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thezed

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2006

Iowa, USA

HoTR

10 Oct 2007 at 12:19 - 81

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danax

Alright, here's my question. I don't care about the armour. All I want to know is:

What is the most effecient way to use this double points weekend?

As in, which would be the best reputation to farm during this weekend while double points are active? (Ex. Most tedious, boring, etc)

Well, I would answer that with a few questions.

Do you have R5 in Vanguard yet?

I found Vanguard to be the only rep I couldn't get R5 with just quests, missions, dungeons, and normal exploring. I HAD to farm. (Some may argue with that statement, but lets save that discussion for another thread) So if you dont have R5 Vangaurd, I would go with that.

Have you completed "The Path of Revelation" quest?

Keeping that quest uncompleted is by far the best way to farm Norn points. I will give you SEVERAL easy boss kills. If you have already completed that quest, farm for Norn points this weekend.

Otherwise, go with Asura.

Dwarf would be a bad choice regardless due to them being so easy to get with dungeons and Snowman cave runs.

Linksys

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

10 Oct 2007 at 12:50 - 82

I agree, the Snowman cave is fun(except for the hassle part where you get the dungeon key). I'd save that for last.

Arcane_Penguin

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

Land Downunder

The Shadowheart Vanguard

R/Mo

10 Oct 2007 at 13:10 - 83

Snowman dungeon = teh pwn, only problem is the delay you have for the end chest because of the 'speech'

Linksys

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

10 Oct 2007 at 13:22 - 84

Yeah at first I didn't bother with that and just resigned or mapped back. But then I realized there's a chest and I may as well get the holiday items.

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

10 Oct 2007 at 13:46 - 85

/cackles madly.

Burn, burn the Frosty snowmen
Burn, burn the truth, the lies, the news
Burn, burn the life, that you can choose
Burn, burn the hate, that gets, you through
Burn, burn for us, for them, for you

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

10 Oct 2007 at 14:05 - 86

OK, new plan for me:

Get a Ritualist to level 20 ASAP to get the Norn armor for him.

If time, get my Ranger to 20 ASAP to get Norn armor, too!

(for some reason, I have 11 characters, but only 3 level 20s!)

bryann380

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

USA

Mo/

10 Oct 2007 at 14:49 - 87

Unlike many others, I'm not obsessed with having maxed titles. I'll only get my monk's rep titles to r5 and that's it. No, I don't want the armors. What my 10 characters currently wear is just fine. I just want to improve the rep skills a little instead.

Ferret

Elite Guru

Join Date: Jul 2005

England

Ferrets Unity of Rogues (FUR)

R/Mo

10 Oct 2007 at 14:59 - 88

Yay...it would seem ANet listened.

Now, can i get 4 to 5 characters to rank 5 Asura with a few hours to spare at the weekend?

vergerefosh

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Englishmen Don't Drink [Tea]

W/R

10 Oct 2007 at 14:59 - 89

Was saying beginning of last week if that weekend was a double points one was gonna be kinda pissed after grinding the points for my sin. Co-incidence? Ah well, out of the 3 people I was getting EotN armour for, 2 have it, and one went elsewhere as I couldn't be bothered with the grind.

Specs here I come!

boxterduke

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Walking the ruins of Ascalon

DVDF

Me/

10 Oct 2007 at 15:38 - 90

Now this is a weekend I can participate in.

Hello winter dungeon (Dwarven points) and the path to revelation quest (Norn points)

Now I just have to wait for SS and LB weekend.

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

10 Oct 2007 at 16:04 - 91

suprisingly theres only been a few complaints on this thread. ^_^ b

i guess you can complain that its not permanent?

Mavrik

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

Alaska

10 Oct 2007 at 16:04 - 92

sweet... I'll be grinding for vanguard and asura at least... already have Norn title.

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

10 Oct 2007 at 16:25 - 93

Quote:

Originally Posted by lyra_song

suprisingly theres only been a few complaints on this thread. ^_^ b

i guess you can complain that its not permanent?

I'll get to work on that. *gets a pitchfork and a straw man* And THIS is what we do to little boys who don't behave!

Prowlinger

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Georgia, USA

[HYE]

E/

10 Oct 2007 at 17:13 - 94

Hey everyone...

Can you guys please tell me good areas to adventure to build rep up?

Areas for each class please - Norn, Dwarven, Asuran, Vanguard

(I just got to the first Charr section, been in only 2 dungeons, not seen the Asuran lands yet... so please don't flame me... I am still new to GWEN

Shadowmoon

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

N/A

N/

10 Oct 2007 at 17:24 - 95

Quote:

Originally Posted by lyra_song

suprisingly theres only been a few complaints on this thread. ^_^ b

i guess you can complain that its not permanent?

no HM yet, that my only complaint:P

Jongo River

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

10 Oct 2007 at 17:42 - 96

Quote:

Originally Posted by lyra_song

suprisingly theres only been a few complaints on this thread. ^_^ b

i guess you can complain that its not permanent?

