Is there a list of wanted content for GWG?

Since the live server is open for scandinavians since April 1st, and ArenaNet has given people playing there the go for releasing screenshots and info for it during this three day period (no NDA issues there), do Guild Wars Guru have a list of wanted content for its knowledge base somewhere? Or any general guidelines of what I could try to screenshot or get other info for? Should I just look at missing info in this current KB and assume it's up to date and there's no content "lying around" that you already have available?

I remember there use to be a thread for this during the BWE's but couldn't find one now, and was just thinking I could use this "mini BWE" for something useful here.

Wow, I wasn't expecting to get any offers of help from testers who weren't involved with the site staff, so I didn't put anything up as to what we're looking for and have just been doings things myself.
Off the top of my head, I know that Saus wants to get map screenshots of the trainer locations in Pre-Searing Ascalon and the quests.

I'd definitely love to have that list of trainers and location (in pre-ascalon that is...).

hehe... what's so surprising about that? anyway... if you put up a giant "to do" list then we can become your slaves... crap... i mean... uhh... minions... crap! i mean... uhh... ahh screw it... lets go with slaves.

i say ss of anything new would be nice

a work in progress will try to find who provided this info and link to it but for now here is most of that stuff


Elementalist
Primary Starting Skills: Flare, Aura of Restoration
#1: Elementalist Azuire (Wizards Folly)
Kill a few waves of Ice Elementals with Firestorm
Skills Given: Firestorm, Aura of Restoration, Glyph of Lesser Energy

#2: Rena Stormbringer (Foilbles Fair)
Quest Name: The Power of Air
Kill Hulking Tower Golem
Skills Given: Air Magic Skills (Blinding Flash,?)

#3: None Discovered yet


Mesmer
Starting Primary Skills: Conjure Phantasm, Ether Feast
#1: Lady Althea (Outside Ascalon City on the west road to Green Hill County in front of actor’s stage)
Quest Name: The Rogue Bull
Mission: Kill a Rogue Bull with resistance to Physical attacks
Skills Given: Conjure Phantasm, Ether Feast, Imagined Burden

#2: Vassar (Foibles Fair)
Mission: Kill Skale Brood in the east woods of Wizard’s Folly
Skills Given: Backfire

#3: None Discovered yet


Monk
Starting Primary Skills: Banish, Orison of Healing
#1: Brother Mhenlo (Ashford Abbey)
Quest Name: A Monk’s Mission
Mission: Help Pauluus the Abbot Retrieve a Relic in the catacombs by keeping him alive while he travels in a life draining swamp
Skills Given: Bane Signet, Orison of Healing

#2: Grazden the Protector (Green Hill County)
Quest Name: Protection Prayers
Mission: Keep Farrah alive to kill Alain the Bandit leader.
After Receiving Quest head back to Lake Side County to Activate It
Skills Given: Protection Prayers (Reversal of Fortune, Shielding Hands)

#3: Brother Mhenlo (Ashford Abbey)
Quest Name: Blessings of Balthazar
Mission: Stop Skeletal Invasion of fields outside Ashford
Skills Given: Retribution, Symbol of Wrath


Necromancer
Starting Skills (Vampric gaze, Deathly Swarm)
#1: Necromancer Munne (Catacombs outside Ashford Abbey)
Quest Name: The Necromancer Novice
(Necromancer Munne should lead you on to the proper location on this quest but here are Directions: head into the catacombs and head to the right follow that path till you get to a large rectangular room down a flight of stairs. This room has two exits on the right side the first right leads to the Flame geysers and Necromancer Novice quest.)
Mission: Use bone minions to trip the flame geyser traps and defeat the Tomb Nightmare
Skills Given Animate Bone Horror, Deathly Swarm, Life Siphon

#2: (Blood Magic Necromancer) Green Hill County next to the Grazden Protector
Mission: Head to the catacomb entrance north east of Baradin’s Estate and defeat 3 of the 5 Blood Fanatics
Skills Given: Vampric Touch, Blood Renewal?

