wish list

hey all - if you have any of these things (or find them) i'm looking for them...

inscription "guided by fate"
any scythe snathes - particularly fiery, ebon or shocking
scyth grips of fortitude, devotion or defense

windwalker insignias
blessed insignias

Farming

I have this 'friend' who might be interested in doing some farming, let's say for sunspear points, perhaps even lightbringer points, and items to sell to help out a lower level character. Where might be a good place to go? For my 'friend'?

Get some...!

Homework

Were we meant to do the command training for homework before next Tuesday?

A little piece of Ian in every church...

This is the exit sign over one of the doors at Croydon Park Church.

fantastic start

really happy with our efforts last night!
tops work all
i hope i have the same joy as the levels go up!?!

the advice rule

so... i need to ask
how much advice can we give or receive
i'm thinking it's probably best if we just give advice if it's asked for
so... i will try to hold off on telling you guys how to ele or necro, unless you want help
i have decided on my character - you can see tonight

does that sound ok

oh just an opinion... i think it would be best if you both went monk secondaries... is that cool... mesmer works well for both of those though!!

the PVX yardstick?

go to builds on pvx wiki
go to great general PvE builds

you will find great builds for each class... here's the amount... (I'm saying the more builds they list, the more flexibility) and good builds is the second number i've listed...

15/6 - Necromancer
9/3 - Mesmer
8/3 - Ritualist
7/2 - Dervish
7/5 - Elementalist
6/2 - Warrior
6/7 - Monk
5/5 - Ranger
4/1 - Assassin
1/0 - Paragon

does this make sense...
basically - assassin and especially paragon dont have mush written on them when it comes to PvE... much better for PvP... If we go Nightfall then Ritualist is out... Fair enough we steer clear of mesmer, cause i know it ridiculously well and would be a pain in everyone's butt... so... i think i may go dervish... just don't know how i'll handle the close in side of it... i do love helping out, and standing back at a distance...
thoughts...

oh and i think necro, ele and warrior are all good choices for you guys.... unless i can go necro...? i dont know!?!?!?!?

team builds

after a conversation with copland and caine on this i think we need to change the approach

what would be a perfect team
what would it have?

then, we'll work out who will play who

i reckon...
monk
fire ele
meatshield (warrior / dervish / paragon - yes there is a way a para can do this)
minion master
necro (SS or other)

then extras???
like a paragon, mesmer (yes i agree i would drive everyone nuts if they were mesmers) other ele, ranger (but i dont want to and imagine we've all done this enough)


personally i'd be keen on
ritualist (but i dont think we're going for factions)
ele (other than fire - done that)
paragon (never really played with you guys with it, and i reckon that would be awesome to have anothery)

Don't want to be an Ass!

Well, I figured since we were talking about it I would quickly post what profession I DON'T want to be, an Assassin.

Assassins to be are just weaker versions of warriors, with crappy weapons and dodgy armor. I know, I know I'm probably not playing them properly. And a few times in PVP I have been totally handled by the odd Assassin - but I just have no passion or respect for them.

Oh, and when you break down their name it spells ass ass in... hmm.

What would I like to play?

Well, I'm not sure, but I wouldn't mind having a go at one of the casting professions (oh, please NOT mesmer - can I have 2 requests to not play a profession?). I don't think I could handle Ian telling me what to do all the time.

When it comes to what I currently have at level 20 there's: 2 Warriors (The Stamp and Cim Spleenstaker) and a ranger (Nathaniel the Judge) and that's all.

Would love to hear from you boys on this...

Michael and the Walls of Insanity

On Tuesday night as we were finishing up I quickly grabbed my video camera and shot a few seconds of the revealed map at the end of the game Mick and I were playing. Have a look at the crazy walls, and check out the random group of dudes he had just hanging around in the NW corner.

I will point out, however, for all the craziness, Mick kicked my butt both times!



Mick's team was green, mine was pink.

Noob News

I was watching Good Game last night and they reported that the word 'Noob' might be the 1 Millionth word in the dictionary.

A word has to be used by media and social networks more that 25,000 times to be declared a word that needs to be included in the dictionary. Other words that might get in include 'defriend' and 'defollow'... I'd say its pretty safe to assume the internet is catching on then, based on this news.

Follow the count down clock here, http://www.languagemonitor.com/

Come on Noob!!

New Game!

We need a new game, I like Age of Empires but it is too frustrating! I am going to check out Warcraft 3 which I already own (somewhere?). Not sure how much it would be to buy. Ideas?

AoE3: info spot - home cities

So I thought I'd do a little research, and put up some posts of the most useful things i found.

Most of what I'm putting up for now comes from a guide i found and was written for single player, so keep that in mind

Home Cities
You can choose cards from five different areas of your Home City by clicking between the five tabs on the upper left of the lower window. I played the game all the way through without realising this, and the only cards I picked were the ones on whichever tab was open at the time.

The more experience you pick up during the levels, the faster your Home City will advance and the more cards you will be able to choose from. Try to complete as many secondary objectives as you can; also explore as much of the maps as possible, and pick up the treasure items. Killing off more than just the required enemy buildings and units is another good way to get your points up. It all helps.

The game makes a big deal about picking the cards to suit your own playing style and civilization, but this is bollocks. A lot of the cards pick themselves. It should be obvious that a card which gives you two falconets is better than a card which increases the speed at which villagers gather food from hunting. Since every building and upgrade in the game exists to provide you with units with which to defeat your enemy, always go with the free units cards first. The Fort and Factory cards are extremely valuable too.