User:Gordon Ecker

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	This user has achieved the title Sentinel of the Kurzicks with 875000 Faction exchanged.

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This user believes that recruiting a Ritualist hero should be significantly easier than clearing out The Underworld and significantly cheaper than a piece of Obsidian armor. And ANet agrees :D.

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This user believes that the Great Dwarf and the Great Destroyer are sockpuppets.

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Achievement Checklist

Fissure of Woe

• Army of Darkness
• Slaves of Menzies
• The Eternal Forgemaster
  • Defend the Temple of War
    • Khobay the Betrayer
    • Restore the Temple of War
    • Tower of Strength
• The Hunt
• Tower of Courage
  • The Wailing Lord
    • A Gift of Griffons

Underworld

• Bone Pits
  • Imprisoned Spirits
• Chaos Plains
  • The Four Horsemen
• Forgotten Vale
  • Wrathful Spirits
• Icy Wastes
  • Servants of Grenth
• Labyrinth
  • Clear the Chamber
  • Escort of Souls
  • Restore the monuments of Grenth
  • Unwanted Guests
• Spawning Pools
  • Terrorweb Queen
• Twin Serpent Mountains
  • Demon Assassin

Factions Preview Event

• Towns
  • Kaineng City
  • Echovald Forest
  • Jade Sea
• Missions
  • The Eternal Grove
  • Gyala Hatchery
• Quests
  • Kaineng City
  • Echovald Forest
  • Jade Sea

Guild Wars Nightfall World Preview Event

• Towns
• Missions
  • Chahbek Village
  • Jokanur Diggings
  • Blacktide Den
• Quests

Unlocks

Unlocks
Campaign	Core	Prophecies	Factions	Nightfall
Heroes
Heroes
Upgrade Components
Runes
Insignias
Prefix Upgrades
Suffix Upgrades
Inscriptions
Skills
Warrior
Ranger
Monk
Necromancer
Mesmer
Elementalist
Assassin
Ritualist
Paragon
Dervish

Characters

Galatea Hisui Warrior, generally set up with a stance tank build. Currently uses 1k Sentry's Canthan armour dyed green, also has gray Stonefist Templar Gauntlets. Will upgrade to Elite Kurzick armour unless Eye of the North introduces a better looking set.	Boreas Hayate Ranger, generally set up with a Marksmanship / Expertise / Smiting Prayers Barrage build or a Practiced Stance / Choking Gas interrupt build. Currently uses Radiant Ancient armour dyed green.
Morrigan Kusanagi Monk, generally set up as an LoD / SoL healer. Rarely set up as a bonder or other protection monk, or as a smiter. Secondary varies depending on mission-specific skills, but usually only monk skills are used and the secondary proffession is irrelevant. Was originally a Mo/W for unlocking purposes. Currently uses Radiant Elite Kurzick dyed white. Also has Radiant Flowing Designs dyed black.	Nephythys Scelesci Necromancer, usually a minion master or Spiteful Spirit necro, occasionally battery or some other other build. Secondary is usually Monk for res skills or Mesmer for Arcane Echo, but is occasionally changed for specific situations. Was originally a N/R for unlocking purposes, and occasionally uses spirits to supplement minion damage. Wears Radiant Elite Luxon armour dyed cyan (2 blue + 1 green). Also has Elite Scar Pattern armour (except the boots), which is undyeable, and Bloodstained Boots dyed red.
Idun Brauer Mesmer, usually set up with a degen or anti-caster build. Secondary is generally Monk to fast cast Resurrection Chant. Usually wears Radiant Elite Kurzick armour dyed purple, also has Sentry's Shing Jea Attire, also dyed purple.	Selene Amaunet Elementalist, has a weapon, focus and +4 headgear for each element, but is generally a fire Nuker. Secondary was originally Mesmer because of how powerful Conjure Phantasm seemed in pre-searing, switched from Illusion Magic to Domination Magic upon discovering Backfire and became an E/R Fireball Nuker after the AI changes drastically reduced the effectiveness of Fire Storm. Now generally set up as a Searing Flames / Glowing Gaze or dual attunement nuker with Monk secondary for a res. Owns Radiant Elite Canthan armour dyed silver + purple, as well as the robes and leggings from Elite Flameforged and Stormforged Armour dyed black.
Jadoku Kumo Assassin, generally set up with a Critical Agility / Death Blossom / Moebius Strike build. Secondary varies. Wears Nightstalker's Ancient armour dyed silver.	Tiamat Shadowbinder Ritualist, usually set up for disruption and damage prevention. Secondary varies. Usually wears Radiant Canthan armour dyed cyan (2 blue + 1 green). Will upgrade to Elite Canthan or Imperial armour unless Eye of the North has a better looking set.
Freija Tempesta Paragon, generally set up with a Command or Motivation support build. Secondary is usually Warrior for "Save Yourselves!". Currently uses Centurion's Elonian armour dyed yellow pending the release of better looking Paragon Ascended armor in Eye of the North. Has +4 Centurion's Vabbian Crests for all attributes.	Kharybdis Ardens Dervish, generally set up with a Mysticism / Scythe Mastery Avatar of X / Eternal Aura build. Using Windwalker's Istani armour dyed blue pending the release of better looking Dervish Ascended armor in Eye of the North.
Miscellaneous PVP Characters Profession and build vary. Generally FoTM because it makes it easier to get invited without a guild or a rank emote. Name is generally in the form of PVP (Proffession) or (FoTM) (Proffession). Mighty Hero (rank 3). Attempting to get the Gladiator title.

