Update - Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Automated Tournaments
Updated Automated Tournament map rotations.
Skill Descriptions
Traditional Chinese community localization: updated numerous Traditional Chinese skill descriptions. Please visit the wiki to see a list of updated skills.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug that made Murakai, Lady of the Night use the skill "Murakai's Call" incorrectly, causing her to spawn an infinite number of allies.
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I knew it was coming eventually.
Probably still not going to buy them, but it is a nice discount.
Another thing I noticed while idling on the login screen was that when the title music was done playing, the first 3 seconds of the nightfall theme started to play o.O It's probably nothing significant though :P
Game update Oct. 7th 2009 and storage pane discount promotion
Neo Nugget
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mmmm, Storage Panes 25% off... they were over priced IMO to begin with... but still not needed that badly...
Winterclaw
It'd be more price effective to buy a mule.
Zahr Dalsk
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Something I'd be more interested in would be a character "makeover unlock" that lets you use that stuff at the Asuran to edit characters' face/hair/gender/height/etc at any time, without needing to pay for every change. I have changes I'd like to make to some of my characters, but with the current system I don't feel it's worth paying for.
stretchs
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T1Cybernetic
Fixed a bug that made Murakai, Lady of the Night use the skill "Murakai's Call" incorrectly, causing her to spawn an infinite number of allies.
This was bound to happen
Good news about the storage though but i still will NOT be buying any 
This was bound to happen
Good news about the storage though but i still will NOT be buying any
Karate Jesus
Why was there even an update again?
Oh....more emphasis on micro-transaction discounts? Yay!........Wait...seriously, what was the purpose of this?
Oh....more emphasis on micro-transaction discounts? Yay!........Wait...seriously, what was the purpose of this?
zelgadissan
6/7/09 title confused me - I was like "they lowered storage prices in June and I didn't know it?!?"
Not that I'll be buying any, just like to feel in the know.
Not that I'll be buying any, just like to feel in the know.
Black Metal
neo, can you change the thread title to '10/7' update? It looks like a long-ago thread resurrected.
anyways, anet deserves none of my money given their recent track record
anyways, anet deserves none of my money given their recent track record
Neo Nugget
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neo, can you change the thread title to '10/7' update? It looks like a long-ago thread resurrected.
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Anyway, it's too bad they're not discounting the other goodies like the makeover packs and name changes. Maybe they're saving their big sale for the holidays again.
Fay Vert
Storage not worth it, especially this late into the game's life. You can currently buy a new Factions account in the UK for £5.73
Master Ketsu
So I'm guessing the major update is in two more weeks then.
Aba
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Riot Narita
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Yes, we get more storage per dollar if we buy an account or char slot. WE KNOW ALREADY.
But the point of buying storage panes is NOT for more storage - despite the name. We all bought as many mules as we wanted YEARS ago. Before extra storage panes even existed.
We didn't need MORE storage. We needed more convenient access to stuff we were ALREADY storing. THAT was the point of storage panes :-P
If you don't need that convenience, you don't need to pay for it.
HawkofStorms
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Why was there even an update again?
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Not all updates have to be big.
Anyway... meh
I Angra I
still overpriced
Master Sword Keeper
the whole storage system was fail from the beginning...Limited space 5x4 isnt really something that could hold much at all and those poor people with that faded 4th anniversary pane they cant access. Useless 4 panes that have to be bought with money.
Actually here's something to think about.
"we of the xunlai guild are always looking for ways to improve our services. Even as we speak, our finest mages are hard at work to better store and transport items."
Now that's either an oxymoron or something that's really false advertising?
Okay princess, tell your mages this.
1. I want 10x8 sqaure xunlain chest with 5 slots or however i've paid for, etc etc. with my mat's tab and 4th aniv tab still active. The cost for activating this feature can be however you wanna charge it In-GAME! it can cost, 1k-2k-3k-10k! i dont care. now that's player satisfaction right there.
Does anyone else suddenly feel ripped off? Or is it just the way it is because Anet's run out of cash to develop gws2? In a business sense, The customer is always right, the most successful titles are often the ones that never die and the ones that customers never have to complain "often".
I thought paying for in-game items for Real money was against the EULA agreements, so tell me the use of a guildwars shop? Sure, you can buy skill packs, hero stuff, campaigns. Okay that's fair. Now lets get onto the FAIL items.
Haristylist, storage, pet unlock. People would rather take a beating with a brick stick then spend countless dollar sinks in something that'll fade out after 6-8yrs. Yea i might pop on occasionally. but its getting to the point i log in, stare at my chars, log out. close the window.
Someone humour me...
Actually here's something to think about.
"we of the xunlai guild are always looking for ways to improve our services. Even as we speak, our finest mages are hard at work to better store and transport items."
Now that's either an oxymoron or something that's really false advertising?
Okay princess, tell your mages this.
1. I want 10x8 sqaure xunlain chest with 5 slots or however i've paid for, etc etc. with my mat's tab and 4th aniv tab still active. The cost for activating this feature can be however you wanna charge it In-GAME! it can cost, 1k-2k-3k-10k! i dont care. now that's player satisfaction right there.
Does anyone else suddenly feel ripped off? Or is it just the way it is because Anet's run out of cash to develop gws2? In a business sense, The customer is always right, the most successful titles are often the ones that never die and the ones that customers never have to complain "often".
I thought paying for in-game items for Real money was against the EULA agreements, so tell me the use of a guildwars shop? Sure, you can buy skill packs, hero stuff, campaigns. Okay that's fair. Now lets get onto the FAIL items.
Haristylist, storage, pet unlock. People would rather take a beating with a brick stick then spend countless dollar sinks in something that'll fade out after 6-8yrs. Yea i might pop on occasionally. but its getting to the point i log in, stare at my chars, log out. close the window.
