Japan's Unique Items

nirhan shadowmauler

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

potland,oregon

Through the eyes of the dragon [eyes]

E/W

hell. they still are selling pre-order boxes at target for a dollar on clearance. i think ill pick one up next time im there and attack it to my account.

Akhilleus

Akhilleus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

If it aint expensive, it aint worth buyin'.

Leading/Co-leading Bretheren Of Chaos [Dark]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Former Ruling
And again another country gets better pre-orders probably. lol.

If you dont read japanese or dont have a translator - How theres will work are different.

When they buy the pre-order, 1 of the 7 items will RANDOMLY be assigned to their key number.It has nothing to do with what store they bought it at and such.

I also expect their stats to be better -_-
thats a move of pure marketing genious...they shoulda done that the first time...it makes the guild wars game itself almost of a collector item, you'd see people buying 9-10 copies just to get 1 of every one of the pre-order items...

BigTru

BigTru

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Akhilleus
thats a move of pure marketing genious...they shoulda done that the first time...it makes the guild wars game itself almost of a collector item, you'd see people buying 9-10 copies just to get 1 of every one of the pre-order items...
Do you really think people would spend around $400-500 for an item with no advantage beyond aestetics???

Maxiemonster

Maxiemonster

There is no spoon.

Join Date: Jun 2005

Netherlands

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTru
Do you really think people would spend around $400-500 for an item with no advantage beyond aestetics???
People are crazy you know..

Though, if it's truly random, I won't bother buying it, since the only thing I really want is the hammer.

Angel Develin

Angel Develin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Lions Arch

Minions of Kronos

N/Me

is there no other way to get this items ingame??? just trade them or find them.
I go crazy thinking of me paying $70 for a collectors edition and get only the aura of the gods (btw it looks cool) and not getting an Item like that. OMG $30 for a light on my hand a book and not a cool Item like that????? I NEED THAT SNAKE LOKKING STAFF FOR NECRO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA

sorry I had to get it out.

heist23

Journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2005

R/Mo

The japanese will get better items, we should get over that fact now.

DeathDealer

DeathDealer

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Dark Side of the Moon....and I'm goin' back real soon

Guildless

R/Mo

Does America have any unique weapons??...I have been playing for 6 months and didn't realize that different countries had different weapons/items

Eet GnomeSmasher

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2005

In my head

Quote:
Originally Posted by DeathDealer
Does America have any unique weapons??...I have been playing for 6 months and didn't realize that different countries had different weapons/items
Yes we do. The preorder items. However the stats on them suck compared to other countries' item stats.

DeathDealer

DeathDealer

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Dark Side of the Moon....and I'm goin' back real soon

Guildless

R/Mo

ahhh...so they are preorders (the foriegn countries items)?

BigTru

BigTru

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by DeathDealer
ahhh...so they are preorders (the foriegn countries items)?
Not really... They get them just from buying the game, not from preordering.

R. Mindwalker

R. Mindwalker

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Former Ruling
Putting Japan and Korea together would be as big a mistake as what Google did when they put Taiwan as a part of China.
Offically Taiwan is a part of china. They are just rogeu with their own rule and laws.
Any way it is a very bad mistake to fit japan in the korean servers. Its like putting a dog in a catshome.

Diablo???

Diablo???

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Seattle

SPQR

N/R

why do they even bother seperating unique items for different countries? it might be percieved as Anet is playing "favors"... why not just pool all the unique items together, we can then all just get along...

Zaklex

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2005

San Jose, CA, USA

Remnants of Ascalon

A.net is the design studio, NCSoft is the publisher, so when it comes time to retail the game, guess who gets to add in little extras for marketing purposes.
Bingo, you guessed correctly: NCSoft, so therefore complaining to A.net is pointless.

Angel Develin

Angel Develin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Lions Arch

Minions of Kronos

N/Me

NCSoft Curses

BigTru

BigTru

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

I knew it was them all along!






Ok, mabey not... but still...