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Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

20 Oct 2010 at 15:42 - 81

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATOJAR

2.) Ive heard the word "farm" or "farming" used quite alot what exactly is "farming"? What does it do?

Reading through most of this thread, I'm not sure if any one ever gave a good answer to this, so....

Farming is basically defined as doing a quest/mission/area/etc repeatedly merely to accumulate some particular items or gold. For example, killing lots of Kournans just to get Kournan Pendants for the Traveller.

Contrary to what some may say, farming is not necessarily a "solo" occupation. While it's obviously best usually to have as few people in the party as possible, to maximize your own drops, it is not required that it be done solo to count as farming. There is always a trade off between the number of players in the party and the ease and speed of doing the "farm" with more players. Particularly, if you are in the early stages of the game and have not acquired the skills and equipment to "solo" farm, then you will want to farm with a larger group.

For example, just yesterday, I did the Consulate Docks mission (3 times) with myself (SoS Rit), Dunkoro (mission requirement) and Livia (MM) to get the Kournan Pendants for the traveler. Actually, I did the first run without Livia, but it went much faster with her and I didn't need to pay as much attention. (So I could "drink & farm"

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ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

20 Oct 2010 at 20:29 - 82

Can i just say guys ...

Thank you all very much for your help, You have all made GW a much more enjoyable experience, Instead of me spending time looking up my questions you have all answered them & fast .... Even easily enough for a noob like me to understand lol, This means ive been able to play GW and enjoy it for the great game it is instead of feeling lost ... Thank you all.

Oh another thing lol

I have a large pulsating sheild on my map called Fort Ranik, What is this? Whats it for? Is it part of the Primary quest?

Iceblue

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2010

W/

20 Oct 2010 at 20:39 - 83

Its a mission and yes it's part of the primary quests. In each campaign they have different symbols denoting missions. In prophecies it's a shield.

MisterB

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy

[ban]

W/

20 Oct 2010 at 21:20 - 84

Missions you have not completed will flash or pulse on your map.

ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

22 Oct 2010 at 10:45 - 85

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iceblue

Its a mission and yes it's part of the primary quests. In each campaign they have different symbols denoting missions. In prophecies it's a shield.

How come it dont show in my quest log? The only primary quest i have is "Defend the wall"?

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

22 Oct 2010 at 10:59 - 86

Missions are not quests and do not appear in the quest log. I'll save myself the effort of typing this out myself...

http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Cooperative_Mission
http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Prim...#Primary_Quest

Note: If you haven't completed Defend the Wall, that means you haven't done the 'The Great Northern Wall' mission yet. This is the first one, and Fort Ranik is the second. Do them in the right order.

ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

22 Oct 2010 at 13:45 - 87

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marty Silverblade

Note: If you haven't completed Defend the Wall, that means you haven't done the 'The Great Northern Wall' mission yet. This is the first one, and Fort Ranik is the second. Do them in the right order.

1. Ill it make any difference if i dont do them in order?

2. How do i get new pets? I mean i have a cat/stalker pet atm.... When i try to charm a different animal it says i already havea pet! ... How do i get different pets?

Dzjudz

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

gwpvx.com/user:dzjudz

22 Oct 2010 at 14:02 - 88

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATOJAR

1. Ill it make any difference if i dont do them in order?

2. How do i get new pets? I mean i have a cat/stalker pet atm.... When i try to charm a different animal it says i already havea pet! ... How do i get different pets?

1. It will make a difference only to your understanding of the storyline.

2. You need to release your current pet to a pet tamer first. There are several pet tamers in the game. One is just outside of Ascalon City. Note that you can't get back the pet you release.

There is also something called the Zaishen Menagerie on the PvP islands (that you cannot yet reach on your character) where you can unlock pets at certain levels by showing your pet to them before you release it. Then you can get a new one from them at the levels you unlocked instead of charming a low level one in the wild.

ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

22 Oct 2010 at 19:53 - 89

Thanks.

Well ive manages to salvage me a bow grip ...

ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

23 Oct 2010 at 10:55 - 90

Ok ive finally managed to salvage a bowstring, (Icy Bowstring) ... It ont attach to my bow! ... I double click the bowstring then point to my bow but the curser icon just stays as the red circle with the line throug!.

Any ideas why?

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

23 Oct 2010 at 11:01 - 91

Which bow? If you are using a bonus weapon, then you cannot modify them. Also, many collector weapons cannot be modified.

Dzjudz

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

gwpvx.com/user:dzjudz

23 Oct 2010 at 11:44 - 92

The Nevermore Flatbow can't really be modded (you can only add a bow grip, which you can't salvage back from it).

ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

23 Oct 2010 at 11:48 - 93

Ahh right, I have a grip on .... Suppose i should sell this bow string then.

ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

23 Oct 2010 at 13:43 - 94

I keep reading/seeing stuff about a "stance" ... Whats all that about?

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

23 Oct 2010 at 14:11 - 95

A stance is just a type of skill - like hexes, enchantments, shouts, stances, etc.

ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

23 Oct 2010 at 17:56 - 96

Thank you.

So what about mini pets? How are those acquired?

Also as im a Ranger/Elimentist my primary weapon of choice is my Bow ... But this is the only weapon i use ... Its the only weapon i have/keep, I have only my bow binded to my four weapon sets slots.

Would it be a good idea to keep say a axe/hammer for melee attacks or just stick with the bow 24/7?

MisterB

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy

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23 Oct 2010 at 18:42 - 97

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATOJAR

Thank you.

So what about mini pets? How are those acquired?

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Mini#Acquisition

You can also buy them from other players.

Quote:

Also as im a Ranger/Elimentist my primary weapon of choice is my Bow ... But this is the only weapon i use ... Its the only weapon i have/keep, I have only my bow binded to my four weapon sets slots.

Would it be a good idea to keep say a axe/hammer for melee attacks or just stick with the bow 24/7?

Stick with your bow until you are able to change secondaries. You may use Expertise as a R/W to decrease the cost of energy based warrior skills if you want to play melee with those weapons. You won't be very effective using those weapons without investing attribute points, so you'll want to change your secondary class.

You can also use one-handed weapons to take advantage of different mods on alternate weapon slots, but that's somewhat advanced. Sword/axe/spear and shield are useful for running, farming, trapping, and a few other things.

Xiaquin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2010

[aRIN]

R/

23 Oct 2010 at 18:42 - 98

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATOJAR

So what about mini pets? How are those acquired?

You can purchase from other players, and your characters will receive them as birthday presents when the years go by. Be aware most players dedicate theirs in the Hall of Monuments; those that are dedicated will be cheap to buy, you wouldn't be able to contribute them to your own Hall, which is the vehicle for rewarding players in the upcoming game sequel.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATOJAR

Would it be a good idea to keep say a axe/hammer for melee attacks or just stick with the bow 24/7?

The only effective way to use a weapon not of your native profession is through other powerful skills from a respective secondary profession, as well as special skills acquired only through the EoTN expansion quests which can greatly buff damage dealt.

In other words, stick to the bow. I've never felt a need to melee.

Annnd ninja'd.

ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

24 Oct 2010 at 12:20 - 99

Thanks for your reply.

Ok so ive made it to lions arch, Theres a whole load of people here! .. Is lions arch like a main city or something?

Also just a quick question, when i hover my mouse pointer over somebodys character theres a box that pops up .... The top part is there name and underneath the line im guessing thats there guild name? but theres a number in brackets whats this number?

But for some people a box dont pop up, Just there name and [BFG] for example?

Could somebody please explain this?

Dzjudz

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

gwpvx.com/user:dzjudz

24 Oct 2010 at 12:47 - 100

The box can look like this

Bla Bla [ABCD]
Survivor (1)

The first line is their name and guild tag. If they are not in a guild then obviously it won't show a guild tag.

The second line is the title they are displaying and between brackets the rank of that title. You can display titles when they reach certain levels by checking one in your H ('Hero') menu at the Titles tab. You will probably already see some title progression there but likely none that you can display yet. For example, you will see progress on the Tyria (= Prophecies) Cartography title. You can display this particular title from rank 1 onward, which is at 60% exploration.

ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

24 Oct 2010 at 14:24 - 101

Ah yes when i press H it brings that up ....

Thanks for clearing that up.

ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

24 Oct 2010 at 19:56 - 102

Ok i have other questions! lol

I just noticed my health bar .... There was two new colours ... One colour was like a greeny brown colour?(not purple and yellow like the others)

The other colour i noticed was that my bar started to fill silver/grey from right to left!

Dzjudz

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

gwpvx.com/user:dzjudz

24 Oct 2010 at 20:13 - 103

The health bar can be different colours, depending on certain adverse effects. Poison and disease make it green.

A grey portion of the health bar indicates a deep wound, a condition that lowers your health by 20%, and reduces healing effectiveness by the same amount.

A grey portion on the energy bar is exhaustion.

ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

25 Oct 2010 at 18:14 - 104

Ok i have more questions lol.

1. Is there anyway to tell what lvl somebody is?

2. Sometimes i pick up items of different colours, i.e blue, purple ect, Whats the different colours for?

3. Is there any other way to cycle/select enemy units? I mean apart from mouse clicking, Sometimes theres that much going on in game thats its hard to spot where the mouse cursor is!

Thanks is advance.

Roen

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2010

GMT-5

[Nite]

R/

25 Oct 2010 at 18:29 - 105

1. When you select somebody, the selection will show their class (E/Mo, etc.) and their level.

2. blue=common,purple=uncommon (usually better), gold=rare (usually much better), green=unique (rarest of all and sometimes way better but not always that much better than golds) Some gold drops can be worth a lot of in-game cash.

3. TAB key will cycle through enemy units. "C" key defaults to selecting closest enemy. You can go into options to bind specific keys to different functions to help make it easier.

ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

26 Oct 2010 at 08:45 - 106

I thought the highest lvl in this game was 20?

I just bumped into a lvl 22 beastie!?

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

26 Oct 2010 at 08:54 - 107

There is a level cap for players (20). Monsters do not follow this. You'll begin to face level 24 monsters as standard, and in the very late missions and Hard Mode you'll be facing mostly level 28 foes. Some bosses are level 31, possibly even higher.

The point is that you need to make up for the lack in raw numbers by having better skills and intelligence.

ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

26 Oct 2010 at 08:57 - 108

Damn! .... lvl 28! ... What chance do i stand lol.

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

26 Oct 2010 at 09:01 - 109

It's actually not that hard. As you go along you'll be tweaking your builds and tactics to be able to compete with the higher level foes. Once you know what you're doing the extra levels don't make much difference.

ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

26 Oct 2010 at 21:43 - 110

Damn, Ive just bought 4 gold runes, Put all 4 onto 4 different parts of my armour! ... Ive just noticed now that each rune has -75 HP

My health was close to 400! ... Now its 160!

Roen

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2010

GMT-5

[Nite]

R/

26 Oct 2010 at 21:50 - 111

Uh, yeah. At most use only one +3 Superior. The +2 Majors are -35 health each. Don't overdo them either. There's a reason Minor runes tend to be the most popular: +1 with no negatives.

ATOJAR

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

Middlesbrough, England

R/E

26 Oct 2010 at 22:13 - 112

So theres nothing i can do apart from buy new armour?

Xiaquin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2010

[aRIN]

R/

26 Oct 2010 at 22:23 - 113

Upgrades (Runes, Insignias, even Dye) can all be overwritten. Replace the ones you want. The only other option is to use something called a Perfect Salvage Kit (craftable in Eye of the North or purchased from players). Considering the value of superior runes is low, it's just better to overwrite.

bsoltan

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2005

UK

[SoF]

26 Oct 2010 at 22:24 - 114

You can get an Expert Salvage Kit from a Merchant and attempt to salvage a rune from the armour.

HOWEVER there is also the chance that you will salvage the armour, you cannot guarantee that you can salvage the runes and keep the armour.

There are Perfect Salvage Kits, which allow you to guarantee that you salvage what you want. These are available from consumable merchants in Eye of the North, or you may be able to buy one from another player.