Posts by Phubu1

    Back in the day, when the original GW UI was a lighter trim color and then later updated to the new darker theme (present theme). Textmod was nice to have for skin layovers and can revert back to the original UI.

    Back in my day, I went to the book store to get the latest edition of PC magazine to get an access code for a mini Destroyer of Flesh, to come home and find out that someone had already taken a picture of all of the codes and used them :cursing:

    Thank you to ANET for understanding and providing a new code!

    I am guilty of taking two of those codes and I didn't even buy the magazines. I apologize. Shame on younger me.

    Ha, back in my day I didn't have grey hairs, but that might be because I was twelve. Yeah, grey hairs at 24.

    Thanks for the encouragement though. I'm glad people like the thread.

    Back in my day, a warrior with healing breeze was the way to go.

    Don't forget Mending, I ran it once. lol

    Frenzy + Healing Signet.

    Alright, I've had lots of time to think about this one.

    Back in my day:

    PvE:

    * when splinter weapon/ barrage ranger was the trend for FoW farming in the forest with the spiders. Rits had their own variations.

    * when 55 monk/SS necro were the ultimate 2 man duo that can face the entire game.

    * when 600/smite monk duo could duo anything.

    * when SF assassin/ele solo'd UW after 55 monks were somewhat nerfed.

    * when ranger trap team UW/FoW was a thing, probably still a thing?

    PvP:

    * when IWAY teams was the best, most irritating build, to farm fame points with.

    * when MF (minion factory) build was kinda fun to play (no pet cap).

    * when necros didn't have a minion cap.

    * when balanced teams were the shit. You had your tank (target caller), your support, your snare/interrupts, and monks

    * when blood spike builds were hot.

    * when starburst ele, suicide ele builds, were hot.

    * when groups of 55 monks were your opponent lol.

    * when guild cape trims were highly respectable, "ohhhhh snap! it's Esoteric Warriors [EW]! we're totally done."

    * when thumper groups were around.

    * when ranger trap groups were ridiculous to play and play against.

    I'll post some more when I get more stuff brewing in my mind lol

    Back in my day, we used to run fow chests with 7 other wammos.

    I remember taking turns with keys and also had to wait if we didn't have favor.

    Another spot was in Port Sledge. Get a group and start running. There would usually 5 chests within 15 minutes of the run and repeat.

    Back in My Day when buying armors you had to choose Nice looks or good prefixes cus you coudnt have both ;)

    Or when you had to find the set of armor with the right attributes and where to craft/buy them. Now you can add inscriptions to armor/weapons to make it a perfect weapon.

    Back in my day:

    I had to run/do missions/quests to get to a town to get max armor. I wanted the "15k armor set" (elite armor now) and not the "1.5k" in the game. They both have the same stats but appearance and materials to craft it were different. When armors were attribute specific and you cannot add runes to your armor to be anything you want.

    Same goes for weapons. When weapons were ID'd as perfect stats was the holy grail. Before the inscriptions update was introduced. I still have quite a few set items that do not have an inscription option.

    Back in my day when ascalon arena outpost was quite full and tombs were the entry to HA....

    The "new" Underworld or TUW now of days. You had to defeat Glint to get there and THEN you can do HA lol

    Back in the day:

    When the infamous "55 monk" build came out, the build went crazy once everyone heard about it. But! I had to reroll many characters to get my Grim Cesta (knife version with -50HP). Sold a bunch and kept a few as well.

    There were a few hot stops I heavily farmed at:

    * UW (not the 'Tombs UW') was hottttttt, also faster with a SS Necro. Or 55 Necro duo/ 55 Monk duo.

    * FOW, can only go as far as clearing out the beginning and heading towards the beach.

    * Prophet's Path outside of Augury Rock, Griffons and whatnots. I did this with a 55 W/Mo variation as well.

    * Talus Chute outside of Droknar's Forge, Minotaurs, Trolls and Mountain Ettins. I did this with a 55 W/Mo variation as well.

    Ah....... the good ol' farming days lol

    back in the day...there were DOZENS of districts for the mad king --and then it was only Lions Arch (and you didnt know what the hat was going to be until you attended).

