GW Guru, the last beacon of shining light!

Hey there guys.

This is my first post here. I finally joined your site after over half a decade of using your wikis and reading your forums. I hope you don't mind if I tell you a bit about my GW experience before coming back to the title of the thread.

I have been playing GW since shortly after launch and a wiki user since about a year or so after that. GW was like my second home. Like some people might go on holiday or have a second home in the city/country, my (and I imagine your) holiday destination and second home was in the beautiful land we all know as Tyria.

Not too long after Nightfall, I met my fiancé in Kamadan and we now have 4 kids together with another one on the way. As with so many people , when GW2 was released, I started playing that. I didn't really want to leave GW but it was so empty at that point, it was just too heart breaking to see all the ghost towns that until a year before had been towns and outposts so full of life. I tried to find something in the new game that could fill the hole left by leaving GW but it just wasn't happening. Every time I came back to GW, I couldn't get over how empty is was and it was too depressing to play.

Then a few days ago, I found out about the death of Wynthyst, a wiki user and friend from my early days of GW and for some reason this absolutely gutted me. I didn't know her that well and had not spoken to her is years but I really couldn't understand why it was so upsetting. Like, I have lost RL friends that hurt less. Anyway, I went into GW to try pick myself up. Once upon a time, there would have been loads of friends to talk to and maybe even some other people that knew her that I could talk to about her but now there was no-one. I couldn't find a single European district with more than 2 or 3 people in it, The only people I found were in the American districts and even them were nearly empty. Then It dawned on me, the reason I was feeling so bad was because I was grieving for GW. It was like all the people I knew there were all dead and gone. Like, I know they are not but they have moved on and I will never see or speak to them again. It was like going back to a place where you lived once and that was always full of life and friends but not they are all gone. The place is the same but none of the old friends are there and no part of the old life. The old GW that was such a massive part of my life, that gave me my missus and family, was dead and it hurt like hell. I wanted so bad to talk to someone about it. I searched the wiki for any sign of anyone I knew, I searched the GW2 wiki for anyone that might have moved there from the old one and I searched the forums. Nothing. No-one from the whole 7 (9 if I include the last 2) years I played GW and what was worse, there was next to no sign if any GW community AT ALL. Then I remembered GW Guru! And here you are, the last beacon of shining light for the GW community.

I'm feeling slightly better and don't feel the need or think it would be fair to lay down all my crap here (or at least any more than I already have) for you guys but I just wanted to tell you how glad I am to find something of the GW community alive. I'm not sure what GW holds for me in the future but I reckon you'll see more of me on here.

Thanks a Million guys for just still being here.

Cro




P.S. I am User:Tytan Crow on the GW wiki. Not sure if that's bad etiquette, plugging my user space on another site/wiki. : / Sorry if it is.

Welcome. always nice to see oldschool players here. the empty towns make me often sad too... but still kamadan, LA, and the event locations for ZQuest are filled.

yep we are still here....still playing and glad to have you back (wow 4 kids....)

American districts are the only ones that have people in them, and outside of spamdan--you will usually only find folks in the places that the zaishen stuff is going on in. (outside of festivals--like this week, loads of folks doing the wayfair stuff).

anyways
Welcome back!!

Welcome and Congrats on the Mrs. and the Kids.Enjoy the boards.

Yes, we are still here and still fully moderating these forums. We are very happy to have someone join us who loves the game as we do. Guild Wars is still the best game ever.

Enjoy your visits, but please read the rules and the Ventari's Guidelines.

Ive been playing guild wars since I was 14 years old. Still playing until today. Finding new people to hang around with in this game can be tricky now. But its still doable! - Good luck and have fun on your stay! - PS: My consent with your losses dear to you.

Hey guys.

Thanks a million for the welcome and again, I'm so glad to find you all here. I'm looking forward to making some new friends.



Edit: How can I get a profile picture like you guys?

Welcome back.
We're still here. There are more of us than you'd think too.

