GW Urban Legends

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

I hear that pressing Alt + F4 at the same time gives you 100k...

ヽ(??ー`)ノ

ヽ(??ー`)ノ

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2007

And deleting your System32 folder gives you unlimited ectos...

holababe

holababe

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2006

Goon Squad [LLJK]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by strcpy
There was a fairly long period of time between when Anet removed the older methods of getting them and the newer methods were found - thus for a period of time it was impossible.
Doesn't make it impossible, just that nobody knew how to do it.
Following your logic, before anybody had reached the Crystal Desert (for example) it was impossible to get there.

Zeek Aran

Zeek Aran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Earth, sadly

BORK

A/

Someone told me I had to get a run from Ascalon to get to the desert when I had been on GW for a week. They also said they went there to go farming. I was utterly confused about how a desolate area can grow profitable plantation... @_@

PRESSING ALT+F4 GIVES YOU 10K FACTION QUICK BEFORE ANET FIXES THIS GLITCH

*half the Luxon team disappears*

Ohhh how fun that was.

stanza

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

If anyone tries the Alt-F4 in a pug im in ..I always reply "it just took a screenshot" you would be surprised at the number of disconnections you get back!!

Chicken of the Seas

Chicken of the Seas

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

California, USA

Vulpes Velox [Fox]

Me/

Another urban legend I may be able to think of is that jade/amber weapons have a chance of salvaging into jade, or amber. Its never happened to me though, but I think its a rumor anyway.

pumpkin pie

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

roflmao @ Original Post.... thats the funniest ever ...

RSGashapon

RSGashapon

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

Sol 3

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chicken of the Seas
Another urban legend I may be able to think of is that jade/amber weapons have a chance of salvaging into jade, or amber. Its never happened to me though, but I think its a rumor anyway.
Not an urban legend, just extremely rare.

Yanman.be

Yanman.be

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

[ROSE]

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chicken of the Seas
Another urban legend I may be able to think of is that jade/amber weapons have a chance of salvaging into jade, or amber. Its never happened to me though, but I think its a rumor anyway.
It's not a rumor, it's true. It has never happened to you because it's a small chance.

Cass

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

After helping a noob player out in PvE a looong time ago, he kept PMing me to chat and to ask for advice etc.
At some point he proudly declared that his mother had eBayed a million gold for him. He had spent a fair chunk of that already by buying 5 superior absorption runes at the then current price of 100K each, to put on all his armor pieces. He was somewhat disappointed when I told him the rune has a global effect that doesn't stack.

Productivity

Productivity

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

Mo/

Terror shield. A few people out there still beleive this one...

manitoba1073

manitoba1073

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

ManitobaShipyards Refit and Repair Station

(SFC)Star Fleet Command,(TDE)The Daggerfall elite,(SOoM)Secret order of Magi

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chicken of the Seas
Another urban legend I may be able to think of is that jade/amber weapons have a chance of salvaging into jade, or amber. Its never happened to me though, but I think its a rumor anyway.
good thing I saved this screenie

wu is me

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

heres something i bet none of u knew...

pressing tab cycles targets(every 1 knows this)
but...
pressing alt+tab cycles them in reverse

edit: and heres another... f1-f4 are your "normal weapons" f12 is teh "secret weapon", but u gotta hit "y" right after otherwise you lose control of it and blow up =P lol

Amon Warrior

Amon Warrior

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

W/

Once a guy told me he would take his heroes into an instanced area and let them fight by themselves (he would just stand there doing nothing). That way, his heroes would get more experience points...

Renegade26

Renegade26

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by wu is me
heres something i bet none of u knew...

pressing tab cycles targets(every 1 knows this)
but...
pressing alt+tab cycles them in reverse

edit: and heres another... f1-f4 are your "normal weapons" f12 is teh "secret weapon", but u gotta hit "y" right after otherwise you lose control of it and blow up =P lol

Shift and tab, alt tab will swap your windows

~ Dan ~

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

D/

Quote:
Originally Posted by wu is me
heres something i bet none of u knew...

pressing tab cycles targets(every 1 knows this)
but...
pressing alt+tab cycles them in reverse
Wow cool It does my head in when i tab through and go 1 target past the monk or whatever, then have to tab through aaaaaaaaaaagain..

CHunterX

CHunterX

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Washington

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Amon Warrior
Once a guy told me he would take his heroes into an instanced area and let them fight by themselves (he would just stand there doing nothing). That way, his heroes would get more experience points...
Actually, if you stay out of the aggro bubble, I see no reason why they wouldn't get more Experience points than if you were to fight.

wu is me

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by dan-the-noob
Wow cool It does my head in when i tab through and go 1 target past the monk or whatever, then have to tab through aaaaaaaaaaagain..
yea someone's on the ball lol

oh and did you hear about the zaishen master cartographer title?

RedNova88

RedNova88

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

Behind you!

W/

The urban legend that any W/Mo is a loser and always carries mending and thinks they're an uber tank that could take on anything solo... Actually I find this to be true in many cases... *cough*

Oh and I'm surprised I haven't heard this one mentioned yet... r7-8 (max damage) weapons don't drop anymore. I hear it a lot =/ I've never gotten one myself but I'm fairly certain I've seen a friend of mine get one while we were in a group.

