Curse

Hypernecrofear · Jul 03, 2006, 10:30 AM // 10:30

For the Lucky title its (in smallest to largest tier) - Charmed,Lucky, Favored, Prosperous, Loved

For the Unlucky Title its (in smallest to largest tier) - Hapless, Unlucky, Unfavored, Cursed, Hated

TheGuildWarsPenguin · Jul 03, 2006, 02:01 PM // 14:01

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Seitung..._%28Mission%29, you didn't add Seitung Harbor to the guide. BTW, for new mission Tsumei Village, you list the date as 3/07/006 which was like a month ago. Also Nice guide.

Inde · Jul 03, 2006, 02:08 PM // 14:08

GWPenguin, our European friends list out the day first and then the month

And thanks Hypernecrofear, updated. Getting to the other mission now.

azael · Jul 03, 2006, 02:15 PM // 14:15

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Originally Posted by orexis mort

the fact will be that armour also has been changed to help people that havent got high armour, this will make the damage go up like with any other spell

Good job they're not spells then isn't it?

The damage is the same no matter what your level is or armour is. For example those players who go in with no armour on at all. Makes absolutely no difference at all what you are wearing. Damage is always the same.

Although i think the Event's Team (3rd team @ anet) need to take alook at the descriptions and some of the effects. Imperial Majesty deals 80dmg not 50 as described.

And I can't quite figure out why sometimes the damage dealt with Dragon Blast isn't always 1000. Sometimes it's reduced by 5 maybe 10.If all armour and stuff are the same for every character... surely that shouldn't happen?

Stockholm · Jul 03, 2006, 02:16 PM // 14:16

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Originally Posted by dndhatcher

That is because GMT is on the other side ofthe planet from us (almost). We base everything off of Eastern Standard time here. (Almost no one here cares what time it is in London, but New York is useful to know - because thats what the TV schedule uses.)

Lol everyone should know the GMT, compared to their timezone, since it is all based on GMT.
To bad America GMT is one thing you can't lay claims to

RTSFirebat · Jul 03, 2006, 02:17 PM // 14:17

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Originally Posted by TheGuildWarsPenguin

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Seitung..._%28Mission%29, you didn't add Seitung Harbor to the guide. BTW, for new mission Tsumei Village, you list the date as 3/07/006 which was like a month ago. Also Nice guide.

Wrong ^^

I've been trying to add it in for the past 15 mins, be the forums is having a few issues.Please recheck the guide.

gabrial heart · Jul 03, 2006, 02:21 PM // 14:21

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Originally Posted by dndhatcher

That is because GMT is on the other side ofthe planet from us (almost). We base everything off of Eastern Standard time here. (Almost no one here cares what time it is in London, but New York is useful to know - because thats what the TV schedule uses.)

lol, so true! TV Times FTW...

GMT (UTC is the current name) is the zero point, PDT (washington time zone) is -7 hours off. Below this site on each forum page is the GMT conversion and if you have your zone correct (on the users page for members), it will display exactly how far off GMT you are. Just check out the bottom of the page! As the sun comes up in the east everyday and Greenwich is the imaginary point it starts, heading west the time goes up.....

EDT-4 Eastern
CDT-5 Central
MDT-6 Mountain
PDT-7 Pacific
Hawaiian -8

The "D" is for "Daylight"-savings which a few random areas dont observe (like most of Indiana), so if you don't fall-back (fall) or leap-forward (spring) every year you would be under the standard time, +1 to the hours above. Just subtract from GMT for your zone, that simple.

Lothian Sykle · Jul 03, 2006, 02:24 PM // 14:24

First time visitor here - drawn in by this guide. Excellent guide. Thanks for compiling it.

Inde · Jul 03, 2006, 02:33 PM // 14:33

Nice Lothian, glad to have you.

