Curse

Shmash Witdaclub · Oct 14, 2005, 04:46 PM // 16:46

I have a Earth El/Death Necro - Wards/Wells. Have yet to see anyone do this other than myself. I really like him just for the fact that he is so different.

Shmash

Racthoh · Oct 14, 2005, 05:08 PM // 17:08

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Originally Posted by Epinephrine

[sarcasm]

Yeah, so there. I mean, so what if there are 30 different profession combos, each of which can have 2.230783834E11 skill sets, and can divide their attribute points into up to 9 different attributes - just using the attribute distributions for between 2 and 5 attribute lines (and only assuming 8 attributes available, with none of the remainder points spent) listed on the "guides" page that gives a mere 1708 attribute combos per class, per skillset. Then you have droks, 15k and fissure armours, generally about 5 types of armour per profession, and can mix and match the bits. So you have about 12 choices per armour location (12^5, or 248832 ways to mix them) at which point we can start dying them. There are 8 dyes, right? You can mix them as well, up to 4 dyes per mix, that's 4096 dye combos per piece of armour; now some are repeated; 4*black is the same as 3*black, so we'll cut it down to 4000 to allow for the odd combos: Oh wait, height, face, hair, skin tone etc... so lets just say 6 choices per selection, that gives close to 8000 looks to the character model itself.

Now we have a sensible 995,328,000 ways to dress any of our 8000 character models, which each have one of 11,430,536,370,000,000 skill/attribute choices. That's a ridiculously limiting 88,468,585,460,000,000,000,000,000,000 combinations!

Thank goodness I still get to pick a weapon and a focus or shield, the mods on said item, the possible use of runes, what kind of pet if one is used....

If only I could be an individual.

It's too bad that Guild Wars is so popular; with 4 character slots each they only have to sell 22,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 copies or so before I'm there's a good chance of being duplicated. I hope I finish with this game before then!
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Pure gold... and thanks for doing the math, even if there is a mistake somewhere in there the point is still valid.

Kakumei · Oct 14, 2005, 08:28 PM // 20:28

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Originally Posted by Epinephrine

[sarcasm]

Yeah, so there. I mean, so what if there are 30 different profession combos, each of which can have 2.230783834E11 skill sets, and can divide their attribute points into up to 9 different attributes - just using the attribute distributions for between 2 and 5 attribute lines (and only assuming 8 attributes available, with none of the remainder points spent) listed on the "guides" page that gives a mere 1708 attribute combos per class, per skillset. Then you have droks, 15k and fissure armours, generally about 5 types of armour per profession, and can mix and match the bits. So you have about 12 choices per armour location (12^5, or 248832 ways to mix them) at which point we can start dying them. There are 8 dyes, right? You can mix them as well, up to 4 dyes per mix, that's 4096 dye combos per piece of armour; now some are repeated; 4*black is the same as 3*black, so we'll cut it down to 4000 to allow for the odd combos: Oh wait, height, face, hair, skin tone etc... so lets just say 6 choices per selection, that gives close to 8000 looks to the character model itself.

Now we have a sensible 995,328,000 ways to dress any of our 8000 character models, which each have one of 11,430,536,370,000,000 skill/attribute choices. That's a ridiculously limiting 88,468,585,460,000,000,000,000,000,000 combinations!

Thank goodness I still get to pick a weapon and a focus or shield, the mods on said item, the possible use of runes, what kind of pet if one is used....

If only I could be an individual.

It's too bad that Guild Wars is so popular; with 4 character slots each they only have to sell 22,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 copies or so before I'm there's a good chance of being duplicated. I hope I finish with this game before then!
[/sarcasm]

way to miss the entire goddamn point

christ you people are retarded

unienaule · Oct 14, 2005, 08:42 PM // 20:42

No, it is you who is missing the point. If you don't think you are or can be unique, you won't be. If you know you are unique, you will be.

Kakumei · Oct 14, 2005, 08:45 PM // 20:45

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Originally Posted by unienaule

No, it is you who is missing the point. If you don't think you are or can be unique, you won't be. If you know you are unique, you will be.

hahaha emo

HOO HEY ONE MAN FAG PARADE

Kakumei · Oct 14, 2005, 08:49 PM // 20:49

oh go ahead and ban me now, i really don't care for your idiocy anymore

Epinephrine · Oct 14, 2005, 08:57 PM // 20:57

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Originally Posted by Kakumei

way to miss the entire goddamn point

christ you people are retarded

Oh, I see, you find it uspsetting that I mocked your statement. You were trying in some kind of a teenage-angst-fest to make a serious and somehow profound (after all, no capitalizing of letters for our budding e. e. cummings here...), even if it is completely false, statement.

Perhaps it was meant to be a comment on the drives that we as humans must face in a technological environment that reduces our lives to numbers encoded in the computers that run society? A comment on how each of us tries to express and define ourselves through our differences, despite the huge number of similarities that tie us together as people? About how by focussing on differences rather than similarities we have racism, sexism, religious zealotry...

Or maybe you were just being a prick?

We didn't miss the point - you don't really even have a point. To have a point you'd have to be right.

Your argument is flawed. You say "there are only so many combinations". Yes, but there are also only so many players. In fact, since the combinations outnumber the players by such a huge margin, we likely ARE unique, though it isn't a guarantee.

