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Tydra

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

13 Nov 2006 at 21:44 - 121

Quote:

Originally Posted by gentrinity

You can have 16 in any attribute -- as long as your headpiece has +1 to that attribute. So, my monk has a Servants Scalp which gives me +1 to healing -- if i put a Superior Healing Rune on that headpiece ... it == + 4 to Healing... I can max out healing at 16.

ah geez, how could i've been so stupid ... i've never really thought about addin the sup runes to the headpiece. i've always had a different armor part with the sup rune and the head piece as an extra attribute point. so i was using 2 armor-parts to switch a build. but instead, u can do it with only one armor part, namely the headpiece. i've been wastin money and inventory space on that 2nd armor-part for nothing :P
for example: on my necro i like to be able to switch between death, curses and blood. now i used to have headpieces for each of these, and also gloves with the sup runes for each of these.. but i'm gonna change that now, so ill safe 3 inventory spaces :P

about dagnar, the rurik killer: i think hes an ele as long as hes riding that horse-reptile thing, but when hes on foot alone, hes a warrior (since he cant fight as a warrior on top of that horse) ... lol, just a thought

last thing: in nightfall u get trade contracts sumwhen on the way. hold on to them, dont sell them. in kodash bazar u can trade 7 of them to a trader there and get a ruby/sapphire out of it ... profit! (shame i found out about this after i traded mine for runes of holding, wish sumbody had told me bout this before

)

Flash Sp

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

League of Epic Tyrians

13 Nov 2006 at 22:28 - 122

I have, seriously, become so used to people saying it is impossible to get that far and still be level one that I actually found Cottage Pie's post HILARIOUS, and when I read his correcting, I still found it somewhat funny... especially considering I personally know a lvl 1 e/me at Ring of Fire who had a thread, a runner, a screenshot, and everything.
Cottage almost solved his own problem of "How would it be possible?" when he pointed out that getting out of pre only takes about 750 exp...If done correctly, with someone else doing everything for you while you get the bare minimum experience possible, you can get to Ring of Fire at level one. There are 2 major problems: the beginning and the end. For presearing, you have to get someone else to kill the enemies for your quests. You have the job of getting away so you don't gain experience for the kills. You also have to do the bare minimum for quests: None in postsearing, I think about 5 or less in presearing. Establish your 1st profession, get your 2nd profession, and LEAVE. The tricky part would probably be the transition from pre to post without getting experience from kills... but some friends in pre could help you with that, failing the first part, and letting you sit around while they finish the 2nd part. The easier, but more expensive part, would be getting a run (probably prefferably private) from Ascalon->Beacons, Beacons->Droks/Rankor, Rankor->THK. Then another hard part... getting a group for THK. At this point, you STILL HAVE THE 750 EXP FROM LEAVING PRE. It takes 2,000 experience to level up to level 2. Letting your friends/guildies/allies do the quest for you while you stay far away, or even suicide, will allow you to not get any experience. Don't even loosely follow, as ONE KILL will set you back lots of time and lots of money. With mission only, you will have about 1,750 experience and will be at Ember Light Camp. Say "hello" to all those level 20s, thank me, and get the group to help transport you to Ring of Fire. By the way, if you get this done successfully, a nice monetary tip would be nice ;P

relt

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Atl

Odin's Hammer [OH]

R/

13 Nov 2006 at 23:46 - 123

first. chui, dont be mean

second-im sure most everyone knows this, but pressing the "up" arrow key in the chat box will go up to any previous comments entered. i know this seems like common knowledge, but i have a very experienced friend that had played the game since it came out that did not know about this till i told him in December/January.
and there was one other thing, but i cannot remember it at the moment

BladeDVD

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Hawaii

Clan Of Elders

N/

14 Nov 2006 at 01:48 - 124

You can use the windows keyboard short cuts CTRL+V (paste) CTRL+C (copy) in any area you can type text in Guild Wars, but it only works with the LEFT CTRL key.

