Guild Wars 2

It’s been around four months since I checked up on this game, and I’m considering coming back to it. But I was wondering whether or not traits have been fixed yet so that you can select them on new characters.

The question is fairly self explanatory.

ColinJohanson.2394:

Hey folks,

Now that the HOT is out of the bag, we’re able to update this thread with more details. With the introduction of the new account based mastery system for end-game progression and growth in PvE, we’ll also be re-evaluating our other systems of character progression to ensure they match our over-all pillars and goals for Gw2.

In doing so: we’re going to be removing the current trait unlocking system currently on live and replacing it with a more simplified system that supports where skills-traits-specializations are going in the future. We’ll go into more details between now and the release of HOT on how skills, traits, and specializations will work in the new Gw2 world.

Thank you for all your passionate feedback on this topic – it not only helped our dev team lead to this decision, but has played a large role in helping us define how to build our exciting new account based mastery system for end-game progression in PvE as well.

Short answer: No.

They are apparently working on it, but it most likely wont happen until HoT.

“Something” is going to be done “soon”.

I’m putting more trust in ANet since the HoT announcement, but the traits issue seems to be something they’re determined to throw away good will with. Ten months of a core system change that most people who’ve commented on hate, and we still don’t know what the solution or expected fix date is.

Arkinos.7245:

Short answer: No.

They are apparently working on it, but it most likely wont happen until HoT.

And the “new-new” system could be anything at all. So I am not celebrating yet. They can say it is simplified or whatever, I still have big doubts. The current system was also announced as an improvement.

Personally, I detest the changes they have been making ever since the trait change. So when I log on this game I just toy around on my lvl 80s made before the trait patch. I have not made an alt since then and have no desire to. Original system was great fun for me.

I am hoping they make changes I am happy with, but past experience tells me this is not likely.

I dont mind that you have to hunt for new traits they could have added new traits in all 3 tiers and kept the old traits unlocked for all

I won’t be making a Revenant, or any new character, until they fix the traits.

CrashTestAuto.9108:

“Something” is going to be done “soon”.

I’m putting more trust in ANet since the HoT announcement, but the traits issue seems to be something they’re determined to throw away good will with. Ten months of a core system change that most people who’ve commented on hate, and we still don’t know what the solution or expected fix date is.

They are fixing traits with HoT. When you hear release date for that, you’ll know when traits will be fixed.

Wait.. unlocking traits by certain content is pretty cool. I’ve liked the implementation of this system. Is that what you’re not liking?

Hopeless.5403:

Wait.. unlocking traits by certain content is pretty cool. I’ve liked the implementation of this system. Is that what you’re not liking?

It’s the fact that many of the events needed are either hard to access or are actually broken.