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The Way Out

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

In my peanut brain

Zomg Zombies [OMG]

Mo/E

30 May 2008 at 13:45 - 241

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kali Magdalene

It's bad enough on my farming that I wish I could find a way to frame it that a) doesn't sound completely anecdotal and b) convinces someone to look into the code and make sure the anti-farm stuff really is completely gone.

In my farming experience, which is pretty friggin vast, when I begin to farm an area, drops are plentiful and often. The longer I farm that area, I begin to get no drops. This has happened to me from back when we farmed Trolls till now. I don't do DoA because of this. I don't do Urgoz because of this. I don't do the Deep because of this. I don't do FoW because of this. Now, I am going to have to stop UW because of this. I have successfully made myself rich, however, this was the only part of the game I enjoyed that was left for me to do. Everything else is boring as piss. I really enjoy logging on with friends and farming HM.

I think I am going to go back to HFFF again. Which is really pitiful.

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

30 May 2008 at 14:29 - 242

Can't you just farm on some other char, or *gasp* do something besides farming for a while?

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

30 May 2008 at 20:03 - 243

Most Spanish players firmly believed that pets were different, like Spiders dealing poison, Lynxes running and attacking faster or bears having much more health and armor.

It took me 4 posts in a forum to convince them all that all pets are the same, with just some few exceptions with damage type, evolution and the bear skill.

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

30 May 2008 at 22:57 - 244

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sekkira

Well there's this one where if you stand in front of the mirror at midnight with all the lights out and say 'Devona' five times, she'll.. Oh you've heard this one, nevermind.

No I never have but I can imagine the feeling you had.

Edge Martinez

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

NC

DKL

31 May 2008 at 05:41 - 245

When Beetlejuice potions first came out, there was a dude in beetle form in LA just rolling around. We pmed each other a few times and finally he just started following me around the map. Ended up arranging the sale of selling him as a new 'mini-pet' to a few people for an extraordinary amount of cash and ectos. Of course we couldn't actually do it, but even after explaining it was a joke, people just kept adding more ecto to the offer like PLZPLZPLZ!

Buzzer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Australia

31 May 2008 at 14:09 - 246

AI has different rules for different NPCs.

eg "Jin is a better interrupter than Margrid"

Linksys

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

31 May 2008 at 14:13 - 247

I won't name the alliance, but there's a full alliance that's led by one guy. He has multiple accounts and each of the guilds in the alliance are led by him alone. Word going around is that he's like the Warlock character from Live Free or Die Hard(Silent Bob). He has a command center in his room or basement with like 20 computers and multiple ISP's to run his Guild Wars empire.

Akolo

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

V??xj??, Sweden

Stop Stealing [agro]

Mo/

31 May 2008 at 14:22 - 248

biggest one is the beliefs about the anti-farm code.

"I dont get any ectos or golds, its the anti-farm code"

its gone, AND people didnt know how it worked when it was there. it didnt lower the amount of good drops, it shut out ALL drops completely.

Chrono Re delle Ere

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

The Land of Hyrule

[GoE]

W/

31 May 2008 at 15:29 - 249

During the first months of GW, there was a rumor which wanted to be a Holy Armor in UW, like fow you know....

P.s: oh lol, hei there Handy

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

31 May 2008 at 15:38 - 250

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abedeus

I think that on Normal mode it's false (you get 1/8 of the normal drops), in Hard Mode it is true. Because there is no loot scaling and all loot goes to one person.

No, even in Normal mode, you get more drops if you're soloing without heroes and henchmen than if you're in a party.

The misconception is that ALL drops are reduced due to loot scaling. The key is only CERTAIN drops are reduced, but other drops (e.g. materials, dyes, etc) are NOT reduced. As a result, soloing is still more profitable than being in a full party.

