[Guild Wars] You can still get Hall of Monument rewards for GW2

Geod · February 2012

Darkewolfe wrote: »

So, I had two characters with 5 years of gifts on them. One of them got a single purple pet. Both of them got some sort of potion for their fifth year gift. I think I had the worst luck possible? Is this potion worth anything since it isn't a pet and therefore isn't good for cheevos?

I usually sell the tonics. Which one was it? You might be able to get 10e out of it if it was a decent common. More for the rarer.

Entriech · February 2012

Darkewolfe wrote: »

So, I had two characters with 5 years of gifts on them. One of them got a single purple pet. Both of them got some sort of potion for their fifth year gift. I think I had the worst luck possible? Is this potion worth anything since it isn't a pet and therefore isn't good for cheevos?

The potion is an everlasting tonic. That's for sixth year presents. The value of them is entirely dependent on the particular one you got. Popular skins, like say, Kuunavang can go for upwards of 80 ecto. Unpopular ones, such as Acolyte Jin generally will only bring in 20k or so.

Long and short, they do have value, but they aren't directly good for earning points in the Hall of Monuments.

If you're curious about pricing, I always recommend looking it up on the Argos GwEstimator. That's an application that constantly tracks Kamada trade chat and makes it searchable, meaning you can see what people are offering/paying for items. There's also the Buy/Sell/Price Check forums over on guildwarsguru.com

Darkewolfe · February 2012

Entriech wrote: »

Darkewolfe wrote: »

So, I had two characters with 5 years of gifts on them. One of them got a single purple pet. Both of them got some sort of potion for their fifth year gift. I think I had the worst luck possible? Is this potion worth anything since it isn't a pet and therefore isn't good for cheevos?

The potion is an everlasting tonic. That's for sixth year presents. The value of them is entirely dependent on the particular one you got. Popular skins, like say, Kuunavang can go for upwards of 80 ecto. Unpopular ones, such as Acolyte Jin generally will only bring in 20k or so.

Long and short, they do have value, but they aren't directly good for earning points in the Hall of Monuments.

If you're curious about pricing, I always recommend looking it up on the Argos GwEstimator. That's an application that constantly tracks Kamada trade chat and makes it searchable, meaning you can see what people are offering/paying for items. There's also the Buy/Sell/Price Check forums over on guildwarsguru.com

Thank you, most awesome. I don't remember what they were; I'll check this evening. They were definitely only white items, though.

Darkewolfe · February 2012

Are you guys congregated in any particular guild?

naengwen · February 2012

SwashbucklerXX wrote:

The asura part of EotN definitely ramps up the difficulty. The dinosaur packs are *murder* on any group that doesn't have strong builds.

The whole asura section can eat a dick.

Even without difficulty, it's a shitload of running. Except for Vekk, they're all assholes, too.

That's why they all must burn in Guild Wars 2.

Geod · February 2012

Darkewolfe wrote: »

Are you guys congregated in any particular guild?

Most, but not all of us, are in the Kansas City Hotsteppers (KCHS) which is the PA guild.

REG Rysk · February 2012

I may show up for a bit tonight as well, depending on how I feel later. I feel the need for something Guild Wars.

Darkewolfe · February 2012

Geod wrote:

Darkewolfe wrote: »

Are you guys congregated in any particular guild?

Most, but not all of us, are in the Kansas City Hotsteppers (KCHS) which is the PA guild.

I hadn't thought you guys were still around. Will try to get in.

Darkewolfe · February 2012

Is there anyone on that can invite Darkwolf Freesong?

Flay · February 2012

So here's the list of stuff I can give away:

Amulet of the Mists (1)
Automaton Summoning Stones (10)
Bones (343)
Bottle Rockets (20)
Birthday Cupcakes (7)
Celestial Summoning Stone (8)
Crates of Fireworks (25)
Elonian Leather Squares (5)
Essence of Celerity (1)
Fossilised Summoning Stones (3)
Glacial Stones (10)
Iron Ingots (43)
Leather Squares (31)
Lump of Charcoal (1)
Luxon Totem (8)
Monstrous Claw (2)
Monstrous Fang (1)
Passage Scroll to the Deep (1)
Perfect Salvage Kit (1 - 4 uses remaining)
Plant Fibres (144)
Sapprire (1)
Silk (20)
Sinister Automatonics (10)
Sparklers (13)
Steel (32)
Superb Charr Carvings (18)
Top Left Map Piece (1)
Top Right Map Piece (1)
Victory Tokens (130)

If more than one person wants a thing, I'll assign you a random number generator and deal it out that way.