So, want to add someone with a weird name to your party? Click on their name in the chat window. This will put their name in the whisper to box. Highlight the name then L CTRL+C to copy and L CTRL+V to paste it into the party window add member box.

Sli Ander

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Deep in Maguuma, by the Falls

Liberators of Agony

Mo/R

14 Nov 2006 at 19:04 - 125

Even though [skill=text]Heal Party[/skill] only works on party members(not even pets), [skill=text]Martyr[/skill] has a similar description and works on allies(I tested it with pets)

Jeff Highwind

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Grenth's Rejects [GR]

R/Mo

14 Nov 2006 at 19:09 - 126

During storyline convo's that appear in the chatbar, you can click on a NPC's name (ex: Margrid the Sly, Goren) and PM them. They are never online though.

Gorebrex

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

14 Nov 2006 at 21:13 - 127

Quote:

Originally Posted by BladeDVD

You can use the windows keyboard short cuts CTRL+V (paste) CTRL+C (copy) in any area you can type text in Guild Wars, but it only works with the LEFT CTRL key.

So, want to add someone with a weird name to your party? Click on their name in the chat window. This will put their name in the whisper to box. Highlight the name then L CTRL+C to copy and L CTRL+V to paste it into the party window add member box.

Had forgot about that. I told someone to do that as an easy way to add friends with odd names that made it hard to remember how to spell them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Highwind

During storyline convo's that appear in the chatbar, you can click on a NPC's name (ex: Margrid the Sly, Goren) and PM them. They are never online though.

I have Tydus, Rurik, Adelbern, Dorian, Glint, and the Lich in my friends list!

Chilly Ress

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Kinetic Fusion [kF]

Me/

14 Nov 2006 at 21:23 - 128

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flash_Sp

Some skills that do 0 damage (like distracting blow) still apply for critical hits. However, 0 times 2 = 0 so nothing happens.

How did you figure this out?

Jeff Highwind

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Grenth's Rejects [GR]

R/Mo

14 Nov 2006 at 21:24 - 129

Rurik must not respond much, being a zombie and all.

Kakumei

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Grind is subjective

learn this please

14 Nov 2006 at 22:23 - 130

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chilly Ress

How did you figure this out?

Be an assassin?

Flash Sp

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

League of Epic Tyrians

14 Nov 2006 at 22:38 - 131

My assassin is my 2nd noobest char, she is only lvl 13, my noobest char is lvl 11 rit and isnt even at kaineng center yet...
that particular tidbit i found on guildwiki back before it started getting Nightfall stuff and started running super slow lol

Chilly Ress

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Kinetic Fusion [kF]

Me/

15 Nov 2006 at 01:00 - 132

I still don't get it, yes, I am having a bad day. I am going to roll an assassin and try to understand what you meant by that.

paddes

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

15 Nov 2006 at 01:08 - 133

you can add "chuck norris" to your friends list... but he`s never online.

Karmaniac

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

15 Nov 2006 at 11:27 - 134

Little known fact #317

Contrary to popular belief there are only 4 professions in GW.

Smile Like Umean It

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

E/Rt

15 Nov 2006 at 13:55 - 135

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karmaniac

Little known fact #317

Contrary to popular belief there are only 4 professions in GW.

Wait, what? You mean I got those extra character slots for nothing?

Gorebrex

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

15 Nov 2006 at 13:55 - 136

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Highwind

Rurik must not respond much, being a zombie and all.

Not too much, unless hes asking if I have any charr(broiled heh)brains for him to eat.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karmaniac

Little known fact #317

Contrary to popular belief there are only 4 professions in GW.

W-W-WHAAT?!

Tera

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

England

Society of Souls [Argh]

E/

15 Nov 2006 at 16:30 - 137

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karmaniac

Little known fact #317

Contrary to popular belief there are only 4 professions in GW.

want to explain that a bit?

