Guild Wars 2

I know you guys can’t really give to much away but will we ever see types of recreation other then crafting? Alot of zones have water so maybe fishing? Buy different types of Rods and Lures. Maybe have a Trophies System and Fishing games or maybe have a guild flower bed that can grow different type of plants. Alot of zones already have the water and forests for this type of stuff.

Just some ideas im throwing around. What do you guys think?

As always, +1 for Fishing and its associated infrastructure. It would be a huge positive addition to the game.

Housing please.

Seems “guarding” would be kinda dull. :P

I want to start my own deer farm!

JustTrogdor.7892:

I want to start my own deer farm!

I’ll get to breed my white stag then and have an army of them

Hrithmus.2583:

I know you guys can’t really give to much away but will we ever see types of recreation other then crafting? Alot of zones have water so maybe fishing? Buy different types of Rods and Lures. Maybe have a Trophies System and Fishing games or maybe have a guild flower bed that can grow different type of plants. Alot of zones already have the water and forests for this type of stuff.

Just some ideas im throwing around. What do you guys think?

Absolutely been asking for fishing since BWE2!!!!! Complete with props, trophies, cosmetics, chef recipes, huntsman recipes, minigames, minipets, tournaments, titles! the works!

I would also love a farming system. Something that will allow the growth of sometimes rare plant mats T6. And some of the harder to find recipe items like vanilla beans.

Hunting would be great for the opp to get the rare leatherworker/huntsman/chef recipe items and minipets.

it would certainly fill a huge hole in this game with things that both PVE and RPers could enjoy immensely. Something to pass the time and have downtime.

I’ve tried the fishing in most games and there are only two that stand out. TorchLight II and World of Warcraft had hands down the best ones. I especially liked WoW because the devs took the time for something that was not essential to the game play and gave it depth, with fishing poles, props, clothes, minipets, the ability to fish junk and gear, and store everything in a fishing “bag” that I as an engineer was able to make with crafting. Tacklebox.

Loved it! it’s one of the things I remember first when someone brings up the subject.

Shootsfoot.9276:

Seems “guarding” would be kinda dull. :P

Lol, this is true.

*gardening (for those who can’t put 2 and 2 together)

What about a time dependent upgrading for t5 mats to t6 mats? Also 1t to 2t etc….
I am not sure how that can logically work magic?

I never really got into fishing while playing WoW, however with the beauty from GW2 I would love to fish in some eye-stunning areas!

Shootsfoot.9276:

Seems “guarding” would be kinda dull. :P

You can already, ‘guard’ a fortification in WvW…boring…boring…

Seen my typo…Sorry. Fixed it lol

Can we first fix the story so it is not one of those things above. I mean apparently nobody does the heart quests cause that is everything you just listed XD

Do want fishing, so many great areas to just hang around and chill at.

Runescape guys you want to fish plenty there and it is free lol. Lots of chilling and fish botters

Hmm but I can already go spear fishing. Although for some reason I only end up with a couple of fins or scales if I am lucky.

Fishing in TL II is a great cure for insomnia.

Farming is in the game, nobody in Beetletun seems to mind when I walk off with all their lettuce. Hunting’s also in the game, what with all those boars and doe and cows just sitting there with health bars having over their heads.

Fishing though… I can get behind that. Engies have to be able to grenade fish though.

I guess some are missing the point? Anyone can jump in the water now and kill random fish and get fins or Scales, same goes with heart quests for “Hunting”. I’m talking about it’s own Unique Trait. Like in the Menu have another Tab saying “recreation”. Maybe have it so you can only take 2 recreation’s at once.

For hunting maybe have Unique Hunting guns and a “Hunting ground” filled with wild Life. Some areas would be prefect for this.

Hrithmus.2583:

I’m talking about it’s own Unique Trait. Like in the Menu have another Tab saying “recreation”. Maybe have it so you can only take 2 recreation’s at once.

I kinda like the way it is now better, this way anyone can join in the hunt. Maybe more diversity in animals hunted? Rabbits and small birds giving you game meat? That might not be a bad idea, but I imagine we’d be de-fauna-ing Tyria in no time.

Rangers with Longbows get to play lawn darts!!!!

Or maybe hunting / farming achievements. ‘Kill Da Wabbit’ for dropping 100 defenseless critters.

Fishing? Yes please.
New cooking recipes born from fishing? Yes please.
Seaweed is a level 400 cooking material, and it’s currently used in one recipe. Sushi is the perfect way to make Seaweed useful for something outside an occasional Swiftness burst.

Uruz Six.6594:

Or maybe hunting / farming achievements. ‘Kill Da Wabbit’ for dropping 100 defenseless critters.

That is already in as well, Indiscriminate Slayer.

