Guild Wars 4th Aniversary

Tifa shadowheart

Tifa shadowheart

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2007

Bolton, UK

ShadowHeart Clan [SC]

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Just spotted this:

http://www.guildwars.com/community/e...ry/default.php

I'm liking the equipment pack idea, zaishen challenge quests sound interesting too.

Kay84

Kay84

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Netherlands

[DVDF]

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More storage space! Awesome!

Black Metal

Black Metal

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2009

N/

nice catch Tifa!!!!

they are leaking some info about the big April update.....go check out that link!

moriz

moriz

??ber t??k-n??sh'??n

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada

R/

holy nuts....

tinytop69

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2009

A/

more than happy about the storage, the pet thing looks pretty neat too. im sure some people wont be too happy about having to pay for the extra 3 but at least its a possibility, and equipment storage ftw?

snaek

snaek

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

N/

awesome...gotta pay $10 per storage tab

Verene

Verene

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2009

[SOTA]

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Oh, sweet. Nice find indeed!

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Zaishen Coins? wtf?

StormDragonZ

StormDragonZ

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

New York

W/R

Quote:
Our upcoming promotion will be the ONLY way to get this special pane; it is extra, which means you can't buy it later.
I smell lies already.

Either way, a cheap way to make more money is always win. Only 13 days to go...

]HM[ Sabre Wolf

]HM[ Sabre Wolf

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

USA

Servants of Fortuna

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I like the updates a lot! Z Quests sounds cool! The "Zoo" sounds cool!

Except... $10 for expanded storage space?

Karuro

Karuro

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2008

The Netherlands, Europe

Mystic Spiral [MYST]

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Quote:
# More purchasable Xunlai Storage panes (tabs).
# Each pane is $9.99 USD from the in-game store or the NCsoft Store. You can buy up to four of them for a single account.
What, what?

10chars

]HM[ Sabre Wolf

]HM[ Sabre Wolf

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

USA

Servants of Fortuna

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I think it means the actual storage chest... so instead of 4 bins (+ Mats)... you can have up to 8 bins... so thats an extra 80 slots of space... for a price of $40...

Solas

Solas

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Ireland

Currently LF Active HA Guild, Glad 2, Comm.3, R2

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oh,looks nice

Well the extra tabs are optional, lasted 4 years without them already.
and we get an xtra bag slot if I read it correctly, so an imporvement there.

Stolen Souls

Stolen Souls

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
we have a limited-time offer where you can get a FREE pane of Xunlai Storage. Our upcoming promotion will be the ONLY way to get this special pane;

mmhmmm, suuuure it will...

Xenomortis

Xenomortis

Tea Powered

Join Date: May 2008

UK

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Quote:
Each pane is $9.99 USD from the in-game store or the NCsoft Store. You can buy up to four of them for a single account.
Wouldn't it be more cost effective for me to buy character slots instead and use them as mules?
Don't know what the $9.99 will translate to for UK pounds, but it's £5.99 per character slot.

1 character gives 45 storage slots, each tab in the Xunlai chest gives 20 - that's 2.25 times bigger.

Yawgmoth

Yawgmoth

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

So at least we got the update date - April 23th

And a bunch of interesting info.

The Zaishen Coins will probably be rewards for the new quests.

"Equipment Packs in assorted sizes" = cool = not simply 1 size but different ones, sounds great, hope the biggest one isn't easy to get and it's a challenge well rewarded.

Price per storage tab sucks, period. I'll take one mule instead again, even with all the pain connected to moving things between them.

snaek

snaek

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by xenomortis
Wouldn't it be more cost effective for me to buy character slots instead and use them as mules?
actually the most cost effective solution would be to buy a $9.99usd factions account...more xth points anyone?


the thing i'm looking forward to most is the menagerie...but being on the battle isles means its only for pvp charas?
if so, then, no i'm not looking forward to it anymore lol

and lol @ the pet unlock pack
only unlocks "common" pets? so no spider? rainbow phoenix?

Kerwyn Nasilan

Kerwyn Nasilan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2007

WHERE DO YOU THINK

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People have been begging for buy able storage forever,
People have requested a "zoo" as well,
And I have seen the suggestion for daily quests on Guru as well,
Looks like ANet is listening to the players.

I am impressed, this is a pretty big update.

EDIT: The vid has new pets, I wonder if that means they will be capable or can only be bought with faction or "coins".

Regina Buenaobra

Regina Buenaobra

ArenaNet

Join Date: Apr 2008

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Yawgmoth View Post
So at least we got the update date - April 23th
So the text of the page says that the celebrations start on April 23...

Xenomortis

Xenomortis

Tea Powered

Join Date: May 2008

UK

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Quote:
Originally Posted by snaek View Post
actually the most cost effective solution would be to buy a $9.99usd factions account...more xth points anyone?
Well yes, but that's a lot more extra effort. But the returns are greater.
The extra tabs are a mere convinience and strike me as too inefficient (cost wise), not worth the effort for real money.

Esprit

Esprit

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Dvd Forums [DVDF]

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Aside from the convenience factor of the extra pane in storage, I'd see myself buying a character slot with more storage than a pane and plus I'd get mini pets once a year too.

Free equipment slot and a special promotion pane, not too shabby though.

Looking forward to more details on the promotion and the Zaishen content.

