Redistributing the wealth (1000e)

Hey Luke,

Guild wars was my first mmo style game. Ive played it off and on since its release. For some reason i never completed any of the games entirely. I waa happy just running people irexploring the map. Now im hoping to beat all the games to learn the lore, and to get 30 points in my hom before gw2. I have done my research and have my heroes set up to get through nm and hopefully hm content. However, i dont have any gold to gear myself or my heroes.

10 to 15 ecto would at least get my heroes and myself runed and might even get me a weapon for them. Once my team has gear ill be able to get through the content finally and get 30 hom points on my own from there.

My ign ia The Chemist Vv

Hi Luke,

First off, I want to say thank you for being so generous. Regardless of whether I am chosen or not, I am sure everyone who you have helped is very appreciative. I started playing Guild Wars in 2005; I quit shortly after Factions came out due to both time restraints and lost in interest. Guild Wars was my first introduction into the “mmo” genre and I introduced it to quite a few friends and family. Back when it was only Prophecies I was able to capture every single elite between my three characters, quite the accomplishment for me back then. I remember the days of “Sissy Boys” (guild) and when IWAY was the flavor of the month. I create teams for Hero Ascent and got close to winning a few times, when I finally was able to get the deer it seemed like I was just one rank away from getting into teams.

I have decided to try and get 30/50 by the time GW2 is out and maybe if time permits 50/50. I am slowly working on my way there, but as with getting older it seems that I have less time than ever to accomplish this goal. My job requires me to travel quite a bit and hotel internet is not the greatest thing. I also have RL responsibilities now that I am older and so it is eating into a lot of what I can do currently in game. Beside all of that I am also training for a 120 bicycle ride to raise awareness for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (I haven’t ridden a bike since I was 6!) (If anyone wants to donate, PM me and I will send you the link to my donation page =)).

I would like to get 30e to purchase 1 tormentor weapon. That seems like the thing that is most out of reach for me (minus the Obby Armor, which is crazy in itself). If you think that is too much I will take any amount toward the purchase of a tormentor weapon as I am working my way there.

Once again, thank you for all of your help toward everyone. Regardless of me getting anything, it is really quite charitable of you. Finally, I realize I have a low post count; I have always been a bit of lurker here. Please check my join date for more verification.

Cheers,

Tidus Darkmoon (IGN)

All these lengthy posts! I'll just keep this short and sweet. I'd like a few plat (maybe 5k?) to help me out on the Skill Hunter track. (Yes, I'm yet another "working on my HoM before GW2" post.)

Good luck with your writing, and rock on for being so generous. Thank you!

Signed,
Citrus Float (IGN)

Hey! My name is Goran and I've been playing GW for more than 6years now. I started title hunting 2 years ago and last year I finnaly managed to achieve Gwamm. THing is, I never liked farming money or doing speed clears, hence why I never made assassin because I feel its not enjoyable to get wealth that way. So while doing all the titles, I managed to gather money for Oby armor and few other cheaper HoM things. Last year I started going on college which left me with barely any time to play, and only thing I did was max my drunkar, sweet, and party titles on which I spent all my money. So right now, while hoping that gw2 will be out before college starts again, only thing I miss in HoM are weapons. I came back after a brake and suddenly all prices went skyhigh! I have few destroyers and oppresor weapons that I managed to farm, but as I did DoA once in my lifetime, I never managed to get my hands on Tormented weapon! Particulary prot staff for my main monk! So I beg you help me out in finishing my HoM and GW adventure by donating at least 30e or 1 armbrace! Think I forgot to add why I deserve this, well, for one I always came back to Guild Wars after anything else I played. This game gave me opportunity to meet some really awesome people and become friends with them and in return I d like to honor it with 50/50 HoM so I will be able to say that I did it all once gw2 comes out! Thanks in front!
Thandie Hellrazor

Hello! I'm Magnus, a long-time fan of GW1, though I've never really played much of it lately. Once I heard that Guild Wars 2 was coming out, I figured I'd take a closer look at my old account; get acquainted with the lore, visit some of the scenic locales to see how they'd change in GW2, and (admittedly) to farm HoM points.

This, however, left me in a bit of a bind; as farming cash in GW1 is... not easy, especially for a new player. I make a modest means, to say the least, but I often find myself very short of cash for the things that matter most.

To answer the three questions that you require, there's one thing I'll say:

1. My goal is to achieve 25 (or 30, if GW2 takes quite a while to release) points in the Hall of Monuments, and I'm already nearly to my goal; but as I've plucked all the 'low hanging fruit', I have to scrounge up every point I can. Mostly, I need the money to be able to afford Elite Luxon armor, a Destroyer weapon, and possibly start building up materials to get Vabbian armour (though that is... yeah, obscenely expensive!)

