Ophil Nahualli!

I got the 5-year minipet I wanted!

“Glint loves roses.”

“Ophie… what madness is this?”

“Shish-kebabbed Tombs!”

10 Skills – A Diagram

ArenaNet have revealed the skill system of Guild Wars 2 – and more is to come tomorrow!

Source: Combat Guide – Part One: Skills at Guild Wars 2 Official Site. Enjoy :)

Edit: Sabre Wolf has included this image in his latest Video on YouTube:

Miniature Nian

My newest Birthday Gift, a Miniature Nian. Cute! <3

Melandru's Shrine

Wintersday 2009

Wintersday 2009 is on its way, and ArenaNet has revealed what we can expect this year:

• Wintersday decorations all around Lion’s Arch, Droknar’s Forge, Ascalon City, Kamadan, and the Eye of the North
• 8v8 AT-style Snowball Tournaments
• Holiday quest chains in Lion’s Arch, Kamadan, and the Eye of the North
• Repeatable quests in the Secret Lair of the Snowmen
• Gift-gathering in the Underworld
• Dwayna vs Grenth (Snowball Arena)
• Gift-gathering against the grentches in Lion’s Arch and Kamadan
• Wintersday consumables and special items can be obtained from Kamadan, Lion’s Arch, Ascalon City, Droknar’s Forge, and the Eye of the North
• Festival hats

Wintersday events begin at Noon Pacific Time (-8 GMT) on Friday, December 18, 2009, and run until Noon on Monday, January 4, 2010. The Wintersday grand finale will take place on Wintersday itself, in Lion’s Arch and Kamadan. It begins at 12:01 AM Pacific on Friday, January 1, 2010, and repeats every three hours until 12:01 AM on Saturday, January 2, 2010.

Source: GuildWars.com

Make an ugly insect

I think Rollerbeetles are totally stupid. The latest papercraft lets you build one of these ugly out-of-place creatures.

Source: GuildWars.com

Now it’s your turn:

What do you like to do in Guild Wars at this time of year? Are you a Snowball fiend, or are quests more to your liking? Is it all about the rewards, or more about the fun and change in scenery? Comment below!

Verdant Cascades

Today I have a new screenshot for you… this time it’s Verdant Cascades from Eye of the North. While playing Eye of the North you begin to understand ArenaNet’s design philosophy: that it’s not about pushing pixels or polygons, it’s about the art. That’s what allows Guild Wars to run on middle-range PCs systems.

Unless you’re specifically focusing on it, you tend to overlook the low-polygon trees and flat leaves… and see the environment as a whole, designed to provide atmosphere and opportunities to explore.

I expect we’ll be seeing more focus on the jungle environments with the introduction of the Sylvari.

Kurzick Tribute

I do quite a lot of Fort Aspenwood. It’s pretty much all I do in GW these days. When I’m not running through angry Skale and fighting Mursaat while uninfused, I am either blasting down the Orange gates at the Fort, or protecting Gunther beyond ridiculousness.

And even though all my Kurzick faction goes to the Alliance, I decided it was time for a new armor set. The Z-Keys and Luxon Jade I had built up was enough to pay for my new Kurzick Elite Armor (Jesus, they really put the Xunlai Chest out of the way! Nearly 3 radar diameters away from the Armor crafter! Rather than run all the way across the dead outpost, I mapped to GH and then back to the Armory.) :

Does it make me look fat?

House zu Heltzer

ch-Rarr!

I remember, way back when, I used to buy stacks of Wood Planks around Lion’s Arch and Droknar’s Forge, go craft Parchment, and sell it for a miniscule profit. I had Excel worksheets and calculated sales vs cost of sales. I thought it was an ingenious way to make money. I was so stupid back then :P After a while I discovered 8-man Fissure of Woe farming, and did Life Barrier / Life Bond protection, then Blood is Power with my dedicated battery necromancer, “Mana Machine”. The rewards were enough to get max armor for all my characters, and later a set of Mesmer Elite Enchanter’s from Marhaan’s Grotto. Those were the days.

Oh, and a final word… this Ritualist is so gay!

I have a rainbow belt too! <3 Rainbows

Santa Norn

Everyone loves Santa Claus. He brings you gifts, Christmas joy and that trademark, jolly, ho-ho-BEARRR FORRRMMMM!

Ursan Christmas Blessings to all, and to all a good fight!

This took me a few hours – it’s my second attempt at Texmodding (the first time, I tried to modify common GvG skill effects so they visually screamed at me on my Mesmer. I never ended up using them, though…)

This might be a WIP, or it may be as far as I’ll go. Check out the gallery below for more pictures:

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What do you think? Should I keep going? Comment dammit!

Sylvari Wallpaper

I felt the urge to explore tonight, so I decided to trudge through Arbor Bay, die a few times to those evil Krait and Wind Riders, and finally make it to Ventari’s home.

Please let me know what you think of my newest wallpaper. Is it too grungy?

Our Grunge will guide us through messyness… to chaos.

Please tell me what you think in the comments below… :) thx

The Races of Tyria

The Guild Wars 2 website has published a shiny new trailer entitled “The Races of Tyria“. It features more concept art, in-game combat sequences, and voice acting by renowned actors.

We’ve also been granted detailed information pages on each of the five races.

Your favorite fan blog, iloveGuildWars, has captured screenshots of the new trailer – see below or visit the new Gallery page!

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