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Bye[edit]

Cya Armond, I hope you still pop into IRC every once and a while :) Good luck with whatever you move onto. -- scourge 23:44, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Bye Armond. — Eloc 00:44, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

a damn shame that yar leaving x). now GW loses one of the few non nabs that doesnt like ursan >.<83.249.119.162 10:59, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I didn't know much about you, but saw you every now and then. Cya Armond, hf. Maybe you decide to return in case Ursan gets nerfed someday... —ZerphatalkThe Improver 12:53, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
I find myself still clinging to that ideal, somehow, but Ursan is one of many things that would need nerfing for me to come back. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 15:11, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

OMG ARMOND U R GUD 99.141.0.145 00:00, 13 May 2008 (UTC) [Zeecron from PvX, You Temp. Banned Me 4 Owning IbSrs]

You also got temp banned for semi-trolling, iirc. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 03:30, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Izzy's Page[edit]

Would you want a bunch of retards with no real knowledge of the game telling you how to do your job even though you're delicately trying to balance the game without completely throwing things out of swing all at once (which will probably cause some people to rage)? He has a private forum somewhere where he discusses skill balance with people who know a damn about theorycraft. — Skakid 19:27, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I was going to say no, but I'd like it if he could at least let those who do know about balancing that he's listening, but then you mentioned said forums. If you see me on MSN, could you chuck me a link (if you have one)? -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 19:42, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I don't know what they are =/ 19:32, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

PvE[edit]

Is balanced now. Halogod35 03:14, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Ursan blessing, consumable, pve skills in general, and quite a few other things are still in place. PvE is not balanced. — Teh Uber Pwnzer 04:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
With the recent updates? with the recent "incoming" and shadow form? HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHé! -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 11:44, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Tbh, I wouldn't waste paragons on incoming when you can use this team. Bring a second human and you get a maintainable incoming that requires only two people. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 15:08, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Note to self[edit]

<includeonly> is NOT the same as <noinclude>.

Shit. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 14:50, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

And <onlyinclude> is not the same as <includeonly>, and certainly not <noinclude> --User Brains12 Spiral.png Brains12 \ talk 15:01, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
And <noonly> doesn't exist poke | talk 15:02, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Lol... --User Brains12 Spiral.png Brains12 \ talk 15:04, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Tip for that: remove the first </noinclude> and the second <noinclude>, otherwise you could have an ugly unwanted line break after the clear. poke | talk 15:07, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Completely missed that. Thanks, Poke. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 15:26, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations[edit]

you are one of the kids here who are always wrong, grow up kid and think before you post

Always gonna be two sides to this. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 14:48, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

About the breaking news...[edit]

Please note that people reading or not is irrelevant here. The user pages policy is pretty clear about the prohibition of posting such content on the wiki. The user in question received several warnings (even if not in the best way), and has been told already in the past that such content is not allowed by policy, and that trying to force it into the wiki will lead again to a ban, but he choose freely to ignore the warnings. And, since freedom comes with a price, we must understand that he freely choose to pay that price.--Fighterdoken 17:37, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Uh, I'm pretty sure that it's not offensive content. Yeah, I know about his history; I generally don't go making an ass of myself without knowing what I'm doing, thanks. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 17:39, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
I am not sure about offensive content this time (too lazy to read it), but las few times (and bans) it was because of sexually explicit content, wich is not allowed by the Rules of Conduct from GW, and thus by the user pages policy which also enforces such RoC on userpages.--Fighterdoken 17:44, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
The only offense here is the violation of Guild Wars Wiki:User page#Ownership. This is a warning, Armond. Please do not break any other policies. — Gares 17:49, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

So how come...[edit]

...you're still here? According to your own statement on your own page, you supposedly left for WoW at least 2 weeks ago. 145.94.74.23 08:47, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

the drama is lulz. talk is lulz. It moar fun to be on the wiki than in the game. -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 10:32, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Ah, I see. L0Lz0rz b0x0rs l337 h4x kzt then. 145.94.74.23 16:37, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
thats gay --Cursed Angel talk 16:40, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Because there's friggin 40 minute wait times to get into AV, and I'm addicted to 40v40 PvP. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 17:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Mmm...that's a good argument. 40vs40 sounds like fun. 145.94.74.23 20:55, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
IT BLOODY IS. (Laggy as all hell once the warlocks and mages and hunters start dropping the AoEs, though.) -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 01:08, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

