one of the titles im trying for - i still need over 100,00 points in this one, so i wouldnt go counting chickens. i can buy the amror i want now though - just need the gold.
Tuesday 29 April 2008
selling shadows apparently
one of the titles im trying for - i still need over 100,00 points in this one, so i wouldnt go counting chickens. i can buy the amror i want now though - just need the gold.
Monday 28 April 2008
Next title attempt
Well, I spent some of the Birthday weekend working on my Sunspear and Lightbringer titles. I am now a Conquering Lightbringer and a Spearmarshal. The Sunspear one is the one I'm most interested in, I guess. Spearmarshal is 15,000 sunspear points (I am on 15,001 or something, just scraping over the line). The next title is 50,000 and at that point the title is maxed out - Legendary Spearmarshal. So currently I am less than half way, or to put a positive spin on it...only one step away. Annoyingly, that step requires a further 35,000 sunspear points. Oh well... here we go!!
Sunday 27 April 2008
some thoughts on mesmer hero builds
sometimes you find a great build, but don't have the skills for it. so... if you don't have all these skills either dont both with it, or try hero skills trainers, see what you can come up with etc...
who knows...
the thing with mesmers is that they can do a bunch of things well - including sucking the energy out of a team, shutting down casters with interupts, shutting down melee among other things.
Heres a few links to builds i found that would be worth trying on norgu and/or gwen.
this first one is a power block interrupter build. its meant to shut down casters and well - it'll do a fantastic job at that. If you're doing the standard Ctrl + space to target whatever your hitting, you'll have problems against warriors, dervishes, assasins, rangers and even some ritualists. Most of these interrupts work on chants, so they will shut down paragons. If you're in a team with others of us (or PUGS) and want to ignore targets and chase the casters, this will work - or - if you're trying to shut down a caster boss this will work. Other than that I'd steer clear of this one.
this one is one of many MoR (or Mantra of Recovery) builds - MoR helps your skills recharge quicker - so you can spam them (basically) . This one has an interrupt focus, but its not all it does - i quite like the mix here really. 2 spell interrupts, 1 general interrupt (will interrupt anything) then empathy which is a good skills to use on warriors etc, remove hex, drain enchantment and a res. What I like about this build on a hero is that it can do many different things at once - which would generally be too much for a human player (or me) to wrap their head around - i can handle melee shutdown and interrupts, but not anti-hex, anti-enchantment too. So, give this one a burl methinx.
here's another MoR build. This one focuses more on melee with 2 handy interrupts. I'd give it a monk secondary, replace res sig with a hard res and put remove hex in the optional slot.
here's the ineptitude spammer i've been using lately. great for just messing with warriors etc. I'd think about adding another interupt or enchantment removal or hex removal.
one last one is here - a little more balanced - i know i couldn't use this, but i think its a decent balanced option for a hero. its interesting, thats for sure.
if you have the skills, i'd try number 2 or 3. 5 could be interesting. 1 and 4 are more specific (1 - caster. 4 - melee). If you want to tell your heroes what to attack, try them
hope this has been helpful.
who knows...
the thing with mesmers is that they can do a bunch of things well - including sucking the energy out of a team, shutting down casters with interupts, shutting down melee among other things.
Heres a few links to builds i found that would be worth trying on norgu and/or gwen.
this first one is a power block interrupter build. its meant to shut down casters and well - it'll do a fantastic job at that. If you're doing the standard Ctrl + space to target whatever your hitting, you'll have problems against warriors, dervishes, assasins, rangers and even some ritualists. Most of these interrupts work on chants, so they will shut down paragons. If you're in a team with others of us (or PUGS) and want to ignore targets and chase the casters, this will work - or - if you're trying to shut down a caster boss this will work. Other than that I'd steer clear of this one.
this one is one of many MoR (or Mantra of Recovery) builds - MoR helps your skills recharge quicker - so you can spam them (basically) . This one has an interrupt focus, but its not all it does - i quite like the mix here really. 2 spell interrupts, 1 general interrupt (will interrupt anything) then empathy which is a good skills to use on warriors etc, remove hex, drain enchantment and a res. What I like about this build on a hero is that it can do many different things at once - which would generally be too much for a human player (or me) to wrap their head around - i can handle melee shutdown and interrupts, but not anti-hex, anti-enchantment too. So, give this one a burl methinx.
