Yeah, I noticed too. Glowing blue auras just like the monk bosses. However only from a certain point in the game. In Ascalon they still are not glowing. Also the skill attributes. Haven't noticed any other changes yet.
Something else i noticed was that i was online and my status was set to online, but yet it showed i was offline in my guild. It was the same with all the rest of my guildies, but yet were all online at the same time but couldn't see each other, very strange. And one more thing i noticed when i first logged on i got a nosie i never heard before, it sounded like trumpets blaring. lol i don't to be stupid but it was dunt dunta dah!!! you know the classic trumpet blare lol. anyways yah i had extreme lag last night also, to me it seems the updates fixed known bugs but created alot more.
Those auras are from the update? I thought it was just from updating my video drivers. All the other auras displayed just fine, but I had never noticed them around the henchmen/merchants before.
Anyway, I updated my drivers last night cause I got Quake 4. I went to play it and all the textures were shades of green. So, if you are planning on getting it and have an ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (not DirectX 9 compatible), you may want to consider a video card upgrade first. Don't get me wrong, it is completely playable at 640x480 as long as you don't mind it lookin like you are playin on one of those old green monochrome monitors. :-)
BTW, if you look at the box, the minimum req. for ATI cards is Radeon 9700.
I first noticed that trumpets thing when I was playing my ranger. Happened every time I used a skill. I don't even notice it unless I am wearing my headphones.
I first noticed that trumpets thing when I was playing my ranger. Happened every time I used a skill. I don't even notice it unless I am wearing my headphones.
o god, tell me there arent sound effects for skill useage
10/21/05 12:38
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I'm not liking the NPC Auras much whats the point?
Tashii Arable N 20
Raven Airable Mo 20
Missy Arable W 20
Abi Djinn R 20
Azi Djinn E 20
Serenity Magi Me 20
Oni Djinn A 20
From my understanding this was a build update by opposition to just a content mod. I.E. seems modifications were made not only on the playing functions level but to the engine.
NPCs glowing is noticable only at specific places, Thirsty river being one of these places. On the same line the places with NPC glowing were more laggy or even down at some points yesterday.
From what I know, the aura found on bosses are made with a special lighting render that must be applied using an offset ambient lighting. If they tried to fix compatibility issues or something core-related like that, it can cause some side effects.
That update is not the best one applied yet, I guess they must be polishing it as we speak.
Intelligence is like a river: the more it's deep the more it's silent
10/21/05 12:49
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As of right now, I know that the NPC's aura is just to tell what from what. Not that great, but some people like it. Obviously to many, it doesn't take much to see "Healer Henchman" etc.
Yes, the guild glitch. Happens a lot from time to time, but not that big of a deal. I thought I wasn't in my guild for a moment there. They fixed it.
About the lag, I haven't really noticed any. But I have heard many complaining about it.
I first noticed that trumpets thing when I was playing my ranger. Happened every time I used a skill. I don't even notice it unless I am wearing my headphones.
o god, tell me there arent sound effects for skill useage
ive allways heard trumpets on some of the ranger preps, alltho i think i can hear a door bell goe off when i use the well of blood perhaps im just hearing things.
also the well of blood now has little red things around the outside since the update.
I didn't notice any lag last night either, but perhaps it only affected people in certain areas. Anyways, by auras, you guys mean the way the bosses glow right? Because I didn't notice any of that last night when I was playing. I haven't noticed anything else though..
Hiei Bloodfist W/Mo20
Zeyphr Ds Mo/W20
Fox Blue R/??20
Chaos Ds N/Mo14
i too have found a flame artifact that looks almost like a monks rod, but the stats on is are fire magic and its a pretty decent artifact. I noticed the wells are different also as the guy above posted. I and i too noticed a doorbell like sound lol and yes when i played my ranger the trumpets were going off, its all very strange.
Maybe they are preparing an Halloween special. Lol Spooky NPC glows and starnge background sounds and weird, unusual items. Who knows maybe Necros will get a bonus that day.
Just messing around.
Intelligence is like a river: the more it's deep the more it's silent
also, make the monks have longer cast times, decrease their effectiveness...that would be funny
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10/21/05 13:23
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I've noticed a huge decrease in coloured drops when you go out farming by yourself. Cant say i really like that. Any solo farmers experienced the same?
10/21/05 13:38
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There has been a big decrease in gold drops for awhile. Just letting you know. And yes, there has been an even bigger decrease in drops. Trying to put down the fire for farming.
And there has always been sound effects for when skills has been used. About the trumpet things, guild glitch.
The decrease in drops i don't know about, my guild decided to do a FoW run and down there we got atleast 13 gold drops and over 20 shards, i am not making these numbers up, i actually had to leave half way through bc i had to get up for work in 5 hours. I'd say we were down there for like 3 hours and amassed a huge amount of great drops, it was unlike anything i have ever seen before. This all happened last night, the night of the update.
Yea i think the trumpet deals with being accepted into a guild, because when i exited a town after downloading the new update i didnt have my cape and i was like wtf?!? so i press G, the trumpet sounded and gave me my cape back.
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10/21/05 14:00
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Well, I forgot to mention. I was talking about the drop rates for griffon farming, minotaur farming, basically all places that are usually solo farmed.
This is a biggy guys n gals the biggest bug in the new update...noticed that in pre sering you cant find you second set of boots for any char...well from what i have found and herd there is a bug thats got rid of all the boots so people cant get em from the traders
Now why am I not surprised to see Level3 being a major part of the outage? Sorry, just had some bad experiences with their Dutch facilities. Guildmembership information and online status system seem to be the more vulnerable parts of the ArenaNet infrastructure. These are likely to be hosted on a set of servers seperate from the "Location servers", in fact they have to be in order to span the three Area's. Unfortunately they don't seem to have much redundancy.
Since the last update, whenever I start the Guild Wars application and/or switch betwee accounts I get the new EULA to sign again and again. That's beginning to be a bit of a bore.
On a side note, the skill Powershot has had a trumpet blare as far back as I can remember. One reason why I don't use it :-)
Now why am I not surprised to see Level3 being a major part of the outage? Sorry, just had some bad experiences with their Dutch facilities. Guildmembership information and online status system seem to be the more vulnerable parts of the ArenaNet infrastructure. These are likely to be hosted on a set of servers seperate from the "Location servers", in fact they have to be in order to span the three Area's. Unfortunately they don't seem to have much redundancy.
Since the last update, whenever I start the Guild Wars application and/or switch betwee accounts I get the new EULA to sign again and again. That's beginning to be a bit of a bore.
On a side note, the skill Powershot has had a trumpet blare as far back as I can remember. One reason why I don't use it :-)
and ignite arrows has allways had little trupiteers hidden away off screen for me well ive only been playing since june.
10/24/05 05:07
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