Im on my way.....

Hey peeps here is my latest....

Enjoy

yes... its even more on eye of the north

flicking thru the wiki page on eye of the north (which you will find here) i found some rather interesting info - new things anyways...
as well as being able to score point towards a title with the asura, norn and deldrimor there is also another bunch - who i think are human - the ebon vangaurd.

of the 10 heroes the breakdown is like this (class, race/alliance, name)
Warrior - Norn - Jora
Ranger - Charr - Pyre Fierceshot
Monk - Deldrimor - Ogden Stonehealer
Necromancer - Shining Blade - Livia
Mesmer - Human - Gwen
Elementalist - Asura - Vekk
Assasin - Ebon Vangaurd - Anton
Ritualist - Luxon - Xandra
Paragon - Shining Blade - Hayda
Dervish - Human - Kahmu

I imagine that they are not going to be easy to obtain - otherwise there wouldnt be a spot in the hall of monuments for them. yeah?

here's a pic of Vekk, the funky lookin asura

interest rates up...

means more money required to pay the bills...
hang on! we've got the skills to pay those bills

check out a listing of known GW:EN skills here
there's some gold there - i mainly checked out domination and curses
there's also a new condition - cracked armor

so close you can taste it...

all the info in this post comes from here (in the video)

there are 5 monuments in the hall of monuments
heres what they are and what they record

monument to honour - recognises titles earnt as well as other achievements such as finishing a campaign (i guess that means without bonuses)
monument to valour - display all the Eye of the North only weapons you have obtained
monument to resilience - display ascended armor from the 1st 3 campaigns.
monument to fellowship - a monument to all the heroes and animal companions you have had in the game
monument to devotion - display all your minatures

you can invite other people in to check out you hall - so when we all get there, im keen to check out everyones... will be cool...

im just a little disappointed that there's no "monument to falmbouyance (spelt wrong)" to display all your dyes!!

a challenge looms

i had to stop and check after playing for a short time (like 2 hours) tonight, that it wasnt a triple dye drop weekend.
I'm not sure if I'm there yet, cause i'm thinking that mick, you'll have had some lately too...
so... not yet, but soon

so, if i challenge and lose do i have to give mick something? surely thats fair...
i have a couple of mergoyle skulls lying around

So, we changing our name or what?

well... are we?

Little sumtun sumthun

Hey peeps,

Congrats and all honour and glory to our "Grandmaster" who has opened our eyes from the clouds that covered the world in which we play.

Had a good 'session' today and scored three titles in one session.

Its no "grandmaster" but it was a nice bit of game play.

Till next time

Peace

Seems like the classy thing to do is not draw attention to it...

2 years ago a young ranger set out into the world of Ascalon. Looking only to impress a few of the weirdly attractive village girls with his 'arrow' skills, he soon found himself swept into a great war, one that would decimate his homeland.

Over time, he discovered various skills, made new friends (and enemies) and explored lands far far away.

But a desire to discover all he could about his home continent soon led to this young but wisened ranger learning a mysterious technique known to the grand masters as 'scraping'.

Destiny waits for no man. Over time, many discoveries were made in the 'thrill of the chase', while others dared to question whether such a task was worthy of such a great ranger.

Eventually those who would sit in the seat of mockers were made to reflect on the motivation behind their scoffing as this now mighty ranger was inducted into an exclusive club where each member was given the ancient yet powerful title of:

Tyrian Grand Master Cartographer

Not even the threat of shrinkage could stop this ranger throwing off the gear and cheering. Maisa Trueshot truly was on top of the world.

A lesson from the past...

When I was in high school I used to walk home everyday with a guy from my year named Mark Phillips. In year 8 we both started smoking. We would smoke Camel unfiltered cigarettes and drink Pepsi, those one litre plastic bottles with the extra wide mouth (whatever happened to them??).

Anyway, by the time we were in year eleven I had pretty much quit smoking, but Mark was a full blown druggie, smoking all sorts of crap and doing other more serious drugs as well.

We started our journey into drugs together, walking home each day, cutting through the back alleys...but somewhere along the line, we took different paths.

As I think about the Tyrian Cartographer Title, I get the same feeling as I did in year eleven about Mark Phillips. Michael and I started out together, clearing out some map here and there, scanning bigger maps for extra spots, even running missions just for the thrill of that extra few percentage points.

But now I fear that we have parted ways, that something bigger has taken hold of Michael, and the Michael I once knew, the Michael who's biggest dream was to get 60%...well, that Michael is gone.

My hang, my crib, the place where I kick it...

So, I have found that in every campaign there are one or two particular towns or outposts that I use a lot. These are the places I will go to to do my business, as it were.

I find they are small, but not too small. They have a merchant and a storage chest in close proximity to each other, as well as a skills merchant that sells skill caps.

Yohlon Haven is my new fave place to hang in Nightfall. It has all the things a good hng should have, without a lot of annoying trading or so many people that loading in takes ages.

Yohlon Haven, the convenience store of Guild Wars.

The Stamp - Sunspear Castellan

from beknur to kodlonu

so, I thought I'd kill a few birds with one stone today...
I wanted to open up my nightfall map a little - so I thought I'd "run" from beknur harbor to kodlunu hamlet. I didnt have kodlonu at all so I needed to get there - the passage is issnur isles.
Then I thought - "hey, why dont I do it in hard mode, vanquish the sucker and get some gold while I'm there"
So... thats what I did!
I had to kill 343 monsters to clear the map! But I got 4 bounties on the way and I'm now over 21,000 in sunspear points and have over 28k in storage - i think thats a personal best (I added just under 5 from this one session). Maybe getting enough gold together to buy some elite (or ascended) armor in nightfall isnt out of the question. I think vanquishing is a little easier in nightfall than it is in prophesies.
Here's the map

bosses branded

oh well we missed out
check out the list here

i particularly like
Molotov Rocktail
and
Gallow Noosenitter

Name change?

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet...

Ian and I were discussing the possibility of a guild name change. Our original plan to have our names tie in with our guild name has fallen by the wayside...and perhaps it was a little too restrictive. So, I am proposing a name change. If we change before we buy our guild hall it won't cost us much.

Your thoughts?

Something a bit more general and inclusive, that doesn't rely on us sticking to any one theme would be good.

Ian has suggested "The Mispronuciators" (did I get that right, Ian?). My tastes are a little more conservative...how about something like "The Fighting Hellfish" (Grandpa Simpson's company in the Vietnam War).

I feel like some guild titles are a bit too restrictive...for example..

The Moody Blues (everyone dyes their armor blue)
King and Country (everyone has 'Sir' in their name)
Fishers of Men (everyone in the guild is a Christian - this is a real guild!)
Ranger Danger (all the characters are rangers - also a real guild)
Geek/Nerd Wars (this is what Sally call us, thanks Sal!)

Hey, do you think there's a character called Osama Bin Laden already? I wonder...

And the winner is...

Michael (aka Maisa Trueshot) is the winner of our first ever guild title - Collector of Dye.

Michael, you prize is....

Kole's Gauntlet is a Unique Item dropped by The Darknesses in the Ruins of the Tomb of the Primeval Kings. It used to belong to King Kole, one of the ancient monarchs buried in the Tomb of the Primeval Kings.

Weapon stats
Grim Cesta
Energy +12 (req. 9 Soul Reaping)
Reduces Poison duration on you by 20%
Health +30

Please remember everyone, that you can challenge for the title at any time, and at that time only the challenger and the current title holder must place their current score and dye breakdown on the blog. Good luck!