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Jebus · Nov 01, 2009, 08:28 AM // 08:28

Hi all, I have a few questions on alcohol

Although I've been playing for 4 years, not every aspect of alcohol is clear to me.
For example, I know there are level 5 and level 1 drinks.
I have a good amount of level 5 drinks (about 350) and the same goes for level 1 (just short of 500).

How would I best go around drinking all these? And all that without 'grinding' this title too much. For example, could I pop a level 5 drink every time I go into town, and not waste any points in the long run?

Thanks in advance.

drkn · Nov 01, 2009, 09:05 AM // 09:05

either:
- drink one lvl 5, wait a minute (hit H and see when you get 1 drunkard point), then drink one lvl 1; continue drinking the lvl 1 after every minute;
- drink lvl 5 alcohols every 3+ minutes (useful if you drink while playing, you can go vq and get some alcohol with you, just drink it every 3 or more minutes and nothing's wasted)

Jebus · Nov 01, 2009, 09:29 AM // 09:29

So drinking a level 5 (for example, every 10 minutes, when not paying attention to the time) would be a waste then?

Arduin · Nov 01, 2009, 09:41 AM // 09:41

A level 5 alcohol will give you 3 points to your title. If you drink one, and wait for 10 minutes to the next one, nothing is wasted.

drkn · Nov 01, 2009, 10:07 AM // 10:07

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So drinking a level 5 (for example, every 10 minutes, when not paying attention to the time) would be a waste then?

alcohol isn't wasted. time is. to maximize effectivness of the drinking process, one should drink a lvl 5 alcohol every 3 minutes. the longer you wait between drinks, the more time for potential drinks is wasted, but after all you can consume them later.

Jebus · Nov 01, 2009, 10:39 AM // 10:39

Time isn't really a problem, I'm just more worried about wasting alcohol

Thanks for the help guys

Dzjudz · Nov 01, 2009, 01:32 PM // 13:32

You can waste lvl5 alcohol in 1 way: drinking it too early and not getting 3 minutes added to your counter (example, you drink a lvl5 alcohol, and after 2 minutes you drink another. You just wasted 1 minute of the second alcohol).

You can waste lvl1 alcohol in 2 ways: starting a drinking batch with it. You will waste the first 2 because they won't add to the counter. The second way is like lvl5 alcohol. If you are on lvl4 drunk and you drink 2 lvl1 you will waste the second since you can't go past lvl5.

Of course you can waste lvl5 alcohol by consuming multiple of them within 1 minute but that still counts as drinking it too soon.

This is why I prefer lvl5 alcohol. With lvl1 alcohol you have to watch the counter and make sure you drink 3 every 3 minutes or you'll waste them. With lvl5 alcohol you can just drink one and 5 minutes later drink one again and nothing will be wasted.

Eragon Zarroc · Nov 01, 2009, 02:17 PM // 14:17

Popping lvl 5 ones here and there will not be a waste. what would be wasteful is popping a lvl5 again too soon, drinking only 1 lvl1 alone, or using 3 lvl1 to get drunk enough for the title bar to move.

Falkin · Nov 01, 2009, 03:16 PM // 15:16

http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Drunk

This topic helped me understandig the whole alcohol system, hope it helps you just as much

Kook~NBK~ · Nov 01, 2009, 05:02 PM // 17:02

There are 2 ways to waste minutes using the 5-level drinks: 1. Use another one too early, and 2. Leaving the area you're in too soon after using one (sometimes you will get the minutes anyway, but not often)

For the 1-level drinks, if you use them alone, you need to use 5 to get 3 minutes toward the title. But, if you start with a 5-level drink, you can use a 1-level drink every minute after to keep your drunk level up to where it counts. I do this when hanging out in towns selling stuff, getting groups (PUGing Z-Missions, etc), or hanging out during festivals (Got about 200 minutes this way doign the Mad King Thorn thing this weekend!)

Thenameless Wonder · Nov 02, 2009, 03:03 AM // 03:03

There's a nifty drunkard program available in the community works section. You can set it to beep every 1 or 3 min depending on what lv drink u have

Silmar Alech · Nov 02, 2009, 01:21 PM // 13:21

My experience is that you cannot change the timing of lvl-5 drinks by changing the area. The counter simply continues as if you didn't change the area.

Even if you log out while drunk, you get the remaining minutes. I took my last grog too early (I wanted to celebrate it later, but accidently drunk one too much), so I quickly logged my character out with F12 to abort the minute counting. But when I logged back in 2 seconds later, I saw congratulations coming in and had the 3 minutes from my last grog.

