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Shyft the Pyro · Apr 24, 2008, 10:48 PM // 22:48

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Originally Posted by Chico

So, who's going to be the first to post something found from the new update?

Everyone's too busy actually playing! GASP!

Yawgmoth · Apr 25, 2008, 11:40 AM // 11:40

I did a quick browse after the last update, couldn't find anything new, those new weapon skins didn't appear as the last # files so they must be somewhere deeper inside.
But I found ome thing I've never seen in gw.dat, this:

a small GW2 logo inside gw.dat, what is it doing there?

Arduin · Apr 25, 2008, 02:27 PM // 14:27

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Originally Posted by Yawgmoth

I did a quick browse after the last update, couldn't find anything new, those new weapon skins didn't appear as the last # files so they must be somewhere deeper inside.
But I found ome thing I've never seen in gw.dat, this:

a small GW2 logo inside gw.dat, what is it doing there?

Waiting to be added to the ingame store

sykoone · Apr 25, 2008, 11:22 PM // 23:22

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Originally Posted by Yawgmoth

I did a quick browse after the last update, couldn't find anything new, those new weapon skins didn't appear as the last # files so they must be somewhere deeper inside.

According to Linsey Murdock, the dev who created the new area, the weapons were created a year ago. It just took this long for the area to be designed and coded.

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Yay! The end run is out now, which has been my little side project for a while now. Other than a couple bumps here and there (which are generally to be expected) it seems to be going over pretty well which makes me happy. John Hargrove and I have been talking about doing an end run for over a year now so seeing it finally out is exciting. We had the weapons made last year in preparation so it was just up to when I would have time to do the design and writing.

Ravious · Apr 30, 2008, 05:13 PM // 17:13

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Originally Posted by zwei2stein

Event. Stop the Weapons Shipment (LvL 8)
Stop the illegal weapon's shipment from Loamhurst. - Kill Shifty Williams before he reaches the Centaur camp.
Event. Stop the Weapons Shipment (Completed)
You've stopped the weapons shipment! - See Captain Harkness for your reward.

Event. Collect Krait Swords (LvL 9)
Shifty Williams is collecting krait swords for the war effort. - Bring krait weapons to Shifty.
Event. Collect Krait Swords (Completed)
You've helped Shifty collect swords for the war effort. - See Shifty Williams for your reward.

Wow, so I didn't notice this until now, but look.

For Collect Krait Swords you actually are giving Shifty Williams swords.
For Stop the Weapons Shipment you have to kill Shifty Williams from giving weapons to the Centaurs.

You put two and two together and one player starts an event for another player by turning in a quest. In other words,

Player A collects Krait swords and goes and gives them to Shifty for the reward. Shifty says "thankee" and then a few minutes later runs off towards the Centaur camp. Players closer to the Centaur camp get a message from Captain Harkness that there is word of an illegal weapons shipment to stop.

Wow, if that is anything close... I must say I am looking forward to such interconnectedness. More and more it seems that WAR's public quests are a way of hiding the grind instead of feeling like being in an organic world.* I am in awe of A.Net's vision.

*I am not just pulling this out thin air, there is a site that leaks WAR information, and there is heavy discussion about how a WAR public quest is basically: Step 1 - Kill 50-100 mobs, Step 2 - Kill 10-20 elite mobs, Step 3 - Kill boss plus adds.

Lady Syve · Apr 30, 2008, 06:36 PM // 18:36

Wow, that would be so incredibly awesome! If this is what they meant when they said that GW2 will have a dinamic quest system, I'm gonna be one happy camper :P

I hope these sorts of quests will be going on very frequently, because I'd feel bad if I kept on missing them.

MithranArkanere · Apr 30, 2008, 06:47 PM // 18:47

Loamhurst is that place in Divinity Coast.

Could it be that they are planning to make new explorables using already existing mission areas in Prophecies?

fog_of_redoubt · Apr 30, 2008, 07:06 PM // 19:06

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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

Loamhurst is that place in Divinity Coast.

Could it be that they are planning to make new explorables using already existing mission areas in Prophecies?

