Think back to your noobie days..
Alotia Slipfeet
before i switched to guild wars i was stuck playing the likes of runescape and other online games. when i started guild wars it was like wwwwooooooaaaa i thought it was friken awsome. after i had gotten to post (i was still in shock over just how awsome guild wars looked) i had gotten to ruins of surmia mision done most of the ascelon quest and i had spent about 6 hour wondering around ascelon looking for a way over the dam mountains, even asked people in the towns and stuff. eventaly after asking "how do you get over the mountains?" in about 3 different towns 2 lvl 20s took pity on me and helped me get to yaks bend.
Rilder
I remember when I started, i had no freaking idea what pre/post searing was, and I just galabanted all over pre-searing and I was like level 10 but i was afraid to go anywere cause i thought i'd get owned...
fintor
My first character was an E/W, would cast firestorm and then go in swinging a sword (lord, have pitty on me). As humiliating as that is the worst was my dye experience. I remember pulling 2 blacks a silver and a couple reds. I didnt know what they did at first but was upset that they took up space in inventory and were only worth 1g. I then started applying them to my armor just before i left pre....Needless to say i was one unhappy camper when i say my first "WTS black dye 10k". I ended up being so mad i deleted that character just to spite it.
Konrow
I got the game as soon as it came out and began as a warrior since i always loved them. I became W/N and spend tons of time in pre-sear and I was loving the game a whole lot. Back then a lot of people had no clue there was more a searing and I was one of those so when I saw the new map and the new ascalon i was just amazed and I started loving the game even more. Now my warrior is deleted and replaced with a newbie warrior and my main is now a R/W whih I have grown to like a lot. Anyway I wish i could go back to presear again since those were really the good old days.
Lowly Peasant
I remember when I started out on my Mo/N, I went all the way through to Mineral springs as Healing/Blood using Well of Blood and then when I got it Well of Power. Eventually though I got to the Ring of Fire missions and since my attributes were scattered everywhere I couldn't heal enough and that was the last I played as a full Mo/N.
Symeon
When I first got the game I told my brother I'd wait for him to get it (soon) and in the meantime try out different characters, though I already wanted to be a warrior (lol).
Just before he got it, I made a guy called Symeon Axewielder, and started running around with some random warrior partner I found, killing level 2 grawls. Afterwards I wanted to delete him because I thought I needed to do the quests and hadn't done things right. I also thought somehow I could transfer the stuff in my inventory from one character to another.
This is the reason why, if you look at my character list to the left there, my warrior is called Symeion Axewielder. I made a second guy. Afterwards I regretted it but continued on anyway, playing with my brother. Spent a long time in Pre-Sear, doing all quests and killing lots of monsters, getting to level 7. Then I went through the Academy.
It was in Old Ascalon that I experienced the worst disappointment I ever had in this game. I thought every single nook and cranny of the world was explorable, you could just go anywhere, and the only limits were the edges of the world. As I walked around Old Ascalon, doing the quests, I came to several limits, and walked along the edges of the paths, trying to find a way around. Then I thought, maybe there isn't a way around? I asked my brother and he confirmed it. Not every corner of the world was explorable. Soon after that I looked on an internet map and saw the different areas. It was quite a major disappointment, but I still thought the world was huge, and shortly afterwards forgot about the whole disappointment.
Oh, and...my Mo/N (second character) was such a great minion master! That is, until he realised his comrades were dieing too much...
. Following that, he switched to curses and randomly casted Mark of Pain and Suffering on people. That stayed the same for a long time until I discovered and captured Offering of Blood.
Just before he got it, I made a guy called Symeon Axewielder, and started running around with some random warrior partner I found, killing level 2 grawls. Afterwards I wanted to delete him because I thought I needed to do the quests and hadn't done things right. I also thought somehow I could transfer the stuff in my inventory from one character to another.
This is the reason why, if you look at my character list to the left there, my warrior is called Symeion Axewielder. I made a second guy. Afterwards I regretted it but continued on anyway, playing with my brother. Spent a long time in Pre-Sear, doing all quests and killing lots of monsters, getting to level 7. Then I went through the Academy.
