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[edit] Bows you still need:

I looked at your list and thought wow alot of bows but how many do you still need so I thought make I list for you.(ps. There are some recurve bows without the bow name in the list, I changed this for you there also is a bow which doesn't exist. Koren’s longbow doesn’t exist does this need to be Koren’s Hornbow? At the moment you have 54 gold bows, 53 green bows + because you got a normal golden wintergreen bow but this is a greeny. I changed that too. So in total you have 107+1(wintergreen) bows out of 159total ingame bows. So you still need 51 bows.There are also some bows you dont have but they are only getable as blue one's and you got the 20golden bows from the bonus mission pack who are only costumized tradeable. If I count the total bows+ those blue one's and the BMP one's you get, 159+22+20=201 in total, and you have 108 of them at the moment:

I hope I helped you a bit with it which you still need and which you don't:), you can at this list to the frontpage if you like. Also check that Koren's Longbow because it doesn't exist I goes it is the Koren's Hornbow, if so you can remove it from my list. Greetings Death Sligher 16:30, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

This is incredibly helpful, DS. I'm going to take a look at the questions you've posed and see how I can incorporate this. I will also try to carve out time to go through all my storage girls to see if I happen to have a bow or two that I have not listed. I will be happy to have this as a point of reference. It's a very helpful tool to have, and thanks for putting it together! -- Gaile 04:53, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Gaile I have the following Greens Deldrimor Short Benwah's Recurve Koren's Horn pm me in game Spike Firemane so I can give u the bows

Dont forget to delete them out of the list Gaile or Spike Firemane. Don't know what gaile wants, when it is received:P. But it needs to be updated.Death Sligher 00:37, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

This is quite the fun project. I'm currently pulling up all my storage girls and checking to see what I have that I've just forgotten to update. I will use strikethrough for now, so that I can update the main page. -- Gaile 22:04, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Spike -- I added you to my friend's list. I see you're not online just now, but I will do my darnedest to remember to come on at different hours to meet with you. It's very kind of you to offer those bows! :) -- Gaile 22:04, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

I live in EST zone so depending what zone your in can make it difficult to catch each other! Not to mention I was invited by my brother to see Sweeney Todd at the last minute! Sorry!

I'll be on around 6:30pm EST to do the "trade"

Hi Spike. Thanks a lot for your kindness. And congrats on your title track -- it's very impressive that you've gotten so far in just around one year. Let me know when you hit GWAMM. :) -- Gaile 19:56, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Just found the bramble recurve bow, so if your ingame I can give it to you.Death Sligher 19:52, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

I have a spare Inallay’s Hornbow if you would like it. Koreena Anchalis 21:19, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

I have some bows for you Gaile, next time I see you on. :) — PmaN 01:59, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

(Reset indent) Gaile, I have a spare oldschool gold q10 <+15 stance> Zealous Jade Longbow that you're more than welcome to have. As a longtime ranger, I also have a soft spot for bows, and I love that you're collecting all of them. My absolute single most treasured GW possession is my q9 Dryad Bow. That is one of the most amazing bow skins I've seen, not only in GW, but in any game I've ever played.AnClar 04:14, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi AnClar. Regular Jade, not Longbow? Yes, I do need that and would love to have it IF it is an extra. :) (The Dryad bow was, as I recall, a winner in one of the contests a few years ago -- I agree, it's just gorgeous!) -- Gaile 21:52, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean by "regular" Gaile. I thought the Jade Bow only came in the longbow variety. If not then after over 4 years playing GW, I learned something new.  :-). What I have is a Jade Longbow, and it is a spare so if it is the one you need, it's yours. If not, please excuse this grasshopper's humble ignorance. AnClar 04:48, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Dont forget to line the shortbow and charrbows Gaile^^.84.80.151.136 19:45, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Oops, forgot to mention -- done! -- Gaile 02:56, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Psst, I have this Naga Shortbow that I have as a Wintersday gift for you. Sometime today come find me and it's all yours. ^^ scratch that, you just got it! Katherinezoltin 08:26, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Gaile Firemane here do u have the Darksteel Long Bow from EotN prerelease? Target is selling the prerelase stuff at $.99!

i have the forked hornbow (gold) you can have, it doesnt seem to be listed tho - ronnie romance (ritualist) 11:59am 2nd january 2010

(Reset indent) Oh man, I have been awful about keeping this up to date. I just poked through a bunch of inventories and did my best to update the list yet again. Now, the list of things I have is here. I mean, I think it's up to date. :)

The list of bow I need is above, and again, I'm trying to update but I have a feeling I need to do another check soon.

The kind offers of bows and updates in this thread warm my heart. Let me try to respond:

@AnClar -- I confess I'm confused about the Jade Bow and Jade Longbow issue. Both are listed on the wiki, in the Jade weapons category. So I assumed there were both. But I sort of suspect they are one and the same. I do have a Jade Longbow, but thank you kindly for the offer. (Can anyone confirm there's a Jade Bow as well?)

@Katherinezoltin, DeathSligher, Spike -- Thanks again. :)

@Firemane -- Is the Darksteel Longbow a gold or green? I confess I can't remember. Wiki says it cannot be stored in the Xunlai Chest -- that's a point of trivia I had completely forgotten. I do not have one.

