Guild Wars 2

Firstly check this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Wn4wAOZmQ

Which one’s of these things that were removed from the game would you like to see implemented again?

I’ll go first:

1. - I really like the intro screen and would really like to see that put back in.
2. - OH MY GOD. Why was this removed? I love the idea of Lore books. I can understand why it was removed in the first instance as it supposedly had bugs. However Now that we are this far in, wouldn’t it be awesome if these lore books were reintroduced as a “Collection”. It certainly would make sense and would also give players something interesting to read for extra insight to the games lore. Included in this could be Scarlets Journal, Marjory’s Journal and the Zephyr Sanctum Model. Now i realise you cannot get Scarlet’s journal anymore, so Anet could always add it in as a freeby when you enter Scarlets old hideout near the Priory. Further manuals should be dropped by the Champs/Legendaries of which the books are about. Would be so nice to see this added.
3. - Now I really like the idea of the Killstreaks. This could be a fun set of achievements whereby you would have to kill X-amount of the same enemy type to get the kill streak achievements. Naturally this could be a pain the the back side to complete, especially if there are other enemies around that are attacking you. But hey, who said achievements were made to be easy right?
4. - Now that would be handy… An NPC or even a new crafting profession (or an addition to the cooking profession) that allows for the combination of different coloured dyes. So for example combining Blue and Yellow Dye would result in a Green shade dye… Heck you could even do this with a few tweaks of the mystic forge. Allowing players to gamble certain dye colours and rarity’s to get the colours they are after. Currently (as it stands) the mystic forge will take 4 dyes in and throw out a completely random colour which has no relevance to the colours you put in… It would be really nice if there was a better way to get your hands on the colours you want by recycling the colours you already have.
5. - I really like the idea of having lore and tips display during the loading screen, much like many other games do. I don’t think it would take too much effort to re-implement this and i would find it gives me something to look at during those long loading sessions when porting over to a highly populated map.

That’s my thoughts. What do you guys think?

That introduction screen apparently was rather nice.

I miss the ability of picking which reward we wanted for playing the storyline, with the option of getting skins not easily available anywhere else. This hasn’t been removed from the game – the early storyline missions still has this – but it has not been used again.

The lore books looked nice as well. A pity they were removed instead of improved.

The loading screens looked better, with lore and a loading bar.

Buying transmutation stones with karma would have been nice, too.

Not to mention, of course, how the NPE pack ruined the levelling experience. And the changes to daily weren’t fun either.

And ascended gear as well.

I guess some things do change for the worst.

You keep posting this.
You where not then and you are not now in a position to create the game bouncing around your head.

I miss that log in screen,I used to leave it on and listen to the music.

Valdur.3607:

I miss that log in screen,I used to leave it on and listen to the music.

I agree, GW2 is all about aesthetics. So why not have a visually pleasing login screen? I really do like it and i doubt very much that it would take a lot of work to reimplement it. Perhaps one for Anet to reconsider, I mean I wouldn’t ask them to put it on their list of high priorities, but perhaps would be a nice thing to bring back with the expansion pack. Perhaps change the GW2 dragon logo to the HoT one instead… Just a thought!

I’ve noticed that the streamed HoT demos all start with that loading screen. Whether that means it will return to live builds is anyone’s guess.

Donari.5237:

I’ve noticed that the streamed HoT demos all start with that loading screen. Whether that means it will return to live builds is anyone’s guess.

I hope so.

What I REALLY want though is the “Lore Books” The more the better… Like one for every Champion in the game would make me soooo happy lol. I absolutely love the collection achievements (even if some are stupidly expensive with a really naff reward at the end making it unworthy of your time… Anet take a look at that!). I would love to have a collection that you could click the books that you have gotten which will then show you a 3D model of the NPC and some Lore about him/her.

We now have a good enough system to add it back in, so why not?

Aren’t lore books in the game?

Ranger pets. If they are suppose to be the “pet” class, then why does the “pet” portion lack substance. They should’ve left that in.

The lore books looked great. I too would love to see them.

All in all, this was painful to watch. So much removed that would’ve been great to keep. It feels, after watching, that what we got was a dumbed down joke designed for button monkeys with more money to throw at the gem store than brains.

Knighthonor.4061:

Aren’t lore books in the game?

Possibly, but not like they are shown in the video. I like the 3D model to look at while you read the lore. Can express how much I want this re-added to the game… I’m a lore junkie though so might just be me lol.