User:Entropy3927

This page was last updated on 9-8-07

=EotN Minigame Info=
 * Norn Fighting Tourney - Collect info on all the builds run by opponents

=FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE= The "LAME" template can be found here: User:Entropy/templates/lame.

=LOL=

Serious RP names ftl!

=Choses Presentents (Featured Things)= This section of my userpage will change whenever I come up with some new build or other Thing that I really like or find interesting. Comment on my talkpage if you want.

The current Featured Build, is: R/Rt Point Blank Glass!

''Disclaimer: to avoid making this a lengthly section, the usual stuff of Builds like Attribute points, Equipment, Optional Skills, etc. will be left out. Caveat lector''.

The current Featured Quote, is: in Latin!

"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori."

Loosely translated: "It is right and just to die for one's country."

Disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are solely those of the original speaker, and not the owner(s) or editor(s) of this Userpage.

=Warning Zomg Warning!=

Lolz! *strafes through exit*

=Welcome= "Entropy is defined as random molecular motion, or as we know it, heat."

If you are scientifically inclined, here is a better definition from Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Main Entry: en·tro·py Pronunciation: 'en-tr&-pE Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural -pies Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary 2en- + Greek tropE change, literally, turn, from trepein to turn

1 : a measure of the unavailable energy in a closed thermodynamic system that is also usually considered to be a measure of the system's disorder, that is a property of the system's state, and that varies directly with any reversible change in heat in the system and inversely with the temperature of the system; broadly : the degree of disorder or uncertainty in a system

2a : the degradation of the matter and energy in the universe to an ultimate state of inert uniformity

2b : a process of degradation or running down or a trend to disorder

3 : CHAOS, DISORGANIZATION, RANDOMNESS

Welcome to the User page of Entropy. I started playing Guild Wars in 2006, over the summer vacation from high school. Apparently I have a knack for the game, though, and I have made some rapid progress in the PvE world. Now that I have Factions and Nightfall as well as Prophecies, I have more characters and campaigns than I know what to do with, and there's always "something to do".

Thanks in part to this Wiki, I have a large general knowledge of almost all aspects of Guild Wars, though mostly about Prophecies still. It saddens me that more people don't come here to answer their questions instead of spamming them to the general in-game population. Nearly every question I have ever had was answered after looking it up here.

What I do on GuildWiki
To gauge if you are more new to the Wiki than me: My user ID# is 17165. Not the first and certainly not the last.

I like to roam the Wiki's Recent Changes and edit articles of interest. I also revert vandalism and fix typos when I find them. Basically, I'm a maintenance worker :P. I also use the Wiki as a reference, of course. The Wiki is also home to this userpage, which I like having.

Hm what else? I also give opinions on things, maybe I comment on an article or critique a mission strategy. I also try to help out a bit with research and stuff. And whenever I find bugs or anomalies in the game I try to document them here.

Recently I have also taken to using the Ban and Delete templates. Power to the People(tm).

Lastly I use the Wiki to have fun. Templates for example are a lot of fun. Coding FTW.

Note: When the Wiki is slow I'm probably not on.

Further Note: I am not nearly so active anymore as I used to be, thanks in part to school and also partly because without the Builds section there is much less RC spam than before. Not that that's a bad thing mind you! Just that I have less to watch out for anymore and not as much time or motivation to patrol RC all the time...Now, mostly I just respond to the Talk page and keep an eye on my Watchlist. That's about all.

=About Me=

=Userboxes that don't fit=


 * Kudos to Iluth (iirc) for his cute "I'm a Tiger" gif. Someday I'll make a cleaner, easier to read version.

=Useful Links= These are links that I use all the time. They are mostly for my personal use, for convenience, but feel free to check them out if you wish. :)


 * Category:GuildWiki humor I can never find an easy link to this...
 * New Skills - Some are jokes, others are not.
 * Builds I use on my characters and Heroes.
 * Sandbox - Where I test things.
 * Archives - storage space.
 * My templates - feel free to browse.
 * Collecting for fun and profit. One of the most useful pages in the whole GuildWiki!
 * Candidates for deletion. Where did I put that Echo Mending build, anyways?
 * Candidates for banning. Hope you're never on here.
 * Profession Guides. It's about time someone tried to re-write these objectively. POSTPONED INDEFINITELY, BECAUSE: lack of interest
 * Guide to Defeating Doppleganger - I think I can clean this one up. CURRENT STATUS: revising, testing the strategies
 * http://pseudomarketing.com/. Just what the name implies. Sick of fraudulent advertising? Then this is the site for people like you.
 * Builds wipe - A piece of history that we can all relate to...
 * Skill Quests - Very Important!
 * Category:Profit if collected Needs constant vigilance because ANet nerfs collectors...

