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Jaythen Tyradel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

13 Mar 2007 at 20:56 - 921

Quote:

Originally Posted by FoxBat

No. It's just a number on a hard drive and can be changed at will, else you'd never be able to delete characters.

I have asked this question myself and the answers I have seen make sense.
Your character creation looks/style is "hardcoded" to that character, not the account. From what I understand it was created as such part of the games security measure for the info your account uses. I know MANY, MANY ppl, posts, threads, have been discussed about the disadvantage of this system and is one function that many would like to see changed in the future.

FoxBat

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Amazon Basin [AB]

Mo/Me

13 Mar 2007 at 21:26 - 922

"Security purposes" makes no sense. How is appearance supposed to secure anything? Character name + creation time already gives a unique identifier.

Sometimes games use checksums generated by character data in order to prevent character file corruption from errors, but typically those are based on data that *changes*, since the changes are what you need to ensure are correct. They could cordon off data which is static such as character name, creation time, and appearance to a separate file for efficiency purposes since this never needs to be updated, but it's already shown they have the capacity to grow dynamic account data with the addition of hero inventories and such, it wouldn't be hard to put the appearance data in this new spot.

Alot of MMOs have people wishing you could change your character's appearance after creation. I don't know one that lets you do so. The technical hurdles are small and the conceptual ones large.

Bill_san

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2007

The legendary Kings [TLK]

W/Mo

13 Mar 2007 at 21:48 - 923

for your info
guildwars eye of the north
is a registered trademark, and so is
guild wars 2

BOTH were registered BEFORE guildwars factions was registered.

eye of the north is most probably the original name of factions (or propheses)

I did a seach using DNS tools to find which domain names were hosted on the same name server of guildwars.com
follow this link to do it yourself
http://www.dnsdigger.com/?host=guildwars.com

there are 173 hosts (domain names) listed.
a couple of them can not be accounted for as they only link back to the ncsoft home page, or simply dont seem to exist.
these include
landsofaden.com
thecelestialwar.com
neomagi.com

there are loads of others.

this is the best place to check when a new guildwars web address has been registered and gone live
it may happen a few days before any official notification goes out. this is due to the fact that it can take up to 48hrs for the name server to propergate around the world.
keep a look out. this may be where the first sign appears

The Great Al

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

ALOA

E/Me

13 Mar 2007 at 21:57 - 924

where do you see anything about eye of the north on that site?

The Great Al

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

ALOA

E/Me

13 Mar 2007 at 22:43 - 925

this site claims that eyeofthenorth.net was created on feb 20th, 2007

http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d...enorth&tld=net

Jaythen Tyradel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

14 Mar 2007 at 02:14 - 926

Quote:

Originally Posted by FoxBat

"Security purposes" makes no sense. How is appearance supposed to secure anything? Character name + creation time already gives a unique identifier.

Sometimes games use checksums generated by character data in order to prevent character file corruption from errors, but typically those are based on data that *changes*, since the changes are what you need to ensure are correct. They could cordon off data which is static such as character name, creation time, and appearance to a separate file for efficiency purposes since this never needs to be updated, but it's already shown they have the capacity to grow dynamic account data with the addition of hero inventories and such, it wouldn't be hard to put the appearance data in this new spot.

Alot of MMOs have people wishing you could change your character's appearance after creation. I don't know one that lets you do so. The technical hurdles are small and the conceptual ones large.

I know, it doesn't make sense on why it was done this way, but that is the reason behind it. The hurdles to change may be larger since it was planned and programmed that way. Either way you may want to look at it, short sighted programming or mistaken planning idea, it would be nice to if this were changed.

Vahn Roi

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2006

[HiDE]

14 Mar 2007 at 03:24 - 927

sounds neat, I doubt I'll be with the series that far in the future though...

DutchGun

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Washington, USA

14 Mar 2007 at 06:09 - 928

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaythen Tyradel

I know, it doesn't make sense on why it was done this way, but that is the reason behind it. The hurdles to change may be larger since it was planned and programmed that way. Either way you may want to look at it, short sighted programming or mistaken planning idea, it would be nice to if this were changed.

I'm not sure I'd really buy that. All that information is almost certainly just tables in some sort of database - probably a commercial one, since those are engineered with high demands like these in mind. And any information in a database can be easily altered.

My guess is that it's simply a matter of not being a big enough priority for anet to put the necessary resources into this. It seems like this would require a substantially complex user interface (similar to character creation - since you'd want to be able to preview any changes). It could be that issues prevent the code used in character creation screen is not so easily reused in-game, or something like that.

