Anyone remember the good o'days when we get fancy jewels, charms, and rings?
WTS Monk Skill Ring!!!
WTB Mark of Rodgort Skill Charm!!
Can anyone make me a Hundred Blades skill charm???
Is there a mission after Riverside?
The Good Ol Days ...
Elythor
Perishiko ReLLiK
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Anyone remember the good o'days when we get fancy jewels, charms, and rings?
WTS Monk Skill Ring!!! WTB Mark of Rodgort Skill Charm!! Anyone can make Hundred Blades skill charm??? Is there a mission after Riverside? |
It seems that it was so long ago that they deleted it... oh wait, it was? But heh, those were quite fun to mess around with. At first i was quite confused by them, but they were easy to learn.
Arothian
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there was no map-zoning so we had to walk from Ascalon to Lion's Arch through the snow uphill both ways ...
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DarkWasp
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Originally Posted by Xue Yi Liang
-There were no rune traders. Yep. It's true. All your runes had to be gotten from drops - and back then, sonny, they dropped about as often as they do now. When the last time you ever IDed a Superior Rune of any kind for your primary profession? Never? Well, that was about your chance of ever seeing one, back then.
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Back then, rare armors could and quite commonly would, ID out to be minors. AND NOT ONLY that, It was a chance wether they would salvage out to be the rune.
Also Minor Major and Superior runes of the same type all looked the same, like scrolls. And UN-Ided runes all looked the same.
Even worse Celestial sigils looked sort of like vigor runes and Family sigils looked like the Celestial sigils, and it was a common scam. However Sigils were worth only 9-10k and black dyes were only 700g-1k and that was the trader's price.
The Sigil trader never supplied sigils.
And to make it even stranger, I didnt see one storm bow till after all of this.
But us geezers go even further back. Back to the Beta Weekend Events.
The party list made no sense, there actauly was a whole differnt GUI. Lions Arch was the stopping point for many, and others were rushing level 20 in the first day.
Black dyes were going for 400. You could get just about any rune for 100 gold. You could buy or sell anything. There wasnt much supply as there was demand, and because of that it wasnt hard to sell things. But also the prices were not going high because people were going to lose it all at the end of the April event anyway.
People were bragging about the 12-24 Bows they found. And being level 15 by the end ment alot to them.
NOW, YOU PEOPLE!, You, you only buy a bow if its a 15-28 Stormbow with +15% Damage while > 50% health.
Not even newbies are buying not so max bows.
It has become impossible to sell my Shadow Shield with 16 AP and 9 str Requirments, only because there are no health mods. WHAT IS THIS! WHAT HAVE WE DONE!
If I could go back to the old days, I would.
Trading was easy, farming wasnt an issue. No 105 monks, anybody could get picked for a group durring the beta weekend. And get this, if you got a W/Mo on your team, there was a good chance he wasnt going to be an idiot. And W/Mos were not automaticly expected to be stupid.
Elythor
Haha...yeah. Back in beta...W/Mo actually kick a lot of @ss in PvP. There was still the occasional air spike...but teams were a lot more balanced. Speaking of which...I didn't actually see Balthazar's stacking back in beta. I know some of the alphas and hardcore beta ppl know about it...but haven't seen it in Tombs myself. Anyone encountered that?
And no such thing as spirit spam cuz spirit sux0rs back then. (maybe bring back the -5% penalty? :P)
beta = FTW!!!
And no such thing as spirit spam cuz spirit sux0rs back then. (maybe bring back the -5% penalty? :P)
beta = FTW!!!
Chev of Hardass
Remember when you could do the bonus for the North wall mission over and over?
Anyone want to level up? 15 minutes per 1000 exp after you got used to the path.
Anyone want to level up? 15 minutes per 1000 exp after you got used to the path.
Hiawatha
I remember The Wilds... anyone know what issue I'm referring to? 
And I remember when we finally made it to Rotscale. We had the monk henchman take a pic of us beaming with pride before that tower =)
And being able ot have fun with a random PUG just before the end of a beta event... ahh now that was lovely. Such camraderie. Especially when you saw a large group of koreans lined up on the other side of the map, and everyone went, "Omg koreans! Ruuuunnn!!"
