Bunch of "noobish" questions. - Guild Wars Forums

Guidoking · Dec 10, 2010, 09:23 PM // 21:23

Okay say I bought Guild Wars back when it came out ages ago in 2005/2006 was it? And played it a few times but never understood it (I was younger).

I just recently fired it up again about a month ago and im loving it! I got my E/RT up to a 20 and im on the last 3 missions of Prophecies and been dibblin/dabblin in Factions and Nightfall.

I just have ALWAYS been wondering a few things:

1) At a mission outpost when I ask if everyone is ready, they say "1". What does that mean? Doesn't seem like a proper response to are you ready. ;p

2) What exactly is a weapon worth a lot? I have got tons of gold weapons but from PC's on here people tell me its just worth what it is. How do I truly find or get those K's weapons worth shit tons.

3) What is a common amount of gold to have? I find myself constantly falling beneath 1K when upgrading armor, buying salvage kits, etc. It seems like lots of people have unlimited money and it pisses me off!

4) What are Minis? And what do they do? Who can have them?

5) I saw some dude (i think Necro) resurrect a bunch of "boneyard" things or something that run around and F" sh*t up with us in our party. What are those. How do I get?

6) I ascended and saw that I could go to the underworld for 1K. Is the Underworld travable by map or do I have to pay 1K each time to go? When am I ready for the underworld and who should I go with?

7) I need a dope ass Fire Wand for my Nuking Fire E/RT. Where do I get? Or where is a good drop zone?

Thanks guys!

Calista Blackblood · Dec 10, 2010, 09:32 PM // 21:32

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Originally Posted by Guidoking

1) At a mission outpost when I ask if everyone is ready, they say "1". What does that mean? Doesn't seem like a proper response to are you ready. ;p

Lazy way of saying yes

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2) What exactly is a weapon worth a lot? I have got tons of gold weapons but from PC's on here people tell me its just worth what it is. How do I truly find or get those K's weapons worth shit tons.

Concentrate on learning for now and the forseeable future.Worry about expensive vanity items later.

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3) What is a common amount of gold to have? I find myself constantly falling beneath 1K when upgrading armor, buying salvage kits, etc. It seems like lots of people have unlimited money and it pisses me off!

Depends on the type of player and what they do ingame to earn their gold.

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4) What are Minis? And what do they do? Who can have them?

They are miniature versions of ingame foes/bosses or well known storyline characters that you can double click in an outpost or explorable area to display them. They quite often have an animation.

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5) I saw some dude (i think Necro) resurrect a bunch of "boneyard" things or something that run around and F" sh*t up with us in our party. What are those. How do I get?

Those are minions,and you need to be a necromancer to get them. I will warn you,E/N is not going to be the best combination for a minion master.

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6) I ascended and saw that I could go to the underworld for 1K. Is the Underworld travable by map or do I have to pay 1K each time to go? When am I ready for the underworld and who should I go with?

It will cost you 1k each time. As I said above complete the campaigns and build up your knowledge then look to doing some of these other areas.

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7) I need a dope ass Fire Wand for my Nuking Fire E/RT. Where do I get? Or where is a good drop zone?

You can craft these in most outposts,some of which you can further modify or inscribe to lower the cast and recharge times of spells.

Thanks guys![/QUOTE]

drkn · Dec 10, 2010, 09:36 PM // 21:36

1) '1' usually means 'ready'. 'My build is complete, you can start the mission'. Or something.
2) Max weapons (that is: max damage, max stats), with either inherent stats (drop only in Prophecies and Factions) / low requirement (max q8 shields, for example) / very rare and wanted skin (Frog Scepter, for example). Getting into the weapons market is complicated and i wouldn't recommend to focus on it now, at all. If you want to make some money, farm materials (feathers) or festive items for sale.
3) For the first month or two, when i was starting, i rarely had over 5k at any given time. With 20k, i considered myself rich. Later, after my char's / heroes' needs were satisfied and i started farming/trading a little, i started accumulating gold. In short: don't bother, GW is a game where gold gives you only looks and achievements, not an edge over others (at least after you get max armor and rune yourself up).
4). Minipets. Every character gets a present on its birthday. After opening it, it turns into an annual minipet. It can be 'summoned' by doubleclicking. It follows the player that summoned it, looking nice and doing completely nothing. [Note: paragon shouts benefit from minis, as they are considered allies, but that's usually marginal]. With advent of HoM Calculator, minipets became obsession of players who want to fill their HoM; otherwise, they were always 'something to spend money on' by collectors.
5) Necros (or any/N) can summon minions via certain skills. Just for fun, you might be able to do so with your E/N as well. More on wiki.
6) Every time you go into the UW someone from the party has to pay 1k (or use a teleport scroll). It's an elite area, with addition of Skeletons and Dhuum considered one of the hardest (imho, it's the hardest actually). If you're not an experienced player with well developed and controlled heroes, and you don't have two or three friends with decent heroes as well, don't even try UW on your own. You might want to join a PvE guild once you get more familiar with the game - i made my first UW trip after i've beaten the three campaigns in NM and made some progress in HM. Fissure of Woe is much easier than UW and more PuG-friendly.