#3: Overad the Reviled (Catacombs)
(Directions head into the catacombs and head to the right follow this path untill you get to a large rectangular room down a flight of stairs. This room has two exits on the right side the first right leads to the Flame geysers and The Necromancer Novice quest. The second right leads to a cavern full of spiders head directly down the spider path till you find Overad the Reviled.)
Mission: Defeat 5 Crypt Fiends
Skills Given: Soul Barbs, Faintheartedness

For the Necromancer you can collect the following items and give it to the following people.
5 Skeletal Limbs to collector ??? (In catacomb entrance of Ashford Abbey) for Necromancer Boots.


Ranger
Starting Primary Skills: Power Shot, Troll Urgent
#1: Ranger (Regent valley)
(Directions from Ashford Village follow road over bridge to Regent Valley keep following road)
Mission: Tame an Melandru’s Stalker Cat
Skills Given: Skills (Charm Animal, Troll Urgent, Dual Shot or Comfort Animal)

#2: Ivor Trueshot (Regent valley)
(Directions from Ashford Village follow road over bridge to Regent Valley, once in regent valley stop following road and head over the hill to the left, once over the hill you find a new road follow it till you see a bridge when you see bridge climb the mountain to the right)
Quest Name: A Test of Marksmanship
Mission: Kill 5 indicated Plague worms in under 1:30
Skills Given: Marksman Skills (Read the Wind, Point Blank Shot)

#3: Aidan (Wizards Folly)
(Directions from Foibles Fair head down the road to Lakeside County till you see a forest. Head south east till you come to a river once you cross the river you should be in the fishing village Aidan is on south east edge of the fishing village)
Quest Name: An Unnatural Growth
Mission: Head west to river by waterfall kill Large Aloe Seed for Aloe Root
Skills Given: Preparation Skills (Ignite Arrows, Favorable Winds?)

For the Ranger you can collect the following items and give it to the following people.
5 Grawl necklaces to Collector Kaylee (Near the portal from Lakeside County to Regent Valley) for Rawhide Vest.


Warrior
Starting Primary Skills: Frenzy Stance, Healing Signet
#1: Warmaster Gast (Green Hill County)
Mission: Stop the Grawl Invasion in Vineyard/Down the Road by killing all the "Grawl Invaders"
Skills Given: 2 Sword Skills (Server Artery, Gash)

#2: Duke Barradin (Barradin Estate)
Mission: Kill Agnar the Foot near the vineyard
Skills Given: 2 Hammer Skills

#3 Little Thom (Barradin Estate)
Mission: Stop the Aloe Seeds from spreading in the Duke’s Vineyard
Skills Given: 2 Axe Skills (Dismember, Executioner's Strike)

For the warrior you can collect the following items and give it to the following people.
5 Grawl necklaces to Collector Kaylee (Near the portal from Lakeside County to Regent Valley) for Ringmail Hauberk
5 Dull Caprices to collector ??? (Near the Primary Ranger trainer) for Ring Mail Leggings or Ring mail Boots

I know there are quite a few people interested in screenshots of the murals of gods found throughout Pre-searing Ascalaon, as well as the statues and plaques. Basically anything you could find on the deities/lore would be great... Nice of someone to offer.

Ciao,
CT

OK here we go...

Balthazar Lore Page & Statue
http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/g...eBalthazar.jpg
http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/g...eBalthazar.jpg

Dwayna Lore Page & Statue
http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/gwg/LoreDwayna.jpg
http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/gwg/StatueDwayna.jpg

Lyssa Lore Page & Statue
http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/gwg/LoreLyssa.jpg
http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/gwg/StatueLyssa.jpg

Melandru Lore Page & Statue
http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/gwg/LoreMelandru.jpg
http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/g...ueMelandru.jpg

Grenth Lore Page & Statue
(not found; where is his statue?? )

I'd also like to include murals and plaques; I'll see if I have time for that later today, or tomorrow.

