Hard Mode in Presearing

Kai Nui

Kai Nui

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Behind you with a knife

Celebrity Gangsters [FamE]

Me/

23 Mar 2009 at 22:16 - 1
How it works:

You are only able to go into Hard Mode in presearing upon reaching level 20.
Death Penalty does occur upon death.
Regular tomes do not drop, only Capture Tomes which allow you to learn Signet of Capture.
Gwen will be buffed to heal for slightly more health.
Hidden Stashes are replaced with Locked Chests, however the merchant will not start selling lockpicks, they will only drop rarely from hard mode monsters.
Hard Mode monsters will drop the same items as their Normal Mode counterparts, with the exception of Lockpicks and Capture Tomes.

What this introduces:
Weapons only through locked chests, which can only be opened with lockpicks rarely dropped by charr killed in hard mode across the wall.

The following skills are now attainable to presearing characters through the use of Skill Capture: Barrage, Favorable Winds, Banish, Heal Area, Infuse Health, Faintheartedness, Mark of Pain, Energy Burn, Illusion of Haste, Mantra of Flame, Conjure Flame, and Lava Font.

Prince Rurik will award you a gold helmet after vanquishing all 6 explorable areas of Ascalon as long as you stay in presearing.

Joseph Leito

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2007

Claw of the Dragon

R/Mo

23 Mar 2009 at 22:21 - 2
No. Just... No.

Narcissia

Narcissia

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

BC Canada

Guild With No [NAM???]

23 Mar 2009 at 22:24 - 3
yea...... no

MagmaRed

MagmaRed

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2007

Our Crabs Know True [LOVE]

R/

23 Mar 2009 at 22:36 - 4
95% sure Anet already said they would not do this. This has been suggested before, so why a new topic? +1 before close.

Taninim Nurin

Taninim Nurin

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2008

Vale Of Heaven

None

R/E

23 Mar 2009 at 23:01 - 5
No....No No....

Skyy High

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

23 Mar 2009 at 23:06 - 6
Cute idea, not happening. You want to turn presearing into a real game, go right ahead, but it's still just a tutorial that people are supposed to leave relatively quickly.

stanzhao

stanzhao

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2008

23 Mar 2009 at 23:08 - 7
yes!


... i mean no!

Icy The Mage

Icy The Mage

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Canada

E/

23 Mar 2009 at 23:11 - 8
It's a nice idea, but A-Net doesn't really want people to stay there, it's intended as a learning grounds for newer players and that's all it will stay as.

Zodiac Meteor

Zodiac Meteor

Imma Firin Mah Rojway!

Join Date: Aug 2008

At the Mac Store laughing at people that walk out with anything.

E/Mo

23 Mar 2009 at 23:11 - 9
/notsigned for HM (Level 20 req?)

/signed for harder masters to get to level 20

Teh [prefession]-zorz

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

wisconsin

Spiders Lair Kurz [SpL]

W/A

23 Mar 2009 at 23:16 - 10
Quote:
Originally Posted by Zodiac Meteor View Post
/notsigned for HM (Level 20 req?)

/signed for harder masters to get to level 20
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nbajammer

nbajammer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Iowa

Blade And Rose [BaR]

Mo/

23 Mar 2009 at 23:30 - 11
/notsigned

Monk primaries get Banish anyway.

Lord Of Blame

Lord Of Blame

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2008

USA

Marked Souls [MkS]

E/N

23 Mar 2009 at 23:34 - 12
I'll have to pass on this one.

King Jay

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2009

Zzz

R/

23 Mar 2009 at 23:38 - 13
/unsigned

1. Pre-Searing was designed as a tutorial

2. Takes FOREVER to get to level 20.

3. Same as 2. - Cause getting to level 20 from Death Leveling is just O.O

go cubs

go cubs

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2007

Chicago

[SIR]

D/

23 Mar 2009 at 23:42 - 14
Not signed NO DL ftw?

FengShuiDove

FengShuiDove

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2007

Trinity of the Ascended [ToA]

A/

23 Mar 2009 at 23:43 - 15
LDoA is the lamest, most counter-productive title in the entire game. It encourages you to ignore 99% of the rest of the game for an extended or infinite amount of time.

Perma-Pre =/= cool. Use it for what it is and move on.

pipo

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2008

the fire figters

P/

23 Mar 2009 at 23:46 - 16
Bulls charge in pre-searing FTW

caballo_oscuro

caballo_oscuro

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2008

Aura

23 Mar 2009 at 23:56 - 17
/unsigned

have you run out of things to do in gw? go read a book! it's been four years running and it's been a great game throughout those years. we don't need a means to alienate any newbies by presenting them with hundreds of over-powered gear boasters.

if you wanna boast of your accomplishments don't do it in the noob area, go off and complete DoA solo or something...

cognophile

cognophile

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

USA

23 Mar 2009 at 23:56 - 18
/notsigned

Buffing Gwen in pre just doesn't make sense for the storyline.

Lockpicks would suck with no gold items in pre.

Access to HM would have to be carefully managed, or it would become possible to earn both legendary survivor and LDoA.

jackinthe

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

24 Mar 2009 at 00:03 - 19
also, no.......

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

24 Mar 2009 at 00:47 - 20
If ANet never intended for people to stay there or get to a high level, they wouldn't have added LDoA.

I think this would be a great idea, but the number of people it would affect is extremely low. Also, I feel it would be more important to look at changing the functionalities of LDoA and LS before giving people with LDoA more benefits.

zling

zling

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

24 Mar 2009 at 00:57 - 21
isnt it enough that people stay in pre only to abuse newbies? now you want to actually encourage people to stay in pre longer and as a by product abuse newbies even more? I mean come on... pre already has its own prices for dyes, charr salvage kits, etc due to the inaccessability to your storage account. now you want people to actually have more way to abuse the newbies, so sad...

P.S it's not even adding new content, just messing around with the tutorial area for crying out loud!

Kattar

Kattar

EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING

Join Date: Mar 2007

SMS (lolgw2placeholder)

Me/

24 Mar 2009 at 01:09 - 22
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