User talk:Andrew Patrick/archive 5

Games
Hi, I had noticed that you had worked on the PvP part of COD4 so I was wondering in your personal view which is better Halo 3 multiplayer or COD4 thanks.-- Ninja Dragon   06:45, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Andrew didn't work on the game, he just plays it. And if you ask him, he'll just tell you CoD4. =P He's a firm believer in Sony's cause, not to say he can't like Halo, but from what he's told me, it's clear that he prefers Call of Duty. -- Tr33zon ಠ_ಠ [[Image:User_Tr33zon_Signature0.gif]] (Talk - Contribs) 14:00, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

lol HALO 3 BLOWS play COD4 only on 360 tho

Issue with inscriptions
Well, i don't really know if I'm posting on the correct place, but there's a problem on my account with inscriptions. I've unlocked some inscriptions using Balthazar Faction, such as "Seize the Day" and "Live for Today", they were both unlocked into +15/-1, and right now when I was going to unlock more inscriptions, it says that i don't have them maxed, just +10/-1.This has happened more times on my account, all of my +15% damage inscriptions like "Strength and Honor" have been turned back into +15% damage. 189.70.121.161 23:03, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * that's not a bug. and you should post that sort of thing on talk:Inscription. ~ ZamaneeJinn 01:17, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Andrew :)
We need your for the event ^^ --Fox007  18:19, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

RA and the d'allesio arena
This has happened too many times to be a fluke, when I play in RA, the probability of getting the D'allesio arena seems huge compared to all of the others put together, I've litereally just played five games in a row there just now. I don't know if this is supposed to be intentional or not, bt a reason either way would be appreciated. --Ckal Ktak 09:48, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * A while back anet decided to put hero battle maps in RA. It didn't take long to figure out that was a huge mistake.  So to fix it, they replaced all of these hero battle maps with D'allesio Arena. VegaObscura 07:26, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Feels like a rather ham-fisted way to revert the system. --Ckal Ktak 12:55, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

General Account Ban Help
I currently am banned for reasons I do not know, and thats what I hope you or someone else can help me with. My friends who have been banned told me that the pop-up window when you try to log in tells you why you have been banned and for how long, although my pop-up window only says "Your account has been blocked for an account issue. Please contact support for information." I have already contacted support and got nothing back yet so I thought I might as well just ask you or anyone else that looks at this talk page. Any information is appreciated, thanks.Mitch Spiritslayer 21:07, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * You might have not gotten anything because it was the weekend. Wait 3 more days, and write to support again if you don't get a reply. &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:User_Poki_Signature.jpg|19px|My Talk Page :o]] 03:55, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanksMitch Spiritslayer 11:59, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

