Some info on the weapons and the other goodies from guildwars.com:
The Guild Wars NightfallTM Prerelease Bonus Pack, expected to hit store shelves on September 15, will give fans their first taste of Guild Wars Nightfall with a new retail package that includes:
Guild Wars "Play Now" key for a 10-hour/14-day trial* of Guild Wars PropheciesTM and Guild Wars FactionsTM.
Guild Wars Nightfall Bonus Key, providing one additional character slot for a Guild Wars Nightfall account.
Two exclusive items for the new professions—a Fiery Sunspear of Shelter for the Paragon and an Icy Soulbreaker of Enchanting for the Dervish.
Mini strategy guide, concept art, screenshots, in-game renders of characters and items, preview trailer, wallpapers, lore, quick reference card, music, and more!
The Fiery Sunspear of Shelter is the iconic weapon of the Order of the Sunspears and consists of a tempered steel head and a long Mebahya-wood shaft, gripped at the midpoint. Behind the head, a flattened sunburst disk increases stability in flight, as does the riverhorse-bristle fletching on the butt of the weapon. Deadly in the hands of a skilled individual, the Sunspear was first used as a weapon by the early Order of the Sunspears in Istan and remains a traditional weapon of that Elonian province.
Fire Damage: 14–27 (requires 9 Spear Mastery)
+5 Energy
+7 Armor vs. Physical Damage
The Icy Soulbreaker of Enchanting is a lightweight but powerful Dervish weapon. Its haft is made of bound ironreed wrapped with bindings made of Elonian leather. Its head is carved from strengthened skyquartz, a shatterproof crystalline mineral mined in southern Istan. The secondary blade at the base of the weapon is also made of skyquartz, and is carved in the traditional "blades of the five gods" design. Among the Dervishes, such weapons are often passed down from mentor to student, and often are as much pieces of art as they are weapons of war.
Cold Damage: 9–41 (requires 9 Scythe Mastery)
+15% damage while enchanted
Enchantments last 20% longer
Nightfall Prerelease Bonus Pack Details
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Horseman Of War
i hope they just forgot to put the type of +15% bonus on the sunspear.
otherwise itll be about as cool as my War Pick. Looks neat, but useless in endgame/pvp.
otherwise itll be about as cool as my War Pick. Looks neat, but useless in endgame/pvp.
Knightsaber Sith
errrr most of this was posted like a month ago when it was first announced.......
Rathcail
Bah, they never provide details on what matters to me most: music.
Currently I have all the Guild Wars DirectSong tracks there is possible to get. I'll base my choice of buying this to if it has DirectSong music not available from anywhere else or not.
Currently I have all the Guild Wars DirectSong tracks there is possible to get. I'll base my choice of buying this to if it has DirectSong music not available from anywhere else or not.
Knightsaber Sith
I highly doubt they threw a directsong key in the prerelease pack. That's a CE grade bonus.
GloryFox
Thank you for the information on the Spear and Scythe. That spear will go nice with my monk. Assuming you can type in /preorder and have them pop up.
devils cruelty
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Knightsaber Sith
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Originally Posted by devils cruelty
is this in the U.S or in Europe as well and wht stores sell them last time i tried pre-ordering i tried off amazon and tht was a load of bollox is it easier just 2 get off guildwars.com?
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Mordakai
Were the descriptions provided before?
Because they sound really cool.
Because they sound really cool.
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The Fiery Sunspear of Shelter is the iconic weapon of the Order of the Sunspears and consists of a tempered steel head and a long Mebahya-wood shaft, gripped at the midpoint. Behind the head, a flattened sunburst disk increases stability in flight, as does the riverhorse-bristle fletching on the butt of the weapon. Deadly in the hands of a skilled individual, the Sunspear was first used as a weapon by the early Order of the Sunspears in Istan and remains a traditional weapon of that Elonian province. The Icy Soulbreaker of Enchanting is a lightweight but powerful Dervish weapon. Its haft is made of bound ironreed wrapped with bindings made of Elonian leather. Its head is carved from strengthened skyquartz, a shatterproof crystalline mineral mined in southern Istan. The secondary blade at the base of the weapon is also made of skyquartz, and is carved in the traditional "blades of the five gods" design. Among the Dervishes, such weapons are often passed down from mentor to student, and often are as much pieces of art as they are weapons of war. |
Knightsaber Sith
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Originally Posted by Mordakai
Were the descriptions provided before?
Because they sound really cool. |
devils cruelty
thnks for tht although ive seen nightfall collectors on amazon and im wnting pre-order though as i wnt spear for pve paragon im wnting so.. i dnt know whether 2 get collectors or pre-order as i would love 2 get ahead
Knightsaber Sith
Gamestop lets you get the CE with the prerelease pack, haven't really looked anywhere else. One thing that has me a bit concerned is that the article
http://www.guildwars.com/support/whe...prerelease.php
only has links to EBgames, Gamestop, and Amazon. In the past there was also Bestbuy and Compusa and maybe others I don't remember...... does that mean other retailers wont carry it.... or maybe the other retailers wont have it listed until it actually goes on sale.
http://www.guildwars.com/support/whe...prerelease.php
only has links to EBgames, Gamestop, and Amazon. In the past there was also Bestbuy and Compusa and maybe others I don't remember...... does that mean other retailers wont carry it.... or maybe the other retailers wont have it listed until it actually goes on sale.