The official GW Wiki holds a lot of answers as well.

RedDog91 · Dec 10, 2010, 09:47 PM // 21:47

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Originally Posted by Guidoking

I just have ALWAYS been wondering a few things:

1) At a mission outpost when I ask if everyone is ready, they say "1". What does that mean? Doesn't seem like a proper response to are you ready. ;p

"1" means that they are ready. It's just easier to type than "ready".

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2) What exactly is a weapon worth a lot? I have got tons of gold weapons but from PC's on here people tell me its just worth what it is. How do I truly find or get those K's weapons worth shit tons.

Weapons themselves aren't worth much unless you can find one with a rare skin. "Skin" refers to what it looks like. For instance, a random spear you find is most likely not worth anything at all, but a Voltaic Spear is worth a hell of a lot.

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3) What is a common amount of gold to have? I find myself constantly falling beneath 1K when upgrading armor, buying salvage kits, etc. It seems like lots of people have unlimited money and it pisses me off!

I played with less than 30k to my name for over 3 years (hold around 3-4k per character and a bit in storage). Only recently have I started to collect larger sums of money.
You don't really need a lot of money. Having money for what you need is a lot more important than having it for what you want. So long as you can afford max rating armor (60 for casters; 70 for sins, rangers, dervs; and 80 for wars and paras) and a decent weapon.

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4) What are Minis? And what do they do? Who can have them?

Minipets are most commonly obtained from birthday gifts. Every year that you have a character, it gets a birthday present added to its inventory.
There are a few "rarer" minipets given out to contest winners (art contests, etc. held on official GW website). There is also a Mini Black Moa Chick which is obtained from an in-game scavenger hunt.

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5) I saw some dude (i think Necro) resurrect a bunch of "boneyard" things or something that run around and F" sh*t up with us in our party. What are those. How do I get?

Necromancers have minion skills in their Death Magic skill line. The skills require dead bodies and they animate undead allies from the bodies.
You can get minion skills by creating a necromancer character or switching your ele's secondary to necromancer. However, an elementalist's abilities are better used killing things than creating minions.

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6) I ascended and saw that I could go to the underworld for 1K. Is the Underworld travable by map or do I have to pay 1K each time to go? When am I ready for the underworld and who should I go with?

The party leader has to pay 1k everytime a party enters the UnderWorld. You cannot travel there by map use, you must pay everytime you enter.
The 1k cost is minimal compared to the expensive items (eternal blades, etc.) and materials (globs of ectoplasm) that can be obtained from killing enemies in the UnderWorld.

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7) I need a dope ass Fire Wand for my Nuking Fire E/RT. Where do I get? Or where is a good drop zone?

You don't need one, you want one. As said in question 3, buy what you actually need before what you want. Easier to save and make money that way.

Steps_Descending · Dec 10, 2010, 09:48 PM // 21:48

To clarify the 2 points Kasha left foggy:

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Originally Posted by Guidoking

I just have ALWAYS been wondering a few things:

2) What exactly is a weapon worth a lot? I have got tons of gold weapons but from PC's on here people tell me its just worth what it is. How do I truly find or get those K's weapons worth shit tons.

IN GW, the price is dictated by skin and skin rarity (assuming every weapon you will sell is maxed). Those weapons are those found in elite areas or very expensive crafters (I mean 10k+ a weapon). I've found you can sell max weapon of most skin between 1 and 3k to guild mates. That's not a lot, but if you stockpile weapons, it's a little something once in a while. It's not a lot

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3) What is a common amount of gold to have? I find myself constantly falling beneath 1K when upgrading armor, buying salvage kits, etc. It seems like lots of people have unlimited money and it pisses me off!

I've found that with 10k in stash, I can afford almost anything that is not vanity whenever I need it (armor/tome/consumable if I need...). A lot of people say they can make 50k in an afternoon. I, too, am still wondering how they do it.

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7) I need a dope ass Fire Wand for my Nuking Fire E/RT. Where do I get? Or where is a good drop zone?

All chapters give a single perfect weapon (that's max dmg and mods) when you finish them. If you want one before you finish prophecy, look for colectors in prophecy (http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Collector) for one who will give a decent wand.

Also, some people don't seem to realise it when buying, but most staves work on all casters. They are cheap alternative to wand/focus and you can have one for most of your builds.

