Two in game items will it work?

ARXINAL

ARXINAL

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Purgatory

FaA Fallen Arch Angels

D/W

Well just a question i'm wondering about, I pre ordered gw and I am getting the warpick now i'm thinking of going with the collectors addition mostly for the headset and art but i'm wondering if you can use both you pre order weapon and divine aura which is included with the collectors addition. Just a simple question since the wepons seem to be linked to my current account. Thanks.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

good question

BIG EDIT

NO NO NO

they will be on separate accounts so again no

TheSecondSeven

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

The answer is yes, you will have both items on every character you create, but you will only have the pick for the BWE the aura comes when it is released and you enter in the retail code.

Edit: I believe that when you enter in your retail code it adds to your preorder account not replaces it. How else would they store your character names.

Kityn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

Michigan

Heroes of the Horn [HoH]

N/

No.The key code is what determines the weapon and you cant run 2 keycodes unless you have 2 games and accounts.Chars cannot have more than one of the special items.They are concidered a no drop no trade item.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

your only chance would be if the store would let you upgrade to the CE otherwise you buy a separate CE

gamestop for example does not allow upgrade

2 games 2 accounts

BOW or warpick for example and aura item should be both usable as 1 is weapon and the other is an item

TheSecondSeven

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by czymann
No.The key code is what determines the weapon and you cant run 2 keycodes unless you have 2 games and accounts.Chars cannot have more than one of the special items.They are concidered a no drop no trade item.
What he is asking is the special weapon from preorder and then the divine aura from the collectors edition retail. Not two different preorder items. In that case though you would be right.

ARXINAL

ARXINAL

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Purgatory

FaA Fallen Arch Angels

D/W

i'm still a bit confused i can careless for the aura i just want my warpick but since i might get the ce anyways i'm wondering if i could use them both.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by ARXINAL
i'm still a bit confused i can careless for the aura i just want my warpick but since i might get the ce anyways i'm wondering if i could use them both.
problem solved

if they both work together fine

if you have to choose which to use it is up to you

TheSecondSeven

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Well from my knowledge although some were contradicting it, is...

If you have your preorder account, then add the collectors edition retail cd key to that you will have both the Pick and the Aura for all of your characters upon release.
Also dont worry too much about the pick for i believe it is only a level 1 weapon and willl only help your characters start out.

Lansing Kai Don

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2005

Kansas

Quote:
Originally Posted by ARXINAL
i'm still a bit confused i can careless for the aura i just want my warpick but since i might get the ce anyways i'm wondering if i could use them both.
I don't think anyone is actually answering his question so I took this straight from GuildWars support. This should clear everything up for you Arxinal.

"When you input the Collector's Edition access key, each character on your account will receive the Divine Aura. If you also preordered Guild Wars and have activated the preorder access key, you will also receive the special in-game item on each of your characters. Additional details about the Divine Aura will be available close to the release of Guild Wars. "

Taken from:
http://support.guildwars.com/cgi-bin...i=&p_topview=1

Lansing Kai Don

ARXINAL

ARXINAL

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Purgatory

FaA Fallen Arch Angels

D/W

question answered thanks.

Lansing Kai Don

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2005

Kansas

Not a problem, accidentally landed upon it when just browsing the site. Glad I was able to help.

Lansing Kai Don

Skizzle the Curado

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2005

so what is divine aura?

William of Orange

William of Orange

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

La Crosse, Wisconsin

Thousand Tigers Apund Ur Head, The Consulate

“Divine Aura”
Only an elite few gain the attention and favor of the gods, but those who do receive a celestial gift—a Divine Aura, a glowing visible token of their god’s blessing. When players purchase the Collector’s Edition of Guild Wars, each of their characters will receive this unique in-game item. Characters who equip the item are surrounded by a unique aura determined by the god who has bestowed it, and the item itself has a shape and color distinctive to that specific god. Once blessed by the gods, Divine Aura stays with a character; it cannot be traded or given to others.

Some people are thinking it has to do with boosting a characters primary attribute in some way, but other than that we won't know until the game is released.

Davion

Davion

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

wherever the winds take me

R/Mo

It's an afteglow effect. As of now..nothing but your character glows... It's the tell tale that you bought the collector set.


EDIT : think of it this way.....the only thing KNOWN right now is a glow....it would be nice to have a bonus,..but wouldn't that give a collector set an unfair advantage if you allowed the boost to attributes? Hence giving them an unfair leap ahead to opponents creating a non-level playing field?...like you said..that is conjecture..great thought but plays an advantage one way.

fawgre

fawgre

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Chicago

Storm Haven

N/

I always kind of suspected that there would be some sort of other bonus (besides, perhaps, different colors). This is purely conjecture beyond this point, btw. But say, you get blessed by the god Dwayna, you get plus one to Divine Favor.

Skizzle the Curado

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2005

Think about fighting someone who's glowing, thats a little intimidating. What's the price for the collectors edition?

butcherboy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Just fight them at night and see how intimidating it is

EDIT:
Comments heard on Divine Aurora:

"Does the cool neon effect come with DUBS?"

"Mama told you not to play with the uranium and now look what happened."

"Take this Rudolf"

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

my GUESS is that it will be color coordinated with your profession

The first is that you can pick a boss out from a crowd because they have a colored glow around them; coincidentally the color of that glow represents the boss' profession with red indicating an Elementalist, purple indicating a Mesmer, blue indicating a Monk, dark green indicating a Necromancer, green indicating a Ranger, and yellow indicating a Warrior.

corrected edit

mostro

mostro

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Me/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Skizzle the Curado
Think about fighting someone who's glowing, thats a little intimidating. What's the price for the collectors edition?
Intimidating? Maybe on a warrior. A glowing monk though would just scream "bullseye" to me

Nichos Katran

Nichos Katran

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2005

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Eternal Knights

N/Me

Green Is Necro,
Purple is Mes

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

now the above is correct unless they change it on release

Bgnome

Bgnome

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Loviatar
my GUESS is that it will be color coordinated with your profession

red warrior
purple ele
green necro
etc

corrected edit
that is not how it was from what i remember. it could have changed since this particular article was written, but it seems right to me:
http://www.gwonline.net/page.php?p=106
Quote:
...red indicating an Elementalist, purple indicating a Mesmer, blue indicating a Monk, dark green indicating a Necromancer, green indicating a Ranger, and yellow indicating a Warrior...

Lansing Kai Don

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2005

Kansas

Quote:
Originally Posted by fawgre
I always kind of suspected that there would be some sort of other bonus (besides, perhaps, different colors). This is purely conjecture beyond this point, btw. But say, you get blessed by the god Dwayna, you get plus one to Divine Favor.
I seriously doubt it, as someone else mentioned, it would give an unfair advantage and GW is all about who has the best skill, not who payed for the most. They do this to keep from suffering the same fates as blankety blank where people stopped playing the game and just started buying rare items or already high level accounts (I know the lvl cap is 20, I just thought it contributed to the discussion) off of ebay. .

Lansing Kai Don