R2C2 Guild Wars

This is for a Guild Wars group of my friends; our first initials are R, R, C and C, hence the page name.

Party Composition

Notes on the characters we've been playing. Feel free to make new characters at any time, and swap out as you like; we're here to have fun. Just make sure that whatever character you're playing with has caught up with the rest of the group.

Party Level

This is just to keep track of where we are so people who miss a session can keep up without getting too far ahead.

5 May 2008: Anywhere between 7 and 9, inclusive, is fine.

2 June 2008: We're up in the 9-10 range now.

7 July 2008: We're pretty tightly clustered around level 10-11.

First String

Milamber Delarion

He's very E/Mo. (I blame RA for that joke.) 99% Monk in practice; just using the Elementalist for the wicked energy storage. Big thing for enchantments.

Pas Revis

A N/Me. Since I purchased the Core Skill Unlock Pack, Pas is now a pure Minionmancer (external link) . This should add some much needed melee blockers and DPS to the party. Looks like Billy Idol with scoliosis and dresses like Lex Luthor.

Quests

The point of this stuff is to help people who can't make it to a session keep up. We try not to start any quests we can't finish with only part of the group.

Completed Quests

Completed General Quests

Completed Class-Specific Quests

Started Quests

Deliberately Not Started Quests

Remaining Old Ascalon Post-Searing Quests

We're leaving most of the side quests for people to do on their own from now on; here's a list.

Also, there's Robin's Personal GW Quest List.

Going To Do As A Group

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Althea%27s_Ashes

The Rest

Not Remaining Old Ascalon Post-Searing Quests

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/A_Cure_for_Ralena

Tips & Strategy

General Strategy

Guild Wars requires a bit more strategy (and tactics) than, say, the RSI-inducing click-fest of Diablo. Mobility, range and cooperation all count for a lot, along with a decent understanding of your particular class combination's strengths and weaknesses.

Two good articles to read right off are the Guide to PvE (external link) and the Profession Guides. These will help fill in the basics of what each class is best at, and should be doing in a group.

Calling

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Call (external link)

They don't explain it very well, but next time you're in the game, hold left ctrl and click on things, like your health bar. Very, very useful in a party situation.

Note the "priority target" bit in particular. Not everyone needs to know how to *set* the party's priority target, but it's a very good idea for everyone to know how to *switch to* that target, so we're all beating up on the same thing; it's just the T key by default to target, and then "space" by default to start attacking them.

Strategy Guide Links

Skill Quests: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/List_of_skill_quests How to get skills without spending skill points

Beginner's Guide: http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/file/914653/36597

Pre-Searing Guide (basically, a checklist of all the quests): http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/file/914653/36996

Pre-Searing Checklist: http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Pre-Searing_checklist

Secondary Class FAQ (a good list of how each combo plays): http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/file/914653/44748

Storage: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Storage For transferring stuff between your characters, or just having more space

Downloading Everything

To have GW download all files, so you don't have to deal with loading files every time you go to a new place, do this:

Open up Program Files
Double-click on Guild Wars to open up the directory with your guildwars shortcuts in it
Copy the Guild Wars shortcut
Rename it to something like "Update Guild Wars"
Right-click, "Properties", and " -image" to the target, hit OK
Double-click on that, wait for Some Time (hours)

Created by rlpowell. Last Modification: Monday 15 of December, 2008 16:36:54 PST by rlpowell.

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