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User:CoonerTheRed

2013-07-04T17:37:49Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Select Characters */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
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=Who Am I?=
Long time Guild Wars player, former Diablo II player, currently Guild Wars 2 addict. Basiner.

----

Guild Wars 2 has been a natural fit for me, moving right in from the original. In the switch to the new game, I was also asked to step into the Basin roles of Game Council member and PvP Coordinator. This means I head up the Basin's WvW Commanders -- I help enable them to lead the Basin into battle, though I find myself doing little leading currently. I'll also help round up a structured PvP group or two at some point, though we, as a guild, haven't done much in that venue yet.

This comes after a long spell as de facto GvG organizer for GW1, where I led approximately 8 distinct groups of players in tournaments, ladder play, and weekly team groups. The 8v8 format seemed to fit me well -- it was big enough to allow tactics and organization to carry the day, while small enough to not eliminate the need for individual skill. In GW2, I find sPvP to be too duel-oriented and WvW to be too zerg oriented. That said, I enjoy both PvP venues, and also like running organized PvE, especially in hard dungeons and bigger Guild Missions and meta-events.

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars 2, my main character is '''Roux'''.
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons...

==Guild Wars II==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Roux===
Norn Guardian
</div>

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals!'''

| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Amelie Le Rouge===
Canthan Warrior

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | This is my main PvP slot, a warrior with quite a few Guild Battles under her belt. She and her PvP-only predecessor have led six different Team GvG events -- GvG Teams consisting of 8 players plus alternates, playing together as a team on the same build for about two months. These teams have done quite well, competing in both Guru and RAWR Cup tourneys. She tends to play meta-friendly GvG builds, including hammer, axe, and sword bars. The hammer is her favorite weapon, and she loves nothing better than thumping monks into the dirt.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Warrior's Endurance:
:A standard meta-game GvG Warrior, this build spews out deep wound and can spike with great regularity due to fast recharging attack skills.
* Dev Hammer Warrior:
:The standard meta hammer bar. Variants include adding Wild Throw to deal with pesky Balanced Stance monks.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2013-07-04T17:36:38Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Morello Le Rouge */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
Long time Guild Wars player, former Diablo II player, currently Guild Wars 2 addict. Basiner.

----

Guild Wars 2 has been a natural fit for me, moving right in from the original. In the switch to the new game, I was also asked to step into the Basin roles of Game Council member and PvP Coordinator. This means I head up the Basin's WvW Commanders -- I help enable them to lead the Basin into battle, though I find myself doing little leading currently. I'll also help round up a structured PvP group or two at some point, though we, as a guild, haven't done much in that venue yet.

This comes after a long spell as de facto GvG organizer for GW1, where I led approximately 8 distinct groups of players in tournaments, ladder play, and weekly team groups. The 8v8 format seemed to fit me well -- it was big enough to allow tactics and organization to carry the day, while small enough to not eliminate the need for individual skill. In GW2, I find sPvP to be too duel-oriented and WvW to be too zerg oriented. That said, I enjoy both PvP venues, and also like running organized PvE, especially in hard dungeons and bigger Guild Missions and meta-events.

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars 2, my main character is '''Roux'''.
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons...

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals!'''

| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Amelie Le Rouge===
Canthan Warrior

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | This is my main PvP slot, a warrior with quite a few Guild Battles under her belt. She and her PvP-only predecessor have led six different Team GvG events -- GvG Teams consisting of 8 players plus alternates, playing together as a team on the same build for about two months. These teams have done quite well, competing in both Guru and RAWR Cup tourneys. She tends to play meta-friendly GvG builds, including hammer, axe, and sword bars. The hammer is her favorite weapon, and she loves nothing better than thumping monks into the dirt.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Warrior's Endurance:
:A standard meta-game GvG Warrior, this build spews out deep wound and can spike with great regularity due to fast recharging attack skills.
* Dev Hammer Warrior:
:The standard meta hammer bar. Variants include adding Wild Throw to deal with pesky Balanced Stance monks.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2013-07-04T17:35:44Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Want to be my friend? */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
Long time Guild Wars player, former Diablo II player, currently Guild Wars 2 addict. Basiner.

----

Guild Wars 2 has been a natural fit for me, moving right in from the original. In the switch to the new game, I was also asked to step into the Basin roles of Game Council member and PvP Coordinator. This means I head up the Basin's WvW Commanders -- I help enable them to lead the Basin into battle, though I find myself doing little leading currently. I'll also help round up a structured PvP group or two at some point, though we, as a guild, haven't done much in that venue yet.

This comes after a long spell as de facto GvG organizer for GW1, where I led approximately 8 distinct groups of players in tournaments, ladder play, and weekly team groups. The 8v8 format seemed to fit me well -- it was big enough to allow tactics and organization to carry the day, while small enough to not eliminate the need for individual skill. In GW2, I find sPvP to be too duel-oriented and WvW to be too zerg oriented. That said, I enjoy both PvP venues, and also like running organized PvE, especially in hard dungeons and bigger Guild Missions and meta-events.

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars 2, my main character is '''Roux'''.
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons...

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''People Know Me!'''
*'''Legendary Guardian'''
*'''Elonian Vanquisher'''
*'''Elonian Grandmaster Cartographer'''
*'''Legendary Spearmarshal'''
*'''Holy Lightbringer'''
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Amelie Le Rouge===
Canthan Warrior

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | This is my main PvP slot, a warrior with quite a few Guild Battles under her belt. She and her PvP-only predecessor have led six different Team GvG events -- GvG Teams consisting of 8 players plus alternates, playing together as a team on the same build for about two months. These teams have done quite well, competing in both Guru and RAWR Cup tourneys. She tends to play meta-friendly GvG builds, including hammer, axe, and sword bars. The hammer is her favorite weapon, and she loves nothing better than thumping monks into the dirt.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Warrior's Endurance:
:A standard meta-game GvG Warrior, this build spews out deep wound and can spike with great regularity due to fast recharging attack skills.
* Dev Hammer Warrior:
:The standard meta hammer bar. Variants include adding Wild Throw to deal with pesky Balanced Stance monks.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2013-07-04T17:34:56Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Who Am I? */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
Long time Guild Wars player, former Diablo II player, currently Guild Wars 2 addict. Basiner.

----

Guild Wars 2 has been a natural fit for me, moving right in from the original. In the switch to the new game, I was also asked to step into the Basin roles of Game Council member and PvP Coordinator. This means I head up the Basin's WvW Commanders -- I help enable them to lead the Basin into battle, though I find myself doing little leading currently. I'll also help round up a structured PvP group or two at some point, though we, as a guild, haven't done much in that venue yet.

This comes after a long spell as de facto GvG organizer for GW1, where I led approximately 8 distinct groups of players in tournaments, ladder play, and weekly team groups. The 8v8 format seemed to fit me well -- it was big enough to allow tactics and organization to carry the day, while small enough to not eliminate the need for individual skill. In GW2, I find sPvP to be too duel-oriented and WvW to be too zerg oriented. That said, I enjoy both PvP venues, and also like running organized PvE, especially in hard dungeons and bigger Guild Missions and meta-events.

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons...

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''People Know Me!'''
*'''Legendary Guardian'''
*'''Elonian Vanquisher'''
*'''Elonian Grandmaster Cartographer'''
*'''Legendary Spearmarshal'''
*'''Holy Lightbringer'''
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Amelie Le Rouge===
Canthan Warrior

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | This is my main PvP slot, a warrior with quite a few Guild Battles under her belt. She and her PvP-only predecessor have led six different Team GvG events -- GvG Teams consisting of 8 players plus alternates, playing together as a team on the same build for about two months. These teams have done quite well, competing in both Guru and RAWR Cup tourneys. She tends to play meta-friendly GvG builds, including hammer, axe, and sword bars. The hammer is her favorite weapon, and she loves nothing better than thumping monks into the dirt.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Warrior's Endurance:
:A standard meta-game GvG Warrior, this build spews out deep wound and can spike with great regularity due to fast recharging attack skills.
* Dev Hammer Warrior:
:The standard meta hammer bar. Variants include adding Wild Throw to deal with pesky Balanced Stance monks.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player

2010-07-11T15:29:11Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Player vs. Environment (PvE) Gameplay */

=A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player=

This guide is intended as a collection of information geared towards that Diablo II player who is thinking about taking the plunge and coming over to play Guild Wars.

==Player vs. Environment (PvE) Gameplay==

'''Note: Players are encouraged to reserve one of their four character slots for a PvP character.''' (see PvP section below for more information)

Guild Wars gameplay compared to [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]] in a few words:
* group play is more important and more required
* monsters are much tougher relative to players
* monsters have skills, armor, and equipment that works the same way as for players
* fights are longer due to stronger monsters (approx. 15-30 seconds of fight per monster)

Very few characters will be able to efficiently play solo against monsters in [[GW_Main_Page | Guild Wars]], unlike [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. Most groups will need some kind of healer (e.g., a primary Monk), as well as a mix of other characters to win. Although parties can often do fine with less than max group size, rarely can groups of 1 or 2 win against the monsters. There is still the option to hire [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Henchman henchmen] or add [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Hero Heroes] (with [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Nightfall Nightfall]) to fill your party's ranks, but these computer-controlled allies come with their own deficiencies.

In addition, most monsters are in the same toughness range as the players fighting them. Although some [[GW_Main_Page#Character_Builds | character builds]] can do a lot of damage to a single monster in very short time, there are no instant kills. This means that battles will last longer in Guild Wars than in [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. As a rule of thumb, battles probably last around 15-30 seconds for each monster. People will therefore often want to fight less monsters at the same time as group size (most groups in Guild Wars will probably consists of around four players).

Monsters all have the same types of attacks as players do, plus a few additional rare ones such as [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Giant_Stomp Giant Stomp]. For example, if a monster is of a ranger type, it will use either a bow or some ranged attack as a regular attack in addition to its ranger skills; it will have extra armor against elemental damage and its armor against physical damage will be somewhere between warriors and casters. This applies to the monsters of the other professions types as well.

==Character Progression==

Characters use skills and attributes differently in Guild Wars than in D2. In Guild Wars, characters all have the same amount of life at the same level, have mana based on their character's profession, always hit with attacks unless certain conditions or hex are on them or the target is using certain enchantments or stances. Attribute points for characters are not used for these things; instead, they are used to improve the power of skills. Instead of having skill point associated with one particular skill, attribute points improve all skills associated with them. For instance, if you improve fire magic for extra firestorm damage, you will also improve skills such as meteor and flare.

Unlike in D2, where skill points are fixed once assigned, attributes can be reassigned in any town and skills swapped as well. For instance, if you're about to go into an area with lots of melee type monsters, you can change to skills that do better vs. melee and boost attributes to make those skills more powerful. Some attributes (marksmanship, swordsmanship, ax mastery, hammer mastery) improve weapon damage; others (many of the primary attributes) allow for mana/energy management.

Characters hit their maximum level (level 20) around one quarter to two thirds into the game (depends on which campaign the player owns); monsters increase somewhat in level to 24-28 near the end of the game. The attribute/skill system means that characters won't ever have to save skill points, and will be useful throughout the game, even in early areas with only basic skills. Many basic skills, in fact, are useful throughout the game. Except for the elite skills, the only major difference between early and late game skills is that early game skills are on average simpler to use.

The storyline in Guild wars is more involved than in Diablo II. It has a number of twists and turns, and most of the time your character is in the middle of the important action. Guild Wars also has, in many opinions, more interesting terrain than D2, thanks partially to the camera view and being 3-D and partially simply because it is drawn very well. The Shiverpeaks really feel like a mountain range, and the Ring of Fire really feels like a barren volcanic area. Sightseeing in Guild Wars is well worth the time.

==Player vs. Player (PvP) Gameplay==

The Player vs. Player experience in Guild Wars is vastly different than the PvP that took place in Diablo II. Most of Diablo II's PvP play was focused on "duels," which, over time, became increasingly frustrating for new players. The equipment, attribute, and skill point requirements to be competitive in PvP (not to mention class imbalances and cheating) were incredibly high.

Guild Wars differs greatly from the Diablo II experience in that the game really does rely on strategy, tactics, and skills more than the equipment your character is wearing. The flexible nature of skill use, attribute assignment, and even secondary profession (for PvE characters) ensures that characters never become "obsolete" because of changes in the metagame.

Because Guild Wars is a team game, there is no formal concept of duels, and PvP can only occur in specially-designated arenas. There is no risk, for example, of one of your party members "going hostile" in the middle of a mission. With the exception of the Random Arenas that are available, most PvP will also involve a bit of planning on a [[team build]] to maximize the effectiveness of the characters involved.

'''Players are encouraged to reserve one of their character slots for a PvP character.'''

While you are playing your PvE characters, you will "unlock" skills and items/equipment. When you have unlocked an item or a skill, it is immediately available to a newly created PvP character. Read this twice. It really means that you can use all unlocked skills and equipment from your PvE characters on your PvP character. As a side benefit, these same skills are available to your Heroes, AI companions that you can customize. In addition, skills, items, and Heroes for PvP may be unlocked with [http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Faction_Points_%28Balthazar%29 faction], which is earned with PvP success. This unlocking process neatly eliminates the "equipment gap" that characterizes D2 PvP.

There is no need to build a character for PvP from the ground up. Instead, since you can delete and recreate this character at will, it is easy to experience various classes and builds, as well as take advantage of newly-unlocked items and skills.

There is no such thing as non-consensual PvP, or "player-killing," in Guild Wars.

==System Requirements==

For a game that is so graphically beautiful, Guild Wars will run on some of the barest of hardware out there. While the system requirements are a bit higher than those required to run Diablo II, it certainly isn't a game that requires the latest $2500 Falcon-NW machine to run! Check out the Guild Wars website for the (minimum) [http://www.guildwars.com/aboutgw/faq/default.php#support system requirements].

Broadband is not required to play the game. Your download of updates and loading of areas will take a bit longer, but the game will run just fine. We highly recommend that once you download the Guild Wars client, you install using the -image command. To do so, go to the Guild Wars shortcut icon. Right click on it and select "Properties." Modify the Target so that it reads "C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe -image" Now go to sleep. This command downloads a complete image of the game. Ordinarily, you will download only those areas you visit, so if you have a slower connection, you'll take longer to load the first time you visit an area. By downloading the image of the program, you can speed up your load times, as the game won't have to transfer as much data to your computer. A fast broadband connection will download the image over 3 hours or so. A dialup connection will obviously take significantly longer.

That said, an internet connection is required to play Guild Wars. There is no such thing as a "Single Player" mode -- everything is "Closed Realm."

==Community==

There are many similarities between the community created by the Basin in Diablo II and Guild Wars, but there is also some major differences.