And can we get screenshot confirmation of the Unlucky titles for Cursed and Hated. As well as a screenshot confirmation for the Lucky title Loved.

gabrial heart · Jul 03, 2006, 03:29 PM // 15:29

A couple of thoughts...

i would tend to believe that you SHOULD get more bang for your buck with the orbs. Although i have no way to confirm that there is anything but the mask exchange yet, given that these fairly tough mission offer orbs, one would think that when it comes time to trade in the orbs there will be more variety of options.

Personally, i think these missions are a bit hard for the average players and offer really no motivation (other then the challenge) to complete. i've done it three times so far and though they are pretty fun for the challenge, the outcome seems less then spectacular. IMHO of course...

TheGuildWarsPenguin · Jul 03, 2006, 04:13 PM // 16:13

You can get to the Dragon Arena from the Great Temple of Balthazar too. Captain Li Sah is in the middle of the circle in the Temple.

RTSFirebat · Jul 03, 2006, 04:36 PM // 16:36

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Originally Posted by TheGuildWarsPenguin

You can get to the Dragon Arena from the Great Temple of Balthazar too. Captain Li Sah is in the middle of the circle in the Temple.

Hey your right, I've added that info in, thanks.

Jetdoc · Jul 03, 2006, 04:47 PM // 16:47

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Originally Posted by Nocere Moriari

I have tried with all 4 of my toons and sergio isn't offering the request for travel???????? is there a prerequisit???

Did you link your Factions and Prophecies accounts (easy to see - if you have 6 available character slots, then you did it; if you only have 4, then you didn't)? If you didn't link them, then Firstwatch Sergio won't offer the quest to you for your Prophecies characters.

scott_wollman · Jul 03, 2006, 04:50 PM // 16:50

You can find out which time zone you are in by double-clicking the clock in the lower right of your Windows taskbar. Select the time zone tab and you'll see.

eg.1 if you are in the GMT-7:00 zone then you are 7 hours behind the time posted and are therefore going to be able to get your mask at midnight, July 5th in your area instead of waiting until 7am like the european community.

eg.2 if you are in the GMT-5:00 zone then you are 5 hours behind the time posted and are therefore going to be able to get your mask at 2am, July 5th in your area.

eg.3 if you are in the GMT-9:00 zone then you are 9 hours behind the time posted and are therefore going to be able to get your mask at 10pm, July 4th in your area.

eg.4 if you are in the GMT+6:00 zone then you are 6 hours ahead of the time posted and are therefore going to have to wait to get your mask until 1pm, July 5th in your area.

Please note that you can get your mask during the days following the festival as well so there is no rush. Just be sure not to forget!

I hope this helps you guys!

blackbird71 · Jul 03, 2006, 06:36 PM // 18:36

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Originally Posted by b.jacksoni

the explaination is right, but the math is wrong.. 4 pm PSt is 6pm cst

Lol, you're right, *sigh* and I thought I was being so careful to get it correct! I guess that's what happens when you try too hard. Oh well, mistake noted and corrected, thanks for keeping me on my toes.

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Originally Posted by dndhatcher

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Originally Posted by Lady Lozza

Originally Posted by Lady Lozza
Strangely enough it seems to be a common problem on the US server that players don't know what GMT is. Most players on the EU server know...

Everyone should know what their timezone is relative to GMT.

That is because GMT is on the other side ofthe planet from us (almost). We base everything off of Eastern Standard time here. (Almost no one here cares what time it is in London, but New York is useful to know - because thats what the TV schedule uses.)

No excuse. Stop being a lazy ignorant American, you're making the rest of us look bad! The world runs on GMT, always has (well, at least since our modern cartography/chronology system was instituted, "always" is a long time). It's just really sad when people demonstrate a lack of a proper elementary school education.

Changing subject...

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Originally Posted by samurai snack

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Originally Posted by Studio Ghibli

Originally Posted by Studio Ghibli
It would've been nice if they implemented something in the Rings game to discourage afk and encourage active participation--such as if the winning ring touches X, Y, and Z, those rings are sure not to be the next winning rings, or something like that.