OK, I'll bite.

I do hate this crap. Have awful chest drops all year, except for one weekend when you can farm r9 golds to your hearts content? Ditto greens. Now the same with armour, via reputation. How is this good design? Why isn't the game balanced so these weekends aren't necessary?

Stuff 'em. I deleted all my lvl 20 toons in reaction to GW:EN, and I ain't rushing back for bonus boredom.

Karyuu

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

Kahlifownia

Roses of the Moonlight Sigil [RoMS]

W/Rt

10 Oct 2007 at 17:48 - 97

These weekends aren't necessary. But once you've played all the campaigns and done all the missions and side-quests, you're going to be bored. So you'll either look elsewhere for entertainment, or look for something else to do within GW. I like bashing pixels on a screen, it's how I relax after a long day. I understand that it's not everyone's cup of tea, but it's one way players can keep themselves occupied for the moment. What alternative would you have the game present you with, aside more time on part of the dev team creating missions and storylines?

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

10 Oct 2007 at 17:54 - 98

If anyone needs a driver for a four legged howitzer, count me in.

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

10 Oct 2007 at 18:09 - 99

i lol so hard while reading this

Lotsa Worried GW Players - "Please ANet, stop the grinding in GW, it's awful"
ANet - "Hmm how about another pro-grinding week-end instead ?"
Same GW Players - "Wooooooa thx ANet, gonna be a fun week-end !!!"

Jongo River

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

10 Oct 2007 at 18:11 - 100

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karyuu

These weekends aren't necessary. But once you've played all the campaigns and done all the missions and side-quests, you're going to be bored. So you'll either look elsewhere for entertainment, or look for something else to do within GW. I like bashing pixels on a screen, it's how I relax after a long day. I understand that it's not everyone's cup of tea, but it's one way players can keep themselves occupied for the moment. What alternative would you have the game present you with, aside more time on part of the dev team creating missions and storylines?

Hmmm.... I think you're missing my point. I'm not saying bonus weekends are a bad idea, but too often they feel like a temporary fix for some aspect of the game that sucks. And the difference can often be rather extreme - with the chests example, I went from under-equipped, mostly collector weapons to golds for all classes in a couple of days. I didn't even spend that much, because at the time I was rather poor. After a couple of those weekends I started disposing of any gold that wasn't r9 - simply because there wasn't much point in keeping anything else. That's the absolute opposite of the usual experience of playing the game.

Now we have a weekend were grinding for armour will be considerably less painfull - but it's OK that it goes back afterwards? Why? It's like a torturer stopping to put a bandaid on you and mop your brow, while the generator charges up.

unknown1

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Mo/

10 Oct 2007 at 19:50 - 101

damn i finished that quest =/ (The Path to Revelations)
- didnt think of rep points just wanted the asura skill =/

anyone have it ? that wouldn't mind a tag along =) I'll help kill of course

Crom The Pale

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2006

Ageis Ascending

W/

11 Oct 2007 at 02:58 - 102

Why do I have this sinking feeling they are about to nerf all the PvE skills this weekend................................

AlienFromBeyond

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Heros of Titans Realm [HotR]

W/

11 Oct 2007 at 03:34 - 103

I have heard that a skill balance is coming soon, so it is possible. Only Ursan Blessing is overpowered though.

Worthington

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

South Beach, FLA

APU

W/Me

11 Oct 2007 at 12:46 - 104

Nerfing PvE skills at the same time as double rep weekend would be sorta redundant. At least half the people hate the EOTN armors so the only reason to grind rep would be improved skill efficiency. Take that away and what’s the point of grinding at all (besides trying to max a title I guess)?

Hyper.nl

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Defending Fort Aspenwood

E/

11 Oct 2007 at 13:33 - 105

Nice. I needed that. Some more speed in the grinding work. 80k here I come.

BlackSephir

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

A/N

11 Oct 2007 at 13:46 - 106

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlienFromBeyond

I have heard that a skill balance is coming soon, so it is possible. Only Ursan Blessing is overpowered though.

The majority of pve skills is overpowered- that's why they are pve only.
As long as mobs don't come here whining, who cares?

Karia Mirniman

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

11 Oct 2007 at 13:47 - 107

Mindlessly the players (me included) will grind away. Anything challenging will be forgotten. Long live 'the game that ate my brain'.

Linksys

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

11 Oct 2007 at 14:21 - 108

It would be nice if the next two weekends were grinding events. Then a Halloween festival relax at. I loved wandering around the Halloween version of Lions Arch and gathering around the Mad King with everyone. It was like being at a Halloween festival at a school as a kid.