Green Item Collection

Warrior Axe Mastery Totem Axe Wing's Axe Hammer Mastery Vera Victo's Maul Strength Reefclaw's Refuge Victo's Bulwark Tactics Jacqui's Aegis Sunreach's Shield Tarnen's Shield Swordsmanship Kaolin Blade Rajazan's Fervor	Ranger Marksmanship Kaolin Longbow
Monk Divine Favor Gardock's Staff Gordac's Holy Rod The Soulstone Wenslauss' Chalice Wenslauss' Faith Healing Prayers Brohn's Holy Rod Brohn's Staff Chiossen's Wind Dunshek's Purifier Incetol's Focus Stormray The Scar Eater The Stonehart Protection Prayers Kaolin Protection Staff Kepkhet's Refuge The Yakslapper Wroth's Holy Rod Wroth's Icon Smiting Prayers Ferverborn Staff Ivor's Icon Ivor's Smiting Rod Ivor's Staff Scourgewind's Branch	Necromancer Blood Magic Gordac's Needle Gordac's Hook Blood Kole's Torment Milthuran's Staff The Shadestone Curses Kaolin Accursed Staff Tain's Corruption The Stonereaper Villnar's Claw Villnar's Glove Death Magic Bortak's Bone Cesta Bortak's Bone Claw Ghial's Staff Marobeh's Chill Morgriff's Scepter Morgriff's Staff Soul Reaping Kole's Gauntlet
Mesmer Domination Magic Eshwe's Wand Illyana's Staff Korvald's Cane Korvald's Chakram Milefaun's Staff Talous' Staff Willcrusher Wingstorm Fast Casting Illyana's Mirror Swiftspell's Staff The Time Eater Illusion Magic Deeproot's Sorrow Gorrel's Cane Gorrel's Staff The Dream Haunter The Rockmolder Vokur's Cane Vokur's Staff Inspiration Magic Garbok's Cane Garbok's Chalice Handsmasher Vokur's Chakram Wieshur's Inspiration	Elementalist Air Magic Brimstone Wand Lushivahr's Prism Runar's Brimstone Staff The Brimstone Earth Magic Bizzr's Fury Droajam's Storm Galigord's Rod Galigord's Stone Scroll Galigord's Stone Staff Hajok's Prism Milius' Pillar Zarnas' Wrath Energy Storage Mekir's Prism Milius' Eye Setikor's Scepter The Windcatcher Fire Magic Kormab's Prism Rago's Flame Staff Rago's Flame Wand The Kindlerock Water Magic Buhon's Prism Flint's Artifact Flint's Fleshcleaver Flint's Wand Kaolin Water Staff
Assassin Dagger Mastery Daggers of Xuekao Everthorn's Chakrams Ungues of the Oni	Ritualist Channeling Magic Kayin's Focus Podaltur's Fury Communing Sseer's Wish Vengeance Seeker Restoration Magic Orosen's Staff Spiritgarden's Repose Spawning Power Kaolin Wand Mossbeard's Wand

Skills

Top 5 underpowered elite skills

5: Preservation: The "in the area" range is rather short.

