Guild Wars [Archive] - The War Geeks Clan Forum

8th March 2006, 08:10 AM

How many peeps have Guild Wars or are thinking of getting it?

I, for one, am thinking of getting it.

If there's enough interest, we should set up a guild - perhaps someone with local hosting has the resources to host a voip server - either teamspeak or ventrillo for us? I'm not sure how much bandwidth would be required for adequate usage.

- I've downloaded each one to check it out - see which is better.

{lostmarble}

8th March 2006, 08:21 AM

I'm scouring the shops to get a copy...

FeralBanana

8th March 2006, 09:01 AM

A couple of me friends play GW... We could join with them... Alternately, a good idea for a next clan game is Quake Wars? Hmm?

Ruslan74

8th March 2006, 11:47 AM

GW is cool, we could setup a Guild for fun. I mostly use Skype with other fellow GW players but we have looked into trying out Teamspeak as well.

It could be a feasible alternative until Quake Wars and GRAW comes out.

SlappY

8th March 2006, 12:18 PM

I got it and have been playing for the last 2 nights solid! Very cool game

8th March 2006, 12:19 PM

Ok, XEye and I just went across to Sandton. I bought CNA's last copy, and XEye bought a copy from Ripoff.

Ruslan74

8th March 2006, 12:32 PM

cool. will add a thread in which Guild Wars players can add their most played characters so they can meet up online. ;)

fivel

8th March 2006, 12:40 PM

Teamspeak works well with GW!

Ruslan74

8th March 2006, 01:31 PM

my latest GW screenshot of Jak's Bend, a town in the mountains where dwarves and ice beasts dwell. :)

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2863/gw0379sq.th.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gw0379sq.jpg)

8th March 2006, 02:07 PM

Nice.

See you're a transvestite too ;)

Ruslan74

8th March 2006, 02:17 PM

:rofl: i am a transvestite on all RPG games... even in DoW... :D

N3ddy

8th March 2006, 02:32 PM

GW rocks! The colours I got to dress my monk - Thaine Hraskar - in are a bit, um, pastel-like and make him look a bit, um, light in his sandals, but otherwise it's easy to get into and hard to leave. Like the idea of a WrG Guild.

StaticS

8th March 2006, 03:09 PM

How much did u guys pay for it cause iv been wanting to get it for some time.And i think it would be cool to start our OWN CLAN!

Ruslan74

8th March 2006, 03:29 PM

i think it goes for R399, wouldnt know exactly coz i didnt pay for my copy.

{lostmarble}

8th March 2006, 03:50 PM

...Busy installing mine now, picked it up for 299 ZAR from an incredible corruptionesque shop in Tygervalley.....:D

Ruslan74

8th March 2006, 03:55 PM

be aware that there is a +300MB preloading for the Factions preview to happen on the 24th of Feb, so if on the character menu you have a lightning icon with figures moving across its an update.

let it run or else the game will be too laggy until it finishes.

stoke

8th March 2006, 04:09 PM

Great ... 300MB of stuff downloaded using a single thread download .... Grrrrrrrrr.

stoke

8th March 2006, 07:45 PM

I don't get it ... you're all buying Guild Wars Prophecies right ?
Why don't you wait for Guild Wars Factions ?

Side ... there's no offline single player mode is there ?

8th March 2006, 08:00 PM

Because prophecies is chapter 1, and factions is chapter 2

And - no, no offline.

SlappY

8th March 2006, 08:36 PM

Factions is to Guild wars as Special Forces is to Battlefield. Remember those from school!

stoke

8th March 2006, 10:48 PM

Franks blokes.

rainy

9th March 2006, 08:08 AM

Will probably get GW in the next few weeks. But Factions will have to wait a little longer.

I have been using Teamspeak in the past, it's very reliable and offers a good quality even with low-bandwidth codecs. Will take a look at the current version. If my server wasn't overseas I would host a TS server on it, but this way we are talking lags of several seconds...