It was in Old Ascalon that I experienced the worst disappointment I ever had in this game. I thought every single nook and cranny of the world was explorable, you could just go anywhere, and the only limits were the edges of the world. As I walked around Old Ascalon, doing the quests, I came to several limits, and walked along the edges of the paths, trying to find a way around. Then I thought, maybe there isn't a way around? I asked my brother and he confirmed it. Not every corner of the world was explorable. Soon after that I looked on an internet map and saw the different areas. It was quite a major disappointment, but I still thought the world was huge, and shortly afterwards forgot about the whole disappointment.
Oh, and...my Mo/N (second character) was such a great minion master! That is, until he realised his comrades were dieing too much...
Lord Iowerth
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My first character was a Ranger/Mesmer. Ran around in pre not really knowing what I was doing, eventually went to post. You know how Warmaster Tydus gives you a quest and says that Alesia will want to help you out? Yeah, I thought to myself, "Wow, that's very nice of her!"
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Well, when I first started, I could hardly figure out why everyone was hanging out in the towns, and not going out exploring! Every time I left to go adventuring off into the wild and slay great monsters, etc etc
I was the only one out there!I got to thinking "Wow, people don't really play, they just stand around and talk in towns. How odd. Oh well! More loot for me!" and I don't remember exactly what NPC it was, but somewhere in the little Asford village right near the Abbey, I saw the little "talk" bubble appear and something was said, but I missed it and couldn't seem to find it in local chat ... and I sort of tried to strike up a conversation with it, to the tune of "Wow, are we the only two people out here?" and when I got no response, I thought to myself: "These Guild Wars players are rude, I was just trying to be friendly ... sheesh"
... and i'm going to stop there, as to not make myself look like a complete tool ... carry on, good thread!
MMSDome
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Ahh... I remember the good old days of being the unfortunate ignorant noob.
The things that stand out most for me are: As soon as I had cleared pre-searing (which I did as quickly as possible not having much time for 'noob' areas and missing all the skills) I ran out of ascalon straight up the hill and got owned by the two devourers that spawn there. God knows how long it took me to figure out you actually had to have a party to play this game successfully. Then I have some faint images of my Mo/R (my first character) running around the Kryta area with a bow, bow skills and smite skills. I don't ever remember people spamming chat ordering me to heal them though. Perhaps I had it turned off. Wouldn't surprise me. Anyway they are two highlights of my Guild Wars noobie career. Now I wonder, what are yours? I am very much looking forward to being a noob again in Factions |
VGJustice
Ah yeah, my newbie days ^^
Started out as a R/W. I wanted a finesse type sword slinger, and I figured that'd be the way to do it. Hooked up with my buddy and we walked through Pre to the astounding level of... 3.
Post was very hard for a level 3 Sword Ranger and his pet. Still, I think it did more good than harm. I was soloing by level 6, and had explored almost the entire Ascalon reqion by level 8
I can still remember almost failing the first mission, and repeatedly failing the second one ^^
Good times, good times...
Started out as a R/W. I wanted a finesse type sword slinger, and I figured that'd be the way to do it. Hooked up with my buddy and we walked through Pre to the astounding level of... 3.
Post was very hard for a level 3 Sword Ranger and his pet. Still, I think it did more good than harm. I was soloing by level 6, and had explored almost the entire Ascalon reqion by level 8
I can still remember almost failing the first mission, and repeatedly failing the second one ^^
Good times, good times...
Age
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i have the same experience as you. I bought the game because i liked Fable and Neverwinter Nights which didnt involve partying up and i couldnt figure out why a company would make the game so hard. Until one of my buddies told me that you can group up with people, then i began to clear the clouds off my map.
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coldplay
On my very first character
I cleared everything in Pre-searing ascalon. I went out Pre-searing ascalon at lvl 14.
Do I win?
I cleared everything in Pre-searing ascalon. I went out Pre-searing ascalon at lvl 14.
Do I win?