here's another MoR build. This one focuses more on melee with 2 handy interrupts. I'd give it a monk secondary, replace res sig with a hard res and put remove hex in the optional slot.
here's the ineptitude spammer i've been using lately. great for just messing with warriors etc. I'd think about adding another interupt or enchantment removal or hex removal.
one last one is here - a little more balanced - i know i couldn't use this, but i think its a decent balanced option for a hero. its interesting, thats for sure.
if you have the skills, i'd try number 2 or 3. 5 could be interesting. 1 and 4 are more specific (1 - caster. 4 - melee). If you want to tell your heroes what to attack, try them
hope this has been helpful.
Saturday 26 April 2008
what i'm really looking forward to...
I've been thinking through a list of a heap of things I want to do...
Duncan the Black - kill him and get a chest that gives you a hero armor upgrade, an onyx gemstone and another drop - either gold or green! Bickety Bam!
finish nightfall protector title (2 to go)
finish factions protector title ( i think i have 7 to go?)
max my LB title (im half way there)
get new armor - inspiration - elite - to go in my hall of monuments
get a destroyer weapon - to go in my hall of monuments
but really - i'm looking forward to all 4 of us going mental in eye of the north truely, there are some absolutely mental missions in there - in particular the dungeons
some of those dungeons have brilliant rewards - one of them has 4 chests that drop after you kill bosses - each containing a green item, and the last one has an item to upgrade hero armor (which means they can go in your hall of monuments).
Duncan the Black - kill him and get a chest that gives you a hero armor upgrade, an onyx gemstone and another drop - either gold or green! Bickety Bam!Competition - Margonite Masks
Hey all,
I would like to announce a new competition.
Who - I'm running it, and its for our Guild
What - Whoever has the most Margonite Masks wins - you get to keep the masks - no matter who wins.
When - Ending on May 31 - must post a screenshot by then
How - Farming - be honest and dont buy heaps just to win (I'm probably the only one of us who would actually do that anyways).
Why - Margonite Masks are dropped in some of the awesome LB/SS farming Locations - encouragement to get those titles cranked up. The best one can be found here - its hard mode, so we need to help mick finish the game to make it fair.
The Prize - 5k and a Chiggen's Shortbow and... the winner will become our inaugural bearer of the title - Collector of Stuff - man i wish there was a way for guilds to give titles to people.
I will be competing, and if I win, I keep the prize.
This competition is only open to members of Noobz With Attitude (NWA). If you have a problem with that, my uncle works for ArenaNet, so I'll get you kicked - lolz.
I would like to announce a new competition.
Who - I'm running it, and its for our Guild
What - Whoever has the most Margonite Masks wins - you get to keep the masks - no matter who wins.
When - Ending on May 31 - must post a screenshot by then
How - Farming - be honest and dont buy heaps just to win (I'm probably the only one of us who would actually do that anyways).
Why - Margonite Masks are dropped in some of the awesome LB/SS farming Locations - encouragement to get those titles cranked up. The best one can be found here - its hard mode, so we need to help mick finish the game to make it fair.
The Prize - 5k and a Chiggen's Shortbow and... the winner will become our inaugural bearer of the title - Collector of Stuff - man i wish there was a way for guilds to give titles to people.
I will be competing, and if I win, I keep the prize.
This competition is only open to members of Noobz With Attitude (NWA). If you have a problem with that, my uncle works for ArenaNet, so I'll get you kicked - lolz.
Thursday 24 April 2008
mixmaster ian in dalada uplands
so... im mixin it up a little
some missions, some LB farming, factions with you guys and probably the thing i do the most - ebon vanguard farming
tonight i cleared dalada uplands, which was nice, except that one boss didnt spawn
so basically i'm trying to get to 26,000 points, so i can buy this shweet armor, but i also need 50k, plus a little for materials.
so in about an hour and a half i went from
19,204 EV - 21, 822 - so im happy with that
also got 3k from everything i found - so i only need about 14k now to buy the armor
also - bonuses - +1 on my chests (now 145) and +1 on wisdom (now 111)
so, it was just one of those nights, eh, a bit of everythin
oh and if i havent said it alread - if you find superb charr carvings dont sell them at a merch - you get 30 gold there, but easily get 100g in trade - by easily, i havent once had to wait, i just say im selling them, or generally find someone wanting to buy them.