FeralBanana

9th March 2006, 09:07 AM

Factions is to Guild wars as Special Forces is to Battlefield. Remember those from school!

What, A pathetic game that no-one plays that has terrible support, tons of glitches and bugs, overpowered ingame aspects and a lazy design team?

Sounds like the kind of game I'd buy!

Ruslan74

9th March 2006, 09:11 AM

was SF a game? i thought it was some kind of Theme pack for BF2 with fancy screensavers and wallpapers... :p

-FX-

10th March 2006, 07:39 AM

Ruslan74

10th March 2006, 07:43 AM

aye FX... welcome... thanks for the info! :D

gus

10th March 2006, 09:29 AM

Hope the Factions expansion works out....... but I see on BT Games it gonna sell for like 55 bucks. That's so cheap might as well get it!
Guild Wars Faction Expansion pack (http://www.btgames.co.za/BTGames/InfoPages/02721.asp?IndexNo=312)

(Dont mean to pimp BT Games here, just giving the headsup for those that don't know :) )

The R55 is just for the pre-order pack that gives you two unique items. Factions itself will be the normal price. I see BT games advertize it for R255.

Ruslan74

10th March 2006, 09:31 AM

two unique items? i hope they have what most people will play with... but unless customized those items can easily be transferable? right?

Sabre

10th March 2006, 07:42 PM

Does GW support widescreen and a resolutionof 1920x1200??

gus

10th March 2006, 07:57 PM

two unique items? i hope they have what most people will play with... but unless customized those items can easily be transferable? right?

They will be linked to an account, so cannot be given away. If they are lost etc, they can also be recreated with a command in the chat window. They are not better than stuff that can be picked up as well, just have a slightly different look.

gus

10th March 2006, 07:59 PM

Does GW support widescreen and a resolutionof 1920x1200??

Yes, I play with a widescreen in 1440x900. 1920x1200 should also work I would think.

13th March 2006, 06:38 AM

Btw, Factions is NOT an expansion - it's a fully standalone game.

FAQ (http://www.guildwars.com/aboutgw/faq/guildwarsfactions-faq.php)

FeralBanana

13th March 2006, 08:16 AM

Reaaally... Then I may just invest... hmm...

doobiwan

13th March 2006, 03:27 PM

Fantastic, that settles it. I'll wait to see which everyone settles on before I invest, and rather get psychonauts now ;)

Ruslan74

13th March 2006, 03:32 PM

bummer... now i have to get factions as well... :p

13th March 2006, 05:12 PM

Read that FAQ.

Ruslan74

13th March 2006, 08:00 PM

ahhhhh

"Guild Wars Factions is a stand-alone product. Those who own Guild Wars are not required to purchase Guild Wars Factions in order to continue playing on their game account, and those who purchase Guild Wars Factions may play without purchasing Guild Wars. However, there is a strong level of interconnection between the two games that makes having them both an exceptional experience."

lazy me... :rolleyes:

SaintMg

13th March 2006, 11:05 PM

:woot:

:slide:

stoke

14th March 2006, 08:51 AM

Stain ... when I left this morning it was on 567MB and still going ...
Bloodie hell ...

Ruslan74

14th March 2006, 09:06 AM

now my GW.DAT is almost 1.6GB big... eishhh

14th March 2006, 11:23 AM

I've downloaded about ~800mb so far in total.

Ruslan74

14th March 2006, 11:34 AM

this must be seriously eating into your ADSL caps... eish...

-FX-

16th March 2006, 07:30 AM

The R55 is just for the pre-order pack that gives you two unique items. Factions itself will be the normal price. I see BT games advertize it for R255.

LOL! yeah man thanks for that :bow: .... had a bit of a blonde moment there. And to think I'm employed by BT :rolleyes: *sigh*

Looking forward to Factions though.... its definitely on my "to purchase" list :)

rainy

16th March 2006, 07:39 AM

Yeah, me too, but I want to eat into vanilla GW first. It's not like 'Factions' will be sold out in half a year...