D&D 4.0[edit]

I was planning on waiting a little before getting them. Put on update on your first impressions when you get them :D I'm not sure how I much I wanna "invest" in 4.0 after how much I spent on 3.0 and 3.5... ugh. -- ab.er.rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 03:30, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

...I so didn't pirate half my 3.5 books... >.>
Ok, realistically, I bugged family into buying most of them for me. I'm still young enough (or was) to do that. I do know a few things from #gww, though; the alignment system's been reduced to LG, G, N, E, and CE, because the old alignment system was popular enough that they made it not-copyright. They also booted the Bard, Barbarian, Druid, Monk, and Sorcerer iirc, which seems like a good thing (at least on the last three).
Other than that, I'll keep you informed. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 18:35, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Even though they booted a lot of traditional "core" stuff, I think it's safe to bet WotC will come out with yet another PHB2 and DMG2 that provides these as "options"... :D From the previews I've been reading on the website, some of their rationalization does seem quite justifiable... which annoys me all the more because they really did seem to rectify some of the 3E problems. Getting rid of the gnome was a good move, since gnomes were never really distinct enough, but bringing in the tiefling as a standard race? A bit strange to me. -- ab.er.rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 01:21, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I haven't heard much about race changes (I heard about the tiefling, but not the gnome), but I was under the impression that they kept LA adjustment races out of PHB because LA was supposedly too complex for newer players. If they brought in the tiefling, I hope they brought in the aasimar. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 18:30, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Survey question[edit]

Does it have to only be MMO's? Something I really like is the crafting system in Diablo 2: Median 2008, but it isn't an MMO so I can't add it. — Teh Uber Pwnzer 03:58, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Really, I'm trying to find specifics of a game (any game, really) that makes it fun/not fun/interesting/not interesting/etc. So yeah, go ahead and throw it up there, and whatever other thoughts you have. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 15:13, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello from Amazon.com.[edit]

We're writing about the order you placed on May 02 2008 16:01 PDT (Order# 102-9408063-0436232). Unfortunately, we are unable to ship the item(s) as soon as we expected and need to provide you with a new estimate of when the item(s) may be delivered:

Wizards RPG Team (Author) "Dungeons and Dragons Core Rulebook Gift
      Set, 4th Edition [Box set]" [Hardcover]
  Estimated arrival date: 06/19/2008 - 07/01/2008

We apologize for the inconvenience caused by this delay.

NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 21:56, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, delayed again. Early August for the earliest shipping date, I think it was. And, of course, borders sells it for like twice as much... -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 00:46, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

<3[edit]

Yah,you lurv me tooOni User talk:Oni 22:09, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Gives armond[edit]

Oni's msn = dreamer_445@hotmail.com Fox007 User:Fox007 17:47, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

You missed. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 19:05, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Need help flaming/trolling/buttfucking/proving correct rawr[edit]

Nao. -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 01:04, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Laeter. Trolling the rest of my watchlist, and Sebastion's back, so I need to let him give me ubar hedach. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 01:23, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
may I join? I feel icthy. -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 01:33, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

ship'd[edit]

At last we shall reveal ourselves to the 4.0 books. At last we shall have revenge.

...That's once they arive in California + get shipped out to North Carolina... Wondering how much overnight shipping would cost on a few pounds of books, and whether I'd be able to get my dad to pay for it. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 02:28, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Super Igor[edit]

Don't make that matter worse by with thinly veiled NPA offenses please. Also: Saying someone is from PvX is an NPA offense now? Not the last time I checked. --Xeeron 08:31, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

If that's your idea of thinly veiled, I'd love to see what you'd consider srs bsns NPA. And that removal wasn't really NPA, but it wasn't really anything else, and given how this wiki is known for its "QQ NPA" attitude, I figured it fit. Regardless, that doesn't belong at all, as he has absolutely no proof that it's Igor, nor does he have any proof that it is, indeed, someone from PvX. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 22:44, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
So you figured that you'd remove something from a userpage, and because it "wasn't really anything" you'd simply make up something about it? That is hardly going to help your cause. --Xeeron 23:25, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
I removed what was essentially a paranoid lie in an attempt to calm Droks down. Take it as you will. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 23:09, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Just a side note...[edit]

