User talk:Anja Astor

First :P -- scourge 07:54, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Talk page ninja ^^ RT | Talk - A joyous wintersday to all 07:55, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

... - Anja 10:40, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

13th! (/me hands Anja a cookie.) --  (CoRrRan / talk) 17:39, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

:D - anja 17:56, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Tumtum. 62.20.180.87 21:50, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Ban of User:Erf Shakuur

1 month with no warning? 0.o —̵SEERINFLOOMES 22:47, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, I thought it was quite obvious he knew he was trolling. - anja 23:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Maybe he's just stupid eh? —̵SEERINFLOOMES 23:55, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Maybe. - anja 00:15, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that laugh there, Anja :) (And happy new year) -- Brains12 • Talk • 00:19, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Np, and happy new year to everyone ;) - anja 00:28, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Now, I know that on PvX (excluding obvious vandalism like "penis penis duck" in the middle of an article), always, without exception, we place a warning or two on the user's talk page and don't give 1 month bans for trolling. 1 month is a little extreme but the lack of a warning is a bad idea in general. Sure, he could have been stupid. Sure, he could have been a troll. Sure, he could have been disrupting on him and a sock's talk page (who cares? ignore him?). Sure he was all of that and less, but you should always post a warning, imo. Grinchy[슴Mc슴]Diddles 00:35, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, you are right. I'm sorry. I'm going to repair some stuff. :) - anja 00:37, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Nice note :p Calor (t) 01:13, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

But you can't!! you need to save me from da trollz =..( --Coran Ironclaw 18:29, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I think said user that you banned might have created a sock User:Glas_Aroows, if you see erf shakkurs talk page he mentions his caps lock button being broke and Glas Aroows claims the same problem here, which seems a bit coincidental given the similarities in the users.PheNaxKian(T/c) 20:17, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

DAHT IZ NT MI I HAZ NO SCKPUPPT END HIS JST FRENLY END TLK BOT TEH SKILZ I US KK??--GL4S AR00WS 20:30, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Although it does seem likely in this case, but the caps lock is hardly conclusive. They aren't the first to talk in all caps, and certainly not the last. Glas could also be a sock of one oh the other three, or a different user altogether. Lord Belar 20:48, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

The others were all socks (see Grinchs userpage), and if you see-it wasn't jsut the caps that makes me say this (the way they talk and their userpage style are other reasons...)PheNaxKian(T/c) 20:55, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I know they're all socks, and all of them have the same userpage. Lord Belar 20:58, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

So if I were to copy PheN's user page and speak the same language as him (English), does that make me a sock of PheN's? There's no way to check on GW2W if someone is a sock with a notice from the user. —ǥrɩɳsɧƴɖɩđđɭɘş 21:47, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it would. Lord Belar 23:12, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

lol.-i Never said language just the way they talked..., but i think this might be one reason to have a Checkuser function....PheNaxKian(T/c) 00:00, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Just wondering

Hey I was just wondering if I should add some little tidbits from the Guild wars 2 PC gamer issue but reword them so it's not plagiarizing-- Ninja Dragon 23:54, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Seeing as it's ArenaNet content, I think we are allowed to add whatever ANet release. -- Plingggggg \ Talk 23:55, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

As Pling says, that shouldn't be a problem. :) - anja 00:07, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok I'll try to get it added.-- Ninja Dragon 00:09, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Double redirects

For signature images, double redirects are to be left as they are. (Pling has already reverted that change by other users as well.) Not a big deal; just thought I'd point it out. Aqua (T|C) 15:07, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Why should they stay? - anja 15:23, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

When you move a file, the old name redirects to the new name, and this redirect makes pages that still use the old name display the image with the new name. pling 15:26, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Oooh, right. That makes sense :) - anja 15:47, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

:o

sup nerd. -Auron 12:52, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

hi hi! There's such a lack of good games to play I think I might have taken up wikiing again :P and you? stuck in wow still? ;) - anja 12:54, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Technically I still have a sub active, but I only log on once a week to raid. Most of my free time is being eaten up by D3 and World of Tanks (a freemium PvP mmo with... tanks). Both are pretty fun! -Auron 00:26, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

I really can't decide if I should buy D3 or not! I usually don't like dark stories that much, and I definitely don't like grinding/repetitive stuff. But I've heard so much good about D3! What do you think of GW2 so far then? :) I trust you will give me a less fanboish opinion :P - anja 05:32, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

I like D3 a lot, but it definitely has its flaws. Playing it with friends is leagues better than playing it alone - the storyline alone doesn't carry it as a product. The classes are pretty nice though, each has their own flavor and style. End-game viability is an issue (most classes only have 1 build that works in inferno), and once you get to 60, you basically farm bosses a lot to get enough money to buy enough gear to progress to the next act... but the gameplay to 60 is pretty nice. I wrote a longer review on it linked on my userpage.

Hrm... my take on GW2 is that it's aimed at and designed for a super casual audience. The PvE, the PvP, everything I've seen is very easy to grasp and to play - which is fine for soccer moms, but it leaves a lot to be desired for more hardcore gamers. The two PvP modes that exist are large-scale Alliance Battles and small-scale Alliance battles - and honestly, Alliance Battles was one of the worst PvP modes in GW1. They somehow forgot to copy over GvG, HA and RA/TA - instead opting for cap points of all things (which is really, really terrible for a MMO PvP game type).

