Posts by Captain Krompdown

Great post, Yuko. I actually enjoyed reading that.

Dorfaxe + Magshield

s/b on grim cesta
s/b on heavy embossed
15e on heavy magmas

pm with prices if/when you have them...I'm ignorant these days, will trust you to be reasonable.

Just logging in to agree with Max. This is obviously junk.

It's really a perfect example of an item that's best sold to someone with more money than experience, knowledge, or wisdom. That in itself can be fun, just for the sport of it, but success is inevitable. The ecto you get for this isn't an indication of the item's value...just the buyer's stupidity.

I logged on today and found that the Captain had turned 12 years old. I know that some have played for longer and that many of you have stayed involved in the game much more intensely than I have over recent years...but that didn't stop the nostalgia train! I took the Captain for a stroll through some old stomping grounds, listened to the music, and revisited some familiar views. Mostly, I remembered the friends, enemies, and community that made Guild Wars so great for so long.

I knew I wanted to post something to mark the occasion, but I didn't know what or in which forum. I looked through old screenshots -- mostly of the Captain with guildies from [PhD] and/or items arranged in semi-geometrical patterns -- but then I saw one that stood out. That's when I knew what I would post: My most precious item, the helm of a fallen friend.

Stza was a friend to many of us and one of my first (and finest) officers. More importantly, he was a son, a brother, a student, and a brilliant young man. Almost 9 years gone. RIP Stza.

One of the great collections of all time!

When I saw Burnsy putting his brute sword up for sale, I hoped that you would give it a home with its brothers and sisters. Incredible job, Handler.

I bought it and tried hard to like it. I wanted to be convinced by guildies and friends who had found something exciting in the new game. Every once in a while, I'd even get a nostalgic thrill from stumbling across a location from my Guild Wars childhood.

But, in the end, the truth was unavoidable: Guild Wars 2 had the name of a game I wanted to play but that was about it. Nothing in GW2 felt special. It was all too homogenized and public. In GW, everything -- the items, the story/accomplishments, the builds -- felt special. Some of those things really were were special. There were rare items and imaginative builds, both of which could be passed in hushed tones among trusted friends. Some of those things weren't special at all. Was I the first to be sent to the Shiverpeaks or to face the trials of ascension in the Crystal Desert?? Nope. But GW somehow made it all feel special. What a beautiful game :heart:

Some spectacular crude shields here...and, even though almost anyone can lift it, your strength bladed makes me unexpectedly firm.

Nice job, Emma!

Heavy defender 15e