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Hall of Monuments titles

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Ghost Omel
Ghost Omel
Krytan Explorer
• #21
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Originally Posted by dsielschott View Post
i myself have played for 4 years now and just finally got my 16th title maxed.....all the easy ones if u ask me.....no vanquishing, cartographer, chest running, id'ing.....i did grind a few EoTN titles but mostly norn when it was for ursan, and i just play casually and get them slowly....next on my list is asura and then on to vanq/cart.

what if each title you got gives you a free unlock of a skill.....(pve only skills)
or a maxed weapon, or a maxed weapon mod, u wont get the full benefit of them till u play awhile but u get them and can use them for free


or if u do get God walking title then you should have an ora about u because at that point you are the ancestor of a God!!!

anyways, i do think that you should get extras for it, all of it, titles, armors, minis, weapons, and pets

weapon monument maxed = cool weapon
pet/hero monument maxed = cool hero/pet
armors monument maxed = cool armor or dye for it
minis monument maxed = cool mini pet
God Walking amongst mear mortals = ora!

and if u want any of these u can go back to GW1 and get them always!!!(cause when 2 comes out they arent gonna shut this one down)

just my thoughts cause thats why they made titles anyway

Not true devs stated that you can do it only for so long half a year or so after that it will be loked and you wont be able to do it anymore.. It was in one of the first interwievs in the magazine or online i cant really remeber withc one.
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Bob Slydell
Forge Runner
• #22
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Originally Posted by Erik Fox View Post
I'm hoping it's something in looks only - really cool something(like auras were before everyone had them) that doesn't give an advantage over other people straight out of the gate.
Yeah same here, Hoping it's either a title or a visual thing for free for getting stuff in gw1, something that can also be purchased later on in gw2 if you are starting GW2 brand new right off the bat. But if they make it some sort of advantage over people who didn't title grind in gw1 that would be stupid.
Lonesamurai
Lonesamurai
Furnace Stoker
• #23
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Originally Posted by Ghost Omel View Post
Not true devs stated that you can do it only for so long half a year or so after that it will be loked and you wont be able to do it anymore.. It was in one of the first interwievs in the magazine or online i cant really remeber withc one.
link please as i have never seen or heard this before
Rhododendron
Rhododendron
Frost Gate Guardian
• #24
The one and only truth is that i know someone who heard from a guy who is married with the sister of a serious fellow who knows a girl who used to feed the pet cat of a developer , so as i said, the truth is that in Guild Wars 2 you will get a CAT MINIATURE only if you have GWAMM in the Hall of Monuments.
Gigashadow
Gigashadow
Jungle Guide
• #25
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Originally Posted by Lonesamurai View Post
link please as i have never seen or heard this before
http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/10908

Jeff Strain: I don't know exactly what the timing will be, but I will tell you that we aren't going to allow new players to Guild Wars 2 to go back and get those items in the Hall of Monuments. Our intent is to reward players who are playing Guild Wars right now. ... So I can't imagine that we'll let somebody coming into Guild Wars six months after Guild Wars 2 ships and letting them have rights to all of the same opportunities our original players had.

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Ghost Omel
Ghost Omel
Krytan Explorer
• #26
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Originally Posted by Gigashadow View Post
http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/10908

Jeff Strain: I don't know exactly what the timing will be, but I will tell you that we aren't going to allow new players to Guild Wars 2 to go back and get those items in the Hall of Monuments. Our intent is to reward players who are playing Guild Wars right now. ... So I can't imagine that we'll let somebody coming into Guild Wars six months after Guild Wars 2 ships and letting them have rights to all of the same opportunities our original players had.

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Thank you very much Giga Apreciate it .. I Hope that proves it to you Lonesamurai
Lonesamurai
Lonesamurai
Furnace Stoker
• #27
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Originally Posted by Gigashadow View Post
http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/10908

Jeff Strain: I don't know exactly what the timing will be, but I will tell you that we aren't going to allow new players to Guild Wars 2 to go back and get those items in the Hall of Monuments. Our intent is to reward players who are playing Guild Wars right now. ... So I can't imagine that we'll let somebody coming into Guild Wars six months after Guild Wars 2 ships and letting them have rights to all of the same opportunities our original players had.

