Guild Wars 2

on the Ascended Gear?

As I was visiting the new area and going through my new achievements it pretty much hit me in the face.

I believe the designers of the new area’s left us small clues on what they think about this entire new patch.

• Jumping Puzzle “Under New Management.”
  Don’t think this one needs any more explanation?

• Event NPC named “Subdirector Blingg.”
  Most likely pointing towards a newly appointed higher up person within ArenaNet itself by either NCSoft or Nexon.

• A new trading company called “Consortiums.”
  Most likely hinting towards rivalry within the company between ArenaNet employees and whatever new employees got placed there by NCSoft or Nexon.

All of this is pure speculation but after my initial complaints about the new direction this game is heading, I won’t believe that the lead developer and his team would backstab their loyal fanbase this easily.

Since we have no idea what contract ArenaNet is under, there is a chance that NCSoft and Nexon are able and currently are playing a major role within all decisions that have been recently made.

I honestly believe it’s Nexon’s fault as I played their other MMO’s and the current gem shop during events just reeks of their influence so I personally place blame at Nexon and not at ArenaNet for messing with our game.

I should clarify a few things since people believe Nexon has nearly zero influence with only 15% of it’s stocks.

Nexon is known for it’s ability and experience to milk any MMO’s that’s either developed or bought by them. Since NCSoft stocks dropped to their lowest point in years, there is a chance that the investors got influenced easier by Nexon shareholders or just decided to go with their model (since it is succesfull for Nexon) in the hopes of bringing in more money so their stockprices go back up (source: http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/chart?symbol=036570.KS). All recent changes and the new gamble boxes within the gem shop strongly suggest they decided to go with the Nexon model.

Whether this is healthy or not for the game will be seen soon enough.

Again, this is all pure speculation and I hope a proper discussion will arrise in this thread.

Moderators, please do not merge this topic as I would like to read how other people think about this theory. It’s all pure speculation and in no way meant to be harmfull to ArenaNet.

Thanks for reading.

I blame whoever is at fault., but I’m not going to resort to conspiracy theories and speculation to determine who that is. At this point in time, I’m laying the blame firmly at Arenanet’s door until there is any hard evidence to the contrary.

Interesting. :o
I didn’t really took much notice of the titles or names.
It sound logical though.

This is starting to bug me so I think I’ll just ask:

Does everyone honestly believe that buying a 15% stake in a company allows you to dictate EVERY facet of that company’s decisions? Hate to break it to you but 15% is not actually a majority, so it’s not like Nexon has complete and total control over ANet’s decision-making process. They will have influence, absolutely, but the other 85% will probably have just a little more say, doncha think? Unless there’s another couple of companies all helping Nexon reach that majority mark and they ALL want to destroy this product for seemingly no good reason, you guys really need to drop the conspiracy theories and just wait and see what happens.

I absolutely hate Ascended gear, for example. But I’m willing to wait and see if they continue to add tiers after it (in which case I’ll agree that they’re creating vertical progression and will probably stop playing), or if this is truly the final tier (in which case I’ll be unhappy, but I’ll live).

Who does not love conspiracy theories?

I might be sold under the definition, Consortiums: : an agreement, combination, or group (as of companies) formed to undertake an enterprise beyond the resources of any one member.

No matter how true this might be, unfortunately there is only a GW2 forums and not a Nexon forums; thus, Anet will recive all the flak.

Really? Bust out the tin foil hats people…

Is the cash shop influenced by Cristen Cox, an ex-Nexon employee? Yes, however her job is responsable for the gem shop design….so it is expected.

Is Ascended gear, Fractal dungeon, everything else people are whining about because of Nexon? Hardly… 15% stack of a publisher doesn’t mean you just start weilding your power around and change things. Can they bring their ideas ot the table? Of Course… but they do not have the final say.

critickitten.1498:

This is starting to bug me so I think I’ll just ask:

Does everyone honestly believe that buying a 15% stake in a company allows you to dictate EVERY facet of that company’s decisions? Hate to break it to you but 15% is not actually a majority, so it’s not like Nexon has complete and total control over ANet’s decision-making process. They will have influence, absolutely, but the other 85% will probably have just a little more say, doncha think? Unless there’s another couple of companies all helping Nexon reach that majority mark and they ALL want to destroy this product for seemingly no good reason, you guys really need to drop the conspiracy theories and just wait and see what happens.

I absolutely hate Ascended gear, for example. But I’m willing to wait and see if they continue to add tiers after it (in which case I’ll agree that they’re creating vertical progression and will probably stop playing), or if this is truly the final tier (in which case I’ll be unhappy, but I’ll live).