Quote:

With loot scaling, players receive an amount of normal drops (common and uncommon rarity items, collectable drops, gold, common crafting materials) proportionate to the size of their party as compared to a full party. For example, a solo farmer will on average get the same number of blue weapons as a player in an eight person party. The only items exempt from this rule are:

Skill Tomes
Insight and Passage Scrolls
Dyes
Rare crafting materials
All rare (gold) items
All unique (green) items
Special event items
Thus, the size of a farming party, with respect to loot, only affects the distribution of the exempt items.

The loot scaling for gold and common loot is not linear with the number of players in the party, and it includes an element of randomness, so while the difference is not easy to quantify, it is by no means a factor of eight. Advanced solo farmers may now earn about twice as much gold and common loot from farming solo as they would if they farmed in a party.

http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Loot

chfanfiction

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2008

Gnawing at your soul

Passionate Kiss of Elysium

R/Rt

31 May 2008 at 21:45 - 251

I know a guy in my guild who like to chant "green green green green" around green-dropping bosses and it appears to work.

Kemal X

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

Me/

31 May 2008 at 21:47 - 252

Quote:

Originally Posted by chfanfiction

I know a guy in my guild who like to chant "green green green green" around green-dropping bosses and it appears to work.

One of my friends used to do /iwant[insert item here] before killing stuff... Seemed to work aswell o.O

Chrono Re delle Ere

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

The Land of Hyrule

[GoE]

W/

31 May 2008 at 21:58 - 253

Oh my....

Whiptail Devourer drops a Miniature Kanaxai which your party reserver to Chrono Re Delle Ere.

Rawr!

Well, I use to /beg in front of the Zaishen Chest for five times before opening, but that doesn't REALLy work -.-''

ProgTes

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

Under that rock.

We Demand A Shrubbery [Ni]

W/E

01 Jun 2008 at 00:28 - 254

Urban Legend: When a chest drops a purple item for someone, it will drop purple items for anyone attempting to open it. When doing THK back in the days we always sent one person ahead to open a chest and check it for gold items before it was safe for the rest of the team to open it

evenfall

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

01 Jun 2008 at 00:41 - 255

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProgTes

Urban Legend: When a chest drops a purple item for someone, it will drop purple items for anyone attempting to open it. When doing THK back in the days we always sent one person ahead to open a chest and check it for gold items before it was safe for the rest of the team to open it

It used to be true.

ProgTes

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

Under that rock.

We Demand A Shrubbery [Ni]

W/E

01 Jun 2008 at 00:59 - 256

Quote:

Originally Posted by evenfall

It used to be true.

In that case, note to self: /selfowned. But really, I thought it was just bogus and found it funny that people believed that.

mrmango

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Southern California

Charter Vanguard [CV]

Me/Rt

01 Jun 2008 at 01:49 - 257

Quote:

Originally Posted by fenix

Here's a good myth;

PvX builds are good.

The truth is, they aren't. They are awful, and are the reason people can't get pugs. Stop using other people's bad builds and make some good ones.

Tell me that something like... this http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Build:N/Mo_IV_PvE_Support is bad

HuntMaster Avatar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2007

Around

Pillar's of Earth [ROCK]

W/

01 Jun 2008 at 01:58 - 258

More of a Lie than a myth or legend, but.

Gwen adds one additional storage slot.

shoyon456

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

D/

01 Jun 2008 at 06:11 - 259

Anyone here remember the terror shield? Lol I believed it a whole week before it kind of died down.

For you newbs, it was a texmod prank about a new shield long before anyone had texmod :P

I only realized it was texmod because its one of the available mods on wiki >.< im so slow

bizlib

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

N/E

01 Jun 2008 at 07:14 - 260

2 stories:

1) A guy posts that he wants to sell pets - I ask if it's ded or not - he whispers back saying he never killed him minipets...

2) In a group doing SS/LB farm in the sulf wastes - one of the players doesn't want to resign after killing the Margo bosses and tells us that if we kill all the monoliths the treasure chest in the temple will "regen"....In the end everybody left the team...

evenfall

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

01 Jun 2008 at 07:15 - 261

Quote:

Originally Posted by shoyon456

Anyone here remember the terror shield? Lol I believed it a whole week before it kind of died down.

