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Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

R/

29 Mar 2006 at 18:48 - 281

1) I was in Post-Searing before I noticed the Trash Can Icon. So I was leaving town just to drop stuff on the ground >_>

2) I joined the first guild 'Looking for Members'ing in Ascalon (a mistake in itself), then when the guild fell apart I didnt know for a MONTH how to leave the guild. So I was stuck in a 1 man guild.

3) Similarly to number 2, I didnt know how to remove people from my friends and ignore lists.

4) I didn't realize Preps didnt stack until the second mission I tryed to stack them in.

5) It was a much longer time before I realized my Stances weren't stacking.

6) I swear the only thing I used my keyboard for was w,a,s,d moving for like 2-3 months. Mouse Click Targeting was SOOO annoying in the middle of battle, and I'd always target the wrong thing

7) I make a lot of smaller mistakes wasting my time and money. Like:
a) Cant even think about how many times I've overpaid for something, then 2 seconds later someone starts trade spam selling the same item for like 10% of what I paid for it.
b) I was clicking through upgrades at the Priest of Balt. and twice I've accidently unlocked trash updates, like Fiery Hammer update...
c) Buying stuff I dont need cause I already have it on another character, and deleting characters with stuff still on them.

Big Tony

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Currently guildless

29 Mar 2006 at 18:49 - 282

Salvaged my first purple drop ever by mistake instead of identifying. Now i'll never know what that crappy charr armor had on it...

Gun Pierson

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Belgium

PIMP

Mo/

29 Mar 2006 at 22:10 - 283

My first visit to the UW, I got two ectos...sold them to the merchant for 100 gold each. I had no idea players paid thousands of gold for them or what you could do with them. Back in the days the rare material trader only gave 100 gold for an ecto too btw.

Tictac

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Xen of Onslaught [XoO]

29 Mar 2006 at 22:25 - 284

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Tony

Salvaged my first purple drop ever by mistake instead of identifying. Now i'll never know what that crappy charr armor had on it...

?? When you salvage an unidentified armor you just get an unid'd rune.

Cador

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Relax Its Just A [GAME]

R/E

30 Mar 2006 at 03:24 - 285

^^not if you use a reg salvage kit.

NJudson

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

30 Mar 2006 at 03:41 - 286

Gone on a mission or quest with my monk and load up a bunch of heal skills, but not realizing they're all "heal other ally" spells and then have nothing for self heal....oops.

MinaDrakul

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Houston, TX

Arcane Nexus

N/R

30 Mar 2006 at 03:58 - 287

Let's see...

*I've put black and silver dye on my first person to see how they looked and sold all kinds of dyes to the merchant (including black).

*I've sold my weapon by accident because I was checking out another wepon on my person and forgot to swap them around.

*I sold superior runes before becuase I didn't know how to use a salavage kit.

* What's that the little bubble on my mini map? Oh, I can avoid monsters?! enough said.

I'll add more as I remeber or do more stupid things.

DeathDealer

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Dark Side of the Moon....and I'm goin' back real soon

Guildless

R/Mo

30 Mar 2006 at 04:00 - 288

salvaged fissure armor...(honest mistake)...so I was furious and salvaged the rest to spite the forgemaster. I got 19 ecto back!

CoRrRan

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

ZH, Netherlands

Sour Patch Kids [sP]

Me/

30 Mar 2006 at 05:51 - 289

Deleted a PvP character with my pre-nerf Rockmolder + 5E^50% illusion cane.

Sold my HoD sword for only 100k+5Ectos (when ecto's were 12k).

Desbreko

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

California

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

30 Mar 2006 at 07:56 - 290

After doing a Tombs run on my ranger I accidentally sold my storm bow to the merchant. Wasn't too big a deal, since it didn't even have a damage mod on it, but it was max with a low req. It mainly just meant I had to do without a long range bow for a while. But to this day I still have no idea how that random white hammer found its way into my weapon set and replaced the bow.

