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Reformed

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2009

25 May 2010 at 13:13 - 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gill Halendt

- Differently coloured - such as, what, orange, or straw-yellow. WiK "uniques" are actually not that unique, as they have their own proper name with no reference to the foe originally using it, since they're dropped by specific categories of foes and not just bosses, so why not a new category for them?

Make them blue. With rare exception people don't like the mods Anet--why not cater to the people who are actually playing your game and let us change them.

aspi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2010

eeew

N/Rt

25 May 2010 at 13:43 - 42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reformed

Make them blue. With rare exception people don't like the mods Anet--why not cater to the people who are actually playing your game and let us change them.

Hmm blue is already used in the game. Not like this but still. Why not make them red for shinigblade and orange for white mantle.(if there are of course factions where you can also choose the side of the mantle)

Munkypoo7

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2009

Miami, Florida, United States

Lunatics Running the Asylum [CRZY]

R/Rt

25 May 2010 at 13:50 - 43

Hopefully they do end up reverting all of the greens, even the ones that are still modifiable...

Just so I can laugh at the morons paying 50e+ for them

Reformed

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2009

25 May 2010 at 14:06 - 44

@aspi, Red is used for PvP weapons. I'm thinking blue like the text on this. Sort of an electric color. Doesn't matter what they do really it would just be nice to change the mods on these especially the more desirable skins.

aspi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2010

eeew

N/Rt

25 May 2010 at 14:23 - 45

Ah never played PvP so didn't know that

Karate Jesus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Texas

Reign of Judgment [RoJ]

Me/

25 May 2010 at 14:36 - 46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Killed u man

Anyone modding these items can -should- be banned for abusing an exploit. If Anet were to stop using their double standards that is...

I hate to admit it, but Killed is technically right. If we follow the past guidelines for what is acceptable to trade in-game, then not only can people who mod these items be banned, but the people who buy them could be banned as well.

It's "technically" exploiting a bug, and people have been banned in-game for trading exploited items......

jimme

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Netherlands

Mo/

25 May 2010 at 14:38 - 47

Fixed a bug that caused Mind Wrack to break PvP?
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anyway, kinda stupid they fixed the green weapon thing, now theyre useless again =(

Warvic

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2009

The Netherlands

A/W

25 May 2010 at 15:01 - 48

Any word from A-net on fixing the greens prior to the update? Oh, and does that trick with the "captured" quest really work? Or is that just an guess?

FoxBat

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Amazon Basin [AB]

Mo/Me

25 May 2010 at 15:48 - 49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karate Jesus

It's "technically" exploiting a bug, and people have been banned in-game for trading exploited items......

I really wish MMO companies would stop punishing players for their shoddy programming.

Leighwyn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Seattle

Limbo

Mo/E

25 May 2010 at 15:49 - 50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warvic

Any word from A-net on fixing the greens prior to the update? Oh, and does that trick with the "captured" quest really work? Or is that just an guess?

Given the way they treated the Sorrow's Furnace greens that'd previously been found after tweaking a few stats on some, I would say that it's probably a safe bet that they'll be going back through all the weapons that have already spawned and eventually changing them to match. But if I recall correctly, it took a loooong time before they did so. RIP rockmolder

edit-
The update was July 2006, here is the relevant text: "Reduced the chance to halve skill recharge time from 20% to 10% on Rockmolders dropped prior to the item being corrected."

That would be the precedent I was referring to.

Essence Snow

Unbridled Enthusiasm!

Join Date: Nov 2009

EST

DPR

25 May 2010 at 15:53 - 51

Few comments:

~Don't think there was a "Captured Trick".....just an satirical idea from 1 person.

~Some ppl will try anything to bring others down, once they have been brought down. I.E. I got banned so I'm going to try and get everyone else banned for anything I can think of. (Rather sad IMO)

~Mind wrack is not really the problem, the conjunction w/ other skills is. Seems most simply do not like that they now have to think more bout changing weap sets.