Important People
These users are important on the Wiki. Get to know them!


 * User:Auron of Neon (Talk), admin, reads like a prO
 * User:Barek (Talk), admin
 * User:Eightyfour-onesevenfive (Talk), admin
 * User:Fyren (Talk), admin, systems operator, Mr. Serious
 * User:Gares Redstorm (Talk), admin, author of the infamous GW:GARES, conflict resolution expert
 * User:Gem (Talk), admin, graphic design specialist
 * User:Gordon Ecker (Talk), admin, all-around maintenance worker
 * User:Gravewit (Talk), admin, owner of GuildWiki
 * User:Karlos (Talk), admin, persuasive speaker
 * User:LordBiro (Talk), admin, Master of Icons
 * User:Nunix (Talk), admin, Gravewit's coworker of sorts
 * User:PanSola (Talk), admin, LAFTable
 * User:Rainith (Talk), admin
 * User:Skuld (Talk), (check this space for further developments)
 * User:Tanaric (Talk), admin, VIP
 * User:Tetris L (Talk), doesn't actually play Tetris
 * User:Xasxas256 (Talk), admin, Aussie

Class A Wiki Users
These users are often on the Wiki and have a comparitively long contribution record. They can be considered some of the Wiki's first-class citizens. Though they may not hold the same clout as Admins, constant Wiki users do gain a degree of fame and reputation from their work. Their name and recognizance are their own claim to fame.

Feel free to post on the Talk if you feel you should be added to this list - I am by no means proactive in updating it...


 * User:Arshay Duskbrow (Talk), Hard Mode prO
 * User:Blastedt (Talk), "Make Wiki, not War", because I can list him twice on the same page!
 * User:Bexor (Talk), Armor specialist
 * User:Cheese Slaya (Talk), makes contests
 * User:Defiant Elements (Talk), Build Guru
 * User:Gimmethegepgun (Talk), bombastic, LAME second-in-command
 * User:Honorable Sarah (Talk), rantful
 * User:InfestedHydralisk (Talk), Radio Free
 * User:Kale Ironfist (Talk), photographer
 * User:Lania Elderfire (Talk), level-headed
 * User:Nog64 (Talk), Yaaay
 * User:Rapta (Talk), dedicated build vetter
 * User:Readem (Talk), Expert-template thieving template newbie :)
 * User:ShadyGuy (Talk), aka. Sigm@
 * User:Sigm@ (Talk), of the (previously) shining signature (Aka. "ShadyGuy")
 * User:Silk Weaker (Talk), Ranger advocate
 * User:Zerris (Talk), guy with the Rollerbeetle sig

Out of Game Info (aka "Real Life")

 * Nickname: Vili
 * Age: 17
 * Ethnic: Chinese American
 * Language: English native; some French
 * Locale: California, USA
 * Gaming background: All things Nintendo; heavy SSBM and FF player
 * Other online games: Icesus, a Finnish MUD (username: Allanon)
 * In real life, I look something like KOS-MOS from XenoSaga. No, really! :)
 * I'm an incurable tomboy, and I love Converse!

=Guild Wars Info=
 * Guild: Tyrian Marauders [TM]
 * Guild Status: Not recruiting yet, PvE-only so far
 * Guild Hall: Frozen Isle (Icy Ground FTW)
 * Guild Services: Xunlai Agent (Chest), Merchant
 * Current funds level: ~50 plat
 * Number of Black Dye found so far: 14
 * Number of Superior Vigor Runes found so far: 5
 * Number of Major Vigor Runes found so far: 7
 * Number of Miniatures: 6 (Whiptail Devourer, Siege Turtle, Prince Rurik, Hydra, Temple Guardian, Jade Armor)
 * Campaigns: Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall
 * Number of times I've paid for a run: 0 (Zero)

Green Items and other Nice Loot
For some reason I seem to be an unusually lucky player in Guild Wars PvE. Even though I never buy Keys for Chests, never farm for gold items, rarely farm for Greens, and hardly ever do solo, I have a tendency to pick up a ton of Blue, Purple, and Gold items everywhere in the game that I go. Some people I know that have played longer than I have, can't boast finding the same number of Black Dye or Superior Vigor Runes that I have...or Green or Gold items for that matter. Or Fiery Dragon Swords and Fellblades...Heck, on some days I get more than five golds an hour while going through Old Ascalon and the Northern Shiverpeaks...which really should not happen. Some people ask me how I make my money, and I tell them "Normal PvE play", and they don't believe me. Well...