New Pre-searing Ascalon Collector/Trainer Map
http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/g...scaOverlay.jpg
http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/gwg/MapReference.txt
(it's not even near complete, but the plan is to renumber it later, and maybe also add quest givers on it as well... of course, the reference text is only in a raw .txt file, but that's stuff that could be HTML-ified... maybe a map like this could be useful? I just based it on Moonaibe's nice work right now)

I always like the screen shots with great scenery.

Here are a few murals that I think was asked for earlier...

Balthazar: http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/g...lBalthazar.jpg
Dwayna: http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/gwg/MuralDwayna.jpg
Grenth (1): http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/gwg/MuralGrenth.jpg
Grenth (2): http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/gwg/MuralGrenth2.jpg
Lyssa: http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/gwg/MuralLyssa.jpg
Melandru: http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/g...alMelandru.jpg
Unknown: http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/gwg/MuralUnknown.jpg

And some more statues...

Ruined Dwayna 1: http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/g...waynaRuin1.jpg
Ruined Dwayna 2: http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/g...waynaRuin2.jpg
Ruined Melandru: http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/g...ruSerenity.jpg

I don't think I know more statue/mural locations.
Again, it would be especially good to know Grenth's main statue in pre-searing Ascalon.

Ty for all the great pics.

Hmm.. looks like i'll be setting off in search of Grenth's Lore, among other things.
That's a lot of nice pictures though, it looks like we'll be able to put up a pretty comprehensive 'Lore' area for the deities thanks to your work. It's been an interesting topic of discussion about the forums lately, so i'm sure people reading here appreciate it as much as we do.
It does give me a few ideas, though. Most of it will have to wait until after release, due to the rules for what is / isn't allowable content on fansites at the moment, but it might be interesting to go around gathering the various bits of in-game Lore to construct a timeline of sorts. (Providing they don't beat us to the punch with this one, in whatever they may include in the manual.)

That looks like OragneArrows stuff. Most of which we already have aor will have by the end of the weekend. There's a rather massive update to things going on behind the scenes around here, so I'm holding off on any new additions to the CMS until that's complete (Not out of, I assure you, laziness) but once I'm satisfied everythign's correct I'll probably slap it up in a post.

Although I'll probably have to clean up my notes some. For example : What we could really use are the screenshots relating to such quests. Especially ones that show locations and the like (Great work on that, Juggulator, btw). Pics of the quest dialog and quest logs would also be nice. Especially the "main" ones, the ones that lead up to getting into the Academy - the Sir Tydus, "Whatever" Test, Havesdan ones, basically.

And, of course, information on item mods, armor, skills (There are some new Ranger pet attacks I'd like to have info about), skill trainers, crafters, armor, and anything else you'd care to think of. The more info, the better, but no worries, just have fun. We appreciate anything you might gather and we'll certainly try to make use of it but anything you get us is a bonus.

Jugalator,
That's some quality work--thanks for the posts.

Spooky,
I think a "lore" section would be a great addition to the site. I, for one, enjoy the RPG aspects of the game, and the deeper you can get into the lore, the better.

Ciao,
CT

Gaile has recently talked about a lot of juicy lore in the game manual, btw...

I also just explored the entire presearing Northern Wall area with Aelrik of AB and got some screenies for those who haven't seen it much.

1 2 3 4 no 5 6 (cool color change once you get close to a Charr flame altar) 7 8 9 (sunglasses on! :s) 10 11

Maybe you haven't seen the new item modifier coloring by the way...

mods1 mods2

Hmm... I'm thinking of any special "new stuff" in this BWE but can't come to think of much... They have some PvP char creation UI changes though... And they also added new hair (and skin) colors, as has been mentioned before:

UI1 UI2 UI3
(hey, women are the fairer sex... lol)

A change in the UI itself is the new gender symbol.