I’m not sure about those three in the title but there is a lot of “farming” going around..

Youll always get a +1 from me on non combat activities.

This games weapon/tonic/costume system would make such activites really fun and varied.
Imagine fishing as a dolphin! Hunting as a wolf! The skill system could mean mini game style controls could be included aswell. Imagine a fishing pole where you have to do more than click on a bauble.

PS. Definately do not limit the amount of crafting sub professions you can pick up. Crafting in general has to have a limit due to balancing the economy. Sub crafting (ie, fishing, farming, gardening etc) should be more fun than profit based therefore should be something everyone can enjoy.
Most players would pick these up just to control their own pace a little better within the game, split combat activities up that the player could be bored with by now. Dont restrict that for the love of god!

Hrithmus.2583:

I know you guys can’t really give to much away but will we ever see types of recreation other then crafting? Alot of zones have water so maybe fishing? Buy different types of Rods and Lures. Maybe have a Trophies System and Fishing games or maybe have a guild flower bed that can grow different type of plants. Alot of zones already have the water and forests for this type of stuff.

Just some ideas im throwing around. What do you guys think?

+1 from me.
Any way to expand on the crafting professions and any fun recreational activities are a huge plus in any game.

I would personally love it if all these could also be tied to your house- if we ever get one.
Add crafting professions like weaving and woodwork so you can make your own things and it would be awesome.

I must say I would also just love to sit in some beautiful spot and fish- heck I want to make my own rods and lures.
Make it so that different locations and lures gives you different types of fish and tie it to cooking. It would be cool.

I would like to see some non-combat activities in general. While I like the combat in this game, it is too focused on it.

So stuff like housing, fishing, farming, and even other crafting proficiencies would be very welcome. All of these things can help bring longevity to the game I feel as they really aren’t affected by levels.

Negative Guy Inbound.

No to the Ideas.

Fishing is boring. Sorry, but I fall asleep playing the game normally anyway. Then there’s the need to find space in my already crowded bags for…what a rod(s),lure(s), Maybe some Live bait? If we using Live bait I want live ammo then.

Hunting….I already play Monster Hunter.

Gardening. Ok see I can like this idea ,but I play Plants vs Zombies , Viva Pinata , Again Monster Hunter.

Ya I know Different games not that same thing, but that’s just me. If they (Anet) does put some type of fishing,hunting and/or Gardening then great. If not then great.

If they do fishing for the love of god don’t make it like WoW!! that was mind numbling boring. At least put some kind of skill into it.

But it does open up:
-daily fishing challenges
-weekly fishing tournaments. The current winner has his fish hanging by the wharf in lions arch. And the top fish ever caught (over the months) gets stuffed and displayed behind a bar at a tavern in lions arch.
-rare fish finds
-trophy fish (another tab to find and catch them all)
-another skill to level up
-find rare fishing spots

Hrithmus.2583:

I know you guys can’t really give to much away but will we ever see types of recreation other then crafting? Alot of zones have water so maybe fishing? Buy different types of Rods and Lures. Maybe have a Trophies System and Fishing games or maybe have a guild flower bed that can grow different type of plants. Alot of zones already have the water and forests for this type of stuff.

Just some ideas im throwing around. What do you guys think?

Yeah I’d like to do all those things too even if it’s just a minigame . Maybe Anet could sell different types of canoes or ships in the gem store .

I like ‘fishing’ in Torchlight 2…dynamite the sucker and collect the rewards…

All really good ideas.

Fishing would be awesome, as stated before, they should pick up a copy of Animal Crossing and study how their fishing system and events work and mimic it.

Would be awesome and orgasmic to have their fishing system on here coupled with a saturday fishing tournament, season rare fish, and what not.

I really hope and pray they don’t copy WoW’s fishing system….that one is just horrid…

You can sort of hunt as it is already, kill a deer and get the meat/fur and what not, if you can expand on that idea some what?

Gardening sounds very interesting and has a lottt of potential

I would totally love to see fishing and hunting been a part of the game. It would make gathering so much more interesting for me.

YES. My Norn wants her own Dolyak Ranch, and my Sylvari wants more violets and less violence.

Hobbies are a good time-sink, whether you are max level, or just want a change from questing.

I’d add decorating a house to that too. I’ve spent many happy hours decorating my houses in past games.

Talenna.4052:

Hobbies are a good time-sink, whether you are max level, or just want a change from questing.

I’d add decorating a house to that too. I’ve spent many happy hours decorating my houses in past games.

Yeah i agree, some type of Hobbie besides crafting. it seems like crafting is in every single game even offline games now. It’s getting kinda old.

I like the gardening idea, could be used to make future Guild Halls and player houses prettier.

