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LordDragon

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2010

Dragons Den

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16 Nov 2011 at 04:02 - 81

Quote:

Originally Posted by LicensedLuny

I won't skip a cutscene unless I'm the last vote. I figure if there's someone there who wants to see the movie, they might not have such trouble with that aforementioned pressure if at least one other player hangs in there with them.

Same here, no matter how many times I have seen a cut scene I will not skip it unless I am the very last one OR we have all agreed beforehand. I am not going to pressure someone to skip a cut scene.

Markaedw

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

N/

16 Nov 2011 at 14:59 - 82

I was just running a character to EotN the first time and was able to notice a few tapestries and such. It's just to bad that the area cant be explorable later, because it looks as though someone spent a lot of time on the details for the short 2 minute run.

Saint Scarlet

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2010

Everywhere

Rise of Corruption[RoC]

R/

16 Nov 2011 at 15:45 - 83

It's over now but the whole of that "run" is included in the mausoleum in the Halloween quest "Commandeering a Mortal Vessel". If once you've killed everything during the quest you go explore it is quite massive and includes at least 5 dungeons floors worth of areas.
'Tis a shame i didn't take any screenies of it, but i showed alot of the murals and tapestries to the missus when i helped her with the quest.

Voodoo Rage

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

Sacramento, CA

Geezers

R/

16 Nov 2011 at 17:15 - 84

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markaedw

I was just running a character to EotN the first time and was able to notice a few tapestries and such. It's just to bad that the area cant be explorable later, because it looks as though someone spent a lot of time on the details for the short 2 minute run.

Has anyone tried fighting off those waves of Destroyers? I've never tried it.

Saint Scarlet

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2010

Everywhere

Rise of Corruption[RoC]

R/

17 Nov 2011 at 01:30 - 85

Aye i have and unfortunately although you can usually manage to kill quite a few of them they just keep coming wave after wave, same with the destruction Depths mission/quest just before you enter the portal to the 3rd level. It's a bit like BFLA before the nerf x10 (except you don't get the 1min break between waves after you kill 1).

LicensedLuny

Badly Influenced

Join Date: Dec 2005

Buying Humps! (No kidding! Check my buy thread)

Hello Kitty Krewe [HKK] Forever!-ish

17 Nov 2011 at 01:58 - 86

Yep, agreed. The destroyer waves never seemed to stop.

Years ago, a buddy and I ...(warning - button below really does contain a spoiler! It's the first time I've used these new buttons for their intended purpose!)

EDIT - @ Blade below - Ah so! Thanks for the info! ... oh, and the more Princess Bride references in this game or anything to do with this game, the better!

BladeDVD

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Hawaii

Clan Of Elders

N/

17 Nov 2011 at 04:02 - 87

Quote:

Originally Posted by LicensedLuny

Years ago, a buddy and I ...(warning - button below really does contain a spoiler! It's the first time I've used these new buttons for their intended purpose!)

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Frost_Gate#Notes

See the last note in the Notes section. There's a little more detail on the talk page with a Princess Bride reference to boot. lol

Mintha Syl

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2010

17 Nov 2011 at 11:25 - 88

Quote:

Originally Posted by urania

A year or two before TA has been removed I noticed the map with the dragon obelisks has a beautiful picture of a woman on one of the ruins' walls. Was a nice surprise to see such art in pvp too.

That's Melandru!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markaedw

I was just running a character to EotN the first time and was able to notice a few tapestries and such. It's just to bad that the area cant be explorable later, because it looks as though someone spent a lot of time on the details for the short 2 minute run.

All that area is reused for Mausoleum in Halloween quest...spent hours exploring it this year, apparently it's like the matrix for most dungeons but also has some very unique parts (tapestries Utopia-style etc) and it all was soo cool!

il Priscilla il

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2011

cake

W/

17 Nov 2011 at 13:36 - 89

if you do /rank and then use an avatar form, it will keep your rank emote "up and hidden" till you die, sploding out a bambi wolf tiger etc

Wracks

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2009

A/

18 Nov 2011 at 04:12 - 90

1) If you flag your hero near a portal and if you die somewhere, you can get the hero to tele to you by flagging him/her through the portal. I never knew you could do this until a runner who was running me did this a while back. You can take advantage of UA monk to quickly ress you if you are solo running, so you don't have to bother with ress shrine