WoW has one hell of a metagame. Go to Aiiane's Talk page (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 07:09, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Rogue/Shaman can go choke on a gigantic dick. --71.229.253.172 07:16, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
To expand on my brief comment; arenas are the only PvP that's in any way e-sport'ish. 2v2's are orders of magnitude more "builds wars" than GW ever has been; 3v3's aren't much better, and if you're not running a shammy in 5v5's you're doing it wrong. Go to Aiiane's Talk page (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 07:20, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
That's what I get for not having a 70, I guess. But I was basing my judgment on the fact that of all the bloggers I know and read (which, I suppose, isn't as large as it could be), only one or two really do arenas; the rest stick to BGs, although I'll admit I hadn't thought of premades at the time (mostly because I don't run into them all that much). -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 13:01, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
71 always makes me go lol. -- nüklaer | VII | selfless self promotion 15:39, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
BGs are basically just the equivalent of AB - mostly just random teams of people where half the people still don't understand the gametype years after it's been released, and consider "strategy and tactics" to be hitting the person casting heals and running away from people with big swords. Go to Aiiane's Talk page (Aiiane - talk - contribs) 01:04, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG! Napalm Flame 15:39, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

hi[edit]

your baed et balancing. stop wasting izzys time whit ur bad ideas --Frozen Archer 13:25, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

no u
no u, no u, no u, no u.
-- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 13:26, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
i bet u don even has r8 ursan lol --Frozen Archer 13:32, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
Frozen I bet my pve titles R more pr0 than urs. I have Legendary Owner Of An Everlasting Automatonic. ~Shard (talk) 02:06, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Go fuck a duck, Shard. >.< Asuran Golem = win. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 11:58, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Frozen is right. --Super Igor User Super Igor siggy.jpg 17:26, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Igor, you think a 1/4 second reapers sweep is balanced. You don't have the right to tell when people are right/wrong. ~Shard (talk) 20:32, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Old HA map[edit]

I don't know how long you've been pvping but maybe u can help me out. What was the name of the 3-way altar map that used to be in halls before Sacred Temples replaced it? ~Shard (talk) 17:40, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Broken Tower? -- nüklaer | VII | selfless self promotion 18:46, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
Sacred temples replaced it. It's not listed anywhere on this wiki because it was a beta map or something. ~Shard (talk) 19:17, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
Read the page for the broken tower. The bit about "Broken Tower was most recently a Kill Count match, having been changed from an Altar Capping match during the Heroes' Ascent 8v8 Test Weekend." I may be wrongi though. -- nüklaer | VII | selfless self promotion 19:26, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
Not been PvPing that long, sorry. (I wish, though.) -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 21:18, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
I know about broken tower. The map I'm thinking of was high tier, right before halls, or maybe 2 maps before halls. It's not listed on wiki.
It was similar to broken tower in that there was an altar in the middle and 3 bases in a circle around it, but it was not the same map. I wish I could go back in time and play beta GW. ~Shard (talk) 21:30, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
I also wish I had taken screenshots of it. It was a really fun map. I had a wierd dream last night involving that map (dont ask) and thought it would be awesome if they brought it back as a cap points map. ~Shard (talk) 00:46, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
tl;dr at "...I thought it would be awesome if they brought... back... a cap points map". -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 00:52, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
It was originally an altar map, but the layout would be perfect for cap points. I'm not a fan of cap points in HA right now because they designed the 3 worst possible map layout to put it on.
I need to get my emulator working, steal the GW textures, build the area, and screenshot it. ~Shard (talk) 01:52, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
...Courtyard? Dumb answer, didn't read the givens. -Auron 12:16, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Been waiting for you to show up. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 12:17, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Busy IRL, I had to stay up to 2 am to do laundry, going to bed now though :< -Auron 12:18, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Only jews sleep. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 12:21, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

In answer to your question[edit]

Sadly no~. Why do you ask? 000.00.00.00 16:25, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Instinct, which turned out to be incorrect. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 16:28, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