Anyhow, just more speculation in a thread filled with nothing but speculation. Woot!

Jaythen Tyradel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

14 Mar 2007 at 13:26 - 929

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TiNkLeR

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Portugal

14 Mar 2007 at 13:34 - 930

One Day!!!! 1 Day!!!!!!!! One Dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Guildmaster Cain

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

Guildmistress Eve [Me], Guildmistress Azura [N], Guildmistress Azumi [A], Guildmistress Jaina [D]

Guildmaster Aeron [Rt], Arthas Ironfist [W], Guild: The Tyrian Templars [TTT]

14 Mar 2007 at 14:15 - 931

I bet we get:

-NO new characters/ starter isle
-10 new heroes (1 of each profession)
-2 new armor sets, for every profession
-Gwen will still remain a mystery
-The map will be north of Ascalon/Kryta, maybe it will be on the same map as the already existing one.
-We finally get to see the elusive Tombs of Drascir

tortugan

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

[DVDF]

14 Mar 2007 at 15:47 - 932

Cain I so hope you're right about the first thing, no new Profs ftw!

Chiaro

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

[NoiR]

E/Mo

14 Mar 2007 at 15:55 - 933

I think we're getting the news April 3rd. If you read Gaile's post, she says they're going to begin shipping March 15th. It's hitting news stands April 3rd.

Just to clarify.

wacked_1

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Your Going Home In An Ambulance

14 Mar 2007 at 16:08 - 934

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chiaro

I think we're getting the news April 3rd. If you read Gaile's post, she says they're going to begin shipping March 15th. It's hitting news stands April 3rd.

Just to clarify.

yup your right it does hit news stands april 3rd, however people who are subscribed to the mag get it in there post on march 15th. im guessing that guildwars.com will post info about the new game the day the mag comes out which will be...

Quote:

Originally Posted by TiNkLeR

One Day!!!! 1 Day!!!!!!!! One Dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

hehe thanks TiNkLeR

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

14 Mar 2007 at 16:13 - 935

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chiaro

I think we're getting the news April 3rd. If you read Gaile's post, she says they're going to begin shipping March 15th. It's hitting news stands April 3rd.

Just to clarify.

you need reading comprehension 101 very basis.

I SUBSCRIBE

mine has been in the system for days already and if real lucky could get it late today.

Gaile says the 15th is the target date for DELIVERY for subscribers.

the posted dates are NEWSTAND dates since not everybody subscribes.

i always get my issue at least 2 weeks AHEAD of the newstand

just to clarify

Chiaro

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

[NoiR]

E/Mo

14 Mar 2007 at 16:16 - 936

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loviatar

you need reading comprehension 101 very basis.

I SUBSCRIBE

mine has been in the system for days already and if real lucky could get it late today.

Gaile says the 15th is the target date for DELIVERY for subscribers.

the posted dates are NEWSTAND dates since not everybody subscribes.

i always get my issue at least 2 weeks AHEAD of the newstand

just to clarify

Ah. That helps.

I was confused. :P

wacked_1

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Your Going Home In An Ambulance

14 Mar 2007 at 16:40 - 937

*narator style*
"only 1 day remains till the unvailing of gw chapter 4....

will subscribers mags arrive on time for the 15th?

is all this talk about guild wars 2 true?

is the next gw chapter really called eye of the north?

will this forum reach 1000 comments by tommorow?

and will i ever stop with the questions?

well the answer is yes i have stopped with the questionare, but for the rest of the quistions we can only wait till the magical march 15th to find out...

Aerian_Skybane

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

House of Caeruleous [HoC]

R/E

14 Mar 2007 at 18:08 - 938

Man. I have never felt this much suspense about GW, even when they announced Factions. Its nerve wracking! Tommorow is going to be like an explosion of fury and information as tommorow (hopefully) is when some subscribers that participate on this forum will get the mag, and also the scribe will be releasing info on the special thigns going on this weekend!

Now, I must ask, that please please please, anyone that posts please prove with pics of the mag in hand, as I am quite sure there might be an attempt to hoax it

. I don't want to have to wade through all that for the facts.

wacked_1

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Your Going Home In An Ambulance

14 Mar 2007 at 18:34 - 939

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aerian_Skybane

Man. I have never felt this much suspense about GW, even when they announced Factions. Its nerve wracking! Tommorow is going to be like an explosion of fury and information as tommorow (hopefully) is when some subscribers that participate on this forum will get the mag, and also the scribe will be releasing info on the special thigns going on this weekend!

