User:Zora/Gwdat

Some interesting stuff found inside the gw.dat

Game Updates
Items from previous updates are accessible in-game.
 * 2010, May 21st Update

6 Miniatures(Shining Blades minis &rarr;Royal Gifts, White Mantle minis &rarr; mobs) and green weapons(loot from mobs) added.  Miniature Princess Salma Miniature Livia Miniature Evennia Miniature Confessor Isaiah Miniature Confessor Dorian Miniature Peacekeeper Enforcer

GvG Changes  Keep the Flag Flying I While you hold the flag stand. Your party deals +%str1%%% damage against Guild Monuments.

Keep the Flag Flying II Your party has held the flag stand and received a morale boost. Your party deals +%str1%%% damage against Guild Monuments.

Guild Monument Protected If there are any NPCs in earshot, for 8 seconds the Guild Monument takes 66% less damage and has +5 regeneration, plus an additional 5 regeneration while Burning.

New Consumables  Shining Blade Rations Double-click to remove 15% of your Death Penalty. This item cannot be used in PvP.
 * 2010, May 14th Update

Krytan Brandy Double-click to drink. Excessive alcohol consumption will result in intoxication.

Krytan Lokum Double-click to use while in town. Eating sweets may give you a Sugar Rush.

Shining Blade War Horn Double-click to summon 3 Shining Blade allies of your level that last for 30 minutes or until slain in combat. The War Horn and summoning stones can only be activated once every 60 minutes per character, and only one group of allies summoned from these items can be present in an instance at a time. This item can only be used in explorable areas.

Quest Item  Confessor's Orders Instructions from Confessor Isaiah. These commands will never be executed now, but the document may reveal useful information to the right person.

Rewards  War Supplies Trade to a Shining Blade Quartermaster for other items or double-click to use: Gain +5 AL and +1 Health Regeneration for 5 minutes.

Medal of Honor A medal given by the Shining Blade to recognize your heroics. It's uncommon, so it must be valuable, right? This item cannot be traded or sold.

Royal Gift A gift from the Krytan royal coffers. Double-click to open.

New set of weapons

Removed D'Alessio Seaboard 1079 AE

Fifth annual series miniatures. 6 Miniature M.O.X., maybe one for each form.  Miniature Seer Miniature Siege Devourer Miniature Shard Wolf Miniature Fire Drake Miniature Summit Giant Herder Miniature Ophil Nahualli Miniature Cobalt Scabara Miniature Scourge Manta
 * 2010, April 23th Update

Miniature Ventari Miniature Oola Miniature Candysmith Marley

Miniature Zhu Hanuku Miniature King Adelbern

Miniature M.O.X. Miniature M.O.X. Miniature M.O.X. Miniature M.O.X. Miniature M.O.X. Miniature M.O.X.

(Removed) New explorable instance. Probably where the new quests will take place.  D'Alessio Seaboard D'Alessio Seaboard 1079 AE.
 * 2010, April 15th Update

Firearms in GW1. No corresponding models inside gw.dat, so more likely a joke.  Shining Blade Flintlock White Mantle Handcannon Asuran Ray Blaster Crystal Desert Eagle Crude Flintlock Bandit Revolver Fiery Dragon Rifle Icy Dragon Rifle Vampiric Dragon Rifle AWP Charrzooka Charrzooka Rocket[s] Akimbo Flintlock Akimbo Charrzooka
 * 2010, April 1st Update

Pokemon-like minigame?  %str1%! Use %str2%! It's not very effective... It's super effective!

Possible GvG changes  Guild Lord Aura
 * 2010, March 25th Update

Lesser Flame Sentinel Resistance

Keep the Flag Flying While you hold the flag stand. Your party has +1 health regeneration

Embrace the Flag Your party has held the flag stand and received a morale boost. Your party has +2 health regeneration

Guild Monument Protected If there are any NPCs in earshot, for %str3% seconds the Guild Monument takes %str1%%% less damage and gains %str2% regen when affected by Burning.

New explorable instance(Shining Blade camp on Apr 2nd) and monster innate abilities.  Talmark Wilderness

Strong Natural Resistance (monster only)

Elite Regeneration (monster only)

New skills?  Trick Shot Target foe takes %str1% damage. Crippling Trick Shot Target foe is Crippled for %str3% second[s].
 * 2009, August 6th Update

Easier targeting of minions?  Panel: Open Minion List Open the Minion List for the current character.