Much like the Diablo II Guild, the Guild Wars community asks that everyone "Play Nice and Show Some Class." This is especially important in a game such as Guild Wars. If you were a jerk in a public Diablo II game, there was little chance (unless you volunteered the information) that you'd be tracked back to the Basin. And even if you were, there was no greater community in Diablo II that could do anything about it. In Guild Wars, however, you wear a cape on your back and a tag on your name that identifies you. Not only does this provide recognition, but there are several other guilds that the Basin has ties to in the game. Not playing nice and showing class can ripple through many playing groups.

In Diablo II, the Basin created an "artificial" playing environment to circumvent design decisions by Blizzard. Drops were shared among all party members. PvP was strictly forbidden unless pre-arranged. Games were passworded through WeaselTech and cared for by those involved. In Guild Wars, however, many of these problems were addressed by the game design itself. Items are "reserved" for players when they drop, and gold is automatically shared. PvP only occurs in arenas specially designed for PvP. And an instanced game world means you don't have to worry about killing that Charr boss; it doesn't matter to anyone outside of your party.

On the downside, the design of Guild Wars does mean that you can't just "hop in" to a game already in progress. If you're not there at the start of the mission, you can't join until the party reaches the next outpost. And party size limitations increase gradually throughout the game, limiting the size of the group that can adventure together. Furthermore, while everyone in the Basin could have (theoretically) crammed into the same chat channel, guilds in Guild Wars are limited to 100 members, forcing the Basin to split across many different Guilds, as well as Guild Ladder Teams (all allied through an overarching Alliance).

Nevertheless, we've built a strong community. The [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Basin's Guild Wars forums], [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 our IRC channels] and our [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak server] serve as central hubs for communication. Alliance chat allows people to communicate with all online Basiners at once. And group games such as [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=8204 Mission Possible!] and [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=1899 Pickup GvG] take place regularly. You'll find that the community created in Guild Wars is a strong, active one, willing and able to help out at any time.

==Related forum threads==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=4752 GW for the Diablo2 Player] (Jan 2006)

== Related Basin links ==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Guild Wars Forums]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 IRC Channel Guide]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak Howto]

User:CoonerTheRed

2009-11-17T18:42:05Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Anh Le Rouge */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
[[http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg]]
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons...

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''People Know Me!'''
*'''Legendary Guardian'''
*'''Elonian Vanquisher'''
*'''Elonian Grandmaster Cartographer'''
*'''Legendary Spearmarshal'''
*'''Holy Lightbringer'''
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Amelie Le Rouge===
Canthan Warrior

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | This is my main PvP slot, a warrior with quite a few Guild Battles under her belt. She and her PvP-only predecessor have led six different Team GvG events -- GvG Teams consisting of 8 players plus alternates, playing together as a team on the same build for about two months. These teams have done quite well, competing in both Guru and RAWR Cup tourneys. She tends to play meta-friendly GvG builds, including hammer, axe, and sword bars. The hammer is her favorite weapon, and she loves nothing better than thumping monks into the dirt.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Warrior's Endurance:
:A standard meta-game GvG Warrior, this build spews out deep wound and can spike with great regularity due to fast recharging attack skills.
* Dev Hammer Warrior:
:The standard meta hammer bar. Variants include adding Wild Throw to deal with pesky Balanced Stance monks.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2009-03-30T18:30:27Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Morello Le Rouge */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
[[http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg]]
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons...

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''People Know Me!'''
*'''Legendary Guardian'''
*'''Elonian Vanquisher'''
*'''Elonian Grandmaster Cartographer'''
*'''Legendary Spearmarshal'''
*'''Holy Lightbringer'''
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anh Le Rouge===
Canthan Warrior (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | This is my main PvP slot, a warrior with quite a few Guild Battles under her belt. She's led four different Team GvG events -- GvG Teams consisting of 8 players plus alternates, playing together as a team on the same build for about two months. These teams have done quite well, competing in both Guru and RAWR Cup tourneys. She tends to play meta-friendly GvG builds, and often axe or sword builds (as the hammer warrior tends to be the off-target warrior). However, the hammer is her favorite weapon, and she loves nothing better than thumping monks into the dirt.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Warrior's Endurance:
:A standard meta-game GvG Warrior, this build spews out deep wound and can spike with great regularity due to fast recharging attack skills.
* Magehunter's Hammer Warrior:
:The standard meta hammer bar, this build eliminates the pain of pesky enchants like Guardian or Aegis.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2009-03-30T18:29:07Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Morello Le Rouge */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
[[http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg]]
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons...

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''People Know Me!'''
*'''Legendary Guardian'''
*'''Elonian Vanquisher'''
*'''Elonian Grandmaster Cartographer'''
*'''Legendary Spearmarshal'''
*'''Holy Lightbringer'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anh Le Rouge===
Canthan Warrior (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | This is my main PvP slot, a warrior with quite a few Guild Battles under her belt. She's led four different Team GvG events -- GvG Teams consisting of 8 players plus alternates, playing together as a team on the same build for about two months. These teams have done quite well, competing in both Guru and RAWR Cup tourneys. She tends to play meta-friendly GvG builds, and often axe or sword builds (as the hammer warrior tends to be the off-target warrior). However, the hammer is her favorite weapon, and she loves nothing better than thumping monks into the dirt.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Warrior's Endurance:
:A standard meta-game GvG Warrior, this build spews out deep wound and can spike with great regularity due to fast recharging attack skills.
* Magehunter's Hammer Warrior:
:The standard meta hammer bar, this build eliminates the pain of pesky enchants like Guardian or Aegis.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2008-12-11T08:47:11Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Ahn Le Rouge */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
[[http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg]]
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons...

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Kind of a Big Deal!'''
*'''Guardian of Elona'''
*'''Guardian of Cantha'''
*'''Protector of Kryta'''
*'''Elonian Vanquisher'''
*'''Elonian Grandmaster Cartographer'''
*'''Legendary Spearmarshal'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anh Le Rouge===
Canthan Warrior (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | This is my main PvP slot, a warrior with quite a few Guild Battles under her belt. She's led four different Team GvG events -- GvG Teams consisting of 8 players plus alternates, playing together as a team on the same build for about two months. These teams have done quite well, competing in both Guru and RAWR Cup tourneys. She tends to play meta-friendly GvG builds, and often axe or sword builds (as the hammer warrior tends to be the off-target warrior). However, the hammer is her favorite weapon, and she loves nothing better than thumping monks into the dirt.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Warrior's Endurance:
:A standard meta-game GvG Warrior, this build spews out deep wound and can spike with great regularity due to fast recharging attack skills.
* Magehunter's Hammer Warrior:
:The standard meta hammer bar, this build eliminates the pain of pesky enchants like Guardian or Aegis.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2008-12-11T08:46:45Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Morello Le Vert */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
[[http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg]]
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons...

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Kind of a Big Deal!'''
*'''Guardian of Elona'''
*'''Guardian of Cantha'''
*'''Protector of Kryta'''
*'''Elonian Vanquisher'''
*'''Elonian Grandmaster Cartographer'''
*'''Legendary Spearmarshal'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Ahn Le Rouge===
Canthan Warrior (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | This is my main PvP slot, a warrior with quite a few Guild Battles under her belt. She's led four different Team GvG events -- GvG Teams consisting of 8 players plus alternates, playing together as a team on the same build for about two months. These teams have done quite well, competing in both Guru and RAWR Cup tourneys. She tends to play meta-friendly GvG builds, and often axe or sword builds (as the hammer warrior tends to be the off-target warrior). However, the hammer is her favorite weapon, and she loves nothing better than thumping monks into the dirt.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Warrior's Endurance:
:A standard meta-game GvG Warrior, this build spews out deep wound and can spike with great regularity due to fast recharging attack skills.
* Magehunter's Hammer Warrior:
:The standard meta hammer bar, this build eliminates the pain of pesky enchants like Guardian or Aegis.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2008-12-11T08:35:41Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Morello Le Rouge */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
[[http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg]]
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons...

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Kind of a Big Deal!'''
*'''Guardian of Elona'''
*'''Guardian of Cantha'''
*'''Protector of Kryta'''
*'''Elonian Vanquisher'''
*'''Elonian Grandmaster Cartographer'''
*'''Legendary Spearmarshal'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister (she uses fewer builds...). She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2008-12-11T08:34:26Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Select Characters */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
[[http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg]]
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons...

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Kind of a Big Deal!'''
*'''Legendary Guardian'''
*'''Elonian Vanquisher'''
*'''Legendary Spearmarshal'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister (she uses fewer builds...). She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2008-12-05T06:18:32Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Guild Wars */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
[[http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg]]
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Kind of a Big Deal!'''
*'''Legendary Guardian'''
*'''Elonian Vanquisher'''
*'''Legendary Spearmarshal'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister (she uses fewer builds...). She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

Diablo III

2008-07-07T14:36:11Z

CoonerTheRed: layout of a d3 wiki

Welcome to the Unofficial Diablo III Basin Wiki!

__TOC__

== Welcome ==

== About the Game (non-gameplay) ==

== General Game Information ==
Please note, as no game has been released or is even in testing, none of this is known fact. But only semi-confirmed information should be included here.

=== Game Lore ===

=== Character Fundamentals ===

==== Barbarian ====
'''Lore'''

'''Skills'''

==== Witch Doctor ====
'''Lore'''

'''Skills'''

=== Quests ===

=== Regions and Levels ===

== The Basin and Diablo III ==
Starting with Diablo II, The Amazon Basin has built up and around the Diablo series, eventually branching out to the many guilds it supports today. With the amount of interest in the D3 title, it seems likely that the Basin will strive to provide a safe, friendly, fun place to game with and meet other like-minded gamers in Diablo III.

Talk:Screenshot Contests

2008-04-21T13:22:53Z

CoonerTheRed: New page: I call my submission... "Beached Skale" :D ~~~~

I call my submission... "Beached Skale" :D [[User:CoonerTheRed|CoonerTheRed]] 14:22, 21 April 2008 (BST)

User:CoonerTheRed

2008-03-06T19:13:22Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Morello Le Rouge */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
[[http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg]]
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*'''Protector of Tyria'''
*'''Legendary Spearmarshal''' (10/10, Sunspear)
*Vanquishing Lightbringer (6/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister (she uses fewer builds...). She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

Talk:Main Page

2008-03-06T19:02:52Z

CoonerTheRed: /* uhhh */

Apparently the main page doesn't exist yet. Might as well make it then, eh?

-hiry

This is the place we talk about what to put on the Main Page.

== Whoa, nice. ==

Howdy! Nice stuff. :)

-Drake

== I guess I should learn to skin wiki, huh? ==

I haven't spent any time with the CSS or layout of this thing. What you see is the 'out of the box' design.

== When editing CSS... ==

Don't forget to make sure the two link types are of a different color; in the default skin, red links lead to empty pages that haven't been created yet while blue ones lead to pages that have user created content. It's very handy, because when you make guides you will often put Wiki links that lead to pages not yet written, having them another color is helpful for readers. :)

-Drake

== ARR mateys ==

it does work. It's quite sensible that the OOB design is, uh, working well ^^

Please sign your comments .)

-MOnkeycid

== Table of Contents box ==

Where did it come from? Was it auto-generated? It isn't shown when I edit the page.

TPJ

The wiki config automatically adds the tabel of contents. You can add a line to remove it from a given page. The command slips my mind at the time tho. Doh! Ralph provided the info in the very next section. --[[User:Jini|Jini]] 14:06, 17 Apr 2006 (GMT)

== Re: Table of content ==

Its generated automaticly because we have more then 3 headings on the page, use the "__'''NOTOC'''__" code to turn it off (bold to prevent it working).
<b>
<table border = "0" cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#6600CC">Ph34z</td><td bgcolor="#0066CC">My</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#00CC66">HTML</td><td bgcolor="#CC6600">Skillz</td></tr></table>
</b>
-Ralph

Edit: Looks like my failure to use the preview button has clogged up the log a bit, sorry

== DAoC ==

Mmm so earlier I removed the link to the DAoC section as sort of an acknowledgement of its closing. However someone put it back. Am I misunderstanding what is said here: http://www.theamazonbasin.com/daoc/ ? Does/will DAoC generate enough content to be a whole section?

-kosmikpanda

==Signing your comments==
Comment signatures anywhere is easily added and timestamped by using the code <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>. It will turn into what you see after this comment. -- [[User:Jugalator|Jugalator]] 17:50, 15 Apr 2006 (GMT)

==Whoohoo for Diablo II!==
I'm editing some of the stuff on the D2 side. Just to let people know. [[User:ForeStorm|ForeStorm]] 05:10, 26 Apr 2006 (GMT)
:Could someone look at Act IV Quests on the D2 side? I don't know which formatting to go by - oops. [[User:ForeStorm|ForeStorm]] 05:33, 26 Apr 2006 (GMT)
::On it. :) [[User:Masterkilla|Masterkilla]] 01:55, 6 Jun 2006 (GMT)

== Testing edit ==

Was getting SQL errors, testing the talk page

== uhhh ==

there already exists a "guildwiki": http://gw.gamewikis.org i would know, cuz i created it so poo on u [[User:Gravewit|Gravewit]] 01:42, 29 Oct 2006 (BST)

removed porn links... sorry if someone was storing them here ;) [[User:CoonerTheRed|CoonerTheRed]] 19:02, 6 March 2008 (GMT)

Talk:Main Page

2008-03-06T19:02:17Z

CoonerTheRed: /* drilled */

User:CoonerTheRed

2008-03-06T18:34:48Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Who Am I? */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
[[http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg]]
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*'''Legendary Spearmarshal''' (10/10, Sunspear)
*Vanquishing Lightbringer (6/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister (she uses fewer builds...). She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2008-03-06T18:34:28Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Who Am I? */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
[http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg]
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*'''Legendary Spearmarshal''' (10/10, Sunspear)
*Vanquishing Lightbringer (6/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister (she uses fewer builds...). She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2008-01-22T22:54:09Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Morello Le Rouge */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*'''Legendary Spearmarshal''' (10/10, Sunspear)
*Vanquishing Lightbringer (6/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister (she uses fewer builds...). She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2008-01-22T22:53:45Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Veronique Le Rouge */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*Legendary Spearmarshal (10/10, Sunspear)
*Vanquishing Lightbringer (6/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister (she uses fewer builds...). She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2008-01-22T22:53:22Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Guild Wars */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*Legendary Spearmarshal (10/10, Sunspear)
*Vanquishing Lightbringer (6/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister (she uses fewer builds...). She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Veronique Le Rouge===
Canthan Necromancer

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Veronique started as a plan for a curse necro, but quickly found that all the cool curses were learned in other continents. So she changed her mind and became a vampire for most of her life -- there's nothing more fun than stealing monster life-blood. Now that she's older and wiser, she's taken advantage of the best energy management a few souls can buy, and has played the role of curse necro, ellie nuker, rit healer, 55 monk, and nearly any caster-role imaginable.

Photos of Veronique show her in her unique Kurzick/Tyrian combination armor.