HA
Dear Patrick

I'm an avarage PvP player but, Gathering fame, is a dissaster... if your not r9+ people will not wand you... Can anything be done about this? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Akela xeroxz (talk).
 * Grind. Everyone's done it, you have to too. &mdash;  Skakid  23:34, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I've got a better solution: Get a good guild -_- &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:User_Poki_Signature.jpg|19px|My Talk Page :o]] 10:52, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * If getting fame was easy, nobody would care how much you have. You have to be intelligent to get people to let you into groups above your rank.  If you aren't intelligent, go play WoW. VegaObscura 20:34, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I've gotten into Rank 3..6 groups without having to show rank when I was rank 0..3. Sometimes Randomway gets you some Fame. Guilds are the easiest way to go.--The Gates Assassin 23:13, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * IWAY=EPIC WIN. -- NUKLEAR  [[Image:User NuclearVII signature 3.jpg|19x19px]] IIV  22:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Why oh why are there 'illegal' weapons/offhands in the game?
Well, in your case you state how you use the Chimeric Prism, the thing is... this offhand is inbalanced because 1: It's a req.8 green... the only one (i think), and 2: it's a +5 energy shield! No such mod exists! Why should warriors get this magical shield thingy when it's impossible to duplicate the mods. Its mainly inbalanced for pvp, It gives these preorder peeps an advantage. And seeing as how you cant sell the item you cant even buy one. :( --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:163.153.122.102 (talk).
 * Illegal? Not quite.  And as far as being unbalanced for PvP, how is 5 energy all that unbalancing on a warrior, given that most pvp warriors IMO tend to be axe / adrenaline based. Furthermore the item isn't moddable and the item is quite rare (only availble from European Prophecies preorders and the Russian version of Nightfall).  I could see it being a little overpowered if you could add a fortitude mod to it, but you can't so it isn't. Dargon 15:35, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It's the best offhand to take when going for shock axe to get that extra bang for your buck. -- NUKLEAR  [[Image:User NuclearVII signature 3.jpg|19x19px]] IIV  17:47, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Trading a Shield Handle AND a Shield Inscription slot for 5 Energy? No thank you. Even if it's a Req 8 /bonus shield. And if you really (and I do mean REALLY) want the energy for shock, just swap out for a Staff... &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:User_Poki_Signature.jpg|19px|My Talk Page :o]] 01:20, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * No? Staves are bad, as they prevent continued use of your weapon of choice. Most wars use an offhand so they can attack immediately after shock (instead of waiting a full second or longer to switch back, by which time the target will have gotten up and walked off). In that vein, this chimeric prism is definitely not the best choice for shocking; any generic air magic req 15/-1 offhand is better.
 * To OP: outside of 40/40 sets, equipment has very little to do with winning. The hardest part is knowing when to use shock, not having the perfect offhand for it; even if you do, you're not that much better off than someone who doesn't. A few HP there, a couple damage points there; Guild Wars equipment is balanced enough that an unmodded max axe can be quite as lethal as a fully modded one. It really isn't a problem here; as Poki pointed out, you're sacrificing HP and defense... for 5 energy? You can't camp in that set anyway, you'd have to switch back to axe/shield at some point, so you might as well use something that does the task you want it to. - Auron 01:33, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Chimeric Prism is far from being imbalanced, I have it and never used it in a competetive match for 3 years, there are simply better options out there. If you need more energy on your warrior, you are either doing something wrong or should just use a swap set with a Focus item, you get +6 energy from a blue/purple/gold focus without meeting the requirements, and it can have +30hp and some kind of +armor inscription. A cheap popular choice is this thing. Also as a warrior you shouldn't stay on this high energy set long, so you shouldn't feel the lack of 16 armor. Yawg 17:41, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Guilds and friends are the way to go. i ranked up via my friends. if ur decent, PUGS will add u to friends and pm u to come again. thats how i got mine. last year when i retarted pvp at r3 all i did was old school heroway with 2 friends. now im only r9/c1, but everyone i play with is usually rank 11 or higher, just a standard i set, because i found most r9/r10 players are still bad. ive played with almost everyone, from r1 to r14, and they pm me to pug for them because they know i can play. just play good whenever u get a team, try to get into a higher rank team, and dont be bad. theyll beg u to come back and maybe even join their guild. there is an extreme shortage of good players on guild wars atm, as evident by clicking observe and looking at any halls match and seeing master of whispers or olias in at least one of the teams. dont be bad. please... --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:72.80.182.57 (talk).
 * i find it funny that you say "don't be bad (by using heroes)" and "most r9+ people suck" when you clearly said all you did was heroway for r9 hero... the irony... IT BUrnS!!!11!!1oneone!!!ONE!1 anyways... what you said is in no way whatsoever beneficial to what the OP had asked about the chimeric prism. just to top this section off-- r9 hero and r1 champ does 'not' impress me in the slightest bit. ^^ --Uchiha Lena 03:04, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Give us A Glad Emote!
Yes I know you have heard this a million times, but I dont care I'm saying it again. There are enough people who have requested this that it should have been implemented before the zaishen emote which only a few people requested. I dont want to tell you how to do your job, but it took less then a month of people requesting zaisehn emote to have it implemented, and its been over 2 years of people requesting glad emote with nothing but "I will look into this". Something is wrong here... --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:98.215.71.95 (talk).
 * The best solution - get rid of the Zaishen emote and use it for Gladiator. --Nerthing 16:09, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry? People have been requesting a PvE emote for a long time, and I'd say they are far more numerous than those requesting Glad emote. What we got instead is some sort of compromise, an emote that can be gained by doing any PvP to earn the keys, or even by farming in PvE to buy the keys. Converting the Zaishen into Glad emote will annoy far more people than you'd think. -- [[Image:User_Alaris_sig.JPG|Alaris_sig]] Alaris 16:18, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Pve Emote? This made me laugh. In pve you get everything else, levels, gold, ectos, items, weapons, armor, special pets, pve skills, millions of titles, millions of quests and a thousand other things im forgeting b/c pve sux.
 * "b/c pve sux" is not an argument. Besides, you can work on that emote while ranking up the glad points, so what's the problem? Lack of exclusivity? -- [[Image:User_Alaris_sig.JPG|Alaris_sig]] Alaris 14:10, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Did I say pve should not get an emote b/c it sux? No I said it shouldnt get an emote b/c you get everything else in pve. Learn to read before you reply or go troll elsewhere.
 * LOL the troll is telling someone else not to troll. As long as the emotes are completely different and really hard to get, I think PvE should get them too. Maybe tie it in with Kind of a Big Deal since you can only get that through multiple PvE titles.--The Gates Assassin 23:10, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
 * /pve &rarr; Leather bound books fly around you. &mdash;  ク  Eloc  貢  00:00, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

