Guild Wars 2

Home Instance

Sorry in advance for any spelling mistakes. Writing isn’t my forté and English is not my first language! : )

I’d love to see this system expanded on. I think NPCs that move in or out should have text dialogue that speak of events that are or have occurred in your Personal Storyline. Not only would it give players another level of interaction with the NPCs you meet, but if done well, it could be used to potentially build up side-characters, create bonds between the player and story characters, and dig deeper into lore.

There’s also the possibility to allow these character to give out ‘side-tasks’ that can further personalize your story depending on which characters you meet! They could even be used to promote in-game areas. For example, a character tells you that you should try Keg Brawling or mention that you should check out a certain area in Tyria because you may find interesting secrets there.

I personally think little things like these may compel some players to venture back into their home instance and make it feel more like ‘home’ to them.

Other ideas for Home Instance

These are just little ideas from the top of my head. ^^

• Our own house. Doesn’t really need to be suggested since it seems there’s already plans for this in the future. Just figured I’d write it down anyways~

• Having a little farm, fishing pond and minerals that appear daily. Grow a garden and collect ore and materials.

• Possibly allowing us to move characters around in our home instance. One of my favorite childhood games is the Dark cloud series. You meet friends and can move them in and out of houses. They sometimes require you to give them specific items that they request such as a stronger roof or work tools to help them settle in. I don’t think the idea could be as elaborate like that particular game, but it would be fun to station our friends into certain homes or rooms in our area depending on where you live!

It’s a lot of extra work and not something that could be done overnight, most likely through expansions. Still, it would really help personalize the Home Instance even further. Anywho, thank you making such a great mmo and reading my suggestion. Enjoying it lots. :)

A music box in our house that allows us to listen to all the tracks we’ve heard in the game so far too! To be honest I’m finding the home instance to be pretty lame at the moment, I haven’t really seen anything change, and I don’t feel like I’m having a massive affect on it…

So yeah, hearing NPCs gossiping about you as you achieve greater and greater things would be awesome! You saved the orphanage? Oh hey, this kid just ran up to me and gave me a little gift while thanking me! The little touches are nice.

Some more side quests would be nice too, ones that aren’t along the main story arc, and different ones would become available depending on which paths you choose.

I’ve also mentioned this before but, I’d love to see the factions you can join having mechanics surrounding them, at the moment they just behave as a stepping stone or plot device. Imagine if it was harder to gain reputation with them/go up through the ranks, and you had to complete side quests to do so, or wear the official order cape or tabard while running dungeons to grind rep… Yeah, I know, stolen from WoW, but it’s just an example! xD

And of course, as you gain higher ranks in that order, you gain access to different armor/weapon vendors and other perks!