{| style="background:goldenrod"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Hero of Cantha'''
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Nerfed bloodspike
* Echoed Pain Inverter Curse Necro
* 55 monk
* Glint's Challenge Farmer
|}
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2008-01-22T22:08:08Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Morello Le Rouge */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*Legendary Spearmarshal (10/10, Sunspear)
*Vanquishing Lightbringer (6/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Dwayna Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* 600 Dervish/Monk:
:Bring along your favorite monk smiting bonder hero and cruise the Cathedral of Flames...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister (she uses fewer builds...). She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===And some others...===
Elonian Dervish

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2008-01-22T22:06:04Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Morello Le Rouge */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*Legendary Spearmarshal (10/10, Sunspear)
*Vanquishing Lightbringer (6/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Balthazar Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister (she uses fewer builds...). She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===And some others...===
Elonian Dervish

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2008-01-22T22:04:51Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Who Am I? */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. I've finished my goal of finishing each chapter with a native toon -- an ellie/mesmer through Prophecies, a necro/* through Factions, and a dervish/* through Nightfall. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). Lately I've been leading a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=9143 Team-Based GvG Event] that has done very well. I'm also moderating the PvP forums, along with [[Eddietheman]].

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*Spearmarshal (9/10, Sunspear)
*Mighty Lightbringer (4/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Balthazar Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister (she uses fewer builds...). She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===And some others...===
Elonian Dervish

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2007-08-27T20:08:53Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Morello Le Vert */

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). I've also been running through the various chapters, completing each one with a native toon.

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*Spearmarshal (9/10, Sunspear)
*Mighty Lightbringer (4/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Balthazar Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister (she uses fewer builds...). She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">

===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===And some others...===
Elonian Dervish

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

Talk:A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player

2007-08-27T15:23:20Z

CoonerTheRed:

I cut this out of the PvP section I wrote (unfinished section on GvG). I think it was too much info... if they want specifics, they can go to GuildWiki or something. I put it here in the event other people feel differently, so that you don't have to reinvent the wheel:

* Random Arenas: In these arenas, 4-player teams are assembled at random, and serve as an introduction to PvP play.
* Team Arenas: In these arenas, arranged 4-player teams battle each other. Unlike the Random Arenas, [[team builds]] can be developed for the team arenas, synergizing skills and characters for maximum effectiveness.<br>
Note: For character accounts created after the January 22 update, 5 games in a row must be won in the Random Arenas to unlock the Team Arenas.
* Tournament: Informally known as "Tombs" (causing no end of confusion, since the Tomb of the Primeval Kings is now a high-level PvE area), the Tournament is a global competition to hold the Hall of Heroes. In the tournament, 8-player teams are assembled, and progress through a series of matches, culminating with the Hall of Heroes. Unlike the Random and Team Arenas, in which the objective is to either wipe out your opponent or score more kills than your opponent, the Tournament maps have other objectives, such as capturing relics or holding an altar.<br>
Note: For character accounts created after the January 22 update, 5 games in a row must be won in the Team Arenas to unlock the Tournament, now located at Hero's Ascent.
* Guild vs. Guild:

[[User:Francois42|Francois42]] 20:17, 31 Jan 2006 (GMT)

i found this useful coming in, just wanted to update a few broken links... [[User:CoonerTheRed|CoonerTheRed]] 13:26, 27 Aug 2007 (BST)

updated with Alliance Chat and some more current information [[User:CoonerTheRed|CoonerTheRed]] 16:23, 27 Aug 2007 (BST)

A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player

2007-08-27T15:22:31Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Community */

=A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player=

This guide is intended as a collection of information geared towards that Diablo II player who is thinking about taking the plunge and coming over to play Guild Wars.

==Player vs. Environment (PvE) Gameplay==

'''Note: Players are encouraged to reserve one of their four character slots for a PvP character.''' (see PvP section below for more information)

Guild Wars gameplay compared to [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]] in a few words:
* group play is more important and more required
* monsters are much tougher relative to players
* monsters have skills, armor, and equipment that works the same way as for players
* fights are longer due to stronger monsters (approx. 15-30 seconds of fight per monster)

Very few characters will be able to efficiently play solo against monsters in [[GW_Main_Page | Guild Wars]], unlike [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. Most groups will need some kind of healer (e.g., a primary Monk), as well as a mix of other characters to win. Although parties can often do fine with less than max group size, rarely can groups of 1 or 2 win against the monsters. There is still the option to hire [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Henchman henchmen] or (with [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Nightfall Nightfall]) add [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Hero Heroes] to fill your party's ranks, but these computer-controlled allies come with their own deficiencies.

In addition, most monsters are in the same toughness range as the players fighting them. Although some [[GW_Main_Page#Character_Builds | character builds]] can do a lot of damage to a single monster in very short time, there are no instant kills. This means that battles will last longer in Guild Wars than in [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. As a rule of thumb, battles probably last around 15-30 seconds for each monster. People will therefore often want to fight less monsters at the same time as group size (most groups in Guild Wars will probably consists of around four players).

Monsters all have the same types of attacks as players do, plus a few additional rare ones such as [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Giant_Stomp Giant Stomp]. For example, if a monster is of a ranger type, it will use either a bow or some ranged attack as a regular attack in addition to its ranger skills; it will have extra armor against elemental damage and its armor against physical damage will be somewhere between warriors and casters. This applies to the monsters of the other five professions types as well.

==Character Progression==

Characters use skills and attributes differently in Guild Wars than in D2. In Guild Wars, characters all have the same amount of life at the same level, have mana based on their character's profession, always hit with attacks unless certain conditions or hex are on them or the target is using certain enchantments or stances. Attribute points for characters are not used for these things; instead, they are used to improve the power of skills. Instead of having skill point associated with one particular skill, attribute points improve all skills associated with them. For instance, if you improve fire magic for extra firestorm damage, you will also improve skills such as meteor and flare.

Unlike in D2, where skill points are fixed once assigned, attributes can be reassigned in any town and skills swapped as well. For instance, if you're about to go into an area with lots of melee type monsters, you can change to skills that do better vs. melee and boost attributes to make those skills more powerful. Some attributes (marksmanship, swordsmanship, ax mastery, hammer mastery) improve weapon damage; others (many of the primary attributes) allow for mana/energy management.

Characters hit their maximum level (level 20) around two thirds into the game; monsters increase somewhat in level to 24-28 near the end of the game. The attribute/skill system means that characters won't ever have to save skill points, and will be useful throughout the game, even in early areas with only basic skills. Many basic skills, in fact, are useful throughout the game. Except for the elite skills, the only major difference between early and late game skills is that early game skills are on average simpler to use.

The storyline in Guild wars is more involved than in Diablo II. It has a number of twists and turns, and most of the time your character is in the middle of the important action. Guild Wars also has, in many opinions, more interesting terrain than D2, thanks partially to the camera view and being 3-D and partially simply because it is drawn very well. The Shiverpeaks really feel like a mountain range, and the ring of fire really feels like a barren volcanic area. Sightseeing in Guild Wars is well worth the time.

==Player vs. Player (PvP) Gameplay==

The Player vs. Player experience in Guild Wars is vastly different than the PvP that took place in Diablo II. Most of Diablo II's PvP play was focused on "duels," which, over time, became increasingly frustrating for new players. The equipment, attribute, and skill point requirements to be competitive in PvP (not to mention class imbalances and cheating) were incredibly high.

Guild Wars differs greatly from the Diablo II experience in that the game really does rely on strategy, tactics, and skills more than the equipment your character is wearing. The flexible nature of skill use, attribute assignment, and even secondary profession (for PvE characters) ensures that characters never become "obsolete" because of changes in the metagame.

Because Guild Wars is a team game, there is no formal concept of duels, and PvP can only occur in specially-designated arenas. There is no risk, for example, of one of your party members "going hostile" in the middle of a mission. With the exception of the Random Arenas that are available, most PvP will also involve a bit of planning on a [[team build]] to maximize the effectiveness of the characters involved.

'''Players are encouraged to reserve one of their character slots for a PvP character.'''

While you are playing your PvE characters, you will "unlock" skills and items/equipment. When you have unlocked an item or a skill, it is immediately available to a newly created PvP character. Read this twice. It really means that you can use all unlocked skills and equipment from your PvE characters on your PvP character. In addition, skills and items may be unlocked with [http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Faction_Points_%28Balthazar%29 faction], which is earned with PvP success. This unlocking process nearly eliminates the "equipment gap" that characterizes D2 PvP.

There is no need to build a character for PvP from the ground up. Instead, since you can delete and recreate this character at will, it is easy to experience various classes and builds, as well as take advantage of newly-unlocked items and skills.

There is no such thing as non-consensual PvP, or "player-killing," in Guild Wars.

==System Requirements==

For a game that is so graphically beautiful, Guild Wars will run on some of the barest of hardware out there. While the system requirements are a bit higher than those required to run Diablo II, it certainly isn't a game that requires the latest $2500 Falcon-NW machine to run! Check out the Guild Wars website for the (minimum) [http://www.guildwars.com/aboutgw/faq/default.php#support system requirements].

Broadband is not required to play the game. Your download of updates and loading of areas will take a bit longer, but the game will run just fine.

That said, an internet connection is required to play Guild Wars. There is no such thing as a "Single Player" mode -- everything is "Closed Realm."

==Community==

There are many similarities between the community created by the Basin in Diablo II and Guild Wars, but there is also some major differences.

Much like the Diablo II Guild, the Guild Wars community asks that everyone "Play Nice and Show Some Class." This is especially important in a game such as Guild Wars. If you were a jerk in a public Diablo II game, there was little chance (unless you volunteered the information) that you'd be tracked back to the Basin. And even if you were, there was no greater community in Diablo II that could do anything about it. In Guild Wars, however, you wear a cape on your back and a tag on your name that identifies you. Not only does this provide recognition, but there are several other guilds that the Basin has ties to in the game. Not playing nice and showing class can ripple through many playing groups.

In Diablo II, the Basin created an "artificial" playing environment to circumvent design decisions by Blizzard. Drops were shared among all party members. PvP was strictly forbidden unless pre-arranged. Games were passworded through WeaselTech and cared for by those involved. In Guild Wars, however, many of these problems were addressed by the game design itself. Items are "reserved" for players when they drop, and gold is automatically shared. PvP only occurs in arenas specially designed for PvP. And an instanced game world means you don't have to worry about killing that Charr boss; it doesn't matter to anyone outside of your party.

On the downside, the design of Guild Wars does mean that you can't just "hop in" to a game already in progress. If you're not there at the start of the mission, you can't join until the party reaches the next outpost. And party size limitations increase gradually throughout the game, limiting the size of the group that can adventure together. Furthermore, while everyone in the Basin could have (theoretically) crammed into the same chat channel, guilds in Guild Wars are limited to 100 members, forcing the Basin to split across many different Guilds, as well as Guild Ladder Teams (all allied through an overarching Alliance).

Nevertheless, we've built a strong community. The [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Basin's Guild Wars forums], [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 our IRC channels] and our [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak server] serve as central hubs for communication. Alliance chat allows people to communicate with all online Basiners at once. And group games such as [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=8204 Mission Possible!] and [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=1899 Pickup GvG] take place regularly. You'll find that the community created in Guild Wars is a strong, active one, willing and able to help out at any time.

==Related forum threads==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=4752 GW for the Diablo2 Player] (Jan 2006)

== Related Basin links ==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Guild Wars Forums]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 IRC Channel Guide]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak Howto]

A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player

2007-08-27T15:22:03Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Community */

=A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player=

This guide is intended as a collection of information geared towards that Diablo II player who is thinking about taking the plunge and coming over to play Guild Wars.

==Player vs. Environment (PvE) Gameplay==

'''Note: Players are encouraged to reserve one of their four character slots for a PvP character.''' (see PvP section below for more information)

Guild Wars gameplay compared to [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]] in a few words:
* group play is more important and more required
* monsters are much tougher relative to players
* monsters have skills, armor, and equipment that works the same way as for players
* fights are longer due to stronger monsters (approx. 15-30 seconds of fight per monster)

Very few characters will be able to efficiently play solo against monsters in [[GW_Main_Page | Guild Wars]], unlike [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. Most groups will need some kind of healer (e.g., a primary Monk), as well as a mix of other characters to win. Although parties can often do fine with less than max group size, rarely can groups of 1 or 2 win against the monsters. There is still the option to hire [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Henchman henchmen] or (with [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Nightfall Nightfall]) add [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Hero Heroes] to fill your party's ranks, but these computer-controlled allies come with their own deficiencies.

In addition, most monsters are in the same toughness range as the players fighting them. Although some [[GW_Main_Page#Character_Builds | character builds]] can do a lot of damage to a single monster in very short time, there are no instant kills. This means that battles will last longer in Guild Wars than in [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. As a rule of thumb, battles probably last around 15-30 seconds for each monster. People will therefore often want to fight less monsters at the same time as group size (most groups in Guild Wars will probably consists of around four players).

Monsters all have the same types of attacks as players do, plus a few additional rare ones such as [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Giant_Stomp Giant Stomp]. For example, if a monster is of a ranger type, it will use either a bow or some ranged attack as a regular attack in addition to its ranger skills; it will have extra armor against elemental damage and its armor against physical damage will be somewhere between warriors and casters. This applies to the monsters of the other five professions types as well.

==Character Progression==

Characters use skills and attributes differently in Guild Wars than in D2. In Guild Wars, characters all have the same amount of life at the same level, have mana based on their character's profession, always hit with attacks unless certain conditions or hex are on them or the target is using certain enchantments or stances. Attribute points for characters are not used for these things; instead, they are used to improve the power of skills. Instead of having skill point associated with one particular skill, attribute points improve all skills associated with them. For instance, if you improve fire magic for extra firestorm damage, you will also improve skills such as meteor and flare.

Unlike in D2, where skill points are fixed once assigned, attributes can be reassigned in any town and skills swapped as well. For instance, if you're about to go into an area with lots of melee type monsters, you can change to skills that do better vs. melee and boost attributes to make those skills more powerful. Some attributes (marksmanship, swordsmanship, ax mastery, hammer mastery) improve weapon damage; others (many of the primary attributes) allow for mana/energy management.

Characters hit their maximum level (level 20) around two thirds into the game; monsters increase somewhat in level to 24-28 near the end of the game. The attribute/skill system means that characters won't ever have to save skill points, and will be useful throughout the game, even in early areas with only basic skills. Many basic skills, in fact, are useful throughout the game. Except for the elite skills, the only major difference between early and late game skills is that early game skills are on average simpler to use.

The storyline in Guild wars is more involved than in Diablo II. It has a number of twists and turns, and most of the time your character is in the middle of the important action. Guild Wars also has, in many opinions, more interesting terrain than D2, thanks partially to the camera view and being 3-D and partially simply because it is drawn very well. The Shiverpeaks really feel like a mountain range, and the ring of fire really feels like a barren volcanic area. Sightseeing in Guild Wars is well worth the time.

