User:Qrystal12541

I joined GuildWiki mostly out of love for the way wiki communities work so well. What better way to express my appreciation than by becoming a contributor! So, here I am.

My Guild Wars existence
I am fairly new to Guild Wars, having just purchased Prophecies in August of 2006. I generally play only once or twice a week, and my significant other also loves Guild Wars... too bad we don't have two game-capable computers! I do enjoy spending time here at GuildWiki while he's playing, though.

I play only PvE so far, but once I'm more confident I'm sure I'll get into PvP. I loved PvP in my old days of playing text-based RPGs (specifically, at a MUD called Aarchon).

Scarlett Carmine
I chose the name Scarlett because I once had a necromancer named Scarlett when I played at Aarchon. I chose the surname of Carmine because it also means red! (I thought it was quite clever.) It's also useful that the default Necromancer armor comes in red... :)
 * Profession: necromancer/mesmer
 * Campaign: Prophecies
 * Created: late August, 2006
 * Level: 14 (as of October 17, 2006)

Jade Viridia
I chose to go with the same name scheme as above, this time selecting from variants of the word green (dropping the n from viridian just for kicks). Too bad the ranger's default equipment isn't the right colour, because that means I'll have to remedy it with some dye eventually.
 * Profession: ranger/elementalist
 * Campaign: Prophecies
 * Created: October 14, 2006
 * Level: 4 (as of October 17, 2006)

Future Developments
I will likely be buying Nightfall next, and Factions later. I may or may not buy the Nightfall Pre-release Bonus Pack; as I've seen it, the price is the same as a character slot, and I don't care much for the rest of the stuff that comes in the pack. Maybe I'll just buy character slots when I need them.

I am looking forward to having a dervish character someday, and maybe even a sunspear. The assassin is an eventuality for me too. I am also so enamoured by my secondary professions above (mesmer and elementalist) that I am tempted to have a character of those primary professions. As it stands, however, having two characters is more than enough. Of course I will eventually decide to toy with PvP too...

My attitude in Guild Wars

 * I love exploring, and occasionally go off by myself with some henchmen so I can accomplish this. Just recently though, I was lucky enough to be partnered with a person who felt the same way, and after finishing our quest objective we continued in the direction we were going, just so we could see what's out there.


 * I love being a part of a good party that works well together. I hate being rushed through an area by level 20's uber-pwning everything before I get to help.


 * I love trying to understand the game mechanics, and seeing how the Guild Wars developers have handled various tricky aspects of multiplayer gaming. This stems from my previous existance at Aarchon, when I was an immortal who helped with programming.  I love learning, in general, which is probably why I love GuildWiki so much... it has already helped me learn so much about the game!!


 * I am semi-social when I am in a group: I like to comment on things a lot, but I don't care to know where everyone's from, or junk like that.  I guess, in a sense, I like the roleplaying aspect... the things I say are often perfectly reasonable things that Scarlett Carmine might say.  Other times I may comment on game mechanics (such as, "Oh, I guess the item drops are assigned to random group members, not assigned to the person who made the kill.")


 * I get annoyed when people are spamming, in all caps, that they are recruiting for their guild. It really makes me not want to join a guild at all.  Someday I will, and I don't mind when people I'm grouped with politely inquire about whether I would like to join theirs.  I am not ready to join a guild yet though, because I don't know what I want from one (aside from a cool cape).  Maybe once I get into PvP, I might have a better idea.  I regret though that I forget the name of a person who wanted to recruit me because she saw the potential I had to become a great player.  I was honoured!  And now I write names down so that I don't lose track of people.


 * I also get annoyed when people are announcing that they are looking for a group, and they don't say anything about themselves. The first question that comes to mind when someone is looking for a group is what level and profession they are.  As soon as I realized that I wonder that, I started including my info when I'm announcing LFG.

Other Stuff
I am also Qrystal at Wikipedia.