GuildWiki:Request assistance/Archive 4

__NEWSECTIONLINK__ This article is a central point where administrators can field questions by users. This does not mean only administrators can answer questions posted here&mdash;any user that feels they can help should chime in!

Before asking your question, please read the guidelines below.


 * Read the frequently asked questions before asking something here!
 * Questions about individual articles should be posted directly on that article's talk page. To get to an article's talk page, click the "discussion" tab at the top of the article. Then, click the "+" tab next to the "edit" tab and add your comment or question.
 * Questions that need to be confidential should not be asked here. You can contact a GuildWiki admin privately with those concerns.

Please review existing questions before asking a new one. To ask a question, click here. Fill in the headline with a short summary and the large text box with your question. Users will generally chime in nearly immediately.

To see old questions, please see Archive 1 and Archive 2, as well as Archive 3.

Survivor Title
I may be wrong, but wasn't there an update a while back that allowed players to earn survivor title even after having incurred at least one death simply by earning the required xp for each level?
 * Think you're wrong there. See Game updates, lots of people want it to happen, but I don't think it ever did.Jam[[Image:Jamster Sig.gif|19px]]ster 09:34, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Eye of the north quest
I've already done the quest Be quiet, very quiet... in EotN, but I can't receive the quest Plan A. Capt. Langmar doesn't give it to me. Why is that?
 * Try zoning, Plan_A--[[Image:AlariSig.jpg]] 01:33, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Screen shots
I took 999 pics wich is max I found my screenshots folder and deleted all my pics and it still says my screenshot folder is full what do I do Prottosvszerg 15:38, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * sorry idk im not tech saavy. Lost-Blue 15:44, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Did you try just restarting GW? &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|19px|My Talk Page :o]], 15:51, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * GW may still be processing the massive change (deleting 999 files is a lot) so perhaps you need to purge the cache and restart GW/computer. If that doesn't work, as a last resort you could reinstall I guess... [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 01:23, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Quest log
Is there such a thing as a quest log where I can check on all the quests I have completed.


 * No, there's no log on what you have completed. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 18:45, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Unlike other games... I'm sorry, it's realy useful to have, but not a feature in GW RT | Talk  18:54, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, you'd have to do that manually. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 01:23, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

green weapons
i killed bosses but the dont dropped grennn weapons.what shall i do?
 * Continue until you get lucky.--[[Image:AlariSig.jpg]] 17:19, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

it might take some time but u should get it if u have a full party in decreases ur chances of getting the drop though - maximus the second 7:35 march 31 2008

mini pet dragon
Is there any way to get a dragon other then buying the Factions Collector's edition? If there is how and how much does it cost? If not maybe the online store could start selling the mini pets.
 * Don't think so... and thank goodness it dosn't RT | Talk  19:45, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * You can only get a Kuunavang by getting the Factions CE, or by buying it from other players. It's market price is probably still over 100k. And no, selling Collectors Edition exclusive items in the store is a bad idea, and thankfully it will never happen. &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|19px|My Talk Page :o]], 20:30, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

name change
Is there anyway to change your login name or do you have to create a new account? Morgan Fairweather 01:43, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I see that it is a difficult task to name change. I will make a new account and direct my old account to it. Morgan Fairweather 01:52, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Owning Outpost
Is there an article about the mechanics of alliances acquiring factions outposts? I couldnt find on. What is the benefit of owning non-capitals? do you save massive amounts of faction, then buy one and hold it until another alliance saves up more? what mechanic allows them to change hands as luxons/kurzicks daily push eachother back in the alliance battles? can a kurzick alliance buy a luxon town, even if they are currently losing in the AB arena?
 * I think Kurzick-Luxon border has most (if not all) of the info you're looking for. --Shadowcrest  22:10, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

So is Kurz/Luxon affiliation unrelated to guild ownership then?
 * You'll never take HzH if you're luxon... so kinda --Shadowcrest  01:21, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