My Sweet Revenga
I'm more curious about the wording for that extra character slot. It says "additional slot for nightfall account". Does that mean this extra slot won't be useable until you buy nightfall and add the nightfall key? Or is it just worded poorly (intentionally by marketing) and in fact it works as though you bought a new char slot from the online store....
Soccer55
Does anyone know whether or not this starter kit is going to be sold separate from the actual Nightfall box? The reason I ask is that after looking on Amazon and EBgames/Gamespot, the only prerelease kits I saw were bundled with the 2 versions of Nightfall (standard/CE) with an estimated arrival date of 10/27. I've been looking forward to picking up the prerelease kit on the 15th, but if no retailer is going to sell it separately on the 15th, then I'm not going to waste my time driving 15 minutes each way.
-Tom
-Tom
nagojohn
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Guild Wars Nightfall Bonus Key, providing one additional character slot for a Guild Wars Nightfall account. |
Soccer55
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Originally Posted by My Sweet Revenga
I'm more curious about the wording for that extra character slot. It says "additional slot for nightfall account". Does that mean this extra slot won't be useable until you buy nightfall and add the nightfall key? Or is it just worded poorly (intentionally by marketing) and in fact it works as though you bought a new char slot from the online store....
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Knightsaber Sith
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Originally Posted by nagojohn
So you only get the extra character slot if you pre-order?
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devils cruelty
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So you only get the extra character slot if you pre-order? |
also thnks for link, btw i live in england and it says on Gamestop shipping 26th of october ??? wtf explain plz and both those cost me around £40.67 which is a hell of lot cheaper as 39.99 just for ce on amazon
Mordakai
Straight from Alex Weekes:
As Knightsaber says, you will get 3 (three) slots total when you add the "pre-release" key code to your Nightfall account.
If you don't buy Nightfall, you get nada, even if you have the pre-release.
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With regards the bonus character slot provided by the Pre-Release package, please be aware that it only becomes active when you add it to an account that has a retail (standard or CE) Access Key. It will therefore not be available during the preview event.
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If you don't buy Nightfall, you get nada, even if you have the pre-release.
GloryFox
The prerelease items are much nicer then the ones released for the Assassin and Ritualist. Both items are very practical for their classes. Also that Sunpear will be a great compliment for many spell-casting classes with Paragon as secondary.
I’m really looking forward to Nightfall these items ROCK!
Question will we have accsess to these items before Nightfall's release?
I’m really looking forward to Nightfall these items ROCK!
Question will we have accsess to these items before Nightfall's release?
nagojohn
Sorry Knightsaber, I just started playing again and couldn't find a definitive answer on the forum searches I did. But thanks for the clarification much appreciated.
Knightsaber Sith
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The prerelease items are much nicer then the ones released for the Assassin and Ritualist. Both items are very practical for their classes. Also that Sunpear will be a great compliment for many spell-casting classes with Paragon as secondary.
I’m really looking forward to Nightfall these items ROCK! Question will we have accsess to these items before Nightfall's release? |
With Factions you could get the preorder items as soon as you added the key to your account
devils cruelty
btw i live in england and it says on Gamestop shipping 26th of october ??? wtf explain plz and both those cost me around £40.67 which is a hell of lot cheaper as 39.99 just for ce on amazon.
Loviatar
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PREORDERING THE GAME GETS YOU NOTHING BUT THE GAME............IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH?
TO GET THE GOODIES YOU NEED TO BUY THIS SEPARATE RETAIL BOX ITEM.
FROM THE GW SITE
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August 1, 2006 (BELLEVUE, WA) — ArenaNet® and NCsoft® today announced a brand new retail package which will soon give Guild Wars® players their first look inside the exciting upcoming release, Guild Wars NightfallTM. The announcement comes on the heels of the Guild Wars Nightfall PVP Preview Event where players were able to create characters using the new Nightfall professions. The Guild Wars Nightfall Prerelease Bonus Pack is expected to hit store shelves on September 15 and will feature: Guild Wars "Play Now" key for a 10-hour/14-day trial* of Guild Wars PropheciesTM and Guild Wars FactionsTM. Guild Wars Nightfall Bonus Key, providing one additional character slot for a Guild Wars Nightfall account, as well as two exclusive items for the new professions—a Firey Sunspear of Shelter for the Paragon and an Icy Soulbreaker of Enchanting for the Dervish Mini strategy guide, concept art, screenshots, in-game renders of characters and items, preview trailer, wallpapers, lore, quick reference card, music, and more! |
YOU NEED NIGHTFALL TO USE THE SLOT AS WELL
nagojohn
Ok I get it, I will stick with the two slots from just buying the game after it comes out and adding it to my GW/GWF account. Thanks for the feedback.