Oh yeah, and when I first got to the Temple of the Ages, I payed the Voice of Grenth 1k just to see what it would do. Then I took the first quest down there and got slaughtered. But at least I learned not to randomly take quests in the UW.

dansamy

Chasing Dragons

Join Date: May 2005

Lost in La-La Land

LFGuild

Mo/Me

30 Mar 2006 at 07:59 - 291

TONS of conditions + fragility + martyr = suicided prot monk.

Francis Crawford

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

30 Mar 2006 at 08:19 - 292

Some of mine:

1. Hung onto all my Highly Salvageable items from Pre- until I could get to Post- and Expert Salvage them. Uh-uh. Expert Salvage MIGHT be worth it much later in the game, but not that early.

2. Sold valuable items by being too hasty.

3. Salvaged instead of expert salvaged items by being too hasty. IDed items whose identity was obvious. And I'm more organized about how I arrange my backpack than most people are.

4. Didn't learn until I'd been playing a LONG time what the use of certain keys was, e.g. R and T. Probably still don't know all I should.

5. Used a Mist Form build to go after the Blessed Griffons. Used Frozen Burst on them. Died rapidly to Smite Hex (that wasn't the stupid part). Forgot and did the same thing again a few weeks later (that WAS stupid).

6. Went at the front of a group as an elementalist to get off a spell while the enemies were still close together. Died fast. Repeated the error many times.

7. Bought dyes in Pre- that were falling in value in Post-

led-zep

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

30 Mar 2006 at 08:44 - 293

just deleted my necro forgetting she was my green weapon holder, nevermind its only a game

i'll miss ragos flame staff though

Egg Rollz

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

Az

Clean Angels Go to Heaven

Mo/

30 Mar 2006 at 08:53 - 294

my worst mistake is having a mesmer for a primary charachter while being a fan of tanking... if DP built up, id probly have about -3608678% penalty..

also, i used to use healing breeze in pvp xP

oljomo

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

30 Mar 2006 at 09:26 - 295

Hi

1:didnt talk to the seer in iron mines to get armour infused, then wondered why i died really quick

2: bought two 15k geomancers vests (ought the vest instead of leggings the second time

)

3: the typical selling of a green to trader

4: changed build from earth tank to air spiker, and forget to reset attribs, then spent ages trying to figure out why i was doing so little damage :O

oljomo

yamyam of swad

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

south derbyshire england

Coffin Dodgers Unite [RiP]

W/Mo

30 Mar 2006 at 09:35 - 296

sold droks platemail helm(with rune)to merchant whilst wearing my christmas hat

Poison Ivy

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

Toronto

Hopping

Mo/A

30 Mar 2006 at 09:40 - 297

Paying 10k for a non-max dmg FDS.

Master_Balgus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

In my natural habitat

I Love Daisy[TCO]

R/Mo

30 Mar 2006 at 10:43 - 298

Skill capping without a cap sig ftw!
Twice in a row >_<
First time i didn't even have one, so i went back in to town to buy one. Then didn't bother eqipping.

Trading 3 nice gold bows for a guild, then giving the guild to some random person

landes

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

frankfurt, germany

R/E

30 Mar 2006 at 16:00 - 299

well this was more embarrising the stupid, but here goes...

im playing a r/e in pve and wanted to trie pvp with him. so off i went to the random arena location.
arriving there i wrote in the local channel that i was a pvp newbie looking for a group. mercifully some one told me pretty soon, that on a random area you just enter. i went off to battle quickly before i could be made fun off too much.
(i tottaly screwd that first round by running into the hole opposing team btw)

and of course i did my share of selling the wrong items and buying stuff i dont need.^^

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

30 Mar 2006 at 16:14 - 300

I've done this quite a few times actually, where I go and stand in a well of the profane thinking I'm in a well of power, and then realize later.

