Francis Crawford

Ether Renewal/Earth -- highly versatile farming build

Searing Flames nerf

Intensity -- not feeling it

Identify skins by name

Thoughts on database management in MMORPGs such as Guild Wars

Interview with Mike O'Brien and Pat Wyatt

Which quests should one save for farming?

Swords -- rare skins, 30 HP, purple bargains, simple mods, and more

Fiery Blade Axe of Warding req 9

Glitch -- no Kormir

Quote: Originally Posted by arcanemacabre The party search screen, the one that comes up when someone hits [P] doesn't change at all, except...

Quote: Originally Posted by bilateralrope Either block people without NF from using them (and deal with complaints from the people who would...

Hmm. Let's think about that. To a first approximation, what you're asking for is some 100s of characters of text per person. No search or...

Quote: Originally Posted by combatchuck What you guys are failing to notice is that ANet already has these items in a database, all they need to...

Never mind the back end for a moment; I'm concerned about the UI. Suppose the shops were used by a lot of people in the same town; browsing...

Utterly standard items -- greens, mods, inscriptions, even minipets -- could probably be handled on the current trader system, I would think....

Quote: Originally Posted by FlameoutAlchemist Francis, thanks for the insights. It confirmed a lot of what I'd suspected made up the technical...

Speaking as a player who enjoys farming a lot -- folks, please get real. What's the effect of not having an auction house? Basically, it means...

Quote: Originally Posted by semantic The 'incorrect' design decisions you imagine are likely the same ones that allowed them to build a...

I admit to not being a close watcher of Gaile's postings, but I think her comments were in line with a reality of "Well, we considered it,...