==Player vs. Player (PvP) Gameplay==

The Player vs. Player experience in Guild Wars is vastly different than the PvP that took place in Diablo II. Most of Diablo II's PvP play was focused on "duels," which, over time, became increasingly frustrating for new players. The equipment, attribute, and skill point requirements to be competitive in PvP (not to mention class imbalances and cheating) were incredibly high.

Guild Wars differs greatly from the Diablo II experience in that the game really does rely on strategy, tactics, and skills more than the equipment your character is wearing. The flexible nature of skill use, attribute assignment, and even secondary profession (for PvE characters) ensures that characters never become "obsolete" because of changes in the metagame.

Because Guild Wars is a team game, there is no formal concept of duels, and PvP can only occur in specially-designated arenas. There is no risk, for example, of one of your party members "going hostile" in the middle of a mission. With the exception of the Random Arenas that are available, most PvP will also involve a bit of planning on a [[team build]] to maximize the effectiveness of the characters involved.

'''Players are encouraged to reserve one of their character slots for a PvP character.'''

While you are playing your PvE characters, you will "unlock" skills and items/equipment. When you have unlocked an item or a skill, it is immediately available to a newly created PvP character. Read this twice. It really means that you can use all unlocked skills and equipment from your PvE characters on your PvP character. In addition, skills and items may be unlocked with [http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Faction_Points_%28Balthazar%29 faction], which is earned with PvP success. This unlocking process nearly eliminates the "equipment gap" that characterizes D2 PvP.

There is no need to build a character for PvP from the ground up. Instead, since you can delete and recreate this character at will, it is easy to experience various classes and builds, as well as take advantage of newly-unlocked items and skills.

There is no such thing as non-consensual PvP, or "player-killing," in Guild Wars.

==System Requirements==

For a game that is so graphically beautiful, Guild Wars will run on some of the barest of hardware out there. While the system requirements are a bit higher than those required to run Diablo II, it certainly isn't a game that requires the latest $2500 Falcon-NW machine to run! Check out the Guild Wars website for the (minimum) [http://www.guildwars.com/aboutgw/faq/default.php#support system requirements].

Broadband is not required to play the game. Your download of updates and loading of areas will take a bit longer, but the game will run just fine.

That said, an internet connection is required to play Guild Wars. There is no such thing as a "Single Player" mode -- everything is "Closed Realm."

==Community==

There are many similarities between the community created by the Basin in Diablo II and Guild Wars, but there is also some major differences.

Much like the Diablo II Guild, the Guild Wars community asks that everyone "Play Nice and Show Some Class." This is especially important in a game such as Guild Wars. If you were a jerk in a public Diablo II game, there was little chance (unless you volunteered the information) that you'd be tracked back to the Basin. And even if you were, there was no greater community in Diablo II that could do anything about it. In Guild Wars, however, you wear a cape on your back and a tag on your name that identifies you. Not only does this provide recognition, but there are several other guilds that the Basin has ties to in the game. Not playing nice and showing class can ripple through many playing groups.

In Diablo II, the Basin created an "artificial" playing environment to circumvent design decisions by Blizzard. Drops were shared among all party members. PvP was strictly forbidden unless pre-arranged. Games were passworded through WeaselTech and cared for by those involved. In Guild Wars, however, many of these problems were addressed by the game design itself. Items are "reserved" for players when they drop, and gold is automatically shared. PvP only occurs in arenas specially designed for PvP. And an instanced game world means you don't have to worry about killing that Charr boss; it doesn't matter to anyone outside of your party.

On the downside, the design of Guild Wars does mean that you can't just "hop in" to a game already in progress. If you're not there at the start of the mission, you can't join until the party reaches the next outpost. And party size limitations increase gradually throughout the game, limiting the size of the group that can adventure together. Furthermore, while everyone in the Basin could have (theoretically) crammed into the same chat channel, guilds in Guild Wars are limited to 100 members, forcing the Basin to split across many different Guilds, as well as Guild Ladder Teams (all allied through an overarching Alliance).

Nevertheless, we've built a strong community. The [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Basin's Guild Wars forums], [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 our IRC channels] and our [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak server] serve as central hubs for communication. Alliance chat allows people to communicate with all online Basiners at once. And group games such as [Mission Possible! http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=8204] and [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=1899 Pickup GvG] take place regularly. You'll find that the community created in Guild Wars is a strong, active one, willing and able to help out at any time.

==Related forum threads==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=4752 GW for the Diablo2 Player] (Jan 2006)

== Related Basin links ==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Guild Wars Forums]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 IRC Channel Guide]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak Howto]

A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player

2007-08-27T15:20:38Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Player vs. Player (PvP) Gameplay */

=A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player=

This guide is intended as a collection of information geared towards that Diablo II player who is thinking about taking the plunge and coming over to play Guild Wars.

==Player vs. Environment (PvE) Gameplay==

'''Note: Players are encouraged to reserve one of their four character slots for a PvP character.''' (see PvP section below for more information)

Guild Wars gameplay compared to [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]] in a few words:
* group play is more important and more required
* monsters are much tougher relative to players
* monsters have skills, armor, and equipment that works the same way as for players
* fights are longer due to stronger monsters (approx. 15-30 seconds of fight per monster)

Very few characters will be able to efficiently play solo against monsters in [[GW_Main_Page | Guild Wars]], unlike [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. Most groups will need some kind of healer (e.g., a primary Monk), as well as a mix of other characters to win. Although parties can often do fine with less than max group size, rarely can groups of 1 or 2 win against the monsters. There is still the option to hire [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Henchman henchmen] or (with [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Nightfall Nightfall]) add [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Hero Heroes] to fill your party's ranks, but these computer-controlled allies come with their own deficiencies.

In addition, most monsters are in the same toughness range as the players fighting them. Although some [[GW_Main_Page#Character_Builds | character builds]] can do a lot of damage to a single monster in very short time, there are no instant kills. This means that battles will last longer in Guild Wars than in [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. As a rule of thumb, battles probably last around 15-30 seconds for each monster. People will therefore often want to fight less monsters at the same time as group size (most groups in Guild Wars will probably consists of around four players).

Monsters all have the same types of attacks as players do, plus a few additional rare ones such as [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Giant_Stomp Giant Stomp]. For example, if a monster is of a ranger type, it will use either a bow or some ranged attack as a regular attack in addition to its ranger skills; it will have extra armor against elemental damage and its armor against physical damage will be somewhere between warriors and casters. This applies to the monsters of the other five professions types as well.

==Character Progression==

Characters use skills and attributes differently in Guild Wars than in D2. In Guild Wars, characters all have the same amount of life at the same level, have mana based on their character's profession, always hit with attacks unless certain conditions or hex are on them or the target is using certain enchantments or stances. Attribute points for characters are not used for these things; instead, they are used to improve the power of skills. Instead of having skill point associated with one particular skill, attribute points improve all skills associated with them. For instance, if you improve fire magic for extra firestorm damage, you will also improve skills such as meteor and flare.

Unlike in D2, where skill points are fixed once assigned, attributes can be reassigned in any town and skills swapped as well. For instance, if you're about to go into an area with lots of melee type monsters, you can change to skills that do better vs. melee and boost attributes to make those skills more powerful. Some attributes (marksmanship, swordsmanship, ax mastery, hammer mastery) improve weapon damage; others (many of the primary attributes) allow for mana/energy management.

Characters hit their maximum level (level 20) around two thirds into the game; monsters increase somewhat in level to 24-28 near the end of the game. The attribute/skill system means that characters won't ever have to save skill points, and will be useful throughout the game, even in early areas with only basic skills. Many basic skills, in fact, are useful throughout the game. Except for the elite skills, the only major difference between early and late game skills is that early game skills are on average simpler to use.

The storyline in Guild wars is more involved than in Diablo II. It has a number of twists and turns, and most of the time your character is in the middle of the important action. Guild Wars also has, in many opinions, more interesting terrain than D2, thanks partially to the camera view and being 3-D and partially simply because it is drawn very well. The Shiverpeaks really feel like a mountain range, and the ring of fire really feels like a barren volcanic area. Sightseeing in Guild Wars is well worth the time.

==Player vs. Player (PvP) Gameplay==

The Player vs. Player experience in Guild Wars is vastly different than the PvP that took place in Diablo II. Most of Diablo II's PvP play was focused on "duels," which, over time, became increasingly frustrating for new players. The equipment, attribute, and skill point requirements to be competitive in PvP (not to mention class imbalances and cheating) were incredibly high.

Guild Wars differs greatly from the Diablo II experience in that the game really does rely on strategy, tactics, and skills more than the equipment your character is wearing. The flexible nature of skill use, attribute assignment, and even secondary profession (for PvE characters) ensures that characters never become "obsolete" because of changes in the metagame.

Because Guild Wars is a team game, there is no formal concept of duels, and PvP can only occur in specially-designated arenas. There is no risk, for example, of one of your party members "going hostile" in the middle of a mission. With the exception of the Random Arenas that are available, most PvP will also involve a bit of planning on a [[team build]] to maximize the effectiveness of the characters involved.

'''Players are encouraged to reserve one of their character slots for a PvP character.'''

While you are playing your PvE characters, you will "unlock" skills and items/equipment. When you have unlocked an item or a skill, it is immediately available to a newly created PvP character. Read this twice. It really means that you can use all unlocked skills and equipment from your PvE characters on your PvP character. In addition, skills and items may be unlocked with [http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Faction_Points_%28Balthazar%29 faction], which is earned with PvP success. This unlocking process nearly eliminates the "equipment gap" that characterizes D2 PvP.

There is no need to build a character for PvP from the ground up. Instead, since you can delete and recreate this character at will, it is easy to experience various classes and builds, as well as take advantage of newly-unlocked items and skills.

There is no such thing as non-consensual PvP, or "player-killing," in Guild Wars.

==System Requirements==

For a game that is so graphically beautiful, Guild Wars will run on some of the barest of hardware out there. While the system requirements are a bit higher than those required to run Diablo II, it certainly isn't a game that requires the latest $2500 Falcon-NW machine to run! Check out the Guild Wars website for the (minimum) [http://www.guildwars.com/aboutgw/faq/default.php#support system requirements].

Broadband is not required to play the game. Your download of updates and loading of areas will take a bit longer, but the game will run just fine.

That said, an internet connection is required to play Guild Wars. There is no such thing as a "Single Player" mode -- everything is "Closed Realm."

==Community==

There are many similarities between the community created by the Basin in Diablo II and Guild Wars, but there is also some major differences.

Much like the Diablo II Guild, the Guild Wars community asks that everyone "Play Nice and Show Some Class." This is especially important in a game such as Guild Wars. If you were a jerk in a public Diablo II game, there was little chance (unless you volunteered the information) that you'd be tracked back to the Basin. And even if you were, there was no greater community in Diablo II that could do anything about it. In Guild Wars, however, you wear a cape on your back and a tag on your name that identifies you. Not only does this provide recognition, but there are several other guilds that the Basin has ties to in the game. Not playing nice and showing class can ripple through many playing groups.

In Diablo II, the Basin created an "artificial" playing environment to circumvent design decisions by Blizzard. Drops were shared among all party members. PvP was strictly forbidden unless pre-arranged. Games were passworded through WeaselTech and cared for by those involved. In Guild Wars, however, many of these problems were addressed by the game design itself. Items are "reserved" for players when they drop, and gold is automatically shared. PvP only occurs in arenas specially designed for PvP. And an instanced game world means you don't have to worry about killing that Charr boss; it doesn't matter to anyone outside of your party.

On the downside, the design of Guild Wars does mean that you can't just "hop in" to a game already in progress. If you're not there at the start of the mission, you can't join until the party reaches the next outpost. And party size limitations increase gradually throughout the game, limiting the size of the group that can adventure together. Furthermore, while everyone in the Basin could have (theoretically) crammed into the same chat channel, guilds in Guild Wars are limited to 100 members, forcing the Basin to split across many different Guilds, as well as Guild Ladder Teams (all allied through an overarching Alliance).

Nevertheless, we've built a strong community. The [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Basin's Guild Wars forums], [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 our IRC channels] and our [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak server] serve as central hubs for communication. Alliance chat allows people to communicate with all online Basiners at once. And group games such as Mission Possible! and Pickup GvG take place regularly. You'll find that the community created in Guild Wars is a strong, active one, willing and able to help out at any time.

==Related forum threads==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=4752 GW for the Diablo2 Player] (Jan 2006)

== Related Basin links ==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Guild Wars Forums]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 IRC Channel Guide]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak Howto]

A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player

2007-08-27T15:19:22Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Community */

=A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player=

This guide is intended as a collection of information geared towards that Diablo II player who is thinking about taking the plunge and coming over to play Guild Wars.

==Player vs. Environment (PvE) Gameplay==

'''Note: Players are encouraged to reserve one of their four character slots for a PvP character.''' (see PvP section below for more information)

Guild Wars gameplay compared to [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]] in a few words:
* group play is more important and more required
* monsters are much tougher relative to players
* monsters have skills, armor, and equipment that works the same way as for players
* fights are longer due to stronger monsters (approx. 15-30 seconds of fight per monster)

Very few characters will be able to efficiently play solo against monsters in [[GW_Main_Page | Guild Wars]], unlike [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. Most groups will need some kind of healer (e.g., a primary Monk), as well as a mix of other characters to win. Although parties can often do fine with less than max group size, rarely can groups of 1 or 2 win against the monsters. There is still the option to hire [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Henchman henchmen] or (with [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Nightfall Nightfall]) add [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Hero Heroes] to fill your party's ranks, but these computer-controlled allies come with their own deficiencies.

In addition, most monsters are in the same toughness range as the players fighting them. Although some [[GW_Main_Page#Character_Builds | character builds]] can do a lot of damage to a single monster in very short time, there are no instant kills. This means that battles will last longer in Guild Wars than in [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. As a rule of thumb, battles probably last around 15-30 seconds for each monster. People will therefore often want to fight less monsters at the same time as group size (most groups in Guild Wars will probably consists of around four players).

Monsters all have the same types of attacks as players do, plus a few additional rare ones such as [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Giant_Stomp Giant Stomp]. For example, if a monster is of a ranger type, it will use either a bow or some ranged attack as a regular attack in addition to its ranger skills; it will have extra armor against elemental damage and its armor against physical damage will be somewhere between warriors and casters. This applies to the monsters of the other five professions types as well.

==Character Progression==

Characters use skills and attributes differently in Guild Wars than in D2. In Guild Wars, characters all have the same amount of life at the same level, have mana based on their character's profession, always hit with attacks unless certain conditions or hex are on them or the target is using certain enchantments or stances. Attribute points for characters are not used for these things; instead, they are used to improve the power of skills. Instead of having skill point associated with one particular skill, attribute points improve all skills associated with them. For instance, if you improve fire magic for extra firestorm damage, you will also improve skills such as meteor and flare.

