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bloodbob

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

08 Jun 2005 at 07:35 - 1

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Breakdowns for every quest and story-line mission, including walkthroughs and rewards

Put it this way it doesn't even have a map of FoW or the UW let alone any details other then the rewards for the quests for the quest in those two.

The majority of quests have no description at all. Let alone have any help.

Its fine if you want help with missions but if you want helps with quests at all DON'T BUY IT.

Arrow Whisper

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

08 Jun 2005 at 12:14 - 2

While they make their guides "pretty" to look at. The information is most often times lacking. They always claim to have everything you need to know about the game, but when you do finally get into the guide you realize it's little more than eye-candy.

Mormegil

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

08 Jun 2005 at 12:33 - 3

Gives little if no info really useful. This Prima Guide is just a way to suck our money. Very sad Guild Wars official site advertised it.

And, oh...eye-candy? A game guide? It's like a map that doesn't point you where to go but is beautiful to look at.

=HT=Ingram

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2005

Anchorage Alaska

Haz Team [HT]

R/W

08 Jun 2005 at 12:56 - 4

The tables are excellent. so are the collector information for every area. there are 5 typos though I found. I have updated most of it on reproduced tables in our forums in excel though. Also the Maps are a little more detailed in that it shows locations ON the map of creatures starting spawn positions. that helps you know whats around the corner and all.. Of course it can not show chests and such cause their locations change regularly. The back of the book is the most useful stuff... Not the first 100 pages with the pretty pictures and maps. lol But the Text and table content is good.

The underworld is not mentioned NO, but at the press time there was little known about it. in fact even at the last beta only a few went down there... and it has yet to ever for fully mapped even by a gaming clan to produce a map. Also the underworld is ment to be a BONUS mission. Like the secret cow level, in diablo. but thats another story...

Chev of Hardass

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2005

Under a rock

zP

Me/

08 Jun 2005 at 12:58 - 5

Ahem, why would you buy that?

Your at the Guru.

Someone on teamspeak mentioned the "best" pet in the game over teamspeak, when they were looking at their guide.

I told them about the Spider you unlock in the Underworld, by doing a quest (learned about here). And then he probably died a little inside for not being able to bring any new information with his fancy new Prima Guide.

And why are they advertising the guide on the log on screen? Truely distasteful, I think.

=HT=Ingram

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2005

Anchorage Alaska

Haz Team [HT]

R/W

08 Jun 2005 at 13:03 - 6

Just to show a few

And yes it does say the only place to get that spider is the underworld in a Note section in the guide... only place it mentions it...

The trick is to read the words not just look at the pictures...

Mormegil

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

08 Jun 2005 at 13:20 - 7

Which is difficult since the pictures are the only good thing. Infos are either useless or well known to anyone. Disgusting they're advertising this crap on the official site.

JoDiamonds

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

New England

08 Jun 2005 at 13:54 - 8

It's not unreasonable for them to advertise it. It IS the official guidebook.

The main problem with all guidebooks is usually that they are written well before the game is really done. This is even worse with online games like GWs, because the game keeps changing (thankfully).

I'm glad to hear what is and what isn't in the book, though. Helps me (and others, I'm sure) decide whether or not to get it.

Heck, if it's cheap enough, it might be worth it for the collector locations alone. =]

Mormegil

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

08 Jun 2005 at 14:10 - 9

Lol, Guildwarsguru already has a list of Collectors' locations. Cool pictures are missing but hey, I can live with that.

ArturoB

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

08 Jun 2005 at 15:00 - 10

I found the mission walkthroughs and skill listings to be excellent. I got the pdf and it was and still is the only place I can find which skills can be quested versus purchased. It'd be nice if they advised the quest offerer, but at least I know which to hunt around for versus wasting points on.

Ninna

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Northeast USA

Guilded Rose

Me/

08 Jun 2005 at 15:48 - 11

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Originally Posted by ArturoB

the pdf was and still is the only place I can find which skills can be quested versus purchased.

I agree

altho eventually that information will be available

online Questing information (for skills) is elusive

nechronius

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Southern Cali

Herald of the Storm

W/R

08 Jun 2005 at 18:02 - 12

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Originally Posted by =HT=Ingram

Just to show a few

Interesting... According to that chart, pets gain AC3 for every level gained. Base damage inflicted is identical for all pets at any given level as well, just the type of damage is different.

nechronius

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Southern Cali

Herald of the Storm

W/R

08 Jun 2005 at 18:08 - 13

double?

nechronius

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Southern Cali

Herald of the Storm

W/R

08 Jun 2005 at 18:08 - 14

triple??

Helios

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

08 Jun 2005 at 18:26 - 15

What's with the triple post?

WeiPing

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

08 Jun 2005 at 18:30 - 16

Um. Damage seems to increase with Beast Mastery.

Test it yourself...take all your points out of Beast Mastery, and let your pet kill one of the mobs outside Ascalon City. Then crank it up and you'll see much more damage.

Madjik

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Somewhere, U.S.A.

Gold Pheonix

08 Jun 2005 at 18:36 - 17

most stratagy guides are written for the complete newb, so of course theres not going to be much in there we dont already know.

nechronius

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Southern Cali

Herald of the Storm

W/R

08 Jun 2005 at 18:38 - 18

Quote:

Originally Posted by WeiPing

Um. Damage seems to increase with Beast Mastery.

Test it yourself...take all your points out of Beast Mastery, and let your pet kill one of the mobs outside Ascalon City. Then crank it up and you'll see much more damage.

BASE damage.

And the observation I made and thought i was editing to say (but somehow triple posted) was that despite the Moa Bird and Strider using the same model, they are listed as doing different types of damage. Odd.

Stev0

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Halifax, NS, Canada

08 Jun 2005 at 19:04 - 19

I'm not happy with this review so far.

Guess I won't be buying this.

PhineasToke

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

in a house

Phantom Menace

W/Mo

08 Jun 2005 at 20:10 - 20

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Originally Posted by bloodbob

Put it this way it doesn't even have a map of FoW or the UW let alone any details other then the rewards for the quests for the quest in those two.

The majority of quests have no description at all. Let alone have any help.

Its fine if you want help with missions but if you want helps with quests at all DON'T BUY IT.

THAT is why you're here. Any questions, the real bible is guildwarsguru.com.

'Nuff said.