Imagine for a second this was my FIRST week’s experience playing an MMORPG: The Mad King’s Realm.
I was around level 10 when I stumbled across this door in Queensdale with mysterious creatures pouring out and combating with raptors and other players. Being new to the mechanics I hung back and watched as skilled heroes slew through waves and waves of these creatures. I saw players rushing to the aid of fallen players and invoking enchanting spells that devastated their surrounding and any and all foolish to be in the vicinity. I was distracted for a second as I saw a green arrow on the left side of my screen: “someone wants to party with me…?” Okay…
I rushed into this door with about 7 true heroes; I was a mere peasant in leather padded armour only to be cleaved down by some giant…thing!!! I remember everyone way pointing to this specific waypoint and once we were in everyone was shouting to run to the center! No one mentioned we had to pass this vicious creature; many were massacred but I managed to stick to the walls and take refuge in a comrade’s stealth shield. A group of us made it to this tiny ledge at the end of the map where everything lost aggro. We were safe, it wasn’t very heroic but what else could I do?!
Couple of minutes passed and this skeletal being loomed out of a door and brought death to our tiny little ledge if we ever decided to leave. Some true warriors stayed and faced this demon while I ran for my dear life. I managed to keep up with a few people and we made it to this cliff where we climbed to the very top and watched as many heroes tried to outrun skeletal minions and other fiends.
I then turned around to watch monstrous giants arguing about something! They we huge!!! I prayed to six that we didn’t have to engage them in battle for I would have surely fainted.
Lol I never made it past that; I spent about 3 hours running around not knowing what to do and unfortunately that was the last day of the event. I had bought GW2 at the end of the festival. That day was also the first time I had ever played with real people; man that was so so so much fun. Now it’s been a solid year and I have toiled to attained the very best and most powerful gear and I have participated in slaying beasts and giants of all kind. Hey even a dragon ;p I’m so excited for this patch!!!! I do hope it won’t be easy now
and I’m also happy it’s a recycled event and new players get a chance at the same rewards. That was the minor point of my post to be honest. The benefit of using recycled events that is. Also to share my first few days of playing an mmo!!! Have fun tomorrow lads! I know I will!