-FX-

16th March 2006, 07:43 AM

Yeah it's only scheduled for release here at the end of April, so there is still time to get stuck in.

But this game is HUGE. Really, it's crazy how big this game is.....

16th March 2006, 08:44 AM

Considering that my jaw hit the floor the first time I saw the full (explored) map. Daaaaamn!

gus

16th March 2006, 08:44 AM

LOL! yeah man thanks for that :bow: .... had a bit of a blonde moment there. And to think I'm employed by BT :rolleyes: *sigh*

Looking forward to Factions though.... its definitely on my "to purchase" list :)

Does this maybe mean that you can please get hold of the collector's edition of Factions? :D

Ruslan74

16th March 2006, 09:02 AM

FX can get hold of many things... ;)

-FX-

16th March 2006, 10:41 AM

Does this maybe mean that you can please get hold of the collector's edition of Factions? :D

If you mean getting it early... sadly not :( I wish I could though!
But Budget Technology WILL be selling the collectors edition on the 28th April - which I'll be getting anyway. Definitely! :cool:

http://www.btgames.co.za/BTGames/InfoPages/02743.asp?IndexNo=314

gus

16th March 2006, 12:02 PM

Will you maybe be shipping it early, so that I can actually have it on the 28th? (Just dreaming here.) The game will be of no use until the 28th in any case, since that areas on the servers will only open on that day.

-FX-

16th March 2006, 12:18 PM

Oh yeah that's right, it's pretty much useless until it Factions actually begins. And yeah, many of the times, during "global launches" BT has the titles ready.

EG: I live in EL, and if the game is being released on a specific date officially, BT will courier the game to me the day before so that I actually physically receive it on the day it is supposed to be launched. Granted, it's not like that alllll the time but it was like that for Doom 3, Half-Life 2, and other major titles. Let's just hope that it's the same for Factions as well ;)

Will you maybe be shipping it early, so that I can actually have it on the 28th?
So to actually answer your question, then YES, there is a strong possibility of this happening. :)

gus

16th March 2006, 12:25 PM

OK, I have just placed my order. :) Thank you very much for the information.

-FX-

16th March 2006, 12:47 PM

It's only a pleasure m8. If you need to know anything else just shout :) And if I'm not here, you can mail me at jay(at)jayfx(dot)net.

fivel

17th March 2006, 11:12 AM

How does one know what quests you still have to do etc. I haven't played for soo long that I've forgotten which I've done and haven't AND does GW remember which quests you have completed?

Ruslan74

17th March 2006, 11:16 AM

GW wont allow you go take on vital quests in the game more than once.

AFAIK the current main quest at Frost Gate is the 6th one and there are a total of 24 main quests ( thanks gkm ).

it might be worthwile to take on a few of the simples quests in Ascalon as you can easily rack up 2k of exp within 1 hour... did that with the ambassador related quests and the asylum 4 days ago.

fivel

17th March 2006, 11:19 AM

As you can see I am VERY RUSTY.... thanks

gus

17th March 2006, 12:12 PM

To avoid confusion, one should actually distinguish between missions and quests. Missions are the story in the game and one can do them as many times as one like, but only get the experience for them once per character. Each one also has a bonus component. Frost Gate is the sixth mission. There are 24 of them in total.

Then there are quests, like talking to the ambassador. They are all optional, but are a good source of experience points, items and skills. One can do them only once.

Pressing L gives a list of quests, while missions are shown as shields on the world map.

rainy

17th March 2006, 12:19 PM

Dang, this game is huge. I only played the first mission as of yet, (tried the second one but failed) and about 3 or 4 quests post-searing. Seems GW will keep me busy for a long time still...

Ruslan74

17th March 2006, 12:34 PM

i will need fellow WrG forumites for some of the Frost Gate and onwards quests... they are getting serious... and the rewards are pretty good too!