Shusky
Same WPE R/W story as several people here... "if I strike the monks at distance with arrows, and with Sever Artery/Gash in close combat, I'll be UNSTOPPABLE!" Once I got the retail version, I ran this build well into the Cristal Desert.
My fearsome WPE build went something like WS 4, Marks 6, BM 6, Axe 4, Hammer 3, Sword 4. There was no Expertise at WPE, otherwise it would be even thinner
In one of the betas, before res shrines were implemented, I wanted to check how much more damage would I take without armor. So I took it off, sagely dumped it on the ground, and aggroed a mob which promptly killed me. In this moment it dawned on me there was no way to get my armor back, and I had no money or materials for another one. "Delete character? Y" /twitch
Also, for a good two months, I ran a happy Paladin pre-made PvP char. My first visit to Tombs, back when you had to kill Rift Wardens and could enter with a party less than 8, I took 4 henches and somehow destroyed the Warden. On the first map, I figured out you had to fight actual people, so I promptly left. My opposing party must have had a zen moment when they found themselves against 4 henchie team.
My fearsome WPE build went something like WS 4, Marks 6, BM 6, Axe 4, Hammer 3, Sword 4. There was no Expertise at WPE, otherwise it would be even thinner
In one of the betas, before res shrines were implemented, I wanted to check how much more damage would I take without armor. So I took it off, sagely dumped it on the ground, and aggroed a mob which promptly killed me. In this moment it dawned on me there was no way to get my armor back, and I had no money or materials for another one. "Delete character? Y" /twitch
Also, for a good two months, I ran a happy Paladin pre-made PvP char. My first visit to Tombs, back when you had to kill Rift Wardens and could enter with a party less than 8, I took 4 henches and somehow destroyed the Warden. On the first map, I figured out you had to fight actual people, so I promptly left. My opposing party must have had a zen moment when they found themselves against 4 henchie team.
Griff Mon
I bought elementalist runes for my W/E and couldn't figure out why I couldn't put them on my armour.
Then I bought all superior runes for my W/E and didn't notice that my health went down to 120 when I did it.
To my credit I did have the good sense to put minor runes over the superiors rather than salvage the armour.
I was called "worst warrior ever" on my first trip to Sorrow's Furnace by some unknown teammate.
And there at least 100 more of these little moments that I will not trouble you with.
Then I bought all superior runes for my W/E and didn't notice that my health went down to 120 when I did it.
To my credit I did have the good sense to put minor runes over the superiors rather than salvage the armour.
I was called "worst warrior ever" on my first trip to Sorrow's Furnace by some unknown teammate.
And there at least 100 more of these little moments that I will not trouble you with.
Spenser_For_Hire
i was never really a "newbie" i just wasnt as good as i am now, i did do some stupid stuff like solo all the way to lions arch with my first character, might of been alot faster with henchies or pugs, and used a major absorb on all the pieces of armor that didnt have the reduced damage base
so i was using a axe helmet of major absorption, a gladiator chest of major absorption, and a gladiator legging of major absorption
so i was using a axe helmet of major absorption, a gladiator chest of major absorption, and a gladiator legging of major absorption
Canadian Bacon
My Number 1 Best Memory From Noobiehood:
The feeling of pain through my face, as my chin slammed down onto my desk when I pressed 'M' after going to post-sear.
My first character was a W/E, because I though it would be awesome to rain fire all over the place while swining away with my sword. Of course, I know now how ridiculous a warrior nuker is. But the worst part is that my warrior made it all the way to Augury Rock using Meteor Shower, Fire Storm, Meteor, Fireball...and some sword stuff. Eventually I just got pissed off cuz I was running out of energy too much, dieing to fast (Desert Monsters+Ascalon Armor+Frenzy+Healing Signet=Frustrated Noob). I decided that W/E was the worst combo, ever and deleted him, to make a Mesmer (I LOVE mesmers, even now!). 3 months ago I made a new W/E, this time using good ol' KD+AS.
The feeling of pain through my face, as my chin slammed down onto my desk when I pressed 'M' after going to post-sear.
