urban GW legends

Ollj

Ollj

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

This thread is about urban legends and bullshit too many people still believe in guild wars:

please do not discuss or flame here, just post what you think is uttelry wrong!

The following sentenses are bullshit:

1 Sorrows furnache drops are not random
2 If you klick the ghostly hero after you won in the tombs you do not get to the Halls of Heroes.
3 Green items are better than golden items are better than purple items are better than blue items
4 most item upgrades are useless, for example 10% chances on all skills[
5 guild wars is perfectly ballanced because everything has its counter
6 all skills are equally powerfull (just compare skills from around shouthern shiverpeaks with skills from around ascalon, not to mention otyoughs cry)
7Hencheman are worse than most of all pve players

W1 Warriors can heal (how many adrenaline skills heal? how many enertg regen do warriors have? Paladins must smite (or protect)!)
W1.1 Mending is good for primary warriors (as long as it lasts longer than 15-30 seconds while you take damage, wich it does not!! Enchantment removing is fun)
W1.2 Healing Breeze is good for warriors (healing breeze is semi usefull for E/Mo, warriors cant heal shit)

Mo1 Word of healing is the best monk elite skill (Healing hands is better if the target gets hit more than 3-5 times or if you combine it with dwaynas kiss)
Mo2 Healing breeze is a good skill for primary monks (it's the slowest and lowest healing per energy of all monk skills, only usefull for E/Mo and N/Mo!)
Mo3 "Need 1 more monks" (wroing singular, and less monks make a team build more powerfull)

N1 Minions die faster if they get healed (a minions health degen increases per second, keeps them alife if you have too much energy)
N2 Blood is Power is a good skill for necromancers with 16 blood magic
N3 Well of Power is worth its energy regeneration for small teams

Me1 Mesmers in pve are useless (so stupid, not worth a comment)
Me2 More than 7 fast casting is a waste of attribute points. (only if you have the reaction time of a 60 year old)

E1 E/Mo can not heal as much as Mo/Me (try one)
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Tactical-Dillusions

Tactical-Dillusions

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Grimsby, UK

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ollj
uttelry, sentenses, furnache, klick, ballanced, powerfull, shouthern,
otyoughs, Hencheman, enertg, wich, usefull, usefull, wroing, powerfull, alife.
Spelling aside Isn't everything you mention common knowledge already?

Smile and ignore them. You will feel better.

jules

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Xen of Sigils [XoO]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ollj
Me2 More than 7 fast casting is a waste of attribute points. (only if you have the reaction time of a 60 year old)
...
You probably mean that 7 fast casting is adequate unless you have crappy reaction times... double negatives always confuse me

Nice post.

Overnite

Overnite

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

8. There will be more Chapters after Chapter II flops

quickmonty

quickmonty

Ancient Windbreaker

Join Date: May 2005

9. Anet has nothing against honest farmers.

MSecorsky

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

Me/

10. Rangers aren't good enough at xxxxx to take.

Amn_En_Tarsath

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

11 - The Guild-destruction patch encourages strategy
12 - PVP is superior to PVE
13 - Early opening of a chest will decrease its content
14 - The assasin class will rock
15 - There will be an Auction House!
16 - There will be a tormentor 15 k armor.

mm00re

mm00re

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

In a van down by the river :)

After Dark Club [REAL]

W/Mo

gwen is hiding in the depths of the UW.

Shimus DarkRaven

Shimus DarkRaven

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Titusville, PA <nowhere>

KOD <Knights of the Dragonrose><Guild Officer>

W/Mo

1> If there are multiple ways to do something; one of them is faulty. <--Not true.

2> W/Mos are newbs. <--Not true. I've played one on my main all my time here. While it's true for the vast majority of "new people" that tend to flock to them, it can be said of any class. W/mo's just get picked on :P

--The Shim

unienaule

unienaule

I dunt even get "Retired"

Join Date: Aug 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Absorption isn't global.

Ollj

Ollj

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

kroean players are better than american players and they have the favour of the goods more often.

Carinae

Carinae

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Inside

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ollj
kroean players are better than american players and they have the favour of the goods more often.
Americans are good spellers. ^^

Shen Xi

Shen Xi

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

London, UK

Laziness Appreciation Society [LaZy]

Mo/

word of healing is superior than healing hands though, spike heals ftw

Tactical-Dillusions

Tactical-Dillusions

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Grimsby, UK

R/

You won't find a Cyote in one place and a werewolf in the next and say "Oh wow that's basically the same thing with different colours".



They have to go.

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

W/Mos with Mending are overpowered. Wait, that's already been said... oh well, can't hurt to say it again.

dr_james2k

dr_james2k

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

The Guild of Kings

Me/E

Energy burn effects intelligence
The mesmer dance is the worst dance

Ollj

Ollj

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

You can heal a spike that does ~600 damage in less than 1/4 second!

Word of healing heals faster than healing hands and is spike healing. (1/4 and instant on attack against 3/4)

Kakumei

Kakumei

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Grind is subjective

learn this please

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tactical-Dillusions
You won't find a Cyote in one place and a werewolf in the next and say "Oh wow that's basically the same thing with different colours".