@Rn65 - should you need help in quests let me know, i will find time over the weekend... shame you dont get up at 5 AM on a Sat... :p

rainy

17th March 2006, 02:34 PM

It's my wife's bday tomorrow, so if at all, I will probably only get round to playing again on Sunday night. Not sure if I'll take the clannie - I am not keen on an asswhipping by ZA's biggest armour whores.

Ruslan74

17th March 2006, 02:37 PM

gus

17th March 2006, 02:53 PM

well i aint in the clannie match neither, BF2 has kinda frustrated me in these past months... patches... fixes.. hot fixes... spawn raping... etc...

will peek out for you on Sunday evening... sadly i have to work next day, unlike most other peeps around... :sad:

If I am around, I will be happy to help with Frost Gate. Put "Gus The Wall" on your friends list and you will see if I am online, then just wisper me.

Yes, I also had a couple of sad BF2 rounds last night that ended in 200+ vs 0 results. Pressing z as one spawns in the vague hope of not getting killed instantly at the last flag is not nice when it happens a lot in a row. I think the one time I had a score of something like 25 that was the second highest on my side. Well, at least I had some better rounds as well.

Ruslan74

17th March 2006, 03:00 PM

gkm, you are in my friends list. ;)

gus

17th March 2006, 03:08 PM

Good to know. :D Same for you.

rainy

17th March 2006, 03:10 PM

Putting you in my list right now.

gus

17th March 2006, 03:23 PM

Putting you in my list right now.

Same for you. I think I am going to get very confused with all the people called Rageskew. ;)

-FX-

22nd March 2006, 08:42 AM

gkm, have you done the 4k xp Villany of Whatumacallit quest yet?

Ruslan74

22nd March 2006, 08:49 AM

gkm has done it all AFAIK. ;)

gus

22nd March 2006, 09:45 AM

gkm, have you done the 4k xp Villany of Whatumacallit quest yet?

Yes, I have done it a couple of times. When we have a couple of people in the guild at say level 15 or so, we can maybe make a guild outing from it. No point in doing it with to low levels, then it takes forever. The first time I did it I did not know any better, so did it at something like level 12 with hench. I think I died at least 30 times during the quest, probably more. I was stuck permanently as -60% DP for most of it.

gkm has done it all AFAIK. ;)

Thanks. :) In my dreams. But I think I am fairly close. :D Really looking forward to Factions.

Ruslan74

22nd March 2006, 10:05 AM

i would gladly jump into the 4k quest as it would take me to lvl 16... i suppose its best to see who's online when and give it a try.

i browsed through the route to Sorrows Furnace over the holidays and being at lvl 15 had fun trying to survive the lvl 22-24 monsters with NPCs... lol... it looked like the Alamo at times... :p

-FX-

22nd March 2006, 10:13 AM

Well at level 17 (and a ½ ;) ) I can almost make it through with henchmen. If looking at the map, I get within about 1 cm of the objective, but there are just far to many guys at that last area and I get swamped. Will definitely need something to draw them out a little bit as the henchmen tend to run in and get themselves killed. :(

Ruslan74

22nd March 2006, 10:26 AM

a tip i found while playing, while pressing SHIFT you can cast a spell on a different enemy that you are currently attacking. Nice since the enemy mesmers/healers are usually behind a wall of ravaging warriors most of the time...

@gkm - where does one find weapon crafting materials by the way? i read you can add specific elemental damage like fire or cold.

gus

22nd March 2006, 10:41 AM

You can add mods to some weapons to change their attack type. For example, you can add fiery mods to swords. I do not think you can modify staves and wands. See:
http://www.gwonline.net/page.php?p=125

Mods are obtained by salvaging weapons that have them with an expert salvage kit. In this same veins, runes are salvaged from dropped armor that have them with expert salvage kits as well. ID the stuff first to see if it has something you want.

BTW, as far as I know, if you are attacking an enemy with your weapon and then cast on somebody else, you keep on attacking the first one. I do that often with my mesmer. Pick somebody to attack so that the hench also goes for him, then quickly cycle through the rest of the enemies, making them sorry I am around with some nasty spells, before finishing of the first guy. By then, all the other enemies are hurting and are easy pickings. As long as you do not press space again while having another enemy selected, you keep on hitting the first one. I have never had to press shift to do this.

