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June 21 2011
Lothrich Posted a Blog: My Journey to RIFT
OK, I found the blog button it's all over now! LOL. Brief Background: I played WoW on and off (mostly on) for about 3 years. I played a HPally and Resto Druid for most of that time. The mechanics of the classes evolved overtime and with all the hate for pallys I decided to just stick with my druid. Remember when you could run Kara with nothing but pallys? lol. Wrath of the Lich King came out and it was fun but it was pretty easy. I played that entire time up until Cata. By that time I was burnt out and lost complete interest in WoW...
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June 17 2011
Drorodin Posted a Blog: Travails in Telara
Blazes it was hot. Ondroas wiped sweat from his brow as he circled his foe, a hulking Defiant wielding a massive mace that he knew how to use with unerring precision; he wasn't just big or smart, but both, and such a rare and powerful combination made for a potent foe indeed. They paced a tight circle around one another, kicking up little sand devils as they drew their defensive lines. Carrion had begun to circle overhead only moments into the fight, famished and expectant. Scarlet Gorge was a hell of a place, a rolling expanse of sand dunes and dusty bones bleached white by the sun, peppered by what passed for civilization out here...
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June 12 2011
Wolfenstein Posted a Battle Recap:
Lilli was the true leader for this event.
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June 10 2011
Runeterran Posted a Blog: Howdy
Hey guys just thought I'd leave a message before heading to the grocery store :)
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May 30 2011
Fairybella Posted a Guide: How-to see who's talking in vent while ingame. (Creating an overlay.)
If you can't keep up with memorizing who's voice belongs to who, there is a simple way to create a small window that sits on top of your game screen, called an overlay. 1. In vent, click the Setup button. 2. Click the Overlay tab. 3. Check 'Enable Overlay Support'. 4. Adjust the size of the overlay: I have the 'extra width pixels' set to 20 and in the box for 'status page options' I have only 'receiving from' checked. 5. The rest of this stuff is customizable settings. For instance, I have 'popup time out seconds' set to 20...
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May 30 2011
Akouna Posted a Blog: How to set up Ventrilo
I HIGHLY recommend you set up Ventrilo so you can hear the group/raid leader's instructions. Do this even if you do not have a microphone! You can listen even if you can't talk. It makes understanding the group/raid leader's plan much easier and therefore makes you a better player. Besides, it is more fun when you can hear what everyone is doing. Especially if you are like me..... chat challenged. Can't follow the chat window while doing other things. You can get the Ventrilo client by following the link on the left side of the Gaiscioch web page (or just go to http://www...
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May 30 2011
Auger Posted a Guide: How To Obtain Necrotic Rage/Semblance Greater Essence. [[40+ / Guardian Faction only]].
Hello, Auger here. Have you ever looked at your fellow group/raid members and see them instantly get transformed into a lich or a skeleton rogue? I'm here to tell you how to obtain the almighty Necrotic essence. Firstly: You must complete the Marshal Kain storyline quests in Scarwood Reach (To find out if you have, click C, titles and find the Faction title "Kain's fist".) Secondly: In Iron Pine Peak, Whitefall, Do the following quests (All Storyline); -Mercy is for the weak -Make him sing -A Hymn of frost and flame (This quest requires travelling to droughtlands, so make sure you have the port...
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May 29 2011
Akouna Posted a Blog: Things to know before participating in your first large Gaiscioch event
* You need to know how to use the Guild Rally System. * For a complete explanation please see the article by Fairybella: * How-to Use The Guild Rally System (for Porting Guildmates). * Prior to the event it is essential to know is how to be ported to the Guild Rally Flag * read the article by Fairybella! * go the tavern on the east side of Sanctum and find Gilbert Hilberto (Guild Charter Magistrate at loc 7611, 3104). * buy a Rally Scrolls for 10 gold each. (Best get several if you can!) * drag the Rally Scroll from you pack to your action bar just like you would a potion...