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Thanks guys!

No problem.

Ghull Ka · Dec 10, 2010, 09:49 PM // 21:49

1) "1" = "My good friends, I am now ready to face whatever perils await us in the next stage of our journey. Let us begin that journey... NOW!"

2) I cannot answer this question. Guild Wars's player-to-player "economy" is something that I find frustrating, so I do not include it in my gameplay.

3) I usually slowly accrue money until I go and buy a set of armor. I'll spend all my plat all the way down to zero if I want to. Then, over the next week of doing quests, missions, dungeons, salvaging, selling and whatnot, it'll creep back up again. My opinion = It's fake money, and it's better spent than kept.

4) Minis are miniature pets that follow you around. They're just for show. They can't fight. Some of them make noises (like my favorite, the Jungle Troll)

Here's more info: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Miniature

5) You probably saw him use "Aura of the Lich" an elite necromancer death magic skill. It exploits every corpse in the area and makes a minion out of it. Minions are animated by Necromancers, and require a corpse to "exploit".

Here's more info: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Minion.

6) Traditionally, in order to go to the UW, you have to /kneel at the Altar of Grenth in the Temple of Ages, Zin Ku Corridor or the Chantry of Secrets. Then a ghost pops out. Someone in your party gives the ghost 1k and he teleports your whole party to the Underworld. If you ask around in those outposts, surely a friendly player will help you learn what skills you'll need to bring.

Here's more info: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Underworld

7) There are too many sources of weapons to name. Again, refer to the wiki for "weaponsmiths" or "collector weapons" or "green weapons" to learn more. You could also just go to Lion's Arch, Droknar's Forge or Kamadan, then say "WTB decent green fire staff, 5k" and you'll surely find something nice.

7 also) When you beat the game, you'll get a token (in Prophecies, it's a "key" that you use to unlock the "Elementalist Chest" -- which is just a silly collector). You trade that token in for a weapon. The fire weapon for beating the game isn't half bad.

Uriel_Wolfblood · Dec 10, 2010, 11:00 PM // 23:00

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1) "1" = "My good friends, I am now ready to face whatever perils await us in the next stage of our journey. Let us begin that journey... NOW!"

I Lol'ed so hard I almost fell.

But for my two cents. If you are not currently in a Guild that is the best way to start learning. There are plenty of players out there that are willing to answer your "noobish" questions and many will even help get you your weapons that you "need".

My guild helps new players all the time. Feel free to pm me any questions on Guru or in game. IGN: Uriel Wolfblood

IGN= In game name in case you didn't know.

doomfodder · Dec 10, 2010, 11:26 PM // 23:26

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Originally Posted by Guidoking

1) At a mission outpost when I ask if everyone is ready, they say "1". What does that mean? Doesn't seem like a proper response to are you ready. ;p

1 is the 1'st audible "taunt" in Age Of Empires & it sounds like "yes"

http://aoe.heavengames.com/downsnew/dwntaunts2.shtml

xPc · Dec 10, 2010, 11:39 PM // 23:39

1) At a mission outpost when I ask if everyone is ready, they say "1". What does that mean? Doesn't seem like a proper response to are you ready. ;p

International way of saying ready. People spoke different languages once upon a time.

2) What exactly is a weapon worth a lot? I have got tons of gold weapons but from PC's on here people tell me its just worth what it is. How do I truly find or get those K's weapons worth shit tons.

Most random golds you collect are worthless. Most truly rare golds are incredibly rare and/or old Prophecies drops. There are a few items from EotN which are worth a little bit because they have a low drop rate (1% from end of dungeon chest or something) such as the Bone Dragon Staff or the Frog Scepter.

With the current game economy finding a gold which is actually worth something significant is really unlikely, it's almost entirely based on luck. Unless you're speed clearing a dungeon over and over the chances of feasibly being able to complete something enough times to actually remove luck from the equation and assuredly get something are pretty low.

3) What is a common amount of gold to have? I find myself constantly falling beneath 1K when upgrading armor, buying salvage kits, etc. It seems like lots of people have unlimited money and it pisses me off!

There is no common amount of gold. Most people have made a lot of money over the course of playing, through lucky drops, farming or trading. To consistently make money in GW you need to have money to begin with so you can bank or trade.

4) What are Minis? And what do they do? Who can have them?

Mini pets are vanity items, they're just little miniatures of different NPC's or creatures which chase after your character. They can also be put in the Hall of Monuments. Most minis come from birthday presents, received each year you've had your character. There are some rare drops and others which have been contest rewards, those are usually worth a lot more, but they're harder to acquire.

5) I saw some dude (i think Necro) resurrect a bunch of "boneyard" things or something that run around and F" sh*t up with us in our party. What are those. How do I get?