Ruslan74

22nd March 2006, 10:46 AM

oh ok, just read it across some GW forum... :p

as for the mods for weapons, which items do i need to expert salvage? i have that kit but when salvaging purple armor i get runes, can these runes be applied on more than just clothing?

-FX-

22nd March 2006, 10:50 AM

BTW, as far as I know, if you are attacking an enemy with your weapon and then cast on somebody else, you keep on attacking the first one. I do that often with my mesmer.
Thats right, I do the same.

do not think you can modify staves and wands.
You can. I have several "head" modifications for my staff in my bag and I've successfully used one on my current staff. You can "expert salvage" the staff to get the modification back if you want to attach it to another staff.

gus

22nd March 2006, 11:26 AM

Runes are for armor. Mods are for weapons. You need to expert salvage blue/purple/gold weapons for their mods. It is random which mod you get if there are more than one and whether you get one at all. You cannot salvage green, collector and quest reward items for modifiers as far as I know.

@FX, Sorry, I just meant that one cannot have elemental mods on wands/staves. Also, one does not always get the mod back. Sometimes one just get planks/iron etc.

22nd March 2006, 10:52 PM

XEye and I tried that 4k quest tonight. Daaaamn.
Got our asses handed to us (we're both lvl 14). We're definitely gonna try later when we're at higher levels.

Ruslan74

23rd March 2006, 07:29 AM

pity you dont wakey wakey at 5AM on a Saturday as we ( FX, ToTR and me ) will try to do the 4k quest plus proceed further along the quests by Lions Arch. ;)

-FX-

23rd March 2006, 07:42 AM

5am is a little early for some people dude.... only the truely hardcore can do it. :D And it helps to be a little crazy as well.

But granted, it IS a lot of fun..... would be pretty wicked to get a party of 8 going for a Saturday morning session.

Ruslan74

23rd March 2006, 07:52 AM

hehehe.... at least now i leave the coffee next to the kettle or else in the morning i cant find anything... :D

last night i did some more FL, got a freigher in Rheinland and took 250 diamonds to New Tokyo. Profit was @ 1000 per unit in one run. :woot:

23rd March 2006, 08:05 AM

Uhh... why do you get up at 5am?

Ruslan74

23rd March 2006, 08:13 AM

coz there are no wives or other people to bother you until 8-9 AM in the morning! :D

-FX-

23rd March 2006, 08:36 AM

And there is something about that time of the morning which you just can't put your finger on, but it's lekka. And it's quite addictive!

Only thing is though, it's gonna be difficult to break the habit now......

SaintMg

30th March 2006, 02:11 PM

so where is everyone at in GW

I have a N/R Lvl 9 still pre sear and that is my only character

i have a stack of dye that i need to get to storage for an experiment for post sear so if anyone else is also pre sear with a new character and thinking of crossing and would not mind taking some dye across for me that would be cooool

why dont i just cross well pre sear is the best to find dye and the catacombs seem to have a good sure as well as a few other spots

30th March 2006, 02:16 PM

Daamn. Level 9 pre-sear? I struggled my ass off to get to level 8 pre-sear, and I've done every single damn quest in pre-sear that I could find, EXCEPT for across the wall.

I've got a lvl 16 W/E Post-sear (Getheski) and a lvl 8 E/R Pre-sear (Gotham).

rainy

30th March 2006, 02:25 PM

I only have one char, lvl12 post-sear. Gonna see if I can do the Nolani mission tonight...

