M.O.X.

M.O.X.
Classification
Species: Golem Profession: Dervish Level(s): 20

M.O.X. is a Golem Dervish Hero that has been added with the September 4^th, 2008, update.

Recruitment

PvE characters can unlock M.O.X. by meeting these three requirements: Have Guild Wars Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall on the account (you can have purchased them separately or have gotten Guild Wars: The Complete Collection), Reach level 10, Talk to M.O.X. outside any one of the major port cities. Recruiting M.O.X. gives you Golem User Manual, which allows you to enter the M.O.X. missions. M.O.X. cannot be used in PvP; thus, he cannot be unlocked at the Priest of Balthazar.

Location

• Istan
  • Plains of Jarin
• Kryta
  • North Kryta Province
• Kaineng Center
  • Bukdek Byway

Armor

M.O.X. starts with basic AL 70 Dervish armor. Note that M.O.X. is the only hero that cannot be given any hero armor upgrades at this time, though his appearance does change when using Dervish Avatars.

Default Skills

• Chilling Victory
• Faithful Intervention
• Heart of Holy Flame
• Mystic Sweep
• Resurrection Signet
• Victorious Sweep

Dialogue

NPC M.O.X.

When M.O.X. is waiting for a member of your party to acquire it, its response depends on whether you meet the requirements to recruit it.

• *YOU ARE THE ONE*
• *DOES NOT MEET SPEC-I-FIED PAR-AM-E-TERS*

Quotes

Idle Quotes

• *DIRRR-ECT-IVE*
• *AC-TI-VAT-ING POW-ER SAVE MODE*
• *BY YOUR COM-MAND*
• *DIRRR-ECT-TIVE?*
• *FUNCTION-FUNCTION-ALWAYS-TIME-TO-FUNCTION*
• *RUN-NING LEV-EL FIVE SELF DI-AG-NOS-TIC*

Battle Quotes

• *I THINK, THERE-FORE I AT-TACK*
• *IM-MO-LA-TION IS THE SIN-CERE-EST FORM OF FLAT-TER-Y*
• *TAKE ME TO YOUR LEAD-ER SO I CAN DE-STROY IT*
• *I THINK IT WOULD BE BET-TER NOT TO DIE, DO NOT YOU*
• *AC-TI-VAT_ING AS-SAULT MODE* [sic]
• *THIS CON-VER-SA-TION SERVES NO PUR-POSE AN-Y-MORE, GOOD-BYE*
• *DAN-GER! DAN-GER!*
• *IF YOU PRICK ME, DO I NOT LEAK*
• *PEACE MEANS HAV-ING A BIG-GER GOL-EM THAN THE OTH-ER GUY*
• *TAR-GET ACQUIRED*
• *DANG-ER! DANG-ER! DANG-ER!*
• *HE-ROES NEV-ER DIE, M.O.X. CAN NEV-ER BE CON-QUERED*
• *I AM NOW AU-THOR-IZED TO USE PHYS-I-CAL FORCE*
• *I HAVE A MIL-LION I-DE-AS, BUT THEY ALL POINT TO CER-TAIN DEATH*
• *EX-TER-MIN-ATE E-LIM-IN-ATE DES-TROY*

Notes

• M.O.X. was constructed by the Asuran golemancer Zinn.
• Unlike other golems, it is fleshy.
• M.O.X.'s default weapon is a non-inscribable, maximum damage Clockwork Scythe.
• You get a Golem User Manual book with the hero. In the book, you can enter a mission, which just allows you to get Zinn's Task quest. Your party must consist of only yourself and M.O.X. to enter this mission.
• The Dervish avatar forms look different for M.O.X.:

Avatar of Balthazar

Avatar of Dwayna

Avatar of Grenth

Avatar of Lyssa

Avatar of Melandru

• M.O.X. can be added to the Hall of Monuments. There is no hero armor upgrade at this time for it.
• You will see M.O.X. outside the port cities if any member of your party has yet to recruit it and meets the campaign requirements (M.O.X. cannot currently be a party member if he is to appear). By talking to it, you can acquire a new Golem User Manual, but you won't be able to repeat Zinn's Task if you have already completed it.

• M.O.X. is identified as "he" in the Golem User Manual.

Trivia

• The name is a reference to the short story Moxon’s Master by Ambrose Bierce.
• "If you prick me, do I not leak" was originally said by Data from Star Trek. This quote is itself a parody of "If you prick us, do we not bleed?" from Shakespeare's play, The Merchant of Venice.
• "I think, therefore I attack" is a parody of the phrase "I think, therefore I am."
• "I think it would be better not to die, do not you" is a line spoken by the robot Sonny from the film I, Robot.
• "Peace means having a bigger golem than the other guy" is a parody line of Tony Stark's line "Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy" from the film Iron Man.
• "DANGER, DANGER" is the signature line from the 1960s sci-fi series Lost In Space, as in "DANGER WILL ROBINSON, DANGER DANGER."
• "This conversation serves no purpose anymore, good-bye" is a line spoken by the homicidal computer HAL in the movie and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
• "Immolation is the sincerest form of flattery" is a parody of the phrase "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
• "I am now authorized to use physical force" is a line spoken by ED-209 from the movie Robocop.
• "I have a million ideas, but they all point to certain death" is a line spoken by Marvin, the depressed robot, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
• "By your command" is the common reply by the robot Cylons in the early version of the Battlestar Galactica TV series.
• "EX-TER-MIN-ATE E-LIM-IN-ATE DES-TROY" is a reference to Dalek vocalizations from the Sci-fi series "Doctor Who"
• "DIRRR-ECT-IVE. DIRRR-ECT-IVE?" is a line spoken between WALL-E and EVE from the movie WALL-E.
• "HE-ROES NEV-ER DIE, M.O.X. CAN NEV-ER BE CON-QUERED" recalls a line spoken by Optimus Prime from the Transformers.

See also

• An explanation of the decision behind making M.O.X. PvE only can be found here.