PUGs got me up to speed!

one of the elements of gw i like is the whole to pug or not to pug thing. (Pick Up Groups)

I know we all have mixed feelings on them, but really - before heroes, you HAD to use them. So... I thought I'd look for some groups and catch up to you guys in cantha/factions/the 2nd campaign/the one we got cheap... bickety bam! I kicked some goals. Got both masters (2nd one in 13 minutes) and up to the same quest as you guys.

i also made enough gold to finally get better armour for vispahni (see post)

New Threads for Vispahni Sahqo

After checking out the gallery I made my decision and finally upgraded to level 70 armor - yes i was kicking around eye of the north with dodgy armor!

Anyways, I went for canthan armor, a photo of its original colour can be found here
i mucked around with all my dyes and managed to come up with something i liked.
any guesses as to what colours i dyed it (hint - its not just one colour)

Cool skill

Hey, I was doing some reseach on Guild Wiki and come across this skill...

It's called "None shall pass" and according to Guild Wiki, 'This skill's name is a reference to the Black Knight in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, whose first words are "None shall pass!" to King Arthur.'

I'll let the screenshots do the talking!

team snuphy

Cim Blood Curddler - Necromancer (Level 3)
No Chosen Secondary
Campaign - Nightfall


Cim Back Stabber - Assassin (Level 11)
Secondary - Elementalist.
Campaign - Factions


Cim Heartcaller - Monk (Level 20)
Secondaries - Paragon, Mesmer.
Campaign - Nightfall


Zaz Nightstick - Elementalist (Level 20)
Secondary - Mesmer.
Campaign - Prophecies.


Kijup Nairobi - Paragon (Level 20)
Secondary - Warrior.
Campaign - Nightfall.


Vispahni Sahqo - Ranger (Level 20)
Secondaries - Monk, Elementalist.
Campaign - Factions.


Xyla Nu - Mesmer (Level 20)
Secondaries - Necromancer, Monk, Elementalist.
Campaign - Prophecies

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Its not our game...but its cool.

So check it ....fool!

Last night...

Hey,

Ian, just so you know, last night we knocked over Arborstone and Boreas Seabed, both for Master's Level, and the primary quest that follows on from those missions. The primary quest we are up to now is "Battle in the Sewers".

So, anyway, if you can get up to there for next week, that'd be cool.

a sparky recipe for destruction

take one of these
add a good pinch of this
and a liberal dollop of some of this stuff
then serve with this

I'll give you the sword some time big fella...

My Posse

Well here they are...

This is The General Drainer (level 5 Necro)

This is Keeps On Healing (level 4 Monk)

This is Errodian Gammell (level 5 Assasin)

Thats all folks....apart from Arthinian Gammell and Spartacus Gammell i only have three others...

Cheating???

I have been spending some time with some of my old characters this past few weeks.

Nathaniel the Judge is my level 20 Renger/Ele, who recently had a birthday (mini hydra, now I have 2 of 'em). The Judge hasn't really done much, hasn't finished any games, hasn't got any titles even, and he stays in his own neighbourhood (Tyria). So, I might put in some quality time with him over the next little while. If anyone has any others Tyrian dudes who wanna jump in, my protector title is currently 6/25, so feel free to join me.The Assett is my Dervish (lvl 7). He is not up to much at the moment, hasn't even crossed onto the Elonian mainland...but the smooth moves of a Derv cannot be denied. I hope to get him the Protector of Elona title, but he understands that it might be a while.

There are a few others out there...The Left and Cim Spleenstaker, 2 Elonian Warriors that will one day attain their destiny. The Ellipsis, a lvl 3 Necro, who is yet to make it out of Kamadan, but who is anxious to kick some butt!

So, who else have you all got on the sly? Hmm, seeing someone else maybe...when its a lonely Thursday night, you think no one will know, but now is the time to confess. Who have you got hiding away back there...come one guildies...'fess up!

Great Shot!

Expertise - and why I invest so many points into it

I guess the main point of this post is to share some thoughts on my ranger builds, and what it is I'm working towards.
That... and to say Mick... try this...

Firstly, something I have noticed with my Ranger, is that I have very little energy management problems. Given that I have a bow that makes me lose 5 energy, cutting my base energy down to just 20, that seems mental. But, expertise, with its bonuses for energy helps like nobodies business. With Ex at 10, i save 40% on all my skills, cutting a 10 down to just 6, which is very managable. I even use some 15s from time to time - at the moment I use broad head arrow a bit.

Now sure... there are some pretty bizarre builds out there, that cleverly play up the positives of experise. Like Ritualist secondaries for cheap sprits, Necro secondaries for the classic "touch ranger/necro" and also some other variations including dervishes and warriors.

What I'm most interested in personally, is to keep the rangerness (how platonic) and just make use of some clever heals (obviously with a monk secondary) that will be significantly cheaper due to expertise. It might be worthwhile trying these out too guys (I know you all have lvl 20 rangers). The skills I'm working towards at this point in time are a straight heal (healing touch) and a condition remover (mending touch) - both of these reducing from 5, down to 3 with expertise at 10. The thing about a skill like healing breeze, is that you dont get any points off from expertise.

For a list of all touch skills look here. I even noticed you could make a nice Ranger/Warrior with some stances and a cheap headbutt!

one last note... upon checking out the article on expertise, i notice that the the reduction is rounded up not down... so a 5 energy skill only costs 3 when expertise is at 8. Its all on the article.

Can I get an AMEN!!!

Hard Work

Last night after our Cathan adventures Caine and I headed back to NightFall for some skill capping. It was an adventure, to say the least.

The skill we were after is Anthem of Fury, a paragon skill. The only problem was, the only boss to have this skill in all of NF is in Nighfallen Jahai... also known as one of the trickier areas in NF.

Well, luckily I had Caine with me, otherwise I probably would have given up. There was a lot of planning and forethought and we rezoned about six times in the end. All up, it took us about an hour to kill...

Oath of Profanity

Like I said, it took us about an hour, and a lot of rezones, so the Oath of Profanity wasn't the only profanity on GW last night. Thanks for your help Caine...