@Koreena -- Yes, I still need Inallay’s Hornbow.

Thanks, all! -- Gaile 06:22, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

blue actually --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.188.158.190 (talk).

^That was in regards to the Darksteel Longbow, Gaile. -- FreedomBound 13:08, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I just put my Darksteel Longbow in storage just fine, so yeah, wiki liez... :) (The blue preorder bow) Rose Of Kali 17:30, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Bow collection.

Hey, for your bow collection List at the top of this page. Is that updated? I have tonns of bows, and would love to help out.-Smerf 03:36, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Not yet updated I gave her the Shortbow, and 5charrbows which arent marked yet. I also got all 5death bow for her laying in my storage. But have seen her till now. Guess she has otherthings to do first besides her bowcollection:). Death Sligher 14:09, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

I had that marked up to edit a few days ago, but had to get into a conference call and forgot to save. I really need about a day to go through all bow carriers on all accounts and move them onto a single account -- alphabetized, of course. ;) I've pretty much done that now, though, so I think I'm up to date. -- Gaile 04:26, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

I have one of the bows - I think the seedborn flatbow. (I emailed it to you a while ago).How can I get it to you? Oh, and I just passed ten million EXP!!!!Grafton 01:41, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Grafton -- Thanks for your kind offer. You're welcome to use "email this user" on the left to get in touch with me, or you can mention a character name here and times when you're in the game and I will look for you when I'm on. :) -- Gaile 05:46, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Hello Gaile;

Thanks for all you do.

I'm unsure whether this is a bow you want, but a Vabbian Hornbow (white) just dropped.I see you have vabbian hornbow listed under your "wanted" list but it's classed as gold, so I'm unsure.

Feel free to contact me on Will Dublin ingame, or reply here if you want it.

Thanks,

86.173.17.186 15:44, 22 January 2010 (UTC) Will Dublin

[edit] Question about the Costumes

I friend of mine and me are hosting an event for my guild and he wants to give the winner costume keys but the only way to buy costumes atm is to link them to your acount is there anyway of getting a code for them? --Nick123 19:15, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

I'd also ask if that's permitted, if I was you. In a way that's giving something that costs RL money (costumes) for something people are doing in game (whatever the event is), which generally gets frowned upon by ArenaNet. A F K When Needed 20:49, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

i guess hadnt thought of that --Nick123 21:31, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

At this point, we don't have the capacity to "gift" items to another player, and keys are associated with the account that makes the purchase, as you said. I have mentioned the "gifting" idea in the past, and I know others have, as well. Perhaps this will be possible in the future, but right now, I believe that giving costumes as prizes wouldn't be possible. :-/ -- Gaile 01:04, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

okay that you for responding so quickly :) and happy christmas --Nick123 11:40, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Hai Gaile. Sorry if it seems like I'm trying to incite dreaded WikiDrama^TM, I swear I'm not. When possible, would giving others gifts like costumes be considered against the rules or perfectly fine? I'm not sure where ArenaNet stand on it if it's just cosmetic stuff like that.

Happy Christmas btw A F K When Needed 16:09, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Sorry I missed this question earlier. If there were mechanics for giving gifts incorporated into the game system, I cannot see where we would object because there doesn't appear to be a breach of the User Agreement. After all, people buy games to give friends all the time, we just don't have a mechanism to do that electronically at this time.

Personally, I think it would be cool if we did have that system, as I said before. Let me give you an example. (But first: This is a personal idea, just one player's idea, not an official announcement or a comment about something that is coming.) I think it would be cool to have "wedding" items in the game. (This is because I've seen a lot of people who like the in-game wedding idea.) Maybe you could get a bride or groom outfit, a wedding cake, maybe people could purchase special items as wedding gifts... that sort of thing. Really, it's just a sketch of an idea right now. But if we were to offer that someday, then certainly you could give those things to other people, because really that's the whole point. :) -- Gaile 05:05, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

It sounds like a simple thing to implement and even keep secure. First create a system that can generate a secure key code that will send data such as gifted items/upgrades to the account that establishes it (signs up for it). The players may then give this key to their friends who can submit it in place of their account data in the item shop so that they can gift things. The key itself is merely a tool that tells the game's software where it's sending things to, so that no security risks such as account name or even character names need be known by the gifting party. It's a much more complicated variation of the in-game trade system that uses the keys as a cover identity and routes to an account rather than specific characters. The real challenge is database integration programming to be able to offer the system and rigorous testing, not to mention updating the game's store and similar sites to use it all. I've seen a few variations of it in various online games, from inter-character offline mail systems, to gift shops, to even showing character skillsets or character sheets on web-sites. Granted, since I don't know the particulars of Guild War's coding it could be difficult to get going or even troublesome as it probably wasn't planned for in its original programming. But working from game theory and comparable examples, it's feasible yet time-consuming (I'd estimate about six months work). Seryu 06:27, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm not expert in sales, but yes, if you're simply purchasing a key, why not make that key "unattached" to an account and let people gift to a friend. After all, we do that for Buddy Keys all the time. :) -- Gaile 22:43, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