You asked for ranger skill info. I assume the new skills you mean are those in the new "Pet Attack" class. Here they are, I think it's all. All these have Beast Mastery as the attribute they depend on. I'll list how much each increase their "green" attribute per point in Beast Mastery next to the links.

Bestial Pounce
5 base dmg, 17 dmg with 12 BM, i.e. +1 dmg / point

Brutal Strike
same as above, for both dmg's

Disrupting Lunge
1 base dmg, 10 dmg with 12 BM, i.e. less than +1 dmg / point

Scavenger Strike
1st value: 5 base dmg, 17 dmg with 12 BM, i.e. +1 dmg / point
2nd value: 1 base dmg, 12 dmg with 12 BM, i.e. tiny bit less than +1 dmg/point

Predator's Pounce
1st value: 5 base dmg, 17 dmg with 12 BM, i.e. +1 dmg / point
2nd value: 5 base health, 41 health with 12 BM, i.e. +3 health / point

Melandru's Assault
5 base dmg, 17 dmg with 12 BM, i.e. +1 dmg / point

Maiming Strike
1st value: 5 base dmg, 17 dmg with 12 BM, i.e. +1 dmg / point
2nd value: 3 sec cripple, 13 with 12 BM, i.e. less than +1 dmg / point

Ferocious Strike
1st value: 5 base dmg, 17 dmg with 12 BM, i.e. +1 dmg / point
2nd value: 1 energy, 8 with 12 BM, i.e. less than +1 dmg / point

Feral Lunge
1st value: 5 base dmg, 17 dmg with 12 BM, i.e. +1 dmg / point
2nd value: 3 sec base bleeding, 21 sec with 12 BM

You can of course find mana cost and recast times in the images themselves. "base dmg" (for example) is the damage with 0 in Beast Mastery. Some of those screenies were taken with 1 point in BM so don't get confused by that. All these skills and their increasing amounts were simply checked in the PvP Char Creator with "unlock all skills" checked and playing with the attribute points.

Finally, please note I may not keep those screenshots on my web account for too long. Grab what you need!

OK, now I'm going to bed, hehe...

Wow thank you very much! Can you check and see if there are any new male hair changes?

OK, last post before bed, hehe...

No problem, I like to be useful during a WPE for once!

Regarding the hair changes, I'm no expert at Monks but during the alpha (yes, I'm one of those testers ) I started feeling I was either suffering from memory loss or they made a lot of changes to them. :s Here's a most if not all of his styles, and didn't he used to have a lot horrible "half head shaved" styles? Unfortunately, the female Monk still has a lot of that going on; I don't like it.

I also included a weird new (at least I think so) male Necro style in VIOLET. lol

Here's my hair collage! (I didn't include other professions, didn't notice much change for males otherwise)
http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/gwg/hair.jpg

I also almost forgot some pretty new loading screens

http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/gwg/loading1.jpg
http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/gwg/loading2.jpg

Before it gets old, you don't mind the loading times at all

Wow, Juggie, thank you! It was cool to see the collage of monk hairdos. If you have time tomorrow, could you grab some of the female ranger faces and 'dos also? Don't forget to sleep and eat, buddy!

Thanks again, Jug

J.

Yeah that would be cool. But isnt it the last day of the beta for them, isnt it shutting down midnight tonight?

Jugalator, you rock!! I'm so envious!! Ooh, if you're taking requests, could you take some screens of the female mesmer's hair?

Do you know of any new skills for the mesmer? ^.^

thanks jugs

wow... awesome!

ya a list of special places or people would be cool for information purposes

I think Ranger is the only one with those new "Pet Attack" skills.

I did two more hair collages that were requested earlier:
Female Ranger: http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/g...maleranger.jpg
Female Mesmer: http://hem.bredband.net/b240685/gw/g...malemesmer.jpg

I'm afraid I won't have time for much more this BWE. Server still open, but I think it has officially ended so it won't be much time left. Not sure what to do with the map I posted; I just noticed Narnach of Amazon Basin was planning + working on something similar so it may end up as double work for me.

