User talk:Konig Des Todes

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Hey
A little birdie is tweeting "e" and a bull goes "mail", though it sounds like moo. :-) So, tweet moo - hehe. Kaisha   19:49, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Cryptic for something simple. -- Konig / talk 19:52, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Yea, I know. Tried to make it "cute". :-P :-) Needed something cheery. :-( Want to do a topk run sometime? Kaisha  User Kaisha Sig.png 20:58, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * ... o.O ... O.o ... o.o .... Kaisha  User Kaisha Sig.png 18:09, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I would. User_Ryuu_R.jpg‎ Ryuu    *bite*  18:26, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Plural of fluxes
Electrical and magnetic are two types of Fluxes, although there are situations in which you might refer to a Magnetic and electrical flux (singular) to describe a single field that combines several effects. Fluxes is also the correct plural to describe the reagent that helps soldering and whatnot.

Although, I suspect that your edit summary question was rhetorical, I thought I would use it to sneak a thank you for updating the definition/notes for Hard Mode quest. Your edit is a lot better than my attempt to put some meat into the article: well done. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 21:00, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * My edit summary was, in fact, not rhetorical. I've heard and seen "fluxes" used but I also know of cases where -ux and -us words turn into -i or -ii when pluralized, so I was not 100% sure whether it was fluxes, fluxi, or flii or some weird thing like that. Though I guess just typing out the words would of answered my question as firefox tells me of those three only fluxes is right (then again, it says that firefox is wrong so...). -- Konig / talk 22:41, 2 May 2011 (UTC)


 * firefox is misspelled, but Firefox is fine. (Its dictionary is ...odd sometimes.) — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 22:46, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Moving discussions
Yo. A section started by Raine, where Raine's signature is to be found three times, belongs on Raine's talk page. That's if it's not to be on the page which provides context. The page that would is the talk of your suggestion. I was one of several people who responded to Raine. I had only responded to Raine once. Randomly putting it on my talk was illogical; I moved it.

I'd prefer if it's not moved back to my talk page. Thanks. (Perhaps next time try User talk:Damysticreaper?)  A F K  When  Needed 12:11, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I moved it to your talk page because Raine was responding to your comment (thus you, not me nor himself) and it was 100% irrelevant to the page it was on. It was far from illogical. -- Konig / talk 17:55, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Alliance Battles
Hey, first of all, thanks for the feedback. I was looking at your userpage, and from my understanding, you definitely know what you are talking about here. I also looked that you added my suggestion to the ones you support. Thank you for that. I also noticed that you added that it but said that there is still a stagnation of what people do. May I ask exactly what you mean? I'm very passionate about where I stand and I am totally open minded to any suggestion. Plus, I really hope that somone who has possible connections would spread the word. Thanks again for the feedback! Vincent Evan [Air Henchman] 21:40, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Huge Mural of a Female Kurzick

 * Thought you like to add this one to your list of GW's Lore Mystery; I plan to linkup with guildies and see for myself. ^_^ --Falconeye 20:56, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * ) Manifold [[Image:User_Manifold_Neptune.jpg|19px]] 22:46, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * User_Chieftain_Alex_Mural.jpg - see if that turns up in an hour or so. Took about quarter of an hour with terrible builds to get there. --[[Image:User_Chieftain_Alex_Chieftain Signature.png]] Chieftain  Alex 00:23, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I was thinking it was more like a Necromancer than a Kurzick. Kaisha  User Kaisha Sig.png 00:26, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
 * It's a Kurzick. Obtained from conceptorg.com I believe (been a while since I updated it). It's also seen in the Echovald Forest, and the Kurzick section of the printed version of An Empire Divided. -- Konig / talk 01:26, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