Unlike in D2, where skill points are fixed once assigned, attributes can be reassigned in any town and skills swapped as well. For instance, if you're about to go into an area with lots of melee type monsters, you can change to skills that do better vs. melee and boost attributes to make those skills more powerful. Some attributes (marksmanship, swordsmanship, ax mastery, hammer mastery) improve weapon damage; others (many of the primary attributes) allow for mana/energy management.

Characters hit their maximum level (level 20) around two thirds into the game; monsters increase somewhat in level to 24-28 near the end of the game. The attribute/skill system means that characters won't ever have to save skill points, and will be useful throughout the game, even in early areas with only basic skills. Many basic skills, in fact, are useful throughout the game. Except for the elite skills, the only major difference between early and late game skills is that early game skills are on average simpler to use.

The storyline in Guild wars is more involved than in Diablo II. It has a number of twists and turns, and most of the time your character is in the middle of the important action. Guild Wars also has, in many opinions, more interesting terrain than D2, thanks partially to the camera view and being 3-D and partially simply because it is drawn very well. The Shiverpeaks really feel like a mountain range, and the ring of fire really feels like a barren volcanic area. Sightseeing in Guild Wars is well worth the time.

==Player vs. Player (PvP) Gameplay==

The Player vs. Player experience in Guild Wars is vastly different than the PvP that took place in Diablo II. Most of Diablo II's PvP play was focused on "duels," which, over time, became increasingly frustrating for new players. The equipment, attribute, and skill point requirements to be competitive in PvP (not to mention class imbalances and cheating) were incredibly high.

Guild Wars differs greatly from the Diablo II experience in that the game really does rely on strategy, tactics, and skills more than the equipment your character is wearing. The flexible nature of skill use, attribute assignment, and even secondary profession (for PvE characters) ensures that characters never become "obsolete" because of changes in the metagame.

Because Guild Wars is a team game, there is no formal concept of duels, and PvP can only occur in specially-designated arenas. There is no risk, for example, of one of your party members "going hostile" in the middle of a mission. With the exception of the Random Arenas that are available, most PvP will also involve a bit of planning on a [[team build]] to maximize the effectiveness of the characters involved.

'''Players are encouraged to reserve one of their character slots for a PvP character.'''

While you are playing your PvE characters, you will "unlock" skills and items/equipment. When you have unlocked an item or a skill, it is immediately available to a newly created PvP character. Read this twice. It really means that you can use all unlocked skills and equipment from your PvE characters on your PvP character. In addition, skills and items may be unlocked with [http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Faction_Points_%28Balthazar%29 faction], which is earned with PvP success. This unlocking process nearly eliminates the "equipment gap" that characterizes D2 PvP.

There is no need to build a character for PvP from the ground up. Instead, since you can delete and recreate this character at will, it is easy to experience various classes and builds, as well as take advantage of newly-unlocked items and skills.

==System Requirements==

For a game that is so graphically beautiful, Guild Wars will run on some of the barest of hardware out there. While the system requirements are a bit higher than those required to run Diablo II, it certainly isn't a game that requires the latest $2500 Falcon-NW machine to run! Check out the Guild Wars website for the (minimum) [http://www.guildwars.com/aboutgw/faq/default.php#support system requirements].

Broadband is not required to play the game. Your download of updates and loading of areas will take a bit longer, but the game will run just fine.

That said, an internet connection is required to play Guild Wars. There is no such thing as a "Single Player" mode -- everything is "Closed Realm."

==Community==

There are many similarities between the community created by the Basin in Diablo II and Guild Wars, but there is also some major differences.

Much like the Diablo II Guild, the Guild Wars community asks that everyone "Play Nice and Show Some Class." This is especially important in a game such as Guild Wars. If you were a jerk in a public Diablo II game, there was little chance (unless you volunteered the information) that you'd be tracked back to the Basin. And even if you were, there was no greater community in Diablo II that could do anything about it. In Guild Wars, however, you wear a cape on your back and a tag on your name that identifies you. Not only does this provide recognition, but there are several other guilds that the Basin has ties to in the game. Not playing nice and showing class can ripple through many playing groups.

In Diablo II, the Basin created an "artificial" playing environment to circumvent design decisions by Blizzard. Drops were shared among all party members. PvP was strictly forbidden unless pre-arranged. Games were passworded through WeaselTech and cared for by those involved. In Guild Wars, however, many of these problems were addressed by the game design itself. Items are "reserved" for players when they drop, and gold is automatically shared. PvP only occurs in arenas specially designed for PvP. And an instanced game world means you don't have to worry about killing that Charr boss; it doesn't matter to anyone outside of your party.

On the downside, the design of Guild Wars does mean that you can't just "hop in" to a game already in progress. If you're not there at the start of the mission, you can't join until the party reaches the next outpost. And party size limitations increase gradually throughout the game, limiting the size of the group that can adventure together. Furthermore, while everyone in the Basin could have (theoretically) crammed into the same chat channel, guilds in Guild Wars are limited to 100 members, forcing the Basin to split across many different Guilds, as well as Guild Ladder Teams (all allied through an overarching Alliance).

Nevertheless, we've built a strong community. The [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Basin's Guild Wars forums], [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 our IRC channels] and our [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak server] serve as central hubs for communication. Alliance chat allows people to communicate with all online Basiners at once. And group games such as Mission Possible! and Pickup GvG take place regularly. You'll find that the community created in Guild Wars is a strong, active one, willing and able to help out at any time.

==Related forum threads==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=4752 GW for the Diablo2 Player] (Jan 2006)

== Related Basin links ==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Guild Wars Forums]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 IRC Channel Guide]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak Howto]

A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player

2007-08-27T15:15:40Z

CoonerTheRed: /* System Requirements */

=A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player=

This guide is intended as a collection of information geared towards that Diablo II player who is thinking about taking the plunge and coming over to play Guild Wars.

==Player vs. Environment (PvE) Gameplay==

'''Note: Players are encouraged to reserve one of their four character slots for a PvP character.''' (see PvP section below for more information)

Guild Wars gameplay compared to [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]] in a few words:
* group play is more important and more required
* monsters are much tougher relative to players
* monsters have skills, armor, and equipment that works the same way as for players
* fights are longer due to stronger monsters (approx. 15-30 seconds of fight per monster)

Very few characters will be able to efficiently play solo against monsters in [[GW_Main_Page | Guild Wars]], unlike [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. Most groups will need some kind of healer (e.g., a primary Monk), as well as a mix of other characters to win. Although parties can often do fine with less than max group size, rarely can groups of 1 or 2 win against the monsters. There is still the option to hire [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Henchman henchmen] or (with [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Nightfall Nightfall]) add [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Hero Heroes] to fill your party's ranks, but these computer-controlled allies come with their own deficiencies.

In addition, most monsters are in the same toughness range as the players fighting them. Although some [[GW_Main_Page#Character_Builds | character builds]] can do a lot of damage to a single monster in very short time, there are no instant kills. This means that battles will last longer in Guild Wars than in [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. As a rule of thumb, battles probably last around 15-30 seconds for each monster. People will therefore often want to fight less monsters at the same time as group size (most groups in Guild Wars will probably consists of around four players).

Monsters all have the same types of attacks as players do, plus a few additional rare ones such as [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Giant_Stomp Giant Stomp]. For example, if a monster is of a ranger type, it will use either a bow or some ranged attack as a regular attack in addition to its ranger skills; it will have extra armor against elemental damage and its armor against physical damage will be somewhere between warriors and casters. This applies to the monsters of the other five professions types as well.

==Character Progression==

Characters use skills and attributes differently in Guild Wars than in D2. In Guild Wars, characters all have the same amount of life at the same level, have mana based on their character's profession, always hit with attacks unless certain conditions or hex are on them or the target is using certain enchantments or stances. Attribute points for characters are not used for these things; instead, they are used to improve the power of skills. Instead of having skill point associated with one particular skill, attribute points improve all skills associated with them. For instance, if you improve fire magic for extra firestorm damage, you will also improve skills such as meteor and flare.

Unlike in D2, where skill points are fixed once assigned, attributes can be reassigned in any town and skills swapped as well. For instance, if you're about to go into an area with lots of melee type monsters, you can change to skills that do better vs. melee and boost attributes to make those skills more powerful. Some attributes (marksmanship, swordsmanship, ax mastery, hammer mastery) improve weapon damage; others (many of the primary attributes) allow for mana/energy management.

Characters hit their maximum level (level 20) around two thirds into the game; monsters increase somewhat in level to 24-28 near the end of the game. The attribute/skill system means that characters won't ever have to save skill points, and will be useful throughout the game, even in early areas with only basic skills. Many basic skills, in fact, are useful throughout the game. Except for the elite skills, the only major difference between early and late game skills is that early game skills are on average simpler to use.

The storyline in Guild wars is more involved than in Diablo II. It has a number of twists and turns, and most of the time your character is in the middle of the important action. Guild Wars also has, in many opinions, more interesting terrain than D2, thanks partially to the camera view and being 3-D and partially simply because it is drawn very well. The Shiverpeaks really feel like a mountain range, and the ring of fire really feels like a barren volcanic area. Sightseeing in Guild Wars is well worth the time.

==Player vs. Player (PvP) Gameplay==

The Player vs. Player experience in Guild Wars is vastly different than the PvP that took place in Diablo II. Most of Diablo II's PvP play was focused on "duels," which, over time, became increasingly frustrating for new players. The equipment, attribute, and skill point requirements to be competitive in PvP (not to mention class imbalances and cheating) were incredibly high.

Guild Wars differs greatly from the Diablo II experience in that the game really does rely on strategy, tactics, and skills more than the equipment your character is wearing. The flexible nature of skill use, attribute assignment, and even secondary profession (for PvE characters) ensures that characters never become "obsolete" because of changes in the metagame.

Because Guild Wars is a team game, there is no formal concept of duels, and PvP can only occur in specially-designated arenas. There is no risk, for example, of one of your party members "going hostile" in the middle of a mission. With the exception of the Random Arenas that are available, most PvP will also involve a bit of planning on a [[team build]] to maximize the effectiveness of the characters involved.

'''Players are encouraged to reserve one of their character slots for a PvP character.'''

While you are playing your PvE characters, you will "unlock" skills and items/equipment. When you have unlocked an item or a skill, it is immediately available to a newly created PvP character. Read this twice. It really means that you can use all unlocked skills and equipment from your PvE characters on your PvP character. In addition, skills and items may be unlocked with [http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Faction_Points_%28Balthazar%29 faction], which is earned with PvP success. This unlocking process nearly eliminates the "equipment gap" that characterizes D2 PvP.

There is no need to build a character for PvP from the ground up. Instead, since you can delete and recreate this character at will, it is easy to experience various classes and builds, as well as take advantage of newly-unlocked items and skills.

==System Requirements==

For a game that is so graphically beautiful, Guild Wars will run on some of the barest of hardware out there. While the system requirements are a bit higher than those required to run Diablo II, it certainly isn't a game that requires the latest $2500 Falcon-NW machine to run! Check out the Guild Wars website for the (minimum) [http://www.guildwars.com/aboutgw/faq/default.php#support system requirements].

Broadband is not required to play the game. Your download of updates and loading of areas will take a bit longer, but the game will run just fine.

That said, an internet connection is required to play Guild Wars. There is no such thing as a "Single Player" mode -- everything is "Closed Realm."

==Community==

There are some similarities between the community created by the Basin in Diablo II and Guild Wars, but there is also somme major differences.

Much like the Diablo II Guild, the Guild Wars community asks that everyone "Play Nice and Show Some Class." This is especially important in a game such as Guild Wars. If you were a jerk in a public Diablo II game, there was little chance (unless you volunteered the information) that you'd be tracked back to the Basin. And even if you were, there was no greater community in Diablo II that could do anything about it. In Guild Wars, however, you wear a cape on your back and a tag on your name that identifies you. Not only does this provide recognition, but there are several other guilds that the Basin has ties to in the game. Not playing nice and showing class can ripple through many playing groups.

In Diablo II, the Basin created an "artificial" playing environment to circumvent design decisions by Blizzard. Drops were shared among all party members. PvP was strictly forbidden unless agreed to. Games were passworded through WeaselTech and cared for by those involved. In Guild Wars, however, many of these problems were addressed by the game design itself. Items are "reserved" for players when they drop, and gold is automatically shared. PvP only occurs in arenas specially designed for PvP. And an instanced game world means you don't have to worry about killing that Charr boss; it doesn't matter to anyone outside of your party.

On the downside, the design of Guild Wars does mean that you can't just "hop in" to a game already in progress. If you're not there at the start of the mission, you can't join until the party reaches the next outpost. And party size limiations increase gradually throughout the game, limiting the size of the group that can adventure together. Furthermore, while everyone in the Basin could have (theoretically) crammed into the same chat channel, guilds in Guild Wars are limited to 100 members, forcing the Basin to spilt across three different Guilds, as well as Guild Ladder Teams.

Nevertheless, we've built a strong community. The [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Basin's Guild Wars forums], [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 our IRC channels] and our [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak server] serve as central hubs for communication. In-game relayers will transmit messages of games and events to other Basin guilds upon request. And group games such as Mission Possible! and GvG Frenzy take place regularily. You'll find that the community created in Guild Wars is a strong, active one, willing and able to help out at any time.

==Related forum threads==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=4752 GW for the Diablo2 Player] (Jan 2006)

== Related Basin links ==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Guild Wars Forums]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 IRC Channel Guide]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak Howto]

A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player

2007-08-27T15:14:20Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Player vs. Player (PvP) Gameplay */

=A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player=

This guide is intended as a collection of information geared towards that Diablo II player who is thinking about taking the plunge and coming over to play Guild Wars.

==Player vs. Environment (PvE) Gameplay==

'''Note: Players are encouraged to reserve one of their four character slots for a PvP character.''' (see PvP section below for more information)

Guild Wars gameplay compared to [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]] in a few words:
* group play is more important and more required
* monsters are much tougher relative to players
* monsters have skills, armor, and equipment that works the same way as for players
* fights are longer due to stronger monsters (approx. 15-30 seconds of fight per monster)

Very few characters will be able to efficiently play solo against monsters in [[GW_Main_Page | Guild Wars]], unlike [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. Most groups will need some kind of healer (e.g., a primary Monk), as well as a mix of other characters to win. Although parties can often do fine with less than max group size, rarely can groups of 1 or 2 win against the monsters. There is still the option to hire [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Henchman henchmen] or (with [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Nightfall Nightfall]) add [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Hero Heroes] to fill your party's ranks, but these computer-controlled allies come with their own deficiencies.

In addition, most monsters are in the same toughness range as the players fighting them. Although some [[GW_Main_Page#Character_Builds | character builds]] can do a lot of damage to a single monster in very short time, there are no instant kills. This means that battles will last longer in Guild Wars than in [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. As a rule of thumb, battles probably last around 15-30 seconds for each monster. People will therefore often want to fight less monsters at the same time as group size (most groups in Guild Wars will probably consists of around four players).