2. To achieve my Elite Luxon goal, I'd be quite thankful for about 50k; or whatever amount above or below you'd be willing to give! (To be honest, to get the full set from the materials I've collected would require closer to 100k, but... I see all these other fellows here, and I don't want to suck the well dry, you know?)

3. Anything else to say? Well; I suppose I'd like to thank you for even doing this. Even if you don't give me anything, it's a nice thing you're doing, and it gives hope to us new-people that we can get what we desire if we put in the effort. I'm just thankful for even considering, and if you can help me get to my 25 points... I'd be forever grateful (and be able to pass that forward to my friends, who are here with me in the GW1 grind).

Thank you for your time and consideration, and my in-game name is Magnus Corvussen. Hope to see you in-game!

Hi Luke,

so I'm a 28 years old guy working for an IT Company. I live in Spain, quite far away from my family and miss them a lot.
I've been playing GW for almost 7 years and really love it. During these years I've stopped and deleted the account many times, but at the end I always come back . I'm playing with this account since march and haven't had many time and chance to make money. I'm a paragon lover and really would like to improve that character. I also love Echovald Forest and all object related to that, so I would need money to make my collection.

GW has been for me like a secure place to escape after the hard days of work and have very good memories about time spent with friends on GW.

So, if you want I would need about 40-50 ectos to finish that collection and bring further my paragon!

Thanks, have a great time!

Hey, i first got into Guild Wars because of GW2. But i never got myself a copy of GW1 because i have no friends playing and i figured GW2 would probably be out soon anyway. But i finally gave in and bought GW1 to work on the HoM. Im pretty new, ive only been playing for a couple weeks and ive gone through Factions and im playing EotN at the moment. The fact that im new plus having no friends has made adjusting to the game, somewhat difficult = /

I was on the forums trying to get familiar with the prices of items when i came across this thread. So i decided id give it a go.

im not sure how much I'll need, probably about 20-30e ?

my IGN is Brian Shray

thanks

Hello,

I recently graduated this Spring with a degree in Biology. I stopped playing Guild Wars just before college to focus on my studies and have recently returned now that I have some free time to spare. I'm working on getting a 30/30 HoM in preparation for GW2, however it has been somewhat tedious and difficult to obtain ectos as I no longer have friends to help assist me in my goal. I would appreciate it greatly if you could spare 15ectos to assist me in reaching the milestone, even though I would still have a ways to go before getting there (limiting myself to 3e/day to prevent tedium). Thanks for your time and consideration.

IGN: Sydney Alorien

Hi there, my name is John. I've decided to come back to play Guild Wars. It has been 4 years since I have not played this game. Basically i quit d3 and Lol to play this because it brings back good nostalgic feeling and i want to be able to start fresh and hopefully unlock stuff for my GW 2 account soon. All i need is 15e so that i could get items for my character because the current items that i have now, are really outdated and old. And it is very hard to start playing when your flat out broke because when i left this game 4 years ago, i gave all my money away. I mostly want to get armor and weapons. I Also bought Guild Wars Trilogy yesterday and added it to my account. I plan on playing this game for a long time with GW 2 as well. Tyvm

IGN: Yamanashii Tank

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

Hey there,
I'm tempting fate here and asking for money or materials to complete my Valor (weapons) monument in my HoM. I was thinking finishing off the collection of Destroyer weapons would be cheaper, but as I've done the math, I need so much more money to complete it. Granted, I have a level 37 HoM, so I may not 'need' the money as much as somebody else, but I did want to try and ask for it. I'm ok with being denied this request.

I broke it down as so:
I need 7 destroyer weapons so materials break down like so (based on current trader prices) -
385k - Diamonds (7 sets of 10)
17.5k - Onyx (7 sets of 10)
137.5k - Granite (7 sets of 250)
35k - Iron Ingots (7 sets of 100)
35k - Cost of weapons (7 sets of 5k)

Totaling - 610,000 p/g (610k) - or ~80e (?) according to current trader cost

Given the end cost, this is a lot for someone to ask for, but anything helps.

My name in-game is Narsilik Khilsigre and I thank you for your time.

If you are still doing this, I will give it a shot.

What do I want the money for? Elite Luxon armor for my Elementalist.

How Much? 60k. I have finally got enough to buy the materials, but still need the money to buy the armor.