Geod · February 2012

I would definitely take any of those party points items - Bottle Rockets, Crates of Fireworks, Sinister Automatonics, and Sparklers.

Darkewolfe · February 2012

I could use the leather squares if no one needs.

Enig · February 2012

I think I need to join up with KCHS. I will probably be in GW off and on in the near future, and my guild is totally dead.

Darkewolfe · February 2012

So, I've been out of game for so long, I can't even begin to understand the market. I'm basically never finding an item rare enough to bother trying to sell it to other players, right? Should I just salvage everything and accumulate mats, or vendor?

Geod · February 2012

Darkewolfe wrote: »

So, I've been out of game for so long, I can't even begin to understand the market. I'm basically never finding an item rare enough to bother trying to sell it to other players, right? Should I just salvage everything and accumulate mats, or vendor?

There are some weapons that are rare, but you generally will find those only in dungeons or high level areas. It's the unique skin items that sell. For everywhere else, I generally just identify and sell, or salvage if I know the item has something I want in it. If you're unsure about an item, just use Argos Soft to determine if it's worth anything.

Echo · February 2012

Welp. Support replied, turns out I remembered a character name correctly. Then I have no idea why I can't log in. Asking support again.

Unlucky · February 2012

Enig wrote: »

I think I need to join up with KCHS. I will probably be in GW off and on in the near future, and my guild is totally dead.

What's your in-game name so we can add you? People pop on and off pretty regularly, we're not dead. We're making an effort to try and get things running a bit more often too.

Enig · February 2012

My in-game name is Zor Kalas.

Unlucky · February 2012

I'll log on and add you now, make sure you've quit your old guild.

Edit: Invited.

Aldo · February 2012

So help me out here: I think I want to play this game, but Steam is - to say the least - confusing in what I need. Assuming I want to play this in the most enjoyable way, do I just buy Nightfall and I'm good to go? Or do I need to buy the base game as well? And how does the latest expansion fit in all this? Do I only get the pretty graphics if I buy it?

Rook · February 2012

Aldo wrote:

So help me out here: I think I want to play this game, but Steam is - to say the least - confusing in what I need. Assuming I want to play this in the most enjoyable way, do I just buy Nightfall and I'm good to go? Or do I need to buy the base game as well? And how does the latest expansion fit in all this? Do I only get the pretty graphics if I buy it?

Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall are all stand alone games, so you can just buy one of them. Nightfall, being the last full game is easily the best to play. IMO the graphics are pretty in all of them. Eye of the North is an expansion, which can be tied to any of the three games. It's more high level content and includes the Hall of Monuments which gives you bonus items for GW2, but in all honesty, I don't expect them to be any good.

Aldo · February 2012

Rook wrote:

Aldo wrote:

So help me out here: I think I want to play this game, but Steam is - to say the least - confusing in what I need. Assuming I want to play this in the most enjoyable way, do I just buy Nightfall and I'm good to go? Or do I need to buy the base game as well? And how does the latest expansion fit in all this? Do I only get the pretty graphics if I buy it?

Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall are all stand alone games, so you can just buy one of them. Nightfall, being the last full game is easily the best to play. IMO the graphics are pretty in all of them. Eye of the North is an expansion, which can be tied to any of the three games. It's more high level content and includes the Hall of Monuments which gives you bonus items for GW2, but in all honesty, I don't expect them to be any good.

Thank you. So you won't unlock anything for GW2 without EotN? Does that also mean that anything you can earn is from high-lev content?

Enig · February 2012

The unlocks are essentially cosmetic (but do include weapons and armor). I think some of them are "good" in the sense that they look nice. As far as the item level, I'm not sure whether they will be high or low (I would guess low), but GW2 allows customization of weapons/armor to have high level stats with any cosmetic appearance.

You must have EotN to unlock stuff for GW2, and to play EotN you need at least one of the three stand-alone "chapters". Of the three chapters, Nightfall is the best (it was the last, and so the devs had refined things by then), and also gives access to a number of companion characters (EotN also has companion characters).

"High-level content" is a bit of an odd term for GW. Quite a bit of the stuff required for unlocks is at least moderately challenging, though there are a number of things which earn you HoM points from normal play.

Aldo · February 2012

Enig wrote:

You must have EotN to unlock stuff for GW2, and to play EotN you need at least one of the three stand-alone "chapters". The unlocks are essentially cosmetic (but do include weapons and armor).

