Should I get Guild Wars?

[Jade Falcon]

Arena combat I've been pretty crap in, I've focused my skills on the Hammer. I'm presently using a Shocking Muursaat Hammer of Fortitude doing 19-35 damage.

Weapons set 2 is a rare Gladius with some enhancements and a Shield of the Wing rated at armour rating 16.

I'm intending to work up my swordsmanship and tactics skills.

One group I was in...talk about plonkers. The original plan was to do the Villainy of Galrath. Now, it turns out none of us knew the exact direction, but the group leader changed quests midway about 5 times. We reached the Ascalon Settlement and they saw the quest for the prize hog. Now most of these guys were lower levels and I said to ignore the hog quest as it was more trouble than it was worth, but they ignored me and got slaughtered by the Gypsie Ettins.

[Predator]

Arena combat I've been pretty crap in, I've focused my skills on the Hammer. I'm presently using a Shocking Muursaat Hammer of Fortitude doing 19-35 damage.

The hammer isnt crap - it's quite effective when the character is based around knockdown, versus casters - who should be the primary target for a warrior in PvP.

Weapons set 2 is a rare Gladius with some enhancements and a Shield of the Wing rated at armour rating 16.

I'd recommend spending points in only one weapon type, in your case hammer mastery - if you have, going from hammers to swords is probably a serious downgrade. If you've split between swords and hammers, I'd recommend redistributing your points in one or the other for maximum benefit.

I'm intending to work up my swordsmanship and tactics skills.

Ok, in that case I'd empty out hammer mastery.

One group I was in...talk about plonkers. The original plan was to do the Villainy of Galrath. Now, it turns out none of us knew the exact direction, but the group leader changed quests midway about 5 times. We reached the Ascalon Settlement and they saw the quest for the prize hog. Now most of these guys were lower levels and I said to ignore the hog quest as it was more trouble than it was worth, but they ignored me and got slaughtered by the Gypsie Ettins.

Ugh, yeah I see people trying to form groups for Galrath from far, far too far away. It's a long trek even from Bergen Hot Springs.

[Chardok]

Hey all, I have some major runes that I need to offload. They're not...umm...clean, though. -50 Hitpoints. But, major swordsmanship, major something else (Fire magic, I think) and I also have a fiery dragon sword with no enchantments on it 13-19 damage. Oh, and....staff wrapping of fortitude. Just let me know what you want and I'll meet you in game. I also have several dyes.

Oh, and God help any of you I find selling shit to another guild member. Shit you aren't going to use should be offered to the guild freely before you sell it. In my old guild, someone got a clean major rune of healing prayers and offered it to me. I, of course accepted the offer, and when I met him in ascalon, he informed me that since I was a guildmate, he would sell it to me at a discounted price of only 2.5k.

The reason I am mentioning it, is that it seems to be fairly pervasive; (Selling to guildmembers) given that I was offering some red dye to Gaius and he asked me how much I wanted for it. I will never EVER charge a guildmate for anything. We should be preparing to buy a guild hall.

From each according to his ability; to each according to his need.

Yeah, Marxism sucks in real-life, but it's perfect for MMORPGs.

[Dahak]

Hey all, I have some major runes that I need to offload. They're not...umm...clean, though. -50 Hitpoints. But, major swordsmanship, major something else (Fire magic, I think) and I also have a fiery dragon sword with no enchantments on it 13-19 damage. Oh, and....staff wrapping of fortitude. Just let me know what you want and I'll meet you in game. I also have several dyes.

Oh, and God help any of you I find selling shit to another guild member. Shit you aren't going to use should be offered to the guild freely before you sell it. In my old guild, someone got a clean major rune of healing prayers and offered it to me. I, of course accepted the offer, and when I met him in ascalon, he informed me that since I was a guildmate, he would sell it to me at a discounted price of only 2.5k.