I've picked up the following "Unique" items, just by random (no farming, didn't buy):

*Quantity/Item Name              Notes

*Bortak's Bone Cesta             Sold for 65k! *Drago's Flatbow                 Used by Elena Gracewood *Flint's Artifact                Sold for 1k (worthless) *Galigord's Rod                  Used by Rayne Brunel *2x Kepkhet's Refuge             Used by Astos the Wanderer; sold for 3k *Morgriff's Scepter              Sold for 1k (worthless) *Morgriff's Staff                Used by Olias *Onwan's Aegis                   Sold for 1k (crappy second mod) *The Rockmolder                  Sold for 1k (nerfed) *2x Vokur's Staff                Used by Rogue Doll *Wroth's Icon                    Used by Tahlkora *Tattered Fan                    Worthless? *Jeahr's Daggers                 Seems valuable, keep around *Hajok's Prism                   Very Good, keep *The Darksong                    Damn good spear, keep/give to Morgahn *Urkal's Kamas                   Nice, keep *Dunshek's Purifier              Damn good! Keep!

*2x Hanjuu's Bludgeoner          Worthless *2x The Rockbreaker              Worthless *Sanhan's Staff                  Worthless

*1 of 5 Stolen Sunspear Armor    Upgraded Jin

I may have forgotten some greens from Shing Jea or Istan, since those are almost common drops...but then again those are rather pointless and forgettable.

I have also been tempted by Green Farming. I go alone or as two-person, with Heroes and Hench, and I flag them out of radar range when I reach the desired targets. So far, I have gotten...

*Quantity/Item Name              Notes

*6x Totem Axe                    I sell these for 5k each *2x Kepkhet's Refuge             Used by Tahlkora *Thornbeard's Horned Bow         Sucks, sell for 1k :x

I was also the proud owner, briefly, of a gold "Holy Staff of Trollslaying". Almost perfect slaying mod, and it had an Inscription for HCT Smiting Prayers. Lol.

Miscellaneous achievements

 * Beat Doppleganger on the first try; 10 seconds on second attempt.
 * Obtained max collector weapons for every linked attribute.
 * Collected many, many Fiery Dragon Swords, seemingly at random...not counting the crappy ones. (15+)
 * Dual-farmed all the Grenth's Footprint bosses with a Toucher duo, except for Wroth Yakslapper since he can outheal and outlast quite a bit of punishment...stupid Orison of Healing and limitless boss energy...

Perfect Salvage Records
These are various max Weapon upgrades and Inscriptions that I have found.


 * Most of the "Shelter" and "Warding" upgrades (+7 to Physical/Elemental)
 * Most of the "Defense" / "Defensive" upgrades (+5AL)
 * Vampiric Sword Hilt (3/1)
 * Axe Grip of Axe Mastery (20%)
 * Hammer Grip of Enchanting (20%)
 * Vampiric Bow String (5/1)
 * Zealous Spear Head (1/1)
 * Focus Core of Aptitude (20%)
 * Zealous Bow String (1/1)
 * Staff Wrapping of Earth Magic (20%)
 * Hammer Grip of Enchanting (20%)
 * Wand Wrapping of Quickening (10%)
 * Insightful Staff Head (+5)
 * Furious Sword Hilt (10%)
 * Furious Axe Haft (10%)
 * Sundering Axe Haft (20%)
 * Sundering Bow String (20%)
 * Staff Wrapping of Enchanting (20%)


 * "Hale and Hearty" inscription (Energy +5^50)
 * "Guided by Fate" inscription (Damage +15% while Enchanted)
 * "I Have The Power!" inscription (+5 energy)
 * "Luck of the Draw" inscription (Physical damage -5, 20% chance)

=The Henchmen Hall of Fame= This page is where I list my achievements using Henchmen and Heroes. I have cleared every mission and bonus in the Prophecies campaign using parties of just henchmen. Working on Factions and Nightfall as well, but progress is slower there due to more time between different missions.

=Characters= This page has all my characters on it. It tracks their progress in the game and other information such as unlocked Heroes, pets, and other things.

=Henchmen and Heroes: My Personal Notes= There is a page here at GuildWiki about Henchmen, which is certainly decent. The same goes for Heroes. However, having used Henchmen and Heroes for just about everything, and having gotten through all the Prophecies missions and nearly every quest four times with just henchmen, I feel I have a unique perspective, or at least different opinions. When Heroes are added to the mix, I can say I've been through Prophecies ten times with full AI teams...every quest and mission. I've also gotten halfway through Factions and 80% through Nightfall with all-AI. All the hours I've logged with Heroes have only strengthened my views and opinions on Henchmen...

