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immunis

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Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

Ive been round many a month now...going onto 12+ months next week. I can honestly say this is the single longest time i have spent on any game and are still amused by it. I remember the pre-AoE changes...when griffons were a plenty, and the interface seemed archaic compared to what it looks like now. I even remember some of the old armour skins that have changed in recent months. Who else feels old like me? And what do you remember from long long ago?

06/11/06 23:08

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

I remember the old days where you got the crystaline longsword from rurik when the char broke through the northern gate pre searing. Pre-AoE "nerf"; Rockmolder 20% all; 15% always no downside like 15-22 req7 +15%.

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06/11/06 23:17

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

I have played since the release of Prophecies, signed up just 1 day after the last Beta event, so I unfortunatly missed that one.

My earliest memories was when I was roaming around Pre-searing thinking that that map was the whole game. I was abit dissapointed, but then when I did the academy quest, I saw that I was quite wrong, and just "Wow! The map is HUGE. This is more like it!"

I also remember, that my first dye drop was a black one. And I used that on my pre-searing armor, thinking it wasn't going to be rare. Or rather, I wasn't thinking much of the future, since it all was new and fresh and "wow" all the time, I just played and enjoyed the game for what it was. Beautiful.

I didn't find another black until 8 months later.

Anyway, first time I played through the game was really something special. All was new. No one knew how to do anything really. You had to have patient, and try. Since all was newbies back then. I miss that time, I really do.
The game was more pure, not much scamming, or overflooded towns. It was quite nice and quiet.

*thinking back of the good old days and gives a deep dreamy sigh*

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06/11/06 23:25

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

I rememember when i got GW for my birthday, and installed it and played all day. I got my first char, an E/R to post searing and did every quest out of ascalon city. THen i got bored because i didnt find the Great Northern Wall, so i thought "wow what a lame game and look at all the map that they wasted" and stopped playing. About 6 months later i picked it up and made myself a Wammo. Then i found the great northern wall and slowly progressed.

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06/11/06 23:32

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

The good old chests without keys will always stick in my memory. The old HOH with all the undead was very fun to do.

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06/11/06 23:39

Matador

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

I played the very first beta test... when capes were "bibs". I also played the first minute GW launched, 3 am est thursday on a school night eheh

great times :D

06/11/06 23:40

Kaeon P

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

Wow I was in the same boat as Vlad i made a wamo and could find out how to move on till i joined a guild and the showed me how. I also remeber when i first came in there was this very nice Wa/Me that helped me out and gave me my first crystilen which i on accidently sold Lol i was such a noob then. I guess I still ennjoy going to Pre Searing and helping people that have no clue on what they are doing.

06/11/06 23:48

Elfspy

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

I rem when When you made a pvp char you could just go to HoH lol it was the good ol days ^_^ ¿Ö

06/18/06 22:30

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

I remember having trouble buying armor in Ascalon city when I first started... at least on my first cahracter I was like OMG you have 1 plat! You must be super rich! <-- At least I am past that stage now and will soon be back to that stage --> buying my Monk Fissure armor (my first set) once I get back home from my sister's graduation to a comp that can run GW :D.

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06/18/06 22:40

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

a Day 1 prophesies player myself, i was originally a super-noob, wandering around pre-searing wondering why leveling after 12 was so freaking difficult and why the armor sucked so bad, i had no idea where to get the head-piece and blew tons of dyes on basically "worthless" pre-sear armor. when i got to post-sear after someone randomly asked me why a level 12 was still in pre-sear, i went in there and Deleted my first char, Attana Nightshadow (she was originally a ranger, after deleting the name became a Necromancer, my youngest, yet most equiped char other than my monk) and created the typical Ele/Mesmer to do the storyline, then a Monk because of the demand and complete lack of monks at the beginning of release. an avid MMo player, after the initial noobness GW became a ton of fun.

my earliest memories of Guild Wars in game play was becoming a GW trader when i traded a 15% while enchanted, R11 something hammer for a 14^50, R9 Fellblade... i quickly tried learning the economy and rare weapon types while many others were still pondering what on earth they were doing.

most memorable moments in real life was completely ignoring my GF's (Holly at the time) phone calls. and finding several people in my hometown to play it with, temporarily creating a guild of just people from Saskatoon.

probably the update i hated the most was the aggro on items being held. i was a big time bonder with an amazing build for SF, FA and Oro that basically gave me a crap load of spare time to do other things like talk on the phone, approve content on the site or talk to roomies.

overal, this game has been the best waste of time and the longest streched $50 i've ever spent. lol.