TG: Across the Wall is very feasible, you just have to avoid the Charr group on the hill to the right of the main road. Go straight to the northwest, there are only a few monsters around the target.

gus

30th March 2006, 02:26 PM

Wow, I do not know what to say. You know the name of the game is GuildWars, rather that sim-"cloth factory" or something like that? :D Level 9 is impressively high for pre-sear. Come join us. You can always create another character for dye farming in pre-sear if you really want that much dye. Dye is worth some gold, but not really THAT much.

gus

30th March 2006, 02:28 PM

Yes, I usually leave Across the Wall for last before leaving pre-sear. Then it is not that hard.

SaintMg

30th March 2006, 03:32 PM

dyes not for sale i wont to put a table together of dye prices and stuff etc. etc. but you have a good point should cross soon just have a few more quest to do then see you'll in the ugly place where nothing grows

i think i have misconceptial fears

Pios

30th March 2006, 05:41 PM

Hi there all,

Guess I should intro myself and stuff.

I am Pios, Also know as a few things in GW's, But first a lil about me.
I have 2 accounts with a Char of each type that has completed the game(aka all titan quests done).

Also, I will be looking to join your guild if you will have me, While I am a pure south african any longer i still have my roots there.

If you feel I would be able to provide you with some help/other, let me know, I will be chatting to some of you guys this evening.

As for anyone that needs help, I am sure i can find a few hours to do this in the evenings.

Anyhow, Just a little about me

Chars:
(Account 1) All Chars level 20
Graven Aventu (R/*)
Florence Aventu (Me/*)
Grettle Aventu (E/*)
Xunlai Battuosai (PVP Only)

(Account 2) All Chars Level 20
Olek Decado (W/*)
Grado Decado (N/*)
Swift Foot Decado (Mo/*)
Power of My I D S (PVP Only)

There you go, All the chars i have at the moment.

SaintMg

30th March 2006, 06:32 PM

wicked stufff dude

Well Met

so what do you do in your spare time giggle and do you have job :D

Pios

31st March 2006, 10:24 AM

I have spare time, ????!!!!

Well, in theory i have loads of it.
I normally hang out in HOH's

You seen the II Skyline II's team has won a battle in the hall of hero's, and keeps the favour of the gods with Europe.

Yea thats where i spend my spare time, But more seriously I am looking to make a few more gold for the factions release, so I can atleast buy some decent armor and stuff.

Other than that I have been doing well, solo FoW and UW runs for fun.
I believe I have been spotted running folks to ToA from LA as well.....

I was away last night, so i could not meet up with you guys, you know that social life thing, we all have one(or i think we do)

Anyhow,
Pios

SaintMg

4th April 2006, 07:50 PM

hey so can some one please help me out wif this one not sure if i posted it before and just missed the answer

so salavge kits are like 100g for 25 uses and you can get like 4 or 5 gold the material gained from a sword or what ever so the math doesn't look to good

cause it costs you 4g to salvage an item and you could get a plank which is valued at 3g

only thing i see good about it is that you dont have to run back to town every 2 min so on one oldside town vist you can collect all the items droped salvage them and stack up

there is a question there some where but i think if anyone know what i talking about they will have the answer i need

{lostmarble}

4th April 2006, 08:11 PM

I'm gonna gooi some T-shirt wisdom in here.

Its basically what u want against what u need, divided by what u actually have.

And then there was something.

gus

4th April 2006, 09:04 PM

Better stuff yields more than one wood etc per salvage.

rainy

4th April 2006, 09:40 PM

Saint: Expert Salvage kits will sometimes salvage more valuable stuff as well.

SaintMg

5th April 2006, 11:58 AM

yeah @ 400g a piece / 25 = 16g per use so if you get say 3 ignots from item still loose 1g

but i guess for highly salavgeable item i should use the expert kit and any other junk use the normal kit

sidetrack

some guy was buying char carving for 20 gold over the weekend in pikeman

and stax of it tooo what is he going to sell them for later

p.s where can i get a sack or 2 from my storage is all full up wif crap

gus

5th April 2006, 12:17 PM

I think one of the two merchants in Ascalon City sells bags to expand your inventory. I think the merchant in Nolani Academy is the first one to sell the runes you can use to double the size of the bags.