He was a minion master, basically a necro playing a Death Magic build which exploits corpses to create pets. They're very effective if you can get the ball rolling and make some things dead to start the minion factory.

6) I ascended and saw that I could go to the underworld for 1K. Is the Underworld travable by map or do I have to pay 1K each time to go? When am I ready for the underworld and who should I go with?

UW is an explorable area, you pay 1k each time to enter. If you wipe or certain NPC's die, you get kicked out (there are no rez shrines in UW). The area basically has the best drops in Prophecies and is the primary area for drops of Glob of Ectoplasm (the rare material used in Obsidian Armor and utilized as a second currency for trades over 100k).

7) I need a dope ass Fire Wand for my Nuking Fire E/RT. Where do I get? Or where is a good drop zone?

Don't try and farm it from random mobs. There is nowhere where that would be effective. You should look at the collector or unique (green) item options on the Wiki. That way you'll kill a specific type of mob for their collector items or a boss for their green. Collector items are generally easier to get and take less time to farm than any other option.

You could also finish a campaign and you'll receive a token for having beaten the campaign. You can then trade this token in for various greens from the people of the campaign you just saved (do a wiki search for Deldrimor Talisman, Amulet of the Mists, Book of Secrets or Droknar's Key).

Alternatively you could (save up and) spend some gold and buy something from a player. Chances are you'll want to buy an inscription based fire wand (a non-inscription fire wand with good stats is pretty far outside your budget right now). You'll need to buy the mods to make it perfect, 20% half cast time and 20% half skill recharge are generally considered the best mods. Probably cost you about 5-10k to end up with a perfect core skin fire wand.

If you have any more questions PM me here or ingame - GW is a difficult game to explain in one sitting and there are probably important things you don't even know to ask about yet but might make your life a lot easier.

IGN - M F Ninja or Deadly Bronado.

awry · Dec 10, 2010, 11:40 PM // 23:40

bro, if you're in constant poverty, go to grand temple of balthazar and use your tournament reward points (tolkano npc), collect zkeys and then sell em usually at 5k, use those zkeys to buy trapping skills by unlocking for a pvp ranger and then go to zaishen elite and trap for an easy 6k faction everyday. You can buy more zaishen keys for 5k faction and sell them for 5k in gold.

myths of fury · Dec 11, 2010, 12:02 AM // 00:02

1) comes from 1,2,3 go I guess. Just like you can say ready, set, go. So technically 1= ready, so in a way it is appropriate :P

*Darcy* · Dec 11, 2010, 12:15 AM // 00:15

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A lot of people say they can make 50k in an afternoon. I, too, am still wondering how they do it.

Farming is how you earn large amounts of gold. You can take a character to Jaya Bluffs on Shing Jea Island in Factions and farm feathers which sell for 8-10k per stack. With my rit it takes about three trips to get a stack (Normal Mode).

Visit the Campfire section's Farming sub forum for more info.

Bright Star Shine · Dec 11, 2010, 01:45 AM // 01:45

Well, to be honest..
Since you started in 2005, do you still have the same account? Because if so, you should have 5 minipets by now on each character, values really depending on what minipet... Some are 2k, some are 700k... A lot are between 10 and 30k each..
So, check your characters, look what minipets you have, and PC them on here, then sell.
You should at least get 100k if you only have 1 charr, with four, you might get like 800k if you have a little bit of luck..

And, I as well started of, like everyone, thinking i was rich with 20k, now i can't be bothered about 20k. It's pocketchange :P When you're talking millions++ you don't really care that much^^

Oh, and @ Awry, Xunlai house has been closed since like... Ages

So no money in there..

**Marty Silverblade** · Dec 11, 2010, 02:13 AM // 02:13

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Oh, and @ Awry, Xunlai house has been closed since like... Ages

So no money in there..

All players get 50 free ones just by talking to one of the dudes in GToB (only once per account, obviously).

newbie_of_doom · Dec 11, 2010, 02:43 AM // 02:43

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Originally Posted by Guidoking

Okay say I bought Guild Wars back when it came out ages ago in 2005/2006 was it? And played it a few times but never understood it (I was younger).

I just recently fired it up again about a month ago and im loving it! I got my E/RT up to a 20 and im on the last 3 missions of Prophecies and been dibblin/dabblin in Factions and Nightfall.

I just have ALWAYS been wondering a few things:

1) At a mission outpost when I ask if everyone is ready, they say "1". What does that mean? Doesn't seem like a proper response to are you ready. ;p

2) What exactly is a weapon worth a lot? I have got tons of gold weapons but from PC's on here people tell me its just worth what it is. How do I truly find or get those K's weapons worth shit tons.

