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GloryFox

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Good ol' USA, where everyone else wants to be

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11 Sep 2006 at 19:57 - 1

Now that PC Gamer is being delivered to peoples homes and information on Nightfall is being published can we get some official clarification from ANET on Nightfall details or is the information listed in the Magazine correct?

Dougal Kronik

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ontario, Canada

Glengarry Fencibles

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11 Sep 2006 at 20:08 - 2

What information is there for those of us without the magazine?

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

11 Sep 2006 at 20:10 - 3

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Originally Posted by GloryFox

Now that PC Gamer is being delivered to peoples homes and information on Nightfall is being published can we get some official clarification from ANET on Nightfall details or is the information listed in the Magazine correct?

as GAILE/ALEX have said many times

*until we make it official on the GW site it is still a rumor/subject to change*

Mordakai

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Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

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11 Sep 2006 at 20:35 - 4

I believe Glory Fox is asking about new skills for the Ritualist and Assassin in Nightfall.

Hopefully, I'll get my issue today so I can see what all the fuss is about.

GloryFox

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11 Sep 2006 at 21:13 - 5

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posted by Mordakai
I believe Glory Fox is asking about new skills for the Ritualist and Assassin in Nightfall.

Thank you but its a bit more than that. There are a lot of questions such as

"Is Marganites the same as Margonites?" "Was Marganites Misspelled?" "Do Bush Toads really like to look up the skirts of female Dervishes?"

If the Marganites Paragon monsters are the Margonites then this would shed some light on the fate of the Marganites mentioned from GWP in the Thirsty River Mission.

Also did anyone notice one of the Envoys appears as one of thoes Marganites Paragons? Maybe Messenger Vetaura is/was a Marganites Dervish? Just an off topic idea fit for another thread.

On the topic of Margonites taken from Guildwiki

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Margonites

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The Margonites were an ancient seafaring human civilization who visited the Crystal Desert 'hundreds of years' before the current time, and predated the Elonians.

In their attempts to achieve Ascension, they constructed towers in order to ascend to the gods, not realizing that it is not by physical means one may ascend. Like all others, the Margonites failed.

At the time the Margonites attempted Ascension, the Crystal Desert was mostly covered in water. Being a seafaring civilization, their architecture is primarily constructed out of (or built to resemble) parts of old ships. Their greatest concentration of settlements appears to have been in the southeast corner of the Crystal Desert near Thirsty River and Destiny's Gorge.

Note: A reference in the Strategy Guide for Guild Wars Factions mentions that there is evidence that the Luxons of Cantha made it to the Crystal Desert. Since the Luxons were seafaring people as were the Margonites, it may be possible that the Margonites and Luxons are the same people or share a common ancestry. However, there is no in-game confirmation of this relationship as neither ship styles nor building styles attributed to the Margonites are closely related to the sights we have in Cantha.

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

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11 Sep 2006 at 21:50 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by GloryFox

If the Marganite Paragon monsters are the Morgonites then this would shed some light on the fate of the Marganites mentioned from GWP in the Thirsty River Mission.

Looks like I need to replay that mish, I don't remember that. Is that one of the fallen people searching for Ascension? If so, it's possible they bacame monsters...

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Originally Posted by GloryFox

Also did anyone notice one of the Envoys appears as one of thoes Marganite Paragons? Maybe Messenger Vetaura is/was a Marganite Dervish? Just an off topic idea fit for another thread.

Again, I need to quit skipping the cinematics, and actually look at the Envoys...

Knightsaber Sith

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2006

Few Fallen Heroes [FFH]

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11 Sep 2006 at 23:32 - 7

I'm just going to point my finger at PC Format's lies in saying the pve preview event was Sep 2. No point in arguing back and forth whether or not any of the info from PC Gamer is true; just sit back and wait til Anet's ready to tell us something. And don't expect Gaile or Alex to say anything; if Anet's not ready to post it on the site; they wont have clearance to comment either.

GloryFox

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11 Sep 2006 at 23:55 - 8

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posted by Knightsaber Sith
I'm just going to point my finger at PC Format's lies in saying the pve preview event was Sep 2.

You are absolutely correct; it was wonderful of ANET to dispel that myth when it occurred. According to the PCG article it also gives a date for the PvE event so we can only hope ANET will dispel any myths the Article states.

Tetris L

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Germany

Servants of Fortuna

12 Sep 2006 at 07:14 - 9

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Originally Posted by Loviatar

as GAILE/ALEX have said many times

*until we make it official on the GW site it is still a rumor/subject to change*

I'm wondering: What's the point of ANet giving exclusive previews to magazines / websites if at the same time they tell us that we should not trust any source other than ANet themselves? ANet tell us it's only a rumor, but they started that rumor in the first place.

Plus, the information from EBgames, that Gaile told us not to trust, has meanwhile been confirmed to be correct. Obviously it was only leaked premature, and Gaile tried to hush it up.

Skuld

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12 Sep 2006 at 07:22 - 10

Vetaura:

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Image:M...er_Vetaura.jpg

RoadKill97

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12 Sep 2006 at 09:56 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knightsaber Sith

I'm just going to point my finger at PC Format's lies in saying the pve preview event was Sep 2.

I haven't seen the article, but I believe that was just a simple typo and they meant September 22.

Alex Weekes

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

Brighton, UK

12 Sep 2006 at 10:56 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knightsaber Sith

I'm just going to point my finger at PC Format's lies in saying the pve preview event was Sep 2.

That's a little harsh on PC Format. Keep in mind that magazines have a lengthy lead-in time between when text needs to be finalised and when the magazine actually lands on store shelves. It's an unfortunate fact of life with magazines that sometimes things get changed and it's too late to adjust.

Midnight08

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12 Sep 2006 at 11:20 - 13

oh and theyve confirmed the event in other posts now...

see the nightfall article on guildwiki for links, i'd posts but igtg ta work