Guild Wars 2

Hello,

I would like to start a thread about “Old School” content/feature changes. Guild wars 2 is soon 3 years old and much have changed, I myself really enjoy nostalgic moments and i don’t doubt that the veterans do aswell. Please fill the list with anything you remember, it’s always funny to read!

Do you remember when:

*You could jump down a cliff and dodge the fall damage, or use a leap/charge?
*Rangers pets ran out of AoE?
*Events were really hard almost impossible?
*Shouts were displayed above your head like “STAND YOUR GROUND” in a say bubble?
*Commander tag only cost 100g?
*Precursor were really cheap, like 50g each?
*Gold to gems prices was really low, 6 silver per 100 gems?
*Rangers pets had 4 skills to be actived on demand?
*You could use kites and toys in WvW?
*Lion arch was the player hub and not destroyed?
*Bleed stacks didn’t have a limitation?
*The login screen looked like this
https://dviw3bl0enbyw.cloudfront.net/uploads/forum_attachment/file/46385/gw003.jpg
*First beta weekend were impossible to attend because you only got disconnected?

That’s all i can remember at this very moment, i will update as soon something comes to mind!

I remember when I could weapon swap at level 7.

And I remember when we had to use our skills in order to learn them.

And I remember when dyes were per character and dropped regularly off mobs.

I remember when….

….during Beta in the WvW zones, rams could destroy walls. This would lead to a group building 3-6 rams next to a wall and just sitting there pummeling it.

….when fireworks could be used in WvW.

….when the biggest “destruction” to Lion’s Arch was the Lion Fountain that had been attacked twice.

kittenahe.3108:

Do you remember when:

*You could jump down a cliff and dodge the fall damage, or use a leap/charge?
-Yup. And death shroud too.

*Rangers pets ran out of AoE?
-No. That was ever a thing?

*Events were really hard almost impossible?
-No, They were all swarmed with people, made them trivial. Unless you mean 3 months after that when everyone left.

*Shouts were displayed above your head like “STAND YOUR GROUND” in a say bubble?
-Yup

*Commander tag only cost 100g?
-Yup

*Precursor were really cheap, like 50g each?
-No. They jumped to 100+ within a couple days of release.

*Gold to gems prices was really low, 6 silver per 100 gems?
-Oh yes. I still have a gem stockpile form those days.

*Rangers pets had 4 skills to be actived on demand?
-I wish I didn’t.

*You could use kites and toys in WvW?
-Never did wvw.

*Lion arch was the player hub and not destroyed?
-I just got back. Wait, what?

*Bleed stacks didn’t have a limitation?
-No, never. It’s been 25 since at least beta weekend 1.

*The login screen looked like this
https://dviw3bl0enbyw.cloudfront.net/uploads/forum_attachment/file/46385/gw003.jpg
-I don’t… was that pre-beta weekends? Or was I too busy logging in to admire it?

*First beta weekend were impossible to attend because you only got disconnected?
-Only for a while. After a couple hours it was fine.

That’s all i can remember at this very moment, i will update as soon something comes to mind!

I’ll add one that marks me as a true GW2 bittervet.

Do you remember when ANET though that GW2 pvp could become an e-sport?

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I remember when i could jump off a cliff, and then use Guard Greatsword 3 to super jump even further.

I came back to the game after a break and found out I could use nothing while jumping, so jarring and weird.

Do you remember when pets died instead of being defeated? They has to be rezzed like any dead player. If not rezzed, people ran around dragging their dead pet behind them.

Or when the skill, Ride the Lightning, was incredible?

*Pre-nerf BWE when enemies featured dodge or die mechanics. For example, people dying to a Moa’s peck, an Ettin’s smash or that drake event tail swiping half of the zerg.

*The rally tutorial that assumed you would figure it out

kittenahe.3108:

*Rangers pets ran out of AoE?

All enemies ran out of AoE, which was somewhat exploitable because you could get your target to constantly run away. It was also very annoying playing as a class with only AoEs.

Healix.5819:

*Pre-nerf BWE when enemies featured dodge or die mechanics. For example, people dying to a Moa’s peck, an Ettin’s smash or that drake event tail swiping half of the zerg.

*The rally tutorial that assumed you would figure it out

kittenahe.3108:

*Rangers pets ran out of AoE?

All enemies ran out of AoE, which was somewhat exploitable because you could get your target to constantly run away. It was also very annoying playing as a class with only AoEs.

I stand corrected!

kittenahe.3108:

Do you remember when:

We used to sing: shalala la la la la lala ti da.

(Couldn’t resist. +5500 points if you know the song)

But i remember the days before lfg. Standing in front of a dungeon using map chat… those were the good ol days. …

Remember when poison was stacking in intensity instead of stacking in duration?
Remember when Cursed Shore mobs weren’t nerfed to the ground and were actual threat?
Remember when the game had energy and energy potions?