For you newbs, it was a texmod prank about a new shield long before anyone had texmod :P

I only realized it was texmod because its one of the available mods on wiki >.< im so slow

It wasn't done using texmod.
http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Terror_Shield
http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/GW_Texture_Editor

If you look at the texmod readme file, texmod was released on 19.04.2006. The terror shield prank was earlier than that(dec 2005).

StormDragonZ

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

New York

W/R

01 Jun 2008 at 07:42 - 262

I remember hearing once before that if you have any female heroes or members in your party, along with Mhenlo, he'll rarely heal any of the male heroes or members. Lately, it feels that way, significantly in Eye of the North.

weretoad

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

league of the elite

Me/

01 Jun 2008 at 18:19 - 263

my guild likes this one:
If you get both legendary survivor and and protector of ascolon you also get the "i'm the son of Chuck Norse" title.

if your drunk at lvl 5 you start to see pixies at the top of the screen

arcane echo makes any skill twice as good (oh already does that)

if lvl up 980 times after reaching lvl 20 you gain 1 attribute point making you better then everyone else in the whole game

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

01 Jun 2008 at 18:52 - 264

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProgTes

In that case, note to self: /selfowned. But really, I thought it was just bogus and found it funny that people believed that.

It definitely used to be true, that was one of the main reasons why people did FoW and other chest runs in full groups, to spread the cost of keys and such. First person gets a purple = everyone saves a key.

Horus

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

www.godtguild.com

Blades Of Burning Shadows [GoDT]-leader

Mo/

01 Jun 2008 at 19:29 - 265

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrono Re delle Ere

Well, I use to /beg in front of the Zaishen Chest for five times before opening, but that doesn't REALLy work -.-''

haha, i thought i was the only one who tried it

Mindtrust

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Stockholm, Sweden

Wolffestar Clan - WSC

Mo/

01 Jun 2008 at 19:46 - 266

Quote:

Originally Posted by Illithen Firebringer

Before I had any elite skills, and before candy canes, there were alot of people i knew that thought there was a monk skill that ressed and removed all DP.......LOL

What a newb I was. Oh those were the days.

Well there was a popular build (i didn't remove dp, but it prevented it from going over 15%)
Unyielding Aura + Divine intervention, it was a must on 1 monk if you wanted to enter fow or uw at that time.

ProgTes

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

Under that rock.

We Demand A Shrubbery [Ni]

W/E

01 Jun 2008 at 21:32 - 267

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skyy High

It definitely used to be true, that was one of the main reasons why people did FoW and other chest runs in full groups, to spread the cost of keys and such. First person gets a purple = everyone saves a key.

I get smarter every day

GaaaaaH

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

W/

02 Jun 2008 at 02:37 - 268

ctrl +w (w is for win) will let you win any level/dungion/mission in any game

this one works better than alt f4 because noone knows it

TheRaven

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Virginia

Spirit of Elisha

W/

02 Jun 2008 at 02:59 - 269

LOL, the Z chest is starting a lot of urban legends. Here's one:

I sent my Elementalist, The Amethyst Mage to open the chest with 2 keys. She got an Elite Ele Tome and an Amethyst Aegis. (That's true! It really happened)

Soooo, ya think the chest tailors the drops to the character? I'm creating a PvP warrior, Everlasting Eternal to open the chest from now on.

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

02 Jun 2008 at 03:55 - 270

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmango

Tell me that something like... this http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Build:N/Mo_IV_PvE_Support is bad

Extremely poor damage, quite minor overall prot - with nothing spammable to abuse SR and Feast. Not to mention the terrible choice of res. It's bad.

briangm

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2008

02 Jun 2008 at 06:44 - 271

I heard once that "The Lost City" quest near Ascalon Settlement on the beach that gives one ecto per quest.