Grow up. People are having fun with their characters, you are a troll. Crawl back under your bridge - the light of reason must be burning your eyes anyway.

Gigashadow · Oct 14, 2005, 09:32 PM // 21:32

Well I'm not unique, but at least a little different. I just made a W/E, my first warrior, and I'm using Ward against Harm and Watch Yourself in PvE, to help my party.

My Me/N has well of power for pve (at attribute 11, giving +5 health regen), and it's the only blood skill I use with that build. It works out well, I don't need to max out my mesmer attributes to be effective.

Weezer_Blue · Oct 14, 2005, 10:00 PM // 22:00

If there's another one like me, I'd like to see him.

DarkWasp · Oct 14, 2005, 10:15 PM // 22:15

I play my characters according to how they would act in my story. (I havent written my story anywere. But hey, what else is there to do when you are bored?)
I have a ranger: Raymond Varis (Black Dyed 15k druids "black because it looks like it has dark leather rather than just paint")

Ray has a flat sense of humor, and does not usauly make much sense when he speaks. Discreet but somewhat sarcastic. Loves it when people laughs at his jokes, but when they don't, well that is not uncommon.

And a necro: Evening Reader (Working on fully black dyed initiates armor, also if I was to get enough ectoplasm for a full set of FoW armor, it would most likely go to this character)

Reader has got to be the most confusing character I have. She switches personalities quite often. She will either be crazy party style, or she will be shy.

And lastly an ele: Wendy Wispwind (Armor style not set)

Wendy is Reader's friend. And that is all there is about her so far.

DvM · Oct 14, 2005, 11:38 PM // 23:38

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Originally Posted by Kakumei

no one is unique

no one

not a single one of you

there are only so many possible combinations of everything, and with all the characters there are, there is going to be someone just like you

christ i wish people would stop bitching about how they want to be unique

right because you deserve something that no one else gets

uhm, what about diffrent names, doesent that make you unique?

Goonter · Oct 15, 2005, 06:39 AM // 06:39

Oh man, I love these role playing type things.

I have a short hair red headed Me/Ne named Cheri Apples that wears all red, rouges top and boots, hot pants and fishnet hoes.
Shes "classy" (whatever all mesmers are right?) but really, shes a total RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO and pretty much a lesbian.

My ranger has an assortment of armors so he looks like whatever. Hes a leader at heart but an excellent follower too. He has the wisdom of a general but the disposition of a buddy. A good problem solver, easy to approach and have a good time with.

My monk is arrogent and expects people to worship the ground he walks on because if they dont he doesnt group with them. j/k
O Yung looks like a jade colored monk. He is reflective and to himself. He sort of hopes he will always be in a team that knows the rules of survival, and hates having to take the leadership role because hed rather spend his efforts his teammates. But he will step up to the plate if he knows hes best suited for the task.

I dont really roleplay much at all, but when the opportunity has presented itself, this is how ive acted out.

QuixotesGhost · Oct 15, 2005, 07:40 AM // 07:40

My Beastmaster has a warthog named "Comrade Pig".
Comrade Pig is a member of the Party.
Yes, THAT party.
What?

My Monk always greets every new party with:
"Ready and willing to permit only an acceptable amount of casualties!"
"Now, raise your hand if you're expendable."

My Warrior advertises for new groups using his death count.
"W/E LFG. Suicide Meat Shield at your service! 1,472 Deaths and counting!"

My mesmer sits at home all alone becuase he never gets picked for the team.

Mimi Miyagi · Oct 15, 2005, 03:41 PM // 15:41

Left to right:

Seal Clubette, Mimi Miyagi (with Minka her Pet Spider), Linda Loveless, Mia Smiles, Angelique Collins.

Nothing really unique about them, except for perhaps their names.

LifeInfusion · Oct 15, 2005, 11:00 PM // 23:00

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Originally Posted by Gigashadow

My Me/N has well of power for pve (at attribute 11, giving +5 health regen), and it's the only blood skill I use with that build. It works out well, I don't need to max out my mesmer attributes to be effective.

Well of Power is a necromancer Blood Magic elite. Other than that, you aren't the only one, although one of few

Dualinity · Oct 16, 2005, 09:45 AM // 09:45

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Originally Posted by Weezer_Blue

If there's another one like me, I'd like to see him.

Whats that shield????

heist23 · Oct 16, 2005, 12:21 PM // 12:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Epinephrine

Oh, I see, you find it uspsetting that I mocked your statement. You were trying in some kind of a teenage-angst-fest to make a serious and somehow profound (after all, no capitalizing of letters for our budding e. e. cummings here...), even if it is completely false, statement.

Perhaps it was meant to be a comment on the drives that we as humans must face in a technological environment that reduces our lives to numbers encoded in the computers that run society? A comment on how each of us tries to express and define ourselves through our differences, despite the huge number of similarities that tie us together as people? About how by focussing on differences rather than similarities we have racism, sexism, religious zealotry...

Or maybe you were just being a prick?

We didn't miss the point - you don't really even have a point. To have a point you'd have to be right.

Your argument is flawed. You say "there are only so many combinations". Yes, but there are also only so many players. In fact, since the combinations outnumber the players by such a huge margin, we likely ARE unique, though it isn't a guarantee.

Grow up. People are having fun with their characters, you are a troll. Crawl back under your bridge - the light of reason must be burning your eyes anyway.

ah, pure gold. ep strikes again.