Abnaxus

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

Europe

Keepers of Chaos

11 Oct 2007 at 15:19 - 109

I need to decide what's the most efficient use of this weekend.

So far I've played EOTN only with my ranger, and on this I have level 6 for most titles. So I could grind this weekend to reach level 8.

Neverheless, I think that with HM we're going to have double (or nearly double) points for kills. So that will be a permanent double reputation, not just a weekend.

I have also other 3 maybe 4 characters I'd like to play in EOTN, and some armors or components I like.
So this could be the occasion to do the required grind for my other chars halving the time.

Which one would be the best option?

Linksys

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

11 Oct 2007 at 15:23 - 110

I'm not sure which would be best. I'll use the weekend to do some rep farming but I probably won't reach level 8 on any titles. But some progress will be made.

Drop of Fear

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/

12 Oct 2007 at 09:37 - 111

what if -for this weekend only- a.net allows us to earn points after rank8? even without hard mode?

Hengis

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

London

Better Than Life (BTL)

R/

12 Oct 2007 at 10:37 - 112

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crom The Pale

Why do I have this sinking feeling they are about to nerf all the PvE skills this weekend................................

I am not sure that this will happen. The entire point of skill balancing (or nerfing if you wish to see it that way) is to balance PVP.

As these skills by their very nature cannot be used in PVP, there should be no need to change them.

Very very few skills have ever been changed as a direct result of them being overpowered in PVE. Protective Spirit is perhaps the only skill I can think of that was nerfed for PVE reasons. This was meant to prevent farming bots.

With the other changes that have been made to PVE, especially loot scaling, I can't see that they will do much to change the PVE only skills.

I could be wrong, but to be honest, with the exception of Pain Inverter and Light of Deldrimor, I never use them.

Hmmm.. I suppose that Pain Inverter could be considered to be over-powered though but it is definitely fun :-)

cyberjanet

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2007

The Netherlands

Rich Mahogany

N/

12 Oct 2007 at 10:49 - 113

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abedeus

Maybe I will get that r5 for glasses for my Mesmerine. Anyone knows a good place to grind Asuran points?

Magus Stones I think it's called. Just outside Rata Sum.

bungusmaximus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Guild Of Handicrafted Products [MaSS]

W/Mo

12 Oct 2007 at 11:02 - 114

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hengis Stone

I am not sure that this will happen. The entire point of skill balancing (or nerfing if you wish to see it that way) is to balance PVP.

People farm DoA with it, besides, it really dumbens down the gameplay if you simply HAVE to take a bear form because you are to baed to own some without it.

Chris Blackstar

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2005

United States

12 Oct 2007 at 11:03 - 115

PvE only skills were by design to be overpowered, then again they need to be, ever face one of those dinosours in Asura territory, even with the PvE only skills, I was killed in two or three hits. The only thing they changed was how many you could use at one time, used to be 4, now it's 3.

As for skill balance, by definition all skill balance is, is the down grading (Nerf) of over used skills, and the up grading (Buff) of under used skills to force build deversity in PvP, namely HA, but is not limited to only HA, some TA, RA, HB, and GvG. AB doesn't matter, any build will work in AB.

bungusmaximus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Guild Of Handicrafted Products [MaSS]

W/Mo

12 Oct 2007 at 11:08 - 116

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Blackstar

PvE only skills were by design to be overpowered, then again they need to be, ever face one of those dinosours in Asura territory, even with the PvE only skills, I was killed in two or three hits. The only thing they changed was how many you could use at one time, used to be 4, now it's 3.

Yeah but problems will arise if people go farm expensive goodies with them, it could hurt the economy. Ursan blessing is just insane really. If people get killed by dinosaurs in Asura territory they are bad, but that's another discussion.

kradens

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

:P guess.

R/

12 Oct 2007 at 11:18 - 117

i hope they leave ursan blessing alone.

i love that skill. its so much fun.

Chris Blackstar

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2005

United States

12 Oct 2007 at 11:27 - 118

Quote:

Originally Posted by bungusmaximus

Yeah but problems will arise if people go farm expensive goodies with them, it could hurt the economy. Ursan blessing is just insane really.

I doubt it with the farming code in place, I also doubt the economy will even be effected, same bullshit arguments were made everytime some skill or ability was labled Overpowered. And every time it never came true.

Ursan blessing is best with a maxed out Norm title, because then it will funtion like the missions blessing. Yes it is a powerful skill, but it is also an elete, so I would expect it to be. Still tho, I don't even use it, I can cause more damage with my sin then with that ability.

Ferret

Elite Guru

Join Date: Jul 2005

England

Ferrets Unity of Rogues (FUR)

R/Mo

12 Oct 2007 at 16:20 - 119

What happened to the weekend!!!

It doesnt seem to have come up?