True enough, that way is quite simple and requires fewer software adjustments. I think the reason it's not as popular has to do with how such a system can be used for player-scams, false reports of key code thefts, etc. The direct to account method on the other hand establishes that the person giving the gift is acknowledging exactly who is receiving it and that the key wasn't being transmitted via open chat programs and susceptible to theft by third parties. Probably why such a system is in use with Guild War's software client store: security of transactions. With buddy keys, there's no purchase involved in that specific key, so loss is just unfortunate (especially as it's a temporary thing), not something that warrants complaints and demand of legal action. Seryu 06:44, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, the obvious problem with keys is that people may use them however they want. That may sound fine, but there may be the case of someone getting keys to sale. You know, befriend people and get them to make them 'small gifts' and such. Even if not many people wold do that, one would be one too much. So I think it would be better if there was some way to directly attack the key to the account, with some kind of messages: "<account character name>/<Charcter name of that player in your friend list> wants to give you this gift <Key content name> which unlocks <content description>, do you want to add it to this account? [Yes/No/Ask me later]", and, of course, if the recipient has already that in his account, you won't be able to go on with the purchase. Oh, and just a quick note, we already have wedding items in the game. Dwayna's costumes work perfectly as wedding gowns. MithTalk 15:03, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

"but there may be the case of someone getting keys to sale."

How do you mean? sell them for real-world money? or sell them for in-game gold?

Even with the system you mentioned it would not eliminate that, then they would have to befriend people. And they would be able to scam people.

Anyway if your answer is getting keys to sell for gold in Guild Wars, I don't see anything wrong with that. It's in-game gold for an in-game item, the only problem is that the players "selling" the keys would be able to scam other players. To counter that they could add a box where you can enter an access key and check the validity and availability of that access key in the trade window, make the player able to trade them while making it legal to trade access keys for in-game gold.

But then players will start whining about the fact that people would be able to get rich in-game buy buying access keys and selling them for in-game gold. There will also be people that think this is awesome because they are now able to buy costumes because they don't have a Visa or/Mastercard and also can't use any of the other payment methods, or just because they don't trust the in-game and/or NCsoft store.

Can't make everyone happy right? -- Qaletaqa Hania 19:07, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

No, I mean something like getting someone to gift you a key for any content, and after getting it, sell it on eBay or something like that. That should not happen, gifted keys should not be seen until after they have been added o the account. MithTalk 14:40, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

From the Guru Windersday Art Contest hosted by Tzu...'The Grentch Steals Wintersday Award is given to the artist who's piece is connected to Wintersday, but bows in favour of Grenth, not Dwayna. Creepy, grentchy and "bah, humbug!" entries apply for this.

The Grentch Steals Wintersday - [COSTUME CODE (Grenth's Regalia)] (donor: Inde & Arenanet)' So..the Wintersday Workshop on guru can give Costume codes as prizes but the rest of us cant for our personal events?.Im sorry im not trying to be rude but I think thats just a little bit unfair..I think that giving a costume code away for a prize for a guild event is something nice and a little bit different. I think it would be a nice idea too for the rest of us to be able to. I know it says it is donated by Arena Net but still..Even if we cant 'gift' players with things right now I think it would be a good idea to add an option of weither or not you want to attach it to the account right when you buy it or at a later time. When you buy the costumes they send you the code in an email anyway even though its already attached. So why not buy it..say you dont want it attached and then be able to give the code as a prize then instead. And dont let the Already Purchased thing come up until a code has actually been atached to the account.Then again..second thought people could try sell them for in game gold which would be bad. --Lorenna 20:28, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

I understand your thoughts, Lorenna, and as I've said many times, I'm a major fan of the idea of "gifting" in Guild Wars. However, as you suggested, there is a risk of money getting tied with in-game item and gold sales, even here. So the concept needs to be carefully designed to address those possibilities. Thanks for understanding. -- Gaile 19:43, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Capricious Mischief

I just saw/read your blog. Seems interesting. ^_^ -- Lacky 03:03, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

I love it, I find it competely adorable. Though we haven't had a Christmas update apparently, kitties haven't been jumping onto the Christmas Tree have they? I know that was a major concern when my cat was a kitten. ^^" Katherinezoltin 00:46, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, yeah. The catnip penguin etc. could use a mention, but I'm surprised that there was nothing on the blog about the bathroom floor of fame. Come on Gaile! Updates! :D -- WarBlade 02:46, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Ahh there we go. An update. :) -- WarBlade 07:58, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

The owner of this wiki pages accepts no responsibility for the random craziness of the authors of Capricious Mischief. However, after noting an abundance of cat fur on my keyboard, I checked their blog and noted that one of the joint authors has updated with Christmas Joy: 2009.

