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Navaros

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/Me

01 Jul 2006 at 05:45 - 121

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilsod

The 2 new titles have 'please go afk all week' written all over them.

You are forgetting the 2 factors of:

1. Err7's will fubar you without regular monitoring of your "rings situation".

2. Running out of tickets will fubar you without regular monitoring of your "rings situation".

And possibly if you don't update with a new patch for a long enough time, the game stops running for you (not sure on this) in which case not updating will fubar you without regular monitoring of your "rings situation".

So indeed "pure" AFK will not get these titles. Let's give at least some credit to these factors.

Anon-e-mouse

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

@ Home

League Of Friends [LOF]

R/Mo

01 Jul 2006 at 06:43 - 122

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Mad

Don't tell me you check the title of the guy who wanna join you for this mission before you accept or reject?! No, you just check his class. If you need him, you'll accept.

Actually, there is 1 title I do check for, Survivor. If there is someone with this title, he's very unlikely to get into any team I'm leading. Cos @ the first sign of trouble (s)he'll be F12'ing out of there, leaving the rest of us screwed.

Swinging Fists

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/Mo

01 Jul 2006 at 07:00 - 123

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anon-e-mouse

Actually, there is 1 title I do check for, Survivor. If there is someone with this title, he's very unlikely to get into any team I'm leading. Cos @ the first sign of trouble (s)he'll be F12'ing out of there, leaving the rest of us screwed.

I don't know, I think anybody dumb enough to turn on their Survivor title while looking for a group for a mission is probably dumb enough not to hit F12 to save himself. Of course, they may have the survivor title displayed after they died, in which case they would have no reason to leave you. So, maybe reconsider your policy here. Ask if they have any deaths yet perhaps.

Miss Innocent

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

I wander.

Mo/R

01 Jul 2006 at 07:21 - 124

I like Charmed/Hapless, but I would like to know when I'm looking at a title that can be maxed, or if there's a standard like "All titles have five tiers".

Hell Marauder

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

01 Jul 2006 at 08:15 - 125

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anon-e-mouse

Actually, there is 1 title I do check for, Survivor. If there is someone with this title, he's very unlikely to get into any team I'm leading. Cos @ the first sign of trouble (s)he'll be F12'ing out of there, leaving the rest of us screwed.

Between a Survivor and a noob warrior who fears nothing by aggro tons of mobs to the team, I'd pick that survivor anyday. And btw most survivors don't play with PUG's, they'd only play with guildies or ppl they can trust. Survivor or not, lots ppl dying in a mission isn't a good thing and reflects either poor leadership or lack of knowledge of that mission, and should be discouraged anyhow.

As for these two new titles, they actually cost far less money than drunkard title and less time as well. With average luck, anyone should get at least one of those titles with 20-50k and 10-20 hrs playing, which is less than what you'd have to spend on wine getting drunk.

Rebirther

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

England, UK

Clan Dethryche

Mo/Me

01 Jul 2006 at 08:28 - 126

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hell Marauder

Between a Survivor and a noob warrior who fears nothing by aggro tons of mobs to the team, I'd pick that survivor anyday. And btw most survivors don't play with PUG's, they'd only play with guildies or ppl they can trust. Survivor or not, lots ppl dying in a mission isn't a good thing and reflects either poor leadership or lack of knowledge of that mission, and should be discouraged anyhow.

As for these two new titles, they actually cost far less money than drunkard title and less time as well. With average luck, anyone should get at least one of those titles with 20-50k and 10-20 hrs playing, which is less than what you'd have to spend on wine getting drunk.

Definatley agree, but for me it costed roughly just over 60k to get the first tier in lucky, just under a hundred from getting unlucky to the first tier, though this is costing more than I initially thought lol.

Kool Pajamas

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Maryland

Mage Elites [MAGE]

01 Jul 2006 at 09:00 - 127

On average over the long haul, no ring is better than any other. On average you will lose 5 tickets per 9 rounds. This is all averages though and random numbers arent the average so your results my vary.

Just an FYI

Swinging Fists

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/Mo

01 Jul 2006 at 09:08 - 128

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kool Pajamas

On average over the long haul, no ring is better than any other. On average you will lose 5 tickets per 9 rounds. This is all averages though and random numbers arent the average so your results my vary.

Just an FYI

Thanks for the FYI, but could you please tell me how any ring is as good as any other when I want to get the Unlucky title ? See, if I stand in a corner, I will lose everytime 6 of the 9 rings is selected. If I stand in the center, I will only lose when 4 of the 9 rings is selected. So, it seems to me that one can spend a whole lot more gold going for the unlucky title if they stand in the center. The math behind all this has been beaten to death on other threads, check them out. The corner of the 9 ring game is the best spot to stand for the Unlucky title, and they are all equivalent for the Lucky title. But why not go for both at the same time instead of just one ?

Sir Mad

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

Moe's Pub

Pigs Can Fly [Pigs]

R/

01 Jul 2006 at 12:29 - 129

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilsod

Sure sure... the exploration title obviously isn't based on running. I raced round the mission for Dunes, killing everything in 5 minutes (as usual) with henchman and ran off to explore the edges. Did that twice (3rd time to get the frigging fort with the bridge thats 'up'). Thunderkeep, did the bonus with hench and ran around exploring after (then 3 more times cos i kept missing bits). Exploring The Falls? Ran it, exploring Lornars? Ran upto it with a friend and explored it then with hench. If it could be ran to, i ran to it and explored it. Hell i even ran Frost Gate with some strange deformed running build to solo what i needed to kill to progress!

Now its onto Cantha... i'm running round half that place too now.

And of course you have the grandmaster castographer title?

Just to let you know: something you cannot run:

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/a...3&d=1150924771

Quote:

Ran upto it with a friend and explored it then with hench. If it could be ran to, i ran to it and explored it.

You're're contradicting yourself: you'reboth saying it's running based and you can't run some maps.

doomqueen

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

01 Jul 2006 at 17:28 - 130

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Mad

And of course you have the grandmaster castographer title?

Just to let you know: something you cannot run:

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/a...3&d=1150924771

You're're contradicting yourself: you'reboth saying it's running based and you can't run some maps.

kiss the wall title

Alias_X

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

01 Jul 2006 at 19:54 - 131

I've made 40,000 tickets, and spent 40k. At first I was losing money, but I seem to be going steady now.

I work on my Drunkard title and this at the same time.