2) There is a cave in Southern Shiverpeak that if you enter, you can see/hear an a satellite like object near the shrine(which looked non-guild wars canon related). I never knew this until I started cartographing. It was bizarre and surreal when I first came across it.
Edit: This cave: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Lyssa%27s_ice_cave

Baktwerel

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2011

E/R

18 Nov 2011 at 11:18 - 91

I have already reached Nundu Bay in Nightfall and the Ice Caves of Sorrow in Prophecies when I found out yesterday that there are storybooks that record our missions for exp and gold. <_< Luckily my account/main was only 25 days old so I could purchase the missing pages....

Donnie Yen

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Eastern US

Tears of the Ascended(ToA)

Mo/

19 Nov 2011 at 03:16 - 92

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wracks

1)

2) There is a cave in Southern Shiverpeak that if you enter, you can see/hear an a satellite like object near the shrine(which looked non-guild wars canon related). I never knew this until I started cartographing. It was bizarre and surreal when I first came across it.
Edit: This cave: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Lyssa%27s_ice_cave

Been awhile since I've been there but that's where you get IDS(Icy Dragon Sword). May just have to venture back there and get another.

Essence Snow

Unbridled Enthusiasm!

Join Date: Nov 2009

EST

DPR

19 Nov 2011 at 21:04 - 93

This one is embarrassing, but after 12,820 hours of GW I just found sunspear arena. I always wondered why I couldnt carto that one lil bit by kamadan...lol

Omar Charrbane

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2011

Imperium Von Aurion

W/E

20 Nov 2011 at 03:29 - 94

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordDragon

I just cannot fathom skipping a cut scene the first time it comes up. It is what we used to call, eye candy. It was one of the major reasons behind playing the game so that you could see the cut scenes and all the hard work that went into them.

It is also one of the huge issues I have with another game I am playing right now. No cut scenes at all. The game, while fun enough to play, feels empty of any real story.

Hello, are you me?

But seriously, I remember when cut scenes were nicely rendered cgi that probably took 40% of the games budget, also FMV was nice too if the acting was good(Crusader, C&C, Dune).

After much reading about the issue, the reason most developers opt for less to no cinematic is because it apparently makes the player feel like they are not "into the game" but more like passive viewers.

I lol. I don't need to "FEEL THE EXPERIENCE" and won't rage batshit because I am not "in control" etc etc...

Anyway, also I find games that use the in-game engine for cut scenes kinda sloppy too. Sorry Anet. But look how amazing the trailers are, why couldn't that kind of quality be in the game's opening/closing scenes?

Holy shit, I'm rambling.

Oh but on-topic, anything HM I always found is implied skipping because I just assume you saw it when doing nm.

Sube

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

21 Nov 2011 at 05:08 - 95

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omar Charrbane

Hello, are you me?

But seriously, I remember when cut scenes were nicely rendered cgi that probably took 40% of the games budget, also FMV was nice too if the acting was good(Crusader, C&C, Dune).

After much reading about the issue, the reason most developers opt for less to no cinematic is because it apparently makes the player feel like they are not "into the game" but more like passive viewers.

I lol. I don't need to "FEEL THE EXPERIENCE" and won't rage batshit because I am not "in control" etc etc...

Anyway, also I find games that use the in-game engine for cut scenes kinda sloppy too. Sorry Anet. But look how amazing the trailers are, why couldn't that kind of quality be in the game's opening/closing scenes?

Holy shit, I'm rambling.

Oh but on-topic, anything HM I always found is implied skipping because I just assume you saw it when doing nm.

Thats a shame. I don't think I would have played through starcraft 1 or 2 if it wern't for the cutscenes. Guild Wars doesn't need better ones but they would make the game more awesome.

