would be very cool and definitely something to celebrate!

I've worked hard for those titles. Actually, WE'VE worked hard for them - I wouldn't have made the progress I have without the support of my friends & hubby. I don't know how to speed clear or farm the profitable areas - I've got my own physical limitations that make that kind of intense extended playing impossible. So it's been a pretty slow but steady & methodical pace. I even keep spreadsheets to track what needs done. LOL

I'm down to the last stretch with my titles, and then I'll have to try and figure out how to do the really expensive stuff - the PvP title with keys (please trust me when I say that I am a dismal failure with PvP - I'm a guaranteed "lose" for any side I'm on), the rest of my weapons (been slowly acquiring the destroyers so far), and the other big one: my obsidian armor. The sad thing is, I don't even like the obsidian armor! But of course, the HoM requires it for 50/50.

As of now, I've managed to stockpile 50 ectos and 10 obsidian shards towards my armor. And this week, for the first time, I've actually had more than 250 platinum in my storage. I spent a lot of time parked in Kamadan, selling off all sorts of weapon mods I've salvaged & stored, black & white dyes I'd picked up, and all of the z-coins I've acquired (I used my spreadsheet to track the VQs, Missions & Dungeons I needed and the date they were coming up as Zaishens - yes, I do have a touch of OCD, why do you ask? LOL). I have to admit, I see people dropping three and four times the amount of platinum I've got, on a single item, and I feel somewhat envious. But it sure felt nice to see a higher number in my own storage chest finally!

I'm finally starting to feel like I really will be able to completely fill my hall. It's exciting... and it feels like something WE did, not just something I did, which makes it that much better.

So now the tough part - how much am I going to ask you for? I actually gave this a lot of thought. I read your post early this morning, and thought about it while I was out for breakfast with my mother/father-in-law. They dropped me off so they can go check out of their hotel and then we're going to spend a few more hours together before they head home. Mom was asking me what I want for my birthday, and I told her about the game/your post (very lucky I don't have a mother-in-law who finds it weird her son/daughter-in-law game LOL). She said I should ask for the other 50 "thingys" I need. "After all, you'd give it to someone else if you had it..."

Yeah, I would, that's true. And that might be the reason why I haven't amassed a fortune - I tend to give a lot of stuff away to new people I meet here on Guru. LOL

But I have to admit, that seems so greedy to me. Maybe that's because it has taken me so long to acquire the 50 I already have.

So instead, I'd like to ask for just one ecto. One ecto would move me from having 50 ecto ("just half way there") to having 51 ecto ("I'm more than half way there!"). And silly as it sounds, that would feel really GOOD to me.

I'd like one ecto please, and I will use it towards acquiring my obsidian armor sometime soon I hope.

Thank you for considering my request... and thank you for all your years of generosity towards your fellow players. I think I want to be you when I grow up!

~Airala Sa Nogard

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Just a little update -
First...Luke... thank you for the lovely chat and the exceptionally thoughtful gift. I love that this wasn't just a "here's your stuff" interaction. <3

Second - I just want you to know that this has spawned a few interesting and wonderful OTHER interactions between at least a few of the people in this thread. I've a few new people on my friend list now, and find myself on a few new friend lists as well. That's pretty amazing.

ShivanAmal

ShivanAmal

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2011

GMT+8

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Hi Luke!

I'm a returning player seeking to fill up HoM for GW2 after quitting 3 years ago. Since coming back late last year, the experience reminded me again of how awesome the game still is as I got into the new GWEN skills, titles & maps.

I was a casual player back then and still am not particularly good at running / nor do I know how to farm the high end areas properly yet. So, I've been chipping away very slowly at my FoW armor statue for my primary Ranger while vanquishing. Right now I'm still short on shards an ectos. Would greatly appreciate 40-50e as it would really help a great deal towards my goal. But yes, thank you for considering.

IGN: Shivan Amal

V A L O R

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2010

hello there Luke,

I've been playing this game for 5 years with friends and as such we never farmed or speed cleared for money and switched chars a lot lol so now i am working towards my hom and would absolutely love any amount of ectos you could spare to help me get the last few points i need for 30/50. much appreciated

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Olympionus

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

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Hi Luke,

My name is Rick and I'm a 19 year old student.
After playing this game intensively for several years I decided it was time to quit.
I gave away all of my wealth in the same way you did (although I did own a lot less).
Now after roughly 2 years I decided to go back to GW and fill up my HoM up to 45/50. Unforunately I don't have alot of time, and the last thing I really need now are 12 weapons.
Unfortunately I'm a student, which means I lack a great amount of time. This is why I could really use your generosity to help me 'fill' my HoM.
I could use anywhere from 12e to 100e (quite a wide range, I do realize this), so I can afford these weapons. I would understand however if you decide there are people who
could use it way more than I do.