I didn't research more about this, since my title was maxed. Perhaps you can speed up the counting by drinking to lvl 5 and logging out and immediately back in. That would be 3 title points every 15 seconds. Never saw anyone doing this or telling about this, so I guess that I encountered only a glitch. Probably more research needed, or it is already done and I didn't found it.

Dzjudz · Nov 02, 2009, 02:18 PM // 14:18

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Originally Posted by Silmar Alech

My experience is that you cannot change the timing of lvl-5 drinks by changing the area. The counter simply continues as if you didn't change the area.

Even if you log out while drunk, you get the remaining minutes. I took my last grog too early (I wanted to celebrate it later, but accidently drunk one too much), so I quickly logged my character out with F12 to abort the minute counting. But when I logged back in 2 seconds later, I saw congratulations coming in and had the 3 minutes from my last grog.

I didn't research more about this, since my title was maxed. Perhaps you can speed up the counting by drinking to lvl 5 and logging out and immediately back in. That would be 3 title points every 15 seconds. Never saw anyone doing this or telling about this, so I guess that I encountered only a glitch. Probably more research needed, or it is already done and I didn't found it.

Not (always) true. Sometimes you get extra minutes by mapping, sometimes you don't. Last night I mapped 20sec after drinking a grog and I got 1 minute.

There was some research floating around the forum about 'magic' timing and mapping procedures that would allow you to get a lot of minutes in little time.

imnotyourmother · Nov 03, 2009, 04:36 PM // 16:36

Lets make this SIMPLE.

Go to the dollar store and get yourself a 3 minute EGG timer.

Then, when you start playing, drink a LVL 5 drink. Set the timer for 3 minutes. When it goes off, drink three level 1 drinks..set the timer..when it goes off drink 3 lvl 1 drinks... Keep doing this until all your lvl 1's are gone.

If you go to the store or something and come back, drink a lvl 5 and set the timer for 3 minutes, then drink 3 lvl 1 drinks again...set the timer...when the times goes off drink 3 lvl 1 drinks...set the times...repeat

Once all of the lvl 1's are gone, drink ONE lvl 3 and set the timer for 3 minutes...when the timer goes off...drink ONE level 3 drink..set the timer for 3 minutes...when the timer goes off drink ONE lvl 3 drink...rinse and repeat.

If you do the timer thing you can drastically reduce the cost of the title buy purchasing your lvl1 drinks for as little as 75g/minute cause people hate trying to count the minutes out wat6ching the title increase. The timer will give you the prompts so no need to try and remember anything but setting the thing again..another 3 minutes.

Dzjudz · Nov 03, 2009, 05:33 PM // 17:33

lvl3 drinks don't exist anymore but I assume you mean lvl5 drinks.

Nov 01, 2009, 08:28 AM // 08:28	#1
Jebus Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Belgium Guild: Legion of Sacred Light [LSL] Profession: W/	Alcohol Hi all, I have a few questions on alcohol Although I've been playing for 4 years, not every aspect of alcohol is clear to me. For example, I know there are level 5 and level 1 drinks. I have a good amount of level 5 drinks (about 350) and the same goes for level 1 (just short of 500). How would I best go around drinking all these? And all that without 'grinding' this title too much. For example, could I pop a level 5 drink every time I go into town, and not waste any points in the long run? Thanks in advance.

Nov 01, 2009, 09:05 AM // 09:05	#2
drkn Forge Runner Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wroc??aw, Poland Guild: Midnight Mayhem Profession: Me/	either: - drink one lvl 5, wait a minute (hit H and see when you get 1 drunkard point), then drink one lvl 1; continue drinking the lvl 1 after every minute; - drink lvl 5 alcohols every 3+ minutes (useful if you drink while playing, you can go vq and get some alcohol with you, just drink it every 3 or more minutes and nothing's wasted)

Nov 01, 2009, 09:29 AM // 09:29	#3
Jebus Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Belgium Guild: Legion of Sacred Light [LSL] Profession: W/	So drinking a level 5 (for example, every 10 minutes, when not paying attention to the time) would be a waste then?

Nov 01, 2009, 09:41 AM // 09:41	#4
Arduin Grotto Attendant Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Netherlands Guild: Limburgse Jagers [LJ] Profession: R/	A level 5 alcohol will give you 3 points to your title. If you drink one, and wait for 10 minutes to the next one, nothing is wasted.