Lupu

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2011

N/Rt

21 Nov 2011 at 10:29 - 96

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wracks

1) If you flag your hero near a portal and if you die somewhere, you can get the hero to tele to you by flagging him/her through the portal. I never knew you could do this until a runner who was running me did this a while back. You can take advantage of UA monk to quickly ress you if you are solo running, so you don't have to bother with ress shrine

2) There is a cave in Southern Shiverpeak that if you enter, you can see/hear an a satellite like object near the shrine(which looked non-guild wars canon related). I never knew this until I started cartographing. It was bizarre and surreal when I first came across it.
Edit: This cave: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Lyssa%27s_ice_cave

I noticed this just a few months ago and now I use this when vanquishing and there is that last mob I missed somewhere. I just park the heroes at a portal and then pop a candy for speed so i can search faster without heroes falling behind.
Then when I find the last of the enemies, I teleport the heroes to me

nuclear_herring

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2007

New Zealand

Impus Jaenellus (Imp)

R/Mo

29 Nov 2011 at 00:07 - 97

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lupu

I noticed this just a few months ago and now I use this when vanquishing ../.. Then when I find the last of the enemies, I teleport the heroes to me

I wish I'd known this when I was finishing Legendary Vanquisher.

Oh, yes and the Shift thing when moving items in Inventory. Found that about 3 months ago and screamed out loud.

StormDragonZ

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

New York

W/R

29 Nov 2011 at 00:19 - 98

Discovered today that /salute actually does something!

roysland

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2007

Me/

29 Nov 2011 at 00:34 - 99

Not quite a feature as other point out, but running around in FoW I suddenly noticed this. Guess I've been too busy killing to actually notice these guys.

Even after about 5 years of playing, I'm still amazed by the art and scenery in Guild Wars.

Galen Ubal

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Harcourt, Victoria, Australia

Omniverse Wanderers

N/R

29 Nov 2011 at 01:04 - 100

You know the War in Kryta explorable areas - Divinity Coast and D'Alessio Seaboard? Once you've finished the War, they're still accessible, and empty of hostiles of any kind. Be handy if I didn't already have Tyrian Cartographer, but...
Still, kind of neat to wander around in, though a bit creepy; other than a scattering of Villagers, they're basically empty. Pretty, though.

ruk1a

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2008

UR MOM LOL

ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES

A/

29 Nov 2011 at 02:21 - 101

The water in the background of the character screen moves. Your mind = BLOWN!

Whirl E Vic

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2009

D/

29 Nov 2011 at 14:04 - 102

Going all completionist and finishing up the Realm of Torment Quests and finding all of the neat little areas that nobody ever goes...

how many have visited the Atrocity Library?

how about explored the Leech tunnels?

and then I pondered how many(actually how few) Bearer's Longbows are probably in the game

LicensedLuny

Badly Influenced

Join Date: Dec 2005

Buying Humps! (No kidding! Check my buy thread)

Hello Kitty Krewe [HKK] Forever!-ish

29 Nov 2011 at 14:37 - 103

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whirl E Vic

Going all completionist and finishing up the Realm of Torment Quests and finding all of the neat little areas that nobody ever goes...

how many have visited the Atrocity Library?

how about explored the Leech tunnels?

and then I pondered how many(actually how few) Bearer's Longbows are probably in the game

I remember that library, I think! It's been years now, but I remember it being a royal pain for H/H and me to fight out way there (I don't avoid aggro - at all!) but finding it awesome when I finally got to it. Leech tunnels aren't ringing any bells, though.

Thanks & cheers for posting that! I may just have to steal your idea and go do some carto/vanq'ing in those murky maps. I'd forgotten how much easier things like max LB titles and slightly-less-clueless-noobish bars might make the place.

Hephaestus Ram

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

None

W/E

30 Nov 2011 at 23:50 - 104

There's a Pug (dog) standing in the water trough that's up the first set of stairs
right outside Kaineng Center.

Must have passed that spot a thousand times before I noticed it.

Daddy

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2011

VSF

A/

01 Dec 2011 at 15:29 - 105

Baby P Nut constantly dancing in JQ? Just found out that he/she has been there for years. Yesterday was the first time I actually noticed.

Lupu

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2011

N/Rt

02 Dec 2011 at 11:33 - 106

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daddy

Baby P Nut constantly dancing in JQ? Just found out that he/she has been there for years. Yesterday was the first time I actually noticed.

It's always fun to see what Baby P Nut is wearing

Changes clothes, costumes and color on regular basis

Chrisworld

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2010

Gameamp Guides [AMP]

W/

03 Dec 2011 at 03:49 - 107

The log-in icon for the longest time was a helmet that wasn't in the game. The icon was removed in an update. A year later that helmet was added to the game. The knights helmet. Well....actually the whole set was added to the game.