The PvE sounds like it can be okay - I haven't played it firsthand yet, but questing in one MMO is like questing in all of them. I'm not a big fan of collecting 8 skree wings or killing 10 bears, and that seems to be all that questing entails in most games. The game also lacks end-game PvE content - no raiding or hard dungeons we've heard of, so once players get to 80, there's nothing to do. Supposedly there's a mechanic that scales you down when you go to lower zones, so you can do content at-level, but you could also just... roll a new character and go to those zones to experience them, so that whole mechanic seems rather silly.

Lastly, class viability is an issue - obviously a big deal in PvP (even as casual as it is), but it affects PvE too. Guardians and Thieves just stomp all over everything with no trouble, Mesmers and Warriors do decently well, and everything else is shittastic (which is sad, because I'm still interested in playing Engineer as my main). Most of the issues here are just number ones - certain useless skills need to be tweaked/buffed to be more in line with other classes, but based on ANet's inability to do this with GW1, I'm not confident they'll have it smoothed out for release. But honestly, with the lack of subscription fee, there's no huge pressure to play every day - if it takes them a couple months to get things right, that's fine. My biggest concerns lie with the PvP content (or lack thereof). Rumors flying around seem to hint that there are more PvP modes in development, but they're kept under lock and key and NDAs and won't be ready until sometime after launch, so I have little faith in them bringing more fun to the game. I just hope the PvE content isn't as boring as GW1's, and more engaging than most of WoW's. -Auron 07:50, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Maybe D3 isn't for me then, I need a new alone-game. We'll see if the civ 5 expansion is a better option. :) GW2 really seems like a very casual game, I agree with you there. I'm just afraid there will be a big jump between dungeons and normal play, dungeons too hardcore for casual players like me, and normal play too easy in the long run. I haven't played too far in any of the betas so I don't know anything about class balance or scaling yet, but I trust they will balance things out quite ok, even if only for PvE. PvP is too elitist for me, and too demanding :P But I do hope they bring something more to PvP than WvW and that tournament system. WvW doesn't feel like PvP really, more like WoW's open PvP between factions on the PvP servers. GW2 will need an ok PvP system to gather enough players and get enough resources. - anja 12:27, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Desolation is full

Hi Anja :) If a world is full, trying waiting and checking back. The "full" state is not permanent - it seems to be relative to the number of players logged in to it and/or to other worlds. -- ab.er.rant 04:05, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Oh, I thought it was permanent until people left the world! I'll keep checking ^^ - anja 04:46, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

<3 it was just on "High" now so I'm transferred! :D - anja 04:47, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Anja Astor

..."working on armor pages." You? Who'd a thunk it? ;) 91.197.129.74 10:03, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Er, that was me. Blame Dr ishmael :( — snograt 10:06, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Haha, I guessed it was you! :D - anja 10:25, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Huh

Oh my, where did you come from?! :o So glad to see you around! :D poke | talk 11:31, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

I think the end of the Living story chapter and the feature pack brought me back to the game, and that just naturally led to wikiing ^^ Oh, and HI :D Nice to see you too :D - anja 11:51, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

That’s super great! We should play together some time :) poke | talk 11:55, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

We should :D Oh I need to turn off email notifications for talk page changes now... I'm glad the wiki isn't as spammily active as it was or I would have 15 emails soon! - anja 11:57, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Funny how long some people keep those notifications active, isn't it? — snograt 12:36, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hehe :D And HI :D - anja 16:37, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Anja! - Tanetris (talk) 16:53, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi hi hi :D - anja 16:55, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

obv needs more spam--Relyk ~ talk < 17:09, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

obv! And more indents. - anja 18:41, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

<3 - Tanetris (talk) 19:06, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

much wubs all around! - anja 19:08, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

I keep clicking "Main page" when I really want recent changes. I'm so Facebook'd. :( - anja 19:08, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

“the rest is outdated” – I wouldn’t mind a bex though :P poke | talk 10:57, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Very true, she's great! - anja 11:03, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

BeXoR roxxor. — snograt 11:30, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

moving and SMW

There's a bug in our version of SMW where properties get duplicated when you move a page (retained at the old name *and* set at the new name, and since we equate redirects with their target, you get both sets of properties returned in a query). To avoid this, simply blank the page (deletes all stored properties) before moving, then undo that revision after the move. (If you forget, blank/undo will still work after the move). —Dr Ishmael 13:42, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Oh, I see Alex already explained this somewhat on Poke's talkpage. Carry on. —Dr Ishmael 13:45, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

I was wondering what was happening on list pages! And understood perfectly nothing what Alex was talking about earlier because it was totally out of context :P You mean lists on merchants and vendors that return two different results on the same row, right? Both the old name and the new name? Otherwise I simply have NO IDEA what you're on about :P - anja 13:59, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

yeah sorry I can't explain anything in real life either. tl;dr version: it breaks basically everything. -Chieftain Alex 14:05, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Ish wasn't that much better, he just repeated things so I figured it must be something you want me to understand so I paid more attention :P I did think I fixed Historian Symon though by just updating to the correct names in the template call? - anja 14:09, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Yeah a combination of your editing the page + my blanking/reverting the ascalonian armor pages (did that this morning) has fixed it. -Chieftain Alex 14:19, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

You're back

What with you, Alex and the psychotic robot, recent changes has pretty much ceased to exist. This is a problem to me as I've always found recent changes-watching to be more fun than actually playing the game.

...j/k! Wb!

— snograt 15:22, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Recent changes exists! It is more exciting now than before because you can see lots of changes! ;) I'm going back to work tomorrow though after a week of spring break so you can get your RC back. For a while :P I'm glad to be editing again :D - anja 19:10, 27 April 2014 (UTC)