Monsters all have the same types of attacks as players do, plus a few additional rare ones such as [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Giant_Stomp Giant Stomp]. For example, if a monster is of a ranger type, it will use either a bow or some ranged attack as a regular attack in addition to its ranger skills; it will have extra armor against elemental damage and its armor against physical damage will be somewhere between warriors and casters. This applies to the monsters of the other five professions types as well.

==Character Progression==

Characters use skills and attributes differently in Guild Wars than in D2. In Guild Wars, characters all have the same amount of life at the same level, have mana based on their character's profession, always hit with attacks unless certain conditions or hex are on them or the target is using certain enchantments or stances. Attribute points for characters are not used for these things; instead, they are used to improve the power of skills. Instead of having skill point associated with one particular skill, attribute points improve all skills associated with them. For instance, if you improve fire magic for extra firestorm damage, you will also improve skills such as meteor and flare.

Unlike in D2, where skill points are fixed once assigned, attributes can be reassigned in any town and skills swapped as well. For instance, if you're about to go into an area with lots of melee type monsters, you can change to skills that do better vs. melee and boost attributes to make those skills more powerful. Some attributes (marksmanship, swordsmanship, ax mastery, hammer mastery) improve weapon damage; others (many of the primary attributes) allow for mana/energy management.

Characters hit their maximum level (level 20) around two thirds into the game; monsters increase somewhat in level to 24-28 near the end of the game. The attribute/skill system means that characters won't ever have to save skill points, and will be useful throughout the game, even in early areas with only basic skills. Many basic skills, in fact, are useful throughout the game. Except for the elite skills, the only major difference between early and late game skills is that early game skills are on average simpler to use.

The storyline in Guild wars is more involved than in Diablo II. It has a number of twists and turns, and most of the time your character is in the middle of the important action. Guild Wars also has, in many opinions, more interesting terrain than D2, thanks partially to the camera view and being 3-D and partially simply because it is drawn very well. The Shiverpeaks really feel like a mountain range, and the ring of fire really feels like a barren volcanic area. Sightseeing in Guild Wars is well worth the time.

==Player vs. Player (PvP) Gameplay==

The Player vs. Player experience in Guild Wars is vastly different than the PvP that took place in Diablo II. Most of Diablo II's PvP play was focused on "duels," which, over time, became increasingly frustrating for new players. The equipment, attribute, and skill point requirements to be competitive in PvP (not to mention class imbalances and cheating) were incredibly high.

Guild Wars differs greatly from the Diablo II experience in that the game really does rely on strategy, tactics, and skills more than the equipment your character is wearing. The flexible nature of skill use, attribute assignment, and even secondary profession (for PvE characters) ensures that characters never become "obsolete" because of changes in the metagame.

Because Guild Wars is a team game, there is no formal concept of duels, and PvP can only occur in specially-designated arenas. There is no risk, for example, of one of your party members "going hostile" in the middle of a mission. With the exception of the Random Arenas that are available, most PvP will also involve a bit of planning on a [[team build]] to maximize the effectiveness of the characters involved.

'''Players are encouraged to reserve one of their character slots for a PvP character.'''

While you are playing your PvE characters, you will "unlock" skills and items/equipment. When you have unlocked an item or a skill, it is immediately available to a newly created PvP character. Read this twice. It really means that you can use all unlocked skills and equipment from your PvE characters on your PvP character. In addition, skills and items may be unlocked with [http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Faction_Points_%28Balthazar%29 faction], which is earned with PvP success. This unlocking process nearly eliminates the "equipment gap" that characterizes D2 PvP.

There is no need to build a character for PvP from the ground up. Instead, since you can delete and recreate this character at will, it is easy to experience various classes and builds, as well as take advantage of newly-unlocked items and skills.

==System Requirements==

For a game that is so graphically beautiful, Guild Wars will run on some of the barest of hardware out there. While the system requirements are a bit higher than those required to run Diablo II, it certainly isn't a game that requires the latest $2500 Falcon-NW machine to run! Check out the Guild Wars website for the (minimum) [http://www.guildwars.com/aboutgw/faq/default.php#support system requirements].

Broadband is not required to play the game. Your download of updates and loading of areas will take a bit longer, but the game will run just fine.

==Community==

There are some similarities between the community created by the Basin in Diablo II and Guild Wars, but there is also somme major differences.

Much like the Diablo II Guild, the Guild Wars community asks that everyone "Play Nice and Show Some Class." This is especially important in a game such as Guild Wars. If you were a jerk in a public Diablo II game, there was little chance (unless you volunteered the information) that you'd be tracked back to the Basin. And even if you were, there was no greater community in Diablo II that could do anything about it. In Guild Wars, however, you wear a cape on your back and a tag on your name that identifies you. Not only does this provide recognition, but there are several other guilds that the Basin has ties to in the game. Not playing nice and showing class can ripple through many playing groups.

In Diablo II, the Basin created an "artificial" playing environment to circumvent design decisions by Blizzard. Drops were shared among all party members. PvP was strictly forbidden unless agreed to. Games were passworded through WeaselTech and cared for by those involved. In Guild Wars, however, many of these problems were addressed by the game design itself. Items are "reserved" for players when they drop, and gold is automatically shared. PvP only occurs in arenas specially designed for PvP. And an instanced game world means you don't have to worry about killing that Charr boss; it doesn't matter to anyone outside of your party.

On the downside, the design of Guild Wars does mean that you can't just "hop in" to a game already in progress. If you're not there at the start of the mission, you can't join until the party reaches the next outpost. And party size limiations increase gradually throughout the game, limiting the size of the group that can adventure together. Furthermore, while everyone in the Basin could have (theoretically) crammed into the same chat channel, guilds in Guild Wars are limited to 100 members, forcing the Basin to spilt across three different Guilds, as well as Guild Ladder Teams.

Nevertheless, we've built a strong community. The [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Basin's Guild Wars forums], [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 our IRC channels] and our [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak server] serve as central hubs for communication. In-game relayers will transmit messages of games and events to other Basin guilds upon request. And group games such as Mission Possible! and GvG Frenzy take place regularily. You'll find that the community created in Guild Wars is a strong, active one, willing and able to help out at any time.

==Related forum threads==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=4752 GW for the Diablo2 Player] (Jan 2006)

== Related Basin links ==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Guild Wars Forums]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 IRC Channel Guide]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak Howto]

A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player

2007-08-27T15:01:12Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Character Progression */

=A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player=

This guide is intended as a collection of information geared towards that Diablo II player who is thinking about taking the plunge and coming over to play Guild Wars.

==Player vs. Environment (PvE) Gameplay==

'''Note: Players are encouraged to reserve one of their four character slots for a PvP character.''' (see PvP section below for more information)

Guild Wars gameplay compared to [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]] in a few words:
* group play is more important and more required
* monsters are much tougher relative to players
* monsters have skills, armor, and equipment that works the same way as for players
* fights are longer due to stronger monsters (approx. 15-30 seconds of fight per monster)

Very few characters will be able to efficiently play solo against monsters in [[GW_Main_Page | Guild Wars]], unlike [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. Most groups will need some kind of healer (e.g., a primary Monk), as well as a mix of other characters to win. Although parties can often do fine with less than max group size, rarely can groups of 1 or 2 win against the monsters. There is still the option to hire [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Henchman henchmen] or (with [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Nightfall Nightfall]) add [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Hero Heroes] to fill your party's ranks, but these computer-controlled allies come with their own deficiencies.

In addition, most monsters are in the same toughness range as the players fighting them. Although some [[GW_Main_Page#Character_Builds | character builds]] can do a lot of damage to a single monster in very short time, there are no instant kills. This means that battles will last longer in Guild Wars than in [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. As a rule of thumb, battles probably last around 15-30 seconds for each monster. People will therefore often want to fight less monsters at the same time as group size (most groups in Guild Wars will probably consists of around four players).

Monsters all have the same types of attacks as players do, plus a few additional rare ones such as [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Giant_Stomp Giant Stomp]. For example, if a monster is of a ranger type, it will use either a bow or some ranged attack as a regular attack in addition to its ranger skills; it will have extra armor against elemental damage and its armor against physical damage will be somewhere between warriors and casters. This applies to the monsters of the other five professions types as well.

==Character Progression==

Characters use skills and attributes differently in Guild Wars than in D2. In Guild Wars, characters all have the same amount of life at the same level, have mana based on their character's profession, always hit with attacks unless certain conditions or hex are on them or the target is using certain enchantments or stances. Attribute points for characters are not used for these things; instead, they are used to improve the power of skills. Instead of having skill point associated with one particular skill, attribute points improve all skills associated with them. For instance, if you improve fire magic for extra firestorm damage, you will also improve skills such as meteor and flare.

Unlike in D2, where skill points are fixed once assigned, attributes can be reassigned in any town and skills swapped as well. For instance, if you're about to go into an area with lots of melee type monsters, you can change to skills that do better vs. melee and boost attributes to make those skills more powerful. Some attributes (marksmanship, swordsmanship, ax mastery, hammer mastery) improve weapon damage; others (many of the primary attributes) allow for mana/energy management.

Characters hit their maximum level (level 20) around two thirds into the game; monsters increase somewhat in level to 24-28 near the end of the game. The attribute/skill system means that characters won't ever have to save skill points, and will be useful throughout the game, even in early areas with only basic skills. Many basic skills, in fact, are useful throughout the game. Except for the elite skills, the only major difference between early and late game skills is that early game skills are on average simpler to use.

The storyline in Guild wars is more involved than in Diablo II. It has a number of twists and turns, and most of the time your character is in the middle of the important action. Guild Wars also has, in many opinions, more interesting terrain than D2, thanks partially to the camera view and being 3-D and partially simply because it is drawn very well. The Shiverpeaks really feel like a mountain range, and the ring of fire really feels like a barren volcanic area. Sightseeing in Guild Wars is well worth the time.

==Player vs. Player (PvP) Gameplay==

The Player vs. Player experience in Guild Wars is vastly different than the PvP that took place in Diablo II. Most of Diablo II's PvP play was focused on "duels," which, over time, became increasingly frustrating for new players. The equipment, attribute, and skill point requirements to be competitive in PvP (not to mention class imbalances and cheating) were incredibly high.

Guild Wars differs greatly from the Diablo II experience in that the game really does rely on strategy, tactics, and skills more than the equipment your character is wearing. The flexible nature of skill use, attribute assignment, and even secondary profession (for PvE characters) ensures that characters never become "obsolete" because of changes in the metagame. And while equipment does play a role (a warrior with a Superior Vigor rune will have an advantage over a warrior without), the role is smaller, and nearly eliminates the "equipment gap" that made Diablo II PvP difficult for new players.

Because Guild Wars is a team game, there is no formal concept of duels, and PvP can only occur in specially-designated arenas. There is no risk, for example, of one of your party members "going hostile" in the middle of a mission. With the exception of the Random Arenas that are available, most PvP will also involve a bit of planning on a [[team build]] to maximize the effectiveness of the characters involved.

'''Players are encouraged to reserve one of their four character slots for a PvP character.'''

While you are playing your PvE characters, you will "unlock" skills and items/equipment. When you have unlocked an item or a skill, it is immediately available to a newly created PvP character. Read this twice. It really means that you can use all unlocked skills and equipment from your PvE characters on your PvP character.

There is no need to build a character for PvP from the ground up. Instead, since you can delete and recreate this character at will, it allows you to experience various classes and builds, as well as take advantage of newly-unlocked items and skills.

==System Requirements==

For a game that is so graphically beautiful, Guild Wars will run on some of the barest of hardware out there. While the system requirements are a bit higher than those required to run Diablo II, it certainly isn't a game that requires the latest $2500 Falcon-NW machine to run! Check out the Guild Wars website for the (minimum) [http://www.guildwars.com/aboutgw/faq/default.php#support system requirements].

Broadband is not required to play the game. Your download of updates and loading of areas will take a bit longer, but the game will run just fine.

==Community==

There are some similarities between the community created by the Basin in Diablo II and Guild Wars, but there is also somme major differences.

Much like the Diablo II Guild, the Guild Wars community asks that everyone "Play Nice and Show Some Class." This is especially important in a game such as Guild Wars. If you were a jerk in a public Diablo II game, there was little chance (unless you volunteered the information) that you'd be tracked back to the Basin. And even if you were, there was no greater community in Diablo II that could do anything about it. In Guild Wars, however, you wear a cape on your back and a tag on your name that identifies you. Not only does this provide recognition, but there are several other guilds that the Basin has ties to in the game. Not playing nice and showing class can ripple through many playing groups.

In Diablo II, the Basin created an "artificial" playing environment to circumvent design decisions by Blizzard. Drops were shared among all party members. PvP was strictly forbidden unless agreed to. Games were passworded through WeaselTech and cared for by those involved. In Guild Wars, however, many of these problems were addressed by the game design itself. Items are "reserved" for players when they drop, and gold is automatically shared. PvP only occurs in arenas specially designed for PvP. And an instanced game world means you don't have to worry about killing that Charr boss; it doesn't matter to anyone outside of your party.

On the downside, the design of Guild Wars does mean that you can't just "hop in" to a game already in progress. If you're not there at the start of the mission, you can't join until the party reaches the next outpost. And party size limiations increase gradually throughout the game, limiting the size of the group that can adventure together. Furthermore, while everyone in the Basin could have (theoretically) crammed into the same chat channel, guilds in Guild Wars are limited to 100 members, forcing the Basin to spilt across three different Guilds, as well as Guild Ladder Teams.

Nevertheless, we've built a strong community. The [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Basin's Guild Wars forums], [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 our IRC channels] and our [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak server] serve as central hubs for communication. In-game relayers will transmit messages of games and events to other Basin guilds upon request. And group games such as Mission Possible! and GvG Frenzy take place regularily. You'll find that the community created in Guild Wars is a strong, active one, willing and able to help out at any time.

==Related forum threads==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=4752 GW for the Diablo2 Player] (Jan 2006)

== Related Basin links ==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Guild Wars Forums]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 IRC Channel Guide]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak Howto]

A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player

2007-08-27T14:49:08Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Player vs. Environment (PvE) Gameplay */

=A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player=

This guide is intended as a collection of information geared towards that Diablo II player who is thinking about taking the plunge and coming over to play Guild Wars.

==Player vs. Environment (PvE) Gameplay==

'''Note: Players are encouraged to reserve one of their four character slots for a PvP character.''' (see PvP section below for more information)

Guild Wars gameplay compared to [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]] in a few words:
* group play is more important and more required
* monsters are much tougher relative to players
* monsters have skills, armor, and equipment that works the same way as for players
* fights are longer due to stronger monsters (approx. 15-30 seconds of fight per monster)

Very few characters will be able to efficiently play solo against monsters in [[GW_Main_Page | Guild Wars]], unlike [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. Most groups will need some kind of healer (e.g., a primary Monk), as well as a mix of other characters to win. Although parties can often do fine with less than max group size, rarely can groups of 1 or 2 win against the monsters. There is still the option to hire [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Henchman henchmen] or (with [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Nightfall Nightfall]) add [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Hero Heroes] to fill your party's ranks, but these computer-controlled allies come with their own deficiencies.