Hmmm... no mention of the catnip penguin. Do you suppose he didn't make it past Boxing Day? ;) -- Gaile 19:38, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh no. The catnip penguin had an untimely demise? What about the catnip rat? Or the bell mice? -- WarBlade 07:23, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

The Belled Mice are doing well. Mostly because they are still on the card in a high, unopenable cupboard.:) The catnip rat -- now named Ratty because the kits want a specific name for each toy -- is doing well. But I'm told he needs a new shot of "the green stuff" to freshen his scent. :) -- Gaile 07:26, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

(Reset indent) Franklin had a new adventure he wanted to share. I thought I'd let you know, 'cause I never can predict when those boys are going to post something. :) -- Gaile 06:41, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] 5th year

So, when are we gonna start guessing our 5th year minis? :P (Satanael | talk) 21:01, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

¿ɟʇʍ I Was about to ask that O_o,ive already started guesing User:Neil2250/Minipet Predictions ...Rock FTW.--Neil2250 21:22, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Due to the release of gw2, and rarity is not important anymore, i would love to see the super rares. That is my guess. Didis 22:03, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

I hope they do something more special then minipets, I liked it the first year and the second year but then it got boring. And for a fifth year anniversary they should do something special, something they haven't done yet.

Anyway if they choose to do minipets again then I hope they'll do something else to. -- Qaletaqa Hania 22:05, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Interesting comments, guys. If we did not offer miniatures for the 5th year, what would you suggest, Qal? -- Gaile 19:50, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, 5 years is kind of a bigger anniversary, maybe something to do with the 5 gods? An assortment of tonics/ everlasting tonics that turn you into avatars of the gods? Maybe god-avatar costumes? Or maybe something a bit more useful like weapons and off-hands from the gods? Maybe some quests that celebrate the fifth anniversary since the Lich and the Titans were defeated? (Satanael | talk) 21:06, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

I wrote up a suggestion that I think is great, I call it a "entity weapon". At first I wrote it up here but thought it would be to much to mention on this page. Sataneal might like it :P. -- Qaletaqa Hania 03:46, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

What do you think about offering 2 ranks of the title of your choice (except Koabd) ? Or 1 Statue of your choice in Hall of Monuments ? Or 1 minipet of you choice in a list ? --Shalgoesjapan 11:34, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

No. - Mini Me talk 11:38, 4 January 2010

I see no reason why mini pets need or should be removed on the 5th year anniversary... That's kind of dumb in my opinion especially since it is a milestone anniversary. I'm really tired of the online shop so while I'd like to see more costumes added, I don't want them to be cash shop. Of course this is exactly what's going to happen though, it's an absolute guaruntee that such a huge date is going to contain a cash shop update. Joy, let's all celebrate this wonderful day by buying things, that sounds fun! Personally I just had a great idea; adolescent Gwen should return to kill everyone like the beta events, she could be suffering from post-traumatic distress syndrome or something :D Just please do not remove mini pets for any year... Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ аІiсә ѕνәи Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 04:28, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Or maybe gwen-chan if having adolescent gwen is too lore-breaking or something. Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ аІiсә ѕνәи Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 04:30, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Maybe something which reflects the way in ancient history a lustrum [1] was celebrated. There are also some particular animals involved, and a nice story to be told when traslated to the lore of GW. Didis 13:09, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

How about (the storyline based mini's) Koss and Melonni ring bearer, An Emmy/oscar statue for dragon fest actors. I also like the mini gods idea, minis based on the title tracks, just a few rolling off my head,69.76.147.203 14:05, 29 January 2010 (UTC)Wine

[edit] Dishonourable Status

Hi Gaile, I was wondering if the dev team has considered upping the penalty for dishonourable status by say, an hour or two hours, because the amount of leavers in RA has made it almost unplayable. It's nearly a 50/50 chance to have a leaver on your team, sometimes more, sometimes less, just depends on the day. But the point is it has totally gotten out of control. I think we need a MUCH harsher dishonourable timer to deal with this. -174.112.239.236 21:59, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

There would be a funny thing to do like making 2 categories, one for regular players and another one for people who tend to leave easely. That way if you fear to punish false positives, you still allow leavers to play...but with other leavers. If you tell me that it will give laughable teams of leavers fighting against other teams of leavers that's precisely what i had in mind:) Yseron - 90.9.250.77 22:08, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

One idea I had was to impose dishonourable status on a player if they leave with a full team, but players who leave a team that is missing 1 or more players would not be punished. Since a lot of people out and out refuse to resign even when they're 3vs4, their teammates could decide to leave without punishment since the match is imbalanced. However, the person to CAUSE the imbalance would be punished immediately with an hour + dishonourable status. I think this would help alleviate the problem in RA. -174.112.239.236 00:30, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

whats also mostly annoying is that there are players that are at the start of the match zomg no monk QQ /resign /donothing which is quite annoying. InfestedHydralisk 01:14, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Make dishonorable duration scale up based on the amount of time spent in dishonorable (or times acquired it) in the last week and even more so for the last 24 hours. Ofc, the times are subject to tweaking, but that's the basic idea. Rose Of Kali 01:55, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

^ Was about to suggest Rose's idea as I read the section. --Kyoshi (Talk) 19:41, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey guys, I forgot to ask you when this was posted: Did any of you make this a formal suggestion via the Feedback process? I think it's a good idea to do that. -- Gaile 01:32, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Will do. Thx for reminding. Rose Of Kali 01:40, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Feedback:User/Rose Of Kali/Scaling Dishonorable duration. Rose Of Kali 04:23, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for setting up that page, Rose. -- Gaile 19:52, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Lustrum Lowland Lions - 5 years

