Posts by Neutral_CH

  • New player to Guild Wars

    1. You have enough content and achievements to do that. You can choose your own way of playing depending on how much time you want to devote to it, unlike MMOs, which are paid (subscription) and often hide a time-consuming acquisition system in order to get you to pay a subscription for a long period of time. Guild Wars is much more accessible and free than a paid MMO. Leveling is simple, there are no supreme, very expensive weapons that are more powerful than others, etc.

    2. You can't fly, jump, or swim. Guild Wars 2 has this advantage, which Guild Wars 1 unfortunately does not. Nevertheless, the world remains beautiful and attractive. You have an exploration title, but it boils down to walking and discovering the map, not an exploit to discover a specific location, as in Guild Wars 2.

    3. Play in the US zone. To find players, the capital of Nighfall, Kamadan, is the main place to trade. There is also the Great Temple of Balthazar (for PvP) and Embark Beach, which can be an interesting gateway. These last two also have NPCs for Zaishen quests (daily reward quests).

    4. I'll redirect you to the official wiki -> Hall of Monuments The wiki is a database that I strongly recommend you keep handy if you have questions outside of Legacy and Reddit. The wiki is very comprehensive. If you are looking for builds (meta), there is another site here -> https://gwpvx.fandom.com/wiki/PvX_wiki


    Don't forget to find a guild and, if necessary, stay with it or find another one (If you have played Guild Wars 2, perhaps a guild that plays both games.). The goal is for you to feel comfortable with the people in it. It's with your guild/alliance, that you can plan and organize your outings in the game. Without them, it's very random.

  • Guild Wars Reforged

    I love posts on the web showing GW1 on portable consoles. No, actually, I find it pathetic. How can anyone be satisfied with such a small screen? I'd lose my temper after a minute.


    I know I complain nonstop, kisses :*

    <<J'ai un PC qui s'appel buldozer, je commande à manger uniquement sur le web, je m'assieds sur une chaise qui fait aussi WC, je suis connecté 24/24 et je suis [un gros con!] (pour ceux qui ont la réf, les autres dsl)>>

  • Guild Wars Reforged

    Am I the only one who thinks a simple update notification would have been enough?

    I mean, the permanent discounts in the store, um, I mean, the fairer prices, are greatly appreciated. But the rest could easily go unnoticed (except for what's going on with Steam users), without all the hype surrounding a new GW 1.5 (?)

    I think they should review their communication at Anet.


    Note: Yes, I'm a dirty brat, but I fully accept that, no worries :*

  • Guild Wars Reforged

    a significant drop in prices in the GW store -> https://store.guildwars.com/en-us$

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    Players who previously owned only one or two campaigns or the PvP Pack were automatically upgraded to all three chapters at no additional cost.

    The Eye of the North expansion and Bonus Mission Pack are now branded as DLC and available separately, requiring the base game purchase. Additional enhancements including hero packs, skill packs, and costumes have permanently reduced prices.

  • Guild Wars Reforged

    Let's imagine someone who only wants to buy Prophecies, for example to play Ironman or other theme. In short, exclusively with a campaign. Impossible in “Reforged” mode (?) forced to pay more for the trilogy (?) In some situations, it's not a saving..

  • Guild Wars Reforged

    Quote from ripbb

    They said reforged will be 20$ so I'm assuming EotN will be 10$ or 15$ at most and the mission bonus pack at 5$ perhaps

    Whatever the price, it's the offer that doesn't make sense.

    Why release an anniversary version with all the content offered by GW1 and another version that does not include EOTN and the bonus mission pack, but does include a UI update, support for a type of joystick, and pixel level adaptation, in the store at the time of the anniversary and also in the midst of the development of the Reforged version, While the anniversary version does not have it?

    Damn, am I talking nonsense, or is that what I understood they were going to release? And in six months, it's Reforged 2, with added content, for those who already have the game, but not for the others?

  • Guild Wars Reforged

    Quote from TDR2000

    I really hope that Reforged brings more to the table than Graphics overhaul and controller support.

    Really looking forward for at least a list of QoL improvements to the game. Otherwise, the whole hype around it will die as quickly as it arrived.