Good ideas, add these too

Artist: With all the great GW2 illustrations. A artist profession could be used in conduction with and housing/guild halls. Use mats “like dyes, wood, cotton” to make painting to sell in the trading post.

Kiting: WvW Kite siege engine that drops cluster bombs. Toy Kits for PvE that do tricks using the skill bar.

Gardening should be intuitive:

The player can either plant a seed or one of his collected herbs on a certain soil type. Soil bags and seeds can be purchased from a Gardner Merchant. The rarity of the plant is direct proportionate to the time, cost and the care it needs. Once a plant is fully Grown, the player has two choices: pick it up or collect the plant’s seeds.

Collecting 1 seed: 90% chance
Collecting 2 seeds: 40% chance
Collecting 3 seeds: 20% chance

notes:
- Planting a mature herb already collected from the world spares 80% of the players time.
- Collecting seeds result in the plant destruction. A player can harvest 1-3 seeds depending on his luck
- The soils are very important for they will determine the herb growth speed and also can affect the seeds developing rate. They can be bought from merchants or found in lands across Tyria:

Soil Types:

Krytan Pastures – Can grow Tire 1 vegetables (Mushroom, Carrot, Onion, etc)
Maguuma Clay Tire 2 (Oregano, Strawberry, beet, turnip, etc)
Ascalonian Dirt Tire 3 (Cabbage, Gape, Chili Pepper, Zucchini, etc)
Shiverpeak Glacier Tire 4 (Blackberry, Cauliflower, Dill, Mint, Coriander, etc)
Sand of Sorrows Tire 5 (Artichoke, Cayenne, Raspberry, Vanilla, Clove, etc )
Ancient Orrian Slit Tire 6 vegetables (Truffle, Lotus, Omnomberry, Saffron, etc)

In order to become a Gardner the player needs the tools: Hoe, Rake, Shovel. To get the tools there are a series of quests around the world one needs to complete.

+1 for fishing

gardening could be good adition to guild houses (private instanced area accessible only for guild members), where guilds could grow cooking suplies and use them for bigger recipes, which could buff whole party (table placed on ground) etc

hunting doesnt make sense, because leather and meat already drop from animals… and as long as there are no secondary profs and everyone can gather everything, its pointless

Yeah fishing in Lotro was amazing, the fact you could stuff and mount them, then out them on the wall in the house you owned.. awesome sauce. I don’t know why, it just is

I think if you took the practical theme from Lotro and the awesome fishing mechanic from Zelda (OOT) you would be onto a winner.

This time of in game activity isn’t always everyone’s cup of tea but you would be making a lot of your gaming customers happy ArenaNet.

Fishing would be pretty sweet imo.

I love fishing in games. I miss it from rift when I was stressed I would go and fish find my trophy fish for achievements , titles, and rare recipies that could help the guild or gamer with buffs. I am for it plz thank you :0

I love all these options!

Finally I could give up my adventuring career and be the farmer mamma wanted me to be

Dante.1508:

I’m not sure about those three in the title but there is a lot of “farming” going around..

If anyone’s ever played LOTRO they’d know what farming he’s talking about. It’s where you grow plants separate the seeds from the veggies, and sometimes gain lots of rare finds in the process. (which would pretty much eliminate the need to have to spend hours in a zone with a gimpt system of herb gathering that doesn’t yield what you need (vanilla beans anyone?)

Fishing at least for me was a great stress reliever. When the devs did something to break my class or made us wait an exceedingly long period of time between content patches for my play style, I could find some secluded space and fish up loot items/materials for crafting/or junk depending on the zone, and I could work on my achievements for fishing while I waited to see if they’d noticed all the things they did to break the class I was playing in PVE.

It was nice.

Fishing would be cool. Standard systems could come into place (rods and lures), and it could play well into the cooking line – fish recipes and so on.

As for the gardening, I see a number ideas about associating it into the guild or personal housing. I would love to see that play into land that players own, as opposed to it just being out in the world, which i think is a bit less interesting. (people farm their own land, but you go places to fish and so forth)

I want gardening. I want to grow flowers and plants instead of only harvesting them

I can see these being very fun indeed, with one caveat. The two games I’ve fished in WoW and LotRO, both required you to be ready to click the bobber at a random moment when a fish “bit.” Which means not being able to RP so much when every 20 seconds or so my hand has to be hovering on my mouse and my eyes glued to a tiny point on the screen. That removes the relaxing fun part of it for me, big time, and turns it into a jaw-cracking yawn fest.

So I’d want the typical ANet treatment of “what isn’t fun about this? Let’s get rid of that!” if they added in such a thing. Not that I can think how it would be made fun, but then again I’m no game designer -grins-.