Why? Well I played for quite a while a few years ago and had multiple level 20 characters with elite armor and some awesome weapons. When I broke up with my boyfriend at the time, who is the one who introduced me to GW, I stopped playing. That was three years ago. I recently decided to get back into it and logged onto my account to find that my ex had hacked my account and deleted all my characters and emptied out my bank account. He left me with a level 6 ranger named "Poofius Maximus". A joke I guess him saying "All gone", as in screw you I deleted everything. I have started rebuilding, however it will take me quite some time to get to where I was before. My first goal is to get my armor for my Ele. So, if you would consider me it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

~Amanda (Ylana Goodwin)

Hello my name is Andrew, I have been playing Guild Wars off and on for over 6 years and never played anyother MMO. I currently need cash for of course HOM. I want to get to 40 points, just like my friends. Im currently at 37 points. My goals and what Ill use the money on if I get some . 5 More mini pets 5th year white, they are about 25k. then I will be up too 38. The last 2 points to hit my 40hom goal is Kurz armor and Vabian. As of right now I do not have a whole lot of time since I recently got engaged to my girlfriend and I work graveyard. my IGN is Andrasino The King. Thank you soo much

I'm probaly way too late for this but it would be awsome if you still have some ecto's left so i can finish my HoM, 50 E would probaly be plenty. If your all out then I guess i have to keep on farming.

IGN Falkine the Ele, real name Kristian Vos

The reason I could some money is so I can get my 30/50 in HoM. Any amount would be very helpful. This would help me out greatly as I work full time and when I am home I spend alot of time with my wife and kid, so I cannot grind things like I used to be able to. Any help to cut some time down on farming/grinding mats etc. would greatly help me out to be ready for when GW2 comes out.

I think this is great that you are helping people out!!

IGN: Karas Kage

Hello Luke! First and foremost I would like to say you are obviously a very generous & giving person to simply just donate & help people by giving out 1000 ectos, so for that, I am grateful and that there are still very generous people out there, so thank you! I'm going to be honest really. Guild Wars to me, was just a game that I would play so I could work my way towards 30/50 or even 50/50 HoM but the more I play this game, the more I realize how much of an amazing game I've been missing out on. It really is a gem of a game and it's an extremely unique one. I originally just wanted to get 30/50 and just quit but now this game has become a hobby of mine, there are so many things I haven't yet experienced in this game and I'm still quite a new player myself. I was never much of a grinding person to start with so I was always limited with the amount of money I had. I have received a ton of help in my adventures on Guild Wars and I believe I'm at the final stretch of my goal for the Hall of Monuments. But the thing is, even if I'm done the Hall of Monuments, I will continue to play this game just because it is an extremely enjoyable game and I have not experienced most of it yet. Now you may be thinking, oh, why would I need money to experience the game? I could just join a guild and ask them to help me and show me the ropes which I have done before, and met a lot of great people by doing so. But a lot of people are too caught up in their quest to gain as much money as possible, and while I do not dislike those people, I think that hoarding money is quite pointless and if those people were a bit more generous, I wouldn't probably be here asking for ectos. But the point is the whole reason I started this game was for the HoM items in GW2 because I like to play dress-up. I'm a sucker for armor, cool looking items, and looking unique, but there's also the fact that I want to be reminded of Guild Wars when I'm kicking butt on Guild Wars 2 AND look cool doing it, both are provided with such things from the HoM. I have been given a lot of things already on this game but yet again I am not where I want to be and I'm not much of a grinding person so I'd rather play this game to beat the missions, quests, and also a bit of PvP. That being said, since I don't farm my money has been plummeting and I am simply going to ask you for 13 to 20 ectos just to fill my insatiable addiction to the prestige armor in this game, which may sound silly but if I could, I would collect all of them. The other benefit would be that I could also dedicate the armor towards my HoM as well, because I am at the final stretch and trying to achieve 40/50.

I tend to talk a lot so sorry for the long story & request. I wish you the best of luck in your writing career and hey, maybe if I one day see your book on the shelves, I'll say "hey, this guy used to play Guild Wars!" haha.

Thank you for your time and I wish you the best of luck in the future!
IGN - Ysoria Fae

Hi Luke,
I'll try my luck also. My name is Igor and i'm from Serbia/Belgrade. 28 years old + wife + kid. I have start to play GW1 because GW2 before 2 weeks. I didnt know nothing about GW before. I played WoW and Lotro. I pre-order GW2 and after i play BWE2 i decide to buy GW because HoM thing. I'm curently 12/50 and my aim is 30/50. I have finish Nightfall and got 2 titles there. Hero and Protector. I have start Factions now. I need money because armors and weapons. I have one end game armor which you got after killing Abaddon. I'll try to find people who are willing to do few dungeons with me because titles but money for OP,DE,TO, materials for armor and cost are to big and i dont know can i grind that much for it. So i was thinking around 20-30e maybe but you decide. My in game name is Dzigi Z and ty in advance.
Igor
PS
Sorry because my english.

