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lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

Odin's Hammer [OH] - Servant's of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

04 Jul 2007 at 20:41 - 81

Im not trying to convince you of anything but that your argument has no legs to stand on. What little data you have, I also have no quarrel with. I know things drop more frequently in newby land, it's not the point. Saying loot scaling has been removed based on very limited anecdotal evidence is ridiculous. Sure, call em up... it's about the only way you'll ever know. If they tell you anything that is, and they won't.
I do however thank you for the humorous irony of your inferring I am ignorant given the conversation. Thanks for the other thread but it also doesn't prove or even support that loot scaling has been 'removed'. Yup, I believe it may or may not be active in newby lands in normal but again, neither one of us knows the code (and I at least recognize this).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curse You

Well useless trying to convince a person who decided long before they even posted. What do you want me to do, call up a person who works on loot scaling and ask them? Testing in game is the closest thing to data we can usually get.

Oh by the way. I used to kill Mantid before they introduced Loot Scaling. Back then, the Mantid almost always dropped something. Occasionally one might not drop anything, but that was rare. Might not be in a neat little chart like you'd like, but it was done before Loot Scaling. If you don't trust my memory, then too bad for you, I happen to have a very good memory. Otherwise, as they say; ignorance is bliss.

P.S. Look at this thread. http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10171465

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

05 Jul 2007 at 01:49 - 82

Mind if i point out this has gone way off topic

Reminder of topic : Dragon Fest 07

I'm so happy to have a festival this year as i have only been playing 7months and missed last years

I also can't stand the whiners
If you've said anything about "just another AFK weekend" you need to try and wiki it after it starts as only 2 of the things in the whole festival are best played AFK

Thanks you Anet means alot to get the events and new contents

SlippyJack

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

W/R

05 Jul 2007 at 02:07 - 83

I'm with everyone else....who's normal...

Have no gold because of Loot Scaling, but can't wait for Festival...

Don't know how to take the 250 victory tokens for a hat thing.... Hopefully tokens drop like the Jade wind orbs did. Otherwise, I have to do some PVP, but I get to stressed out about playing with others.

X Cytherea X

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

A/Mo

05 Jul 2007 at 02:19 - 84

hooray, i can run around and do renamed versions of Shock, Windborne Speed, and an instant-kill Lightning Orb.

dsnesnintendo

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

chinese food

N/Mo

05 Jul 2007 at 03:29 - 85

First off: ty anet for this festival seeing as you have a lot to deal with like gw2 and gwen
second yay dragon arena is the best i love dodgeball
third crap kept 198 wind orbs for nothing
forth: the mask looks odd should be the head of a grasp of insanity
finally love boardwalk games

Curse You

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

South Pole

The Magus Order

N/Mo

05 Jul 2007 at 06:07 - 86

Personally, I don't care too much since I'll be spending most of the weekend doing stuff. First I have to go to a wake for a relative, then I have to go to my father's wedding (that's right, I said father's).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keithark

His point is that he has no money, he has no money because you can no longer farm trolls, mino's, etc and sell off all the white, purp, and gold drops to merch and make any money because they drop so few items. Yes you can kill low levels and get drops, that is fine but each drop is worth 3 gold so it is pointless. Bottom line is most ppl I know never bought gold online, bu now since loot scalling I know lots of people who have had to do it to get the stuff they previously just farmed for. The new Loot scaling deal is a bust it didn't work and it will not work (unless they also make materials cheap and no armor not cost over 1k a piece) OR THEY COULD JUST GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAAS WHICH WAS FINE!!!!

First of all, it's better now since bot gold farmers are so inefficient that they've had to cut back. As well, its brought the price of many things down a good amount.
Unless these people are continuously buying 15k armour and Crytaline swords, they shouldn't be having trouble with money. Sounds to me more like they don't want to work for their stuff, which is probably the most common reason for people buying gold.
I myself, have had very little trouble with money. I bought some 15k armour and even created and paid for a new character since Loot scaling was implemented. Hard Mode wasn't implemented just for challenge, it has some nice loot that you can farm.

Jongo River

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

05 Jul 2007 at 11:04 - 87

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curse You

I have to go to my father's wedding (that's right, I said father's).

Give my regards to the groom... and your father.

(Sorry, couldn't resist)

Quote:

Originally Posted by SlippyJack

Don't know how to take the 250 victory tokens for a hat thing.... Hopefully tokens drop like the Jade wind orbs did. Otherwise, I have to do some PVP, but I get to stressed out about playing with others.