Wicked Shadow

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Gamerz Unlimited [GU]

N/

30 Mar 2006 at 16:19 - 301

Learned the function of the T key about 700 hours into the game.
And of course my own share of stupid stuff. Capping without a cap sig (more times then I'd like to count), regular salvaging purple and gold armors, etc. Oh well, we all learn at our own pace.

Blood Wolf

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

14 May 2006 at 05:47 - 302

I went through almost the entire story mode using normal salvage kits on purple/gold salvages, and after unlocking the rune and salvaging cloth or something, I'd always think to myself "That's stupid whats the point in unlocking the rune if I can't get it now" I'v now learned my lesson and my storage has too many runes in it lol.

Also, I'v beaten Prophesies AND Factions and I just NOW learned space bar is atk key, and the tab trick too. I'd always turn the camera and click the enemy, and if I wasn't atking, I'd move my mouse to his red health bar at the top and click it.

Vargs

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Happy Fun Rainbow Adventure

Rt/

14 May 2006 at 07:40 - 303

Second day playing the game, had silver dye drop in pre-searing. Put it on my starter pants. Lasted me quite awhile though, since I left presear at level 3 and never got the collector stuff, and didn't know how to get fur squares with charr hides so it was quite some time before I upgraded them.

Vendored or salvaged all of my charr hides as I went through ascalon.

Vendored my first -50 hp grim cesta.

Vendored lots of blue/purple/gold salvage items because I didn't know you could get runes from them. Same thing with weapons.

Bought droks amor for my first character, then deleted him to make a new warrior a couple days later.

Accidentely salvaged items that I was trying to identify.

Demesis

Banned

Join Date: May 2006

14 May 2006 at 08:30 - 304

I sold a Gordac's needle for 10k.

And found out afterwards that it was worth over an excess of 100k....

*cries*

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

14 May 2006 at 09:46 - 305

I bought a Brohn's Staff back in the day when it was 100k+ectos and sold it to the merchant the next day. Stupid tit. /doh

Haggard

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Urmston, Manchester, UK

Greener Pastures [DVDF]

W/Rt

14 May 2006 at 10:00 - 306

^ Wow, i did defend north kryta with you when you had a brohns staff.

Taurus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Mexico

Go for the eyes [jizz]

W/Mo

14 May 2006 at 10:06 - 307

Deleted accidentally ( yeah I typed the name in and deleted him accidentally ) my Warrior that I spent 300k + 50k I had on him, all missions done, almost all bonuses and quests in tyria, almost 1 yr old. Had to spend 200k in my storage making another warrior.

Elri

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Liverpool

Vm

Mo/Me

14 May 2006 at 10:14 - 308

After hours of grinding faction to obtain jadeite for my 15k luxon monk armour,i bought all the materials ,and by accident bought the 1.5k armour,wasted loadsa jade....sigh i felt soo stupid

Stonewill

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2006

W/Mo

20 May 2006 at 03:42 - 309

... *sigh*

when I was still noob-a-rific, an awesome party member gave me a chaos axe just because. I promptly took it to a merchant because my character didnt use axes

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

20 May 2006 at 08:29 - 310

After using him for around 200 hours, realized I had named my ele "Dr Stranglelove" instead of Dr Strangelove. Now everyone thinks I have an autoerotic asphyxiation thing. Moral of the story: watch out for typos.

Lordhelmos

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

Sentients of Shadow (noir)

Me/E

20 May 2006 at 08:45 - 311

1.) Yes Catapults hurt....

So im running Fort Ranik mission with a couple of first timers. I'm a bored lvl. 20 E/mo and I bring armor of earth and shockwave. My main goal was to use the shockwave to wipe out all the char at the catapult zone and display my awesome AoE killing skills to wow the newbies. So I head out in solo talking trash about how many char im going to waste in one blast. I finally get to the army and rush in with excitement, the char line up perfectly and in one shot I blast most of them into oblivion. I wipe out all the char and I'm like hey where the hell did everyone go? Of course I neglected to tell them NOT to fire the cat.