some missions, some LB farming, factions with you guys and probably the thing i do the most - ebon vanguard farming
tonight i cleared dalada uplands, which was nice, except that one boss didnt spawn
so basically i'm trying to get to 26,000 points, so i can buy this shweet armor, but i also need 50k, plus a little for materials.
so in about an hour and a half i went from
19,204 EV - 21, 822 - so im happy with that
also got 3k from everything i found - so i only need about 14k now to buy the armor
also - bonuses - +1 on my chests (now 145) and +1 on wisdom (now 111)
so, it was just one of those nights, eh, a bit of everythin
oh and if i havent said it alread - if you find superb charr carvings dont sell them at a merch - you get 30 gold there, but easily get 100g in trade - by easily, i havent once had to wait, i just say im selling them, or generally find someone wanting to buy them.
Wednesday 23 April 2008
everythings heavy underground
so...
i have 18/20 in elona
2 to go now
just the first 2 of the 3 in the realm of torment
i dont think they're too hard - the first is time consuming and the 2nd more about luck yeah??
anyways, help some time would be sweet - but i'm almost there!!!
i have 18/20 in elona
2 to go now
just the first 2 of the 3 in the realm of torment
i dont think they're too hard - the first is time consuming and the 2nd more about luck yeah??
anyways, help some time would be sweet - but i'm almost there!!!
Tuesday 22 April 2008
I'm once... twice... three times a skill hunter...
Which also means I'm a...
And that means I'm also...
Friday 18 April 2008
Another feather in my 'cap'
Hey peeps so here it is...all a bit of anti climax for me...he was not difficult to kill in the end.
Jayne and Vera
So, Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) had a one-series wonder called Firefly on Fox in the US. The show did pretty poorly and was pulled after one season, though they did make a movie spin off - which was crap by the way.
Anyway, in the world of Guild Wars there is a little tribute to Firefly, with a boss named after one of the characters. The character is Jayne (a tough guy, mercenary type) who has a favorite gun called 'Vera'.
In their usual style the GW crew have developed a boss called Jayne Forestlight, who carries a hammer called, you guessed it - Vera. Very cool!
So, I was skill capping in Cantha, came across old Jayne Forestlight, capped the skill and picked up the very green, very cool 'Vera'. All up a very productive excursion.
Vera - the green hammer
Vera - the big gun
Anyway, in the world of Guild Wars there is a little tribute to Firefly, with a boss named after one of the characters. The character is Jayne (a tough guy, mercenary type) who has a favorite gun called 'Vera'.
In their usual style the GW crew have developed a boss called Jayne Forestlight, who carries a hammer called, you guessed it - Vera. Very cool!
So, I was skill capping in Cantha, came across old Jayne Forestlight, capped the skill and picked up the very green, very cool 'Vera'. All up a very productive excursion.
Vera - the green hammer
Vera - the big gun
Saturday 12 April 2008
no one is touching this tarago!
just cranking away at my vanguard title track
really want to get up to level 5, so i can buy some sweet elite armour for xyla
we'll see - im still 40k away from that too...
i did it once - and i'll do it again!
really want to get up to level 5, so i can buy some sweet elite armour for xyla
we'll see - im still 40k away from that too...
i did it once - and i'll do it again!
Wednesday 9 April 2008
Sunday 6 April 2008
empathy builder: 9.134 files remaining
I'm sure you all know what i'm talking about!
This post is just something to do whilst loading in.
From what i recall - thre's the initial load, then a big one for each campaign and then again once you get into an explorable area - and then a smaller one for every explorable!
just messing round with my options wit the new set up - should be kickin!
This post is just something to do whilst loading in.
From what i recall - thre's the initial load, then a big one for each campaign and then again once you get into an explorable area - and then a smaller one for every explorable!
just messing round with my options wit the new set up - should be kickin!
Thursday 3 April 2008
new system on its way
so...
after my computer freaking out a little while ago and me being unable to sort out the situation - hard drive being cranky - i figured it was time for a new system
hopefully i'll do a video post when i get it, to show off some pretty specialnesses
we'll see
after my computer freaking out a little while ago and me being unable to sort out the situation - hard drive being cranky - i figured it was time for a new system
hopefully i'll do a video post when i get it, to show off some pretty specialnesses
we'll see
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