Nov 01, 2009, 10:39 AM // 10:39	#6
Jebus Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Belgium Guild: Legion of Sacred Light [LSL] Profession: W/	Time isn't really a problem, I'm just more worried about wasting alcohol Thanks for the help guys

Nov 01, 2009, 01:32 PM // 13:32	#7
Dzjudz Furnace Stoker Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: gwpvx.com/user:dzjudz	You can waste lvl5 alcohol in 1 way: drinking it too early and not getting 3 minutes added to your counter (example, you drink a lvl5 alcohol, and after 2 minutes you drink another. You just wasted 1 minute of the second alcohol). You can waste lvl1 alcohol in 2 ways: starting a drinking batch with it. You will waste the first 2 because they won't add to the counter. The second way is like lvl5 alcohol. If you are on lvl4 drunk and you drink 2 lvl1 you will waste the second since you can't go past lvl5. Of course you can waste lvl5 alcohol by consuming multiple of them within 1 minute but that still counts as drinking it too soon. This is why I prefer lvl5 alcohol. With lvl1 alcohol you have to watch the counter and make sure you drink 3 every 3 minutes or you'll waste them. With lvl5 alcohol you can just drink one and 5 minutes later drink one again and nothing will be wasted.

Nov 01, 2009, 02:17 PM // 14:17	#8
Eragon Zarroc Atra estern?? ono thelduin Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Madness Incarnate Guild: [Duo] Profession: W/P	Popping lvl 5 ones here and there will not be a waste. what would be wasteful is popping a lvl5 again too soon, drinking only 1 lvl1 alone, or using 3 lvl1 to get drunk enough for the title bar to move.

Nov 01, 2009, 03:16 PM // 15:16	#9
Falkin Academy Page Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Denmark Guild: Brothers of Honour [boh] Profession: R/	http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Drunk This topic helped me understandig the whole alcohol system, hope it helps you just as much

Nov 01, 2009, 05:02 PM // 17:02	#10
Kook~NBK~ Grotto Attendant Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A little chalet outside Drok's Guild: Natural Born Killaz	There are 2 ways to waste minutes using the 5-level drinks: 1. Use another one too early, and 2. Leaving the area you're in too soon after using one (sometimes you will get the minutes anyway, but not often) For the 1-level drinks, if you use them alone, you need to use 5 to get 3 minutes toward the title. But, if you start with a 5-level drink, you can use a 1-level drink every minute after to keep your drunk level up to where it counts. I do this when hanging out in towns selling stuff, getting groups (PUGing Z-Missions, etc), or hanging out during festivals (Got about 200 minutes this way doign the Mad King Thorn thing this weekend!)

Nov 02, 2009, 03:03 AM // 03:03	#11
Thenameless Wonder Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2009 Profession: W/	There's a nifty drunkard program available in the community works section. You can set it to beep every 1 or 3 min depending on what lv drink u have

Nov 02, 2009, 01:21 PM // 13:21	#12
Silmar Alech Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Europe Guild: Tom Son [TS] Profession: E/	My experience is that you cannot change the timing of lvl-5 drinks by changing the area. The counter simply continues as if you didn't change the area. Even if you log out while drunk, you get the remaining minutes. I took my last grog too early (I wanted to celebrate it later, but accidently drunk one too much), so I quickly logged my character out with F12 to abort the minute counting. But when I logged back in 2 seconds later, I saw congratulations coming in and had the 3 minutes from my last grog. I didn't research more about this, since my title was maxed. Perhaps you can speed up the counting by drinking to lvl 5 and logging out and immediately back in. That would be 3 title points every 15 seconds. Never saw anyone doing this or telling about this, so I guess that I encountered only a glitch. Probably more research needed, or it is already done and I didn't found it.

Nov 03, 2009, 04:36 PM // 16:36	#14
imnotyourmother Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: in a house Guild: The Knitters Guild Profession: W/R	Lets make this SIMPLE. Go to the dollar store and get yourself a 3 minute EGG timer. Then, when you start playing, drink a LVL 5 drink. Set the timer for 3 minutes. When it goes off, drink three level 1 drinks..set the timer..when it goes off drink 3 lvl 1 drinks... Keep doing this until all your lvl 1's are gone. If you go to the store or something and come back, drink a lvl 5 and set the timer for 3 minutes, then drink 3 lvl 1 drinks again...set the timer...when the times goes off drink 3 lvl 1 drinks...set the times...repeat Once all of the lvl 1's are gone, drink ONE lvl 3 and set the timer for 3 minutes...when the timer goes off...drink ONE level 3 drink..set the timer for 3 minutes...when the timer goes off drink ONE lvl 3 drink...rinse and repeat. If you do the timer thing you can drastically reduce the cost of the title buy purchasing your lvl1 drinks for as little as 75g/minute cause people hate trying to count the minutes out wat6ching the title increase. The timer will give you the prompts so no need to try and remember anything but setting the thing again..another 3 minutes.

Nov 03, 2009, 05:33 PM // 17:33	#15
Dzjudz Furnace Stoker Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: gwpvx.com/user:dzjudz	lvl3 drinks don't exist anymore but I assume you mean lvl5 drinks.