"High-level content" is a bit of an odd term for GW. Quite a bit of the stuff required for unlocks is at least moderately challenging though, though many of the things which earn you HoM points come from normal play.

Right, I think I'll just buy Nightfall and see if I'm enjoying myself first. Thanks for the info.

Enig · February 2012

Did some editing for additional details, but I wasn't quick enough.

Aldo · February 2012

Thanks Enig.

So this thing downloads stuff at a whopping 30kb/s max. A quick google makes it seem like there's nothing I can do about it. :?

Echo · February 2012

Yeah, it was really slow for me too.

And I'll yell when I get my account back, it's been years since I played so I'll probably roll a new mans anyway. We can smash skulls together!

edit: I have Prophecies and Factions, don't think I have Nightfall.

edit edit: woo, now I managed to log in again!

DisruptorX2 · February 2012

Levels in GW don't go past 20, so there is no "high level content". Some of the later missions in Nightfall and Eye of the North are hard as hell to solo, though. Especially if you don't have good hero builds. You should be able to find people to help though, and can always ask in the forums if you're not in an active guild.

Nightfall is pretty much mandatory if you want to play solo, as it has the most heroes.

Aldo · February 2012

Echo wrote:

Yeah, it was really slow for me too.

And I'll yell when I get my account back, it's been years since I played so I'll probably roll a new mans anyway. We can smash skulls together!

edit: I have Prophecies and Factions, don't think I have Nightfall.

edit edit: woo, now I managed to log in again!

Echo Echo Echo *headshake* Nightfall is the best expansion as you get to be a dervish.

Now if only it didn't take half an hour to load one map I might actually be able to figure out if I like this game. So far it seems like I'm the only character playing this game, but I suppose there's a central hub somewhere with more people.

Echo · February 2012

Bah, Mesmer is Bestmer.

SwashbucklerXX · February 2012

I like mesmers, but for sheer blowing-stuff-up fun (for PvE, I don't do PvP) I've got to go with elementalist. There are several amazing fire builds out there, and I just slaughtered the Norn Arena with the crazy air build from PvX.

Echo · February 2012

Ho hum, 20k/s, another 80 megs to go.

For the starter town area in Factions.

Woo.

Aldo · February 2012

Echo wrote:

Ho hum, 20k/s, another 80 megs to go.

For the starter town area in Factions.

Woo.

I'm convinced the servers are somewhere in a barn in Wyoming, all data is being transmitted over a single copper wire over a distance of 2000 miles to the nearest hub.

Geod · February 2012

Overnight, create a GW shortcut and add -image to the target and run it, so it will be all downloaded tomorrow so you won't have to worry about it anymore.

Spoiler:

Echo · February 2012

Yeah, was just going to post that I was about to give up and just let it run overnight.

Thanks for that.

edit: I do have the Prophecies discs, so I'll install from those. Saves me some slow-ass downloading.

Enig · February 2012

I have a new air build for Elementalist which I ripped from PvX. So far my Ele has been all fire all the time, so I am quite interested to try out air and tweak it to my liking.

Quintessin · February 2012

Which of the campaigns is "best" to hit 20 and do EotN stuff? I have other characters, I just want to get an Ele and/or Necro up there as quick as possible.

naengwen · February 2012

If you just wanna hit 20, Factions. Once you get off the island, get to Eye of the North ASAP even if you aren't 20. Look for Kilroy Stonekin in Gunnar's Hold, and do the repeatable fisticuffs solo mission with him. You'll hit 20 in no time.

Entriech · February 2012

My wife's been using an Assassin's Promise build on her elementalist that she loves. It's dependent on a healthy dose of PvE skills from Eye of the North, though.

Entriech · February 2012

Also, xposting from the other Guild Wars thread:

Don't forget if you've got a new account, you're entitled to 50 free tournament reward points. This is important, because you can exchange those points for Zaishen keys, which are worth a pretty penny. Just go to the Temple of Balthazar, and talk to High Priest Zhang.

Then you can talk to Tolkano, and exchange 5 at a time for a Zaishen key. Zaishen keys easily sell for between 5.5 and 6k per key, which can be a big boost of money right at the start of an account's life.

You can also hang onto the keys if you want to, and are planning on going for the Zaishen Supporter title for your hall of monuments. It takes 200 keys for the title.

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[Guild Wars] You can still get Hall of Monument rewards for GW2

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