True story.

http://www.mobygames.com/images/shot...in-screens.jpg

zlockdownz

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2010

in a box because im to poor to afford to live in the guild hall

We Dominate Gee [DUB]

Rt/Mo

03 Dec 2011 at 14:03 - 108

Like a month ago I realized the skill *sliver armor* is actually spelt Sliver armor and not Silver armor

Whirl E Vic

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2009

D/

03 Dec 2011 at 16:08 - 109

Quote:

Originally Posted by ruk1a

The water in the background of the character screen moves. Your mind = BLOWN!

I just found out that you can move around the camera on the character select screen. There's yaks in them thar hills!

lorazcyk

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2007

guildwiki.org/User:Lorazcyk

Mo/

04 Dec 2011 at 01:55 - 110

On friend's list, you can just double click your friend's name to start a whisper. You don't have to click the little icon next to them.

If you drag a weapon to the button in your inventory named Weapon Sets, that weapon will be added to the current set.

HanSolo

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2011

Tyria

Mighty Is Our Name[MioN]

04 Dec 2011 at 06:04 - 111

Quote:

Originally Posted by zlockdownz

Like a month ago I realized the skill *sliver armor* is actually spelt Sliver armor and not Silver armor

Same here haha. I thought it was silver until a friend laughed at me because i called it silver

LicensedLuny

Badly Influenced

Join Date: Dec 2005

Buying Humps! (No kidding! Check my buy thread)

Hello Kitty Krewe [HKK] Forever!-ish

04 Dec 2011 at 06:08 - 112

Here is one that Firefighter Fred noticed the other day that made me go

after 6+ years of playing and 4+ years of trading (involving lurking a lot of Ventari's threads and looking at a lot of items in trade windows.)

The merch value of purple items seems to always be divisible by 2.
The merch value of gold items seems to always be divisible by 4.
(except for cases where they have "Improved Sale Value" mods)

vader

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

P/W

04 Dec 2011 at 14:31 - 113

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whirl E Vic

Going all completionist and finishing up the Realm of Torment Quests and finding all of the neat little areas that nobody ever goes...

how many have visited the Atrocity Library?

how about explored the Leech tunnels?

and then I pondered how many(actually how few) Bearer's Longbows are probably in the game

There are some really cool areas in the Realm of Torment but there really is just no reason to go to them. I've only been out exploring the areas a handful of times and one of those times was to cap Jagged Bones. I would think that all of the greens except for a few (Exuro's Will) are fairly rare.

FengShuiDove

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2007

Trinity of the Ascended [ToA]

A/

04 Dec 2011 at 16:27 - 114

Face:

There's a lot of really neat details that you miss in-game in the King Size Skill Icon thread.

shodannet

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2011

W/

04 Dec 2011 at 22:19 - 115

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrisworld

The log-in icon for the longest time was a helmet that wasn't in the game.

Wow, Ive never seen a login screen other than the EotN one. Wish they'd rotate through the different ones!

Yol

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2007

GameAmp Guides [AMP]

E/

05 Dec 2011 at 13:32 - 116

Quote:

Originally Posted by shodannet

Wow, Ive never seen a login screen other than the EotN one. Wish they'd rotate through the different ones!

Requested many, many, many times before, but alas impossible, as apparently ANet don't have the original files containing the background images any more. I miss the Factions background and music...

mrmango

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Southern California

Charter Vanguard [CV]

Me/Rt

05 Dec 2011 at 20:16 - 117

Great thread, I really enjoyed reading through this. I didn't know the one about dragging weapons to weapon sets and the link sharing template easy way.

Da Kenster

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

A shoebox

The Boat Crew

W/E

06 Dec 2011 at 02:57 - 118

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yol

Requested many, many, many times before, but alas impossible, as apparently ANet don't have the original files containing the background images any more. I miss the Factions background and music...

I still love the original Prophecies opening music. Whenever it started, back in the day, I always felt like I was about to dive into adventure. Good thing I bought the CE and can play it anytime I want....

Fungus Amongus

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare] | [Rare] Alliance

06 Dec 2011 at 23:54 - 119

Family Guy

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2011

Ogmios Greybeards

W/R

07 Dec 2011 at 04:24 - 120

Fungus wins the thread!

Awesome!