4: Ritual Lord: This helps with spamming rituals. Unfortunately, most of the rituals that are worth spamming are also expensive. This skill could use a reduced cost or longer duration, or, better yet, provide an added energy management effect.

3: Signet of Spirits: It has the same net energy gain and linked attribute as Offering of Spirit, but it has a longer recharge time and it doesn't work at all without a spirit in range.

2: Glimmer of Light: Healing Light heals 40...104 for 5 energy and gives you 1...3 energy if you heal an enchanted foe. Word of Healing heals for 15...106 for 5 energy and can heal for another 15...106 if the target was below 50% health. Glimmer of Light heals for 25...89 for 5 energy.

1: "Incoming!": 10 20. Elite Shout. For 1...3 seconds, all party members within earshot take 50% less damage.

Skills I'd like to see

• Ranger
  • Expertise-linked attacks that work with both bows and spears.
• Monk
  • Sanctify Enchantments: Enchantment Spell. The next time target ally would have one or more enchantments removed, the ally retains those enchantments and Sanctify Enchantments ends.
  • Scourge Disenchantment: Hex Spell. For 30 seconds, each time hexed foe removes an Enchantment, that foe taxes X holy damage.
  • Scourge Hexes: Hex Spell. For 30 seconds, each time hexed foe casts a Hex, that foe takes X holy damage.
  • An elite Smiting Prayers equivalent of Healer's Boon or Attunements.
• Necromancer
  • Animate Immolated Horror. Creates a minion which has constant degeneration and inflicts burning whenever it hits.
  • Animate Lernaean Horror. Like Animate Shambling Horror, except instead of spawning a level 0..12 Jagged Horror that causes bleeding, it spawns a level 0..12 Lesser Lernaean Horror which doesn't cause bleeding, but spawns a level 0..10 Bone Minion when it dies.
  • Animate Venomous Horror / Fiend. Animates a minion that inflicts poison.
  • Animate Volatile Horror / Minion / Minions. Like Unstable Roamers or Infested Terrans.
  • Curse of Thorns: For X seconds, target foe is hexed with Curse of Thorns, suffering 1 Health degeneration. The next time target foe would have one or more hexes removed, those hexes are retained, the foe taxes X Shadow Damage and Curse of Thorns ends.
  • Death Bond (hex that redirects half of the damage you receive to target foe).
  • Long-duration, single-target versions of Order of Pain and Order of the Vampire, possibly with health degeneration as a drawback.
  • Spiteful Barbs. For X seconds, hexed foe suffers from X Health degeneration. If Spiteful Barbs ends prematurely, that foe takes (remaining duration*degeneration*2) damage.
• Mesmer
  • A Mesmer equivalent of Spiteful Spirit. Specifically, an elite that hexes multiple targets with the equivalent of Empathy (Mass Empathy? Shared Pain?).
  • A multi-target health degeneration spell (Phantasmal Swarm?).
  • An Inspiration Magic full party enchantment or shout of some sort.
  • Mantra of Displacement: Incoming attacks have an X% chance to Miss you, if you are hit by an attack, Mantra of Displacement ends, you shadow step to a random nearby location and Mantra of Displacement is disabled for X seconds.
  • Mesmer Chants.
    • Aria of Recovery: For 10 seconds, the next Spell used by each party member within earshot recharges X% faster.
    • Aria of Speed: For 10 seconds, the next Spell used by each party member within earshot casts X% faster.
    • Ballad of Tranquility: For X seconds, each ally within earshot gains Y Health regeneration and Z Energy regeneration until that ally takes damage.
    • Lyric of Recovery: For 10 seconds, the next Signet used by each party member within earshot recharges X% faster.
    • Lyric of Speed: For 10 seconds, the next Signet used by each party member within earshot activates X% faster.
• Elementalist
  • Ranged Air Magic area spell (Ball Lightning? Tornado? Thunderball?).
  • Earth area DoT spell that cripples with every pulse (Quicksand?).
  • Conjure Earth.
  • Panic button defense / self-heal that blows huge amounts of energy (Energy Consumption? Mana Shield?).
  • Elite version of Searing Heat / Teinai's Heat than inflicts burning with every pulse.
  • Water Magic area DoT spell that snares with every pulse.
  • 25 energy 60 second recharge exhaustion-causing non-elite uber-spells for the other three elements.
• Assassin
  • More Critical Strikes melee attacks.
  • An elite Lead Attack.
  • Dagger attacks with conditional effects that depend on Bleeding and Deep Wound.
  • Preparations.
  • Traps.
  • An elite version of Scorpion Wire that teleports the target to you.
• Paragon
  • A Spear Attack that causes knockdown if it hits a crippled foe.
  • A Spear Attack version of Barrage (or a toned down version of Jadoth's Storm of Judgement).
• Dervish
  • The 'lost' forms, Avatar of Abaddon, Avatar of Dhuum, Avatar of Menzies and Avatar of Truth.