My first character was a W/E, because I though it would be awesome to rain fire all over the place while swining away with my sword. Of course, I know now how ridiculous a warrior nuker is. But the worst part is that my warrior made it all the way to Augury Rock using Meteor Shower, Fire Storm, Meteor, Fireball...and some sword stuff. Eventually I just got pissed off cuz I was running out of energy too much, dieing to fast (Desert Monsters+Ascalon Armor+Frenzy+Healing Signet=Frustrated Noob). I decided that W/E was the worst combo, ever and deleted him, to make a Mesmer (I LOVE mesmers, even now!). 3 months ago I made a new W/E, this time using good ol' KD+AS.
Tyrent Frath
i remember being a newbie ele/necro...i must have been the worst nuker, i would use curses with 0 in the attribute...i would split points between fire and earth, and i didnt get new armor until desert when my team mates complained i died too much...
i still remember my second character too...mo/w, and when i got to the jungle, i found myself a chest, and farmed the hell out of it...i would run with protective bond (pre-nerf) using sprint and breeze...my health was something like 250 too, haha.
i still remember my second character too...mo/w, and when i got to the jungle, i found myself a chest, and farmed the hell out of it...i would run with protective bond (pre-nerf) using sprint and breeze...my health was something like 250 too, haha.
lg5000
Hm.. I was lucky, my b/f was there to guide me through pre and explain the game to me.
These days, I wonder why the devourers around ascalon in post were sooo hard? We had left pre at lvl 7, and I still thought they were hard.
Using boon till the desert and struggeling with energy problems...
Not so much a noob problem as a general problem.. I get lost! And I don't mean I get lost in a new area, I mean I get lost in missions I've done more than once before. The noob moment was forgetting to hit U when you enter a mission... then again, I do well with navigating in fow and uw simply because I forget to use a map anyway.
These days, I wonder why the devourers around ascalon in post were sooo hard? We had left pre at lvl 7, and I still thought they were hard.
Using boon till the desert and struggeling with energy problems...
Not so much a noob problem as a general problem.. I get lost! And I don't mean I get lost in a new area, I mean I get lost in missions I've done more than once before. The noob moment was forgetting to hit U when you enter a mission... then again, I do well with navigating in fow and uw simply because I forget to use a map anyway.
Kai Nui
I remember smiting a lot with my Me/Mo. And I used to think symbol of wrath and bane signet were cool skills.
Iceman2
Not knowing that there was a storage agent in ascalon city untill a month after I made it to post. I thought the only agent was in ashford abbey and it annoyed me that I needed to map there to use storage.
Finding out about henchies in RoF missions
Finding out about henchies in RoF missions
Kool Pajamas
My first character was a E/Me that I still have. I remember doing the mesmer quest in pre with the bull. Man that bull was hard...lol. I also remember getting pwned by some grawl when I was level 1.
I sold dye to the merchant until I noticed people were buying dye for far more than the merchant was buying for.
My biggest noob moment was when I discovered Piken, Grenditch Courthouse, and then Serenity Temple. It was my 3rd character. My first 2 were both about level 15. And thats not even the sad part. The sad part is that I had a map and strategy guide. Do I win? 
I remember getting to the desert and ascending for the first time, getting infused for the first time and constantly annoying my party members asking about them over and over. How many more missions until ascention? What happens when you ascend? What does infuse do?
I sold dye to the merchant until I noticed people were buying dye for far more than the merchant was buying for.
My biggest noob moment was when I discovered Piken, Grenditch Courthouse, and then Serenity Temple. It was my 3rd character. My first 2 were both about level 15. And thats not even the sad part. The sad part is that I had a map and strategy guide.
Do I win? I remember getting to the desert and ascending for the first time, getting infused for the first time and constantly annoying my party members asking about them over and over. How many more missions until ascention? What happens when you ascend? What does infuse do?