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damnit... ok, cheers Giga
Mordakai
Mordakai
Grotto Attendant
• #28
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Originally Posted by Gigashadow View Post
http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/10908

Jeff Strain: I don't know exactly what the timing will be, but I will tell you that we aren't going to allow new players to Guild Wars 2 to go back and get those items in the Hall of Monuments. Our intent is to reward players who are playing Guild Wars right now. ... So I can't imagine that we'll let somebody coming into Guild Wars six months after Guild Wars 2 ships and letting them have rights to all of the same opportunities our original players had.

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I hadn't heard that either.

I guess I understand the intent, but damn, what a missed opportunity to keep the original Guild Wars viable after GW2 goes live.
Ghost Omel
Ghost Omel
Krytan Explorer
• #29
Well its actually a right course of action in my opinion. Regardless of wether it will prolonge the life of GW 1 or not GW2 will take over evntually and im sure that in 6 month most veterans will transfer over with the achievemnts blazing in the ir looks etc.

I mean.. why would you let a new GW2 player after 3 years of playing GW2 all of the sudden get a look that originaly was meant for gw1 player.....destroys all Veteranness of players....
upier
upier
Grotto Attendant
• #30
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Originally Posted by Gigashadow View Post
http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/10908

Jeff Strain: I don't know exactly what the timing will be, but I will tell you that we aren't going to allow new players to Guild Wars 2 to go back and get those items in the Hall of Monuments. Our intent is to reward players who are playing Guild Wars right now. ... So I can't imagine that we'll let somebody coming into Guild Wars six months after Guild Wars 2 ships and letting them have rights to all of the same opportunities our original players had.

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That's officially the dumbest thing I've heard them say.
Tramp
Tramp
Furnace Stoker
• #31
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Originally Posted by Gigashadow View Post
http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/10908

Jeff Strain: I don't know exactly what the timing will be, but I will tell you that we aren't going to allow new players to Guild Wars 2 to go back and get those items in the Hall of Monuments. Our intent is to reward players who are playing Guild Wars right now. ... So I can't imagine that we'll let somebody coming into Guild Wars six months after Guild Wars 2 ships and letting them have rights to all of the same opportunities our original players had.

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From a money making business perspective they should make the rewards in gw2 be so good that new players in gw2 will want to buy gw1 to get the hom done. The old gw1 players who move on to gw2 should be excited about this as that will create a market for their old gw1 items to sell to new players. (Think of the exchange rate between presearing and postsearing that exists now, and use your imagination for new players in gw2 who want to go back to gw1 and buy some titles/objects for hom. That should create a similar type of exchange market between gw1 and gw2 that currently exists between pre and post searing. So existing players of gw1 who bank a lot of wealth/title stuff/objects will do well.) This will sell millions of extra copies of gw1 making the company some a lot of net income. I find it hard to believe that smart business people would pass up that golden opportunity to drop a lot of dollars to the bottom line. Cutting off new players to gw1 hom benefits or making the benefits trivial is short sighted thinking. Anet, feel free to hire me as a consultant and I will help you make a lot of money because I think you need it...
jazilla
jazilla
Desert Nomad
• #32
you also have to realize you get the rewards for the monuments in the HoM. You don't have to have any maxed titles to get a full hall of monuments(statues only) to change the appearance of the HoM you would. For Example: here is how to get 5 statues in your HoM w/out getting a single maxed title.
1. beat tyria
2. beat cantha
3. beat NF
4. r3 in skillz title
5. r3 glad
you can also just beat FoW, UW, Sorrow's Furnace, DoA etc. to get statues and then buy weapons, minis, pets, armor etc. The only thing maxed titles affects is the appearance of your hall which will play into GW2 I would imagine.
Megas XLR
Megas XLR
Frost Gate Guardian
• #33
r4 Luxon and Kurzick are pretty easy to get too.
Canine Teeth
Canine Teeth
Ascalonian Squire
• #34
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Originally Posted by upier View Post
That's officially the dumbest thing I've heard them say.
You're miss reading it, the way I see it they wont close GW1 down but make the HoM not upgrade for gw2.
immortius
immortius
Krytan Explorer
• #35
Also could be interpreted as only meaning players who join GW1 6 or more months after GW2 is released, not pre-existing players. So basically irrelevant to any of us.
K
Khyr Lord of Kaoz
Academy Page
• #36
As far as I can tell Maxing titles is not the whole point of the HoM. It's about unlocking statues.