I mean besides the capitals. So even if a outpost shows up as red on the map, it can still be owned by an alliance that is kurzick aligned? Also, does faction invested in acquiring an outpost degenerate with time? What i mean is, does an outpost get cheaper the longer a single alliance owns it, or does a new owner have to 1-up the previous owning alliance (and therefore each outpost continually gets more expensive as time goes on)?
 * As noted in the Alliance Faction article, your alliance loses 10% faction each day. If you want to own a town, you just have to be in a "top ten" alliance. The alliance that has the most faction in the game takes the capital. The next alliance in line takes the next free outpost furthest from the border and so on until all outposts are owned by someone. If the border moves, more (or less) outposts become available for that faction. If you want to take a town, you'll have to get a few million faction going and keep it up daily. &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|19px|My Talk Page :o]], 04:39, 1 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Essentiallly, as i understand it, for a faction (luxon or kurzick) to take an outpost that faction has to own the surrounding outposts (usually this means causing the border to go over that outpost). Now, once an outpost is under the control of a faction, it gets ascribed to one of the alliances of guilds belonging to that faction with the highest amount of alliance faction. The order in which outposts are designated is detailed on the Alliance Faction article. So, when the border moves, if the Harvest temple is under luxon control, it gets assigned to the luxon alliance with the 9th highest amount of alliance faction. If it becomes kurzick owned then it is assigned to the kurzick alliance with the 10th highest amount of alliance faction, because it is normally a luxon outpost, so if the kurzicks have taken it, they already possess their 9 outposts so the kurzick alliance with the 9th highest amount of faction has Durheim Archives. Of course, only 5 outposts for each faction can be taken by the other side, all others are permanantly assigned to alliances belonging to the faction with which they are alligned. E.g. Cavalon is always luxon, no matter where the border is. The benefit of owning an outpost is that it allows members of the owning alliance to access the restricted area of that outpost and gain access to a discoutn merchant who sells things cheaper, as well as some other NPCs depending on the outpost. Owning a capital allows you to gain access to elite missions.The movement of the border is decided by who has won the most alliance battles and by what margin in a 3 hour period.--Cobalt </B>| <font color="Green">Talk</B>  18:51, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

my log in account name
it put in my log in account wrong and now im trying to change it and its taking forever says i have to w8 why do i have to w8
 * ...what? --<font face="vivaldi" size="3" color="Steelblue">Shadowcrest  23:00, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

nvm i got it its fine ty

buying stuff from the web sight
i am trying to buy something from the websight but it wont let me because i need to make a PlayNC account well im trying to summit it and it says network error internet connection is not good please check it when its fine how do i get this set up fast and easy so i can buy the bonus mission pack nvm i got it

New Quests on Desert
When I started playing Guild Wars, about one year ago, I've noticed that many people were getting lost, because there were no prymary quests in the Cristal Desert (Prophecies), but now there is a prymary quest!. I've checked the Updates and there was nothing about it. When did this quest appeared? I'm sure I haven't done it and I don't receive anything when I talk to Hosthly Hero in Amnoon Oasis...
 * The Sands Of Souls quest was there all along. It was a while since I've done Prophecies, but I think that many people miss it because the Ghostly Hero is quite big, and the quest marker isn't above his head, but "inside" his model. I don't see any Primary quests that would lead you to the 3 mission outposts though, so that may be the main reason. Personally I think it would be good to go exploring once on your own instead of following some green arrow... &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|19px|My Talk Page :o]], 10:07, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Formatting of Wikipedia links
I have noticed that i cannot use HTML font colour tags to alter the colour of wikipedia links such as <font color=Yellow>random link. I was wondering if there was anyway to change the colour of these links?--<font color="Blue">Cobalt </B>| <font color="Green">Talk</B>  18:56, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Try this: <font color=Yellow>random link . Or this: random link . (I am told that span > font. &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|19px|My Talk Page :o]], 19:03, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, i don't know why i didn't think to put the tags right of the pipe, i just assumed it would mess the coding up. Also span sounds more technical and advanced so i'll use that :)--<font color="Blue">Cobalt </B>| <font color="Green">Talk</B>  19:24, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Gaming Skin
I'm now using the Gaming Skin, but... all of the links are lightblue and hard to see and all of the text is white and i have to highlight it to see it, can anyone fix that?--‎ F<tt>i</tt>r<tt>e</tt>  T<tt>o</tt>c<tt>k</tt>  23:37, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I can. Heres how: go to Special:Preferences and choose a better color scheme.[[Image:Entrea Sumatae.png|Entrea Sumatae]]<font color="#4682b4">Entrea Sumatae  <font color="#4682b4">[Talk]  23:38, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Pan Sola can, go post it on his/her talk page so s/he sees it sooner. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 23:38, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Gaming is just broken color-wise, either the main paage is invisible, or the rest of the wiki has no text, and in any case skill boxes fail[[Image:Entrea Sumatae.png|Entrea Sumatae]]<font color="#4682b4">Entrea Sumatae  <font color="#4682b4">[Talk]  23:41, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Wait, the section above talks about coloring links, what if you just used that. The yellow they used is perfect.--[[image:"Burn Baby Burn!".jpg|19px]]‎ F<tt>i</tt>r<tt>e</tt>  T<tt>o</tt>c<tt>k</tt>  23:47, 5 April 2008 (UTC)


