Curse

wilebill · Aug 15, 2008, 05:53 AM // 05:53

Well, I didn't know a lot of this. Thank you!

P.S. I do not have any godly glowing locks, neither.

ScaryDrifter · Aug 15, 2008, 02:29 PM // 14:29

Very cool info!

Not everyone here has 'been there done that', some folks like myself are still inexperienced and would like to see more info like this, and less troll activity.

Thank you, I appreciate your time.

Phineas · Aug 15, 2008, 03:48 PM // 15:48

At the risk of further "I knew that, fool" trolling...

I was loading, modifying and saving some templates and noticed the message displayed when you save a template was prefixed with '\'. So I decided to try saving a template with another '\' in it with the hope of being able to nicely order my builds by subdirectory because up to now, I didn't know you could. And it works.

Save a build as 'Monk\HB Healer' and it creates a sub folder called Monk with HB Healer in it. Wish I'd known that when I first started saving templates

Alternatively, use Windows Explorer to make your folders and move builds around

BenjZee · Aug 15, 2008, 07:55 PM // 19:55

Nice Phineas, keep them coming people

Nanood · Aug 15, 2008, 08:57 PM // 20:57

Tips work for me. Thanks op. Didn't know either after 39 months.

Chrono Re delle Ere · Aug 15, 2008, 11:47 PM // 23:47

Didn't know about the spawn thingie and the d'alessio seabord trick, thanks for cool sharing

Shakti · Aug 16, 2008, 12:45 AM // 00:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phineas

At the risk of further "I knew that, fool" trolling...

I was loading, modifying and saving some templates and noticed the message displayed when you save a template was prefixed with '\'. So I decided to try saving a template with another '\' in it with the hope of being able to nicely order my builds by subdirectory because up to now, I didn't know you could. And it works.

Save a build as 'Monk\HB Healer' and it creates a sub folder called Monk with HB Healer in it. Wish I'd known that when I first started saving templates

Alternatively, use Windows Explorer to make your folders and move builds around

Awesome Phineas I'll have to try that...I mess with my/my heroes builds so much my templates list is looooooooong. That'd help

Krytos · Aug 16, 2008, 01:36 AM // 01:36

Pretty cool tips i have to remember these.

Alias_X · Aug 16, 2008, 04:38 AM // 04:38

Wowowow

Thanks for the hint. Kinda makes me wish I didn't just roll a toon in Factions, but too late

Dev121 · Aug 16, 2008, 02:27 PM // 14:27

Dont think its been mentioned but its pretty well known and mose useful for runners but here it is:
Granite Citadel -> Exit to Spearhead Peak
Outside there is the large group of summit then a few seconds up the hill another large group of summit/southern shiverpeak foes, well if you run in and out of the Citadel eventually a group of Dwarves well spawn or may spawn the first time and the first group of foes wont be there. Helpful possibly for vanquishing.
As I said its pretty well known but I'm sure some people wont know.

Matrix Arcade · Aug 16, 2008, 04:30 PM // 16:30

A pro hint on guru (mainly 1st one

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Jade · Aug 16, 2008, 07:49 PM // 19:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phineas

At the risk of further "I knew that, fool" trolling...

I was loading, modifying and saving some templates and noticed the message displayed when you save a template was prefixed with '\'. So I decided to try saving a template with another '\' in it with the hope of being able to nicely order my builds by subdirectory because up to now, I didn't know you could. And it works.

Save a build as 'Monk\HB Healer' and it creates a sub folder called Monk with HB Healer in it. Wish I'd known that when I first started saving templates

Alternatively, use Windows Explorer to make your folders and move builds around

That's bloody brilliant! Question though, do the templates show up on your in game list as little folders afterwards? Like before you would have opened it up and it would have said "HB Healer", so would it now have a little folder marked "Monk" with all your other monk templates in it?

Ahh hell, Ima go try it myself. I have no patience at all!

Thanx again for the tip!

t00115577 · Aug 16, 2008, 07:52 PM // 19:52

Some nice tips here m8, cheers for sharing

illidan009 · Aug 16, 2008, 08:16 PM // 20:16

I have all 4 games on 1 account, which means 8 char slots...which means I don't have a paragon or a ranger(should've made that SY paragon!!!) So I'm thinking of "wasting" $20 on 2 more slots to make them...and since I never thought about survivor title before, I do appreciate you listing it in such detail...

MrSlayer · Aug 16, 2008, 09:45 PM // 21:45

I was just about to post the template folders trick. Nevermind. Nice tips

pumpkin pie · Aug 17, 2008, 01:41 PM // 13:41

did you know that when out farming or anything in Eye of the North, you talk to the norm / asura / ascalon refugee at the shrine, and get the reward points, i usually do this talk to first one and when you reach max rewards point i think its 100, only then talk to the npc and you get 100 each, instead of say , 40, 60 just a tiny bit different. unless off course you did not kill everything then this is not for you, but I usually do kill everything even when I am not vanquishing.

Commander Ryker · Aug 17, 2008, 02:00 PM // 14:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shakti

Awesome Phineas I'll have to try that...I mess with my/my heroes builds so much my templates list is looooooooong. That'd help

Mine was too. To improve Phineas' idea a bit and really make it easy...go in to your Templates folder, make folders for each profession and then make sub folders. For example, in the Ele folder I made one for each of the elements, Fire, Water, Earth and Air. Warrior was hammer, sword, etc. It's a lot of clicking when you're looking for a build, but it is easier to find your specific builds. You can also change the names of the builds.

Screensaver91 · Aug 18, 2008, 03:19 AM // 03:19

The first secret is real cool, I might just try it sometime.

Thanks!

Trinity Fire Angel · Aug 18, 2008, 04:47 AM // 04:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by [DE]

The first was a 'secret' - the second one, not so much.

well... not really. i discovered this a long time ago.

i have a secret.

1. take a hero party out and flag them near a gate. make sure one of the heros have a rez

2. go on your farming / chest run

3. if you die. just flag ALL your heros back thru the gate.

4. all heros teleport to your location.

5. remember to unflag heros after they teleport to you.

Chicken of the Seas · Aug 22, 2008, 07:02 AM // 07:02

Not sure if this has been posted yet, or if many people know about it but I found it really really neat and pretty handy. (Relates to trying on armor that your unsure of getting) Tested it and it works with the opposite gender as well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lady Lozza

Borrow a friend's armour - the one you intend buying, and then dye it. The dye preview pops up with that armour on your character.