My guess is the Devs are having some more fun with gwdat browsers like the did with they Xul Marketplace

Ravious · Apr 30, 2008, 07:47 PM // 19:47

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Originally Posted by Lady Syve

Wow, that would be so incredibly awesome! If this is what they meant when they said that GW2 will have a dinamic quest system, I'm gonna be one happy camper :P

I hope these sorts of quests will be going on very frequently, because I'd feel bad if I kept on missing them.

I have a feeling they are going to do some kind of quest keeper/lorebook/tome of knowledge that tracks what you do. Linsey mentioned a while back that they would not do it for GW1 because it was basically too late and it was something to consider for GW2 (paraphrasing) but to do it right you would have to start from the beginning.

Free Runner · Apr 30, 2008, 07:52 PM // 19:52

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Originally Posted by fog_of_redoubt

My guess is the Devs are having some more fun with gwdat browsers like the did with they Xul Marketplace

That wasnt exactly Anet having fun with the Dat group. It was more like the Dat browsers having fun telling everyone of the progressing Marketplace strings forceing Anet to remove them.

crazybanshee · May 08, 2008, 11:04 PM // 23:04

Please don't turn this into a debate over the new title or anything, there's plenty of threads for that. What I'm asking is, there was much debate over some sort of zaishen title starting a while ago, based on what was in the gw.dat file. Now it turns out that the zaishen title is true, as were the list of 3rd year minipets being discovered before they were released.

So what about the other things people found in the dat file? Double booze/sweets weekend? Anything else? Anet seems to play everything close to the vest but there are obviously some people who can figure out what's coming. I'm sure there's tons of other players who would like some hint of which way the wind is blowing.

Lord Xivor · May 08, 2008, 11:09 PM // 23:09

For 100k, I will tell you the event that will happen next weekend. ;-)

For 500k, i will tell you who your future wife is. :-)

j/k...they need to make it so people cannot crack the gw.dat file.

guildwars hero22 · May 08, 2008, 11:14 PM // 23:14

forgive me for my misunderstanding, but what and where is the .dat file exactly?

Alexandra-Sweet · May 08, 2008, 11:22 PM // 23:22

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Originally Posted by guildwars hero22

forgive me for my misunderstanding, but what and where is the .dat file exactly?

By default it's in C:\Program Files\Guild Wars
It's a really big file that contains all the data Guild Wars needs to in order to run.

Some people use software to look into this .dat file and can see stuff that Arena Net puts in there during an update.

Note: .dat is a data archive.

Aba · May 09, 2008, 04:34 AM // 04:34

So everlasting tonics/tonics were found in the dat file before.
So anyone think Anet would put the years entire lineup in??
or has anyone found anything regarding the new tonics?

Xunlai Secret Agent · May 09, 2008, 07:19 AM // 07:19

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Originally Posted by Lord Xivor

For 100k, I will tell you the event that will happen next weekend. ;-)

For 500k, i will tell you who your future wife is. :-)

j/k...they need to make it so people cannot crack the gw.dat file.

Laugh out loud.

Treg Q · May 09, 2008, 01:39 PM // 13:39

Just found sound file: "This base belongs to your party!" Awesome

EDIT: http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9...texdxt1as1.png

stretchs · May 09, 2008, 02:14 PM // 14:14

That is just the BMP load screen for gwen's adventure

Warwick · May 13, 2008, 06:08 PM // 18:08

Imo, Quick prefix/suffix would make you attack faster, and Rage prefix/suffix would make you deal more damage. I think Quick would be a prefix and Rage a suffix- I cant really imagine "I'm wielding a Rage Destroyer Scythe of Quick!"

. Shame it was scrapped.. Perma IAS would be win

MrSlayer · May 13, 2008, 08:57 PM // 20:57

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Originally Posted by Warwick

Imo, Quick prefix/suffix would make you attack faster, and Rage prefix/suffix would make you deal more damage. I think Quick would be a prefix and Rage a suffix- I cant really imagine "I'm wielding a Rage Destroyer Scythe of Quick!"

. Shame it was scrapped.. Perma IAS would be win

Quick Destroyer Scythe of Rage would make more sense <.<