User:AzraelX1067

A Little Bio
After playing a couple of traditional MMOs I heard of Guild Wars and decided to give it a go with a friend. The main MMO I used to play was Conquer Online. I played it for 2 years on the Freedom server, my main characters were AzraelX, Asuka-O2 and Elise, if anyone from there knew me then hi ;) I got bored with the level grind and saw a trailer for Guild Wars that made it look interesting so a friend and I both bought a copy and started up. As this was over 2 years ago I obviously started with prophecies, made a bunch of characters and got bored, went back to CO. Later I quit CO and started to play GW properly, making a W/Mo - Miriku Hellsing (yes, I was that noobish). I got her to the Elona Reach mission before I gave up and again stopped playing for a bit (this habbit of playing a bit, quitting a bit carried on for a while). My next character attempt was my ritualist, Celeste Westward. With her I finished Factions and then got to the Gate of Madness mission before getting bored. The character I have gotten furthest with is Azrael Nightwish, my Necromancer. Started off as an MM before switching to SS when I could cap it. So far I have finished Factions and Prophecies with him but mainly just use him to farm now. I hadn't played for about a year (I caught the dreaded WoW) but recently decided to come back for a bit. I have been playing my warrior again, got her passed ascension so I could change the secondary and finished Nightfall on her. Started to do some vanquishing but keep getting distracted by my new monk.

Characters
I currently have 12 characters, however most I don't use and one is just because I filled my storage. Anyway, here they are: (Pictures will be added later, maybe) Azrael Nightwish - My Necro and favourite character so far. Finished Prophecies and Factions. Normally found in Ice Tooth Cave these days for farming Minos on HM. Frenchy Carbazon - My new Ranger. Mostly a /ritualist barrage build at the moment but will be messing about with traps and pets later on. Got Survivor on him, 200k+ XP and no death so far. Azmaria Insomniac - My second ever character (the first one got deleted a long time ago). She is Me/E, level 11 and only just in Yaks. I don't like Prophecies much, especially the early stuff (Pre-Kryta). Asuka Kuriyama - My first Ranger. Not really sure why I didn't just do the stuff I made Frenchy for on her, just don't like playing as girl characters anymore I guess. I probably won't delete her though as she was the first character I have a Survivor title on.(Nearly got it on Nightwish, died at level 18 out of my own stupidity-.-) Miriku Hellsing - I used to get really bored of mellee classes quickly but recently I have been enjoying them more so I continued this. She is named for one of my friends I used to play CO with. Azrael Crazyfist - My assassin, was fun for a bit but then I got stuck on Dasha Vestibule and can't be bothered going back to him. This happens alot. Azmaria Hellsing - My monk, when I played WoW I was a resto shaman and enjoyed healing others so figured I'd give it a try on GW as well. Only doing this on the side though, trying to stick to warrior atm. Celeste Westward - My ritualist. Got her through Factions and nearly through Nightfall. Went on her again recently and after looking at my build I have no idea how. I use her to farm sometimes still, Vermin in HM mainly so she is often seen in Senji's Corner. Elise Amatsuotome - My Dervish. Got her up to Dzagonur Bastion before getting stuck and, you guessed it, made a new character. Elise Hellsing - My first assassin. Made Crazyfist for the same reason as Frenchy really, first Sin was crap and wanted a male character so started afresh. Shes stuck on Vizunah Square, thats how terrible I was with her. Is now a second bank alt as well, I have too much stuff. Holdy McStuffy A warrior I made to hold my overflowing items. No intention of ever playing as him, ever.

Guilds
I have so far been in two real guilds. The first one was a small guild, no one really spoke and when I took one of my breaks I came back to find I was the leader of it so just disbanded it. My second guild was larger but I got bored as no one ever did anything. I gquit and am just guild-less now. I might join a PvE guild again at some point but depends.

Play Style
I tend to stick to PvE. At first this was due to inexperience, now it is due to my crappy laptop. If I ever get a stable connection again I may try some PvP out. I have played as most type of character except healer now. I want to get better at tanking so I can do some of the later game things but most of the time I'm too lazy to flag the H/H back and do it properly so I don't practice much.