Blast - I came here to mock the inevitable whining

and then spotted that. I really hope you're right - I detest PvP (even novelty PvP) and the boardwalk "games", so I really hope the victory tokens have replaced orbs and are handed out as quest rewards, else I won't be getting the hat.

Still looking forward to it, though.

WinterSnowblind

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

05 Jul 2007 at 13:43 - 88

Last year, simply completing the quests would give you enough to get the mask, and the missions gave quite a lot too. This year there's even more missions, so it shouldn't be a problem. And remember, it's never been difficult to get the hats before, they always make it so everyone can get them.

TreeDude

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Buffalo, NY, USA

Dragon Storm

E/Mo

05 Jul 2007 at 14:12 - 89

Damn, and I am going to be away on business all weekend. Being grown up sucks. Why couldn't they have had this on the 4th? I played for a good 6 hours yesterday because of the day off.

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

05 Jul 2007 at 14:31 - 90

Quote:

Originally Posted by TreeDude

Damn, and I am going to be away on business all weekend. Being grown up sucks. Why couldn't they have had this on the 4th? I played for a good 6 hours yesterday because of the day off.

A week would have been good. I couldn't play yesterday, as I was away with family the whole day.

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

Odin's Hammer [OH] - Servant's of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

05 Jul 2007 at 16:05 - 91

You guys do know that afk farming got nerfed right? you get logged off and rolled back.

Pkest

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Hooded Reavers of Eternal Life(Ankh)

R/

05 Jul 2007 at 16:21 - 92

Quote:

Originally Posted by lennymon

You guys do know that afk farming got nerfed right? you get logged off and rolled back.

Sorry but you're wrong. The rollbacks were caused by a bug that allowed a player to interact in a certain way with a particular npc and cause error 7 for a given district. The bug was fixed and the way servers update data was changed to make sure that no more than 5 minutes would be lost in the event of an error 7 while afking on rings.

bwillcox

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

05 Jul 2007 at 17:41 - 93

I have several Prophecies and Nightfall characters and would like to have one or more of them participate in the Dragon Festival. Is there some way to get them to Shing Jea? I have all three campaigns on the account and can get them over to Cantha, just don't know how to get onto the island with them.

Hyper Cutter

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Knights of the White Eye [HINA]

05 Jul 2007 at 18:18 - 94

Quote:

Originally Posted by bwillcox

I have several Prophecies and Nightfall characters and would like to have one or more of them participate in the Dragon Festival. Is there some way to get them to Shing Jea? I have all three campaigns on the account and can get them over to Cantha, just don't know how to get onto the island with them.

talk to [wiki]First Mate Xiang[/wiki], the rest should be self-explanatory...

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

05 Jul 2007 at 22:20 - 95

I have every time for the missions in my OutLook Calander and will do every mission as many times as i can and for every time slot
I will likely be napping by Sunday lol so will do some AFK'ing but mainly the festival is new missions and atmosphere to me

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

R/

05 Jul 2007 at 22:58 - 96

I think it looks pretty much exactly like what it's intended to look like.

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Image:Scythe_of_Chaos.JPG

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

05 Jul 2007 at 23:10 - 97

Must admitt when i first saw the mask i thought "WTF IS THAT!!!"

But it has grown on me alot
Thanks for the reasearch into where we think its come from

Noz Crow

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

R/Mo

05 Jul 2007 at 23:47 - 98

Hey can someone post a pic of the mask and descriptions of the quests. I am at work and all the good stuff like guildwars.com are blocked. Thx

bhavv

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2006

06 Jul 2007 at 00:27 - 99

I hate weekend events since I work thurs - sun.

Drop of Fear

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/

06 Jul 2007 at 07:37 - 100

side note. it all started in shing jea

Coca Cola Lover

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Save the Dolyaks (NUKE)

R/W

06 Jul 2007 at 07:40 - 101

Last year's was okay, but it was honestly nothing special. I have to admit I enjoyed the minigames, though. =D

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

06 Jul 2007 at 09:03 - 102

Got to love what can be done with a few planks of wood, some card and a little imagination

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

06 Jul 2007 at 09:22 - 103

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeniM

Got to love what can be done with a few planks of wood, some card and a little imagination