I can't help but feel I'd love this game a lot more if it went back to beta
And I remember when we finally made it to Rotscale. We had the monk henchman take a pic of us beaming with pride before that tower =)
And being able ot have fun with a random PUG just before the end of a beta event... ahh now that was lovely. Such camraderie. Especially when you saw a large group of koreans lined up on the other side of the map, and everyone went, "Omg koreans! Ruuuunnn!!"
I can't help but feel I'd love this game a lot more if it went back to beta
Dax
The question I would pose is did you have fun when you first started.
For me it was a lot of fun just for the fact there wasn't this 'baggage' that there is now. No one was bored unlocking skill, looking for runes. People were having fun jumping into and checking out PvP fior the first time. No one was as worried about what the lowest level they could get Droks armor.... good times.
I would guess as a new player now you are hit with this stuff from the get go...especially if you read these forums.
For me it was a lot of fun just for the fact there wasn't this 'baggage' that there is now. No one was bored unlocking skill, looking for runes. People were having fun jumping into and checking out PvP fior the first time. No one was as worried about what the lowest level they could get Droks armor.... good times.
I would guess as a new player now you are hit with this stuff from the get go...especially if you read these forums.
Xue Yi Liang
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I would guess as a new player now you are hit with this stuff from the get go...especially if you read these forums.
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DarkWasp
/roll 100 anyone?
Some of you may not know this but there is actauly a /roll command.
It got banned from outposts because of:
P1: P1's Casino! /Roll 100. Roll a 67 or above win double, roll 99 or 100 win triple. Minimum bet 1000 gold!
P2 opens trade.
P2 trades P1 2000 gold.
P2 rolls 23 on a 100 sided die.
P1: Ooh sorry, try again!
P2 opens trade.
P2 trades 10000 gold.
P2 rolls 99 on a 100 sided die.
P2: Yes!
P1 switches district.
(P2): Give me my money you scammer!
P1 switches to offline mode.
P1 starts his casino in district 2.
P2: Hey Everyone! P1 IS A SCAMMER DONT GIVE HIM MONEY!
P2: Hey Everyone! P1 IS A SCAMMER DONT GIVE HIM MONEY!
P2: Hey Everyone! P1 IS A SCAMMER DONT GIVE HIM MONEY!
P3 Opens trade.
...Ect.
Some of you may not know this but there is actauly a /roll command.
It got banned from outposts because of:
P1: P1's Casino! /Roll 100. Roll a 67 or above win double, roll 99 or 100 win triple. Minimum bet 1000 gold!
P2 opens trade.
P2 trades P1 2000 gold.
P2 rolls 23 on a 100 sided die.
P1: Ooh sorry, try again!
P2 opens trade.
P2 trades 10000 gold.
P2 rolls 99 on a 100 sided die.
P2: Yes!
P1 switches district.
(P2): Give me my money you scammer!
P1 switches to offline mode.
P1 starts his casino in district 2.
P2: Hey Everyone! P1 IS A SCAMMER DONT GIVE HIM MONEY!
P2: Hey Everyone! P1 IS A SCAMMER DONT GIVE HIM MONEY!
P2: Hey Everyone! P1 IS A SCAMMER DONT GIVE HIM MONEY!
P3 Opens trade.
...Ect.
Teh Azman
Ah, I remember all of this...Ugh why did people have to whine, I just realized the game is 100x worse then it was > : (
Lykan
Wow this thread brings back so many good memories, the pre-nerf days where the best, no-one was greedy and most people were friendly, in those days almost everyone was a n00b.
Elythor
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Wow this thread brings back so many good memories, the pre-nerf days where the best, no-one was greedy and most people were friendly, in those days almost everyone was a n00b.