~Mesmers being the preferred bot and with the new buff to mesmers has the PvP community crying foul. Would there be the same concern if the 2 were not intertwined?

~Having a Bounty in HM reward 1/3 of what a NM Courier run does not make sense.

Killed u man

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

25 May 2010 at 16:04 - 52

Quote:

Originally Posted by FoxBat

I really wish MMO companies would stop punishing players for their shoddy programming.

²

@ Essence,

I don't want to get anyone banned. My posts are satirical only. I'm just trying to point at the redicilous double standard NCSoft/Anet keeps upholding which eventually got the better of me.

In the end, we just have to gues what is allowed and what is not. (ban-able) This is not how it should be. Either you enforce your rules, or you don't.

Otherwise, wiki has a nice page for it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination

And Anet/NCSoft deserves all the bad PR they can get. Discrimination is not something that should be promoted by a major company.

Hence: Either you ban the exploiters and uphold you previously set standard. Or you don't and commit yet another act of discrimination.

Essence Snow

Unbridled Enthusiasm!

Join Date: Nov 2009

EST

DPR

25 May 2010 at 16:53 - 53

Welcome to a taste of life......it is not fair nor will it ever be.

Killed u man

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

25 May 2010 at 17:09 - 54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Essence Snow

Welcome to a taste of life......it is not fair nor will it ever be.

That would be a great tagline for Guild Wars 2: "It is not fair, nor will it ever be"

Amy Awien

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

R/

25 May 2010 at 17:21 - 55

Quote:

Fixed a bug that caused Tannaros [Punishing Henchman] to use Empathy instead of Empathy (PvP)

Guess we know why splitting skills is a bad idea from a maintenance point of view. Apparantly everytime there's a split or unsplit of skills all (PvP) henchies need to be adjusted.

FoxBat

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Amazon Basin [AB]

Mo/Me

25 May 2010 at 17:23 - 56

On that note, the kurzick eles in FA are still using Ward against Melee (pvp). Five bucks the zaishen HA guy is too.

Xslash

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2008

25 May 2010 at 17:43 - 57

anybody else notice that tease is bugged?
or at least i think they didnt intend it to be this way.

Here is what the skill description says:

Elite Spell. If target foe is using a skill, that foe and other foes in the area are interrupted and you steal 0...4...5 Energy from all foes in the area.

Concise:
Elite Spell. Interrupts a skill. Interruption effect: also interrupts other foes in the area, and you steal 0...4...5 Energy from all foes in the area

But here's what it actually does:

Elite Spell. If target foe is using a skill, that foe and other foes in the area are interrupted and you steal 0...4...5 Energy from all foes in the area for each for interrupted.

this means if you interrupt two skills with tease, you steal 8 energy from them all.

i was testing this out in pve, and in mobs of 2 or 3, i was seeing like 6 +4 energy things.

Deviant Angel

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

On a boat!

Homeless.

Mo/

25 May 2010 at 17:58 - 58

I don't see a reason to ban people over this. They just need to fix the bug and revert all the weapons to their original state.

The idiots that paid stupid amounts of ecto for the modded weapons will probably shed a few tears, but whatever. That's what they get for buying weapons that were obviously broken.

Warvic

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2009

The Netherlands

A/W

25 May 2010 at 18:23 - 59

they just fixed the bugged weapons. the green bow with +30hp is now changed in my storage acc.

Firebaall

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

25 May 2010 at 18:24 - 60

Bug Fixes:

Restored previously altered War in Kryta unique weapons to their intended stats.

lol...

slowerpoke

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2007

Cuba

25 May 2010 at 18:26 - 61

They've previously updated green stats, it shouldn't come as a surprise.
gg anyone who paid more than a few plat for a green.

Gabriel of Ravn

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2010

Virginia

None, retired to GW2.

W/A

25 May 2010 at 18:53 - 62

I lol'd when I logged in and saw that update and yet there are still people around attempting to sale "modded greens" in LA for around 40e