Guild Wars 2

At Pax, 2010, Massively released this article:
http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/09/03/pax-2010-arenanet-announces-guild-wars-2-app-for-smartphones-an/

In it, they talked about the “Extended Experience” Guild Wars 2 would have. The Extended Experience would consist of an iphone/ipad (and maybe android?) app where: “Players will have the ability to check their friends lists, follow their friends on the map, message their friends, and move around the world on their characters.”

Pretty cool, right? My only question is this: Is this still happening? I’d love to see an app that would let me communicate with my guild/friends list while I’m on the go. I’d like to be able to see my character, look at skills/traits, weapons, armor, and buy/sell on the trading post.

Fingers crossed that this is still on Anet’s radar, but what do you guys think? Do you want one? And if you do, what other features would you like to see?

Android app would hit a much wider market.

I think the official app that was demonstrated in 2010 was abandoned… In recent interview it was said an API was coming and the community would create apps… I have ideas and programming skills, need API. It would be nice if someone from ArenaNet would follow up with an update.

Azzras.8041:

Android app would hit a much wider market.

Why does it have to be either or? Making apps for Android is somewhat more difficult than for iOS. Just based on the variety of hardware available for one.

Then of course while Android may be relatively dominant in the smartphone world as far as OS’s go, iOS is absolutely crushing everything in the tablet market.

Tradewind.6913:

Azzras.8041:

Android app would hit a much wider market.

Why does it have to be either or? Making apps for Android is somewhat more difficult than for iOS. Just based on the variety of hardware available for one.

Then of course while Android may be relatively dominant in the smartphone world as far as OS’s go, iOS is absolutely crushing everything in the tablet market.

I was merely making a point.

An app for droid, ios, and w8 would be the most logical.

Both is my choice. If you make it for one, make it for both. I’d love to see something either on the phone or even the web so when I’m trying to avoid work and can’t jump in game I can still check in through the “cloud”…..

Oh, I definitely wasn’t trying to turn this into an “Iphone vs. Andriod” debate thread :/
Try to keep on topic

But, if it has been abandoned, that makes my heart sad.
It’d be nice for an official statement of some sorts.

Don’t forget poor ol’ Symbian either!

I’d use this the moment it was released. I think all MMOs should have this for all the very reasons given by Rick during the interview.
http://www.arena.net/blog/gaming-outside-the-game-rick-ellis-talks-the-guild-wars-2-extended-experience

Coming back to this topic… Any word on the API? I am a web developer and interested in working on some type of character view interface similar to the “Armory” feature some other MMO’s have. Of course I will have to see what the complexity of such a thing would be before I jump into doing it, but I can’t do much until the API actually releases.

If anyone has any info or if someone from Anet can chime in that would be great.

Thanks!

WoW already does this with their app and allows you to log into guild chat and purchase items in the AH.

If GW2 does something like this they will make them for both Android and iOS.

Yes, that’s what I am referring to. I am wondering however if anyone has new information regarding either the creation of such a thing by Anet or the release of an API that will allow developers(possibly me) to start working on this.

geraldkw.5976:

Yes, that’s what I am referring to. I am wondering however if anyone has new information regarding either the creation of such a thing by Anet or the release of an API that will allow developers(possibly me) to start working on this.

Now that the initial wave of bugs and server issues has mostly subsided, I would expect to see something about this in the near future. After Halloween, of course, but probably before Wintersday. I’m thinking around the same time they unlock the GW1 names, since they seem to be waiting for support to catch up before they do either.