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lennymon · Jul 04, 2007, 08:41 PM // 20:41

Im not trying to convince you of anything but that your argument has no legs to stand on. What little data you have, I also have no quarrel with. I know things drop more frequently in newby land, it's not the point. Saying loot scaling has been removed based on very limited anecdotal evidence is ridiculous. Sure, call em up... it's about the only way you'll ever know. If they tell you anything that is, and they won't.
I do however thank you for the humorous irony of your inferring I am ignorant given the conversation. Thanks for the other thread but it also doesn't prove or even support that loot scaling has been 'removed'. Yup, I believe it may or may not be active in newby lands in normal but again, neither one of us knows the code (and I at least recognize this).

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Originally Posted by Curse You

Well useless trying to convince a person who decided long before they even posted. What do you want me to do, call up a person who works on loot scaling and ask them? Testing in game is the closest thing to data we can usually get.

Oh by the way. I used to kill Mantid before they introduced Loot Scaling. Back then, the Mantid almost always dropped something. Occasionally one might not drop anything, but that was rare. Might not be in a neat little chart like you'd like, but it was done before Loot Scaling. If you don't trust my memory, then too bad for you, I happen to have a very good memory. Otherwise, as they say; ignorance is bliss.

P.S. Look at this thread. http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10171465

JeniM · Jul 05, 2007, 01:49 AM // 01:49

Mind if i point out this has gone way off topic

Reminder of topic : Dragon Fest 07

I'm so happy to have a festival this year as i have only been playing 7months and missed last years

I also can't stand the whiners
If you've said anything about "just another AFK weekend" you need to try and wiki it after it starts as only 2 of the things in the whole festival are best played AFK

Thanks you Anet means alot to get the events and new contents

SlippyJack · Jul 05, 2007, 02:07 AM // 02:07

I'm with everyone else....who's normal...

Have no gold because of Loot Scaling, but can't wait for Festival...

Don't know how to take the 250 victory tokens for a hat thing.... Hopefully tokens drop like the Jade wind orbs did. Otherwise, I have to do some PVP, but I get to stressed out about playing with others.

X Cytherea X · Jul 05, 2007, 02:19 AM // 02:19

hooray, i can run around and do renamed versions of Shock, Windborne Speed, and an instant-kill Lightning Orb.

dsnesnintendo · Jul 05, 2007, 03:29 AM // 03:29

First off: ty anet for this festival seeing as you have a lot to deal with like gw2 and gwen
second yay dragon arena is the best i love dodgeball
third crap kept 198 wind orbs for nothing
forth: the mask looks odd should be the head of a grasp of insanity
finally love boardwalk games

Curse You · Jul 05, 2007, 06:07 AM // 06:07

Personally, I don't care too much since I'll be spending most of the weekend doing stuff. First I have to go to a wake for a relative, then I have to go to my father's wedding (that's right, I said father's).

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Originally Posted by Keithark

His point is that he has no money, he has no money because you can no longer farm trolls, mino's, etc and sell off all the white, purp, and gold drops to merch and make any money because they drop so few items. Yes you can kill low levels and get drops, that is fine but each drop is worth 3 gold so it is pointless. Bottom line is most ppl I know never bought gold online, bu now since loot scalling I know lots of people who have had to do it to get the stuff they previously just farmed for. The new Loot scaling deal is a bust it didn't work and it will not work (unless they also make materials cheap and no armor not cost over 1k a piece) OR THEY COULD JUST GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAAS WHICH WAS FINE!!!!

First of all, it's better now since bot gold farmers are so inefficient that they've had to cut back. As well, its brought the price of many things down a good amount.
Unless these people are continuously buying 15k armour and Crytaline swords, they shouldn't be having trouble with money. Sounds to me more like they don't want to work for their stuff, which is probably the most common reason for people buying gold.
I myself, have had very little trouble with money. I bought some 15k armour and even created and paid for a new character since Loot scaling was implemented. Hard Mode wasn't implemented just for challenge, it has some nice loot that you can farm.