Aerial Assault

Aerial Assault

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2007

IGN: Ingame Notoriety

IGN: Ingame Notoriety

How about this ridiculous urban legend...

-You dont open the 1st chest in FoW after completing Rastigan's quest "Tower of Courage" because (get this) it makes subsequent enemy loot better.

superstition ftl.


Or, I dont know whether to call it urban legend or just widespread retardation...

-You must be level 20 to enter FoW or UW.

I understand most groups want you to be level 20, but you dont HAVE to be.

Ive offered to pay 5k+cost of entry and forfeit my drops as lvl 17-18 to many groups so that I could get experience boosts from quests completed... only to be rejected for the above reason.

ThyNecromancer

ThyNecromancer

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

You can't do Destructions Depths with just heroes and henches. <- I've done it with 5 different characters so far

Killing a boss in a certain spot increases the chance that he'll drop his green item
<- I seen a boss drop stuff when killed at the same area.. coinsidence?

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

Hmmm ok Mods secretly view you farming the best spots and use a Lag button to screw you over

artay

artay

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Australia

The Agony Scene

E/

I have found my self arguing with the orange voice that reminds you that no one else is in the district and that no one can hear you.

"Well YOU can hear me can't you voice!!"

"No one hears you"

GARAGARAGRGArrrraRARRAG!!!!

Sleeper Service

Sleeper Service

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

CULT

Quote:
Originally Posted by artay
I have found my self arguing with the orange voice that reminds you that no one else is in the district and that no one can hear you.

"Well YOU can hear me can't you voice!!"

"No one hears you"

GARAGARAGRGArrrraRARRAG!!!!
lmao, Ive done that a few times lol.

"im all allloonnee im all alooone"

"no one hears you"

"will you be my friend?"

cyberjanet

cyberjanet

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2007

The Netherlands

Rich Mahogany

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by ThyNecromancer
You can't do Destructions Depths with just heroes and henches.
Now you tell me. Dang! I should have known that yesterday before I did it.

Viruzzz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

thunderhead keep is hard

Onarik Amrak

Onarik Amrak

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2007

Astral Revenants

P/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Viruzzz
thunderhead keep was hard
Fixed it for you.

max gladius

max gladius

Yep, really is me...

Join Date: Aug 2005

My House

L33t

what about the legend... where if something kills u... it will drop better stuff? ive heard that a few times.... "everyone go die to this boss, so we can kill him and get a better drop"....

wolfwing

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

I remember in my old days of prophecies thinking that who ever killed the mob got the drop *I was a ranger* as it seemed my henchmen were usually getting the final hit on the enemy and I was getting very few drops.

creelie

creelie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Alberta

Charter Vanguard [CV]

Mo/

LOL wolfwing, I used to think the same thing! Early on I thought you only got experience and loot if you personally struck the killing blow.

wolfwing

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Not sure if this is a myth or not...:> THough it seems true and something I've never proved but.

Every time you enter a area any unopened chest the last time remains in it's spot, so eventually all the chests will end up on other side of the map and to reset you have to go open them too.

Not sure if it's true, but I've seen back when I was wurm farming alot in desolation that after about 4-5 runs there would be 1-0 chests spawning on the remains side of the map, and untill I started on the other side of the map where the mission is there would be very few chests spawning. *Usually 1-4 chests on a run, down to 1-0 chests*

lishi

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Do someone remember the gwen hunts?

Free Runner

Free Runner

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

GW2G

Knights Of The Sacred Light [KSL]

Quote:
Originally Posted by lishi
Do someone remember the gwen hunts?
Clear all of UW and then go to the door in the Ice Wastes. Drop all of the Gwen items and a ghost Gwen will appear and take you into a new level where everything drops ectos.

At least one of them anyway

Mr. G

Mr. G

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

S. Wales

Mo/Me

Quote:
I seen a boss drop stuff when killed at the same area.. coinsidence?
hmm perhaps its the area with the boss in? it could be true, ive never had a green drop where there isnt a boss

Konrow

Konrow

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

NY, New York

Warlords of Earth [WAR]

lol the Gwen legends were awesome. I was waiting til gwen came back in a new chapter for everyone to go "oh crud we totally wasted out time"

Martin Alvito

Martin Alvito

Older Than God (1)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

If you place in the top 100 THIS time in rollerbeetle, you'll get a mini Greased Lightning.

Somehow that one persists through every weekend that they open Rollerbeetle races...

Sleeper Service

Sleeper Service

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

CULT

killing the boss last results in a better green drop rate.

killing the boss first results in a better green drop rate.

Trub

Trub

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

Sitting in the guildhall, watching the wallows frolic.

Trinity of the ascended [SMS]+[Koss]+[TAM]=[ToA]

Mini pets are considered allies, thus granting +10HP to Leaders Comfort.

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

Rob is a good monk

^^^ biggest legend of them all

mrmango

mrmango

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Southern California

Charter Vanguard [CV]

Me/Rt

Quote:
Originally Posted by Trub
Mini pets are considered allies, thus granting +10HP to Leaders Comfort.
That used to be true, if it still isn't, no? (Same for YAA)