The problem when talking about these kind of takeovers and “suggestions” is that its no longer about the game, its about the money the game will make. NCsoft owns Anet..they can do whatever they like with them. If Nexon owns a majority share of NCsoft then what they get is the ability to have their voice heard whenever they want and here’s the thing, they arent convincing gamers that its a good game..they could care less. They are convincing shareholders that they will make more money and they have factual data of their own games to prove it. Do the investors care about the other games being defunct now if their return on investment is huge? Usually no they dont..to a developer it’s a living breathing thing a game..to a publisher..its a number and they want that number to grow so they can get as much ROI as possible.

critickitten.1498:

This is starting to bug me so I think I’ll just ask:

Does everyone honestly believe that buying a 15% stake in a company allows you to dictate EVERY facet of that company’s decisions? Hate to break it to you but 15% is not actually a majority, so it’s not like Nexon has complete and total control over ANet’s decision-making process. They will have influence, absolutely, but the other 85% will probably have just a little more say, doncha think? Unless there’s another couple of companies all helping Nexon reach that majority mark and they ALL want to destroy this product for seemingly no good reason, you guys really need to drop the conspiracy theories and just wait and see what happens.

I absolutely hate Ascended gear, for example. But I’m willing to wait and see if they continue to add tiers after it (in which case I’ll agree that they’re creating vertical progression and will probably stop playing), or if this is truly the final tier (in which case I’ll be unhappy, but I’ll live).

Updated opening post in regards to this and the other posts.

It could just be that someone has a good sense of humor in the development studio. It could be satirical. Or it could be coincidental. Or it could be the result of many hours of work trying to design a theme for the Consortium.

Under New Management could be nothing more than a playful jab/corporate pun, as the Consortium are the twisted men in suits taking over the karka’s home. Everything else can be just as easily shrugged off as fitting the theme of a borderline-criminal corporation.

Kerithlan.1659:

It could just be that someone has a good sense of humor in the development studio. It could be satirical. Or it could be coincidental. Or it could be the result of many hours of work trying to design a theme for the Consortium.

Under New Management could be nothing more than a playful jab/corporate pun, as the Consortium are the twisted men in suits taking over the karka’s home. Everything else can be just as easily shrugged off as fitting the theme of a borderline-criminal corporation.

Haha yes, I kept this in the back of my head while writing my opening post. Although it is possible, it’s still interesting to explore other theories.

there was a thread like this yesterday- it was locked.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Lost-Shores-A-Cry-for-Help/first
Obviously they don’t want us discussing it

Morrigan.2809:

there was a thread like this yesterday- it was locked.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Lost-Shores-A-Cry-for-Help/first
Obviously they don’t want us discussing it

Oh haha, I see someone already beat me to it.

I honestly hope they allow this to stay open then as this is not meant anything more than theorycrafting and an attempt to let people give ArenaNet the benefit of the doubt.

Wolfend.5287:

I love a good conspiracy theory, and kudos to ArenaNet for being so cleaver if true. Though the final stage of any peaceful revolution is noncooperation, as fans and clients we can only do so much [see my sig]; ArenaNet, the path to repair is in your hands now. You know what you must do.

I suspect that if this thread is locked or deleted then…

Support ArenaNet’s true vision, follow me to the ‘promised’ land: delete to support the only path for Guild Wars II.

Bold the mot relevant part of quote.

critickitten.1498:

This is starting to bug me so I think I’ll just ask:

Does everyone honestly believe that buying a 15% stake in a company allows you to dictate EVERY facet of that company’s decisions? Hate to break it to you but 15% is not actually a majority, so it’s not like Nexon has complete and total control over ANet’s decision-making process. They will have influence, absolutely, but the other 85% will probably have just a little more say, doncha think? Unless there’s another couple of companies all helping Nexon reach that majority mark and they ALL want to destroy this product for seemingly no good reason, you guys really need to drop the conspiracy theories and just wait and see what happens.

I absolutely hate Ascended gear, for example. But I’m willing to wait and see if they continue to add tiers after it (in which case I’ll agree that they’re creating vertical progression and will probably stop playing), or if this is truly the final tier (in which case I’ll be unhappy, but I’ll live).

Conspiracy theory aside, while a 15% stake is not an absolute majority, Nexon is now NCSoft’s largest stockholder. That means that, depending on how fragmented the remaining 85% is, they can push to have people on the board of directors, which in turn could allow Nexon to exercise pressure to have trusted Nexon employees in some key position inside controlled companies, like ArenaNet.

The fact a key position in the monetiziation department (i.e. how the game is supposed to make money for the company) was recently assignet to a former Nexon employee, could be seen as a confirmation of this.

Of course ArenaNet could have freely hired that person purely because of her background.

Morrigan.2809:

Obviously they don’t want us discussing it

Because it’s silly fearmongering and completely unproductive.

Consider how stuff like this makes the fanbase look when ArenaNet sifts through the feedback concerning Lost Shores and Ascended gear. It’s probably really tempting to dismiss part of the negative reaction to it as hysterical overreaction that will get better in time when they see people coming up with crackpot conspiracy theories (satirical or no, there are people who take it seriously and are actually afraid that Nexon has taken over the game over the weekend).

That is one hell of a nice theory.

All that is missing is illuminati reptiles out to enslave the human race and continue strip-mining the earth for gold.

Hi everybody,

The discussion seems to have run its course, moreover conspiracy thread are against our forum Code of Conduct.

This topic is now locked.

Thanks for your understanding.