    Correct me if I'm wrong, I remembered The Mad King only appeared once during every hour or so, he did his little speech and then you get the item in your inventory.

    In GW2 it's different.

    You got it!

    Back in my day:

    When the price for Superior Absorption (for warriors only) was the highest of all the runes. They were selling, at the highest was ~80k a piece. You can only get them with rare armour hides to salvage from. I've made a few builds for my warrior for soloing to get these runes. I found the best place for this was to kill Ettins, they have the highest drop rate of salvageable armours. I would start out in Bettletun, clear out all Ettins in Nebo Terrace and run towards North Kryta Province. Same thing, find and kill all Ettins as you go towards Gates of Kryta. Map back to Beetletun and repeat. Avoid all the Bog Skales and Tengus, of course. This run usually takes about 30-40 minutes.

    I did this for about a good 4 months or so. Whenever I need some cash, I'd hit up the "Ettin Run" and restock my storage. During a good week, I've manage to get about 2 average (superior absorptions) along with other runes too. Superior Vigor (averaging at ~60k) was nice to get, since those were the second most expensive rune. Overall, it was good money. Averaging of around 300-500k a week.

    I never post or share any of these information when I played. This was instantly nerfed when 55 monk bots came and Anet changed the Ettin skill sets and threw in more obstacles.

    I have screenshots of these somewhere on my hard drive. I'll post some when I remember to lol

    Back in my day:

    The title tracking system and Hard Mode wasn't introduced. For PvE mapping, missions, and skill hunting, I had to write them down on my notebook and check them off as I go.

    Vanquishing was introduced after the title system.

    Back in my day:

    The run from Beacon's Perch to Droknar's Forge, aka Drok's run, there was this little Easter Egg. During the run down Southern Shiverspeak, in Dreadnought's Drift, there's a mysterious chest that usually spawns. This chest was called The Lost Strongbox. As you get closer, usually an Azure pops up and will start to attack. The chest would spawn some random items. Legends say that there's a possible spawning of the legendary sword, The Crystalline Sword. Sold for buku bucks to the rich and famous for bragging purposes. Usually I run there with my bags completely empty, with some exceptional salvage and ID kits. Run back to the portal and back to DnD. Repeat. I've never got one but a few friends of mine had.

    I have more, would you like to hear? Lol

    Hey!

    I've played since the release of GW1! Been a hardcore player mainly on PvE and did PvP when I get the chance to. I've lost interest in the game when GW2 was about to be released. All friends had moved on to something else or played another game. I have not seen anyone on my friend's list since 2010. That was the year I've completely dropped the game and moved on to something else. Played many many games on different platforms but nothing compares to GW1's nostalgic memories. If I hear anyone talking about GW1, it's someone rare and from my era, I will non-stop talking about the game. Recently I tried to look for something related to the game and found nothing. I remembered a site I used to visit frequently. I googled, "GuildWarsGuru" and found out it has been closed down for years. There was a subreddit about guild wars guru and read through the comments and had found this page. This is a start in getting back into the game. Glad to have found you guys! Let it begin! :D

    May I please have a guild invite?

    IGN: Ayu Chun Li

    Alliance: Luxon

    Hey!


    I've played since the release of GW1! Been a hardcore player mainly on PvE and did PvP when I get the chance to. I've lost interest in the game when GW2 was about to be released. All friends had moved on to something else or played another game. I have not seen anyone on my friend's list since 2010. That was the year I've completely dropped the game and moved on to something else. Played many many games on different platforms but nothing compares to GW1's nostalgic memories. If I hear anyone talking about GW1, it's someone rare and from my era, I will non-stop talking about the game. Recently I tried to look for something related to the game and found nothing. I remembered a site I used to visit frequently. I googled, "GuildWarsGuru" and found out it has been closed down for years. There was a subreddit about guild wars guru and read through the comments and had found this page. This is a start in getting back into the game. Glad to have found you guys! Let it begin! :D

    May I please have a guild invite?

    IGN: Ayu Chun Li
    Alliance: Luxon

    Feel free to add me :)