Hi Luke,
I just finished my degree in computer programming, and decided it would be great to try and get 50/50 in my HoM, I currently have 37/50(after I finish my remaining vanquishes) but still need help working on the weapons (12 left) and armour (3 left one of which is the ugly obsidian set...). I started playing GW when it first came out, but when I left for school, I gave away all my stuff to guildies, as I didn't think they (ANET) would do something like this. Any help would be appreciated. I know you didn't want to make calculations on your own, so I'll throw out a number of 40e! but anything at all will be much appreciated.

IGN Tifa Lightheart

My post may come as cliche' and I hate to be viewed as following other people's footsteps.

I took a four to five year hiatus from the game and just recently tried to log on. Under the presumption that my credentials would be the same, I entered my data, pushed log in and to my astonishment, the account had been compromised but some other 'needing' (I say needing because I generally do believe in the good of all people, even those who have the worst intentions by taking some other unknowing party's account while they were away from the game) party/person. Thus, all my armor minus one set has been wiped and I am starting from scratch to even get a stones throw ahead in Guild Wars 2 with any kind of HoM contributions. I don't want to throw out a number of ectos or payment I want. Whatever you deem fitting, from 100g to 1 ecto..anything would be greatly appreciated given the current state of events.

Thanks for the consideration/help,
IGN: Renowned Spartan

Hello everyone.

The time has come to close this thread but I feel compelled to part with some words - it's what I do. I do not expect anybody to go out of their way to read this - it's merely a space for me to vent some sort of conclusion out of this event. My ecto pool has dried up however I will remain in game for maybe another week whilst I track down the individual getting the q8 shield and hand out the final 50e to those deserving. Once this is done I am gone, I will uninstall and this will conclude my 6 year Guild Wars experience.

A lot of people seem to think it necessary to make a distinction between real and virtual/gaming life, and often qualify how this game is important to them or a part of their life despite it being "only a game". Now, whilst I haven't had time for games in the past 3 years, I disagree with this and I will explain why, if to only sooth the conscience of some wayward gamer. The money, the grinding and the questing omnipresent in almost every game in the rpg genre mimicks that of life. Money in game and both outside have no innate value. Its a tool that is the currency of exchange. Grinding and questing is the means of acquiring such currency, whether that's farming underworld and hoping for an ecto to drop, or standing under a coconut tree waiting for a coconut to drop (and hopefully it doesn't hit and kill you (that happens)), it's all much of a muchness. Thus I don't think one should needlessly deride effort placed into gaming as worthless, as quite frankly the entire real world is built off of worthlessness - we just choose to place worth in arbitrary signs that point to some endgame, some sort of fulfilment or life conclusion.

Thus, to hint at what it was I sought to achieve (because I'm not entirely sure myself), this was generally an exercise in communication. I made a point of talking to each and every individual that was granted a portion of my wealth. Ideas, thought and expression and terribly important to me. The idea of ideas is the foremost - and to share these with people, gestate and evolve them and let them swash through mindful tides and cultivate into further ideas is a wonderful thing. None of this is so much hinging upon the ideas themselves, but rather the capacity to think of nonreals and theoreticals and share with others these fantasies. It's all remarkable to think on - to ponder and thus express ones feeling. The communication that entangled this 'event' together is sowing and reaping of my wealth and that process is eternally more useful and enjoyable than anything materialistic I could have acquired. I'm not one for money - I happen to just make it easily in this game. A second, but very much related, reason for my donative spirit was as follows: through my freeing up of peoples time grinding solo, they may join parties or take time to talk to and thus find new acquaintances, maybe even a new friend. Whether online or not friends are important, I rank them above family personally. The possibility of me forging even a single friendship from my 1000e would make the endeavour worthwhile.

I shall end shortly. I won't talk much on my own work, life, shortcomings because that's needlessly tedious - and I know the majority will, quite rightly, not care.

I want to thank everyone that viewed and posted in this thread. As I said to each of you, I gained just as much from this as ye. I am not an innately nice person, far from it, but more folk need to realise that there is no use clutching onto gold in the grave (if anything it attracts dragons). Why game away time striving to hold purchasing power upon one's quitting? This holds for that 'real' world too, whatever that really is. I have already asked as much as I should from you and so I will say goodbye now.

If anybody ever wishes to talk feel free to pm me on here, or talk to my character in the final frames of his wee pixilated life (Luke Connolly).

Thank you,

Luke