 * So, um, do you guys want it to be "fixed" so that the background colors of the boxes work with light-colored font colors? Or do you want it to be "fixed" by having the background colors of the boxes be white and have black font colors in the boxes? -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 00:27, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Official Wiki Links
I have noticed a number of anon IPs creating links on talkpages to the official wiki. I was wondering wether we should remove these as Perhaps we should create a policy on the subject?--<font color="Blue">Cobalt </B>| <font color="Green">Talk</B>  12:01, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The official wiki has already done enough damage to the numbers of people visiting this site
 * The official wiki removes all links to here that get posted on it
 * The official wiki fails
 * I didn't know what links from the official wiki to here are getting deleted <.<. As far as linking to the official wiki, it depends. I made a link to Gaile Talk in the update that limited Taiwanese users recently, and I think that link is important, so not every link would be bad... &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|19px|My Talk Page :o]], 13:11, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No, but I'd like to talk to them for being anticompetitive <font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>
 * Yeah, it's rather silly, they're the bigger wiki after all (Taking users into account). Guess people will always dislike competition. --[[Image:OrgXSignature.jpg]] 13:25, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * As an editor on GWW, I have to say I have never ever seen a link to GuildWiki in an article, and have seen many links to GuildWiki userspace, and never have I seen one be removed. Please provide examples.--Wynthyst 13:32, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree with Wynthyst, I am an active editor on GWW and I have linked to GuildWiki before and they have never been removed. Could you provide examples, as Wynthyst stated -- Shadowphoenix  13:42, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Regardless, we dislike you nubby GuildWarsWikians.. =P. &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png]] Warw/Wick 13:48, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * {{userbox|id=UMG!:O|info=This user uses the Official GW2W. So, May hates this user.)) so there. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 14:12, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Untrue! I only dislike GWW, not GW2W. &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png]] Warw/Wick 14:16, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * And the big difference between the two is...? --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 14:19, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * One of them basically copied us, and the other didnt. &mdash;[[Image:MaySig.png]] Warw/Wick 14:28, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * And GuildWiki copied Wikipedia... Huh? [[Image:Poke.gif]] Poke 14:45, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Shame on u poke, dont accuse ppl >.> this is a joke btw -- Shadowphoenix  14:48, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

{{ri}}This is not about who did what, other than whether or not GWW removes links to GuildWiki. I still would like to see examples of where that has occurred. Until then I think the request for a policy to remove GWW links is a bit unwarranted.--Wynthyst 15:03, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I doubt there will be a policy <font color="Blue">RT </B>| <font color="Black">Talk</B>  15:05, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * It's userspace. The only rule there is obvious stuff, like NPA, YAV and the likes. Why forbid GWW links? Yes, the number of people here has decreased, but it's better than to have it dead (say, if Gravewit just unplugged it, rather than handed it over to Wikia) --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 15:16, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Regarding the original question, I think it is important to distinguish between generic link spam, relevant reference/additiona-info, and personal user links to other wikis. The original question was talking about anons on talkpages, so links to GWW on user pages isn't an issue. I personally haven't actually noticed much posting of links to the GWW on talk pages by anons to tell if they are mostly in the link-spam category or useful/relevant reference category. I think we should just the links purely based on that, independent of whether GWW is being anti-competitive or not. -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 18:05, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * {{ec}}Hmm, i seem to have started a massive argument about wether GWW removes guild wiki links or not. That is besides the point. My main question was wether or not we should change GWW links (i beleive we changed them to the guildwiki equivalents for an article from guildwars.com news, so i was wondering wether they were OK to be posted on talkpages). PanSola managed to answer that question with 1 post, so imo there was little need for a debate as to wether i was making unjust assumptions about activities on GWW. However, my resentment for the official wiki largely stems from the fact that this fansite existed well before GWW, and then Anet created an official version and this wiki is not mentioned on any list of fansitse etc. I think that creating a wiki was a fair sign of commitment by the fanbase and Anet somewhat damaged that, perhaps due to the fact that we allow more negative comments about Anet, which they cannot police on an un-official site. Is GWW anti-competitive, of course not, it's pro competetive, but competition in this area is, imho, not a good thing--<font color="Blue">Cobalt </B>| <font color="Green">Talk</B>  18:43, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Going away party for Galie and the frog
I was wondering why the going away party for Galie and the frog ended 12 hours sooner than it was supposed to end?
 * The same reason they started 12 hours early: Anet is used to starting/ending at midnight. It also might have been to make up for the extra events before they were supposed to start. And they supposedly still had the final event, just missed the 3:00 and 6:00 ones.[[Image:Entrea Sumatae.png|Entrea Sumatae]]<font color="#4682b4">Entrea Sumatae  <font color="#4682b4">[Talk]  22:21, 7 April 2008 (UTC)