Historical
Looks like a Chaos Wurm Mask was initially planned for Dragon Festival 2008.
 * Chaos Wurm Mask

Looks like there are four maps(initially?) for costume brawl.  Whitefury Rapids Kysten Shore Deepway Ruins Plikkup Works
 * Four Maps for Costume Brawl

1v1 without the hassle.  New Unrated Challenge You may challenge any player to an unrated match, but neither player's ratings will be affected by the outcome.
 * Unrated Challenge for Hero Battles

%str1%'s Unrated Challenge %str1% has challenged you to an unrated Hero Battle. Neither player's Hero Battle rating will be affected by this match.

Interesting mechanisms for HA.  While holding the relic, your movement cannot be altered.
 * Relic Protection

<pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> Blunt Piercing Slashing
 * Damage Types

Cold Earth Lightning Fire

Chaos Dark Holy Generic Nature Sacrifice

Sealed deck play used in PAX 2008. Implemented as Codex Arena on Oct 22th 2009. <pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> Limited Play Skill List Remove Limited Play List Setting a limited play list will limit your skills. You can set a random seed for your list, the number of skills in the list, and which chapter's skills are available.
 * Sealed Deck

Many people will like this. <pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> Guild Vault Item storage for the guild's common property.
 * Guild Vault

Nice name for the skill used by Shiro in Sunjiang District. <pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> While any spirit rifts remain open, Shiro is invincible but cannot attack.
 * Shell of the Tortoise

Wonder what the outcry will be if anet push this to live. <pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> Hex Spell. Because you disconnected while in the middle of a battle, you cannot enter another battle until this wears out.
 * Unreliable


 * Some VOD alternatives by anet
 * Dishearten

<pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> While the enemy team controls the flag, All allies within range of the Guild Lord lose %str1% Health per second.


 * Morale

<pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> You gain %str1% maximum health for each ally NPC alive at VoD, and lose %str2% maximum health for each enemy NPC alive at VoD.

Improved Trading system for Guild Wars. From the location of the info, this appears to be planned for the cancelled Guild Wars:Utopia and maybe Eye of the North. <pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> The Marketplace List has been deprecated. Please travel to Xunlai Market and look for the market button in the party panel. Thank you for testing this feature!
 * Xunlai Market

Only available to game masters. <pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> Log In as Away Log In as Do Not Disturb Log In as Offline Log In as Online
 * Log in as offline

Seems that it was initially planned to allow templates to be stored on the server. <pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> Local Templates Remote Templates Local Equipment Template Local Skills Template Remote Equipment Template Remote Skills Template
 * Remote Templates

<pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> Chat log saved as: "%str1%" Your chat log folder is full: "%str1%"
 * Saving Chat Logs

Chronomancer and Summoner <pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> Profession 11 Profession 12 C S
 * The two additional professions in Guild Wars Utopia

Seems to be a location in Eotn, probably the chamber where the Great Destroyer resides. <pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> Hall of Primordus
 * Hall of Primordus

Draft EOTN skills
Probably intented for the Disc of Chaos to be invulnerable during Disc form. <pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> A strike empowered by the Great Dwarf. This strike will stun a Disc of Chaos and make it vulnerable for a period of time.
 * Strength of the Great Dwarf (Skill ID 2348?)

<pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> You gain +1 to all your attributes for %str1% second[s].
 * "I Can Do Better!" -> "I Am The Strongest!"?

<pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> You gain %str1% armor and %str2%%% max health for %str3%%% second[s].
 * "I Am Unstoppable!" -> "I Am Unstoppable!"

<pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> Your sense of valor allows you to attack %str1%%% faster.
 * Banner of Valor -> Ebon Battle Standard of Honor

<pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> Your courage makes you take %str1%%% less damage.
 * Banner of Courage -> Ebon Battle Standard of Courage

<pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> Your wisdom allows your skills to recharge %str1%%% faster.
 * Banner of Wisdom -> Ebon Battle Standard of Wisdom

<pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> If target foe is suffering from Bleeding, that foe is knocked down and suffers a Deep Wound for %str1% second[s].
 * Talon Strike (Skill ID 2363) -> Raven Blessing

<pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> Target touched foe takes %str1% damage and is Poisoned for %str2% second[s].
 * Rabid Bite -> Volfen Blessing

<pre style="word-wrap:break-word; font-size:medium" width="120"> For %str3% second[s], you attack %str1%%% slower, but deal %str2%%% more damage with attacks.
 * Crushing Swipes -> Ursan Blessing