How time flies. At our thirth year anniversary we had the luxury and fun moment to celebrate our birthday and having the best surprise a guild could think of. Our Support liassion visited us and made a generous addition to the family fun guild wars gives us dutch people. Now two years later we again have to celebrate our birthday. This time a lustrum. 5 years friends and guildies of the lowland lions have been playing together in the wonderfull world of Guild Wars. Gaile many thanx for the way you sucked us in the game with you're tiptapping through the hallway to get one or more aswers of the developers. That warm feeling is still there in the guild and makes every day in Guild Wars worthwhile. We celebrate our birthday in private domains and if you like i would love to give you a guest guild invite to happily celebrate with us. THANX to you and all the friends of the Lowland Lions! Didis 18:04, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey, Didis, that's really nice of you! I'd love to stop by -- just as another player, of course, but one who enjoys visiting long-time friends like LLL. Let me know the details. :) -- Gaile 03:26, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] security as marketing instrument

Hi Gaile, Maybe you heard about Funcom deleting characters below level 20 when they have been inactive for a long time due to maintenance, or the player activates his account again including paying again. I first would like to hear if we could expect such marketing strategy for GW or in the future GW2. Personel i'm not really fond of this strategy. But this is not the subject I would like to inform you about. When i signed in my account at funcom my eye catched a logo on top of the website. McAfee Secure, tested daily. https://register.ageofconan.com/account/ you can see it you're self. Maybe something which coud made in to a marketing and competetive advantage for plaync/ArenaNet. No opinion asked though. Just something to take into consideration. Here you can see what is behind the mcafee logo when clicking on it. https://www.mcafeesecure.com/RatingVerify?ref=register.ageofconan.com. It's not THE security but it helps the trusting. Didis 18:36, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

What does that even supposedly do? I'd never pay attention to that logo if you hadn't pointed it out. And I laugh at McAfee products anyway, but that's another discussion like you said. So yeah, what does this do? Do they like try to hack the website every day and give you a green light if they can't? Rose Of Kali 19:03, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I don't know what functionality this security system brings to a webpage or account access route, either. However, it's a good question and I will inquire about it and see if we have any info to share on that. -- Gaile 20:09, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Canthan New Year 2010

Hey Gaile, a happy New Year to you, just a quick question about the Canthan New year. Can you find out please or do you know whether it will be taking place on the weekend of the 12th of February? Since the Chinese New Year is on the 14th of February which happens to be on a Sunday. Hope your well Gaile, take care.--Logistics14 02:16, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Wait, it's going to be on Valentine's Day? Damn it. I guess those of us with significant others can forget about the celebration this year :/ Karate Jesus 03:43, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm going to be in Quebec :( --TahiriVeila 03:50, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Sad day. Doesn't your gf live in New York or something random? Seriously, just get married. Living together makes things easier :D. Karate Jesus 03:51, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

To be frank, I think that it will be on the day since its far to good an opportunity to finish it all up on that weekend for GW etc. --Logistics14 04:23, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

We're both at school together silly. And we're going on a ski trip with Brown's ski club (three day weekend due to president's day or washington's birthday or w/e it is). Booze, sex, nightclubs, and skiing, i'n a happy, happy boy :) --TahiriVeila 04:27, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

February 14th is on a Sunday, not Saturday. --Silver Edge 04:50, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

You are indeed correct, my mistake, fixed. Still a perfect time for the event however I believe.--Logistics14 05:01, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, some of us don't think so....because we have wives/gf's. Just saying.....Valentine's weekend is a bad call :/ Karate Jesus 17:10, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

I am also in the same position but Valentines day is only a Sunday so you can still enjoy the event during Friday and some of Saturday, unless your doing the weekend thing with your wife/gf of course.--Logistics14 17:33, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Saturday will be the Valentine's date day (everyone knows it's always the Saturday of Valentine's week). Sunday will be the day that people take their moms to lunch (also pretty common, but maybe just in the South). The weekend will be full either way :/ Karate Jesus 17:36, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

I agree it is bad timing and including myself I will celebrate Valentines day on a Sunday, thankfully my wife likes GW so shes understanding, lucky me.--Logistics14 17:42, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

so its GW > relationship? InfestedHydralisk 17:54, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

@Logistics14 perchance it's possible to enjoy "some" of the event, but since the finale will certainly be running on the Sunday, those of us with SO's will certainly miss that :( And some of us have sufficently "new" SO's that we like to make a full weekend of Valentine's Day XD relationship very definitely > GW --BramStoker (talk, contribs) 19:51, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

@BramStoker, tottaly agree with you there, however I have been with my partner for quite a number of years already. Still I got no doubt I will be dragooned someplace for Valentines day I might even be the person who does the dragooning as it where.--Logistics14 20:27, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

I have never seen the word "dragoon" used as a verb before. Well done, sir. +1 internets for you. However, you get -5 internets for not knowing how to indent, so I guess it equaled out in the end. Karate Jesus 20:34, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Dont use wiki pages very often so I only remember the basics, hows this for indent skills:)--Logistics14 20:46, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Indenting is an art, not a skill. In any event I don't care when the event is as I have no SO or anything but in the interest of those that do I hope that they will move it out a little. They have the Wintersday party a week after Christmas as it is to busy then so who knows what they are planning around Valantines as is not that huge of a Holiday.-- Natalie Black 04:03, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] DLL forcing allowed or not?

