Upcoming Weekend with an Elite Theme 31 July 2006
This coming weekend offers special bonuses for players who enjoy missions, roleplaying, and unique items. Factions players will be granted access to all Canthan elite missions the entire weekend via an NPC in Kaineng Center. In addition, there will be double rare loot drops within Canthan Elite Missions during the weekend! This exciting weekend will begin on Friday, August 4, at 12:01 a.m. PDT (07:01 GMT) and will end Sunday, August 6, at 11:59 p.m. (that's Monday, August 7 at 06:59 GMT). We hope to see you there!
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Elite Weekend Event August 4
viper008
Scummyer
Aww...you beat me to it! 
Former Ruling
I saw that lol.
Elite Missions flooded with lvl17 Assassins! Awesome.
Elite Missions flooded with lvl17 Assassins! Awesome.
Andisa Kalorn
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Elite Missions flooded with lvl17 Assassins! Awesome.
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Aera
Oh boy...with double rare loot they mean greenies? Or also golds and chests and stuff? 
Achrr The Archer
You all will be granted access to the elite missions throughout Cantha, we ferry everyone into Urgoz anyways, so no big deal there.
Aerian_Skybane
All I can say is, cool. Im lookin forward to it 
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clarianaeneas
Damn you anet, damn you anet, damn you anet. They've been talking about an alternate method of access for months, and now they finally decide to add it in for one weekend with double rare drops. Why couldn't they have done this last month when I still had my good computer 
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It seems that I always miss any and all chances to make profit in this game. Oh well, at least I've been to the elite missions before.
:'(
. It seems that I always miss any and all chances to make profit in this game. Oh well, at least I've been to the elite missions before.
:'(
Jetdoc
Wow...I wonder if this will be available to all players in Kaineng Center (i.e. Tyrian and Canthan-born, and also those that haven't completed the Factions campaign yet)...
Zephyr Jackson
im going to get a 15^50 Everything
Aerian_Skybane
Sorry to double post, but I have a question about the double rare items...
Is it like, double super secret uber items? Or is it like twice as much rares dropped?
Weird wording.
Is it like, double super secret uber items? Or is it like twice as much rares dropped?
Weird wording.
Venice Queen
This is taking away the whole point of faction farming! Now everyone and their brother will keep a character at the elite missions and ferry their friends in.
/methinks Anet should of thought of the people who spend all day farming faction
....not that I am one of them.
/methinks Anet should of thought of the people who spend all day farming faction
....not that I am one of them.
Scummyer
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Sorry to double post, but I have a question about the double rare items...
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Achrr The Archer
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This is taking away the whole point of faction farming! Now everyone and their brother will keep a character at the elite missions and ferry their friends in.
/methinks Anet should of thought of the people who spend all day farming faction ....not that I am one of them. |
Count Feanor
Hell, ya! You better believe I'll be there! 
Ietwat
looks like its gonne be a whole weekend doing a 3 man urgoz run 
Charqus
t will just make the elite mission full of noobs n much harder to complete
DeathandtheHealing
time for us pvpers to play some pve elite missions ! YAY!
NinjaKai
I see prices of rares shooting down very quickly.
sotodefonk
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t will just make the elite mission full of noobs n much harder to complete
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DeathandtheHealing
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I see prices of rares shooting down very quickly.
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my bank went from like 400k to 100k
Ulivious The Reaper
Cool, too bad all the rare items will drop thanks to the DOUBL RARE drops
Electric Sky
i thought Anet were going to run a Nightfall PvE Preview event soon after the PvP preview :s
frickett
Hey, isnt this like 3 weekends in a row with special events, Anet is rocking my socks. Go anet....
On topic, I am gonna try to go there--both missions, I havent been to either.
On topic, I am gonna try to go there--both missions, I havent been to either.
mqstout
Well, it's good to see alternate access to elite missions, finally, except: the way it's written, it's temporary. So much for them sticking to promises. (Unless this is just a test...)
Solar_Takfar
It's probably a test, they'll see what happens if everyone has access, and they'll decide what to do later.
It's VERY cool, nonetheless. As for the noobness abundant, I say: guildmates ftw!
It's VERY cool, nonetheless. As for the noobness abundant, I say: guildmates ftw!
Zinger314
This is bad, very bad.
I normally play Elite Missions as my Ritualist, as a Ritual Lord (since, well, I wrote the damn guide on how to play one and I can play it better than most HoH teams. )
However, I've probably played Urgoz....maybe 10 times or so total with PuGs (since I'm not in a guild anymore (due to the poetic irony that everyone in my previous guild/alliance was unskilled), finding a good group is quite difficult.)
Out of those 10 or so times...only ONE group made it past the first few rooms...and only 2 people besides me in the group spoke English.