5th April 2006, 01:45 PM

No, you can get runes quite early - I think after you've done a couple of Ascalon city quests, the runes become available.

gus

5th April 2006, 02:04 PM

Thanks. I did not know that.

rainy

5th April 2006, 03:09 PM

Virtually every merchant in post-searing Ascalon has bags for sale, and many of them also sell Runes of Holding.

SaintMg

5th April 2006, 06:13 PM

what a rune holder do

and are you talking about belt bags cause i got one of those when they came out i'm looking for sack of some sort sits next to belt bag in inventory

SaintMg

5th April 2006, 06:23 PM

ok never mind answering

seems GKM has taken it upon him self to answer all my questions today before i get to ask them :bwhaaaa: (dr evil doing pinky thing)

gus

5th April 2006, 07:32 PM

Yes, it is always useful to see the future. :scared:

Paragon

5th April 2006, 08:24 PM

Hallo all

i have a quick little question...

can i modify any weapon or armour with runes or does one get a type of socketed item??? Can I just stick any rune onto any weapon/armour?and finally if so, how??????

thanx you for ur wisdom wise ones :D

5th April 2006, 08:28 PM

I think runes can only be applied to armour - not entirely sure tho.

Just double click the rune, and click the item you want to apply it to.

rainy

5th April 2006, 08:34 PM

Most runes however don't stack. It makes no sense to apply the same rune to more than one piece of armor. Also, you can't apply more than one rune to any piece of armor.

Paragon

5th April 2006, 08:37 PM

o, i c...

how do i go about improving my weapons and armour then or must i pick up really good items? Is there no way to start with a base and then build on that?

5th April 2006, 08:41 PM

Well, craft the best armour you can afford (and have materials for), and then apply various runes to it. Bear in mind that most of the major runes have some kind of penalty, like you'll get +25 energy, but take a -50 health, or something along those lines. Just check them before you apply.

Also, if you replace any armour that already has runes, use an expert salvage on your old armour to retrieve the rune.

Paragon

5th April 2006, 08:46 PM

great. will try it tonight. just got to lion's arch and almost level 14 [whooooaaaa] :)

gus

5th April 2006, 09:23 PM

Purple, gold and some blue weapons also have upgrades you can salvage with an expert salvage kit and then apply to other weapons of the same kind to build up better weapons.

See this page for info on weapon upgrades:
http://www.gwonline.net/page.php?p=125

(Info above about runes is all correct. Runes are for armor only.)

rainy

5th April 2006, 10:15 PM

I just purchased a full set of Drakescale armor at Lions Arch and applied one rune to each piece. I only chose Minor runes however, don't want to take the health penalties...

gus

6th April 2006, 06:56 AM

I often use one superior rune for the primary attribute of my character and then a major vigor to compensate for most of the health lost.

Ruslan74

6th April 2006, 07:17 AM

same with my other characters, get a +2 rune and compensate with a minor Vigor or major Vigor rune. ;)

SlappY

6th April 2006, 08:46 AM

Hmm... I got the Gladiator Armour, gives me a nice Energy boost. Still dont know if it was the right choice though. How much bucks do you need for a REALLY good set of armour??

gus

6th April 2006, 08:58 AM

7.5K (1.5K x 5) is what most or all of the Droknar's sets cost. That is the maximum armor one can buy in the game. One gets prettier armor that cost more, but not better.

Full armor list with pictures, for convenient browsing on what you want:
http://www.gwonline.net/page.php?p=75

SlappY

7th April 2006, 08:43 AM

Where can one find this Droknar's armour you speak of!

gus

7th April 2006, 09:18 AM

At Droknar's Forge. :-)

After you ascend, you do one more mission and then your are at Droknar's. Or you can get somebody to run you from Beacon's Perch. I think the going rate for runs from Beacon's Perch is about 3K.

Map:
http://www.gwonline.net/page.php?p=127

Droknar's is straight down from Beacon's Perch.