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May 23 2011
Akouna Posted a Blog:
The gods are mighty. But.... the gods are unpredictable. I know this from personal experience. Let me explain. Oh, I probably should introduce myself. I am Akouna. I was born in Greater Faydark. Set amidst the emerald canopy of the grandest forest on all of Norrath, the tree city of Kelethin was my home. But I was restless. I had to see what wonders the world contained. So I became a wanderer. I crossed the Frostfang Sea to visit the city of New Halas. It was ther while trying to find a way into the Keep of Retribution for Snarf Frostfoot I was ambushed and killed...
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May 18 2011
Archy Posted a Guide: Warrior Tanking - Builds Macros and General Tips
So I’ve heard some people wanting to try their hand at tanking. Most are worried that it will be difficult and that a lot rests on your shoulders. But when you get it right, you will be rewarded (I think) more than any other class. Being a tank means you’re always active, aware and pretty much calling the shots. Hopefully I’ll be able to share some of the things that I’ve learnt with Warrior tanking. First up, builds and macros. [b]Physical Damage Instance Tanking[/b] (Easiest to use, good for 5 mans, and even solo questing) [url=http://rift...
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May 17 2011
Archy Posted a Guide: DPS Warrior (1.2) - Pre Raid Gear, Build and Rotation
(Updated Wednesday 18th May 2011) First up a few notes about gearing your Warrior. Nowhere have I found any indication that there’s a hard or soft cap on crit, so go nuts on it, even to the point of stacking dex on occasion as you get 1 crit per dex. So with that, I came up with a spreadsheet for where to get your Best In Slot (BiS) pre raid gear. The list mainly consists of items with Crit. My formula for “Score” is simply total attack power plus total crit. Even though the game generally gives out points at 2 crit = 1 AP, I don’t think AP is worth that much...
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May 17 2011
Vampiresbane Posted a Blog: Vampyres Bane's WvWvW Profession Importance Theorycrafting Session
Like many of you pvp’ers out there, I am foaming at the mouth waiting for good, heart pounding battlefield pvp and consequently Guild Wars 2 (GW2). There’s some information on how Realm fighting will work (aka WvWvW), but not a ton. When faced with a lack of information, one must inevitably theorycraft! Granted there will be assumptions abound so take all of this with a grain of salt, but I’ll base as much of this on what Arenanet has actually stated. So let the theorycrafting begin! Two main things have to be taken in consideration for WvWvW: #1 There will be no healing class in GW2...
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May 16 2011
Donaliam Posted a Blog: A Day of Dungeons
When I signed in Sunday to play Rift I planned to just quest a bit and level up my rogue (Uan). After questing in Stillmoor, I ran into a problem, a world event had just ended in Stillmoor and my quest turn in hub, Trial of the Sentinel, was overrun with Death Invasions. They managed to establish a foothold as well. I first though I might be able to take it down solo. WRONG!! There was a foothold and at least ten major invasions surrounding the foothold. I tagged one of them then began screaming RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY! Barely escaped...
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May 15 2011
Bach2099 Posted a Battle Recap: The fall of the Manticore Sentries.
As the night wore on the dungeon laid out before us its challenges. One more powerful and deadly than the next. We battled our way through each encounter with vim and vigor, thumbing our noses at the dangers before us. Until we reached the manticores. Mighty they are, and mightily they fought. The young warrior Booie still wet behind his beard faced them repeatedly with all the help we his compatriots could muster. And repeatedly we fell. Booie however would not yield, he would not surrender, he would not even let those evil vile manticores dampen his spirits...
