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 Forjo I think that this speaks volumes -- in multiple ways. It really goes to show just how good these guys are to...

Arggh. I answered the size thing, but the note seems to have gotten eaten somehow. EDIT: Double Arggh. Now it IS up. I'll just leave both...

Quote: Originally Posted by SirJackassIII Actually, I read it as "each BLOB is 10-30kb in size, and a character is built up out of several...

Quote: Originally Posted by The Great Al interesting, thanks! You guys are most welcome!

As noted in my post, they did find the need to go to a new level of DBMS scaling to implement the storage increase. I'm not totally sure WHY,...

There is no reason to play with other human beings if you don't want to. That's because Guild Wars has henchmen, aka "henchies"....

Well, my wife is a more serious player than I am, so I get all the help I need, super-pleasantly ... but I guess she doesn't count for this...

Whoever told you you "need" 15K armor is a jerk or an idiot. Just play through the game and enjoy yourself. Once you've finished the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Francis Crawford Any sensible Ether Renewal build will kill him. You don't even need any other health gain; all...

From the "nice work if you can get it" department: I had an opportunity to interview two of ArenaNet's founders and lead developers....