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stumpy
back in the day (betas) ... necros were the most powerful class around
back in the day the game had some means of challenge for us - skill capping took skill to do ... and god try capping a stance was next to impossible but so rewarding when I got ??? escape???? lol it still meant something cause I made an accomplishment
back in the day I was in another guild
back in the day hundred blades could be bought from Druids Overlook (I'm pretty sure it was druids)
back in the day Ventari's refuge was known as Ventari's Dell ... and still is referred to as the dell in some instances
back in the day ... we never used netspeak, leetspeak or anything like that ... we said 'hey thanks for the guild battle'
back in the day nobody really knew where fire attunement was
back in the day it was about the people having fun ... and proper use of the bug report system actually using \bug
back in the day all of the npc's looked very similar I think they had 2-4 different models
back in the day it almost felt like a mature game
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sorry I never thanked you for this ... another great thread friend ... thanks Xue Yi Liang I needed this ... tonight ... Friday may be enlightening on the game tonight ... I hope this thread reaches many of you out there.
back in the day the game had some means of challenge for us - skill capping took skill to do ... and god try capping a stance was next to impossible but so rewarding when I got ??? escape???? lol it still meant something cause I made an accomplishment
back in the day I was in another guild
back in the day hundred blades could be bought from Druids Overlook (I'm pretty sure it was druids)
back in the day Ventari's refuge was known as Ventari's Dell ... and still is referred to as the dell in some instances
back in the day ... we never used netspeak, leetspeak or anything like that ... we said 'hey thanks for the guild battle'
back in the day nobody really knew where fire attunement was
back in the day it was about the people having fun ... and proper use of the bug report system actually using \bug
back in the day all of the npc's looked very similar I think they had 2-4 different models
back in the day it almost felt like a mature game
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sorry I never thanked you for this ... another great thread friend ... thanks Xue Yi Liang I needed this ... tonight ... Friday may be enlightening on the game tonight ... I hope this thread reaches many of you out there.
Hiawatha
Psshh, back in the day you didn't _need_ to cap skills. I still remember the first time someone found BiP in the game and the charms started spreading... 
It was lovely <3
It was lovely <3
Ultimate_Gaara
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back in the day it almost felt like a mature game
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Go back to Diablo 2 and you will think "man i miss the GW community".. rushed like 5 people the other day, none could even spell properly.. Eg: "U go tris wit me?".. what?
anyways my point is this game is quite immature, but when i think about it i thank Anet they made this game.. d2 community drives me nuts "tp, tp, tp, tp, tp".. that keeps me up at night, it really does
twicky_kid
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It's no dispute that the community during betas and world preview was much more friendlier. I never saw a griefer or noob back then. Everyone was a new excited player with a love for the game. I do try to do my part in making the community less hostile as well. Hopefully theres a turnaround in the near future and the community improves.
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i think making a 3rd-4th char has alot to do with also seeing as most people of done this over and over before so they just want to be ran through. ya community sux. play with henchies. join a good guild and enjoy it while it last.
Hiawatha
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Originally Posted by twicky_kid
some aren't bad but most cheap skates i know are horrible people.
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We all know just how friendly the EQ and WoW communities are And to be perfectly frank, I've gotten just as many bad vibes from would-be veterans as from complete newcomers. I personally think it all stems from a subconscious perception of complete abandonment.
Oh Jeffy, where art thou?
Booster
back then people use the tradechannel for trade
damn i miss that time even its about 4 months ago it was just allot better then it is now thats for sure
damn i miss that time even its about 4 months ago it was just allot better then it is now
thats for sure
TheGreatBoo
I found that when there wasn't even a trade channel it was less congested with useless trade spam. Everyone was off trying to suck in as much as the game as possible instead of copy-pasting the same thing 100 times in the same district when no ones interested.
Weezer_Blue
The 'good ol' days' for you are much different than mine... Mine range from October to April 26th (the day before release). Back when the game didn't suck.
Xue Yi Liang
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The 'good ol' days' for you are much different than mine... Mine range from October to April 26th (the day before release). Back when the game didn't suck.
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ratatass
Back in the Ol days we held the HoH with a level 15 mesmer...
Back in the ol days a Beta weekend as the highlight of the month! Better than christmas as a kid!
Back in the Ol days the Ranger line wasn't f****...
Back in the Ol days you could choose a skill from another profession as your elite...
back in the Ol days it was fun!
Ratatass
ps: Guru sure has picked up in quality the last month! Thanks very much to Saurs,,,
Back in the ol days a Beta weekend as the highlight of the month! Better than christmas as a kid!
Back in the Ol days the Ranger line wasn't f****...