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May 14 2011
Foghladha Posted a Guide: Raid Lures & Where You Can Use Them
In Sanctum inside the center building to the left their is a doorway where each faction merchant sells 4 items of interest. 1. For 250 Planarite: Husk for use with 5 Malformed Souls to open Expert Rifts 2. For 500 Planarite: A Husk for use with 10 Corrupted Souls to open Raid Rifts Additionally If You Are Honored with the Faction: 3. For 1750 Planarite: A Lure which opens a Expert Rift 4. For 3500 Planarite: A Lure which opens a Raid Rift Here is where Each One Can Be Used: Fire: EXPERT: Explosive Tendencies - Shimmersand RAID: Drakith Hatchery - Shimmersand Death: EXPERT: Redemption of Perdenn - Stillmoor RAID: Terror of Undeath - Stillmoor Life: EXPERT: Primal Evolution - Stillmoor RAID: Growth of the Aelfwar - Stillmoor Water: EXPERT: Revenge of the Icewatch - Iron Pine Peak RAID: Hunger of the Deep - Iron Pine Peak Air: EXPERT: Storm Legion Elite - Iron Pine Peak RAID: Winds of Chaos - Shimmersand Earth: EXPERT: Auricore Forerunners - Shimmersand RAID: The Golden King - Shimmersand
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May 12 2011
Archy Posted a Guide: Rift Raid Guide - Stillmoor (Terror of Undeath)
Toward the end of each phase, make sure you're near enough to the edge of the rift so that you can run out of danger when the phase ends. [b]Phase 1[/b] [b]Roles:[/b] 2 tanks, 3 Healers, 1 Support, 4 DPS (2 Golems + 1 Lich) x 4 MT will tank both the golems slightly away from the Lich, while the OT picks up the Lich. Golems must be taken down first, preferably with max single target damage. The Lich can be interrupted [b]Phase 2[/b] [b]Roles:[/b] 2 tanks, 2 Healers, 1 Support, 5 DPS 4 Dark Attendants standing by 4 orbs...
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May 10 2011
Archy Posted a Guide: DPS Warrior Levelling - Macros and Builds
I’ve levelled a Warrior to 50 and everything pre Greenscale on Deepstrike, mainly as a tank, but ended up doing a lot of DPS runs as well. I’m about to re-level Archy up to the same glory on Fae so I thought I’d revisit what I’d done and share it. Warriors are actually really quite easy to level as they can make extensive use of macros to destroy things. You can pretty much use a single macro to kill anything, however, I’ll show you how to get the best out of your macros as you’re levelling up...
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May 06 2011
Fairybella Posted a Guide: How-to Get the Most Enjoyment Out of Family Events, and Help Out Your Raid
An event led by the Family is not just a few players (leaders) dragging everyone else along for the ride. A Gaiscioch public event is a cooperative effort by every single Gaiscioch member that participates. In order to ensure that everyone gets the most enjoyment out of a large-scale event, everyone has to play their part. There are several things you can do that will help out not just the leadership but all your raid-mates and yourself as well. 1. Stay with the raid leader. (Raid leader does not mean event leader...
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May 05 2011
Kaytlyn Posted a Blog: Port Scion
I was back in Port Scion today. I was able to buy the supplies I needed after a long journey. On the way back to I stumbled upon a large group of clansmen in the wasteland of Scarwood Reach. I don't like this area. It is bleak and barren and filled with all manner of creatures. All who would certainly be willing to feast on my bones given half a chance. Luckily they are slow witted and easily defeated. My clansmen were performing a hunting party for our enemies. The defiant were few and far between since our clan is feared throughout the world...
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May 03 2011
Ltol Posted a Guide: Crafting 109 Stillmoor
OMG!!!! it’s a giant snow man. Oh. Its just you, lol come in and pull a chair up to the fire and thaw out a bit you look half froze. Well I take it your trip to Iron Pines was worth it ??? Good, Good. Because your next adventure may be the hardest one let.. This new guide I just completed will take you into the zone of Stillmoor. This is a vary rough zone that has seen its share of trouble just like all the rest .. In the center of it is a giant crater, what made it I do not know but i can warn you to be carefull if you choose to venture down into it...
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