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06/18/06 22:49

Swimg43

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

I remember making a W/E, the box used that combination as an example. I left pre-sear at lvl 3 or so with less than 8 skills. I tried the first mission, had no idea what I was doing. Then made my elementalist/monk. Been playing that one ever since.

06/19/06 21:28

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

i member back when i had only been playing a few days and me and my 2 guildies met up, we quested for a bit with the healer henchie and decided to make a guild together, we r still in the same guild btw :D all together.

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06/19/06 21:33

Barbarian210

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

i remember when i first booted up the game, what the heck do i do?(i caught massive lag dont ask me why) and i'm like oh great......but i soon caught on, still have my first character i ever made in 2 months he'll be a year old, and now i'm a lvl 20 w/? and still trying to figure out what the best second character prof/2nd prof is for me

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Barbarian Two One O, W/Anything, All 3 campaigns beaten
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06/19/06 21:44

mrguildboi

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

i remember in the Beta days... the first mission was The Great Northern Walls... then when i bought GW like 5 years later... i went, "huh?? wtf? this isnt where you start?!"

06/19/06 21:45

cswella

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

I remember my first char, a N/Me. His name was Dark Relakis. I was so proud of him and eventually got him Tormenter's armor from Henge of Denravi. In the same day, my former guild leader gave me a Hale Raven Staff of Defense. I thought the skin was so cool. I later deleted him because I didn't like the face. And so, my new necro has been renamed in his honor, Dark Relakis Reborn.

Also, I remember buying better and better weapons for my Warrior. I started out with a 4-6 axe, then bought a 5-10 axe, and so forth.

All my chars have the last name Relakis. I made that name by twisting Reckless around. I didn't plan on naming all my chars like that, but I found it made more sense to do so. So whenever you see a Relakis on your screen, it's probably me.

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06/19/06 22:01

Wulfgar Fireblade

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

I remember that feeling when everything is new. It was sweet, so many things, I thought (like others) that Pre-Searing was the game. Then I got to Post and found out...I couldn't stop zooming in and out lol, I was like such a big map!

Meh, it was good when everyone was wondering what to do, not taking off all their armor and asking for "lapdances" lol

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06/19/06 22:10

Xcalaber

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

I remember when any sup rune sold for 60k, and when you had to use a cap sig, as the boss was. Those were the tough old days. I'm not a huge fan of the rune/material traders, lot harder to get rich with them.

06/19/06 22:26

imnotstupid

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

my earliest memeory was when i had a lvl 6 ele with a bunch of mismatch skills go to post searing ascolon and die on the first creature,,,, needless to say i deleted him and my made my super duper kuper warrior.. that in 650 hours has like 400 of them

06/19/06 22:33

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

I still have my 1st character, fron the Beta days, Jack O Slack...I remember infusion runs took 5 trips to get fully infused.

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06/19/06 22:37

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

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SO THATS WHERE YOU WERE................. I CANT BELIEVE YOU I CALLED 9 TIMES, IT WAS AN EMERGENCY!

06/21/06 01:49

LT_Little

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

I remember my friend got guildwars about 3 weeks before me, i didnt have broadband back then grrr the weeks wasted :O ;) I played his account a couple of times and found a black dye, he only had 500g at the time and neither of us knew its worth selling to sum1 in the party for 2k we were like WOW!!!!! but how we got conned... *shakes head at mean ppl that take advantage of newbs*

In real life its gotta be the fact that at christmas i bought myself an xbox 360 and like 4 games (£500+)... what game do i still play almost 24/7? ;) guildwars for life!

06/21/06 02:09

Dark Ritualist

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

I remember back in the old days, where u were able to move your corpse after u died...

Those were the days :)

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06/21/06 03:55

mriswith

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

Best thing i remember of the old days is meeting my first GW buddies in pre :) with whom i still do a lot with and still have a lot of fun with.

necromancer all the way

06/21/06 04:06

Draco Suprathon

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RE: Olden days- What are your earliest memories of GW?

Arriving in Old Ascalon thinking I was so advanced. But only to find pro players with "so much money" (Which was only 3-5k)

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06/21/06 04:16

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