Back in the Ol days you could choose a skill from another profession as your elite...
back in the Ol days it was fun!
Ratatass
ps: Guru sure has picked up in quality the last month! Thanks very much to Saurs,,,
Dac Vin
I remember the good'ol days when the ONLY kind of runner that existed was the Droknar runner at Beacon's Perch (And there was like, 2-3 of them in a district?). Okay, I'm young
Hiawatha
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Originally Posted by Xue Yi Liang
Sad to know that your personal happiness dependents on your experience playing an online videogame - that's really pathetic.
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Grigori Sokolov
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/roll 100 anyone?
Some of you may not know this but there is actauly a /roll command. It got banned from outposts because of: P1: P1's Casino! /Roll 100. Roll a 67 or above win double, roll 99 or 100 win triple. Minimum bet 1000 gold! P2 opens trade. P2 trades P1 2000 gold. P2 rolls 23 on a 100 sided die. P1: Ooh sorry, try again! P2 opens trade. P2 trades 10000 gold. P2 rolls 99 on a 100 sided die. P2: Yes! P1 switches district. (P2): Give me my money you scammer! P1 switches to offline mode. P1 starts his casino in district 2. P2: Hey Everyone! P1 IS A SCAMMER DONT GIVE HIM MONEY! P2: Hey Everyone! P1 IS A SCAMMER DONT GIVE HIM MONEY! P2: Hey Everyone! P1 IS A SCAMMER DONT GIVE HIM MONEY! P3 Opens trade. ...Ect. |
.and black dyes were cheap and searing was sad. I never got to tombs in those days though, by the time I got there, air spikers were catching on...
I remember my first win in tombs though: I got my first 3 fame with my own team and I was so happy about it...
Xue Yi Liang
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That's not what he said, Mr. Holy
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At the risk of feeding that guy's 16 year old narcissism I'll show you what I mean:
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the game sucks. Common sense is clowded for all players who joined post-release because they just wanted to play a game with good graphics for free, ignoring gameplay completely. All beta players are shunned as whiners, even though they understand the game better from every angle.
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Originally Posted by Weezer_Blue
Most of the people I meet in the game are completely incompetant. Not using common sense to make a guild build, let alone common sense to play correctly. Judging by many posts, the forums aren't a whole lot different.
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Hiawatha
Omg Weezer's sixteen?!
In any case, the points are legit. The potential we got to see in the betas is still there, haunting and taunting, and not fulfilling it is a tragedy in the context of the game
Your reaction was as sad, if not more, so why not just let it go? This thread is a nice bittersweet tune, just enjoy it
In any case, the points are legit. The potential we got to see in the betas is still there, haunting and taunting, and not fulfilling it is a tragedy in the context of the game
Your reaction was as sad, if not more, so why not just let it go? This thread is a nice bittersweet tune, just enjoy it
Xue Yi Liang
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Originally Posted by Hiawatha
Your reaction was as sad, if not more, so why not just let it go? This thread is a nice bittersweet tune, just enjoy it
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But haven't you ever had one of those days where you just can't stop yourself from doing something asinine? I'm only human.
But thanks for the slice of common sense.
Hiawatha
Now that you mention it, I do have an annoying tendency to get out of bed.
Oh well. All's well that ends well, mate.
I remember the good old days when people used to reminisce about how much worse things were before, and mean it
Oh well. All's well that ends well, mate.
I remember the good old days when people used to reminisce about how much worse things were before, and mean it
AeroLion
I don't miss the "good" old days. I didn't much care for the fact that superior runes were costing well above their demand for certain classes (*cough* Mesmer *cough*) nor did I care for the whole "keep the boss a live and pray he uses his skill" method for elites. Overall, things are vastly better than they used to be.
As for the community, yes, it sucks. It happens in a popular game. But if more of us that know better tried helping the lowly newbie in Ascalon, perhaps it would make a difference. You have no idea how many people don't know about ctrl-c or hitting t, if someone has done that, afterwards.
