Syl

Hello, everyone!

After reading several other Collection posts, I decided to share my own little Collection/Story.
As a heads up, do not expect to see anything too exciting here. Also, I will try to keep this as short as possible. (It's still going to be long :P)

So, I have been a Guild Wars player since 2006 when I was quite a young lad. Growing up playing this game, I had no sense of what was 'valuable'. (I sold my Mini Varesh first week of NightFall release....)
What I focused primarily on was doing PvE content with my friends. (Which I do not regret one bit!)
My life has always been rather hectic, and so my ability to play Guild Wars over the years was quite sporadic. (Mainly due to moving 30+ times)
Now that I am an adult, and my life has been primarily stable for the last 6 years, I have been able to get back to the things I love. (Guild Wars Especially!!!)

Firstly, I was intrigued by Chest Running.....that is when my new love/addiction was born! After learning the basics, and some essential routes, I found myself experiencing the love of this game like I felt as a teenager all over again! Hours just melting into minutes as I tell myself "This is the last run, then it's bed time" knowing full well I am locked in for another hour.
Thankfully, through the amazing community that Guild Wars has always had, and actually through this very website I was able to meet the ever known Mr Clean, who not only has been friendly and accommodating to a n00b chest runner, but has been a big factor in me having the faith that I could still become a Collector, and getting it done! Big shout out to you, Clean!


To be truthful, up until this 20th Anniversary Event, my 'Net Worth' in-game, was roughly around 5 Armbraces. But, thanks to all the hype, I made a good chunk of money (in my eyes) thanks to the new Weapon Mods and a SUPER LUCKY Glacial Blades drop!! (q11 but still got over 10a!)
Keep in mind, even today my entire account has a total value of XXa, I have yet to breach the XXXa threshold so I am sure any of you big ballers out there with the fat stacks won't find much to see here. xD

So here I am, super late to the Collector game, but I am going to give it my all! I am going to list below the goals that I have in mind and one day hope to achieve. Hopefully through hard work and persistence, I can update my collection, and therefor this thread as I do so!

Primary Goals
- Minimum of 1 PreNerf Req8 Sword or Axe (Max Dmg), and 1 PreNerf Req8 Shield (16AR) (Prophecies skin)
- Req8 OS Fellblade (15^50 or +5e)

Other Goals
- More Max Stats Req8 Martials/Shields from Prophecies/Factions (OS or Insc)
- Enough Req8 Main/Offhands for my Heroes on my Main Character (OS or Insc)

Dream Goals
- Req 7 OS Fellblade (15^50 +5e)
- Req 8 OS Exalted Aegis (Any Perf Dual Mod)
- Unded Mini Varesh (to right the wrong :P)


I will also reply to this Thread with a message containing my current collection of of this day: 6/28/2025

P.S. If you read through this entire post, thank you! It means a lot to me!

- Syl

Collection as of today, this is my current Collection of Requirement 8 gear! The 2 gold items were both gifts, I will keep the gift givers names' anonymous for now. But I am very grateful to them both! Though the other items here are all blue, I either acquired them through trading for a very reasonable price, or getting them as a drop myself!

Humble beginnings, but it's only up from here!

Update:
Added a bunch of Shields (even some golds!!! ) to the Collection! Making good progress so far:

Skull Shields:
- Command 4/4
- Tactics (insc.) 2/4

Other Misc. Shields (working towards full sets eventually) :
- Aegis (Tactics insc.) - Blue
- Ornate Buckler (Tactics) Dual Mod - Gold
- Reinforced Buckler (Tactics insc.) - Gold
- Suntouched Shield (Command) - Gold
- Tall Shield (Tactics insc.) - Gold

     


 

              


Thanks for stopping to check out the collection!

- Syl

I want to make a HUGE shout out to wqa for these beautiful items! This is by far the biggest addition to the collection so far, and I seriously cannot thank you enough! When I was 13 years old and just started playing GW, the kindness of the community is what truly drew me in and kept me so engaged. Meeting really cool, and down to earth people that you can share the enjoyment of the game with is by far the best part of Guild Wars! It really warms my heart that after 20 years, there are still such wonderful people that make up this community!