6'7"???
OMG!! A guy who's finally taller than me. ϺЄЄ☺ 23:38, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
 * i feel flattered... Well, not really. -- Konig / talk 02:10, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 * That's no small feat. -- R i ddle 02:14, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 * That's no wanted feat either. -- Konig / talk 03:36, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Cinematic NPCs
Thanks for taking the time to document the NPCs that appear in cinematics. I'm sure it's an enormous and tedious effort. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 18:54, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Not really. All you need is to see the model used, as the names are documented (but the page never made). Some of them are also in the missions and use skills though. 3 mission cinematics and 3 pre-mission cinematics are needed to go through, ironically all being Factions. -- Konig / talk 21:23, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Fun fact

 * Crayola colors, with CSS values

Apropos of nothing, I came across this link while looking for resources on CSS colors. (The only relevance is that the URL and the title includes the phrase, fun facts, although, imo, the facts aren't all that fun.) I hope that you enjoy the coloring resource as much as I do: it's perfect for kids (e.g. myself) that like tinkering with website colors after having played with crayons growing up. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 17:12, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

More Murals
Hey, have we got any pictures of the massive murals on the ceiling of the second room on lvl 2 of Shards of Orr anywhere? Entire ceiling is absolutely covered with them. -- Chieftain  Alex 20:52, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * User_Chieftain_Alex_SoO_Mural.jpg (in case you have no idea what I'm on about..)--[[Image:User_Chieftain_Alex_Chieftain Signature.png]] Chieftain  Alex 20:55, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I had no clue what you were talking about and I don't think many do. o_o That's the graveyard room? It's also in Cathedral of Flames' third level. Interesting... -- Konig / talk 23:13, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Very interesting. I need to em have Shards of Orr dungeon done in hm :-( Kaisha  User Kaisha Sig.png 01:11, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * User:Chieftain_Alex/Gallery - the practically black images. Little wonder not many people notice them. --[[Image:User_Chieftain_Alex_Chieftain Signature.png]] Chieftain  Alex 16:12, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Diessa Lowlands
Have you seen a map on a post in this explorable? I have, but I don't know if it's Tyria or not. I took a screenshot of each side that I can upload if needed. it's like in the middle of that explorable. Kaisha  17:02, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * It is Tyria. There's several there, and it's also used as the Ring of Fire signpost in Ember Light Camp. The text is in Ascalonian. There's even some of the original attempts to translate from before we got the Charr Battle Plan Decoder that has all 26 letters here. -- Konig / talk 17:05, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Actual, a bit on that article is wrong. that one are with the slant straight down is course, c, but looking at the Tyria map closely of the T. it has the curved line in the r like it shows in that alphabet picture for the letter t. so they're similar, but a tad different, just very hard to tell at times. depends on the angle of the character, images, etc. thought I'd point this out. Kaisha  User Kaisha Sig.png 19:09, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Er, which article? Are you referring to the original attempts to translate? It is indeed wrong and I've known such for a while. (Also, looking at it, seems that was post-battle decoder). There's an even older thread from incgamer forums.-- Konig / talk 00:32, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I was referring to the linked article (Languages of Tyria) with the decoder words in alphabetical order... Kaisha  User Kaisha Sig.png 09:40, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The words are in alphabetical order, so the article is correct. Ascalonian C's look like a Latin alphabet lowercase r, and the T looks slightly stylized - as you said - so that's correct. I'm lost on what's wrong. -- Konig / talk 10:01, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for changing all the landmarks back to their template form. I was going to do that, when I had noticed that Jon had fixed the template, until I saw you had done them instead. :-) Kaisha   23:29, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Salvaging of envoy weapons
You updated the envoy weapons to indicate that they can salvage into dust or gold zoins.
 * Since zoins aren't crafting material, that's a significant change in how salvage works (obbi armor doesn't salvage into platinum, for example).
 * How sure are you that it's 1 piece of dust or a single gold zoin? (I presume you or other members of the Test Krewe were able to test this and that you didn't accidentally salvage your own hard-earned weapons.)

I consider you to be an extremely reliable source about this type of thing; I trust that you wouldn't have made the update without some inside knowledge. Still, I'd be happier knowing that someone (such as yourself) independently verified it. Especially because I'm very surprised that a salvage kit can produce something besides crafting material or mods.