    Quote from trademeimfamous

    I want selectable title/character selection screens from all campaigns, dyable blindfold and armor and weapon clipping issues fixed


    Reforged, unlike the 20th anniversary content, which once announced, emphasized that there would still be surprises at the time of its release, will have nothing more than what has been announced so far. So I think that, apart from a few pixels, it will be quickly forgotten.

    Now, whatever the outcome, I don't understand why, after releasing the GW version (Masterpiece 20th), they are releasing a Reforged version that is less complete (without EOTN and bonus missions). And above all, why accompany this Reforged announcement with marketing, when the content and changes in recent years have simply been updates, with at best an official message on Reddit (?)

    Not only is this confusing, with people thinking it's a “remastered” version when it's not. And even more so when purchasing an account (what will be the point of the 20th anniversary masterpiece version once Reforged is released?).

    So, apart from Deck Steam users and those with a 4K or higher resolution screen, is this false hope because there was marketing behind it? Strange choice on their part.

  • Chest Run: NF/HM - Domain of Fear - (Ghostly Staves / Eternal Shields / Storm & Eternal Bows)

    Quote from RosePique

    I would like to come for a run one time to see the route and hopefully do it in the future. does anyone have time? I love the ghostly staves, and its a much better feeling if I worked hard for it. I was thinking of just vqing this place over and over lol

    Hi,

    If you speak French, I could show you, otherwise it might be difficult to explain live.


    As for this chestrun, I don't think anyone else is doing it exactly the same way and as optimally as I am today. This tutorial needs an update, it's no longer relevant.

    I was planning to update it during the Christmas holidays (along with creating a tutorial for Zehtuka items and items contained in the race, such as Desolation Maul, etc. As well as adding pictures and tables to my Low LvL tutorial). These will likely be my last contributions in terms of tutorials on this forum.


    Overall:

    - Today, I place my heroes at the beginning and then recall them when I'm at the first respawn point. This saves me a lot of damage.

    - I always eat a small birthday cake, so that I have a specific creno that saves me time and (rarely) causes time constraints and anti-cast or stance counterattacks.

    - I don't open chests that can't drop the weapons I want in this chest run (Eternal, Ghostly).

    - I use a specific route that saves me time and avoids wasting time locating the targeted chests, if they are replaced by other chests in uninteresting locations. And I resign according to the layout of the chests, knowing that if chest X or Y appears, the spot next to it won't spawn a chest. Gain of time.


    With my modifications, compared to the current tutorial, I have reduced the time to a maximum of 2 minutes for 0-3(/4) chests.

  • How did Guild Wars treat you today? Items/Drops ONLY

    Quote from Looney
    Quote from Neutral_CH

    After spending so much time doing this chest run, I can confirm that this is the (very, very) rarest drop. (Ghostly staff inscr. purple q8, 11-21, with 20% HSR).

    Ok, now does this mean you're stuck trying for the set of all attribs?

    You cannot obtain all existing attributes for Ghostly Staff in purple. Compared to the gold versions, it will be missing: Energy Storage, Inspiration, and Soul Reaping (only from Z chest). Obtaining all the others this way (14) in q8, 11-21, 20% HSR is very, very difficult. After +20k chests, i dropped.. 2 :*

  • How did Guild Wars treat you today? Items/Drops ONLY


    Disagree.

    It would have been better to move the topic to General or another section. As pointed out in the first post, this thread is for sharing what happened to us in the game, in general terms, and item drops are part of that, but many other things could be related to this topic. Would that mean that another topic would have to be created in exactly the same way, except that it would not concern objects?

    Edit: and by moving messages to other topics (more appropriate?), this has created threads that are no longer concise, with contributors repeating what was here, losing clarity. In that case, deleting them would have been better.

  • Guild Wars Reforged

    Quote from Iaerah
    Quote from Kryth Builds

    This is just my 2 cents but I believe that when they add the huge graphical overhaul, they'll allow for an option to play in the legacy version under the Graphics Tab (kinda like being able to turn Post Processing on and off - tho this might require a full restart of the game if and when u switch) so that players can choose to enjoy the nostalgia when they want.

    I feel it is going to be several toggles, to be honest. It doesn't seem like it's a full graphical remaster but rather a lot of rendering improvements.

