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Ninna · Dec 21, 2006, 01:47 PM // 13:47

I got it for heroes and starting chars

can see the GOTY gear here
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Guild_Wars_%2706_Edition

Fender · Dec 21, 2006, 02:46 PM // 14:46

It is just me, or are the stats on the GOTY items pretty crap? The shield is useful, but other than that, the items don't even have suffix upgrades. If they were upgradeable, I'd probably buy it just for heroes, but as they stand, the items are pretty useless, other than just looking pretty.

Nexus Icon · Dec 21, 2006, 02:57 PM // 14:57

I don't like how some of the items promote detrimental 3-way attribute splits, such as the Wolf's Favor, Insightful Soul Shrieker and Tiger's Roar.

I mean, if the bow works on Marksmanship alone and the hemmer works on Hammer Mastery alone, why the hell couldn't the spellcaster items be single-attribute?

They're not even THAT useful as hero items at the moment due to these splits.

Maxiemonster · Dec 21, 2006, 03:12 PM // 15:12

Wow, thanks for telling, this is great! Getting it for my soon to be created pre-searing character and my heroes

Gotta convince my dad first though... Oh well.

Firebaall · Dec 21, 2006, 03:20 PM // 15:20

Nice way to get some max damage gear for perm pre-characters (for those of us that weren't playing when the "visit guild hall storage from pre-searing exploit was around").

Marvel M · Dec 21, 2006, 03:57 PM // 15:57

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Originally Posted by SigurdTheBalmung

$4.99 USD gets you the upgrade to "Game of the Year" edition of Prophecies if you don't have it. I'm still not sure if a few items are worth 5 bucks. They seem like great items for new characters but after that ehh!

Thank You Thank You...

I didn't know there was an upgrade for the Prophecy Side..

The great benefit of this upgrade is that not only do you get some great items but you can give them to your heroes as well. For my Ranger for example the bow was perfect so now I can delete some of the bows I had in my reserve. The shield was also another great nugget/find. This upgrade was definately well worth it. Since it is a bonus item you can reproduce the items until your heart is content so you gotta love that.

Take Care...

zelira · Dec 21, 2006, 04:16 PM // 16:16

I would like to say thank you to the people that stood in that long line at my local compusa during my lunchbreak yesterday. You guys saved me about 50 bucks. If you guys weren't there I would have bought the G.O.T.Y edition to add to my existing acct. Now I can spend $4.99 + tax and get the same results.

Thanks Anet.

Vandal2k6 · Dec 21, 2006, 04:26 PM // 16:26

I've got greens for my heroes so don't think I'll be getting it. Had they added the fancy dances or something like in the collectors edition, I might've dipped in me pocket. Great idea tho, to allow people to upgrade.

DevilStick · Dec 21, 2006, 04:29 PM // 16:29

Heh, oh well. I bought a GOTY to add to my primary account last summer, but held off on buying it for secondary accounts because of talk about this possibility months ago. Could have saved me $30-35 but I was hedging my bets.

Anyhoo, of these items, I use the shield quite a bit. The Wolf's Favor is nice for monk heroes. The bow is great as a pulling bow for anybody because of its extremely long range. I use the Tiger's Roar for ele heroes.

Definitely worth $5 IMHO. Now that a cheaper option is available I may add it to other accounts.

Knightsaber Sith · Dec 21, 2006, 04:39 PM // 16:39

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Originally Posted by Mad King Corn

Awesome, now if anet would add the collectors edition upgrades for purchase, that would be sweet. I wish now I had the collectors edition of factions and prophicies.

I doubt this would happen and hope it doesn't. The GOTY is quite different from the CE and wasn't intended to be nearly as limited. So despite releasing an upgrade for the GOTY; I still find it unlikely they'd ever offer a CE upgrade.

crimsonfilms · Dec 21, 2006, 04:56 PM // 16:56

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Originally Posted by Nanood

Well I usually buy all the upgrades lol cause im a bit silly...

So, considering i have 4 accounts in total and wanted to purchase the upgrade for each account I went to the store for each account and proceeded to purchase said upgrades until I got to the fourth account upgrade where i was informed that it was the stores opinion that the transaction I was attempting to purchase was "fraud suspicious" and denied it. I would like to say that credit card companies have checks in place to police activity that seems suspicious that are very effective and I really don't need Anet or NcSoft or their merchant to be policing my account purchase transaction activity. It's not as if I haven't purchased many things through the store before...

You should be HAPPY that ANet does this. Given that CC company have their own system, having merchants have their own system is often better because it tends to be 'preventive' instead of 'reactive'. Meaning, CC companies often catch fraudulent transactions after the fact. For example, fraudulent charges can be done on a Friday, and the CC company may not be able to analyze it until Monday (because how the mechanics of CC work).

Also, I think there are financial incentives that CC companies give to merchants when they do such things.

blood4blood · Dec 21, 2006, 07:57 PM // 19:57

Thanks for pointing this out, I just might make my first purchase from the online store. I got a GoTY account for storage recently, and was thinking of getting more to add to my existing accounts for my perma-pre-searing characters - I'll think I'll just use this upgrade instead.

ValaOfTheFens · Dec 21, 2006, 09:10 PM // 21:10

I already have GOTY edition Prophecies. I hope that after a certain amount of time they do this for Factions. I can never find any good Assassin weapons. I always end up with weird mod combos that don't make any sense.

Knightsaber Sith · Dec 21, 2006, 09:22 PM // 21:22

I hope they do release a Factions GOTY edition; since it was voted GOTY as well

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Sasuke The Betrayer · Dec 21, 2006, 10:27 PM // 22:27

Bought mine in 5 minutes of the game update. Lol. It was totally worth it for my heroes. I really like the skins (RHINO'S CHARGE FTW) lol. A factions GOTY wuold be interesting too. I wish they would let you mod it.... my nevermore needs it

Zedd Kun · Dec 22, 2006, 09:03 PM // 21:03

Umm.. yeah, so I just bought this, and... When do I get the items? Do I have to make a new character?

Bale_Shadowscar · Dec 22, 2006, 09:38 PM // 21:38

Type /bonus on any character and you will get the itmes.

Redfeather1975 · Dec 22, 2006, 10:54 PM // 22:54

I would say for future they should put how to obtain the items somewhere in either the store description, the email sent after purchase, or an ingame message when you start up.
When I first got the GOTY upgrade I couldn't figure out how to get the items.
I had to look it up on the wiki.

Jiao Yang · Dec 23, 2006, 04:58 PM // 16:58

My Guild leader got me the set as a Christmas present and they're great

They look really nice too- definately worth the money.

greyf0x_f0x · Dec 23, 2006, 05:22 PM // 17:22

I just wish you could spawn them individually xD takes up rather alot of space in your inventory if you have the preorder items from the campaigns too :S