Someone humour me...
Kook~NBK~
And here I was thinking that all of the QQing about buying storage panes was over months ago. But that's what A-Net/NCsoft gets for raising prices... Oh, wait.
A-NET DIDN'T LOWER THE PRICE ENOUGH - MOM-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
A-NET DIDN'T LOWER THE PRICE ENOUGH - MOM-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
citizensmith1001
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Something I'd be more interested in would be a character "makeover unlock" that lets you use that stuff at the Asuran to edit characters' face/hair/gender/height/etc at any time, without needing to pay for every change. I have changes I'd like to make to some of my characters, but with the current system I don't feel it's worth paying for.
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El Presidente
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It'd be more price effective to buy a mule.
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Originally Posted by I Angra I
still overpriced
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Skill Descriptions:
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SpiritSpammer
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This , hopefully they will come to their sense's and finally add the character makeovers as a freebie soon, in my opinion it should never have had a real world money charge simply because it should have been avalable from the day the game was released same as it is in most other mmo games.
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Karate Jesus
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it would be free if there was a subscription.
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Gaming companies will make money where they can. Whatcha gonna do? ::shrug::
Winterclaw
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Originally Posted by Hissy
We didn't need MORE storage. We needed more convenient access to stuff we were ALREADY storing. THAT was the point of storage panes :-P
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lilDeath
Still overpriced, and especially not worth the real-world money.
It's a virtual commodity, so charge virtual money for it.
It's a virtual commodity, so charge virtual money for it.
Zahr Dalsk
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It's a virtual commodity, so charge virtual money for it.
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RangerAtAllTimes
Meh. I wish they would undue some of the updates. Mainly the ones that nerf rangers in every way possible :-P haha. Don't see that happening though:P
Shayne Hawke
Gonna take more than that discount to encourage me to buy storage tabs.
The rest of the update doesn't really add or change anything that sounds so significant that it needed done now when nothing else was going to be released.
The rest of the update doesn't really add or change anything that sounds so significant that it needed done now when nothing else was going to be released.
Karate Jesus
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Gonna take more than that discount to encourage me to buy storage tabs.
The rest of the update doesn't really add or change anything that sounds so significant that it needed done now when nothing else was going to be released. |
What would have happened if they'd let that Murakai bug become well known, even to the point where people started screenshotting it?
Plus, it's not like there are any more important bugs they could have spent their time trying to fix.......................
FoxBat
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Offhand, anyone know what's with the push to update descriptions in Chinese, especially this late in the game?
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Scarlett Romanov
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What're you talking about?! Or course that stuff had to be done then.
What would have happened if they'd let that Murakai bug become well known, even to the point where people started screenshotting it? Plus, it's not like there are any more important bugs they could have spent their time trying to fix....................... |
lilDeath
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The same could be said about Guild Wars itself. Or indeed, any game that you can download.
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You CANNOT PLAY the Guild Wars GAME without buying the Guild Wars GAME, meaning paying real-world money for it.
Can you play Guild Wars WITHOUT a storage pane? YES!
A storage pane is not worth any real-world money, it is cosmetic at best, for use in your virtual game world. A storage pane does not make you better, stronger, richer or more powerful, and cannot even be tied to anything that has ingame value.
The actual game is worth real-world money, which you can resell. You cannot resell storage panes.
In Fact, by charging real-world money for the storage panes, they are actually increasing the resell value of the overall game.
It's stupid.
EDIT: And yes, why update in the middle of the week when these are hardly significant updates? Were complete zones / dists crashing due to people exploiting Murakai or what? I see no reason they could not leave this and do this during the normal build update cycle. Meh.
Zahr Dalsk
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Don't be daft. There is a vast difference. You're comparing a storage pane to a game? Seriously?
You CANNOT PLAY the Guild Wars GAME without buying the Guild Wars GAME, meaning paying real-world money for it. Can you play Guild Wars WITHOUT a storage pane? YES! A storage pane is not worth any real-world money, it is cosmetic at best, for use in your virtual game world. A storage pane does not make you better, stronger, richer or more powerful, and cannot even be tied to anything that has ingame value. The actual game is worth real-world money, which you can resell. You cannot resell storage panes. In Fact, by charging real-world money for the storage panes, they are actually increasing the resell value of the overall game. It's stupid. |
HBlix
I'd buy the extra storage if it was $10 for all 4 slots. $40 (30 now, I guess) could buy half of another game, though.
Yawgmoth
Nice discount, lol. Still overpriced obviously. They would be high-but-acceptable if they were sold 2 panes for $10.
Oh and at the same time they added some tax (8.3%) which wasn't there before = wtf?
No idea when it was added really but I remember well I bought a bunch of character slots and they were straight $9.90 without any tax.
Oh and at the same time they added some tax (8.3%) which wasn't there before = wtf?
No idea when it was added really but I remember well I bought a bunch of character slots and they were straight $9.90 without any tax.
Phineas
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Guild Wars is a virtual commodity, just the same as the storage panes. There really is no difference.
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Zahr Dalsk
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I like how you read the post, quoted the post, and then said what was said before the post. It's almost as if the words did not make any sense to you...
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snaek
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The same could be said about Guild Wars itself. Or indeed, any game that you can download.
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Darcy
I thought the storage pane discount was great and bought some panes. Convenience wins in my book. I get tired of sorting through 12 characters looking for that spare staff I know I have.
Krazy Kat
RIP
I was going to make a sliver armor version soon too!
I was going to make a sliver armor version soon too!
Zahr Dalsk
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so how do you plan on making in-game money if you don't have the game yet?
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