Lol, I'm also loving the home-made torment claws in Shing Jea Monastery

Drop of Fear

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/

06 Jul 2007 at 09:25 - 104

warning warning. the quest "Darkness at Kaitan" is absolutly a dream to farm serpent axes.
do that quest HM. there are 12 Lesser Grasps who drop these axes in the cave.
kill (or solo) all the nagas then clear Raiyan Cave alone.
had 1 req9 and a req12 gold serpent axe by far

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

06 Jul 2007 at 09:53 - 105

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drop of Fear

warning warning. the quest "Darkness at Kaitan" is absolutly a dream to farm serpent axes.
do that quest HM. there are 12 Lesser Grasps who drop these axes in the cave.
kill (or solo) all the nagas then clear Raiyan Cave alone.
had 1 req9 and a req12 gold serpent axe by far

Aww i done that one

Whats with the . . .
QUOTE from ingame : WTS VISTORY TOKENS 241 FOR 45K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They worth 20g at the merchant (via the collector for wine)
This pic shows WTS @ 165g each !!!!

Roshi_ikkyu

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

Mo/W

06 Jul 2007 at 10:07 - 106

Suprised there isn't a complete guide yet done up for Guru.

WinterSnowblind

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

06 Jul 2007 at 10:09 - 107

I'm a little confused by the missions. Do they all start in Shin Jea Monastary, or do you actually have to go to the Explorable Areas?

Drop of Fear

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/

06 Jul 2007 at 10:10 - 108

Captain Rujiyo will call heroes to arms for certain missions on a daily basis at the times listed below. The missions will be active for 30 minutes after the call goes out.

Rujiyo in Shing Jea. the first one is supposed to start in 50 minutes

Bubba

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

Netherlands

port sledge snow cones [COLD]

06 Jul 2007 at 10:18 - 109

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drop of Fear

Captain Rujiyo will call heroes to arms for certain missions on a daily basis at the times listed below. The missions will be active for 30 minutes after the call goes out.

Rujiyo in Shing Jea. the first one is supposed to start in 50 minutes

Either it's late or Anet missed an hour I guess. So far it hasn't started yet (EU district english 7), but the EU GW sites say 11 GMT, that should be 20 minutes ago right?

Jebus

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Belgium

Legion of Sacred Light [LSL]

W/

06 Jul 2007 at 10:20 - 110

They're not late, and they didn't miss an hour. It's only 10:19 GMT times when I'm posting this. The UK went on hour forward with Summertime....

Drop of Fear

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/

06 Jul 2007 at 10:20 - 111

^ that's because we still need to wait 40minutes

Bubba

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

Netherlands

port sledge snow cones [COLD]

06 Jul 2007 at 10:22 - 112

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jebus

They're not late, and they didn't miss an hour. It's only 10:19 GMT times when I'm posting this. The UK went on hour forward with Summertime....

....Did I miss something? I'm a Dutchy here, GMT +1. My clock says 12:20

Drop of Fear

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/

06 Jul 2007 at 10:25 - 113

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bubba

....Did I miss something? I'm a Dutchy here, GMT +1. My clock says 12:20

u're gmt+2 now due to daylight savings.

Razorwood

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Newcastle (Ish)

Xcoh

N/

06 Jul 2007 at 10:27 - 114

The UK is really BST, not GMT.

This site is quite handy for working out the different zones:

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/tim...ondon/time.htm

I'm glad the UK is an hour ahead I get home at 4pm on Fridays, so that means I can try mission 2, before mission 1.

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

06 Jul 2007 at 10:41 - 115

NOoooooooooooo i need to move all my events in OutLook forward an hour lol

Razorwood

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Newcastle (Ish)

Xcoh

N/

06 Jul 2007 at 10:42 - 116

Just be thankful it's not an hour behind :P

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

06 Jul 2007 at 10:51 - 117

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razorwood

Just be thankful it's not an hour behind :P

I did check at 10am but on the plus side i now have 250 tokens

Razorwood

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Newcastle (Ish)

Xcoh

N/

06 Jul 2007 at 10:57 - 118

If it was an hour behind it would of been at 9am, and congrats.

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

06 Jul 2007 at 11:12 - 119

Did anyone else just get OWNED? or is it just me

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razorwood

If it was an hour behind it would of been at 9am, and congrats.

11am - 1hour = 9am More super maths on Guru

Bubba

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

Netherlands

port sledge snow cones [COLD]

06 Jul 2007 at 11:15 - 120

I got to the second portal, but that was it. I'm curious to know what the rewards are for those missions.