The official "shameless noob" thread - Guild Wars Forums

Mormegil · May 18, 2005, 07:29 PM // 19:29

I never played an MMO.
Yes, you heard right. I'm quite fond of videogames, I play some competitions here and there (Call of Duty, UT2004, D2) and I love the fantasy genre, but my only experience was Diablo 2 back in 2001. Nonetheless, I consider the monthly fee of MMOs a very stupid feature (buying the game should really be enough to me), so that I never approached WoW or E2. When I saw the first Gw screens I was stupified. It was the graphical style I personally like more, and the review said "specifically meant for PvP". At that point, I could even afford to pay the fee. You can imagine the childish joy when I came to know there was no fee whatsoever.
So, here I am, mostly unaware of this kind of games (I have many friends who play them, of course, but never did it personally), with stupid and silly questions. Be tolerant please.

1) I understand the basics of districts, but:
-do european districts have differences in terms of lag, or they're somewhat
uniform? Where exactly can I see my ping and what ping is to be expected,
since I have a 10mbit connection? What's the average ping in crowded
areas?

2)International districts: how can I invite a friend to a specific international district? I'm happy I can play with people from US or Korea, but will I really be ABLE to play decently or lag will kill me (I suppose those districts are not on the same servers that host conventional european districts, for example...)?

3)Skill points are in some way re-distributable, or I'll probably mess up my first characters because of unexperience, and make them non-competitive for PvP?

I installed the game an hour ago, and I know that a world of fun is expecting me together with a world of hurt!

Tyil Thunder Arrow · May 18, 2005, 07:34 PM // 19:34

since i have never upgraded a wep do the upgrade add to the base damage
like say a flatbow that does 9-12 will th base go up with say vampiric string

Mormegil · May 18, 2005, 07:41 PM // 19:41

That was nice from you, Tyil Thunder Arrow. Really. But I guess you were slightly OT.
Funny indeed.

Could anyone briefly answer my questions?

Necrotic · May 18, 2005, 07:48 PM // 19:48

Yes, skill points are redistributable.....while earning xp you also earn refund points which are used when you take those 5 in death magic that you arent using cause you realized you like sucking the life out of you enemy more and put them into blood magic.

Arianna Fairfeather · May 18, 2005, 08:01 PM // 20:01

The International Districts play just fine. I'm on the euro servers too and regularly play with guildmates on the International Servers. the only real difference you would notice is that the towns are not as busy.

May 18, 2005, 07:29 PM // 19:29	#1
Mormegil Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005	The official "shameless noob" thread I never played an MMO. Yes, you heard right. I'm quite fond of videogames, I play some competitions here and there (Call of Duty, UT2004, D2) and I love the fantasy genre, but my only experience was Diablo 2 back in 2001. Nonetheless, I consider the monthly fee of MMOs a very stupid feature (buying the game should really be enough to me), so that I never approached WoW or E2. When I saw the first Gw screens I was stupified. It was the graphical style I personally like more, and the review said "specifically meant for PvP". At that point, I could even afford to pay the fee. You can imagine the childish joy when I came to know there was no fee whatsoever. So, here I am, mostly unaware of this kind of games (I have many friends who play them, of course, but never did it personally), with stupid and silly questions. Be tolerant please. 1) I understand the basics of districts, but: -do european districts have differences in terms of lag, or they're somewhat uniform? Where exactly can I see my ping and what ping is to be expected, since I have a 10mbit connection? What's the average ping in crowded areas? 2)International districts: how can I invite a friend to a specific international district? I'm happy I can play with people from US or Korea, but will I really be ABLE to play decently or lag will kill me (I suppose those districts are not on the same servers that host conventional european districts, for example...)? 3)Skill points are in some way re-distributable, or I'll probably mess up my first characters because of unexperience, and make them non-competitive for PvP? I installed the game an hour ago, and I know that a world of fun is expecting me together with a world of hurt!

May 18, 2005, 07:34 PM // 19:34	#2
Tyil Thunder Arrow Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: md. usa Guild: Daemon Bane Clan Profession: R/Mo	since i have never upgraded a wep do the upgrade add to the base damage like say a flatbow that does 9-12 will th base go up with say vampiric string

May 18, 2005, 07:41 PM // 19:41	#3
Mormegil Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005	That was nice from you, Tyil Thunder Arrow. Really. But I guess you were slightly OT. Funny indeed. Could anyone briefly answer my questions?

May 18, 2005, 07:48 PM // 19:48	#4
Necrotic Elite Guru Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The mists Guild: Co-founder of Knights of the Phoenix Profession: N/	Yes, skill points are redistributable.....while earning xp you also earn refund points which are used when you take those 5 in death magic that you arent using cause you realized you like sucking the life out of you enemy more and put them into blood magic.

May 18, 2005, 08:01 PM // 20:01	#5
Arianna Fairfeather Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2005	The International Districts play just fine. I'm on the euro servers too and regularly play with guildmates on the International Servers. the only real difference you would notice is that the towns are not as busy.