Subpages

Builds

• Hero builds: W R Mo N Me E A Rt P D All
• PvE build seeds
• Team - Domain of Anguish Minion Bomb Factory
• W/D Primal Scythe
• W/any Prophecies / Nightfall Tank
• Mo/any Basic Healer
• Mo/any Enchantment Healer
• Mo/E Glyph of Renewal / Divine Spirit Monk
• E/Any Fireball Nuker
• P/any Battery Paragon

Skill reviews

• Title skills
• Elite skills

Templates

• User:Gordon Ecker/Template:Vertical skill bar

Humour

• bad henchmen
• Joke skills
  • Jealous Echo
  • Red Scorpion Wire

Other subpages

• Abaddon, Dhuum and Grenth timeline

Predictions

• Dhuum is undead or a ghost.
• The Great Dwarf is the sockpuppet of another, more well-known god.
• The Great Destroyer is either an ancient god (possibly the previous god of fire, possibly a god who was not overthrown and replaced by a member of the current pantheon) or a sockpuppet of Dhuum or Menzies.

Eye of the North

• Bahltek is dropping hints about campaign 4.
• Lord Odran will factor into the backstory, and Arcanist will be one of the new professions.
• An engineer and / or crossbow user profession is also likely.
• Like Nightfall, campaign 4 will involve travel to somewhere outside of Tyria.
• Likely regional / cultural themes: the Americas (correct), India, Scandinavia (correct).
• The "150 skills" rumor is false.
• The "Eye of the North" rumor is plausible. (correct)
• The Great Destroyer is connected to the Great Giants.
• Altrumm was likely built by the Asura, although it may have been built by the Dwarves.
• Most or all of the new PvE only skills will be title-based with no profession restriction.
• The port for Eye of the North will be either Janthir or the half-sunken ruins of Arah.
• There will be at least two new Forms. One will be taught by the Norn and one will either be capped from a Kreet boss or learned in a quest that involves stealing the Kreet's secrets (stealing a tome or magical artifact, gathering Kreet tissue samples, help a scholar observe the Kreet in battle while keeping the scholar alive etc.).
• The Sylvari may be transformed Dwarves.

Guild Wars 2

• The 2009 beta and the 2009-2010 release window are plausible. Plausible != correct. (I was right to be suspicious, they were a year off)
• The rumor about Charr as a playable race is probably true. (correct)
• The rumor about Norns, Asurians and Sylvanians as playable races is mostly or entirely false.
• If the Norns aren't completely made up, the Seer is probably one of them.
• If the Sylvanians aren't completely made up, they are likely either the descendants of Ewan's tribe, Wardens who have regained their sanity after the death of Urgoz, a Druid offshoot or Kurzicks who have split from humanity.
• Guild Wars 2 will have fewer professions with broader concepts and more attributes / skill lines / specialisation options. The Paragon concept will be largely absorbed by the Warrior and / or Mesmer counterparts, although spears may go to the Ranger counterpart rather than the Warrior counterpart. Ritualists will probably be merged with Necromancers.
• Palawa Joko will return.

Games I'm looking forward to

• Dragon Quest IX Hoshizora no Mamoribito
• Guild Wars 2
• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
• StarCraft II