Remember when you had to plant seeds in your home instance to grow into colours?
Remember when the lighthouse of the old LA was still undamaged?
Remember when it was (for expample) 30/10/30/0/0 instead of 6/2/6/0/0?
Remember when every map had countless Overflows?
Remember when King Thorn came out of the Lion fountain as a “one time event no one should miss”?
Remember when everyone was excited about “something stirring in the sea of Sorrows” (before the knew what it was ^^)?

Dye Seeds. That is all.

Fire Elemental Bridge of Death.

Change meant things did not stay the same.
pong gave you two paddles and a ball.

Yargesh.4965:

Change meant things did not stay the same.
pong gave you two paddles and a ball.

Thus being the grandfather of nowaday gaming <3

metaldude.4132:

Yargesh.4965:

Change meant things did not stay the same.
pong gave you two paddles and a ball.

Thus being the grandfather of nowaday gaming <3

There was no ping in pong.

you had to pick 5 of the dailys and the reward was 1 laurel a mystic coin, 4500 karma and 5ish silver?

…you could jump while sleeping?

I remember the famous Queensdale Champ train

maddoctor.2738:

…you could jump while sleeping?

Lol. I had forgotten about that

Mesmer portals: they didn’t used to have an accept option. If a Mesmer dropped a portal on you, you ported. In Beta, Mesmers used portals to port people who were afk in a safe spot to an unsafe one. They also teamed up and laid portals in front of the gate between Hoelbrak and Wayfarers so that people couldn’t get through it.

(Sit/sleep jumping video from beta)

-The evil red-eyed bunny of BWE
-The hidden garden JP in LA
-Kessex Hills before the tower
-Southsun Cove introduction with the bridges literally being built. I was at the very front most point and jumped to the mainland as soon as I could reach.
-When the endurance bar was above your 1-5 skills
I just miss the feeling of things being new. The BWE were amazing for that new strange game feeling. Now I have every class to 80 and fully geared up.

…I enjoyed how my characters ran.
…I enjoyed how my characters idly stood around.
…I enjoyed how my characters dressed for town.

When we lfg-ed off internet
when we did 60+ fractals and used rangers for ressing
when we hung around la bank

Pepperidge farm remembers all these ;p

Celtic Lady.3729:

I remember when I could weapon swap at level 7.

And I remember when we had to use our skills in order to learn them.

And I remember when dyes were per character and dropped regularly off mobs.

I like the account-wide drops better… But they didn’t have to remove them from dropping.
I can’t fathom how boring it must be for new players not to have access to half as many dyes as old ones… Or simply having to shell out a ton of gold for some good ones. (incidently there’s some dyes now for 1g or more that used to cost a couple silver, stullf like midnight fire, which i had like 1 for each of my leather chars for like 20s, now costs 14g, sad days).

Oh, when i tell people that i bought 3 character slots for like 20 gold…
The good ol’ times…

notebene.3190:

…I enjoyed how my characters ran.
…I enjoyed how my characters idly stood around.
…I enjoyed how my characters dressed for town.

My short term memory is garbage but even I remember a few hours ago when I logged in last.

Yargesh.4965:

notebene.3190:

…I enjoyed how my characters ran.
…I enjoyed how my characters idly stood around.
…I enjoyed how my characters dressed for town.

My short term memory is garbage but even I remember a few hours ago when I logged in last.

Oh, well, clearly you’ve misunderstood this fine poster’s point, and are not being intentionally obtuse, because the run and idle animations of female characters have been changed, and town clothes used to be a thing that people could customize.

I remember when we had massive, exciting, open world events. Scarlet attacks, Marionette, Tower of Nightmares… even helping the refugees was a neat thing. I wish they hadn’t gotten rid of all of those things with the shift to the story journal. I wish there could be some sort of balance between them. I LOVE my “Avenger of the Dispossessed” title.

I remember when I loved leveling up. By level 20, I could get a feel for most professions.

I remember the first time I won the Sanctum Sprint: It was on a Charr, when the content was brand new.

I remember when I thought 1g for 100 gems was outrageously expensive.

I remember when achievement point reward chests were first introduced, and you got a new one every day, until you were caught up. I also remember when they included PvP skins.

I remember when Anet released the flamekissed light armor in the gemstore and how they came to realize it was a poor decision to have released cultural armor that way and, instead of ignoring it, they owned up, apologized, and fixed it. Not everyone was happy about it, but it was the right call.

I remember when Simin in Arah path 4 was so hard that even a full zerker group (which was rare at that time) with slaying potion, food and time wrap had an almost impossible mission to kill her. That stealth regen tho.

I remember when the regen on the Effigy in CoF path 1 was so intense that we had to poison him and kill the crystals in order to kill him. From a hard boss, to a joke in one path.

I remember when the burrows in AC path 3 were almost impossible.

I remember when you could do have half of CM by running on top of the dungeon and drop below directly at Victoria in path 1 and the final boss in path 3.

I remember TA forward/up.

pdavis.8031:

kittenahe.3108:

Do you remember when:

We used to sing: shalala la la la la lala ti da.