Jongo River · Jul 05, 2007, 11:04 AM // 11:04

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Originally Posted by Curse You

I have to go to my father's wedding (that's right, I said father's).

Give my regards to the groom... and your father.

(Sorry, couldn't resist)

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Originally Posted by SlippyJack

Don't know how to take the 250 victory tokens for a hat thing.... Hopefully tokens drop like the Jade wind orbs did. Otherwise, I have to do some PVP, but I get to stressed out about playing with others.

Blast - I came here to mock the inevitable whining

and then spotted that. I really hope you're right - I detest PvP (even novelty PvP) and the boardwalk "games", so I really hope the victory tokens have replaced orbs and are handed out as quest rewards, else I won't be getting the hat.

Still looking forward to it, though.

WinterSnowblind · Jul 05, 2007, 01:43 PM // 13:43

Last year, simply completing the quests would give you enough to get the mask, and the missions gave quite a lot too. This year there's even more missions, so it shouldn't be a problem. And remember, it's never been difficult to get the hats before, they always make it so everyone can get them.

TreeDude · Jul 05, 2007, 02:12 PM // 14:12

Damn, and I am going to be away on business all weekend. Being grown up sucks. Why couldn't they have had this on the 4th? I played for a good 6 hours yesterday because of the day off.

Mordakai · Jul 05, 2007, 02:31 PM // 14:31

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Originally Posted by TreeDude

Damn, and I am going to be away on business all weekend. Being grown up sucks. Why couldn't they have had this on the 4th? I played for a good 6 hours yesterday because of the day off.

A week would have been good. I couldn't play yesterday, as I was away with family the whole day.

lennymon · Jul 05, 2007, 04:05 PM // 16:05

You guys do know that afk farming got nerfed right? you get logged off and rolled back.

Pkest · Jul 05, 2007, 04:21 PM // 16:21

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Originally Posted by lennymon

You guys do know that afk farming got nerfed right? you get logged off and rolled back.

Sorry but you're wrong. The rollbacks were caused by a bug that allowed a player to interact in a certain way with a particular npc and cause error 7 for a given district. The bug was fixed and the way servers update data was changed to make sure that no more than 5 minutes would be lost in the event of an error 7 while afking on rings.

bwillcox · Jul 05, 2007, 05:41 PM // 17:41

I have several Prophecies and Nightfall characters and would like to have one or more of them participate in the Dragon Festival. Is there some way to get them to Shing Jea? I have all three campaigns on the account and can get them over to Cantha, just don't know how to get onto the island with them.

Hyper Cutter · Jul 05, 2007, 06:18 PM // 18:18

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Originally Posted by bwillcox

I have several Prophecies and Nightfall characters and would like to have one or more of them participate in the Dragon Festival. Is there some way to get them to Shing Jea? I have all three campaigns on the account and can get them over to Cantha, just don't know how to get onto the island with them.

talk to [wiki]First Mate Xiang[/wiki], the rest should be self-explanatory...

JeniM · Jul 05, 2007, 10:20 PM // 22:20

I have every time for the missions in my OutLook Calander and will do every mission as many times as i can and for every time slot
I will likely be napping by Sunday lol so will do some AFK'ing but mainly the festival is new missions and atmosphere to me

dargon · Jul 05, 2007, 10:58 PM // 22:58

I think it looks pretty much exactly like what it's intended to look like.

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Image:Scythe_of_Chaos.JPG

JeniM · Jul 05, 2007, 11:10 PM // 23:10

Must admitt when i first saw the mask i thought "WTF IS THAT!!!"

But it has grown on me alot
Thanks for the reasearch into where we think its come from

Noz Crow · Jul 05, 2007, 11:47 PM // 23:47

Hey can someone post a pic of the mask and descriptions of the quests. I am at work and all the good stuff like guildwars.com are blocked. Thx

bhavv · Jul 06, 2007, 12:27 AM // 00:27

I hate weekend events since I work thurs - sun.

Drop of Fear · Jul 06, 2007, 07:37 AM // 07:37

side note. it all started in shing jea