Clone

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

15 Nov 2006 at 16:33 - 138

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Skullcrasher

collector stuffs can't be upgraded or salvage for mods.

Incorrect. You can certianly put weapon mods on compatable weapons from collectors. And, since the release of nightfall, you've been able to salvage from them as well. The latter might be a bug, but if you want to test it, go to Piken Square. You can salvage both the barbed and charrslaying mods off of the sword from the collector there.

Priest Of Sin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Sitting upon Kerrigan's Throne.

Live For The Swarm [ZERG]

Me/N

15 Nov 2006 at 17:08 - 139

Little Known Fact #9187721308249247 and 1/2:

Empathy, Spiteful Spirit, Insidious Parasite, ect. do not make ranged classes run (i'm sure you've all figured that out by now, but I wanted to contribute.)

Flash Sp

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

League of Epic Tyrians

15 Nov 2006 at 21:13 - 140

If you are talking about joblike professions, then I would laugh... if it was funny... yes please explain your (probably non-serious) reasoning for this... considering i have 5 lvl 20s alone and I dont have any 2 chars with the same profession... There were 6 in prophecies alone.... lol so obviously you dont mean "class" professions....

mrmango

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Southern California

Charter Vanguard [CV]

Me/Rt

15 Nov 2006 at 23:44 - 141

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chilly Ress

I still don't get it, yes, I am having a bad day. I am going to roll an assassin and try to understand what you meant by that.

Critical strikes attribute: So and so energy per crit hit =P

disarm76

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Portugal

16 Nov 2006 at 01:15 - 142

Quote:

Originally Posted by gentrinity

You can have 16 in any attribute -- as long as your headpiece has +1 to that attribute. So, my monk has a Servants Scalp which gives me +1 to healing -- if i put a Superior Healing Rune on that headpiece ... it == + 4 to Healing... I can max out healing at 16.

Yes, and this was very useful on 55 monk.
You could swap to +4 healing head piece to cast Mending.
You could swap to +4 Divine head piece to cast blessed aura.
then put on +4 smiting head piece again and cast Balthazar spirit.

Since all those skill were enchantments they would assume the +4 attribute when casting and stay like that.

Flash Sp

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

League of Epic Tyrians

16 Nov 2006 at 03:09 - 143

Why put a special piece for balthazar's spirit? Energy gain isnt affected by smiting prayers.... idk this seems too expensive for ONE extra attribute point in each maintained enchantment... especially considering, although it wasnt as quick as the spirit bond monk, it had no probs with longer enchants.... at least, i didnt even need blessed aura...

BY THE WAY, I have heard that the old lvl 20 in pre nerf has gotten un-nerfed... there is now a title for getting lvl 20 in pre. The suicide-enemy leveling thing is back.... is this true? If so, this will definitely be one of the least known facts i have heard of..... and should i put a breakdown of titles?

Karmaniac

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

16 Nov 2006 at 05:14 - 144

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tera

want to explain that a bit?

I wished it didn't end like this since explaining a joke(?) often makes is stale. I thought most people who have PUGed would understand. You see in Factions/NF the average PUG only wants monks, tanks, eles and the MM. So if you have ever played some other profession you sometimes felt as if you weren't really there.

Buzzer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Australia

16 Nov 2006 at 06:21 - 145

Pressing Shift+F10 brings up Frame Time and Network Traffic graphs. Press Tab to switch between them.

disarm76

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Portugal

16 Nov 2006 at 07:09 - 146

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flash Sp

Why put a special piece for balthazar's spirit? Energy gain isn't affected by smiting prayers....

Because, on 55 monk, Smiting is the MAIN attribute. You finally put smiting head piece to cast Balthazar's spirit and go...farming.

Slainster

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

16 Nov 2006 at 10:30 - 147

nice list, picked a few things ive been wondering about for a while now, thanks

Flash Sp

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

League of Epic Tyrians

16 Nov 2006 at 22:21 - 148

I havent used 55 monk in so long... I used spirit bonder cuz it was faster, then i stopped troll farming cuz after the nerf it doesnt make enough money. Heh. in that case, it wouldnt be for balthazars spirit cuz that wouldnt affect anything... u just need a smiting +1 head piece and ur good to go.