→ moved from User talk:Regina Buenaobra

After the January 7th update Graphics.dll won't load which allowed me to view other peoples armor in game in all its glory and so I have found a .dll forcing program that works to fix the issue. I know ArenaNet does not support mods but is using a .dll forcing tool against the rules? Gaile and Emily stated mods are allowed at your own risk as long as they are not bots or something that gives you an unfair advantage. I don't want to use the forcing until I get a confirmation that it is still acceptable to force the Graphics.dll file. Thanks.-- Natalie Black 05:00, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

This would be better directed at Gaile. I can guarantee the response will be the usual one, however. ··· Danny Pew Pew 23:02, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Moved it, now Gaile can you help answer my question on the subject? Thanks! -- Natalie Black 03:53, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Of course, if this program of yours enables the bots to run again then the ANet solution against bots has failed and should imo be restored to how it was when another fix is found. According to the rules you're "allowed" to use that program unless you use it for botting and other unfair advantages. The fact that the DLL can still be forced should be an important issue for ANet. -- Karasu (talk) 00:22, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Injecting .dlls is still child's play, its been done with many games for years. This 'change' does nothing to stop the slightly smarter people from botting. 82.34.128.4 00:42, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

I might be wrong, but I have a strange feeling they did more than just prevent it from being loaded. ··· Danny Pew Pew 02:55, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Karasu, you've clearly never read the part of the EULA where they strictly prohibit the use of any third-party programs. Modifying the client, as injecting a dll does, could easily end up in a ban. ··· Danny Pew Pew 02:55, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

As I recall the whole discussion about using TeXMod etc: "Directly modifying the Guild Wars program files through any third party tools is completely unsupported by ArenaNet and NCSoft.". Also - if what you say were true, then the high-resolution hack was illegal. -- Karasu (talk) 11:09, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

(Reset indent) I will check into the use of this tool to see if we have a specific response to offer concerning its use. -- Gaile 21:57, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Alleged Security Email

Is this real?

Recently I got this mail stating thus "When you receive this message when your NCsoft Account means that there are serious security risks. We have evidence to prove your account has been in different countries and regions, several attempts to login. So we have to remind you to enter our web site as soon as possible https://secure.ncsoft.com/cgi-bin/acconutManangment.pl to account verification, otherwise, we will be lock your account. In order to protect your interests.

The NCsoft Team"

The thing is the mail in which I got this has NOTHING whatsoever related to Guild Wars, or to the mail related to my guild wars account, when I get anything of Guild Wars related mail it goes to that one, the one which got this mail has NOTHING to due with NCsoft, so I find this pretty dubious.82.155.203.116 12:35, 20 January 2010 (UTC)CakeAndWaffles

Isn't the fact that it's written in Engrish enough to tip you off? Rose Of Kali 12:37, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Well yes >_> now that you mention that, I blame the fact on, that I am so used to read Engrish and auto correct it in my head that I tend to miss a feew obvious things, and the fact theres no official Anet Signatures82.155.203.116 12:49, 20 January 2010 (UTC)CakeAndWaffles

Fake. Fake fakeity fake fake. I got one myself. Plus one for a game I do not own. :) Please ignore this phishing attempt, but DO be ever watchful for attempts of this kind. Not all are so blatantly false. -- Gaile 21:30, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] 5th year

Gaile, are you planning to create a page for the 5th year miniature predictions? I always liked it to read the opinions from other players. -- Cyan 22:00, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Doh, yes I need to do that soon! I'm looking at this page trying to figure out what to move to the Support Issues page for a more topical discussion. But I should have time to make up the predictions page soon. Thanks for the reminder. (And don't hesitate to nudge me if the page is still missing next week. :) ) -- Gaile 22:02, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Shall do if needed ^^ -- Cyan 10:01, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

*poke poke poke* I guess Im allowed, its 9 days ago =) -- Cyan 18:09, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

I am curious in this as well. Kaisha 18:35, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

*poke poke poke poke poke* Turning obsessive =P (But however, take your time for this, Im just really interested in the birthday celebration of this year.) -- Cyan 09:53, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Guild haters.

Lately i've seen a lot of hating against specific guilds, is this any reason to report? Several people have seen others adding to the end of there recruit message [Guild name] Haters R Us. Thanks -- Smerf 05:09, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

So how exactly is this a problem ? I don't want to be rude but couldn't either of you grow up and get over it wich would totally fix the problem and not include bitching at Gaile Gray's Talkpage ? I'm full of silly ideas :) Lilondra 05:28, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

What Lil means is, no, it's probably not a viable reason to report. Vaguely bashing a guild in a recruit message is just barely related to verbal abuse, and so minor it'd likely just be ignored if reported. That's what I think, anyway. --Kyoshi (Talk) 06:44, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

It goes further then that, being PMed with verbal abuse while trying to recruit, etc. Smerf 15:06, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

You just said your answer: report for verbal abuse if that was the case. Rose Of Kali 15:15, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Alright.. Smerf 15:17, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, you didn't mention that before. You're completely justified, then. --Kyoshi (Talk) 15:42, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Smerf also ment guild being set up as just hater guilds --Nick123 16:09, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

