Guild Wars 2

So I made this topic a few weeks back (I called it loading screens but I meant the character select screen), but at that point it was just a generalized statement of my slight dislike of the loading screen. This time around I actually have a suggestion.

You know, of all the MMO’s I’ve ever played, I felt that the best character selection screen came out of Aion. It wasn’t that it had a great background, but that it had all your accounts characters on the same screen. The one you had selected stood in the foreground while the others relaxed in the back.

The suggestion I had was something similar to that, with a more “active” background. For instance, whatever character you have selected decides the background based on the zone they are in.

• Kryta - The background characters sit around a campfire with Seraph Tents and Banners around them
• Shiverpeaks - The background characters relax in a Norn hall.
• Ascalon - The background characters sit in the ruins of Ascalon with all the torches lit around them and a mix of the Legion Banners.
• Maguuma - The background characters would be situated around a Sylvari garden with the lit plants and such and an Asuran lab in the midst of it.
• Orr - The background characters would be positioned within Fort Trinity, with Pacts soldiers in the distance or just Pact Banners and Tents.
• The Mists - The background characters are all around training posts or siege weapons with discarded armor and tattered banners strewn about.

Each option could have both a night and day form. This is a character select screen that could easily be expanded upon with expansions and new zones.

Just something I was thinking of to replace a rather dull selection screen of the Mists.