3) What is a common amount of gold to have? I find myself constantly falling beneath 1K when upgrading armor, buying salvage kits, etc. It seems like lots of people have unlimited money and it pisses me off!

4) What are Minis? And what do they do? Who can have them?

5) I saw some dude (i think Necro) resurrect a bunch of "boneyard" things or something that run around and F" sh*t up with us in our party. What are those. How do I get?

6) I ascended and saw that I could go to the underworld for 1K. Is the Underworld travable by map or do I have to pay 1K each time to go? When am I ready for the underworld and who should I go with?

7) I need a dope ass Fire Wand for my Nuking Fire E/RT. Where do I get? Or where is a good drop zone?

Thanks guys!

1) Ironically, your question #1 is what #1 is. 1 means you are ready and is used because it's shorter than ready. I don't really know how it came into existence.

2) You will just have to know. Generally, if you get a certain weapon quite often, it will not be worth anything. If you do not get it often, you should just run a PC. As for mods, if they're not (considered) useful, they're worthless.

3) I'm really not sure. Most of my friends have over one million. I figure most people have somewhere between 100-300k, while there's also a lot of people with less than 100k. Before zaishen keys I never really gotten over 50k.

4) Minis is a short-term for minipets. These pets are cosmetic but can also be added to the Hall of Monuments (HoM), which gives you points for items and titels you can show off in GW2 when you link your accounts.

5) They are minions. You can summon, or rather animate them with certain necromancer skills, such as animate bone minions.

6) You have to pay it each time. The first time, I would go with an experienced player if I were you. You have to do the quests in a certain order or it will be incredibly hard.

7) I am not sure where you can get it, but you should really get a 40/40 set. This means you have a focus which has 20% chance to half the casting time spells and a 20% chance to half their recharge time. Your wand will have the same properties.
You can also swap your weapons using f1 and f2. You can add more weapon sets, up to. You should do this.
You should then also have an 'enchant set'. This set is a staff, which has 20% chance to half spell casting time and 20% chance to half their recharge. Also, it lengthens the duration of any enchantment cast in this set, like an attunement, by 20%.
Then you should have a highset. This set has whichever 20% can co-exist with the mod or inscription that gives: (-1 energy regeneration and + 15 energy), which I think is called live for the day.
Finally, you should also have a shield set. You will swap to this set when you take a lot of damage, it will increase your total health and/or give you a slight armor bonus. You can use any one handed physical weapon (spear/sword/axe etc.) and a shield. The mod on the spear doesn't matter too much. The shield should have +10 armor vs. a specific source of damage (piercing for example) and +30 health or another +armor for all incoming damage.

Hope this helps.

Cheers and good luck!

EmberZ0ne · Dec 11, 2010, 04:46 AM // 04:46

Just wanted to chime in on 2, it's worth it to hit P when you're in town and see what other people are looking to buy, especially if you are looking for what mods to salvage and sell and to get a feel for prices. I suppose some lightning based sin build got popular lately since during October and November I kept seeing WTBs for shocking dagger tangs. If you find the skin is worthless but the mod might not be, you have to weigh how much you can get for it vs. possibly breaking the item, the time to sell it and the storage space it'll take up. Check wiki to know the max levels; people only want max mods.
You can also salvage for materials. Stacks of iron, bone, granite (sort of), feathers and dust are always in demand, but you'll have to know what the weapon salvages first (check the wiki to get to know the generalities). Experiment around for what level of item will give enough mats to make up for the cost of using the kit and the item being salvaged.
Anyway, both of these provide a few k here and a few k there, but it's surprising how much that adds up to while you're gearing up for more lucrative activities.

For the 40/40 set, if you've gotten to Vasburg Armory or Leviathan Pits in Factions you can get them crafted there for 5k (plus mats) per weapon. There might be other crafters, but I'm only familiar with these two. I like the Factions version of the fire wand.

Welcome back to Guild Wars!

Quaker · Dec 11, 2010, 04:39 PM // 16:39

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Originally Posted by Guidoking

3) What is a common amount of gold to have? I find myself constantly falling beneath 1K when upgrading armor, buying salvage kits, etc. It seems like lots of people have unlimited money and it pisses me off!

As with most such games, you get more money as you progress through the game. Drops are worth more, quests/missions have larger rewards, and you have a better chance of getting more valuable items out of chests, etc.
I start to feel poor when I drop down to 500p, but I've been playing for 5+ years.