In addition, most monsters are in the same toughness range as the players fighting them. Although some [[GW_Main_Page#Character_Builds | character builds]] can do a lot of damage to a single monster in very short time, there are no instant kills. This means that battles will last longer in Guild Wars than in [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. As a rule of thumb, battles probably last around 15-30 seconds for each monster. People will therefore often want to fight less monsters at the same time as group size (most groups in Guild Wars will probably consists of around four players).

Monsters all have the same types of attacks as players do, plus a few additional rare ones such as [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Giant_Stomp Giant Stomp]. For example, if a monster is of a ranger type, it will use either a bow or some ranged attack as a regular attack in addition to its ranger skills; it will have extra armor against elemental damage and its armor against physical damage will be somewhere between warriors and casters. This applies to the monsters of the other five professions types as well.

==Character Progression==

Characters use skills and attributes differently in guild wars than in D2. In Guild wars, characters all have the same amount of life at the same level, have mana based on their character's armor, always hit with attacks unless certain conditions or hex are on them, and/or the target is certain enchantments or stances on and damage reduction comes from armor alone. Attributes for characters are not used for these things, instead, they are used to improve the powers of skills. Instead of having skill point associated with one particular skill, attribute points improve all skills acssociated with them, so, for instance, if you improve fire magic for extra firestorm damage, you will improve skills such as meteor also which appear later in the game.

Attributes can be reassigned in any town, and skills can be changed around as well, so, for instance, if you're about to go into a area with lots of fighter type monsters, you can change skills to ones that do better vs. fighters, and possibly change attributes to make those skills more powerful. Some attributes (marksmanship, swordsmanship, ax mastery, hammer mastery) improve weapon damage, others (the primarty attributes and beast mastery) have other effects.

Characters hit level 20 around two thirds into the game, after this the monsters increase somewhat in level to 24-28 near the end of the game. The attribute/skill system means that characters won't ever have to save skillpints, and will be useful throughout the game, even in early areas with only basic skills. Many basic skills, in fact, are useful throughout the gameand except for the elite skills, the only major difference between early and late game skills is that early game skills are on average simpler to use.

The storyline in Guild wars is more involved than in Diablo 2. Itr has a number of twists and turns, and most of the time your character is in the middle of the important action. Guild wars also has, in many opinions, more interesting terrain than D2, thanks partially to the camera view and being 3-D, but partially it is drawn very well. The shiverpeaks really feel like a mountain range, the ring of fire really feels like a barren volcanic area, etc.

==Player vs. Player (PvP) Gameplay==

The Player vs. Player experience in Guild Wars is vastly different than the PvP that took place in Diablo II. Most of Diablo II's PvP play was focused on "duels," which, over time, became increasingly frustrating for new players. The equipment, attribute, and skill point requirements to be competitive in PvP (not to mention class imbalances and cheating) were incredibly high.

Guild Wars differs greatly from the Diablo II experience in that the game really does rely on strategy, tactics, and skills more than the equipment your character is wearing. The flexible nature of skill use, attribute assignment, and even secondary profession (for PvE characters) ensures that characters never become "obsolete" because of changes in the metagame. And while equipment does play a role (a warrior with a Superior Vigor rune will have an advantage over a warrior without), the role is smaller, and nearly eliminates the "equipment gap" that made Diablo II PvP difficult for new players.

Because Guild Wars is a team game, there is no formal concept of duels, and PvP can only occur in specially-designated arenas. There is no risk, for example, of one of your party members "going hostile" in the middle of a mission. With the exception of the Random Arenas that are available, most PvP will also involve a bit of planning on a [[team build]] to maximize the effectiveness of the characters involved.

'''Players are encouraged to reserve one of their four character slots for a PvP character.'''

While you are playing your PvE characters, you will "unlock" skills and items/equipment. When you have unlocked an item or a skill, it is immediately available to a newly created PvP character. Read this twice. It really means that you can use all unlocked skills and equipment from your PvE characters on your PvP character.

There is no need to build a character for PvP from the ground up. Instead, since you can delete and recreate this character at will, it allows you to experience various classes and builds, as well as take advantage of newly-unlocked items and skills.

==System Requirements==

For a game that is so graphically beautiful, Guild Wars will run on some of the barest of hardware out there. While the system requirements are a bit higher than those required to run Diablo II, it certainly isn't a game that requires the latest $2500 Falcon-NW machine to run! Check out the Guild Wars website for the (minimum) [http://www.guildwars.com/aboutgw/faq/default.php#support system requirements].

Broadband is not required to play the game. Your download of updates and loading of areas will take a bit longer, but the game will run just fine.

==Community==

There are some similarities between the community created by the Basin in Diablo II and Guild Wars, but there is also somme major differences.

Much like the Diablo II Guild, the Guild Wars community asks that everyone "Play Nice and Show Some Class." This is especially important in a game such as Guild Wars. If you were a jerk in a public Diablo II game, there was little chance (unless you volunteered the information) that you'd be tracked back to the Basin. And even if you were, there was no greater community in Diablo II that could do anything about it. In Guild Wars, however, you wear a cape on your back and a tag on your name that identifies you. Not only does this provide recognition, but there are several other guilds that the Basin has ties to in the game. Not playing nice and showing class can ripple through many playing groups.

In Diablo II, the Basin created an "artificial" playing environment to circumvent design decisions by Blizzard. Drops were shared among all party members. PvP was strictly forbidden unless agreed to. Games were passworded through WeaselTech and cared for by those involved. In Guild Wars, however, many of these problems were addressed by the game design itself. Items are "reserved" for players when they drop, and gold is automatically shared. PvP only occurs in arenas specially designed for PvP. And an instanced game world means you don't have to worry about killing that Charr boss; it doesn't matter to anyone outside of your party.

On the downside, the design of Guild Wars does mean that you can't just "hop in" to a game already in progress. If you're not there at the start of the mission, you can't join until the party reaches the next outpost. And party size limiations increase gradually throughout the game, limiting the size of the group that can adventure together. Furthermore, while everyone in the Basin could have (theoretically) crammed into the same chat channel, guilds in Guild Wars are limited to 100 members, forcing the Basin to spilt across three different Guilds, as well as Guild Ladder Teams.

Nevertheless, we've built a strong community. The [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Basin's Guild Wars forums], [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 our IRC channels] and our [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak server] serve as central hubs for communication. In-game relayers will transmit messages of games and events to other Basin guilds upon request. And group games such as Mission Possible! and GvG Frenzy take place regularily. You'll find that the community created in Guild Wars is a strong, active one, willing and able to help out at any time.

==Related forum threads==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=4752 GW for the Diablo2 Player] (Jan 2006)

== Related Basin links ==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Guild Wars Forums]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 IRC Channel Guide]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak Howto]

A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player

2007-08-27T14:39:51Z

CoonerTheRed:

=A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player=

This guide is intended as a collection of information geared towards that Diablo II player who is thinking about taking the plunge and coming over to play Guild Wars.

==Player vs. Environment (PvE) Gameplay==

'''Note: Players are encouraged to reserve one of their four character slots for a PvP character.''' (see PvP section below for more information)

Guild Wars gameplay compared to [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]] in a few words:
* group play is more important and more required
* monsters are much tougher relative to players
* monsters have skills, armor, and equipment that works the same way as for players
* fights are longer due to stronger monsters (approx. 15-30 seconds of fight per monster)

Very few characters will be able to efficiently play solo against monsters in [[GW_Main_Page | Guild Wars]], unlike [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. Most groups will need some kind of healer (e.g., a primary Monk), as well as a mix of other characters to win. Although parties can often do fine with less than max group size, rarely can groups of 1 or 2 win against the monsters. There is still the option to hire [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Henchman henchmen] or (with [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Nightfall Nightfall]) add [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Hero Heroes] to fill your party's ranks, but these computer-controlled allies come with their own deficiencies.

In addition, most monsters are in the same toughness range as the players fighting them. Although some [[GW_Main_Page#Character_Builds | character builds]] can do a lot of damage to a single monster in very short time, there are no instant kills. This means that battles will last longer in Guild Wars than in [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. As a rule of thumb, battles probably last around 15-30 seconds for each monster. People will therefore often want to fight less monsters at the same time as group size (most groups in Guild Wars will probably consists of around four players).

Monsters all have the same types of attacks as players do, except for some rare ones such as [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Giant_Stomp Giant Stomp]. For example, if a monster is of a ranger type, it will use either a bow or some ranged attack as a regular attack in addition to its ranger skills; it will have extra armor against elemental damage and its armor against physical damage will be somewhere between warriors and casters. This applies to the monsters of the other five professions types as well.

==Character Progression==

Characters use skills and attributes differently in guild wars than in D2. In Guild wars, characters all have the same amount of life at the same level, have mana based on their character's armor, always hit with attacks unless certain conditions or hex are on them, and/or the target is certain enchantments or stances on and damage reduction comes from armor alone. Attributes for characters are not used for these things, instead, they are used to improve the powers of skills. Instead of having skill point associated with one particular skill, attribute points improve all skills acssociated with them, so, for instance, if you improve fire magic for extra firestorm damage, you will improve skills such as meteor also which appear later in the game.

Attributes can be reassigned in any town, and skills can be changed around as well, so, for instance, if you're about to go into a area with lots of fighter type monsters, you can change skills to ones that do better vs. fighters, and possibly change attributes to make those skills more powerful. Some attributes (marksmanship, swordsmanship, ax mastery, hammer mastery) improve weapon damage, others (the primarty attributes and beast mastery) have other effects.

Characters hit level 20 around two thirds into the game, after this the monsters increase somewhat in level to 24-28 near the end of the game. The attribute/skill system means that characters won't ever have to save skillpints, and will be useful throughout the game, even in early areas with only basic skills. Many basic skills, in fact, are useful throughout the gameand except for the elite skills, the only major difference between early and late game skills is that early game skills are on average simpler to use.

The storyline in Guild wars is more involved than in Diablo 2. Itr has a number of twists and turns, and most of the time your character is in the middle of the important action. Guild wars also has, in many opinions, more interesting terrain than D2, thanks partially to the camera view and being 3-D, but partially it is drawn very well. The shiverpeaks really feel like a mountain range, the ring of fire really feels like a barren volcanic area, etc.

==Player vs. Player (PvP) Gameplay==

The Player vs. Player experience in Guild Wars is vastly different than the PvP that took place in Diablo II. Most of Diablo II's PvP play was focused on "duels," which, over time, became increasingly frustrating for new players. The equipment, attribute, and skill point requirements to be competitive in PvP (not to mention class imbalances and cheating) were incredibly high.

Guild Wars differs greatly from the Diablo II experience in that the game really does rely on strategy, tactics, and skills more than the equipment your character is wearing. The flexible nature of skill use, attribute assignment, and even secondary profession (for PvE characters) ensures that characters never become "obsolete" because of changes in the metagame. And while equipment does play a role (a warrior with a Superior Vigor rune will have an advantage over a warrior without), the role is smaller, and nearly eliminates the "equipment gap" that made Diablo II PvP difficult for new players.

Because Guild Wars is a team game, there is no formal concept of duels, and PvP can only occur in specially-designated arenas. There is no risk, for example, of one of your party members "going hostile" in the middle of a mission. With the exception of the Random Arenas that are available, most PvP will also involve a bit of planning on a [[team build]] to maximize the effectiveness of the characters involved.

'''Players are encouraged to reserve one of their four character slots for a PvP character.'''

While you are playing your PvE characters, you will "unlock" skills and items/equipment. When you have unlocked an item or a skill, it is immediately available to a newly created PvP character. Read this twice. It really means that you can use all unlocked skills and equipment from your PvE characters on your PvP character.

There is no need to build a character for PvP from the ground up. Instead, since you can delete and recreate this character at will, it allows you to experience various classes and builds, as well as take advantage of newly-unlocked items and skills.

==System Requirements==

For a game that is so graphically beautiful, Guild Wars will run on some of the barest of hardware out there. While the system requirements are a bit higher than those required to run Diablo II, it certainly isn't a game that requires the latest $2500 Falcon-NW machine to run! Check out the Guild Wars website for the (minimum) [http://www.guildwars.com/aboutgw/faq/default.php#support system requirements].

Broadband is not required to play the game. Your download of updates and loading of areas will take a bit longer, but the game will run just fine.

==Community==

There are some similarities between the community created by the Basin in Diablo II and Guild Wars, but there is also somme major differences.

Much like the Diablo II Guild, the Guild Wars community asks that everyone "Play Nice and Show Some Class." This is especially important in a game such as Guild Wars. If you were a jerk in a public Diablo II game, there was little chance (unless you volunteered the information) that you'd be tracked back to the Basin. And even if you were, there was no greater community in Diablo II that could do anything about it. In Guild Wars, however, you wear a cape on your back and a tag on your name that identifies you. Not only does this provide recognition, but there are several other guilds that the Basin has ties to in the game. Not playing nice and showing class can ripple through many playing groups.

In Diablo II, the Basin created an "artificial" playing environment to circumvent design decisions by Blizzard. Drops were shared among all party members. PvP was strictly forbidden unless agreed to. Games were passworded through WeaselTech and cared for by those involved. In Guild Wars, however, many of these problems were addressed by the game design itself. Items are "reserved" for players when they drop, and gold is automatically shared. PvP only occurs in arenas specially designed for PvP. And an instanced game world means you don't have to worry about killing that Charr boss; it doesn't matter to anyone outside of your party.

On the downside, the design of Guild Wars does mean that you can't just "hop in" to a game already in progress. If you're not there at the start of the mission, you can't join until the party reaches the next outpost. And party size limiations increase gradually throughout the game, limiting the size of the group that can adventure together. Furthermore, while everyone in the Basin could have (theoretically) crammed into the same chat channel, guilds in Guild Wars are limited to 100 members, forcing the Basin to spilt across three different Guilds, as well as Guild Ladder Teams.

Nevertheless, we've built a strong community. The [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Basin's Guild Wars forums], [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 our IRC channels] and our [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak server] serve as central hubs for communication. In-game relayers will transmit messages of games and events to other Basin guilds upon request. And group games such as Mission Possible! and GvG Frenzy take place regularily. You'll find that the community created in Guild Wars is a strong, active one, willing and able to help out at any time.

==Related forum threads==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=4752 GW for the Diablo2 Player] (Jan 2006)

== Related Basin links ==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Guild Wars Forums]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 IRC Channel Guide]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak Howto]

A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player

2007-08-27T12:34:49Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Player vs. Environment (PvE) Gameplay */

=A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player=

This guide is intended as a collection of information geared towards that Diablo II player who is thinking about taking the plunge and coming over to play Guild Wars.