The reason I am mentioning it, is that it seems to be fairly pervasive; (Selling to guildmembers) given that I was offering some red dye to Gaius and he asked me how much I wanted for it. I will never EVER charge a guildmate for anything. We should be preparing to buy a guild hall.

From each according to his ability; to each according to his need.

Yeah, Marxism sucks in real-life, but it's perfect for MMORPGs.

While you mentioned it...
What dyes do you have?
That fire sword thingie sounds interesting, but I s'pose I would need some warrior-ish attributes to use it?

[Chardok]

While you mentioned it...
What dyes do you have?
That fire sword thingie sounds interesting, but I s'pose I would need some warrior-ish attributes to use it?

I have...Yellow, Green...annnnd I think a blue left. the fiery dragon sword is the same sword that that whining, spoiled little maggot Prince Rurik and his band of Merry cock-goblins carries as the happily skip from place to place in the game showing up at inopportune times during mission just long enough for your objective to be changed to "Protect Prince Rurik" as he blindly charges into a writhing mass of approximately 7,000 Charr screaming obscenities about their questionable heritage.

Good job, Rurik. You're a real man of genius.





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And yeah, it requires 10 in swordsmanship.

[Jade Falcon]

I guess I'm not the only one who found Rurik to be a cross between a raving pyschopath with no survival instinct and a depressed goth when he kept going on about how beautiful Ascalon had been.

[Predator]

*Spoiler warning for those who havnt gotten far in the game.*

I guess I'm not the only one who found Rurik to be a cross between a raving pyschopath with no survival instinct and a depressed goth when he kept going on about how beautiful Ascalon had been.

It seemed as though Rurik and the King swapped positions. From the start, the King was hesitant to go on the offensive, remaining cautious where Rurik seemed the opposite - brash, aggressive and probably unrealistic. Suddenly though, the King decides that the time is right to stand defiant and engage the charr, while Rurik spontaneously abandons his dreams of destroying the Charr singlehandedly and leads a retreat out of Ascalon with civilian refugees.

[Chardok]

*SPOILER WARNING*
























seriously, this is your last chance to avoid spoilers.





































For real this time.

It seemed as though Rurik and the King swapped positions. From the start, the King was hesitant to go on the offensive, remaining cautious where Rurik seemed the opposite - brash, aggressive and probably unrealistic.

I don't think it was brash at all. had an offensive taken place, it may well have reduced the Charr resources to such a degree that the searing may not have even occurred. And Ascalon was in the PERFECT position to stage an offensive. Their forces were concentrated behind a nigh-impenetrable wall, (Which, incedentally, is the WORST place to stay during a siege.) and could charge out enmasse into the fledling formations of the charr, retreating to regroup when needed. It was the perfect set up and Adelbern was too stupid to see it, and Rurik was too much of a pussy to make him see it. Too concerned with getting into Lady Althea's Chastity belt, no doubt, WHICH REINFORCES THE FACT THAT HE'S A BLEEDING HEART, WHINING LITTLE MAGGOT!

Suddenly though, the King decides that the time is right to stand defiant and engage the charr, while Rurik spontaneously abandons his dreams of destroying the Charr singlehandedly and leads a retreat out of Ascalon with civilian refugees.

By this time, Rurik finally had grown enough balls to tell his father to piss off. Yeah. Good job, Rurik, Ascalon is a smoldering ruin and rin is decimated and uninhabitable. what an idiot. Rurik is a whiner, a brat, and, at best, a mediocre fighter. In fact, the thing he seems best at is hurling insults at charr formations as he rushes headlong into them, blindly swinging his flaming sword o' doom, sapping my energy as I waste healing spells keeping his sorry ass alive.

I hope he gets killed later on. I mean killed but good.


Here's a commentary on Kryta as well. They're all making nice with ascalon now that Ascalon is all but destroyed. Fools. Now is the perfect time to move in, Tag the Charr from behind, and claim ascalon for their own!

[Brother-Captain Gaius]

Re: Guild Halls.