Hollygen · Dec 12, 2010, 12:26 AM // 00:26

Now thought the habit of answering '1' to indicate you're ready, was linked to people counting off their position on the party list, so the party leader could see at a glance that everyone had responded, and this degraded down to everyone just saying '1'

Of course I could be compeltely wrong

thelessa · Dec 13, 2010, 04:02 PM // 16:02

I remember it came into being so the group leader could tell from all the other chatter when his group was ready, a short cut for saying ready. I remember it started about the time with all the BP groups in Tomb of the Primeval Kings runs.

Tom Swift · Dec 13, 2010, 05:17 PM // 17:17

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Originally Posted by Guidoking

1) At a mission outpost when I ask if everyone is ready, they say "1". What does that mean? Doesn't seem like a proper response to are you ready. ;p

Thanks guys!

I think this comes from the boolean values of 1=yes or true and 0 = no or false.

Boolean logic became the foundation of modern digital computer logic.

I doubt you see it so much anymore but back in the early 80's if you took a basic computer programming class you just got so used to drawing yes and no flow charts using 1 and 0 that it became natural to use them for yes and no in computer games.

Whoever brought it into guild wars probably just saw it as an easy way to answer yes to "are you ready?"

Dec 10, 2010, 09:36 PM // 21:36	#3
drkn Forge Runner Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wroc??aw, Poland Guild: Midnight Mayhem Profession: Me/	1) '1' usually means 'ready'. 'My build is complete, you can start the mission'. Or something. 2) Max weapons (that is: max damage, max stats), with either inherent stats (drop only in Prophecies and Factions) / low requirement (max q8 shields, for example) / very rare and wanted skin (Frog Scepter, for example). Getting into the weapons market is complicated and i wouldn't recommend to focus on it now, at all. If you want to make some money, farm materials (feathers) or festive items for sale. 3) For the first month or two, when i was starting, i rarely had over 5k at any given time. With 20k, i considered myself rich. Later, after my char's / heroes' needs were satisfied and i started farming/trading a little, i started accumulating gold. In short: don't bother, GW is a game where gold gives you only looks and achievements, not an edge over others (at least after you get max armor and rune yourself up). 4). Minipets. Every character gets a present on its birthday. After opening it, it turns into an annual minipet. It can be 'summoned' by doubleclicking. It follows the player that summoned it, looking nice and doing completely nothing. [Note: paragon shouts benefit from minis, as they are considered allies, but that's usually marginal]. With advent of HoM Calculator, minipets became obsession of players who want to fill their HoM; otherwise, they were always 'something to spend money on' by collectors. 5) Necros (or any/N) can summon minions via certain skills. Just for fun, you might be able to do so with your E/N as well. More on wiki. 6) Every time you go into the UW someone from the party has to pay 1k (or use a teleport scroll). It's an elite area, with addition of Skeletons and Dhuum considered one of the hardest (imho, it's the hardest actually). If you're not an experienced player with well developed and controlled heroes, and you don't have two or three friends with decent heroes as well, don't even try UW on your own. You might want to join a PvE guild once you get more familiar with the game - i made my first UW trip after i've beaten the three campaigns in NM and made some progress in HM. Fissure of Woe is much easier than UW and more PuG-friendly. The official GW Wiki holds a lot of answers as well. Last edited by drkn; Dec 10, 2010 at 09:41 PM // 21:41..

Dec 10, 2010, 09:49 PM // 21:49	#6
Ghull Ka Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Seattle, WA Guild: Grenths Helpdesk Profession: N/	1) "1" = "My good friends, I am now ready to face whatever perils await us in the next stage of our journey. Let us begin that journey... NOW!" 2) I cannot answer this question. Guild Wars's player-to-player "economy" is something that I find frustrating, so I do not include it in my gameplay. 3) I usually slowly accrue money until I go and buy a set of armor. I'll spend all my plat all the way down to zero if I want to. Then, over the next week of doing quests, missions, dungeons, salvaging, selling and whatnot, it'll creep back up again. My opinion = It's fake money, and it's better spent than kept. 4) Minis are miniature pets that follow you around. They're just for show. They can't fight. Some of them make noises (like my favorite, the Jungle Troll) Here's more info: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Miniature 5) You probably saw him use "Aura of the Lich" an elite necromancer death magic skill. It exploits every corpse in the area and makes a minion out of it. Minions are animated by Necromancers, and require a corpse to "exploit". Here's more info: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Minion. 6) Traditionally, in order to go to the UW, you have to /kneel at the Altar of Grenth in the Temple of Ages, Zin Ku Corridor or the Chantry of Secrets. Then a ghost pops out. Someone in your party gives the ghost 1k and he teleports your whole party to the Underworld. If you ask around in those outposts, surely a friendly player will help you learn what skills you'll need to bring. Here's more info: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Underworld 7) There are too many sources of weapons to name. Again, refer to the wiki for "weaponsmiths" or "collector weapons" or "green weapons" to learn more. You could also just go to Lion's Arch, Droknar's Forge or Kamadan, then say "WTB decent green fire staff, 5k" and you'll surely find something nice. 7 also) When you beat the game, you'll get a token (in Prophecies, it's a "key" that you use to unlock the "Elementalist Chest" -- which is just a silly collector). You trade that token in for a weapon. The fire weapon for beating the game isn't half bad. Last edited by Ghull Ka; Dec 10, 2010 at 09:52 PM // 21:52.. Reason: oops