Flash Sp

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

League of Epic Tyrians

17 Nov 2006 at 21:57 - 149

Can anyone verify what has been said about you now being able to be level 20 in pre once again?

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

17 Nov 2006 at 23:56 - 150

Yep you can.I tried it w/ the moa and it lvld to lvl 2

exiled mat

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

The netherlands > friesland > balk

[JAMM] Justified Ancients of Moo Moo

E/Me

18 Nov 2006 at 00:15 - 151

You can move around in some cutscenes
click here for my evidence

, my little cute dervish in the background (not supposed to be there :P)

I let you guy's and girls find it out on your own OR post how to do it tomorrow after 6.00 gmt+1

i hope the don't fix it, because it's funny to do, and you don't gain anything from it but some fun

Sli Ander

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Deep in Maguuma, by the Falls

Liberators of Agony

Mo/R

18 Nov 2006 at 00:36 - 152

Here's another: Stefan's 'Charge' has a duration of 10 seconds, Little Thom's is 9. Just short of a constant speed boost when they chain them.
[wiki]"Charge!"[/wiki]

Flash Sp

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

League of Epic Tyrians

20 Nov 2006 at 00:27 - 153

Like, bump?

Jeff Highwind

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Grenth's Rejects [GR]

R/Mo

20 Nov 2006 at 00:51 - 154

I've noticed somthing odd with weapon mods. If you ID a weapon and salvage the mod it's worth 25g at a merchant. However if you salvage the weapon for the mod first THEN Id it, the mod price will be boosted to 48g.

Get a little more bang for those blues you pick up.

Imaginos

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

20 Nov 2006 at 02:13 - 155

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Highwind

I've noticed somthing odd with weapon mods. If you ID a weapon and salvage the mod it's worth 25g at a merchant. However if you salvage the weapon for the mod first THEN Id it, the mod price will be boosted to 48g.

Get a little more bang for those blues you pick up.

You can do the following too:

ID Item
Extract Mod which is now 25g.
ID Mod to make it worth more then 25g.

This is really only good at lower levels as purples and blues start being worth more then the mod that is salvaged from them, with the caveat that you are merchanting them.

Flash Sp

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

League of Epic Tyrians

20 Nov 2006 at 22:57 - 156

Why must I BUMP this thread now? This thing used to bump itself constantly... *sigh* I guess people have forgotten about the little known facts thread...

Elbereth_Tiniquetil

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

Adelaide, Australia

Holy Champions of Justice

N/Mo

21 Nov 2006 at 00:10 - 157

Sorry if this has been said before,

Pre-searing
If you go outside the abbey in pre-searing and look in at the shrine you can see a ghost

You can find a hidden ruin near Fort Ranik behind some trees is a secret entrance.

You can look at various NPC underwear i.e. and some even have secret messages from dev

You can death level your characters in pre-searing, just pull a Strider/ Charr to a res shrine and let them kill you after some deaths they level up then if you kill them you get more xp.

When in pre, over the wall, if you get any casters in the groups of charr if you pull and then run so that the Malay NPC’s withdraw if you wait, the caster NPC will engage you one at a time, makes for easy solo over the wall.

You can stand with the king viewing the Charr frontal assault

You can use runes on your armour in pre, just need to find a player with the sup salvage kit; will cost 30k to 80k for one use.

You can farm ale in pre-searing from the bear hunters near Fort Ranik if you are after the drinking title.

You can tame a bear in pre, just have 2nd player aggro the bear, you stay just out or aggro range. On the bears 4th attack it will use brutal maul skill. When the bear uses the maul skill you cast charm. The 2nd player who has the aggro should start running in the opposite direction as soon as the bear starts the maul attack so that they pull the bear away. If you time it you will get the bear.