Newbie: "Hey whats this lever do?" CRRAAAANKKKK

Me: "Oh... sh---" -999 siege attack. >.<

2.) When changing elements... change EVERYTHING.

Me: "Ok all im going max earth! Obisidian flame!" *20 dmg.*

Me: "WTF!" *Opens stat menu and looks at attributes* >.<

3.) Arrows are not melee

Five avicara fierce show up and lock on to me with dual shot and ignite arrows

Me: "I'm using Ward of Melee!" >.<

4.) Oops my bad!

Me: "Who wants to come skill cap in Mineral Springs! Add self!"

We go outside and there are 3 hearts of the titans waiting for us.

Everyone Else: "Who the F--- has DNKP." >.<

5.) Boom.

7 Affliced warriors surround me and I have silver armor on, they are all on low life.

Me: "I'm using crystal wave!" >.< -145 Afflicted Soul Explosion x4

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

20 May 2006 at 13:35 - 312

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haggard

^ Wow, i did defend north kryta with you when you had a brohns staff.

Another stupid thing: I bought a second one.

Eviance

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Eh I forget... o_O

Biscuit of Dewm [MEEP]

R/

20 May 2006 at 13:38 - 313

Taking a last shot in the dodgeball game when our team had the upper hand and not knowing the rules had changed putting our team on the losing end.
I screwed it for my team =/

StrongBow

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

next to my neighbour!

W/E

20 May 2006 at 13:50 - 314

Blinded a Monk

taking him for warrior ... yea i did it!

TurinPT

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

20 May 2006 at 15:24 - 315

Quote:

Originally Posted by StrongBow

Blinded a Monk

taking him for warrior ... yea i did it!

I get blinding alot by air eles while playing a monk in RA... also get empathy every once in a while -.-

FeaR1

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2006

20 May 2006 at 16:13 - 316

1) Deleted 100k, which for some reason i was holding on a pvp slot

2) Salvage a rune of sup vigor with my regular salvage kit ...got something along the lines of 10 cloth, this was back when they were worth around 95k

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

20 May 2006 at 16:54 - 317

Out capping Obsidian Flesh earlier today. Killed Harn Coldstone, went to reply on msn and somehow managed to close GW before i capped

Then went back out again, rushed, got all the henchman massacred.... then went and soloed a ton of Dark Flame Dryders and a few Drakes and capped it solo

Total Rogue

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

California

Team Love [kiSu]

W/

20 May 2006 at 17:16 - 318

so the other day i was getting ready to do vizunah square (foreign district) and i thought "hey aflicted aren't human... i'm a ranger... i have sup beastmastery helm.... i'll take EoE!"

well everything was going great, i was killing things, my pet was shredding those monsters.

[just to let you know this was very early on and in the international districts, no other team was involved (well they were, but they were henchies)]

then i got to the third group where they really start to swarm you and "AH HA! perfect use for this edge of extention" about 30 seconds later all of the aflicted blew up at the same time, killing the warriors and anyone who they were standing next to, and edge of extention did the rest.... my whole team dead in under 2 seconds >.<

Eviance

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Eh I forget... o_O

Biscuit of Dewm [MEEP]

R/

20 May 2006 at 19:42 - 319

Oh dude that is ruff -_- But I think I would have died laughing if I was you.... That's to grand not to be funny ... Sorry I am not trying to laugh at your expense, I just think I would have rolled over and died laughing if it was me, not to be mean of course, its just funny how sometimes the best ideas have the worst outcomes at times -_-

(Now watch someone go out and perfect its use *rolls eyes*

alex-ellis22

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2006

Labatt Wild Cat

W/Mo

20 May 2006 at 23:52 - 320

I used a regular salvage kit on superior absorption when they were around 75,000 gold and got 11 bolts of cloth