Curse

Shanaeri Rynale · Nov 28, 2005, 01:31 AM // 01:31

Met up with a Korean player just now who had all 4 Coke Items and allowed me to take screen shots. Many Thanks to Quick Rinoa for setting up the meeting, and to "Mr X" for showing them to me.

Quick Silver(wand(
Illusion req 8, increases illusion casting speed 20%, Energy +5

Heavens Arch
Healing Req 8, Prot skill cast increase 20%. Energy+12

Storm ember, Fire 8, Recharge 20%

Scorpion bow

Damage 15%>50, increases poison duration

Deaths Head
Increases blood Casting speed 20%, Energy +10,Energy +5

I fell in love with all of them, esp the Mesmer cane. Alas these cannot be traded or dropped. But I was honored to be allowed a look at them.

Master of the Death · Nov 28, 2005, 01:49 AM // 01:49

Cool!!! What are coke items??? How can we have them if we can?

Shanaeri Rynale · Nov 28, 2005, 01:56 AM // 01:56

More detail

Deaths Head

Scorpion Bow

Storm Ember

Master of the Death · Nov 28, 2005, 02:05 AM // 02:05

OO I want this staff and the bow soo much!OO

Shanaeri Rynale · Nov 28, 2005, 02:08 AM // 02:08

As far as I was told you cannot drop or trade these items, so importing them is'nt possible(tis against the EULA too I think). As for obtaining them I believe you had to purchase a coke collectors account and then you got them.

Mr X's english was good but did'nt cover the intricacies of how he got them..

lyra_song · Nov 28, 2005, 02:15 AM // 02:15

Oh gawd that bow is BEAUTIFUL ._.

juggle_slug · Nov 28, 2005, 03:15 AM // 03:15

those are sooo coo!
i dont know what Coke accounts are either but my buddy was saying something about if you pre-ordered the collectors edition of the game they were gifts to you and your character lol... n e one else heard the same thing?

SilenceWeaver · Nov 28, 2005, 03:22 AM // 03:22

that bright pink chaos axe is hurting my eyes.
nice weapons though they look amazing

unienaule · Nov 28, 2005, 03:43 AM // 03:43

Yay! Yet another coke items thread. Anyway, for those who don't know, Galie addressed this issue way back in the day. It went something like this: You can't get the items. They are basically the pre-orders for Korea, since they can't get our pre-orders. It is impossible for US or Europeans to get these items.

Slade xTekno · Nov 28, 2005, 04:17 AM // 04:17

I like how their items are much more useful than our pre-orders. :|

Brknkybrd · Nov 28, 2005, 04:21 AM // 04:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by unienaule

Yay! Yet another coke items thread. Anyway, for those who don't know, Galie addressed this issue way back in the day. It went something like this: You can't get the items. They are basically the pre-orders for Korea, since they can't get our pre-orders. It is impossible for US or Europeans to get these items.

In other words, a big F.U. to the entire rest of the world outside Korea. Seriously, we are interested in these because we not only can't get them, but we don't have anything that looks like them.

Great P.R., Gaile

Inde · Nov 28, 2005, 07:24 AM // 07:24

From Gaile Gray:

"The promotion is for Korea only.
There may be similar promotions for other areas in the world. Including yours!
The items were designed by the Guild Wars Team, the same folks who designed every other item, and they are considered balanced and appropriate for PvP. No worries on gaining a competitive edge, iow.
We do need to be able to offer regional content. We offered the Beta Weekend Events and the Preorder in North America. We offered BWEs and a separate Preorder in Europe. The items for both differed, as you're probably aware. We had a CE for NA, a CE for Europe, a CE for Korea, and the SE that you may currently hear about was targeted primarily for Europe. It's not "preference" or "favouritism" that drives such decisions, but the desire to bring the game to the broadest possible player base, and the need to fulfill the different needs of each region.

At present we're busy working on the plans for the second chapter, and I'm sure you'll see opportunities and offers for your region, no matter where you region is."

unienaule · Nov 28, 2005, 07:28 AM // 07:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brknkybrd

In other words, a big F.U. to the entire rest of the world outside Korea. Seriously, we are interested in these because we not only can't get them, but we don't have anything that looks like them.

Great P.R., Gaile

Korean's can't get our pre-order items, we can't get theirs... Nobody gets screwed over.

crobarr · Nov 28, 2005, 08:00 AM // 08:00

only problem with this - if indeed those are a "pre-order item", then why are they max? those could be taken to the end of the game, while the u.s. pre-order items needed to be tossed out somewhere near lions arch.

such is life.

now if they would just introduce that death's head staff to the rest of us with some other name......

Xue Yi Liang · Nov 28, 2005, 08:07 AM // 08:07

With my luck I'll find myself the proud owner of something like a Mulberry Mace, a Barnacle Bow or a Penguin Sword ...

Sol_Vie · Nov 28, 2005, 08:11 AM // 08:11

If I weren't so lazy/tired I'd photoshop a Penguin sword.. Already know how to do it.

aron searle · Nov 28, 2005, 09:03 AM // 09:03

I find the scorpian bow a little creepy looking.

jules · Nov 28, 2005, 12:14 PM // 12:14

The bow does look awesome. I'd be careful about those pointy ends though..

Agent Provocateur X · Nov 29, 2005, 12:35 AM // 00:35

That Deaths had staff is nicee. Scorpion bow ... eh. From far away the shape is distinctly horn bow non-mursaat.

dargon · Nov 29, 2005, 01:02 AM // 01:02

They weren't actually preorder items. ANet/Arenasoft teamed up with Coca Cola over there. Drink a coke / coke product, get points, collect X points to get one of the items. Really, the only difference between those items and items you can already get in the game, is the skin. The scorpion bow is just like and +15>50 bow with a poisoners string, only it only comes in 1 range flavor, where as I can have 4 bows of different ranges, all with poisoners strings, appearance isn't everything.

Thanks for the pictures though, till now I had only seen the low quality pics that were on the cokeplay.com site.