“Slipping and sliding, all along the waterfall with you,
My brown-eyed girl…”

As to GW2… I remember…

• Farming for rare drops with MF food because I couldn’t afford to buy them.
• Someone in BWE1 giving away a green drop after Shadow Behemoth.
• Waiting for the end event for BWE1 in Wayfarer Foothills, watching the endless stream of chat messages praising the game to high heaven.
• More BWE1 … fighting the Champion Corrupted Oakheart in Queensdale and thinking what an epic battle it was (ditto the Fire Shaman in PoA)
• Not being able to move much while fighting mobs in Orr without aggroing adds due to high mob density
• When the Plinx chain would barely have finished and was available again
• When Ascalonian Catacombs Story Mode was harder than AC Explorable

Guhracie.3419:

I remember when we had massive, exciting, open world events. Scarlet attacks, Marionette, Tower of Nightmares… even helping the refugees was a neat thing. I wish they hadn’t gotten rid of all of those things with the shift to the story journal. I wish there could be some sort of balance between them. I LOVE my “Avenger of the Dispossessed” title.

I remember when I liked Scarlet, instead of her being a loathsome Mary Sue whose name I can’t stand.

I remember when I loved leveling up. By level 20, I could get a feel for most professions.

I remember research traits at level 10, instead of level 30.

I also remember when the starting zone, level 1 bosses would down players in a single hit.

Rauderi.8706:

I also remember when the starting zone, level 1 bosses would down players in a single hit.

Specially if you were an Asura and ended meeting FE, it was a death machine, killing zergs of players, so different from now.

Belzebu.3912:

Rauderi.8706:

I also remember when the starting zone, level 1 bosses would down players in a single hit.

Specially if you were an Asura and ended meeting FE, it was a death machine, killing zergs of players, so different from now.

Heh, I remember one of my starting characters was a Norn Ranger. Stupid Isomir found a way to down me no matter what my range was. Of course, now the experience is so nerfed, you can’t even die. >_>

kittenahe.3108:

Hello,

I would like to start a thread about “Old School” content/feature changes. Guild wars 2 is soon 3 years old and much have changed, I myself really enjoy nostalgic moments and i don’t doubt that the veterans do aswell. Please fill the list with anything you remember, it’s always funny to read!

Do you remember when:

*You could jump down a cliff and dodge the fall damage, or use a leap/charge?
*Rangers pets ran out of AoE?
*Events were really hard almost impossible?
*Shouts were displayed above your head like “STAND YOUR GROUND” in a say bubble?
*Commander tag only cost 100g?
*Precursor were really cheap, like 50g each?
*Gold to gems prices was really low, 6 silver per 100 gems?
*Rangers pets had 4 skills to be actived on demand?
*You could use kites and toys in WvW?
*Lion arch was the player hub and not destroyed?
*Bleed stacks didn’t have a limitation?
*The login screen looked like this
https://dviw3bl0enbyw.cloudfront.net/uploads/forum_attachment/file/46385/gw003.jpg
*First beta weekend were impossible to attend because you only got disconnected?

That’s all i can remember at this very moment, i will update as soon something comes to mind!

I totally remember the pre DR pre Anti-legit farmer nerf that came just before the Ascended announcement in 2012! Man that was an awesome economy. You could actually go and get the things you needed without fear of a boated gold standard, you could purchase the things you needed without endlessly farming gold or trying to flip the market on something. This was of course prior to the Island event that gave too many people multiple precursors as well you see, I’m always amazed at how few people actually remember that event or those posts that kept happening in these forums every time they’d delete them, they kept going, the posts about the loot issues with DR that have once again started up again.

Remember when you actually saw other players in all of the zones and the world seems filled up instead of constantly getting the request to change “channels”

Do you remember when:
SNAKES?

The original Fire Elemental in BWE 3. Not the loot piñata of today but a 10-15 minute fight that killed so many that most chars were naked at fight end and so dangerous to approach that most people died before they even got inside the room.

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Fire Elemental Bridge of Death.

“GET OFF THE BRIDGE!”

The original Fire Elemental was the most horrifying encounter I ever had in a video game. The night it glitched and wouldn’t die was the stuff of nightmares.

I remember when I stacked magic find on my armor.

I remember when Tequatl was soloable.

I remember when people believed Tequatl was impossible.

I remember when we thought Precursors were insanely expensive at 20g… Not entirely certain, but they might have even been cheaper than that.

Guhracie.3419:

I remember when we had massive, exciting, open world events. Scarlet attacks, Marionette, Tower of Nightmares… even helping the refugees was a neat thing. I wish they hadn’t gotten rid of all of those things with the shift to the story journal. I wish there could be some sort of balance between them. I LOVE my “Avenger of the Dispossessed” title.

I agree. I like being able to replay the story instances with other characters at my leisure…. but I do so miss the massive world battles.

I remember my server banding together the first night of the Scarlet Invasions.

I remember the single night of victory my server had against the Marionette, and how it would have never happened for us had they not extended its availability.

DragonflyDusk.6582:

I remember when people believed Tequatl was impossible.

OH you made me remember when people complained how AC was nearly impossible to complete and it should be nerfed. Oh the old times!

I remember when each character had a personality based on choices made throughout the game between ferocity, honor and charm. And in the character select screen it would show the personality.