Last I checked, they're still hideously expensive. It's far easier to take the Hall of Heroes. We should be able to do it once we all get together, learn our characters and are ready to rock.



*Super post-Ascension spoilers below*

I hope he gets killed later on. I mean killed but good.

The Stone Summit dwarves kill him off. Then after Ascension you fight his undead self.

[Chardok]

guild halls are 25k. I wonder.....

[Chardok]

Sadly, My super rich uncle has recently passed away, and I find myself in with a bit of GW cash...100k to be exact. transferred 62k to autumn petal to give to gaius for purchase of our GUILD HALL!

[CaptainChewbacca]

I got guild wars, then realized I don't have the min requirements. Sucks too, since I've got oldschool friends who play.

[Brother-Captain Gaius]

Holy Jebus, Chardok.

Since you're paying, what hall type were you looking at?

[Captain tycho]

Omg! Guild hall! *jumps into the game*

[Thunderfire]

I hope he gets killed later on. I mean killed but good.


Here's a commentary on Kryta as well. They're all making nice with ascalon now that Ascalon is all but destroyed. Fools. Now is the perfect time to move in, Tag the Charr from behind, and claim ascalon for their own!

Spoilers.

























Your dreams will become true. Ruik will not survive the trip the Kryta - and the Krytans will be red dots on the map for several missions - after they try to get you killed.

[Dahak]

Omg! Guild hall! *jumps into the game*

Wot exactly *is* a guild hall?

And I am now a almost lvl 10 guy. Still experimenting with the skills. SO many, and no idea if they're really useful...

[Brother-Captain Gaius]

A guild hall's a handy place to meet, gather, and trade, as well as the launching point for all guild-vs-guild battles, the highest-end PvP in the game.

[Chardok]

Holy Jebus, Chardok.

Since you're paying, what hall type were you looking at?

I haven't made it to lion's arch or whatever yet. I was thinking you or autumn petal could go take a tour and get screenshots, post em here and we'll vote on which we like best.

[Brother-Captain Gaius]

I'll do that, then. After I sleep anyways.

[Vanas]

My Guild Hall is on Hunter's Island. I like the ambience, plus it's fricking huge. We got it when we had only 5 members.

That said, I haven't played GW recently, I'm annoyed at the fact that now that I'm in the desert, you start a quest and half the party has no idea of where they're going, the lead warrior plays Hydra-tag and the guys who DO know where they're going all leave saying 'lol noobs!'. It's mildly aggravating.

[Jade Falcon]

My Guild Hall is on Hunter's Island. I like the ambience, plus it's fricking huge. We got it when we had only 5 members.

That said, I haven't played GW recently, I'm annoyed at the fact that now that I'm in the desert, you start a quest and half the party has no idea of where they're going, the lead warrior plays Hydra-tag and the guys who DO know where they're going all leave saying 'lol noobs!'. It's mildly aggravating.

I'm not in the desert, but one party had one guy where he constantly drew the word 'noobs' on the mini map. Also, people leaving part way through a quest are irritating. If they give a reasonable explanation, it's not so bad, but the people who just disconnect.....that's different. Some might be accounted as having bad connections that just disconnect but not everyone.

[Zac Naloen]

im sorry, somebody mentioned guild hall...


where ????

:D:D

oh and erm..

now level 16. wee!

[Beowulf]

im sorry, somebody mentioned guild hall...


where ????

:D:D

oh and erm..

now level 16. wee!

Go to Lion's arch. You can take a look around at the various ones there. Haven't made one yet...

[Chardok]

I have the sigil, by the way. So, whenever...I don't know how to upload shit or host images. I will do my best to get to lion's arch tonight and post piccies of the four guild halls...If I can figure out how to utilize photoshack.

[Brother-Captain Gaius]

/awake

I'll try to get screens of Burning Isle, Isle of the Dead, and Wizard's Isle up tonight.