Garik Thren
I remember my noobie days. A friend had the game and said i should get it. Little did I know that the game had two parts to it. i figured it out when i was just about to go to post, then i decided to explore some more. This was my first char, and he was (still is) a R/Mo. I didnt even know that Foilbles Fair and the other outposts existed. I had Ascalon and Ashford abbey, and that was it. I also remember running around with a sword and shiled for a while (before i learned that the reason i couldnt deal much dmg wsa b/c my bow skills were greyed out). I finlly left pre at lvl 6 (still not sure how i did, with no towns or stuff). My freind was helpful, and got me into his guild as soon as i was out of pre. Then he ran me to piken, and really saved me from my noobness. Now I am ascended with infused armor and almost at the end. But when I think back to pre when I first joined the game, that was where i had the most fun.
Loralai
My first character, my lovely ranger, forgot to read Tydus' "you can't come back" warning. I thrust myself out of Pre-sear a bit early with her, and then found myself in Old Ascalon spamming for help on how to get back.
pyrohex
Gotta love that Pre/Post Searing crap. It screws up almost everyone.
Nevin
I miss Pre-Searing.. And just anything with being a noob.
My FAVORITE part of being a noob (A lot of you will agree with this), is I didn't know what perfect mods and sup vigor or drok's armor was. So I was able to play through the game the way it was intended, and not worry about having the perfect character. Heck I never bought a vigor until a month into the game with my first character.. I used to farm Mergoyles, 2k every 30 minutes.. I thought I was rich.
My FAVORITE part of being a noob (A lot of you will agree with this), is I didn't know what perfect mods and sup vigor or drok's armor was. So I was able to play through the game the way it was intended, and not worry about having the perfect character. Heck I never bought a vigor until a month into the game with my first character.. I used to farm Mergoyles, 2k every 30 minutes.. I thought I was rich.
Ken Dei
Newbies Days....loved em. I didn't even HEAR about W/Mo being good...I simply came to the same common sense Tough Armor/Self Heal choice.
I loved pre-searing, I still do, I wish there was a place in post searing to get back to that...
Anyway, I was one of those newbies that higher levels liked having around. I generally ran around dying on my own and finding stuff out before I decided to ask anyone(I have natural rpg intuition). Basically, I figured out enough about the game to ask intelligent questions and never really had much trouble getting into the game.
Hence, I can't really think of a "noobish" thing I did....and no being a W/Mo wasn't noobish, I've never regreted it.
I loved pre-searing, I still do, I wish there was a place in post searing to get back to that...
Anyway, I was one of those newbies that higher levels liked having around. I generally ran around dying on my own and finding stuff out before I decided to ask anyone(I have natural rpg intuition). Basically, I figured out enough about the game to ask intelligent questions and never really had much trouble getting into the game.
Hence, I can't really think of a "noobish" thing I did....and no being a W/Mo wasn't noobish, I've never regreted it.
Riceboi
I remember when my brother and I thought Charr were the hardest enemies in the game!
Jetdoc
My favorite noob recollection was not allocating any attribute points to any of my skills until I got to Yak's Bend. I was afraid that once you spent them you were locked into those skills permanently (i.e. I wasn't aware of what attribute refund points were at the time), and I couldn't decide between sword, axe or hammer...
Loralai
I was the polar opposite of that. I had points spread into everything...had no focus at all, and couldn't figure out why I did not damage. Took the tutoring of my first guild to thoroughly grasp the concept of attributes.
Gonzo
Yeah I remember that. I spend all my points in sword and strenth, I needed them for my shield and sword. Somewhere in Kryta I was talking to somebody about that I would make another Warrior for an Axe warrior and he was all "LOL you can change your skills at any time in an outpost".
Ranger Rog
On my first character, for some unknown reason I got it in my head that the last inventory bag was different to the first and kept looking for the elusive last storage bag at merchants and collectors all the way to the desert before I realised. I also though that dying my weapon purple would make it a purple weapon.
Gertrude
Read the thread from beginning to end - so many thinks I did too.
My worst moment - first into post sear, left ascalon (like you do pre) on my own and could not understand why I kept on dieing. It took me a looooong while to figure it all out.
First time I dropped black die I had no space for it - so I left it. Could not understand why people were screaming at me!!
My worst moment - first into post sear, left ascalon (like you do pre) on my own and could not understand why I kept on dieing. It took me a looooong while to figure it all out.