Every other PuG has W/Mos with Frenzy and Mending, with no Glads Defense, Monks without Heal Party, Nukers without Meteor Shower, Renewal or Echo (and use Fire Storm/Searing Heat), and so on.
Now the the Elite Mission is available to EVERYONE (why the heck are they putting the NPC in Kaieng Center?), there will be even more bad players. It's going to be impossible to find a skilled PuG.
This event is likely a test to see the popularity of opening the Elite Missions to everyone. (think PVPX).
Anyways, if you need a Ritual Lord, please, for the love of Grenth, invite me. (Syria Metaphysical)
I normally play Elite Missions as my Ritualist, as a Ritual Lord (since, well, I wrote the damn guide on how to play one and I can play it better than most HoH teams.
)However, I've probably played Urgoz....maybe 10 times or so total with PuGs (since I'm not in a guild anymore (due to the poetic irony that everyone in my previous guild/alliance was unskilled), finding a good group is quite difficult.)
Out of those 10 or so times...only ONE group made it past the first few rooms...and only 2 people besides me in the group spoke English.
Every other PuG has W/Mos with Frenzy and Mending, with no Glads Defense, Monks without Heal Party, Nukers without Meteor Shower, Renewal or Echo (and use Fire Storm/Searing Heat), and so on.
Now the the Elite Mission is available to EVERYONE (why the heck are they putting the NPC in Kaieng Center?), there will be even more bad players. It's going to be impossible to find a skilled PuG.
This event is likely a test to see the popularity of opening the Elite Missions to everyone. (think PVPX).
Anyways, if you need a Ritual Lord, please, for the love of Grenth, invite me. (Syria Metaphysical)
skammich
yeah, i have a feeling my guild will go into both elites with a full guild party.
Diablo???
Time to call in sick again.
natuxatu
it's for a weekend... no reason to complain. it's for fun and you've known for a long time there would be alternate access so this shouldn't be a shocker.
toon-a-loon
This is really cool but at the same time its really stupid. I can't stand to do these long ass missions anymore because there is always leavers and err7s. If people didn't get err7 I would be happy. I have only err7 about 3 times since i got guild wars and that was when it came out, but other people that have not as decent connections have problems doing long missions without err7. I don't think its fair to them.
Anet hasn't failed to show us something with surprise in these events like adding the guildwars shop. So Im guessing they might add the rejoin function when this event starts. If this happens then great. More power to everyone and a BIG THANKS to Anet. If not then a lot of people are going to get err7 and get really pissed off because they have a chance to get double the loot and can't because there is no rejoin function.
oh well
Anet hasn't failed to show us something with surprise in these events like adding the guildwars shop. So Im guessing they might add the rejoin function when this event starts. If this happens then great. More power to everyone and a BIG THANKS to Anet. If not then a lot of people are going to get err7 and get really pissed off because they have a chance to get double the loot and can't because there is no rejoin function.
oh well
Scummyer
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Time to call in sick again.
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Full-time weekend work FTL!
lagrand1
I'm enjoying these weekend events. Way to keep it interesting , A-Net.
Truth is, though, I have my tank and monk permanently camped in the Deep as it is. Done Warren a few times, takes too darn long. I greatly prefer the Deep. So this event won't make much difference to me.
They are doubling the rare drops for one weekend. Relax people. For those that don't go, it gives them a chance at uberloot. For people like me, it is only saving me 3 times through the mission. The drops are double the frequency, not double the mods. So chances are, we will still get crap, with the occasional gem.
Truth is, though, I have my tank and monk permanently camped in the Deep as it is. Done Warren a few times, takes too darn long. I greatly prefer the Deep. So this event won't make much difference to me.
They are doubling the rare drops for one weekend. Relax people. For those that don't go, it gives them a chance at uberloot. For people like me, it is only saving me 3 times through the mission. The drops are double the frequency, not double the mods. So chances are, we will still get crap, with the occasional gem.
Dark Suoon
ok i cant wait to bring my guildies here and get loaded 
lol
lol
Spura
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ok i cant wait to bring my guildies here and get loaded
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Ira Blinks
oh wow, im moving on 1st of august and won't have internet for a week at least... bloody hell...
Optimizer
If I can get a chance to play a bit of GW this weekend, I know what I'll be doing. I have yet to do either elite mission, so I wonder what it is I should do to prepare for it.
Big_Iron
Why are people complaining? Anet is trying to do something nice, fun and exciting for us, but people are moaning about noob PuGs and flooded markets. How about a "Thanks Anet!"
Leprecon
Anet made this couse ppl were complaining about elite missions are "dead"..
Origin
Great, thanks A.Net! Finally Urgoz's won't be as dead as it was around 1-2 weeks ago everytime I stepped in Keep it up. Thanks!
Keep it up. Thanks!