Wow! Those Ranger styles are VERY attractive. Not your typical Super-Cuts.

I would just like to say again. TY so very much for all the great screen shots.

Jugalator,

I just want to ask, had you that name in another game, and on another forum long ago? I might get people mixed up, and I never know when someone else will claim a name used by another. But if you're who I think you are, I'm not surprised that you've done this generous thing this weekend.

I was a loyal follower of diabloii.net once upon a time (account still there), before I met my gaming pals at The Amazon Basin, and now my spirit is forever taint... errr... enchanted with Basinhood!

I actually sent in a joke (I think it was for April Fool's) about your George the Cat once (bless his soul if not with us anymore! ), that you never posted but said you would... why you little...!

So maybe it's from that place you remember me...

Anyway, trying to help here is just something I liked to do, as a way of repaying and hopefully improving the quality service this site is.

Or maybe you just remember me from the alpha side of GW.. lol!

All I can say is thankyou.
It is just a teaser for those of us not getting to play there but t'is great none the less. Nice to know some things are "cosmetic" too.

Thanks SOOOOO much Jugalator. Awww, the mesmer's hair is so ummm..... unpretty. But the ranger.... WOW!!!!

Very nice screenshots Jugs, I'll have some good stuff to look forward to for the upcoming BWE. I requested off of work for that weekend again, so hopefully I can lock myself in my room before my mom notices anything this time around

It IS you! All along I've thought perhaps it was, but handles and names... I just wasn't 100% sure, you see? Hail and well met, old friend!

I remember the George the Cat piece. I think I still have it somewhere, at least I hope I do, it was a treasured gift! I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes. The reason it was never posted is a mystery to me. In the dim recollection of faded memory, it may have been set aside when I had another fractuous run-in with a coworker. I didn't get an awful lot of support for the Beta Diaries and the other pieces I wrote, to tell you the truth. I kept saying that games are not about stats and item charts alone, and that readers would enjoy the "extra stuff." But as I said, I wasn't too often taken seriously. On the other hand, somebody from ArenaNet noticed something I did, so all's well that ends well.

George is very well. He slumbers not 12 feet away, no doubt catching salmon in his dreams. He'll soon wander over and sit at my feet, as he does each night, and "help me write" while always hoping for the occasional ear scratch. Thanks for asking.

Another cat lover. I have 7 of them myself. They are mostly outside cats. They keep the yard clean of vermin.

Hehe, wouldn't it be fun to have a George the Cat in Guild Wars!

But I guess since there are no kittens (?) so far, the art people would have to specifically make a cat model for it, and maybe it's too much work for an "easter egg". But it would sure be cool to have a quest for it with e.g. a child having lost her cat and you having to find it, sort of like the Oink the Pig quest.

Hmm, wait a minute... Oink is gone, right? Since they replaced that whole thing with pre-searing Ascalon. Waaah! Only now do I realize that cute piglet is gone?! He's not in Gates of Kryta, right? That mission always reminded me of the former tutorial mission.

May his poor pixels rest in Guild Wars heaven!

lol Drizzt, good to hear you're putting your kitten army to good use! Fight those vermin! Hehe. I like kittens too, but unfortunately some in my family is allergic = problems each time they'd visit, and it's also a bit small for him to live in just this apartment of mine, I think. *sigh*

Thank you alot Jugalator.

Wow, I love the artwork done for the murals. A very distinctive style, kind of manga inspired (though not in that trashy, pulp manga art kind of way).

Also I love the new selection of pet pounces, another testament to Anet listening to player demands, um, that is, I meant 'requests'...

So nice to see other cat lovers out here. I have 5 cats, 2 dogs at the moment...each with their own webpage. My little dog gets more email than I do! And of course my Ranger is really looking forward to getting her own cat (but not till I am completely done with Ashford as I hear they are a bit hard to control around livestock)
http://www.geocities.com/lousfurkids2003

This is driving off topic.

Sorry...didn't mean to.