You should be getting something for every mini dedicated, every hero armor upgraded, every elite pet dedicated, every title maxed, or that you get a statue for, in the case, for example of the lucky title track where you can display it long before you max it.

Every set of elite armor you have, every destroyer or tormented weapon will unlocked "something."

As already stated, that something will be something that doesn't give you a gameplay advantage. Elite type armor, cool looking weapon skin, access to heroes that are specific only to people who have unlocked them by playing GW1 and minipets. That's probably what you're working towards. You may even have some titles in GW2 that you can only get from play GW1.

It's status symbol stuff, which is fine by me. I'd like to be able to show the GW2 community that I've been involved with GW for a long time, and was moderately successful at it.
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LicensedLuny
Badly Influenced
• #37
That interview is almost two years old. While some of the devs may have intended to "lock" the HoM on release of GW2 back before they released EotN, I don't think they still intend to.

Quote:
Accomplishments dedicated in GW1's Hall of Monuments will continue to update your GW2 account even after GW2's release.
From http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Hall_...o_Guild_Wars_2

I think they've changed their tune. If a future reward has no more definition than "it'll be cool," it's foolish to expect everyone to clamor for it. I doubt I'm the only one that won't bother with a title or an addition to the HoM now unless it's fun and rewarding to me now.

Also, realize that while the GW2 rewards for HoM will hopefully have at least a couple things that everyone can enjoy having, it probably won't provide the "coolest thing in the game!!!" There would be less incentive to play GW2 if the best thing in it came from playing GW1.

As to the OP, sorry Buster but no one can answer that. GW2 isn't out yet, nor have they made any official announcements about the details of how it'll all work. This is all speculation.
Pistachio
Pistachio
Lion's Arch Merchant
• #38
I've been playing since launch and don't have a single maxed title. I doubt I ever will, yet I put in plenty of time playing just like most of us here. Not that I really care about getting extra goodies in GW2 for maxing titles in GW1, but I can understand the argument against it. Players like myself, who have put in just as much time as someone who has maxed titles, aren't given anything in return for their loyalty to the game, because of an arbitrary decision on how that game time should be spent. I understand that at its core it's a "marketing scheme" of sorts. Allude to the fact that filling out your Hall of Monuments now will get you rewards later and that's supposed to get people playing. Well, what about those of us that don't need that incentive to play, and play anyway? Nada. That doesn't make sense at all.
Black Metal
Black Metal
Desert Nomad
• #39
nice catch, Giga

as a matter of principal, I agree there's merit to limiting the window, after GW2 is released, to reaping the benefits of building the HoM. However, from a business standpoint, I'm rather suprised. This would be a very nice incentive for those who never got GW1, but are enjoying GW2, to go back (and shell out a few quid).

Personally, I just want to know what the rules, benefits, requirements, etc actually will be. And no, I'm not holding my breath; I'm barely touching HoM until I know how it's all gonna square away. However, considering HoM has been hyped for years, and we still barely know anything about how it bridges GW1 and GW2, I think it's about time to throw us some bones.
Nerel
Nerel
Jungle Guide
• #40
As for the OP, we (the community) have no idea exactly what the rewards will be for Title/HoM achievements other than the nebulous reference to unlocks/rewards in GW2, and, given that GW2 is still in development, it's entirely possible that Arenanet hasn't decided what the rewards will be or what the thresholds determining who gets what will be either, or at least they aren't set in stone.

I agree with Black Metal's post, I certainly think a good number of players will be holding back hoping to see what benefits are rewarded for titles/HoM filling before they put in the effort... certainly some player's will refrain from the title grinding of the more arduous titles, and filling their HoM's with the more costly items until they have some idea of the benefit. Hopefully the proposed 'cutoff' period mentioned above will take those players into account and give them time to grind/fill HoM to suit their needs.

On the otherhand, multiple Gwamms and HoMs... I'm covered