As for the community, yes, it sucks. It happens in a popular game. But if more of us that know better tried helping the lowly newbie in Ascalon, perhaps it would make a difference. You have no idea how many people don't know about ctrl-c or hitting t, if someone has done that, afterwards.
stumpy
i also forgot this ....
back in the old days preps stacked and barrage was a superior skill
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and I was there when you didnt have to cap skills ... read hundred blades quote ... but I had to touch up on closer good ol days for folks who are newqer and can relate ... capping was kinda rewarding to me personally.
back in the old days preps stacked and barrage was a superior skill
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and I was there when you didnt have to cap skills ... read hundred blades quote
... but I had to touch up on closer good ol days for folks who are newqer and can relate ... capping was kinda rewarding to me personally.
Iras K
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Back in the day skill trainers sold elites and people said 'Congrats' when someone leveled up in town...
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twicky_kid
ya i miss the first beta days of the game. too bad my comp kept crashing then and didn't get to really play alot.
i think popularity is killing this game. back in beta is was limited number of people that felt special and appreciated getting to test this wonderful game. now its masses multipling the stupidity.
the graphics are so good but i never hear one word about it. try running around in 1st person perspective for a while. brings a new level to the game. really like seeing my attacks and monsters close up. the details on monsters goes unoticed by most. the charr really look wicked and scary in first person. you don't really notice them being 10 ft tall from a birds eye.
alot of ungreatful players out there that just jump on any running train they can find to catch up to others that have been playing for months.
i think popularity is killing this game. back in beta is was limited number of people that felt special and appreciated getting to test this wonderful game. now its masses multipling the stupidity.
the graphics are so good but i never hear one word about it. try running around in 1st person perspective for a while. brings a new level to the game. really like seeing my attacks and monsters close up. the details on monsters goes unoticed by most. the charr really look wicked and scary in first person. you don't really notice them being 10 ft tall from a birds eye.
alot of ungreatful players out there that just jump on any running train they can find to catch up to others that have been playing for months.
ZeR04U
This thread is pretty stupid. Us new players have it easy? Its freaking 5 months old.. I've been playing for like 1-2 months and whatever. WE HAVE IT EASY? Yeah we sure do after you guys got greedy and nerfed every possible spot in Guild Wars. So all you old geezers (really, are we trying to show off or something?) have 1000K gold while all the new people have to scrounge to get a measly 1K.
This thread is a freaking joke. Sounds like a 'look at me, im 1337 leetz0r because I was around from 'teh' start. *yawns*.
This thread is a freaking joke. Sounds like a 'look at me, im 1337 leetz0r because I was around from 'teh' start. *yawns*.
Chad
I remember when you didn't have a convienient green indicator on your full screen map showing you exactly where to go on quests, and you had nothing but the green arrow on your minimap for your sense of direction.
I remember when Sigils were going for 200-300k and EVERY guild just HAD TO HAVE ONE OMGZORZ!!!!!
No, I didn't play in beta, so I'm not totally old school.
I remember when Sigils were going for 200-300k and EVERY guild just HAD TO HAVE ONE OMGZORZ!!!!!
No, I didn't play in beta, so I'm not totally old school.
Maiyn
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I gotta admit, I do miss those Sanctum Cay Hill Giants, though. - I made my first 200k that way. I could run the mission in about 9 minutes, and each run would usually yield one gold and a purple - my best run was 3 rares and a purple rune.
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I definitely miss everything not being so nerfed. Kinda sucks. I mean whatever.. let us farm. :P
Blaah blah. I'm excited for the update, but I can't complain much this game has given me a lot of playtime.
Booster
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Werd. but I can't complain much this game has given me a lot of playtime.
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Imp
I remember when that one monk quest from yak's bend where you have to go find the guy, and have to kill the level 28 warrior boss.
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Sad thing is, when I played on my war/mo I was all ready with interuppts and everything to take him on.
Ignore the noobish talk, this was before learning of the colors.
Also I think, but not positive, that there was a necro quest where you have to kill a guy that runs away from you.
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Sad thing is, when I played on my war/mo I was all ready with interuppts and everything to take him on.
Ignore the noobish talk, this was before learning of the colors.
Also I think, but not positive, that there was a necro quest where you have to kill a guy that runs away from you.
PieXags
Yeah, I remember when it actually felt like I was playing a PC game, as opposed to feeling like a junior high economics student with loads of homework trying to save up for a PSP.