I’m afraid that maps are a little too small for this kind of addition in game but it can be made. There are a lot of not used places in whole game – caves with only one veteran inside, forests with one event from time to time.
I’ve written in other post that living world should mean that we can take part in it’s life. When we help town, villagers can erect monument for the player who contributed most (and so this player should defend this monument for as long as he can if he want more glory).
When we help rebuild bridge, there should be placed a plate with names of all players who gave a helping hand.
When something like this is happening (bigger event or these smaller, adventure-like) – we can always switch to camera that will fly over the place and show us actual situation – like these eggs, how long till they hatch, children crying, drakes defending them, etc.
I believe that there would be players who would use it to just watch as other players are fighting (as observers in SPvP).
We really need more interaction with the world, we need more showoff for monsters, we need more spontaneous situations. I don’t know how but I’d like to be surrounded by grawl shamans who I cannot kill in 2 seconds with my necro (fix the scalling please!).
We need situations that would require from use a bit of thinking to actually survive, alone, like a hero, not part of big nameless zerg who pew pew everything without effort.
Sometimes I forgot how to spell my character name because it’s never used in any conversation apart from personal story.
Conversations like in personal story are ok but are used universally. They shouldn’t. When the battle is over, two enemies can chat all they want by standing and not even lifting arms but before the battle they should circle one another, deceive, find a better spot for an attack.
This must be showed by dynamic camera. Why not create a mechanic that will award players with movie-cam-scene when they manage very well with such an event. If we don’t allow anyone to be killed, when we kill the last boss, there’s this little scene played like in trailers when the final attack is taking place.
The more mobs don’t mean better. I know that it’s fun to fight large groups of monsters but with what we have now, they just come at us in a blob, one on another and any AOE is better than single-target attack.
There are no situations that require of us any tactic. There’s superb one – keep them away when health is low and pew pew.
I create situations when a lot of effort is needed to survive – I attack bandit camps where monsters have 3 levels more than my characters and I pull different type of mobs – ranged, melee, casters to the fun. And IT IS FUN! But after the fight there’s just a long road to another camp and many single mobs along the way.
I’ve showed here ways that can make GW2 really unique as a MMO. Right now, after a year nothing really changed. Game is appealing to mass of players who’s only carrot are shinies.
Now please watch at least on of the trailers and then go to Pavilon or any other place in the world and join zerg fighting boss there. Which is better? Do tell me.
