Guild Wars 2

As of right now in game I hardly ever go into my Home District, aside from a few quests in the personal story there is no need to. This seems like a total waste of some very good potential.

Players have been complaining (and rightly so) about their warband, crewe, ect. falling off the face of the earth when they are done with that part of the story. Well have them interactive characters in your Home District. Yes I know they are already there (or should be), but they don’t do anything.

As I progress through my story, word should get back to my friends about my adventures and they should have opinions about them and advice to give me (good or bad).

Sometimes it’s not all about me, my friends may have a problem that they need help with, some sage advice I can give them, the sense knocked back into them, or a hankerin’ for some good Canthin food. Not a problem! I’m there to help.

Quests given by npcs in their Home Districts would be great filler in between levels from one part of the story quest to another. It would be another option then going out and farming hearts. You could also use them to introduce other zones in the game that a person would not have ventured to yet if they where just following the path of their personal story to level (yes you can just do that).

“While I was out and about I thought you might like this.” As I’m killing mobs, gathering materials, or visiting shops I should chance upon some objects that someone in my Home District might think is pretty cool. Like the head of a champion boss to put up in the bar, or a vase of flowers an npc can put in their house, or a really “nice” sweater that one of them can feel obligated to wear whenever I show up.

While I’m gone dealing with Dragons and such, things may gotten into disarray in my Home District. Perhaps a rival gang, warband, seps show up and tries to take over. Can’t have that, time to clear them out.

A year rolls along since my toon entered the world, my friends throw me a party. You can then recieve your birthday present, one in a series of mini pets only avalible as a birthday present (a nod to GW1). Holidays around the corner? Who would I rather spend time with then my friends?

Hunter characters can stow their pets they find in a stable/ corral, that of course attracts the attention of the local children. It would be kind of cool If they had interactions like grooming and feeding. (The animals, not the children)

When I bring someone with me into my Home District the npc should acknowledge them, and the person I bring in should be able to interact with them. Like say sample a dish or brew at the bar that I have unlocked through my travels.

Wait what about housing?

While having a house would work for human characters, It would not really work for the other races too well. Besides in essence really, the Home District is your house. You would decorate it with the actions you do in the game and the progress you make in the personal story and random really cool stuff you find.

But what about this really cool weapon/ armor (maybe not so much right now) I have?

Enter the obsessive fanboy, he/she wants to be just like you, even has this shrine…. creepy.

Or you can just display them in the bar.

…..but my race doesn’t have a bar.

Add one (Anet), or maybe a break room for the asura, or something.

Which brings up another point, some race districts seem a little lack luster, an update would be nice to bring them up to par with the human district, which IMO got it right.

All this should be completely optional. If you don’t want to mess with your Home District, you shouldn’t have to.

What would you like to see done with the Home District, or are you happy with things as is?

This is not a bad idea actually.
- I think the game lacks interaction, and I think your idea is a great way to implement some of it.
- As for the Player Housing, you say that only Humans really suit it, but imagine an Asura at their workstation in their Home District. Maybe our lab gets filled with stuff that we invented, maybe we can even use these inventions out in the world.
- You know, something like that.

A Charr might have a tank that he has parked in the home district (I still think mounts gets us out into the world better than Waypoints, and using them like the Asuran Elite Skill which summons a Golem that can be controlled and used to fight with is one way of doing it) and yeah, the warband! Most definitely worth implementing and doing more stuff with. The warband is crucial to any charr, lest he/she becomes a gladium.

- The Charr Warband and the Asura Krewe that you have in the start should be a group of people that your character (and yourself) should relate to and care for. It’s what makes so many other games (mostly single player games) great. Characters that you want to protect or spend time with. Characters that your character respects.

The Home should be where you show off all your accomplishments to your real life friends (the warband or your krewe could certainly put in some good words for you too) and it is an aspect of the game that they have not fully utilized, but that they also said they would have (as far as I could understand).

- All this can be boiled down to: +1 from me. I’m all in for the idea.