Typical PUGs hate most Henchmen and Heroes because they don't understand how they work, why they do this or that, etc. In fact they get blamed very often for things that are not their fault. Many players also can't be bothered to make good Heroes. They cannot afford Runes, Weapons, Foci, Shields, skills, etc. This means that sometimes, taking a Hero actually ends up being worse than taking a Henchman. In any case, I'm a fan of henchmen and (well-made) Heroes. They deserve more credit than is given to them, even today. To think of the countless players who wouldn't be where they are in the game, without the assistence of ANet's wonderful Hench and Hero system...well, it always amazes me. Henchmen and Heroes will always be one of my main reasons for playing Guild Wars compared to other online games.

Some miscellaneous opinions...

My typical Henchmen/Hero party stays the same, regardless of which character I play. This is because I want the henchmen to be able to function by themselves, without my assistance, if necessary. It's an important concept that I always keep in mind.

Sexiest henchman: Eve. No other has received as much remodel/makeover/fine detail design as her, and it really shows. She makes me want to have a Necromancer primary. I succumbed to the pressure and made a Necromancer who would make Eve proud.

NPCs that should be Henchmen:
 * High Priest Alkar. Gotta love the hat, and the huge AL for a Monk.
 * The Ritual Priests of Elona. Their damage rivals that of Cynn, and they're not squishy.
 * Rornak Stonesledge. He could at least repay you with something useful. Dwarven Barrager FTW!
 * Joe. Who wouldn't want a Devourer fighting by their side? Click! Hiss!
 * Warmaster Casana. He has no other purpose in the game, really. More true Ascalon henchmen would be nice.
 * Benji Makala. Such a pain to rescue...and for what? He's got real balls...
 * Oink. He's invincible. 'Nuff said.
 * Nerashi. 3 Elites?!?!?!
 * Rojis. I like him...never hurts to have a master war machinist on your side. Too bad he has no skills (confirmed ones at least).
 * Lonai. MM Henchman (not Hero) ftw.
 * Ruthless Sevad, or some other Corsair...Ironfist maybe. They are cool!
 * Rollerbeetle henchman! Rollerbeetle henchman!

For a more in-depth analysis, check out the following pages:


 * Henchmen in Prophecies
 * Henchmen in Factions
 * Henchmen in Nightfall
 * Heroes across all campaigns

=Prophecies Character Quiz= This is from quizfarm.com, search under "guild wars". Thanks User:Phoenix.

90%    Monk     85%     Mesmer     80%     Ranger     70%     Warrior     60%     Elementalist     40%

=From a past life...=

Incase anyone is interested in things I used to do before Guild Wars...here are some things. It's a variant of C+ coding, if you are familiar with the language. Some of these things, I might someday try to convert to Wikicode for the heck of it. ;)


 * User:Entropy/pastlife_sig. This is the code I devised for a "rainbow" signate of sorts. It changes all by itself! It would violate the current GW:SIGN policy but it would be kinda cool to have....
 * User:Entropy/pastlife_virulence. This is Virulence in C+, sans the "If foe is suffering a condition..." and other Guildwars specific things. It's basically a code for a disease. Much fun.

=Notes to Self= :Category:Unique Axes
 * Comment out something like this:
 * To list a category as a link rather than adding a page to that category, do this:
 * When someone records bad drops on a monster, refer them to Style_and_formatting/Bestiary

=Hitlist=


 * 1) Cheese Slaya - for cracking WAY too many jokes, and making his own Guiness Book of World Records.
 * 2) Entropy - for publishing this list despire censorship laws
 * 3) Readem - His crimes against humanity are too great to even mention on this page. For example, he once ate an Ice-cream. It was nifty and good. And cold...
 * 4) Gimmethegepgun - Determination to spread bad case of big gun syndrome
 * 5) Example - high vandalism and breaking GW:GARES

=Wishlist= Since winning Halls and other leet missions is not gonna happen for me in a long time, I have a list of certain things I would like to own. If you have one of these please let me know in-game...we can negotiate prices or trades.


 * A max-damage req 13 or less: Jitte, Piercing Axe, Battlepick, Battle Axe (with Piercing damage), and/or Colossal Pick. Inscribable if possible, or 15^50. Other mods irrelevant.
 * Someone willing to do a "Black Widow Run" since I don't see them advertized anymore. I just want to see how UW works so I can learn to do it myself with Heroes and stuff.
 * Maximum (+20%) -slaying mods. I don't care what type they are as long as they're not Charrslaying, since those are common already. I'm talking about things like Deathbane, Pruning, Dwarfslaying, etc.
 * An Ogre-Slaying Knife. I want one for tests.
 * A max (+1/20%) Bow Grip of Marksmanship.