Now, I must ask, that please please please, anyone that posts please prove with pics of the mag in hand, as I am quite sure there might be an attempt to hoax it

. I don't want to have to wade through all that for the facts.

yes if you do get the mag please post all the info you can, if you can actually be bothered typing the whole article about gw4 would be highly appreciated. lol that way us non-subscribers can read it word for word as if we had the mag ourselves

it would take a while but means that we can all continue to discuss whats been said about it in this forum.

Dahl

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Ontario, Canada

Exalted Legionnaires [ExL]

14 Mar 2007 at 18:39 - 940

I think this whole thread is bs. In q3 2007 the next campaign is a full campaign called Utopia. They aren't making dinky expansions like that.

Kos Luftar

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

Canada

Scars Meadows

W/Mo

14 Mar 2007 at 18:53 - 941

The news will be that "WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET AN UGLY MINITURE" thats the big news people.

J/k...I got to stop visiting forums every 3 minutes.

Meat Axe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Brisbane, Australia

R/

14 Mar 2007 at 21:00 - 942

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dahl

I think this whole thread is bs. In q3 2007 the next campaign is a full campaign called Utopia. They aren't making dinky expansions like that.

What page are you on? Utopia got disproved months ago... Like a week after that rumoured started, which was around Christmas, I believe. Also, Gaile has already commented that some of the Inquirer article is true, some false, some misleading. Basically that's all we know until subscribers start getting their PC Gamer magazines tomorrow (I think). Hope that brings you up to speed with what's been going on.

Hanok Odbrook

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Tyria

Real Millennium Group

Mo/N

14 Mar 2007 at 21:06 - 943

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill_san

for your info
guildwars eye of the north
is a registered trademark, and so is
guild wars 2

BOTH were registered BEFORE guildwars factions was registered.

eye of the north is most probably the original name of factions (or propheses)

I did a seach using DNS tools to find which domain names were hosted on the same name server of guildwars.com
follow this link to do it yourself
http://www.dnsdigger.com/?host=guildwars.com

there are 173 hosts (domain names) listed.
a couple of them can not be accounted for as they only link back to the ncsoft home page, or simply dont seem to exist.
these include
landsofaden.com
thecelestialwar.com
neomagi.com

there are loads of others.

this is the best place to check when a new guildwars web address has been registered and gone live
it may happen a few days before any official notification goes out. this is due to the fact that it can take up to 48hrs for the name server to propergate around the world.
keep a look out. this may be where the first sign appears

Actually Bill, Eye of the North is the most recent filing in the Trademark office. Factions was filed in 12/05 and Nightfall in 4/06. Eye of the North was just registered this month. C1 was always just named Guild Wars - the Prophecies moniker wasn't attached until Factions was released and the plotlines began their tie-in.

We should be going by the records in the Trademark office as they will be more accurate and official than any listing for a web domain. Anyone can register for a domain in about 5 minutes on the web - the process for a Trademark is a bit more time consuming and costly.

Hanok Odbrook
Real Millennium Group Guild
Truth * Knowledge * Peace

wacked_1

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Your Going Home In An Ambulance

14 Mar 2007 at 21:56 - 944

i thought Guild Wars Utopia sounded like a great name, however every game has a plot usually or always ,in the case of gw, where evil breaks out and good has to fight hopefully good winning (unless your the bad guy

hehe)
so anyway the definition of utopia is a paradise or a perfect land, maybe heaven is a good example. so how could an evil break out in a place such as utopia? where it is supposed to perfect. although maybe that was the point of the game. maybe it is to show even in a place such as a utopia bad things can still happen

however Guild Wars Eye of the North is a great name i think (sorry if you tend to disagree) but still we dont know if either Utopia or EotN are even real. if anet have registered a website called eyeofthenorth.com or org whatever it was then maybe when gaile said a bit of it was misleading it was the fact the GW2 is called EotN. because assuming that chapter 4 is called EotN i just dont see why they would go through the trouble of making a separate website for it. i mean did they ever make a website called factions.com? or nightfall.com? maybe Eyeofthenorth.com is the future guildwars2 website. personally i doubt it but it is one of the thoughts thats been rushing through my head...

Kos Luftar

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

Canada

Scars Meadows

W/Mo

14 Mar 2007 at 22:34 - 945

i think they made it eyeofthenorth.org so it is shorter becuase guildwarseyeofthenorth.com is long.

sprakula

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2007

Dude Enterprises

R/Me

15 Mar 2007 at 01:30 - 946

http://guildwarsutopia.com/ now redirects to the official guild wars site.

Sorry if it's already been said, didn't want to wade through 43 pages to find out.