Current Projects
I am currently playing on my warrior. I'm still learning some things on them in terms of skills and how to tank etc but I'm getting better. Currently running (and modifying as I go) a conjure based sword build. I also started a monk to play on when I don't have time or just cba to vanquish. Going to mess about with smites for a bit before going healing when I feel like it.

Random Opinions/Thoughts
First I foremost I think it's important to point out that I play GW for fun. I try not to take things to seriously, and although playing with a build that is great can be fun and rewarding I will play with less-good builds if they are still fun. Examples of this include when I play as an MM and when I use my pet on my Rangers. They may not be the best builds to run (a matter of opinion, I know) but they are fun to play, and as I tend to play with Heros/Hench it harms no one but myself, so who cares?

I tend to play with Heroes/Hench most of the time. Most of this is because I don't know anyone else that plays but it is also because as I tend to play on and off then I can never be bothered to join a guild or really get to know people.

I'm quite funny about some things, things that you can't really group together. I'm not a fan of 1337. I understand its purpose and why people use it, but it anoys me for some inexplicable reason. I don't demand 100% perfect grammar and spelling (partly because mine isn't that good) but I just prefer it when people write in proper English (that is assuming English is their first language, if it isn't I make allowances). I also have issues with the word "toon". Don't ask me why, I don't know. It just anoys me when people use it, it sounds babyish and retarded. Another thing is nerfs. Not the actual nerfs but the outcry about them. Yes, it is anoying to have to re-work a build, but if a skill is too over-powered then the game gets stagnant and boring. Maybe I'll change my tune if one of my builds gets totally decimated, but till then I have a "change is good" attitude. There are more things like this, but I can't think of them right now, I may come back to this. I would never have a go at someone about these things, I just don't like them is all.

On to my campaign preferences. My favourite campaign is Factions by far. I hate Shing Jea island, but once I get passed that and onto the mainland I just love it. This is helped by the fact that Factions is the first campaign I ever finished and I can beat Shiro in around 2 minutes with little effort (I know this isn't exactly an amazing feat, but I like that I can do it you know?). I like Nightfall second best. Not sure what it is that I dislike about it enough to make it second and I still enjoy most of it. The Sunspear and Lightbringer title farming were a good inclusion making the game more fun. I know alot of people bitch saying that it made farming compulsory, but I disagree completely. The first NF character I made was my Dervish and I only ever had to go specifically kill to get Sunspear points once, it took about 20 minutes and then I carried on. Just get the blessing as you play normally and you'll get enough to only need a few more for when you need whatever rank it is to continue the story in the Sanctuary. Prophecies I like the least, to the point that anything pre-Kryta just bores me so much I can barely play it. I think it's just because you level so slowly compared to the other two campaigns and it takes forever to get to elite skills. It doesn't help that the story is so confusing and a bit dumb. Why do you flee the charr and not go back? Aren't we meant to be heroes of Ascalon? We just bugger off and get caught up in stupid Krytans problems about undead and chosen people and crap. Bleh. EOTN I'll reserve judgement on for now as I haven't played much of it yet. So far all I'll say is it seems fun, but the places seem a bit far apart, too much running around in massive areas for me. Might just be because I'm used to Factions and it's little maps but who knows.

I sometimes come off as more experienced than I am because I usually have wiki open while I play for quick reference. I am pretty experienced at the mid-game level as I tend to get that far on most characters before getting bored. Later on I have less experience but I am getting better at sticking with a character till atleast the end of a campaign. I find most of the game pretty easy to be honest. I have a low death rate, most of my deaths come from screw ups while farming or my laptop freezing (when this happens it leaves me logged in server side so if in the middle of a fight I go splat).

End
Anyway, that's me. If you want to talk to me in game you have my character names. If you have Xfire you can add me, my name is azrealx37. Just make sure that if you do add me you say something about why/mention this page as I won't accept if theres no message at all. I'll come back and tidy this all up another time, I'm a lazy person ;)

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