After searing
Many quests like the ashes/ cap son can be done many times just put the item they give you into storage and repeat the quest you can then repeat many times and sell the items for 100g to 4k for fast cash.

bsumlin

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Stewards of the Ancient Rites [STAR]

Rt/

21 Nov 2006 at 04:03 - 158

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Bunny

I don't have exact numbers for this, but this statement seems grossly incorrect.

Consider that there are at over 100 zones in Cantha (source: http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Locations_(Factions)). If your radar really displayed 1% of the total world map, each zone would be, on average, no larger than a single radar.

I suspect your estimate of the radar's size is off by several orders of magnitude.

Dunno if anyone's destroyed you on this yet...there aren't over 100 zones in Cantha. That list not only lists zones and missions, but points of interest WITHIN zones. To wit: The Shrine of Maat is a small temple within the zone Sunqa Vale. Also keep in mind that many missions share zones with explorables. So maybe do your research before you call someone out, or maybe work on math skills.

The Grandmaster Cartography guide on the wiki states the relative size of your radar vs. the world map:
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Grandma...tography_Guide (halfway down, under "The Math")

We don't see you rampaging over there to correct anyone, but in order to aviod hypocracy maybe you should?

I applaud the OP for starting this thread, regardless of the derision it's recieved. I'm a seasoned player and I didn't know that you could split stacks up by holding shift while you drag, or that ctrl+enter put someone's name in the whisper box. Let's continue to add neat tidbits to this thread!

Phoenix Arrows

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

With many other ugly people

We Are All Pretty [ugly]

R/

21 Nov 2006 at 05:38 - 159

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viruzzz

the last for minutes. not seconds....

no items in your inventory will work in PvP, it would be unfair to get rid of DP, or have an unlimited energy engine for necro's. some wont work even in explorable areas (like the rice cake)

the 2 heroes in tyria and cantha are by no means uncommon knowledge, almost everyone knows about them

alot of these are actually false.

a hammer has more DPS than both a sword and an axe,
the radar is a hell of a lot smaller than 1% of any map
distracting blow doesn't do damage, it doesn't do 0 damage, it doesn't hit at all

how about this one
in skill descriptions, "adjacent", and "adjacent to foe" are 2 different ranges, even though they sound similar

Actually, Distracting Blow DOES hit. It doesn't do any damage though. A way to test this is by using a Vampiric Weapon and using Distracting Blow on something. You will not see any damage number, but you will see a 3 for a life-steal of 3 from the Vampiric Upgrade.

Mr Bunny

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

21 Nov 2006 at 05:51 - 160

Quote:

Originally Posted by bsumlin

That list not only lists zones and missions, but points of interest WITHIN zones.

Fair enough. Counting only explorable areas and towns on the overworld map in Cantha, there are 88 distinct zones.

With these numbers, my argument still holds: if the radar really did show 1% of the overworld Canthan map, then the average zone would be no larger than 1.13 radars.

It's obvious that the typical Canthan zone is larger than 1.13 radars, so the OP's old claim (that the radar is 1% of the Canthan world map) cannot possibly be true.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bsumlin

The Grandmaster Cartography guide on the wiki states the relative size of your radar vs. the world map

Thanks for pointing that out. I'll make the correction on guildwiki as well.

I think it's worth noting that guildwiki listed no reasoning or justification for their "1%" claim. If there are people who still believe this claim is true, I'd welcome them to expand on how they obtained the number in the first place, so that I can point out where they are wrong.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bsumlin

I applaud the OP for starting this thread

This is a great thread, and cheers to the OP for starting it. I'm glad that people on guru can share their knowledge to help each other learn about the game.

To this end, I think a thread of correct facts is more useful than a thread of facts mixed with disproven rumors. Wouldn't you agree?

To add further to the thread:

If you cast a self-heal while under a hex like Backfire, Spiteful Spirit, or Soul Leech, the hex damage will be applied before the healing.