Neriandal Freit

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Spiral of The Red Rose, Kryta (Columbus, IN)

Heros of Titans Realm [HotR]

E/

15 Mar 2007 at 01:49 - 947

Quote:

Originally Posted by sprakula

http://guildwarsutopia.com/ now redirects to the official guild wars site.

Sorry if it's already been said, didn't want to wade through 43 pages to find out.

This is one of the few occasions people on this thread (and sometimes forum) will see me say, this holds true.

I attempted it my self, also I applied www.guildwarsfactions.com to this, and got the same result. I attempted the same but with money at the end, this did not send me to the official Guildwars Site.

Guildmaster Cain

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

Guildmistress Eve [Me], Guildmistress Azura [N], Guildmistress Azumi [A], Guildmistress Jaina [D]

Guildmaster Aeron [Rt], Arthas Ironfist [W], Guild: The Tyrian Templars [TTT]

15 Mar 2007 at 09:26 - 948

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kos Luftar

The news will be that "WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET AN UGLY MINITURE" thats the big news people.

J/k...I got to stop visiting forums every 3 minutes.

Ugly is just in the eye of the beholder, I do like it. But I hope manhy ppl think its ugly, so I can buy it cheap.

Duke Bonebreaker

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

Order Of The Black Talons

W/Mo

15 Mar 2007 at 16:33 - 949

I find it very ugly as well

thezed

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2006

Iowa, USA

HoTR

15 Mar 2007 at 16:36 - 950

I find it lovably ugly. Can't wait to get one.

Chiaro

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

[NoiR]

E/Mo

15 Mar 2007 at 16:39 - 951

I usually get my mail about now(12pm Eastern). Hopefully someone gets it.

J snukka

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

New York

15 Mar 2007 at 16:43 - 952

I cant do my homework because every now and then im checking this section for the pc gamer info.

Winstar

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

London

15 Mar 2007 at 16:43 - 953

I was just wondering about this myself...I know there was a thread somewhere about posting info on the mag but I'll be damned if I can find it now...

Aerian_Skybane

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

House of Caeruleous [HoC]

R/E

15 Mar 2007 at 16:59 - 954

It was deleted after a while as per what Inde said he would do after getting a couple people to PM him with the PC Gamer info.

wacked_1

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Your Going Home In An Ambulance

15 Mar 2007 at 17:02 - 955

haha lol the big day has finally arrived but no info on the new game yet. *sigh* checked guildwars.com, gw guru and guild wiki which usually gets loads of info fast because the site relies on fans so you would have thought there would be some on there... oh well hopefully someone can post some info on here otherwise waiting is all we can do...

H The Dunedain

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Fellowship Of Flanders

Rt/Mo

15 Mar 2007 at 17:04 - 956

i doubt there will be a complete new saga, i believe Anet once said before factions was launched they'd just keep making new stand-alone campaign. it's possible that there is 100 years between eye of the north and the next chapter/next saga, but i doubt it's going to be a new saga. btw i think guildwarsutopia was the project name of campaign 4 (eye of the north) but i think eye of the north is the name of guild wars campaign 4, they said (1 week before party search and reconnect) that information about the new campaign already was on the internet, the same time guildwarsutopia.com was launched (and had a guildwars utopia content) now eye of the north is announced, guildwarsutopia.com is just the homepage of guildwars.com

(btw lucky you, our magazine with the information comes out in may :s)

cthulhu reborn

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

the Netherlands

W/Mo

15 Mar 2007 at 17:07 - 957

Apparently it's not certain whether the mags are due to arrive today or are being sent out today....meaning they won't arrive before tomorrow. Time, unfortunately, will tell...

Inde

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2004

15 Mar 2007 at 17:20 - 958

The magazines are set to ship on March 15th. A few may receive it tomorrow based on their location but most likely the majority will receive them the first part of next week. Unless of course someone sneaks one out of the corporate office.

Calling customer service though they'll only tell you that subscribers should receive them by the 1st of April.

devils wraths

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

the fianna [fi]

E/Mo

15 Mar 2007 at 17:23 - 959

gaile said utopia is for an unnaounced project in her last chat

H The Dunedain

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Fellowship Of Flanders

Rt/Mo

15 Mar 2007 at 17:37 - 960

i think gwwiki had something about a npc speaking about enemies who come across the sea or something like that, in watchtower coast, NORTH of kryta, near that EYE mission

btw, i don't think they'll waitfor 2009-2010 for the next chapter, they'd loose way to many players, and every chapter has better gfx then the previous one imo. also 50 PvE skills? the best part of guild wars is the PvP, why PvE skills then? (that only leaves us 100 skills for 8/10 profs in pvp) that are probably the 'lies'