First time I dropped black die I had no space for it - so I left it. Could not understand why people were screaming at me!!
Jakerius
I remember I was afraid of Devourers in Pre-Searing :P
Avarre
Made a Me/N to start, didn't know about henchmen for a long time. Tried to solo post-searing ascalon.
I have 3,200 deaths. Now you know why.
Played mainly with a bunch of friends from RL/other games, when I got black dye (in north shiverpeaks) and sold it for 15k they were all 'WTF?!' Ahh, fun. Entering a new zone for the first time was awesome.
I have 3,200 deaths. Now you know why.
Played mainly with a bunch of friends from RL/other games, when I got black dye (in north shiverpeaks) and sold it for 15k they were all 'WTF?!'
[FnG] Lazz
I had a few interesting moments in my first time of play. Of course I did the usual 'sell dye to merchant for 1g' 
Though one of the funniest mistakes I actually made was that for a while in pre-searing, I had no idea what these 'attribute points' were, and I figured I could do without them. Found them pretty cool when I finally realised what they did.
Though one of the funniest mistakes I actually made was that for a while in pre-searing, I had no idea what these 'attribute points' were, and I figured I could do without them. Found them pretty cool when I finally realised what they did.
Accurax
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god i loved pre-searing so much i spent like 2 weeks in it on my first character. when i went through searing and saw ravaged ascalon. it took me a few days to want to play again.
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I also remember my Wa/Ne finding a black dye within 15 minuites of starting the game.... i thought itd look so cool on my Noob armour
Man was i gutted... 7k down the pan
baz777
My first character being a W/Mo, sadly no longer with us, was so excited when he found out he could actually farm one of the fist mission areas for Char hides.
These he would sell in Ascalon to all the eager buyers, in retrospect too eager. Then one day, after another successful hide sell, he gets asked if he’s a Noob. He’s then told by a very nice, but slightly sarcastic, level 20 something that Char hides can be exchanged for Fur Squares.
You may have noticed that I, by using the second person, have tried to, and successfully in my view, proportioned all the blame to this on the dumb warrior and not myself.
These he would sell in Ascalon to all the eager buyers, in retrospect too eager. Then one day, after another successful hide sell, he gets asked if he’s a Noob. He’s then told by a very nice, but slightly sarcastic, level 20 something that Char hides can be exchanged for Fur Squares.
You may have noticed that I, by using the second person, have tried to, and successfully in my view, proportioned all the blame to this on the dumb warrior and not myself.
Celdor Nailo
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You may have noticed that I, by using the second person, have tried to, and successfully in my view, proportioned all the blame to this on the dumb warrior and not myself.
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Markaedw
Ahh yes those were the days, I remeber them fondly, except for the Fort Ranik mission. When I was with my mesmer, and though wow more Char to kill, luckily I got resed when they triggered the "Trebuche" video.
Those were the days, when I though blue weapons were pretty cool and good enough for me.
Those were the days, when I though blue weapons were pretty cool and good enough for me.
DeathDealer
The first time I did the dukes daughter quest, it took four hours to finally beat it....I couldn't deal with returning to town just to rid myself of DP...this was back in early August (I believe then, Althea's ghost only spawned WAY out in the boondocks) I would slay one char at a time...going smack dab throuhg the middle of Diessa Lowlands..I was sober when I started and drunk when I finished...good times
Pete1975
The things that stick out in my mind are with my first 2 characters, my R/Me went post searing at lvl 2 as I didn't read any of the quest descripts and got dragged through by mistake. Aso making it to Yak's with presearing armor as I didn't know i could change it for better armor, i did get a few comments as I wast he first to die regardless of what we attacked
My Mo/E was full fire support with meteor shower 12 in fire magic and only Healing breeze, untill someone took me aside and explained that maybe i should just make an ele if I wanted to set stuff on fire
Ah the good old days of knowing nothing and thinking you know it all
My Mo/E was full fire support with meteor shower 12 in fire magic and only Healing breeze, untill someone took me aside and explained that maybe i should just make an ele if I wanted to set stuff on fire
Ah the good old days of knowing nothing and thinking you know it all