User:Malokai92/done

I am done with Guild Wars. When I say done, you probably think done playing. No, it means more than that because I still love playing the game. This won't contain any wikilinks or section headers, because I'm tired of them.

I am done with GvG. I have never played a GvG match.

I am done with HA. I played about 7 HA matches, all within the last year of life of Guild Wars. It was really shits and giggles because most teams had veteran players.

I am done with TA. I played TA three times, once as a Cripslash Warrior, once as a ZB Monk, and once in Shovespike. This was the first time I actually talked and coordinated to people while playing. So I can say I have some idea of how great PvP combat felt.

I am done with CA. They changed Ta to CA and I tried that about three times.

I am done with RA. I played RA and AB often early on, unlocking everything available within a year or so. I forgot the feeling of not having access to all skills and equipment at all times for 6 years. Back then, I didn't really care about winning or losing, especially when there's no way to enjoy yourself in RA or AB if you take it seriously. I tried to get back into RA, but the combat grew unbearably due to Shockwave Elementalists and Domination Mesmers.

I am done with AB. AB provided a more focused team and goal but still lighthearted fun. It was especially enjoyable for a coordinated team, I discovered later in the game life. But AB died by its own design, with 75% of the match spent running around. The time spent for the reward was minimal for PvE players compared to JQ and FA and PvP wanted actual PvP play instead of numbers overcoming skill. AB was dead long before the rest of the game.

I am done with costume brawl. Costume brawl was probably one of my favorite formats as the skills are fixed and it all came down to tactics rather than any sense of strategy. I spend most of my time in PvE but can still manage to roll most people in that format. It was fun to figure out how to counter the other possible builds with your build. And syncing was highly enjoyable. They ran out of new builds for costume brawl and spent most of the time gimping melee bars. The Warrior and Elementalist builds were even worse than the Assassin bars.

I am done with figuring out tactics in PvP. I learned how to use defensive sets, weapon swap, cancel frenzy, spread poison, spike, kite, and other tactics from talk pages on the wiki. I remember one RA match where I was using a Cripslash Warrior against an Assassin with Critical Defenses. We were both low on health and he was kiting after a long match. The Crippling Slash I hit him with was about to wear off and his enchantments dropped. So I switched to spear and started auto-attacking. My party was pissed off at me because he was regenerating health. He used Critical Defenses before running toward me, so I kept distance and counted to 9. I engaged him and interrupted Critical Defenses with Savage Slash when he tried re-applying it. I had never felt so smug. I could never figure out how to use a hammer effectively. Quarterknocking, quarterstepping, managing adrenaline, and using Flail never flowed correctly. I never got Shock Axe right either. I always missed Bull's Strike and Shock while never weapon swapping correctly.

I am done with JQ and FA, I fell in love with both as one player was often the difference between winning and losing a game. No one would ever notice how useful or effective I was or give a shit. Both formats were places for PvE players to farm points and PvP players to have shits and giggles. I can recount the tense moments of taking out a carrier at the last second or taking out 20 shrines in a single game. I ended up grinding Jade Quarry to get the max Kurzick title. I spent hundreds of hours combined playing both, although I often began afking when victory was predetermined. And that was the point I knew I wasn't having as much fun. It was the same old tactics that worked and people who didn't really know what they were doing. It always felt good to carry a team and knowing that you actually carried the team due to playing too much.

I am done with PvP. Even if I could tell I was better than some at PvP, I'll never find out how much. So I am done with PvP.

I am done with PvE