Paragon

7th April 2006, 10:19 AM

great stuff!

thanx so much for all the advice. looks like i'll have to start saving :)

SlappY

7th April 2006, 11:06 AM

Blow that.... No Man runs for "The SlappY". Takes the fun outta the game. I'll keep bashing away at it.

gus

7th April 2006, 11:10 AM

Yes, slappy, I think you are close enough to droknars that there is no point in spending 3K now.

Vexx007

7th April 2006, 11:58 AM

The most expensive and beautifull armor inthe game is also found in the Sothern Shiverpeaks region. They go for 15k a piece plus the materials to craft them......

15k * 4 = 60k
60k + materials = (alot of)k

Then there is also the Fissure of Woe armor, which is more expensive....(?)

gus

7th April 2006, 12:23 PM

Yes, one has to budget about 1500K for a set of FoW armor in terms of materials and crafting costs.

Note, none of these are any better than 1.5K Droknar's armor. Just fancier graphics and more bragging rights.

rainy

9th April 2006, 11:57 AM

Now how do I actually get this much money? Or am I simply not yet in the regions where the expensive items drop?

Albereth

9th April 2006, 02:54 PM

I got this Guild Wars Factions Pre-Order Edition on Friday. I am supposed to be able to play Factions a whole 24 hours earlier than the rest of the world plus I get some cool in game weapons.

Anyone else get it?

Budget Technologies R50

Ruslan74

9th April 2006, 06:04 PM

yip, i had pre-ordered it as well.

sadly i will be away on that specific day when i get the 24 hour earlier playtime... :sad:

gus

9th April 2006, 06:33 PM

Now how do I actually get this much money? Or am I simply not yet in the regions where the expensive items drop?

Just make sure you pick up everything that drops for you and sell it. No matter if it is white etc. A hundred drops at 30 gold each is 3K, which can play for two pieces of Droks armor and it is easy to get a hundred drops over a couple of missions and quests. Drops also get better in value as you progress, which helps a bit. Also, do not buy new armor in every city just for a small increase in AL.

To affort 15K armor one needs some farming or a lucky drop, But for normal Drok's 1.5K armor, the normal drops in the game is enough to pay for it.

Pios

10th April 2006, 10:18 AM

To get FoW armor one needs a WHOLE lot of luck and a awesome drop or 4,

My armor for my warrior, necro and ele must have cost me in the region of 8 or 9 mill gold.

But it is SOOO worth it.

PS. I did do a whole LOAD of farming to afford them. But in all i think it took me 2 weeks per set.

If you are interested i can sho you how to farm stuff, my current fav run is running my monk to Mineral springs and killing all the ice imps there, they drop a lil sword that looks like a firy dragon sword but with a blue flame, Those are still around 20k a piece if you have patience in selling them.

Ruslan74

10th April 2006, 11:32 AM

lol... i am struggling to stay above 1k and here we got JSE figures within GW... :sad:

SaintMg

10th April 2006, 04:40 PM

i hear that useless i'm still debating with myself about wasting money on salvage kits

and i got a k in the bank which i had withdraw some of to buy an idetification kit

can anyone point me in the direction of the nearest GW sanlam adviser

Pios

10th April 2006, 05:10 PM

Well,

I am the local advisor i guess.

I say invest in Ruby's ...........

Ruslan74

10th April 2006, 07:22 PM

Rubys? i have not even seen one as yet! :D

gus

10th April 2006, 07:27 PM

Yes, it will be interesting to see if the people hoarding them are going to make a profit or a loss. :D (I think I have one.)

Ruslan74

10th April 2006, 07:33 PM

who usually drops them? is it further in the desert areas or by the underworld?

fivel

11th April 2006, 11:17 AM

Ok guys, I am severely confused (nothing new). I have been playing GW since late last year and then lost interest..mainly due to lag issues. I have totally lost then plot and where I have visited and have not. For example...where is Yaks Bend and Lions Arch...I know I've been to shiverpeak..but can't remember how to get there again....please help reorientate me..thanks