;(

or if they added some sort of AFK blocker that after each round, all players auto teleported back out right beside the place to buy tickets! i find it a good idea to make it impossible to have your character sitting there all night long...

Aw, let them afk to their little pixellated heart's content. I've always referred to the luck titles as the "sucker born every minute" titles. How much money and time did they waste on something absolutely worthless? It's just one more cash sink the devs put in the game, only you don't really have anything semi-substantial to show for this one. Just remember that whenever you see someone sporting one of these much coveted yet pointless titles - then laugh at them

Switching tracks...

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Originally Posted by TheGuildWarsPenguin

... BTW, for new mission Tsumei Village, you list the date as 3/07/006 which was like a month ago...

That's four months. Unless of course it's listing Day/Month/Year (which some systems do), in which case it's dead on.

And one more gear shift...
I promise, this one's useful. I was helping a friend quest near Shing Jea Monastery, and we discovered another festival bug: If you have "The Rampaging Yetis" quest while you attempt to do "The Yeti Hunt" quest for the ranger profession, the Wild Yeti fails to appear. Zho will just stand there telling you to the Yeti is close. This is easily fixed by completing The Rampaging Yetis, returning to Imperial Guard Honso, and collecting your reward. You can then return to Zho, and the Wild Yeti will spawn as normal.

Well, that's got to be the most topics I've addressed in a single post lol. And now that my forum transmission is broken, I must be moving on. Have a nice day!

El Panty Bandito · Jul 03, 2006, 07:57 PM // 19:57

Confirmed

Next Title after Favored is Prosperous

BeXoR · Jul 03, 2006, 08:15 PM // 20:15

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Originally Posted by www.guildwars.com

There are new wares in the collectors' stores

Any idea what this is about? It's from the main page in the update about the festival. It mentions the masks immediately afterwards so I don't think it means that. Am I forgetting or missing something?

zankoku · Jul 03, 2006, 08:49 PM // 20:49

Okay, this has been really bothering me. Whenever someone asks the question, "What is the last day of the festival," or "When can we get masks?" people always respond, "July 5."

It seems like there's a LOT of misinformation going around, and a lot of that has to do with the confusion/laziness with GMT time. People apparently read (and indeed pm me when I correct them) that the website says July 5, so it ends on the day of July 5, and as if the Emperor will show up on the daytime of July 5.

(Again, of course the site reads 7:00 GMT July 5).

People apparently don't even think about converting GMT time to Pacific, Mountain, Central, or Eastern Standard time. I mean seriously, FFS, what do they think those three letters next to the time means?

To be clear: 7:00 GMT translates to:
JULY 5 12:00AM Pacific (Meaning it just turned midnight from the night of July 4)
JULY 5 1:00AM Mountain
JULY 5 2:00AM Central
JULY 5 3:00AM Eastern

Thus, for players in the U.S., and for all practical purposes, July 4 is the last day and the event wraps up in the morning hours of July 5 (depending on time zone). The event does not go onto the daytime of July 5!

RTSFirebat · Jul 03, 2006, 10:10 PM // 22:10

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Originally Posted by blackbird71

That's four months. Unless of course it's listing Day/Month/Year (which some systems do), in which case it's dead on.

Its Day/Month/Year,

That is the system used in the UK... man you all get confused so easy ^^

I'll just remove the date

blackbird71 · Jul 03, 2006, 10:31 PM // 22:31

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Originally Posted by zankoku

Okay, this has been really bothering me. Whenever someone asks the question, "What is the last day of the festival," or "When can we get masks?" people always respond, "July 5."

It seems like there's a LOT of misinformation going around, and a lot of that has to do with the confusion/laziness with GMT time. People apparently read (and indeed pm me when I correct them) that the website says July 5, so it ends on the day of July 5, and as if the Emperor will show up on the daytime of July 5.

(Again, of course the site reads 7:00 GMT July 5).

People apparently don't even think about converting GMT time to Pacific, Mountain, Central, or Eastern Standard time. I mean seriously, FFS, what do they think those three letters next to the time means?