Dec 10, 2010, 11:39 PM // 23:39	#9
xPc Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Aug 2006 Guild: Tap That Pink [beav]	1) At a mission outpost when I ask if everyone is ready, they say "1". What does that mean? Doesn't seem like a proper response to are you ready. ;p International way of saying ready. People spoke different languages once upon a time. 2) What exactly is a weapon worth a lot? I have got tons of gold weapons but from PC's on here people tell me its just worth what it is. How do I truly find or get those K's weapons worth shit tons. Most random golds you collect are worthless. Most truly rare golds are incredibly rare and/or old Prophecies drops. There are a few items from EotN which are worth a little bit because they have a low drop rate (1% from end of dungeon chest or something) such as the Bone Dragon Staff or the Frog Scepter. With the current game economy finding a gold which is actually worth something significant is really unlikely, it's almost entirely based on luck. Unless you're speed clearing a dungeon over and over the chances of feasibly being able to complete something enough times to actually remove luck from the equation and assuredly get something are pretty low. 3) What is a common amount of gold to have? I find myself constantly falling beneath 1K when upgrading armor, buying salvage kits, etc. It seems like lots of people have unlimited money and it pisses me off! There is no common amount of gold. Most people have made a lot of money over the course of playing, through lucky drops, farming or trading. To consistently make money in GW you need to have money to begin with so you can bank or trade. 4) What are Minis? And what do they do? Who can have them? Mini pets are vanity items, they're just little miniatures of different NPC's or creatures which chase after your character. They can also be put in the Hall of Monuments. Most minis come from birthday presents, received each year you've had your character. There are some rare drops and others which have been contest rewards, those are usually worth a lot more, but they're harder to acquire. *5) I saw some dude (i think Necro) resurrect a bunch of "boneyard" things or something that run around and F" sht up with us in our party. What are those. How do I get? He was a minion master, basically a necro playing a Death Magic build which exploits corpses to create pets. They're very effective if you can get the ball rolling and make some things dead to start the minion factory. 6) I ascended and saw that I could go to the underworld for 1K. Is the Underworld travable by map or do I have to pay 1K each time to go? When am I ready for the underworld and who should I go with? UW is an explorable area, you pay 1k each time to enter. If you wipe or certain NPC's die, you get kicked out (there are no rez shrines in UW). The area basically has the best drops in Prophecies and is the primary area for drops of Glob of Ectoplasm (the rare material used in Obsidian Armor and utilized as a second currency for trades over 100k). 7) I need a dope ass Fire Wand for my Nuking Fire E/RT. Where do I get? Or where is a good drop zone?** Don't try and farm it from random mobs. There is nowhere where that would be effective. You should look at the collector or unique (green) item options on the Wiki. That way you'll kill a specific type of mob for their collector items or a boss for their green. Collector items are generally easier to get and take less time to farm than any other option. You could also finish a campaign and you'll receive a token for having beaten the campaign. You can then trade this token in for various greens from the people of the campaign you just saved (do a wiki search for Deldrimor Talisman, Amulet of the Mists, Book of Secrets or Droknar's Key). Alternatively you could (save up and) spend some gold and buy something from a player. Chances are you'll want to buy an inscription based fire wand (a non-inscription fire wand with good stats is pretty far outside your budget right now). You'll need to buy the mods to make it perfect, 20% half cast time and 20% half skill recharge are generally considered the best mods. Probably cost you about 5-10k to end up with a perfect core skin fire wand. If you have any more questions PM me here or ingame - GW is a difficult game to explain in one sitting and there are probably important things you don't even know to ask about yet but might make your life a lot easier. IGN - M F Ninja or Deadly Bronado. Last edited by xPc; Dec 10, 2010 at 11:44 PM // 23:44..

Dec 11, 2010, 01:45 AM // 01:45	#13
Bright Star Shine Furnace Stoker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Belgium Guild: Club of a Thousand Pandas [LOD???] Profession: E/	Well, to be honest.. Since you started in 2005, do you still have the same account? Because if so, you should have 5 minipets by now on each character, values really depending on what minipet... Some are 2k, some are 700k... A lot are between 10 and 30k each.. So, check your characters, look what minipets you have, and PC them on here, then sell. You should at least get 100k if you only have 1 charr, with four, you might get like 800k if you have a little bit of luck.. And, I as well started of, like everyone, thinking i was rich with 20k, now i can't be bothered about 20k. It's pocketchange :P When you're talking millions++ you don't really care that much^^ Oh, and @ Awry, Xunlai house has been closed since like... Ages So no money in there.. Last edited by Bright Star Shine; Dec 11, 2010 at 01:48 AM // 01:48..

