Curse

Sophia Kallistate · Nov 09, 2011, 08:51 PM // 20:51

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Originally Posted by LicensedLuny

Speaking of hotkeys, I accidentally started typing a whisper without the chat bar active (where you get all sorts of hotkey effects from the text of your message) the other day. I saw one I'd never seen before though which responded to Y and was some little window about Minions. I will have to figure out what that is and when it was added.

Is that something everybody knows about already? I've yet to study the updates since last Winter/Spring closely, so maybe I simply missed it.

I pretty much stumbled upon the Y hot key the same way you did, it's for Minion Master's, makes putting enchantments on them a lot easier and watching their life bars so you are not spamming Blood of the Master unnecessarily. I was so happy when I stumbled upon it

Fay Vert · Nov 09, 2011, 10:11 PM // 22:11

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Originally Posted by Shanaeri Rynale

I occasionally notice shards, money or greens etc drop for henchies before the game grabs them for the henchie/heroes.

I've noticed this, but when I look carefully the drop actually says "Corpse of whatever you killed"

BladeDVD · Nov 10, 2011, 12:34 AM // 00:34

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Originally Posted by Sophia Kallistate

I pretty much stumbled upon the Y hot key the same way you did, it's for Minion Master's, makes putting enchantments on them a lot easier and watching their life bars so you are not spamming Blood of the Master unnecessarily. I was so happy when I stumbled upon it

It was added in the March 3, 2011 update. It works for spirits too, which is what I use it for mostly.

Whenever there's an update in the game I always read the update notes on the wiki. There's a link at the very top left of the main page of the official wiki, or there's a recent update link in the menu of links on the left under the logo of the original wiki.

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Originally Posted by Fay Vert

I've noticed this, but when I look carefully the drop actually says "Corpse of whatever you killed"

I think those are two different things as I recall seeing both. Oddly I've been seeing "the corpse of" stuff a lot more the last few months.

Sophia Kallistate · Nov 10, 2011, 01:02 AM // 01:02

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Originally Posted by BladeDVD

It was added in the March 3, 2011 update. It works for spirits too, which is what I use it for mostly.

Whenever there's an update in the game I always read the update notes on the wiki. There's a link at the very top left of the main page of the official wiki, or there's a recent update link in the menu of links on the left under the logo of the original wiki.

I didn't know it worked for spirits too!
I'd taken a year break and didn't want to read through all the updates

LicensedLuny · Nov 10, 2011, 01:06 AM // 01:06

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Originally Posted by Voodoo Rage

People also don't realize what they should be using salvage kits on. I'm only now getting a better feel for what salvages into what. (Materials like granite for example, are valuable). Probably worth a sticky thread in its own right. I also never realized that you want to be using a regular salvage kit almost all of the time (I was just using the experts kit). Something like a Gold Conch with a Measure for Measure inscription added to it can easily salvage into 150+ glittering dust.

I can't /signed this enough!

(I actually thought of mentioning that earlier but figured it might ~derail this thread ... which would be unnecessary and unfortunate since I think the live thread where Snog gathered ideas for that sticky guide is still active and far more appropriate for such a discussion.

But +1 internet point to you mentioning it here in case it helps those reading discover how much of a difference that can make in the income from your merchfood ... to me, that's FAR from a little thing once you start paying attention to it.)

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Originally Posted by Sophia Kallistate

I pretty much stumbled upon the Y hot key the same way you did, it's for Minion Master's, makes putting enchantments on them a lot easier and watching their life bars so you are not spamming Blood of the Master unnecessarily. I was so happy when I stumbled upon it

Thank you! So it's not that new a thing after all? I haven't raised my own minions for years, but what a great addition to make that easier! One of the reasons I never got into being a proper MM was my terrible success rate at putting Death Nova on the right one. (I wound up casting it on myself at least half the time I tried.)

EDIT - ninja'd but thanks for the link Blade!!!

I am enjoying this thread so much!

MithranArkanere · Nov 10, 2011, 01:29 AM // 01:29

You can actually identify most unique drops, and dye your backpack, pouch and bags.
It doesn't change anything other than the icon, though.

Ariena Najea · Nov 10, 2011, 01:42 AM // 01:42

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Originally Posted by LicensedLuny

My most recent :O, with my thanks to End for teaching me how just the other day ...

You do not have to use a skill template to simply send a copyable url text string via GW chat! You can enter

[http://www.guildwarsguru.com/;xx]

in chat and it works like the clunkier way I always did it by starting from cntl-clicking my skill bar, pasting url there, and sending to chat.

So you type a [ then paste the url you want to send then type a ; then type xx] and hit enter.

Mind blown. I've had the same characters for so long... I forgot equipment templates even existed!

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*Targeting someone, holding ctrl, and pressing enter sends a whisper to them.

My days of awkwardly mistyping names at storage are over!

tonini · Nov 10, 2011, 03:42 AM // 03:42

if anyone actually looks at the loading screen im probably wrong but i swear almost every time i take a good look into one of the corners i see a little detail that i think has just been added in im prob going crazy but hey lemme know if you are too

LordDragon · Nov 10, 2011, 04:23 AM // 04:23

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Originally Posted by Fay Vert

I've noticed this, but when I look carefully the drop actually says "Corpse of whatever you killed"

Nope, I have seen the "Corpse of" many times. I have seen the actual drop flip out of the dead whatever and then vanish. First time I saw it was in the D'Alessio Seaboard mission during the first beta that opened up that mission. It was a purple drop and my eyes just barely registered it before it vanished. There was still enough time for me to notice that it was a staff and that it was purple but that's all I saw.