Thanks. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 10:18, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I figured someone would like proof on the 1 single dust/coin. And you're right in your assumption this was done via the TK (just me, btw). I've also figured out the various other things through testing: Default common salv is dust; things salvage into what makes them. Most of the non-material "crafting" items are set to non-salvagable (Tormented Weapons, for example), so these going into zcoins isn't surprising.
 * If you care to see the proof behind the salvaging, File:User Konig Des Todes Envoy salv.jpg. -- Konig / talk 14:17, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * For reference: I never got a coin out of a common salv, and I never got a dust out of a non-common salv. -- Konig / talk 14:19, 11 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Your explanation of the methodology is sufficient verification (and proof is, of course. always welcome).


 * You say that things salvage into what makes them, but (a) things never salvage into gold or plat and (b) they have only ever salvaged (before) into the rare or common mats involved in making them. Zoins have, until now, worked like trophies (e.g. Ancient Artifact) or standard trophies, i.e. there's nothing else in the game that sals into one of the items collectors take for it. Heck, most of the zoin's list of items don't even salvage at all. (On the other hand Pokhe et all offer to craft items...so...)


 * Well, regardless of whether I should have been surprised, I was. So, again, thanks for taking the time to explain. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 16:04, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * For the gold or plat - true, that's excluded. How I see it, they are not part of the crafting process - in any sense (coding, lore, etc.) - but rather the price for the process. As I said before, just about every weapon "created" by non-crafting materials are given a code string that the Envoy weapons lack, and this string prevents them from being salvaged. /bonus weapons, tormented weapons, end-game greens. All of them are only able to have mods removed, but no crafting materials (exception being /bonus weapons which doesn't allow any salvaging). This is likely to prevent what we have here: weapons granting non-material items.
 * Not saying you should or shouldn't have been surprised, as at face value the two appear to be different systems simply because it hasn't been seen before, but in reality they are, in fact, not different systems. There's just added values that prevent what we get here. And truth be told, I was going "wtf?!?" when I got that first gold zcoin. -- Konig / talk 16:17, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Wow, that's a lot of gold zcoins. Any chance you could, um, you know, maybe, uh, sendthemmywaymumblemumble -- Hong 16:23, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Not possible, on live I only have 2 gold zcoins. :D -- Konig / talk 16:26, 11 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Hong: you can have all the zoins you want now, as long as you are willing to pay for them at highly inflated prices.


 * Konig: yeah, wtf was my reaction, too, when I saw the info box (until I saw that it was you who added that data; then, I was just very surprised). Do you have any sense if this was an accident on ANet's part?


 * I appreciate you taking some of your TK time to doing some (lots?) of this type of research. (It's a good thing I never signed up; I can imagine spending hours testing salvage rates for all sorts of things.) — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 16:36, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I actually talked to Gee about the whole salvage situation right after salvaging the first Envoy weapon (he's how I know that dust is the default salvaging item and that all items salvage into what "made" them), and he wasn't surprised by the fact it could be salvaged so it was not accidental. Probably more on part of not finding it important. -- Konig / talk 16:40, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Self notes on Charm Animal

 * Game link:Skill 513
 * Used by Salke Fur Friend and Yeti (ranger) (confirmed via F10).
 * Possibly used by Luxon Ranger based on wiki notes.
 * Charm Animal (monster skill) has no in-game link via the template. It was likely created out of lack of knowledge; however, this seems to hold the stats of Skill 513.
 * Possible users (based on activation time); having issues confirming via F10:
 * Milodestus the Wrangler
 * Royen Beastkeeper
 * Singed Oak
 * Chehbaba Roottripper has no pet. Not possible(?) to test this version; most likely the same as Yeti (ranger) due to how bosses are set up (same builds as normal versions except when having a unique elite).