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    "It's not a remaster, but we've really focused on modernizing the experience and reacting to the big influx of new and returning players around the anniversary, and finding all the limitations the game had with modern PCs,"

    Kryth Builds You can find pictures of the graphic redesign via the thread on IGN (link to first post). It's a redesign in the sense that it adapts to 4K screens and PCs that are more recent than when GW was released, including the interface (UI), in terms of resolution (pixels). That's it, there's no need for an option to go back, it's useless.

  • Guild Wars Reforged

    Source IGN (https://www.ign.com/articles/arena…-classic-mmorpg) Mango add first post?

    There are also pictures from the Reforged game in the article. I don't see the difference with the current graphics :/

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    • Furthermore, the price point will be lowered to $20 for the complete package for newcomers, but will be a free update for current owners of the game. A free update for all existing Guild Wars players — including free upgrades to expansions — and with a new $20 price point for new players.
    • One of the larger motivators for the Reforged edition of Guild Wars was to build upon support for the game on Steam Deck

  • Guild Wars Reforged

    Quote from ripbb

    I'm just cautious and hopeful that they won't mess up the current state of the game either on the technical or on the economical side of things (thinking of gems premium currency for legacy content)

    I had thought about it a few times. The current illegal sellers could be replaced by GW's gem system, with a major update to the store, which would offer more items, objects, etc. But this is unlikely because they would then have to maintain this site and offer additional content regularly .


    Otherwise, for the rest, wait and see...

  • Guild Wars Reforged

    Quote from IAmSole
    Quote from Neutral_CH

    I agree with that too, but why, if it were free for everyone in the future, add: Free to existing Guild Wars owners! This would imply that it will not be free for future buyers after this update? Otherwise, why specify it? A communication/marketing error? Added to the store after December 3?

    So people who own the game know they don't need to pay for it?

    And ofc it won't be free for new players, they don't own the game and therefore need to buy the game. It's a base game update not an additional pack

    In fact, the message should be in this case:

    - No additional purchase required (or) free update (or) nothing.


    But not: for players who have already purchased the game. This reminds me of the 20th anniversary update, with the picture of the TA outpost. It was removed afterwards because it was clumsy and had nothing to do with the update.

    So, in the end, I think it was a communication error on their part to have expressed this message in these terms, and that it will be free for everyone.

  • Guild Wars Reforged

    Quote from Forty Second Rogue

    At this point , anything they are doing to improve and revise the game is a welcome addition, especially free of charge.

    I agree with that too, but why, if it were free for everyone in the future, add: Free to existing Guild Wars owners! This would imply that it will not be free for future buyers after this update? Otherwise, why specify it? A communication/marketing error? Added to the store after December 3?

  • Guild Wars Reforged

    Guild Wars Reforged | Play with No Subscription Fee
    Experience Guild Wars Reforged&reg;: The award-winning online roleplaying game enjoyed by millions, now re-energized with system enhancements.
    www.guildwars.com
    From the GuildWars community on Reddit: Announcing Guild Wars Reforged! – GuildWars2.com
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    Basically, the game will be more beautiful and immersive, but still with the same flaws due to its age (no trading post, no bosses in the only elite zone that doesn't have any yet (follow my gaze), no improvements to VS bots in PvP (?) Hmm... should I be excited? Why the sentence?: Free to existing Guild Wars owners! :/:?::!:

  • 11/12/2025 - Known Connectivity Issues

    Quote from Elite Trader D

    ...

    Yes and no.


    First, in a case like this:

    Go to Guild Wars Legacy, Reddit, and the official GW2 forum (same server as GW1) to see if you're the only one having this problem (or not). In the case of a few hours ago, there were numerous reports of this problem and an official response was posted.

    And by the way, if you can connect to other sites and it's not due to the GW server, then the problem is more complex to solve than a simple general network error, so it's easier to go to the GW forums first.

    So restarting your PC is not a priority. Otherwise, you can still restart your PC, see that it doesn't change anything, and check the forums or modem, etc.


    Hey! I told you, I'm an expert. :P


    Edit: I feel like you were hurt by my negative thumb, so I put Dhumm's scythe in its place instead. Is that better? :*