After that I have looked for them occasionally. Haven't seen one in a long time but I don't look for them that often anymore either.

Amnel Ithtirsol · Nov 10, 2011, 05:06 AM // 05:06

Back when I was playing GW on an AMD64 + 6600GT I used to see glimpses of these "hero drops" quite easily and regularly. After reading this thread I realised that I haven't seen this at all lately.

So... Here's to starting a theory that better hardware may influence this phenomenon...
:-D

Edit: Excellent thread btw

Essence Snow · Nov 10, 2011, 02:01 PM // 14:01

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*Ghost-in-the-boxes and Snowman summoners can have a purpose---when they disappear after being activated, they trigger Necromancers' Soul Reaping primary attribute. If correctly timed, your Necromancer can get an energy boost when you need it for some reason. These "deaths" also count towards "I Will Avenge You.

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Last I tried the ghosts in combat, which was a while back after last year's halloween event, I found out that they will aggro the monsters which is rather funny. But it was helpful when running away from those nasty aatxes in UW when you're the last one standing. They would keep attacking it until it vanished, giving you time to get away.

Found these interesting

Shanaeri Rynale · Nov 10, 2011, 04:08 PM // 16:08

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Last I tried the ghosts in combat, which was a while back after last year's halloween event, I found out that they will aggro the monsters which is rather funny. But it was helpful when running away from those nasty aatxes in UW when you're the last one standing. They would keep attacking it until it vanished, giving you time to get away.

Lol, I remember doing that on a droks run. Using GiB's like chaff and flares from an figher plane with missiles after it xD

Also before they changed Otyugh's cry you could use it on the cows just outside of Shing Jea and it would make them run around madly as if they had mad cow disease.. At the time it was best thing that skill was used for

I know it's from GW2, but when I played the demo there were the cute bunnies hopping around in the norn starter area. When I lobbed a fireball at one it stood up, clutched it's chest and span around theatrically before falling over on it's back.

Edit... Hmm why do I think I spent more time mucking about than I did playing 'seriously' xD

Godess Charmaine · Nov 11, 2011, 11:06 PM // 23:06

one little funny thing is the tiny pig 'oink' ,from memery ,in the misson just out from La is the tuffest buger in game. A level 1 and if you can get him to aggro as you lead him back to the boy, he can take on and beat everyone solo in his path without anyone healing him. Allways found it funny

Xx I Dunno Xx · Nov 12, 2011, 05:55 AM // 05:55

Something that blew my mind... Having a skill (unlocked) was more than just available for pvp characters and tome-ing... It means that every trainer in the skills campaign now sells it.... I had no idea with this until I tried arguing with someone for reverting my edit on forums, even after almost 4 years of playing the game, I had no idea about this.

LicensedLuny · Nov 12, 2011, 07:54 AM // 07:54

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Originally Posted by Godess Charmaine

one little funny thing is the tiny pig 'oink' ,from memery ,in the misson just out from La is the tuffest buger in game. A level 1 and if you can get him to aggro as you lead him back to the boy, he can take on and beat everyone solo in his path without anyone healing him. Allways found it funny

Oink, the Wonder Pig, was truly game-breaking imbalance of awesome proportions, yes!

You might want to avoid sleeping too long in the same place now, as the implication inherent to mentioning Oink on a thread about "little things" may lead to your untimely demise! Nothing can hurt that pig, and he never rests.

I still prefer mini pig to mini celestial pig for the idea of having a tiny, invinci-pig at my side.

urania · Nov 12, 2011, 09:48 AM // 09:48

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Originally Posted by Avatar of Me

So I was browsing GW wiki for cheap collector weapons for my heroes, when I came across an item I had never heard of before.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gemstone_Staff

Needless to say, I was stunned. How many times in the past 6 years had I passed up that collector in Senji's Corner, thinking he had nothing worth trading for?

my pve mes had that as well as a lotus staff. cool ones indeed.

vader · Nov 12, 2011, 01:39 PM // 13:39

I never noticed how cool the Arcane Staff was until I got one in EOTN:

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Arcane_Staff

Then I saw it's been available since Nightfall! The pictures on Wiki really don't do it justice either. It's beautiful in-game.

Omar Charrbane · Nov 12, 2011, 04:28 PM // 16:28

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Originally Posted by Avatar of Me

So I was browsing GW wiki for cheap collector weapons for my heroes, when I came across an item I had never heard of before.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gemstone_Staff

Needless to say, I was stunned. How many times in the past 6 years had I passed up that collector in Senji's Corner, thinking he had nothing worth trading for?

I KNOW!

As a rule I always assumed collector's peddled only secand-hand trinkets! Also, it was exact item that made me aware too!

urania · Nov 12, 2011, 05:46 PM // 17:46

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Originally Posted by vader

I never noticed how cool the Arcane Staff was until I got one in EOTN:

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Arcane_Staff

Then I saw it's been available since Nightfall! The pictures on Wiki really don't do it justice either. It's beautiful in-game.

It's the pvp staff skin for fast cast attribute btw.

Canthas Monk · Nov 12, 2011, 11:32 PM // 23:32

In Seeker's Passage about every 10 seconds or so there is lightning bolt in the north east sky where you would never think to look.

http://www.imagebam.com/image/8cbe0f158971624

Amazing?