 * Charm Animal (monster) has a in-game link integration; is used by someone. 0 Activation time on the page;
 * Possible users (based on (lack of) activation time); having issues confirming via F10:
 * Aurora
 * Beast Sworn Heket


 * Untested:
 * Luxon Soldier
 * Sujun (suspecting for during The Red Frog)
 * Maguuma Spider - cannot get to use skill
 * Stone Summit Ranger in Spearhead Peek
 * Zho in norn tourny
 * Bolten Largebelly - skill won't show; suspect same as Beast Sworn Heket
 * Daky
 * Dzabel Land Guardian - skill won't show; suspect same as Beast Sworn Heket
 * Sergeant Behnwa - skill won't show
 * Tundoss the Destroyer - skill won't show; suspect same as Beast Sworn Heket

Hmm
Do you think we should edit the talk pages to remove the (monk) and (warrior) of Krak? Kaisha  23:58, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't be harmful. I've done it before just to clear the Special:WantedPages list and wasn't yelled at. But it doesn't particularly annoy me enough to bother, as the number of red links on talk pages is immensely huge.  Konig / talk 00:45, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Happier furnace
Thanks for the massive (and long overdo) clean-up of Sorrow's Furnace (and its related articles). — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 02:09, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Unimplemented content
Are these new skills just showing up in the .dat or have they been there for forever?--Four Year Strong 23:20, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Been there for a while but never had pages made.  Konig / talk 00:25, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
 * See also.  Konig / talk 00:30, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Bummer, was hoping they were things that were going to show up in WoC. Oh well.--Four Year Strong 01:28, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
 * They're from Nightfall and Eye of the North. Sorry buddy, closer observation. :p  Konig / talk 01:29, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Official forum suggestions
I had an idea to incorporate the feedback suggestions into the official Guild Wars forum. As you and a a small group of others love to suggest things, and the feedback space pretty much dead, it would be a better place to get our ideas visible and a better fit than the wiki. I posted a a topic here, https://forum.guildwars.com/forum/forums/web/Would-it-be-possible-to-incorporate-Wiki-s-suggestions-into-the-forum and if I could get your support, thanks! I think the idea will go nowhere but if enough agree maybe their stance will change or they can humor us! What do we have to lose!? Previously Unsigned 01:02, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Delete tags on redirect pages
Sometimes, it's appropriate to put the delete tag above the redirect (as you did for DressUp), but sometimes, while a discussion is taking place, it's better to allow the redirect to work, which requires the delete tag to go at the bottom. It depends on the context. For DressUp, I don't think it really matters (I expect very few people to search for it over the next few days). — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 02:37, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I was told in the past, about a year and a half ago maybe? That maintenance tags should be placed above the redirect so that the tag can be found (otherwise people just skip it when going to the redirect). Was told this by an admin on GW2W. As such, I followed that method, which tbh makes sense.  Konig / talk 02:40, 11 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Sure, it probably makes sense more often to put the delete higher up. But if you do, then then the redirect doesn't work anymore...and sometimes, that's more important. — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 03:17, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Factions concept art
I see you're uploading Factions concept art, I don't suppose you could tag those with the artist if that info is readily available, could you? It would really help with the concept art uploading and categorization drive I intend to go on. Oh, and shotgun uploading Daniel Dociu's art :P --Santax (talk · contribs) 04:43, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately I saved these things a LONG time ago. The only artists I know are those who have their names saved in the file (which I just had some uploaded). I think all of the "CH2_" files I uploaded earlier are Katy Hargroves (looks like her style to me at least), but again, it's been so long since I found these and saved them, I just don't know the artist anymore. :/ I'm intending to go searching sometime through a bunch of artists' sites where they upload stuff and try to figure out all the old stuff, so those I don't know here I'll just add onto the list.  Konig / talk 04:46, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I looked through conceptart.org, the only place I know for sure, outside of unique-to-the-artist sites, that I got images from and named a good handful. I also updated/uploaded a couple Proph images. When I got time, while will end up being Thursday night at best, I'll upload my round of Nightfall, EN, and Utopia images.  Konig / talk 06:32, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I saw you clearing up after me when I was doing all the business with the moves today. I was going to do it myself, but you saved me a lot of time and energy by doing it for me, so thanks for that. --Santax (talk · contribs) 21:00, 13 July 2011 (UTC)