The dynamics have changed somewhat though. If you lurk in the American districts of Kamadan or Lions Arch, you'll find adverts for guilds and alliances looking for members. Join one. Join a few. But that's where the people are now. Some alliances have 2000 people across 20 guilds, all for playing the game.

The player base is smaller, yes. But most of the assholes have left to troll other games now, so it's a much more pleasant place these days too.

And I'm not sure if I should congratulate you for meeting your wife in the game, or declare it a warning of the dangers of cyber-relationships.... 4 kids? Nice work

Max

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yeah, guilds all the way to have contacts
i'm kind of coming back from some bad times in GW, so we might meet sometimes
but lately (last few days) i feel better in my only REAL good MMO
i met some nice people some time ago, and now can do alot with em in GW

have fun, check out american districts, and join nice guilds
i'd never join faction based guilds again, cuz they are based..... on faction farm :P
some guilds even go as low as kicking a guild with less faction, just to add guilds with more to have more and more in the alliance

but i'm good now

Definitely nice to hear about players who've been here from the start. I was an E3 for everyone player and that's all it took to get me hooked. Been playing on and off since.

Welcome back!

Yay another Irish player!
Similar story, I also met my wife in GW back in 2010. We have 8 kids between us both (only 1 together). The wife doesn't play any more but I'm on at least twice a week, kids and work permitting. My old guild has disbanded and I'm only in contact with 1 of them now, my new guild is mainly American, but despite that they seem friendly enough. Message me in game if you're feeling lonesome and would like to do something IGN Korrel Soulshot and Obi Wan Can Blowme.
Glad you're back

Hey there Korrel! Sweet, love to hear of other couples that met in GW. We're bringing the online community into the real world lol. I also love the name of your second char, like what you did there.

Where abouts in Ireland are you from btw?

I know them feels

I miss all my old friends and guildies that have disappeared and moved on.

I blame ANet for abandoning the game.. though that isn't really fair because the real ANet quit years ago, guess I should blame them for leaving the company that they made so great which is now a steaming pile of dogshit lol.

Good to hear some of the old school are still playing. Always interesting to read another player's story, and find other people who love this game as much as I do.

You can tell from my join date here on Guru how long I've been playing GW. Since I started playing this game I have also gotten married, bought and sold houses, had a kid, changed job a few times and moved from one end of the UK to the other. Fair to say it's been a rare constant in a sea of change.

I don't play anything like the number of hours I used to but I'm on a few times a week. Feel free to hit me up for a game and some reminiscing any time. IGN Article Of Faith

Aye, that's it man. you hit the nail on the head lol.

Like I was saying earlier guys, I too have less and less time to play now-a-days but if I see you (or anyone else from here) online, I'll give you a whisper.

Welcome. Just wondering - if GW2 had been as good as we all hoped it would be, might you have had fewer kids........

Who of you gets nostalgic for GW more than any other game he/she played in his life?

I feel like playing GW again and when I started it recently for a short amount of time, the music, the atmosphere, everything brought me back, it was a pretty cool and somewhat sad as well though. It's like ghosts of old still haunting the places. I remember the first day of GW when everybody or most didn't know a thing and we went out and died a lot and every corner was a mystery, an adventure. Althea's ashes being hard for us newbies, but we managed to complete it in the end.

Sure, it's only a game but I have so many fond memories connected to it. Friends, guild members, my first valuable gold weapon, my first 50 platinum. I remember being nervous and intimidated in the FoW because one evil mistake could cost the whole group, remember fearing the UW even more but at the same time it was an amazing experience.

I remember when I crossed the mountains from beacon's perch down to droknar with a group of randoms that later become good friends. Took us hours back in 2005 and we died a horrible amount of deaths but it was worth it, covering every meter.

I could list so much more (the journey to the desert and then to the peaks, waiting for EW to win the halls, my very own first HA win, early start into Factions)

Those times won't be happening again as I got older, more responsibilites, less dedication. I also think that such eras can only happen once.

o/

And still, after all these years - I'm so excited for Halloween and especially Wintersday - brings back SO many great memories!