About time imo[edit]

we moved on completely from GW, only to return when it is completely fixed. I have done so, heck, I've even resorted to having a shitload of fun on maplestory private servers, it's that much more fun than pulling teeth by fighting against imbalanced and lame shit in GW. Still waiting for my dad to NOT be a prat and actually subscribe to WoW for me so I can pay him for it. Napalm Flame 16:32, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Your dad is lame. In other news, shamen and rogues can suck my dick. (Locks aren't that bad, because I have 33% uptime on my "lolimmunetofear" button, plus another fear-break skill. Soon enough I'll have enough honor to buy a trinket that'll be yet another fearbreaker, but req level 70.) -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 17:05, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

you[edit]

stop being a dumb troll, go play wow it suits u. --Super Igor User Super Igor siggy.jpg 20:36, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Fuck off my talk page. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 00:56, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

For you[edit]

User Napalm Flame Motivator2.jpg Napalm Flame 15:36, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I cringed. -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 18:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

You just owned faec[edit]

on my talk with that all caps. Nice work. Napalm Flame 14:00, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

I try. And make named mobs respawn faster. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 14:10, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
Ya wai. Napalm Flame 14:12, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Just to let you know.[edit]

I have 3 ps3's.Oni User talk:Oni 00:36, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Rich bastard. -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 13:41, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

You uninstalled so[edit]

why do you want PVE to be balanced.Why not start with pvp or izzy's diet yh maybey thats a good place to start.PS HI :) Lilondra 17:30, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

the beautiful thing about an ınline game is that your saves don't go up in the air when you uninstall. -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 20:26, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
I want the entire bloody game to be balanced. The thing is that most players either don't have a clue that the game is broken all to fuck (these are generally the PvErs), or do mostly PvP and want PvP to be fixed (and wonder why it's taking so long now that the PvE/PvP skill split's been installed). There's a relatively few number of people that actually want to see PvE balanced - the PvErs generally don't realize there's a problem because, even with perma SF and Incoming buffs, they fail at the game, and the PvPers are so used to "lolPvE" because PvE's been so easy for so long now. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 23:01, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
Seriously, armond, did you expect the split to be a viable fix? It was total trash. Not only was it implemented poorly and didn't do anything, it has no potential of doing anything. Bleeehhh. -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 00:07, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
It has the potential to do plenty once ANet gets off their asses and actually starts working as a company. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 01:03, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
And actually starts working* Lilondra 11:28, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

The sad thing is that the staff for gw is now so laughably small that they can't do anything. Almost everyone aims on gw2 now. And gw is abandoned, yay.Oni User talk:Oni 13:10, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

See it this way in about a year that staff will be bigger then the amount of members owh wait nm that Lilondra 17:13, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

It's too bad they only did the split because of Whiney PvE softcore players who think the game should never be changed and their precious creative build (yea, PvE softcore people were bitching because Vampiric Spirit and Thunderclap and FUCK even incendiary arrows got changed last update. I lol'd)'s are god like. They split skills cause of PvE softcore players who cry about PvPers nerfing their shit 24/7. So now you have a split that basically every PvPer who has no faith in Anet called would just be giving buffs to PvE being right because Anet did it so that they could balance PvP without pissing off whiny PvE softcore players.
Now, if the split was done to fix problems in PvE while not affecting PvP, we'd be getting somewhere. Too bad that isn't the case. :( DarkNecrid 20:36, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

bitch[edit]

be on msn moarOni User talk:Oni 16:14, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Soz, was earning moneys. And getting a huge loaf of bread. It must be like two feet. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 21:30, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Kicking people from guild[edit]

is annoying. Second time now I've had to kick people for randomly shouting "NIGGAAAAAA GANGSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" in guild chat. The second guy tried to defend himself with the trio of "I'm black, so how is it racist", "have you seen what people say these days", and "it's a movie". He honestly doesn't understand that he was spamming /g with racism in all caps (even though he only said it once, it's still spam - and come on, we had a huge discussion about it the last time this happened, common sense please!), or that it's wrong.

In before Auron: Yeah, have to oppress the racism, the guild leader's a grandmother.

-- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 22:35, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

/care about rasism tbh. Just be a man and tell him meowmeowmeow then kick+ignore.Oni User talk:Oni 15:19, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

I'd rather say woofwoofwoof. Dark Morphon(contribs) 09:15, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Are you making a game?[edit]

Where do I sign? -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 13:58, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Am not yet. Have some ideas down (see my userpages here and at pvx, pvx has a neat discussion going on that I had to break into a whole separate section) and a bunch of stuff in my head, but I have concerns about releasing things under GFDL. I'd say get on MSN/Skype and bother me about it, but I kinda, uh, disconnected my registry from my computer and don't have the CD to repair it, so I'm working off of my dad's mac (again) until I can get one in the mail from my grandfather. Which, hopefully, will be tomorrow. (The awful part is that I'm supposed to be in charge of my guild in WoW, as our guild leader's currently off watching one of her sons get married until Tuesday.) -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 17:33, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Ew mac. If you want a balancer/questmaker/loremaster/storywriter type of guy, I'm your man. I can't program for shit, but, you'know, I'z bored... -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 17:55, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
IT'D BE EASIER IF YOU HAD MSN. Or did they ban that too? (I do have a sort of story lined up, but I think trying to explain it verbally over Skype would be... problematic.) -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 17:57, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
YOu don't have to verbaly explain it over skype. Text chat also works over skype. Besides, the comp I'm posting this from it.. not suitable for communications like that (don't ask..) -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 18:14, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Wow, Skype just got about fifty times more awesome in my book. I'll have to actually check it out now. What's wrong with your comp, did you spill orange juice over your speakers? :P (I did that to my GBA's speaker, it was never the same again...) -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 18:24, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Skype is better in every respect. I mean every respect. For one, the interface is not as horeshit as MSN. -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 11:18, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

u sed uInvite oni to beta when it's dorn. U BETTA KEEP DAT VOW. SINCE U VOWD. VOWDDDDD(btw, flying mount combat sounds gay and awesome)Oni User talk:Oni 11:11, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi. --File:Professordog.jpgProfessor Dog 16:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh hai u. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 16:19, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Is it possible to sign up for beta already ? I think we al learned from izzys mistakes ... ok we didnt but hey tell me if it gets past the lvl of just an idea :D Lilondra 17:35, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
This is the sort of idea I'll slowly form over the course of my master's degree and then bring to some company so I can get funds for a team. Dunno who, though - not NCSoft with their retarded dev policies (though I wouldn't mind snagging some of ANet's graphics designers), potentially not Blizzard because they'll probably want to fill out the team with a bunch of their own members "for quality", and beyond that I honestly don't have a clue.
I do, however, have some plans for a closed beta if/when things get that far, including a few names to invite. Open beta is a sketchy thing, though - if I can get enough data off the closed beta, I'd rather skip that phase, but I certainly see the advantages to an open beta (and especially a stress test).
Alpha testing will be closed and developer-only. I'm not fond of the idea of retards running around bragging about being in the alpha because it makes them sound cooler. (It'll happen with the beta, but that, unfortunately, is unavoidable.) -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 17:43, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Ok well I dont have any experience at dev a game (god i dont even have exp at playing a game) but If possible ill beg untill you let me into the beta Lilondra 17:47, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Copyvio[edit]

I'm sure you know the rest. Image:User Armond J Kogar.png. -- User indochine dsk tree.png Indochine talk 20:55, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

I'll reupload it later with the frostwolf howler icon blacked out.
I'm surprised you're going to try. That's not Blizzard copyright; I use Prat, which completely changes the chat settings. Aside from the colors, there's nothing comparable to the settings Blizzard has copyright over.
Also, fuck off. No one cares.
-- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 21:07, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Armond, time and time again you've been told that people do care, and time and time again, you've been told we don't create the wiki's copyright rules. "No one cares" isn't exactly the best argument you've made. --User Brains12 Spiral.png Brains12 \ talk 21:10, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
You'll notice that that doesn't relate to my argument that it's prat what's on the screenshot, not Blizzard property. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 21:57, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Is it still not a violation under this "Prat"?--User Brains12 Spiral.png Brains12 \ talk 22:06, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Prat's released under everything. There's no copyright laws holding it whatsoever. It's kinda like saying "is there any copyright law preventing us from using screenshots of texmod?". -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 22:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Better example: Is there anything preventing us taking screenshots of a list of guides on gamefaqs? -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 22:18, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Coming back to copyvios, this image of yours has also been tagged as a copyvio as it contains the Windows Aero interface. I hope you'll take this in a more mature way than the previous time. Thanks, -- User indochine dsk tree.png Indochine talk 17:47, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
If it matters so goddamn much, why don't you just crop it and re-upload it instead of whining about it? Christ, do people have brains at all these days? -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 21:35, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
Because It's not my image and I only care that it's a copyvio. If you want it, you can sort it out. -- User indochine dsk tree.png Indochine talk 15:40, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
How about from now on don't tell me when things are copyvios unless they're in something I use a lot (like my sig or a popular subpage) and just tag it without letting me know? Nine times out of ten I don't give a damn and it just aggravates me when you come and bitch at me (/anyone) about them. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 21:21, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
Looks like we have a deal :P -- User indochine dsk tree.png Indochine talk 19:54, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Kougar[edit]