Shasgaliel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2008

[bomb]

03 Dec 2008 at 12:31 - 272

Nice old thread. The one UL i heard is that FOW end chest drops everlasting tonics and that is why prices go down with time since there is more and more of them on the market...

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

03 Dec 2008 at 15:25 - 273

I once played with a guy who swore that it was best to open chests only on Wednesday because that was the day ANet did server maintenance. One of the things they did during the maintenance was to refill all the chests, so your best chance of getting good stuff was just after they were refilled.

Voodoo Rage

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

Sacramento, CA

Geezers

R/

03 Dec 2008 at 16:17 - 274

I haven't read this whole thread, but I'm getting sick of seeing people in Rata Sum trying to fill up groups for solo raptor farming because they think it improves their drops.

Xx_Sorin_xX

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

W/

03 Dec 2008 at 21:47 - 275

[QUOTE=Griff Mon;3313614][QUOTE=max gladius]Not saying ur wrong, just pointing out fact / idea behind their nonsense.... the longer they live the more degen they receive...

Quote:

That where this belief may have started because people were keeping their minions alive for so long that the degen rate would just go through the roof. There have been many times where I am running around with ten minions and they all drop in the first few seconds of combat becaue I kept them alive too long. Fresh kills, fresh kills.......

it caps at 10.

illidan009

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2008

Volterra, Italy

A/

04 Dec 2008 at 00:34 - 276

OP's story, 2 part solution:
1. Divorce
2. Rage quit life.

LOL that was SOOOO much fail, wow OP great story hahahaha.

The weirdest "belief" I've come across is that this one dude kept dropping his loot on the ground after picking them up, and then picks them up again...I could've ninjaed his loot but there were no golds :/

oracle.delphi

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

ontario, canada

Steel Beasts

E/

04 Dec 2008 at 02:30 - 277

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheRaven

LOL, the Z chest is starting a lot of urban legends. Here's one:

I sent my Elementalist, The Amethyst Mage to open the chest with 2 keys. She got an Elite Ele Tome and an Amethyst Aegis. (That's true! It really happened)

Soooo, ya think the chest tailors the drops to the character? I'm creating a PvP warrior, Everlasting Eternal to open the chest from now on.

lmao what would happen if i used my char "delphi needs a life" to open the chest then

hmmm maybe my computer would explode!

better change the name to delphi needs some ectos i guess

glacialphoenix

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2008

Singapore

Royal Order of Flying Lemmings [ROFL]

Mo/

04 Dec 2008 at 03:47 - 278

Quote:

I remember hearing once before that if you have any female heroes or members in your party, along with Mhenlo, he'll rarely heal any of the male heroes or members. Lately, it feels that way, significantly in Eye of the North.

I used to joke about something similar, though.

"MHENLO! STOP TAKING CARE OF CYNN AND HEAL THE REST OF US!"

Daesu

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2008

04 Dec 2008 at 04:02 - 279

Quote:

Originally Posted by creelie

Once I was on TS, we used it for nearly every outing. One day, our leader and his wife had this conversation:

Leader: Oh man, I'm trying to cut down these mobs but a moderator is messing with me.
Wife: Oh no, not again! Why can't they leave us alone?
Leader: I dunno, but I keep losing energy and I can't finish casting my spells.
Wife: I think it's happening to me now too!
Leader: Dammit, doesn't Anet have better things to do?

I used to think there are moderators in these forums moving threads, closing them and banning people. Then I realized that shutdown mesmers are causing them from the game.

jm_jazzy

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

The Seshlings

E/Me

04 Dec 2008 at 04:20 - 280

Believed for many months that a ranger could charm a flock of flamingos in Nightfall - Wasn't I disappointed.

"Guild looking for members - Cool Cape." Bah! all a matter of opinion a guild that has to mention a 'cool cape' to recruit usually has one that is anything but.

Oh and a guild that shall remain nameless believed that the insignia (beer mug) meant they got more drops of alcohol than any other guild.