Aug 27, 2009, 10:32 PM // 22:32
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Site Contributor
Join Date: Jan 2006
Profession: R/
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Henchmen Skill Bar Contest/update 8/27/09
Update - Thursday, August 27
Henchmen Skill Bar Contest
Dizhou [Xunlai Pollster] is now in the Great Temple of Balthazar to collect Henchmen skill bar contest submissions. More information on the skill bar contest can be found here.
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Wasn't expecting that today.
There's prizes as well, fun stuff. Time to submit something.
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"Even if the morrow is barren of promises,
nothing shall forestall my return."
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:34 PM // 22:34
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#2
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NJ
Guild: To Gain Extra Mobility We Play [NUDE]
Profession: W/
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Eh...only for pvp?
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:35 PM // 22:35
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#3
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Jan 2007
Profession: R/Mo
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what happens when 100 people choose the same bars though
asked a gm there answer was
then we randomly pick which of the hundred gets credit
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:36 PM // 22:36
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#4
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Academy Page
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I smell Me/Rt tease hero to win
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:36 PM // 22:36
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#5
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Oct 2005
Profession: Mo/
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I think the tonic as a reward is lame.
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:37 PM // 22:37
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#6
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jun 2005
Guild: gwpvx.com/user:dzjudz
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Quote:
Originally Posted by therangereminem
what happens when 100 people choose the same bars though
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Random winner, as it says on the gw.com page.
So there's no need to be the first with a unique bar. That gives us some time to think and test.
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:38 PM // 22:38
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#7
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Profession: N/
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Quote:
Winners will be announced on or around September 24, 2009 and will be posted on www.guildwars.com.
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so this is the date of our next content update?
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:40 PM // 22:40
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#8
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Jan 2007
Profession: R/Mo
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those tonics are going to be worth alot of money
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:41 PM // 22:41
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#9
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...is in denial
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Hyperion
Guild: starcraft 2
Profession: P/Me
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Quote:
Winners will be announced on or around September 24, 2009 and will be posted on www.guildwars.com.
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Originally Posted by snaek
so this is the date of our next content update?
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you're right, that is exciting news. other than that, this is just a long-winded way of removing heroes from HA, GvG. those henchmen still aren't going to see the light of day except for joke builds
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:42 PM // 22:42
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#10
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Apr 2006
Guild: Amazon Basin [AB]
Profession: Mo/Me
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I really wish they gave us some kind of guidelines here. For example, all existing henchmen don't have secondaries, do have a self-heal and a rez (even the monks). Do we have to follow those? Do we have any idea if the henchies can have special equipment considerations, like stonefist on warriors, or maybe crippling daggers? Do we aim for making a well-rounded build that can fit in many places, or a narrow but powerful gimmick? And what exactly is the problem with heroes that henchies will fix, would Anet just reject tease mesmer for being "too annoying"?
20 winners strongly implies that there will be 10 per format. Which also implies every class will be covered. Having to submit just 3 per account kinda sucks, it's hard to decide whether to submit the more essential bars like smiters and tainted, or to take a stab at making the least useless warrior bar just for the prize. (Although W/P spear could be pretty good... but again that secondary thing.)
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:44 PM // 22:44
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#11
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Europe -ITALY-
Profession: R/
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Uhm I hope this don't become a PvX copy/paste
This is the occasion to try new things...I already have my ideas for ranger Skill bar ^^
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:44 PM // 22:44
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#12
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Dec 2006
Guild: The Overacheivers [Club]
Profession: Mo/
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Lets all pick pathetic skills..........
anyway won't this be worse than heroes. Surely they will need to update hencheis with every skill update too
# One Everlasting Henchman Tonic. This unique item will grant the winner the ability to temporarily transform into the image of the henchman that they are named after.
OMG IM SIKED!
Last edited by BenjZee; Aug 27, 2009 at 10:46 PM // 22:46..
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:45 PM // 22:45
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#13
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Feb 2008
Guild: The Warrior Priests [WP]
Profession: Me/Rt
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While this looks fun and all, are we seriously supposed to expect the "judges" on Anet's staff to understand why a build would be wanted in GvG/HA when they consistently give us updates that just scream "this can't be real or else it will be abused to no end?" R/A's for example, or the beauty that was the W/N Weaken Knees build? I'm also interested if we have to limit the skills only to the primary profession.
Of course I'll be participating...just wondering if builds will actually be tested with AI and not just read over.
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:46 PM // 22:46
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#14
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Tea Powered
Join Date: May 2008
Location: UK
Profession: N/
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I really don't see what they hope to achieve. Henchmen are in no way a substitute for heroes and they just won't get used. Their skill bars, stats and equipment will be fixed and I doubt that they'll be changed in response to future skill updates. Their bars could quickly become quite useless.
A henchmen bar needs to be fairly mindless and you cannot micro their skills. You cannot use them in coordinated spikes, etc. This entire thing seems... well, just pointless.
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:48 PM // 22:48
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#15
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: ign Punk Isnt Dead
Profession: R/
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Quote:
# Eligibility (location): Entries will be accepted from legal residents of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec) and Europe. (Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prize.)
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That is epic
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:48 PM // 22:48
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#16
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Academy Page
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DONT PUT SELF HEALS ON YOUR BAR.
What you want to do is submit a hero bar which YOU would run in your GvG/HA team, but that isn't yet already meta...
I've already submitted 2 bars ^^
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:49 PM // 22:49
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#17
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Forge Runner
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Quote:
Originally Posted by therangereminem
those tonics are going to be worth alot of money
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Let's hope they're untradeable.
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:55 PM // 22:55
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#18
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Dec 2006
Guild: The Overacheivers [Club]
Profession: Mo/
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well considering they turn into the person with the same name - if thats exactly how it works it would be useless for others maybe . so your very own unique items?
i think i accidently just submitted my pve skillbar too....
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Aug 27, 2009, 10:56 PM // 22:56
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#19
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Did I hear 7 heroes?
Join Date: May 2005
Guild: Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)
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We need some clarification on this. While the initial line suggests these bars will be for GvG and HA you'll be submitting these bars through an NPC on the Great Temple of Balthazar where the PvE skill versions will be used. In which case it gives the impression that these would be for PvE henchmen, and so does that mean we'll be getting new henchmen as well or replace what we have?
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Aug 27, 2009, 11:04 PM // 23:04
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#20
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Apr 2007
Guild: TSR
Profession: Mo/Me
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Racthoh
We need some clarification on this. While the initial line suggests these bars will be for GvG and HA you'll be submitting these bars through an NPC on the Great Temple of Balthazar where the PvE skill versions will be used. In which case it gives the impression that these would be for PvE henchmen, and so does that mean we'll be getting new henchmen as well or replace what we have?
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Thats pretty much what most of us would like to know.
Pol
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