That's silly. I dunno if it qualifies though. --Kyoshi (Talk) 16:29, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

If the guild name is directly inappropriate, you can report that. Individual member harrassment and verbal abuse is also reportable. But otherwise it will be interpreted as guild rivalry, which is allowed. Rose Of Kali 16:47, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

I didn't know Guildwars had a 3+ age rating Lilondra 06:21, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

(Reset indent) Yes, the suggestions here are appropriate. If you are being harassed, and chat records will reflect it's not a "mutual harassment" situation, then by all means submit a ticket. You won't do well using /report for this -- a ticket will be far better. You can send screenshots with the ticket, if you desire. -- Gaile 19:30, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

ty gaile --Nick123 19:34, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Guildwarsguru security notification

Late Friday night the GuildWarsGuru database was accessed by an unknown third party. We caught it as it happened, but in that short space of time it appears they may have managed to obtain tables of user account information. Read on here http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/guild-wars-guru-security-notice-t10423257.html Didis 14:54, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes, we are aware of the situation. As the fansite folks said, everyone should change credentials as soon as possible. And again, as I've been saying for years, never use your Guild Wars user name or password elsewhere. -- Gaile 20:14, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Indeed. We've also been spreading that message as broadly as possible since account theft became some much more prolific. Luckily it seems to have sunk in, and a majority of users don't seem too concerned. JR- 14:31, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Just to inform all readers who didn't know it yet. Wartower.de is also hacked. http://www.wartower.de/news/index.php#823420 Didis 18:35, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Oh dear, that's very sad to hear. :(

To the site admins and staff members working on the issues: I wish all the best you. I know from personal experience how hard it is to perform your tasks, and how disheartening it is that a site intended to benefit other people can be attacked in such a way. Sincere thanks for your time and effort in closing the breaches. -- Gaile 20:12, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

AionSource was also recently hacked.--129.13.72.197 22:46, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

I am very sorry to hear that, and appreciate that you posted the note so I'd be aware of what happened over there. I've sent an email to a few other ArenaNet staff members so that we're all on the same page in awareness about these recent fansite breaches. -- Gaile 00:17, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Here's the note they posted: http://www.aionsource.com/forum/news-announcements/104226-recent-website-hacks-aimed-gamers-aion-players.html --129.13.72.197 04:57, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Just out of curiosity, how does "never use your Guild Wars user name or password elsewhere." gel with guru's auction house asking people to post their character name? Won't that complicate the character name security question for the GW login? (Satanael | talk) 20:26, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Legendary Defender of Ascalon

You can do It!!  ;-) --Silverleaf Don't assume, Know! 11:57, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, I can. But should I? So much to do, so little time to do it. :) -- Gaile 05:39, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] I feel privileged...

Thanks for the FaceBook notification. =P -- Lacky 07:03, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks also for the daily plethora of oranges and mangos. elix Omni 10:08, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey, my pleasure, guys. It's nice to see you there. And I guess I have had some good fortune in FK hunting lately. Happy to share. :) -- Gaile 05:38, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Unjustly Banned

← moved to Feedback talk:Gaile Gray/Support Issues#Unjustly Banned

[edit] Rift Warden

Hello, I noticed that the Wintersday festival has started. One thing though is I don't see the Rift Warden anywhere to be able to do those quests to enable a player the possibility of opening a Wintersday Chest. Guru and a few people have said that it was going to be re-run during this Redux. Is he going to appear? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.82.200.103 (talk).

See Talk:Wintersday 2009 Redux, they are expected to appear later, just as they did in the actual Wintersday event. Also, please sign your comments and place new topics at the end of the page. -- FreedomBound 18:11, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

The Rift Wardens are in place tonight, as designed. -- Gaile 05:52, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Precision shot

Not sure if this is the right place to take it, as you generally deal with user support issues, but it seems like a better place to let an anet staff member know that Regina's page, and linsey's is still locked. During the last update, Precision Shot acquired a bug whereby it removes stances when it lands. This is pretty serious as a ranged, 1/2s attack that removes stances with 6s recharge is pretty overpowered and is kind of counter-productive towards the push Robert seemed to be trying to make away from ranged spike support. Just thought I'd let you know, especially since you're on the wiki atm--TahiriVeila 06:01, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, that's certainly interesting! I'll send an email immediately, and thank you for pointing that out to me! :) -- Gaile 06:11, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Quickshot is also buggy. It also disables your other attack skills for 2 seconds. This kills the Skill as a whole. 217.235.53.200 16:59, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Although this is not as important as stated above but there's a discription bug in Reversal of Damage, it says: "The next time target ally would take damage life steal." While it should be: "The next time target ally would take damage or life steal." InfestedHydralisk 17:14, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for this information. I will pass it along in correlation with the email I sent about the first post. -- Gaile 19:34, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Updates are planned for today. -- Gaile 22:04, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Glad to hear that, even though I'm abusing Precision Shot now. <3 InfestedHydralisk 22:28, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Shame, Inf, Shame! -- Gaile 22:29, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

thank you --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 77.188.61.235 (talk).

[edit] When are you free?

