Guild Wars 2

In this thread I’ll make a few suggestions and why I think they need to be implemented.

1. Mod responses in the suggestions forum! – I’ve read quite a few suggestions for all sorts of things like class balance, dungeons, trading, etc. Some of them were well thought out and others were “I want this to be WoW” But no matter what, it always irked me that no matter how many threads on different subjects there were, there was never a response from Arenanet.
Doubt that they even read our thoughts on the game creeps in when I finally see a red post for the first time in countless threads and I see “Moved to the right forum” or “Threads now locked”. Any sort of response would be great, whether it be “We’re thinking about it,” “It’s in development,” “Good idea!”, or simply “This won’t happen”
If the problem is they don’t actually have anyone to look around the suggestions forum, then what’s the point of having one?

2. Profession build diversity! – I haven’t played every class so I can’t speak for everyone on this. My main is a Warrior and I play a Necromancer for fun sometimes. My main issue with this game is the fact that some utility skills (NOT weapon skills) simply do not match up to the power of some others. For example, stances on a warrior. The only one ever used at the rate of any other utility type is frenzy since it’s our only source of quickness, but I’d like to see Stance, Physical Utility, and Banner builds that actually have the versatility and power of a shout build.
Some people can make these work. I’ve done banners before and its awesome, but banners are clunky and immobile which drove me away, but I’ve never actually seen these people make it work to the extent of your normal condi removal healing shouts you see all the time.
That’s just a personal example. I think the problem could be solved with the simple buffing of certain traits or small buffs across unused utility skills for all professions that have them to make them viable.

3. Dueling! – You’ve seen this suggestion a thousand times and will continue to see it until it’s implemented, if that ever happens. I know class balance makes this idea a bit shaky but it’s not competitive PvP, it is just a quick activity to have fun with! Put limitations saying we can’t duel in cities or while in the middle of a dynamic event or whatever you want, just put this in!

4. One on one trading! – I don’t see why this was implemented from the beginning. People can scam you in the blink of an eye with the mail system, and according to a friend of mine who was scammed, Anet can’t do anything to help you if you are. This leaves the only safe way to trade the BLTC, but I wouldn’t use that for trading with someone I just met.

5. Tooltips need fixin’! – Tooltips lie in this game so hard it makes me cry, at least when it comes to damage. I’m sure there isn’t much explaining needed on this one.

Throdin.8061:

1. Mod responses in the suggestions forum! – I’ve read quite a few suggestions for all sorts of things like class balance, dungeons, trading, etc. Some of them were well thought out and others were “I want this to be WoW” But no matter what, it always irked me that no matter how many threads on different subjects there were, there was never a response from Arenanet.
Doubt that they even read our thoughts on the game creeps in when I finally see a red post for the first time in countless threads and I see “Moved to the right forum” or “Threads now locked”. Any sort of response would be great, whether it be “We’re thinking about it,” “It’s in development,” “Good idea!”, or simply “This won’t happen”
If the problem is they don’t actually have anyone to look around the suggestions forum, then what’s the point of having one?

2. Profession build diversity! – I haven’t played every class so I can’t speak for everyone on this. My main is a Warrior and I play a Necromancer for fun sometimes. My main issue with this game is the fact that some utility skills (NOT weapon skills) simply do not match up to the power of some others. For example, stances on a warrior. The only one ever used at the rate of any other utility type is frenzy since it’s our only source of quickness, but I’d like to see Stance, Physical Utility, and Banner builds that actually have the versatility and power of a shout build.
Some people can make these work. I’ve done banners before and its awesome, but banners are clunky and immobile which drove me away, but I’ve never actually seen these people make it work to the extent of your normal condi removal healing shouts you see all the time.
That’s just a personal example. I think the problem could be solved with the simple buffing of certain traits or small buffs across unused utility skills for all professions that have them to make them viable.

3. Dueling! – You’ve seen this suggestion a thousand times and will continue to see it until it’s implemented, if that ever happens. I know class balance makes this idea a bit shaky but it’s not competitive PvP, it is just a quick activity to have fun with! Put limitations saying we can’t duel in cities or while in the middle of a dynamic event or whatever you want, just put this in!

4. One on one trading! – I don’t see why this was implemented from the beginning. People can scam you in the blink of an eye with the mail system, and according to a friend of mine who was scammed, Anet can’t do anything to help you if you are. This leaves the only safe way to trade the BLTC, but I wouldn’t use that for trading with someone I just met.

5. Tooltips need fixin’! – Tooltips lie in this game so hard it makes me cry, at least when it comes to damage. I’m sure there isn’t much explaining needed on this one.

1. Do you mean Mods or CCs? Mods are in charge of maintaining the rules on the forums, whereas CCs are the bridge between Anet and the community. The reason they cannot really respond to a lot of threads is because of the burden. If they confirm one change, then they’ll get begged to look at a ton of others, or they will get kittened out for not implementing someone else’s suggestion. And besides, in a lot of cases, they simply don’t know.

1. That’s a matter of balancing, which is something ANet is constantly working on. Sadly, most other classes have more pressing issues than Warriors, so Warriors don’t get much attention. More pressing here meaning overpowered or buggy skills, which clearly take precedence over “weak” skills.

1. Who knows. ANet seems to think of PvP more as an eSport thing. Though I thought they mentioned 1v1s for sPvP?

1. One-on-one trading has no place in the game. You’re simply not supposed to trade outside of the BLTP. And why would you need to do that, anyway? The only excuse is to avoid the fees, which is obviously something that ANet will never let you do. And honestly, I am grateful for the BLTP, as I’ve seen other games that were literally filled with WTS/WTB chat.

1. How do you think they need fixing? The thing is, the damage on the tooltip takes your average damage and assumes that the enemy has a specific number of defense (2600 at level 80), which is clearly more than most monsters have in the game.