Hiya all,
As always i’d like to start with how much my team & I enjoy this game. You are doing so many things right on so many levels. Thank you so much for your hard work.
My members and I would like to put forth a few more potential home runs.
Our Top suggestions (Part 1):
1) Preview the look of items in AH:
- At max level I find most members are more concerned with what they look like then stats. This would be a massive boon to game enjoyment. I hear this from members nearly every day. They can go into AH & go “I want those Pants”, “I like the look at that shield” ..etc..
2) End game:
- Fractals, WvW, Dungeons & killing dragons are fun, but members are stalling out, game momentum is slowing. They need something unique to do at high levels.
a) Raid level end game with unique reasons to do these.
- Large scale battles like WvW but with big groups lead by commanders. Should be able to have as many people in group as we can bring. 8/12/16/24/etc.. Create an Auto Scale for Mobs, based on number of people you bring aka a “enemies response”. So if we bring say 9 people (yes i chose odd number on purpose) it scales. This has been done in other games, this way we are not excluding that 9th person from having fun with the guild. It sucks to be the “odd man out” who has to wait for “next time” to join.
—-> Create a unique system that allows for inclusion of odd numbers of players like you do in WvW, but on raid or even server scale. Such as recovering a zone of the world/castle/ each week for a bonus. Can even weave it into the living story.
b) Given a Quest to gain achievements:
- As we finish the guild achievements it unlocks unique more items in the Guild Upgrades. I know we are doing this through influence, but look at some upgrades like “Research politics lev 5”, there is no point in it as their is nothing to get after. I suggest to take a good look at that one.
d) Guild quests & Homes/halls!
(yeah i know you mentioned this but, More Votes this way)
- Our entire guild wants more things to do together
- Have us collect wood & get stone & get silk to make our Guild Castle & the banner that flys over it. Have our crafters work together to build our Guild Hall & the items that go in the Hall. Shared achievement is what guilds are about.
- Such as the ability to change the color of guild themed items, like shields, weps etc..
e) Server achievement:
- Make end game server wide, Work together toward a common goal. Much like WvW, but in a PVE/game enjoyment sense. aka Server Achievements. Like won 10 Rounds of WvW, 1000 Boss’s Killed, 1000 Fractals run, you get the idea.
- On battle field/achievement for people could get a “Ehmry Bay” tabard to show server pride kinda thing.
(side note:) Fix drops for Veterans & Champs. We kill these and such a let down, when they drop nothing or 2 bits of vendor trash.
3) Larger selection of items in Store:
- Cosmetic/ etc to add to ones uniqueness. I’m not sure why a massive amount of items have not been added to the Cometic end of the store. We really enjoy this game and don’t mind dropping some $ to support it & to create a unique style of char. Maybe have a in game Armor set design contest? Also their are many NPC outfits that people wish they could have. Good place to start there.
- Also on this note more Theme based sets, such as “Royal” My main char is the leader & often the Royal. I’d prefer more embellished looks, when not in my armor more dressed up appearance for meetings & events with the group. Think Weddings, Royal, Pirate, Chancellor, Cloaked/Mystery figure, showgun armor …etc. Also a way to stand apart like for commanders have option for “Commander Armor Set” etc… Unique looks through achievement.
4) Armor/ Trait Set swapping:
- Create sets for armor such as “healing Set”, “Tank Set”, “Ranged set”. For quick swapping between gear. You just go to your bank, and it swaps the gear.
There was an add-on for this in a game that shall not be named. At high levels people are building sets for different reasons. Same thing with Traits. Add a function to “Save Armor set” & Save Trait set. I can’t tell you how much I loved that function in the “other” game.
5) Dueling
- This gives members the ability to practice builds & practice for PvP & WvW. Make sure their is an option to “ignore Dueling requests” for those who don’t want to.
- To make this even more fun make it an Guild achievement, the guild battlegrounds or even a server achievement, everyone pitch in to build a training area to practice.
More on Part 2 —--