Guild Wars 2

Hello,

I really enjoy this game. Just wanted to state that outright. But there are a few things I hope will be implemented as the game evolves.

1) Character renames and redesigns.

- I am sure that renames will eventually be purchasable from the Gem Store, given the service was established in the original Guild Wars. Redesigns are slightly more tricky, but even a simple barbershop option would be appreciated that players could access for silver.

2) Gold being shared at the Account level without having to access a bank.

- This is more for convenience than anything. In order to transfer a single gold piece to my Engineer, I have to log on to my Mesmer, travel to a Bank, deposit a gold, log off the Mesmer, log onto the Engineer, travel to a Bank, and withdraw that gold piece. It seems like an incongruous process given how much is shared between characters like achievement progress, bank space, collectibles, and some Trade House services.

3) Dyes being shared at the Account level.

- I like collecting them, I just wish I had access to the dyes my main owns on alt characters. However, I understand that this may undermine Cooking’s ability to generate profit later on. Perhaps some sort of service could be implemented that allowed dyes already accessed by characters to be recreated at a cheaper cost through the Cooking discipline or the Gem Store.

4) Black Lion Harvesting Tools becoming Account Bound rather than Soulbound.

- The Salvage Kits are Account Bound, but the axes, sickles, and picks are not. As far as I know, everything else that drops out of the chests are Account Bound, why not the harvesting tools?

5) Collectible tabs for both Dyes and Rare Crafting Materials.

6) More UI options.

- It would be swell to be able to move some aspects of the UI around, such as the minimap, party frames, the bar across the top of the screen, and the context bar for the F key.

7) More insight into how certain stats adjust damage on ability tooltips.

- Does my Rocket Turret scale with Power? Condition Damage?

8) Better pet AI for Rangers and Necromancers.

- I feel this has more impact on Rangers than Necromancers though Necromancers would also benefit. While I don’t think that Rangers [Necromancers] should get some sort of furry [bony] juggernaut [hideous amalgamation of pain and flesh] to run down enemies in PvP, it would be nice if the pet either had a dodge mechanic for avoiding AoE bursts or a passive damage reduction from AoE.

9) More of the various creatures of Tyria becoming tamable by Rangers.

- Rock dogs have an amazing model. And if a centaur can train them, I’m sure my charr could manage.

I understand that there exist multiple posts relating to various aspects of these nine suggestions. I just thought I’d consolidate them and my own thoughts in a post.

-Gashlycrumb

There are a few of these I feel strongly enough to respond to. Some are obviously great additions account wide dyes, more information on tooltips etc. all should be something considered. However, there is one I really do not like and one that I am partly confused by.

Gashlycrumb.1603:

2) Gold being shared at the Account level without having to access a bank.

This would be disappointing for me. I do not need instant convenience for all times, what I need is challenges and fun. For me a great part of the MMO experience is building up your character, from the ground up. I know a lot of people like to share between characters but you can do that quite easily in this game with the shared bank, and that is already something that I find goes against my preferred style of game play. This would just mean I couldn’t do it at all.

Gashlycrumb.1603:

5) Collectible tabs for both Dyes and Rare Crafting Materials.

I am not sure about the dyes part of this suggestion. Once these are used there is no item to keep and there is no need to store duplicates so I am not sure what a collectibles tab would achieve.

I would like to see gold shared at a higher level because of how much is already unified under the player’s account.

If the game made an effort to differentiate character banks, achievements, and Trade House posts and profits, then I could understand why such convenience would be out of place. But ArenaNet has made all of these other services and resources shared and convenient but made the most basic resource (gold) rather limited and awkward to maneuver between characters.

Personally, I agree that there is a certain amount of pleasure to be derived from a self-sufficient character. Unfortunately, my characters do not exist independent of the others I create. I wish they did. I like playing with my friends and others, but sometimes I want privacy and time to explore the game alone without affiliation.

I’m starting to ramble. Essentially, they made a lot of the game united under the account. In my opinion, they should either complete it by reigning in the core currency of the game or allow greater individuation of characters (unique banks, achievements, etc.). They could implement options that allowed players to opt out of unified banking or some such.

As for the dyes, I’m currently hoarding them. Because I don’t want to expend them on a character that I may not like. Because I tend toward the obsessive and crazy. It was a mostly selfish suggestion that would free up true bank space and allow me to see which ones I already own. It may also tie into the dye recreation thingamabob I suggested under the third point.

And thank you for your reply.

Oh I completely understand the basis of your suggestion for gold to be shared accross characters, I was just giving a personal (and very selfish, apparently two can play that game) take on the idea. Just incase ArenaNet do see it so they know there is another side to the suggestion and it isn’t universally adored. I think it’s implementation is inevitable though and I do accept that for the great good and all that sort of trash!