Gaile, when are you fre- I mean, when do you go on Guild Wars? I need to talk do you, I got a bit of a report to do. Tyria, Cantha, Kaineng City, Kaineng Center, Upper Platform, on the bridge.|Killer demon 19:47, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Killer demon. I am sorry, but I cannot accept in-game reports. I'm only one person, and it is simply impractical for me to try to do that. If you have a report, the best option is for you to send it to the support team and ask that they relay it to me, which they will do. If need be, you could email me using the "Email this user" option on the left of the wiki interface. Thanks for understanding. -- Gaile 23:05, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Guild Name

Hey Gaile.

I've got a problem. There is a Guild named Hltler Jugend around. Its german and means Hitler Youth. I've already sent an email to the support with a screen of this Guild Name but it looks like they didn't do anything about it. Secondly, there is guy called "Der Quotenjude". Please, do something about this problem.

Thank you very much, Lyrics. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 77.188.61.235 (talk).

Hi. Thank you for bringing these names to my attention. Yes, I agree, both are entirely unacceptable. :( But when I checked into them, both of the names did not pull active records. Without taking more time to research them, I can conclude from the lack of current activity records that the people using the names deleted the offensively-named character and guild. In the future, you may be ahead to use the in-game /report system so that the people using such names are reviewed right away. We have people working 24/7 and I'm not on the wiki on a round-the-clock basis so that can be the quickest way to nab them. Thanks again for the alert. -- Gaile 02:23, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Used accounts??

I recently bought guildwars platinum as an additional account from amazon.com to store some of my extra materials and gold, and now I want to add factions and nightfall on it to get the skills and more variety on my characters. As I was browsing, there are several "used" games for guildwars, and to me that definitely seems like it's against the EULA. Now Amazon.com is using 3rd party merchants to sell copies of guildwars as if it were from amazon.com as in their "featured" merchants. I'm a bit leery of 3rd party merchants cause for all we know it could be used or repackaged to look "new". Is the only really safe way is to get the games directly from the in-game store? The main part that's really appealing is the competitive pricing like it's $15.95 and eligible for super saver shipping from NYC electronics compared to 29.99 from the ingame store. And then others say brand new factory sealed for $8.99... and I'm like, how can this be? Did they hijack a semi's transporting copies of the game? Or are they just used accounts being repackaged to look brand new? --Lania Elderfire 23:17, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Lania, I've bought a number of different pieces of game software from Amazon 3rd party sellers (including my and my roommate's copies of GW:EotN). Amazon has similar protections to eBay (although not exactly the same), in that if the item is not as described in the seller's description, you can dispute the sale and get your money back. That being said, I suspect that a lot of the "new" GW games sold by 3rd party are truly new, and are simply product which never sold from their brick-and-mortar store. A lot of retailers will post such items on eBay or Amazon in order to reach a larger audience and move their unsold stock off their shelves. Of course, if you're really nervous about the possibility of being scammed, you are right in that buying directly from the in-game store will always be the most secure. :) Good luck! --216.176.94.186 15:36, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Looks like the account hacks are sprouting up again

You might want to look over at guru and these two threads Link1 Link2. Several reports in both threads of being recently hacked. Things seemed to have quieted down for a few weeks, then this.--Lucci Slevin 04:49, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

I really wonder what percentage of people getting hacked had passwords that were extremely obscure, something that a dictionary attack will fail, and a brute random character generator will take years to finish. Something like this : "xD!)kP&n^Jodb4$3Nw". My guess is... probally not that many. In some cases, hackers don't need keyloggers or viruses to compromise your security. If they are good profilers, and know enough about a person they might just guess the password anyway. For example, I'm a cancer biology researcher and just knowing that, you can guess passwords like "metastasis" or "carcinoma" if you know more details about the person, like if you know the person's name, then you can do internet searches and google the person. The more you know the better the chance someone can guess your password. That's why using a completely random password that is not related to anything you do is the best, in addition to using an net alias that is completely different from your real life, but that's not always possible.

Also IMO anti-virus and software firewall gives a false sense of security. There are no single antivirus program that can detect 100% of the threats, and most aren't good at finding root-kits let alone getting rid of them. A lot of computers with active anti-virus are compromised, and the virus or root-kit has modified itself to hide from whatever anti-virus you have installed. You can't ever be 100% sure that you are virus free, no one can claim that. All you "can" do is be 100% sure that there is nothing going on your computer that suggests that there may be viruses. Doing that takes a lot of time, you have to monitor the activity of each running process and module and make sure nothing that isn't authorized isn't being broadcast to the net. You also need some extra software and hardware to monitor all that, and it won't be free. I always advocate multi-layered net security to cover as many bases as you can. --Lania Elderfire 06:34, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

I can unplug my ethernet, format my hard drive, and claim to be 100% virus free. elix Omni 06:40, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

lol, that kinda defeats the purpose eh ;-)? That's the other dilemma in the security community... security at the cost of performance and function is something that no one wants. Thinking like a criminal helps with security greatly... but that's something that you can't really "teach" it only comes from experience observing criminal activity over many many years, something I don't have enough of ^_^. --Lania Elderfire 07:07, 8 February 2010 (UTC)