You just had to respond to the obvious taunt? - anja talk 05:19, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Tbh, that was a really low blow. -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 08:22, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
It's not as though I really care what happens there anyway... And, in my defense, I wasn't really thinking clearly - that was after my second really bad day of work in a row (which involved trying to get the coffee from Wednesday out of my system). Truth be told, situation like that, if I want to vent, I'll vent. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 12:06, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
To be fair, someone had to say it. It may as well have been Armond. --LemmingUser Lemming64 sigicon.png 13:19, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
/agree --Cursed Angel talk 13:32, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
I definitely disagree. It's not like Kougar doesn't know exactly what he's doing. Why let him "start the drama" instead of just ignoring it all? - anja talk 14:11, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Because he's fucking Kougar and I'm fucking Armond? Oil, water, and, like, a huge case of TNT.
Besides, he's not replied yet, so drama is currently being kept to a minimum. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 15:01, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

My lack of presence until the 6th[edit]

I'm having trouble going online during nocturnal hours, becasue there.. uhm.. is a certain lady friend that keeps me.. uh... busy.

Rest assured, after the 6th, you'll be able to talk to me to your heart's content. -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 08:34, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Do remember that the chains are more uncomfortable if you leave them in the freezer for an hour or so before she comes over. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 12:10, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Is that -really- necessary?[edit]

"tits or gtfo -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 12:38, 29 August 2008 (UTC)", troll trolling is gud mirite? He Mudkipped my page, but instead of trolling him, I just enjoyed the shortlived Mudkip. Misery 12:46, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Good for you? You have a tolerance for stupid people that I lack. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 12:46, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Poke[edit]

Give me attention.You can do it by giving youre opinion on my balance idea's :D.If you do not do this ill be bored and bored ppl with guns are not safe Lilondra Eviscerate.jpg*poke* 13:11, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

L2msn. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 15:29, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
i got msn Lilondra Eviscerate.jpg*poke* 16:31, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
l2skype -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 17:02, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
But what if i dont like skype :( Lilondra Eviscerate.jpg*poke* 17:45, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Then bother me on AIM :P -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 18:18, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
but i dotn want to bother you on AIM Lilondra Eviscerate.jpg*poke* 16:42, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

btw[edit]

I dont use dervs just BECAUSE they are OP ;).I refuse to use omfg leet 123kill move move 123 kill move 123 move 123 aoe kill i got leet haxorz skills and i win just because i'm leet and not at all because i'm using a skill that actually reads "You kill everyone in aoe.For 3 seconds you feel like an idiot but who cares youre going to win"

lol[edit]

(diff) (hist) . . m ArenaNet talk:Developer updates‎; 00:06 . . (+14) . . Armond (Talk | contribs) (→Unyielding Aura: grammer)

Skakid 00:15, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

HALP[edit]

I want balance input nao. -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 13:16, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

update[edit]

on my balance page GvG now is included watch it NAO plz ^^ Lilondra Eviscerate.jpg*poke* 17:52, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Witcher[edit]

Do you know of it? Google it. -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 11:11, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

The wiki summons you![edit]