Black Metal

Black Metal

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2009

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yeah I second /lol at the pet unlock pack, and people have correctly stated that the $10 storage tabs <<<< discounted retailer gw boxes

even without them, the free pack and storage tab with weapon/armor boxes (or w/e) will render them largely moot

I'm excited to see what the dialy Zaishen quests are, pitting you against bosses...wonder how that works.

batno_mercy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

Myth

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Quote:
we have a limited-time offer where you can get a FREE pane of Xunlai Storage. Our upcoming promotion will be the ONLY way to get this special pane;
Bonus mis pack.

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]HM[ Sabre Wolf

]HM[ Sabre Wolf

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

USA

Servants of Fortuna

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Xenomortis View Post
Wouldn't it be more cost effective for me to buy character slots instead and use them as mules?
Don't know what the $9.99 will translate to for UK pounds, but it's £5.99 per character slot.

1 character gives 45 storage slots, each tab in the Xunlai chest gives 20 - that's 2.25 times bigger.
/agree

Athough... you would still have to toon hop to get the stuff you need... AND you would have to work on getting bags and pouches for the mules... but in the end... you would be saving "real" money.

snaek

snaek

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

N/

^speaking of hom... no details? or no update?

Apollo Smile

Apollo Smile

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2008

[LORE]

E/Mo

O LAWD is dat pet stables?!

slowerpoke

slowerpoke

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2007

Cuba

equipment pack sounds like a bag that only holds weapons or armor

and a slot added to each char to be able to use them

does that mean theres only 1 per char?

how many slots do these new bags have?

Quote:
Originally Posted by snaek View Post
^speaking of hom... no details? or no update?
course its possible that isnt part of the 'big update'
even though it was promised 6+months ago

Xenomortis

Xenomortis

Tea Powered

Join Date: May 2008

UK

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Quote:
Originally Posted by ]HM[ Sabre Wolf View Post
/agree

Athough... you would still have to toon hop to get the stuff you need... AND you would have to work on getting bags and pouches for the mules... but in the end... you would be saving "real" money.
If you're pushing for storage space, odds are you have the 2k necessary to buy Bags, storage runes and a belt.

Carboplatin

Carboplatin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

[PIG]

W/A

the zquest idea sounds cool! what are the rewards for the quests??

the equipment bag is one for each toon, which mean to me it'll free up at least 4-10 spaces for each character, that is assuming you have 2 sets of armor plus a few weapons.

I can see that easily freeing up 50 spaces combined for people with lots of characters.

-the extra tabs are for those with serious storage problems, then yeah you probably have to pay.

Yawgmoth

Yawgmoth

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by A11Eur0 View Post
the HOM can easily be changed to allow it to be used as armor storage....
are you sure?

I'm sure it's not easy, simply because HoM is just based on unlocking - 1 bit of data per whole armor set. How to use 1 bit of data to store whole armor? Not easy, would require a significant rework and would only store a clean empty (unmodded, undyed) set of armor.
Ofcourse that would be a storage improvement aswell, for those who want all the sets in HoM, got no space to keep them but don't want to unlock and then trash.

Apollo Smile

Apollo Smile

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2008

[LORE]

E/Mo

The Zaishen Challege Quests sound amusing as well. If anything, they will have people switching it up and doing different things.

]HM[ Sabre Wolf

]HM[ Sabre Wolf

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

USA

Servants of Fortuna

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Xenomortis View Post
If you're pushing for storage space, odds are you have the 2k necessary to buy Bags, storage runes and a belt.
Exactly... Not to mention the fact if you make a Mule in Factions you would get the Monestary Credits, to get the bags for no cost at all anyways

Xanthe Dashka

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2009

More storage tabs on your main account is more effective... perhaps.

Buying a new account with 4 character/mule slots and free zaishen keys with the Xunlai Tournament House sounds better. Like Gaile, I too can use GWx2, it's not forbidden.

I'm curious about the Zaishen Challanges and it's rewards. I hope it gives us another way to obtain Zaishen Keys. Then it would truly be a PvX-title.

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

"Our upcoming promotion will be the ONLY way to get this special pane..."

Probably not, but still this all does look pretty cool.

Icy The Mage

Icy The Mage

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Canada

E/

Cool stuff, free space and new content ftw =DDDDDDD

FengShuiDove

FengShuiDove

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2007

Trinity of the Ascended [ToA]

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Wow. If this all works as good as it sounds, ANet +1.

snaek

snaek

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by slowerpoke
course its possible that isnt part of the 'big update'
even though it was promised 6+months ago
i'd seriously lol if hom wasn't in this update. theres already qq from pvp'rs for no skill balance update this month... and now pve'rs will qq from no hom update...
epic qq's for the lulz

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kerwyn Nasilan View Post
i dunt want t0 pey fur stuf so I am bameing u ppls for it, i im dah smert person!
In my ideal world your permanent place of residence would be in my cellar being tortured for a month.

Apollo Smile

Apollo Smile

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2008

[LORE]

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bryant Again View Post
"Our upcoming promotion will be the ONLY way to get this special pane..."

Probably not, but still this all does look pretty cool.
I imagine there will be other ways to get it down the road, but either way I won't complain for getting one of them for free.

Vel

Vel

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/

Its looks promising indeed. Good work Linsey and team! One great thing is Linsey always delivered on promises, hence, she is supercool in my books. Thank you Linsey! Looking forward to Zaishen Challenges...hope the rewards match the efforts!!