Dec 10, 2010, 09:23 PM // 21:23	#1
Guidoking Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Dec 2010 Profession: E/Rt	Bunch of "noobish" questions. Okay say I bought Guild Wars back when it came out ages ago in 2005/2006 was it? And played it a few times but never understood it (I was younger). I just recently fired it up again about a month ago and im loving it! I got my E/RT up to a 20 and im on the last 3 missions of Prophecies and been dibblin/dabblin in Factions and Nightfall. I just have ALWAYS been wondering a few things: 1) At a mission outpost when I ask if everyone is ready, they say "1". What does that mean? Doesn't seem like a proper response to are you ready. ;p 2) What exactly is a weapon worth a lot? I have got tons of gold weapons but from PC's on here people tell me its just worth what it is. How do I truly find or get those K's weapons worth shit tons. 3) What is a common amount of gold to have? I find myself constantly falling beneath 1K when upgrading armor, buying salvage kits, etc. It seems like lots of people have unlimited money and it pisses me off! 4) What are Minis? And what do they do? Who can have them? 5) I saw some dude (i think Necro) resurrect a bunch of "boneyard" things or something that run around and F" sht up with us in our party. What are those. How do I get? 6) I ascended and saw that I could go to the underworld for 1K. Is the Underworld travable by map or do I have to pay 1K each time to go? When am I ready for the underworld and who should I go with? 7) I need a dope ass Fire Wand for my Nuking Fire E/RT. Where do I get? Or where is a good drop zone? Thanks guys! Last edited by Guidoking; Dec 10, 2010 at 09:26 PM // 21:26..*

Dec 10, 2010, 11:40 PM // 23:40	#10
awry Krytan Explorer Join Date: Dec 2008	bro, if you're in constant poverty, go to grand temple of balthazar and use your tournament reward points (tolkano npc), collect zkeys and then sell em usually at 5k, use those zkeys to buy trapping skills by unlocking for a pvp ranger and then go to zaishen elite and trap for an easy 6k faction everyday. You can buy more zaishen keys for 5k faction and sell them for 5k in gold.

Dec 11, 2010, 12:02 AM // 00:02	#11
myths of fury Krytan Explorer Join Date: Dec 2009	1) comes from 1,2,3 go I guess. Just like you can say ready, set, go. So technically 1= ready, so in a way it is appropriate :P

Dec 11, 2010, 04:46 AM // 04:46	#16
EmberZ0ne Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Nov 2010	Just wanted to chime in on 2, it's worth it to hit P when you're in town and see what other people are looking to buy, especially if you are looking for what mods to salvage and sell and to get a feel for prices. I suppose some lightning based sin build got popular lately since during October and November I kept seeing WTBs for shocking dagger tangs. If you find the skin is worthless but the mod might not be, you have to weigh how much you can get for it vs. possibly breaking the item, the time to sell it and the storage space it'll take up. Check wiki to know the max levels; people only want max mods. You can also salvage for materials. Stacks of iron, bone, granite (sort of), feathers and dust are always in demand, but you'll have to know what the weapon salvages first (check the wiki to get to know the generalities). Experiment around for what level of item will give enough mats to make up for the cost of using the kit and the item being salvaged. Anyway, both of these provide a few k here and a few k there, but it's surprising how much that adds up to while you're gearing up for more lucrative activities. For the 40/40 set, if you've gotten to Vasburg Armory or Leviathan Pits in Factions you can get them crafted there for 5k (plus mats) per weapon. There might be other crafters, but I'm only familiar with these two. I like the Factions version of the fire wand. Welcome back to Guild Wars!

Dec 12, 2010, 12:26 AM // 00:26	#18
Hollygen Core Guru Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Guild: Blinkie Ponie Armie [bpa] Profession: R/	Now thought the habit of answering '1' to indicate you're ready, was linked to people counting off their position on the party list, so the party leader could see at a glance that everyone had responded, and this degraded down to everyone just saying '1' Of course I could be compeltely wrong

Dec 13, 2010, 04:02 PM // 16:02	#19
thelessa Jungle Guide Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Texas Guild: Purple Puzycats Profession: R/Mo	I remember it came into being so the group leader could tell from all the other chatter when his group was ready, a short cut for saying ready. I remember it started about the time with all the BP groups in Tomb of the Primeval Kings runs.