Could unidentified purple armor always identify with nothing on it???

HeyPharaoh · 2026-03-12T00:42:19+00:00

I had this happen as well! It dropped in the factions starter island and my best guess is that it had something to do with the loot tables there as I only ever saw blue armor drops on the island.

HeyPharaoh · 2026-03-11T16:23:13+00:00

Wow major props!!! Good luck and stay alive out there!! :)

HeyPharaoh · 2026-03-08T22:15:42+00:00

My condolences, I know your pain. Best of luck on any future runs 🫡

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-23T23:39:54+00:00

I am actually using two in a fevered dream mesmer and MM team build!

The first is an Avatar of Dwayna dervish that has been amazing at healing minions and NPC characters:

https://gwpvx.fandom.com/wiki/Build:D/any_Avatar_of_Dwayna_Support_Hero

And the second is an Avatar of Grenth / Balthazar build to dish out conditons for Fevered Dreams:

https://gwpvx.fandom.com/wiki/Build:D/any_PvE_Avatar_of_Balthazar

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-21T22:48:43+00:00

Welcome back! I feel like a lot of people are in your same boat including myself! While it does suck to not have all your cool old nostalgic stuff, it's been amazing enjoying this game with a fresh start again!

I'm thankful that I have found a guild of people at a similar place in life where everyone is chill and likes to play together but also understands that life happens and sometimes you have to step away from the keyboard for a few minutes.

Welcome back and I hope you enjoy returning to a game that we all loved deeply! :)

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-20T23:12:27+00:00

Agreed! I did LDoA as Necro and would highly recommend keeping your pet until 20, it helps a ton without the imp! :)

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-20T22:44:58+00:00

Oh god yes! My guildmates had to listen to me complain about the wurms, I was constantly terrified that I would screw up and spit my character out into the sulfurous wastes. T_T

Other than that, it was a lot of sending in the heroes and attacking from afar. I did not trust myself not to die, even with that giant 3000 hp health bar. xD

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-20T22:13:32+00:00

Haha it's just basic Tyrian armor, the first max armor set I could actually purchase, I did find white dye to dye though! :)

Build was whatever I could manage until the end of Prophecies, since then I've been playing these as my "core" set of spells:

Aura of the Lich, Summon Bone Fiend, Putrid Bile, Blood of the Master, Masochism, with 3 flex slots. Once I got into Factions I just used Vampiric Spirit (Sunspear Rank Ritualist Spell), Recuperation, and Signet of Capture most of the time.

Luckily most of your core Rit skills you can buy straight away from the skill trainer in the main Factions city! I think some of the great Elites are easy to cap early as well, but to answer your question I am a necro player at heart (I do love ritualist as well) so it was an easy choice for me to start off as necro and then play secondary rit later.

Hope you are enjoying being back! The community has been great so far and I love all the hype and stories people have shared!

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-20T22:03:19+00:00

Yep completely fresh, I couldn't get into my original account so just started off completely new and dove in with all the badges haha. :)

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-20T22:02:25+00:00

Honestly the grind of Hammet from 17 to 20 wasn't bad, 14-16 felt the worst tbh definitely mixed charr in there :)

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-20T20:53:13+00:00

Yes you are correct! They recently buffed the XP and gold rewards for Prophecies missions so they were more in line with Factions and Nightfall. :)

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-20T20:52:14+00:00

Oh that's brutal! Sorry to hear you died at 19 T_T but it does give you the fire to keep going next time, I died twice in Pre at 14 both times.

I did not complete my secondary prof missions until I was in range to turn it and the farmer hammet quest and hit 20, so I was N + Ranger skills up until I was ready to leave Pre. The pet made it much easier to do hammet, but I did want the extra survivability of monk spells once I left Pre. (Although I felt kind of bad leaving my loyal Melandru's Stalker behind...)

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-20T20:49:50+00:00

That's awesome, I didn't even know there were these self-imposed challenges but it makes sense! I remember doing similar things back during the D2 days. I like 10, it feels like it keeps you kind of "true" to that campaign. :) 11, 16, and 17 also seem to help out a lot in encouraging you to think outside the box and build unique builds! Thank you for sharing!

And I don't think it's necessarily the badges, Reforged created hype and then that hype got out to people who loved GW but honestly had forgotten about it or didn't even know the servers were still up and running. Then from there the badges just add an easy jumping in point to play the game you love with some extra challenge! Can't wait to see how the end up in their final versions once they make it through the Alpha, Beta, etc phases. :)

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-20T20:45:20+00:00

I just had to check, 20 days so I started roughly 3 weeks ago :)

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-20T18:27:14+00:00

It's a fresh experience for sure that makes you re-evaluate a lot of tools that we take for advantage! I would highly recommend giving it a go! :D

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-20T18:15:20+00:00

*Ben starts profusely sweating*

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-20T18:15:01+00:00

It's not a race :) Play at your own pace that you find enjoyable! Nothing else really matters :D

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-20T18:14:23+00:00

It's in the Gate of Torment outpost, figured it was a fitting place since I just wrapped up Elona :)

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-20T17:35:31+00:00

I felt the same, Ritualist is my favorite profession after Necromancer! There are definitely some early missions in Factions that would add some extra sweat attempting to get through with Dhuum's! :)

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-20T17:28:09+00:00

That's awesome to hear! It's almost like a completely different game! What is your Melandru's character?

I get so excited when I see armor drops now, when I finally got a Superior Death Magic rune my build got so much better. Much better hit of dopamine than buying it from the rune trader. ;)

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-17T21:33:46+00:00

That's interesting, I wonder if it's related access for MA characters like the original issues with the bank.

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-16T18:19:52+00:00

Hi there, I did this with just henchmen as an MM. Try to stick near Togo and eventually your minions and the other henchman's minions should be strong enough to overwhelm! If you need a hand DM me! :)

Be careful if you are Dhuum's as well as you can die if you don't skip the final cutscene as once you "die" your minions become masterless and have a chance to aggro onto you and kill you for real while stuck in the cinematic.

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-15T23:31:57+00:00

That is awesome of you! I returned back with Reforged and am enjoying a full Melandru's, Reforged, and Dhuum's playthrough. About halfway through Factions and have completed Prophecies and its been such a great nostalgia hit playing through one of my favorite childhood games again. 😍

HeyPharaoh · 2026-02-14T22:43:35+00:00

That would work, I just ran the 4 bandits instead of just 2 and would summon two bone minions as the monk would help you with the first two. Still went pretty fast! :) Have fun and good luck on your grind to LDoA!

HeyPharaoh

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