To be clear: 7:00 GMT translates to:
JULY 5 12:00AM Pacific (Meaning it just turned midnight from the night of July 4)
JULY 5 1:00AM Mountain
JULY 5 2:00AM Central
JULY 5 3:00AM Eastern

Thus, for players in the U.S., and for all practical purposes, July 4 is the last day and the event wraps up in the morning hours of July 5 (depending on time zone). The event does not go onto the daytime of July 5!

Read back on page one zankoku, Gaile Gray summed it up (nice having notes from the devs, isn't it?):

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Let me share a bit that I wrote up to ease any confusion about the final event and so forth, because there seems to be a bit of confusion about July 4th / July 5th / collectors staying / collectors leaving and so forth.

The special day of the Dragon Festival, with finale events and special visits, starts at Midnight PDT the morning of Tuesday, July 4th. It ends on the final minute (PDT) of that same day, July 4th. Let me give you that information now for GMT: The special day of the event would begin at 07:00 GMT on July 4th, and end at 07:00 on July 5th. (I believe that most of those in European countries add one hour or two to these times, if your country observes some form of "daylight savings" or "summer" time. If you are in the U.S., do not be confused by the July 5th designation and think that the special day is July 5th. For the U.S. it's nearly whollly July 4th, and for west coasters it is wholly July 4th.

The collector, who will happily exchange your orbs for a mask, will be present for one week, that is, through Tuesday, July 11th.

So you have from the early start of the orb hunting through yesterday's early start of the actual Dragon Festival until the close of the special day (see above) to gather the Jade Wind Orbs. You then have up to a week to exchange them with the collector in Shing Jea Monastery for the dragon mask.

I hope that makes everything clear for everyone. Please let me know if you have questions about the times.

So yes, the opportunity to get orbs and stuff ends midnight 4 July 2006 Pacific time, and you have one week from that time to turn orbs in for masks.

Although I do have to fault Anet for some of the confusion since the original events page simply claimed that the event would go "through July 5th, 2006," and use of the word "through" usually indicates until the end of the day, not just a couple of hours in the early morning, and Anet usually works off of Pacific time, being West-coast based, one would assume the event would continue until midnight on July 5th, PDT. However, I have noticed that they have since changed their website to include the exact times of the event (in reference to GMT). They must have been tired about the questions lol. Little did they know how many people they have playing their game who don't understand time zone codes!

As a last resort fix, for those of you who still can't figure out timezones, or are just too lazy to do the math, try this:

Ten Easy Steps to figuring out GMT*

or

GMT for Dummies

1. Go to your Windows desktop.
2. Right click on the time in the lower right corner (or wherever it may be if you have customized your desktop)
3. Select "Adjust Date/Time"
4. Left click on the tab marked "Time Zone"
5. Assuming your computer has been set up properly, the bar near the top of this page should show your current relation to GMT. It should be simple to use this to do the math to find out what time it is in GMT. For example, if it reads "(GMT-8:00)", then just perform a reverse operation. Add eight hours to your time. Now you have GMT (If the line read "(GMT+8:00)" we would have subtracted eight hours).
6. If you still can't figure it out, left click on the down arrow to the right of your time zone display to open the list of available time zones.
7. Scroll down the list until you see "(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time: Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London"
8. Select this option (left click).
9. Left click "OK"
10. Congratulations! Your computer has now been transferred to GMT! You will no longer have to annoy people asking for time conversions in any online game, ever again! Simply glance at your screen, and voila! It's GMT!

*Legal Disclaimer: The above system only works if your computer's time has already been set to the proper time zone. If you can't figure that part out on your own, you are hoplessly out of luck. Blackbird71 is not responsible for any work, school, blind dates, weddings, funerals, dentist appointments, oil changes, AA meetings, appendectomies, world domination schemes, or other important engagements missed because you forgot that your computer clock was no longer set to your current time zone.