Knightsaber Sith
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Originally Posted by devils cruelty
btw i live in england and it says on Gamestop shipping 26th of october ??? wtf explain plz and both those cost me around £40.67 which is a hell of lot cheaper as 39.99 just for ce on amazon.
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The actual game goes live Oct 27, so if you order online they'll ship it Oct 26. The prerelease bonus pack goes on sale Sep 15. I'm not sure if gamestop will ship the bonus pack seperate when it goes on sale, or if they'll ship it in October along with the game.
I think what you're reffering to is the bundle that includes the prerelease pack and the actual game as opposed to amazon which only has them seperately.
saphir
does anyone know if the "play now" trial key for prophecies/factions is linked to the key for nightfall? in other words, could i use the nightfall bonus key for myself, but give a friend the proph/factions trial key in an attempt get them hooked w/ the trial?
seeing how i already own both factions and prophecies, the trial key would be useless to me.
seeing how i already own both factions and prophecies, the trial key would be useless to me.
Knightsaber Sith
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Originally Posted by saphir
does anyone know if the "play now" trial key for prophecies/factions is linked to the key for nightfall? in other words, could i use the nightfall bonus key for myself, but give a friend the proph/factions trial key in an attempt get them hooked w/ the trial?
seeing how i already own both factions and prophecies, the trial key would be useless to me. |
Mr. G
Who are we kidding I crossed that long ago....Baaaa
Anyway, does anyoen know somewhere online where i could pre-order the fancy nightfall pre kit (For Uk delivery though) all i got was a pile of american sites...
a Pre+CE combo would be nice but beggers carnt be and all that....
Anyway, does anyoen know somewhere online where i could pre-order the fancy nightfall pre kit (For Uk delivery though) all i got was a pile of american sites...
a Pre+CE combo would be nice but beggers carnt be and all that....
Mordakai
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Originally Posted by saphir
does anyone know if the "play now" trial key for prophecies/factions is linked to the key for nightfall? in other words, could i use the nightfall bonus key for myself, but give a friend the proph/factions trial key in an attempt get them hooked w/ the trial?
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I gave my friend the trial key that came in the Factions pre-order, and he was able to play the Factions preview, and Prophecy. (only for a limited time, though).
I think that's what Anet expects you to do.
Knightsaber Sith
Don't know what to tell ya, checked amazon.uk and they don't even have the bonus pack listed seperately. Wait til after Sep 15 when it's actually for sale and somewhere will probablly have it listed.
Mr. G
meep.....It sucks doesnt it? all the yanks can pre-order but i have to go visit a stupid shop, also its friday and im in college so that messes up that idea....sigh....meep...beep...click...wizz
Sheriff
Hi,
Apologies if this has been addressed before, but couldn't find any topic
Of course I meant PRERELEASE in the topic, not PREORDER Can't edit the subject, bah :P
Does anyone know where the GW Nightfall preorder pack can be purchased in Europe?
Preferably from a webshop of course, that ships to Ireland
Thanks in advance!
Apologies if this has been addressed before, but couldn't find any topic
Of course I meant PRERELEASE in the topic, not PREORDER
Can't edit the subject, bah :PDoes anyone know where the GW Nightfall preorder pack can be purchased in Europe?
Preferably from a webshop of course, that ships to Ireland
Thanks in advance!
Loviatar
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Who are we kidding I crossed that long ago....Baaaa
Anyway, does anyoen know somewhere online where i could pre-order the fancy nightfall pre kit (For Uk delivery though) all i got was a pile of american sites... a Pre+CE combo would be nice but beggers carnt be and all that.... |
shipping info here
international rates should cover you (i hope)
http://www.gamestop.com/gs/help/internationalrates.asp
Knightsaber Sith
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ce+Pre
shipping info here international rates should cover you (i hope) http://www.gamestop.com/gs/help/internationalrates.asp |
Knightsaber Sith
Talk to this guy:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...=1#post1934699
you got the same thing going....
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...=1#post1934699
you got the same thing going....
Horseman Of War
In light of my previous post on the item stats- i totally overlooked the +5e on the spear-> i guess this answers ppls questions about it being a caster weapon too- once you get an enchanting 20% rune, you essentially have a ranged totem axe/R's fervor
that, and the 15/enchanted scythe is really going to be difficult to replace for something better- once you add your favorite runes that is (wtb 20%+1 scythe mastery!)
that, and the 15/enchanted scythe is really going to be difficult to replace for something better- once you add your favorite runes that is (wtb 20%+1 scythe mastery!)
LiamR
Game. I got the factions one, from there.
Mr. G
meh, isnt going to work, ill just have to work a way to get it, just trying to save some time thank you anyway
Mordakai
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Originally Posted by Horseman Of War
In light of my previous post on the item stats- i totally overlooked the +5e on the spear-> i guess this answers ppls questions about it being a caster weapon too- once you get an enchanting 20% rune, you essentially have a ranged totem axe/R's fervor
that, and the 15/enchanted scythe is really going to be difficult to replace for something better- once you add your favorite runes that is (wtb 20%+1 scythe mastery!) |
Anyway, they already have two Mods, so if you could mod them, it would just erase one of the existing Mods.