User:Zora/Gwdat

Some interesting stuff found inside the gw.dat

Spoiler alert: The following text contains spoilers relating to the story of Guild Wars.

Game Updates

• 2010, May 21st Update

Items from previous updates are accessible in-game.

6 Miniatures(Shining Blades minis →Royal Gifts, White Mantle minis → 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.

• 2010, May 14th Update

New Consumables

Shining Blade Rations
Double-click to remove 15% of your Death Penalty. This item cannot be used in PvP.

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

• 2010, April 23th Update

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

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.

• 2010, April 15th Update

(Removed) New explorable instance. Probably where the new quests will take place.

D'Alessio Seaboard
D'Alessio Seaboard 1079 AE.

• 2010, April 1st 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

Pokemon-like minigame?

%str1%!  Use %str2%!
It's not very effective...
It's super effective!

• 2010, March 25th Update

Possible GvG changes

Guild Lord Aura

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)

• 2009, August 6th Update

New skills?

Trick Shot
Target foe takes %str1% damage.
Crippling Trick Shot
Target foe is Crippled for %str3% second[s].

Easier targeting of minions?

Panel: Open Minion List
Open the Minion List for the current character.

Historical

• Chaos Wurm Mask

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

• Four Maps for Costume Brawl

Looks like there are four maps(initially?) for costume brawl.

Whitefury Rapids
Kysten Shore
Deepway Ruins
Plikkup Works

• Unrated Challenge for Hero Battles

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.

%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.

• Relic Protection

Interesting mechanisms for HA.

While holding the relic, your movement cannot be altered.

• Damage Types

Blunt
Piercing
Slashing

Cold
Earth
Lightning
Fire

Chaos
Dark
Holy
Generic
Nature
Sacrifice

• Sealed Deck

Sealed deck play used in PAX 2008. Implemented as Codex Arena on Oct 22th 2009.

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.

• Guild Vault

Many people will like this.

Guild Vault
Item storage for the guild's common property.

• Shell of the Tortoise

Nice name for the skill used by Shiro in Sunjiang District.

While any spirit rifts remain open, Shiro is invincible but cannot attack.

• Unreliable

Wonder what the outcry will be if anet push this to live.

Hex Spell. Because you disconnected while in the middle of a battle, you cannot enter another battle until this wears out.

• Some VOD alternatives by anet

• Dishearten

While the enemy team controls the flag, All allies within range of the Guild Lord lose %str1% Health per second.

• Morale

You gain %str1% maximum health for each ally NPC alive at VoD, and lose %str2% maximum health for each enemy NPC alive at VoD.

• Xunlai Market

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.

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!

• Log in as offline

Only available to game masters.

Log In as Away
Log In as Do Not Disturb
Log In as Offline
Log In as Online

• Remote Templates

Seems that it was initially planned to allow templates to be stored on the server.

Local Templates
Remote Templates
Local Equipment Template
Local Skills Template
Remote Equipment Template
Remote Skills Template

• Saving Chat Logs

Chat log saved as: "%str1%"
Your chat log folder is full: "%str1%"

• The two additional professions in Guild Wars Utopia

Chronomancer and Summoner

Profession 11
Profession 12
C
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• Hall of Primordus

Seems to be a location in Eotn, probably the chamber where theGreat Destroyer resides.

Hall of Primordus

Draft EOTN skills

• Strength of the Great Dwarf (Skill ID 2348?)

Probably intented for the Disc of Chaos to be invulnerable during Disc form.

A strike empowered by the Great Dwarf. This strike will stun a Disc of Chaos and make it vulnerable for a period of time.

• "I Can Do Better!" -> "I Am The Strongest!"?

You gain +1 to all your attributes for %str1% second[s].

• "I Am Unstoppable!" -> "I Am Unstoppable!"

You gain %str1% armor and %str2%%% max health for %str3%%% second[s].

• Banner of Valor -> Ebon Battle Standard of Honor

Your sense of valor allows you to attack %str1%%% faster.

• Banner of Courage -> Ebon Battle Standard of Courage

Your courage makes you take %str1%%% less damage.

• Banner of Wisdom -> Ebon Battle Standard of Wisdom

Your wisdom allows your skills to recharge %str1%%% faster.

• Talon Strike (Skill ID 2363) -> Raven Blessing

If target foe is suffering from Bleeding, that foe is knocked down and suffers a Deep Wound for %str1% second[s].

• Rabid Bite -> Volfen Blessing

Target touched foe takes %str1% damage and is Poisoned for %str2% second[s].

• Crushing Swipes -> Ursan Blessing

For %str3% second[s], you attack %str1%%% slower, but deal %str2%%% more damage with attacks.