They have to go.
Hahaha, you win.

Lexar

Lexar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Organised Spam

W/

I know a real one that isn't more a criticism about people's opinions:

There's a slim chance that you can get an ecto if you salvage phantom residue.

jules

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Xen of Sigils [XoO]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ollj
kroean players are better than american players and they have the favour of the goods more often.
Following on from this...

European players suck.

Racthoh

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

The chest that appears after the first quest in FoW drops better if everyone gets the reward from the quest before opening it.

I'm so sick of it.

Swehurn

Swehurn

1,787,569

Join Date: Jul 2005

BC, Canada

If you drop several gold items on the ground before you open a chest, it greatly improves the chance that the chest will contain a gold item.

I've also heard a variant of this regarding ecto - drop some on the ground in UW and you'll have a greater chance of collecting more while you're down there.

heist23

Journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2005

R/Mo

that is golden.

EternalTempest

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

E/

If a chest (w/key) drops a purple item, the next could be gold

General Surena

General Surena

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Germany

None

W/

Low-req weapons do more critical hits and thus more damage

mm00re

mm00re

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

In a van down by the river :)

After Dark Club [REAL]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by EternalTempest
If a chest (w/key) drops a purple item, the next could be gold
nope, it do happen, 3 days ago in uw, first one as purple, next chest was gold.

EternalTempest

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by mm00re
nope, it do happen, 3 days ago in uw, first one as purple, next chest was gold.
hmm I noticed a pattern that if a purple drops, everytime after droped a purple
If a gold droped, the next was gold. Back to more testing.

saphir

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

doa

Mo/

single chests are already predetermined to drop only purples or golds. i've never seen the same chest drop both purples and golds for players anymore.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by mm00re
nope, it do happen, 3 days ago in uw, first one as purple, next chest was gold.
Not the next chest, but the next person to open the same chest. Slight confusion here I think in the wording.

Racthoh

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

Apparently, haven't had much time to test this theory, but if you look at a chest before you open it you can determine what kind of item will drop. It will appear with a purple tint it will drop purple.

How about this gem, it's a pick-up and play game. No grind required.

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

People will be a level 20 pirates in Chapter 2!

ethraax

ethraax

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

Born Supremacy

E/Me

This is a pet peve, but i hate it when people say:
Quote:
Henchies suck - human players are far superior
I can play 90%+ of the game with no other people, just henchies.

jesh

jesh

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

San Diego, CA

Penguin Village

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Racthoh
How about this gem, it's a pick-up and play game. No grind required.
I love that.

MY personal pet peeve is something like this: "The xxxx is the best pet." "Bears attack slow." "The bear tanks the best."

This one is common too.

"You need a monk primary to be a healer/protector, no other class can heal/protect."

I always want to rub my mesmer in the faces of those people.

Lexar

Lexar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Organised Spam

W/

About the ecto drops, that's not impossible, we had a run last night, and twice did we have 2 ecto's right after one another, while they weren't picked up yet. Ecto's usually get picked up asap. You'd really have to trust other people to try this for real though.

Leonof

Leonof

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

N/Me

Paladins are invincible in PvP, making them perfect tanks
IWAY is too good
Mesmers are useless in PvE
Necros can only be minion masters
Monks in 4vs4 = win
Favor affects boss spawns in PvE
Henchmen are stupid and real people are smarter
PvE > PvP
PvP > PvE

Digital Bath

Digital Bath

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Lords of Blood

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by jesh
I love that.

MY personal pet peeve is something like this: "The xxxx is the best pet." "Bears attack slow." "The bear tanks the best."

This one is common too.

"You need a monk primary to be a healer/protector, no other class can heal/protect."

I always want to rub my mesmer in the faces of those people.
Wait, is this WoW or GW?? Those comments kinda blur the line a little bit.

Here are mine:

Guild Wars is a MMORPG and not a CORPG.
or
Guild Wars is CORPG and not a MMORPG.

Fenix Swiftblade

Fenix Swiftblade

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2005

Illusion of Competence

R/W

Infuse health sucks because you have to lose half your health.

jesh

jesh

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

San Diego, CA

Penguin Village

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Digital Bath
Wait, is this WoW or GW?? Those comments kinda blur the line a little bit.

Here are mine:

Guild Wars is a MMORPG and not a CORPG.
or
Guild Wars is CORPG and not a MMORPG.
Huh? I don't get it. I've never played WoW, so you'd have to explain it to me if I said something weird on accident.

Kakumei

Kakumei

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Grind is subjective

learn this please

Quote:
Originally Posted by Digital Bath
Wait, is this WoW or GW?? Those comments kinda blur the line a little bit.

Here are mine:

Guild Wars is a MMORPG and not a CORPG.
or
Guild Wars is CORPG and not a MMORPG.
no no the bottom one's true

Guardian of the Light

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Radicals Against Tyrants

W/

Heres one

"Farming is Dead since Nov 10"

Couldn't be more untrue