This is my thread u moron. Do you even know what trolling means you idiot? Goto guru pve forums u nub sin.
 * Yeah, Anet could actually simply do a koabd emote that uses the animations of the hero rank, but with a diffrent coloring instead. &mdash;Zerpha[[Image:UserZerpha The Improver sig.png|talk]] The Improver 13:41, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Titles and emotes were fanservice, and adding glad title fucked up RA, or whatever that was left of it, to no extent. Don't encourage idiot to farm Ra moar. -- NUKLEAR  [[Image:User NuclearVII signature 3.jpg|19x19px]] IIV  14:31, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Instead, please add an "Anti-Rank" or "UnRank" emote (i.e. a Rank emote for unranked people). Currently, people rankspam other people when they beat them to show off. Surely it would make more sense if you could "antirank spam" them when you won as if to say "Haha, you got beat by one of the people you go around calling a noob 'cos we have no rank!" and would be a way to get back at people who are rank-obsessed. Sort of to redress the balance, you know?
 * That already exists....it's called Bambi. -- ChronicinabilitY [[Image:User Chronicinability Spiteful_Spirit.jpg|18px]] 18:11, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

pvp?
with your new roll do we still talk to you about are issues with pvp?75.165.102.213 20:45, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

GvG slow loadin "bug"
Often, if someone loads into a match late, usually when someone loads after the timer has started (but also happens before, though at that time is not a big problem), the player's team is unable to move and use skills for 10-20 seconds, and can also not die (just remains at 1 health). If this happens when the match has started it can easily ruin the match for an already crippled team. I assume it is supposed to be some kind of spawn protection, but it doesn't seem to work as intended. --Oln 17:26, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Question about Zaishen Chest
Hello, Does anyone know if the zaishen chest drops the items from the dungeons in GWEN? Things like frog scepter, bone dragon staff, also things from factions like zodiac weapons and wayward wands. I have opened it many many times now (r4 zaishen) and I havent seen any. Its just weird b/c I know voltaic spears drop from the zaishen chest (which is from gwen) but I havent seen these other things. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:98.215.71.95 (talk).


 * well i think becasue vs can also be found in other places other then eotn thats y it apperies in the Zaishen Chest --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Fall of th Living (talk).

mAT is epic!!!
LAWL!!! .... -- ChronicinabilitY   16:22, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * hmm... what exactly are we looking at besides the fact that s/he has no-1 on their team? <.< --Uchiha Lena 03:07, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
 * There's also no one on the opposing team. -- Gordon Ecker 06:54, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
 * This was not because people raged, or not loaded yet....that was the entire total number of players that made it into that mAT GvG match! Quite hiliarious but old now. -- ChronicinabilitY [[Image:User Chronicinability Spiteful_Spirit.jpg|18px]] 22:32, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Stop nerfing
for guild wars 2 u need to put mounts in it.

I think u should put all the nerfed builds back to normal.

Im really starting to hate guild wars because of all the nerfing and other things going on --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Plastic piglet (talk).
 * Do you seriously want all the horribly broken gimmick builds in the history of Guild Wars to be restored to full effectiveness? -- Gordon Ecker 02:39, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I think signet of Ghostly might was perfectly balanced before they nerfed it. Also everyone should just ride dragons in guild wars.--The Gates Assassin 03:28, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I think I would like to see everything un nerfed, but just for one day - on April 1st. Then anyone could do whatever their favourite thing was during the whole GW time just for the day.
 * Think of it as "uber-farming day". Although I'd be on the winning end of such a day, no thanks. -- [[Image:User_Alaris_sig.JPG|Alaris_sig]] Alaris 01:34, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Report Function
Hi Andrew i was just wondering why the Report sustem doesnt work when sum1 is offline, cause this guy Diablo Ou Manu has scammed many people, me being the latest, by giving me 100k for a n everlasting tonic when he promised 250k Chaosthegrin 08:29, 3 December 2008 (UTC)