==Player vs. Environment (PvE) Gameplay==

'''Note: Players are encouraged to reserve one of their four character slots for a PvP character.''' (see PvP section below for more information)

Guild Wars gameplay compared to [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]] in a few words:
* group play is more important and more required
* monsters are much tougher relative to players
* monsters have skills, armor, and equipment that works the same way as for players
* fights are longer due to stronger monsters (approx. 15-30 seconds of fight per monster)

Very few characters will be able to efficiently play solo against monsters in [[GW_Main_Page | Guild Wars]], unlike [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. Most groups will need some kind of healer (e.g., a primary Monk), as well as a mix of other characters to win. Although parties can often do fine with less than max group size, rarely can groups of 1 or 2 win against the monsters. There is still the option to hire [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Henchman henchmen] to fill your party's ranks but these computer-controlled allies come with their own deficiencies.

In addition, most monsters are in the same toughness range as the players fighting them. Although some [[GW_Main_Page#Character_Builds | character builds]] can do a lot of damage to a single monster in very short time, there are no instant kills. This means that battles will last longer in Guild Wars than in [[D2_Main_Page | Diablo II]]. As a rule of thumb, battles probably last around 15-30 seconds for each monster. People will therefore often want to fight less monsters at the same time as group size (most groups in Guild Wars will probably consists of around four players).

Monsters all have the same types of attacks as players do, except for some rare ones such as [http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Giant_Stomp Giant Stomp]. For example, if a monster is of a ranger type, it will use either a bow or some ranged attack as a regular attack in addition to its ranger skills; it will have extra armor against elemental damage and its armor against physical damage will be somewhere between warriors and casters. This applies to the monsters of the other five professions types as well.

==Character Progression==

Characters use skills and attributes differently in guild wars than in D2. In Guild wars, characters all have the same amount of life at the same level, have mana based on their character's armor, always hit with attacks unless certain conditions or hex are on them, and/or the target is certain enchantments or stances on and damage reduction comes from armor alone. Attributes for characters are not used for these things, instead, they are used to improve the powers of skills. Instead of having skill point associated with one particular skill, attribute points improve all skills acssociated with them, so, for instance, if you improve fire magic for extra firestorm damage, you will improve skills such as meteor also which appear later in the game.

Attributes can be reassigned in any town, and skills can be changed around as well, so, for instance, if you're about to go into a area with lots of fighter type monsters, you can change skills to ones that do better vs. fighters, and possibly change attributes to make those skills more powerful. Some attributes (marksmanship, swordsmanship, ax mastery, hammer mastery) improve weapon damage, others (the primarty attributes and beast mastery) have other effects.

Characters hit level 20 around two thirds into the game, after this the monsters increase somewhat in level to 24-28 near the end of the game. The attribute/skill system means that characters won't ever have to save skillpints, and will be useful throughout the game, even in early areas with only basic skills. Many basic skills, in fact, are useful throughout the gameand except for the elite skills, the only major difference between early and late game skills is that early game skills are on average simpler to use.

The storyline in Guild wars is more involved than in Diablo 2. Itr has a number of twists and turns, and most of the time your character is in the middle of the important action. Guild wars also has, in many opinions, more interesting terrain than D2, thanks partially to the camera view and being 3-D, but partially it is drawn very well. The shiverpeaks really feel like a mountain range, the ring of fire really feels like a barren volcanic area, etc.

==Player vs. Player (PvP) Gameplay==

The Player vs. Player experience in Guild Wars is vastly different than the PvP that took place in Diablo II. Most of Diablo II's PvP play was focused on "duels," which, over time, became increasingly frustrating for new players. The equipment, attribute, and skill point requirements to be competitive in PvP (not to mention class imbalances and cheating) were incredibly high.

Guild Wars differs greatly from the Diablo II experience in that the game really does rely on strategy, tactics, and skills more than the equipment your character is wearing. The flexible nature of skill use, attribute assignment, and even secondary profession (for PvE characters) ensures that characters never become "obsolete" because of changes in the metagame. And while equipment does play a role (a warrior with a Superior Vigor rune will have an advantage over a warrior without), the role is smaller, and nearly eliminates the "equipment gap" that made Diablo II PvP difficult for new players.

Because Guild Wars is a team game, there is no formal concept of duels, and PvP can only occur in specially-designated arenas. There is no risk, for example, of one of your party members "going hostile" in the middle of a mission. With the exception of the Random Arenas that are available, most PvP will also involve a bit of planning on a [[team build]] to maximize the effectiveness of the characters involved.

'''Players are encouraged to reserve one of their four character slots for a PvP character.'''

While you are playing your PvE characters, you will "unlock" skills and items/equipment. When you have unlocked an item or a skill, it is immediately available to a newly created PvP character. Read this twice. It really means that you can use all unlocked skills and equipment from your PvE characters on your PvP character.

There is no need to build a character for PvP from the ground up. Instead, since you can delete and recreate this character at will, it allows you to experience various classes and builds, as well as take advantage of newly-unlocked items and skills.

==System Requirements==

For a game that is so graphically beautiful, Guild Wars will run on some of the barest of hardware out there. While the system requirements are a bit higher than those required to run Diablo II, it certainly isn't a game that requires the latest $2500 Falcon-NW machine to run! Check out the Guild Wars website for the (minimum) [http://www.guildwars.com/aboutgw/faq/default.php#support system requirements].

Broadband is not required to play the game. Your download of updates and loading of areas will take a bit longer, but the game will run just fine.

==Community==

There are some similarities between the community created by the Basin in Diablo II and Guild Wars, but there is also somme major differences.

Much like the Diablo II Guild, the Guild Wars community asks that everyone "Play Nice and Show Some Class." This is especially important in a game such as Guild Wars. If you were a jerk in a public Diablo II game, there was little chance (unless you volunteered the information) that you'd be tracked back to the Basin. And even if you were, there was no greater community in Diablo II that could do anything about it. In Guild Wars, however, you wear a cape on your back and a tag on your name that identifies you. Not only does this provide recognition, but there are several other guilds that the Basin has ties to in the game. Not playing nice and showing class can ripple through many playing groups.

In Diablo II, the Basin created an "artificial" playing environment to circumvent design decisions by Blizzard. Drops were shared among all party members. PvP was strictly forbidden unless agreed to. Games were passworded through WeaselTech and cared for by those involved. In Guild Wars, however, many of these problems were addressed by the game design itself. Items are "reserved" for players when they drop, and gold is automatically shared. PvP only occurs in arenas specially designed for PvP. And an instanced game world means you don't have to worry about killing that Charr boss; it doesn't matter to anyone outside of your party.

On the downside, the design of Guild Wars does mean that you can't just "hop in" to a game already in progress. If you're not there at the start of the mission, you can't join until the party reaches the next outpost. And party size limiations increase gradually throughout the game, limiting the size of the group that can adventure together. Furthermore, while everyone in the Basin could have (theoretically) crammed into the same chat channel, guilds in Guild Wars are limited to 100 members, forcing the Basin to spilt across three different Guilds, as well as Guild Ladder Teams.

Nevertheless, we've built a strong community. The [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Basin's Guild Wars forums], [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 our IRC channels] and our [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak server] serve as central hubs for communication. In-game relayers will transmit messages of games and events to other Basin guilds upon request. And group games such as Mission Possible! and GvG Frenzy take place regularily. You'll find that the community created in Guild Wars is a strong, active one, willing and able to help out at any time.

==Related forum threads==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=4752 GW for the Diablo2 Player] (Jan 2006)

== Related Basin links ==

* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums Guild Wars Forums]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?showtopic=2224 IRC Channel Guide]
* [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/index.php?content=ts_howto TeamSpeak Howto]

Talk:A Guild Wars Guide for the Diablo II Player

2007-08-27T12:26:58Z

CoonerTheRed:

User:CoonerTheRed

2007-08-17T15:26:05Z

CoonerTheRed:

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). I've also been running through the various chapters, completing each one with a native toon.

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*Spearmarshal (9/10, Sunspear)
*Mighty Lightbringer (4/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Balthazar Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister. She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw015sm.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===And some others...===
Elonian Dervish

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2007-08-17T14:50:27Z

CoonerTheRed:

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). I've also been running through the various chapters, completing each one with a native toon.

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE) [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/gw007bg.jpg Photo 1]

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/gw/morello.gif
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*Spearmarshal (9/10, Sunspear)
*Mighty Lightbringer (4/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Balthazar Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister. She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===And some others...===
Elonian Dervish

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2007-08-16T21:41:13Z

CoonerTheRed:

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. Lyne, Ceolstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). I've also been running through the various chapters, completing each one with a native toon.

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE)

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*Spearmarshal (9/10, Sunspear)
*Mighty Lightbringer (4/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Balthazar Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister. She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===And some others...===
Elonian Dervish

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2007-08-16T21:40:14Z

CoonerTheRed:

This page still ''very'' under construction.

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. Lyne, Coelstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). I've also been running through the various chapters, completing each one with a native toon.

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE)

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*Spearmarshal (9/10, Sunspear)
*Mighty Lightbringer (4/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Balthazar Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| | The PvP version of the above toon, Morello Le Vert is a bit bigger, a bit stronger, but not quite so bright as her older sister. She swings a mean scythe in her role of Defender of Basin Guild Halls, and heaven help the warrior who thinks they will get a free shot at Basin monks.

{| style="background:azure"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Melandru Damage: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard meta-game GvG Dervish, this build spews out deep wound and AoE melee pressure rather impressively. Take Distracting Blow or a self-heal make good substitutions for Wild Blow as needed.
* Assassin of Melandru:
:Great for pickup chaos games, this dervish is a blast to play. Not as reliable at the flagstand, but great for taking out archers and surprising backliners.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===And some others...===
Elonian Dervish

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2007-08-16T19:32:27Z

CoonerTheRed:

User:CoonerTheRed

2007-08-16T19:30:51Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Select Characters */

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. Lyne, Coelstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). I've also been running through the various chapters, completing each one with a native toon.

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr at censorship.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE)

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*Spearmarshal (9/10, Sunspear)
*Mighty Lightbringer (4/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Balthazar Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===And some others...===
Elonian Dervish

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2007-08-16T19:29:15Z

CoonerTheRed: /* Select Characters */

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. Lyne, Coelstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). I've also been running through the various chapters, completing each one with a native toon.

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons... (Note to Arena-Net... while "Coon" may be (at times) a racial slur, it's also a '''last name!''' Hence no GW CoonerTheReds... grrr.)

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE)

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*Spearmarshal (9/10, Sunspear)
*Mighty Lightbringer (4/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Balthazar Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===And some others...===
Elonian Dervish

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2007-08-16T19:13:35Z

CoonerTheRed:

{| align="right"
| || __TOC__
|}

=Who Am I?=
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. Lyne, Coelstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). I've also been running through the various chapters, completing each one with a native toon.

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons...

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE)

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*Spearmarshal (9/10, Sunspear)
*Mighty Lightbringer (4/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Balthazar Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===And some others...===
Elonian Dervish

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2007-08-16T19:11:49Z

CoonerTheRed:

=Who Am I?=
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
Long time [[D2 Main Page | Diablo II]] player, short time [[GW Main Page | Guild Wars]] player. Basiner.

----

That said, I've mostly stopped playing D2, with the exception of a weekly group game. I have no current ladder characters. In these kinds of games, I really enjoy planning build ideas, and can still be found tweaking barbarian and sorceress builds on [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/ The Amazon Basin D2 Forums]. I'm also the senior (by which I mean less useful) moderator of the Barbarian Room. I play only hardcore PvE characters, mainly Paladins, Barbarians, Sorceresses, and Assassins.

In Guild Wars, I've found a new friend and slipped into what feels like an old family. I'm still learning the nuances of the game -- execution, observation, and anticipation are much more intense in Guild Wars, while planning and selection are less so. Lyne, Coelstan, and others forced me to try my hand at PvP, and I've had a blast doing it. At the moment, GvG has me enthralled, and I'm slowly coming to understand the tactics and skills necessary (even if my execution of those are less than spectacular). I've also been running through the various chapters, completing each one with a native toon.

=Want to be my friend?=
* On Guild Wars, my main character is '''Morello Le Rouge'''.
* On Diablo II, my main account is ''*CoonerTheRed2''.

=Select Characters=
A smattering of my favorite toons...

==Guild Wars==
<div style="border: 2px peru solid; background: blanchedalmond; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Rouge===
Elonian Dervish (PvE)

{| style="background:blanchedalmond; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello, namesake of several old Diablo toons, is a Dervish of Dazzling Deeds. My first Guild Wars character, I chose the profession because it promised the best looking armor and the coolest weapon. A big fan of the two-hand barbarian, a whirling dervish seemed the best fit... not the world's best tank, but she can put out some serious damage. She also serves the role of runner and farmer -- the real breadwinner of my GW family.

Photos of Morello show her in Elite Sunspear Leggings, Istani Top, and Sunspear Shoes/Gloves. She is saving up for GW:EN's armor selection...

{| style="background:blanchedalmond"
|-valign=top
|
'''Stats:'''

'''Titles:'''
*'''Protector of Elona'''
*Spearmarshal (9/10, Sunspear)
*Mighty Lightbringer (4/10, Lightbringer)
|
'''Common Builds:'''
* Avatar of Balthazar Tank: <tt>test template</tt>
:A standard tank with good damage... not as unkillable as a stance tank, but pretty tough.
* Avatar of Lyssa Damage:
:Some of the highest damage numbers I've ever seen come from this build... based upon Lyssa's added damage and fast-attack skills.
* Dynamic Duo Burnin' Dervish:
:Coupled with a Mark of Rodgort/SF Ellie (Zhed does well) for a [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/gw/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=7948&view=findpost&p=89361 Dynamic Duo]
* 130 Farmer:
:Morello likes to shop. Staying at the height of fashion gets expensive...
* Runner:
:Stolen shamelessly from Alphabet, this runner does quite nicely.
* Hammer Dervish:
:Sometimes a gal just wants to lay down a little smacking.
|}
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px teal solid; background: azure; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Morello Le Vert===
Elonian Dervish (PvP)

{| style="background:azure; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px mediumslateblue solid; background: lavender; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===Anja Le Rouge===
Elonian Monk (PvP)

{| style="background:lavender; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Anja Description
|}
</div>

<div style="border: 2px goldenrod solid; background: lightgoldenrodyellow; padding: 5px 10px; margin: 5px;">
===And some others...===
Elonian Dervish

{| style="background:lightgoldenrodyellow; padding:5px"
|-valign=top
| http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg
| Morello Description
|}
</div>

==Diablo II==

===CoonerTheGreen===
===Grendel's Armory===
===Hygd===
===Freawaru===

User:CoonerTheRed

2007-08-16T17:03:42Z

CoonerTheRed:

User:CoonerTheRed

2007-08-16T15:29:33Z

CoonerTheRed:

Cooner's page, not much more than a stub yet...

http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ecoon/Play5.jpg