Thank you for doing such a great thing for others, and I hope I will speak to you in game.

Rick



IGN: Athene Of Olympus

micut12

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2010

Bucharest, Romania

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Hi Luke. My name is Gabriel and I am a 4 years Guild Wars Player, I started this game with no friends but in time I made some good friends which helped me alot when I needed it. Lately I felt the need to prepare myself for Guild Wars 2 so I decided to fill up my HoM, I worked hard and got to 43/50. I used all my cash to get here but I still want 45/50. If you could help by donating about 30-40 ectos I would greatly appreciate it, I need to buy some weapons for HoM and I am not able to do it on my own.
Thank you very much, all the best wishes,
Gabriel
IGN: Assasin Myra
PS:I am so sorry about my bad english.

Bassman

Bassman

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

SoJ

R/W

Hi,

last year my account got hacked and someone took off with all my money, armor, minipets, materials, .... you name it.
Since then I lost interest in GW, I couldn't get over the fact that I had to rebuild everything

But when I played the GW2 Beta I got interested again in filling my HoM a little bit more (I'm currently at 20/50)

So first thing I did wa getting some basic materials, sell all the remaining equipment I still had on other chars, and purhased some 55armor (as I was completely naked)

so now I want to get everything I still lack, starting with a proper armor for in-game as well as my HoM (Kurzick, Luxon, Vabbian, whatever, ...)

SO to get to your question: 75K to pay for a complete set would be awesome! (as of now I have 5k in storage)
But everything additional (to buy the materials I need for the armor, ...) would be appreciated as well.

Thanks for what you're doing and cheers to you!

IGN Longbow Logan


edit:
Just met up with Luke, nice guy, had a lovely chat, and he gave me what I asked for!

Silvara

Silvara

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2008

LGiT

Mo/A

Started playing this game during the World Preview Event of Prophecies back in '04 and been a regular player since it shipped. I've never been good at amassing money in the game, I didn't buy my first elite armour until after the release of Nightfall, and up until recently I simply played the game without caring much about collecting rare, no longer dropping items. (HoD, mixed dye, odd runes, HP -50 cesta, 25% charr mods, dual-reduction shields, ...) In retrospect this was a grave error.

These items are part of the history of the Guild Wars I love. The items should be kept safe on accounts where they will not be lost because the owner stops playing, and on accounts owned by people who are willing to show these items to other players who find them interesting. As the release of GW2 is coming up I fear these items will get lost on inactive accounts at an accelerating rate, and so I have turned most of my economic resources towards collecting some of these items. So far I've acquired 500 Jade Wind Orbs, a 25% bow grip of Charrslaying and a 25% sword pommel of Charrslaying. (All of which I will gladly show to anyone in trade, just give me a PM/Whisper) I am also currently shopping for a HoD sword.

If only I had enough resources to preserve some of the more rare items...
At the moment I am not aware of any items for sale that I could preserve with your money, so asking for a specific sum is a bit difficult. However, that dual-reduction shield would most definitely be the kind of item worth preserving, and not hiding away in a personal collection for the collector's eyes only.

I hope you can sympathise with my cause.

IGN: Sanctus Medellae

Alay

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2010

My boyfriend bought me the game about 14 months, after we had been playing another MMO (SWG) for many years prior. Almost instantly out of pre-searing I got hooked hardcore on the game. I've spent already more in-game time in my time than he has in his 5 years of playing, putting a lot of effort into figuring out how to manage end-game content to help him fill out his hall of monument, and get him various things he's always wanted but could never attain.

Anyways, since getting his 30, he's more or less lost interest in the game. I've been still playing a bit between classes, but not like I was able to last semester. I really want to get to 35 in my HoM for the title, and at this point I need a few more titles (guardian/protectors probably) and then either Elite Kurzick + another cheap set, or the two extra to get to the 7 sets.

300k~ would be a huge help in this.



IGN: Alay State

Rev Soul

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

pc room

eLt

W/A

i got 14 mini-pets missing to get all the points from HOM
70-100k would be enough to cleat that out i think

once i get "Devotion" complete it wold be with almost at 45 points =D

IGN: Rev Soul

Alex2

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2011

We Make F O W look [Easy]

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Hi there, I was hacked 6 months ago lost everything, they even deleted my sin, and mesmer
basicly, i would love a pair of chaos gloves, because that has allways been my highest wish, atm im up on 33ectos and around 70k, im working my ass up there!
im hoping to get a little push anything is appreciated tho, what i REALLY need is around 25-30e, thx man