...Ok, not really the wiki. Take a look here; if tl;dr, Isaiah has mentioned that while he does not have time to read all the skills suggestions, he could read and reply to a small amount of feedback to be periodically presented to him by the community. While discussing how to do that, it was suggested a small committee to look over skill suggestions and balance problems, and then present a few of the best ones to Isaiah. You have been suggested as being part of that committee; and while of course that has not been decided or agreed with yet, ir would be nice if you could take a look at the discussion. Erasculio 19:46, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Your post here was tl;dr, tbfh. But that's mostly because I'm lazy and I only noticed right before I was about to go get a late lunch/early dinner thing, not to mention reboot my comp (windows is dumb and doesn't like it when I leave it on for 3+ days in a row). Will read when I get back. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 20:20, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
Orange box required. 75.182.89.73 20:21, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
The tl;dr summary: Isaiah didn't like the idea of a committee, he wants everyone to vote. People said voting would break the wiki and it sucks anyway. Other people said the committee idea is bad and basically complained a lot. Isaiah said he's busy and will reply later. Erasculio 04:03, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Rits'a -finally- have an answer to Hexes[edit]

Hello! I remember you Armond from your posts here (and other GW sites) and your personal crusade for buffing/altering hex-removal skills. I silently applauded your efforts but reluctantly had to aggree with much of Izzy's comments regarding realities of current meta. I recently partnered with Lancy's Active Rituals campagin and would like your opinion regarding this new Active version. I've already read Izzy's discussions explaining why Rits are 'Hex-Poor' and I aggree with him 100%... but there is nothing in current meta that rules against rits -punishing- foes for hexing allies.

15 Energy2 Activation time20 Recharge time - (Communing) - Binding Ritual. "Create a level 1...5...6 Spirit. All foes within its range take twice as long to build Adrenaline and Hexes take an additional 5...9...10 seconds to recharge. Soothing dies after 6 seconds." For every 3 ranks in Spawning Power, Soothing lasts 1 second longer. --Falconeye 03:09, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Excessive energy cost for such a short recharge. Unless your campaign includes making the change "you can only have one binding ritual equipped at any point in time", that is... And if that's the case, the spirit might be a bit weak. I dunno; the effect as is is pretty nice, but one of the inherent problems with spirit spam is all you do is run around, drop spirits, and kite aoe. The main thing oldschool rit spirits had for them was that once you killed the spirit, it was gone for a while. This... I'm not sure.
The other thing is a flat 5..10 second +recharge is gonna scale insanely differently on different hexes. Something like Ineptitude, an extra eight seconds or so of recharge isn't going to hurt too horribly (it'll hurt, but it's manageable); if you lose Parasitic Bond for even five extra seconds, though, you're kinda screwed. Go with a good old percentage; try 60...124...140% longer.
The other thing is, if you think hexes are weak, you need to fight hexway more. Individual hexes are weak, yeah, but once you've got migraine + phantasm + spoil victor on your monks, not to mention spiteful, price, reckless, and pbond on your melee, you're pretty fucked. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 04:08, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
Fuck Parabond. That's all. -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 16:32, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
Yes, yes indeed. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 21:54, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
See this exactly why nether of you are fit to balance skills. Attitudes like this show stupid you are and why you would EPICFAIL at balanceing for issy.67.159.44.138 04:54, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Ironically, that statement applies to your attitude as well. Please refrain from that sort of statements. -- ab.er.rant User Ab.er.rant Sig.png 13:08, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
They've shown stupid they are and issy is good at balanceing like nether of those guys. ~Shard User Shard Sig Icon.png 06:24, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

ShadowFog's Page[edit]

I know you can be pain, leave my page alone.--ShadowFog 05:45, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but when your talk page's formatting is horrible enough that I can't read it well enough to figure out how to post properly, there's a problem. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 06:18, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

am I banned yet[edit]

Also, I need to remember to archive. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png 03:28, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

No, but you are close, I'm sure.
At any rate, try and do keep off that guy's page -he's a qualified ****, and you're not doing anyone any good by calling him a cockfucker (lol cockfucker. I like it. COCKFUCKEEERRR!!!). -- NUKLEAR User NuclearVII signature 3.jpgIIV 09:15, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
What I want to know is: Why do it if you perfectly know GWW:NPA and what has to happen afterwards? --Xeeron 09:56, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
cuz it's fun and worth it. --Cursed Angel talk 19:47, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Sig test[edit]

It's broken. Or it should be. -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png{{Bacon}} 16:12, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

There we go... -- Armond WarbladeUser Armond sig image.png{{Bacon}} 16:13, 7 October 2008 (UTC)