Guild Wars 2

Because its wasted resources and doesnt really do anything a guild bank and name change scroll cant do? I dont see them ever allowing shared account bound items.

Not against it. It just seems completely pointless.

One core feature of many other games that I truly have missed in GW2 is the idea of a couple/lovers/family/etc system. I’d fully support it if they ever suggested it would be implemented.

Pointless? Having a type of mechanic in game to increase immersion would be a bonus for all players, not just the RP community. And you don’t need to share Wallets or Account bound items. Just the option to be married and connected to another player is good enough. A unique title like “Tied the Knot” or “Married to (player name)” could easily be put in for couples.

A ‘’chapel’ can be many things. For example:

• A place of worship, smaller than, or subordinate to a church.
• A place of worship in a civil institution such as an airport, prison etc.
• A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services.
• A trade union branch in UK printing or journalism.
• A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.
• A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.

Could we also set it up so that my in game wife gives birth to my new character slot? Pretty please!

Zergs.9715:

Could we also set it up so that my in game wife gives birth to my new character slot? Pretty please!

That wouldn’t work. You can’t give birth to something existing. Rather, you’d be talking about giving birth to a whole new account. But that option would cost Gems.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

JCan you imagine you and your soulmate, surrounded by 100 of your guildies cheering you on as you tie the knot?

This option already exists.

Ashen.2907:

Smooth Penguin.5294:

JCan you imagine you and your soulmate, surrounded by 100 of your guildies cheering you on as you tie the knot?

This option already exists.

Not officially in game.

I’m sure it will be a sham Chapel run by Priest-O-Tron selling fake marriages to unsuspecting dupes.

Mo Mo.1947:

I’m sure it will be a sham Chapel run by Priest-O-Tron selling fake marriages to unsuspecting dupes.

I surely hope its an entirely new golem made by the Consortium and not THE Tron XD.

On the topic side I do hope the chapel is purely cosmetic, it would be an interesting site to RP…….bbetter yet make it an instance area, we woudn’t dozens of people fighting for the place

eduardo.1436:

On the topic side I do hope the chapel is purely cosmetic, it would be an interesting site to RP…….bbetter yet make it an instance area, we woudn’t dozens of people fighting for the place

That’s an excellent idea, eduardo mi amigo. An instanced spot where we can have private RP ceremonies, without map chat trolls interfering.

Ha i remember attending one of them in game weddings in eq 1 for a guildy lol GM came in and married them – gave them same last name- and gave us all wedding cake

Also i like to point out it was a Real life married couple might as well get the game characters married to

I’d pay Gems for Colin to come in and personally officiate an RP wedding.

MithranArkanere.8957:

A ‘’chapel’ can be many things. For example:

• A place of worship, smaller than, or subordinate to a church.
• A place of worship in a civil institution such as an airport, prison etc.
• A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services.
• A trade union branch in UK printing or journalism.
• A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.
• A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.

It can also be Majel Barrett serving as a nurse on a starship.

Hannelore.8153:

mcwurth.2081:

please no, if you want to marry other virtual characters it might be time to take a break from the game or go play a total different game. (e.g. second life or something)

Hundreds of players play with their IRL partners and would like this functionality. If you can’t handle others’ relationships, maybe don’t be in a social game.

Why though?

I would never marry my boyfriend in a game.

There again, I haven’t married him IRL, either.

Garambola.2461:

Chapels are for funerals too.

New prestige system. Deletes your character but you get a nice little gravesite where you can go visit them. You might think you get something from prestiging like some kind of special bonuses on an alt, but no, you just get sadness as your old friend sits in their grave.

I hope they keep human religion away from Lions Arch. It is a city for everyone, unless they include religious buildings for ALL races, even those we often disagree with such as the Krait, then there should be no buildings with religious connotations in LA.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

eduardo.1436:

On the topic side I do hope the chapel is purely cosmetic, it would be an interesting site to RP…….bbetter yet make it an instance area, we woudn’t dozens of people fighting for the place

That’s an excellent idea, eduardo mi amigo. An instanced spot where we can have private RP ceremonies, without map chat trolls interfering.

I highly doubt Anet will make instanced areas just for RP ceremonies.

It’s the starting zone for the new class: the reverend;)
just joking. I think a chapel would be cool. if you want amarriage, you can do so. its a rpg so lets do some roleplay. For myself, i was praying for my girl friend in the temple of the six for a good graduation (and it worked) ;p

Eurantien.4632:

I hope they keep human religion away from Lions Arch. It is a city for everyone, unless they include religious buildings for ALL races, even those we often disagree with such as the Krait, then there should be no buildings with religious connotations in LA.

Chapels are not exactly part of any human religion in Tyria. Maybe the kurzicks came closest but they’ve been assimilated.

Sorry but nope from me.

- waste of time & resources
- players suggesting titles for this is almost cringeworthy; who goes around flaunting something like that. Bleh.
- this is not a dating game
- if this was ever released imagine how many creepy people would start hitting on you, urging you on.. As if it’s not bad enough

Non-player wise I can see it having something to do with NPCs but really.. Why bother. I’d rather them implement a feature that allows us to sit on the many evident wooden benches and chairs in Tyria than make weddings/chapels a thing.

If there is a chapel for in game marriages, I also insist for a court for in game divorces. I intend to get married to ? big amount of guys, then to get a divorce and to sue them for maintenance. Like let’s say half of their loot and in game transactions. Because this is the least I deserve after sacrificing my best playing hours for them!

Eyia Hellhide.7320:

If there is a chapel for in game marriages, I also insist for a court for in game divorces. I intend to get married to ? big amount of guys, then to get a divorce and to sue them for maintenance. Like let’s say half of their loot and in game transactions. Because this is the least I deserve after sacrificing my best playing hours for them!

this person gets it. are you all taking notes? get a pencil already, geez.

I saw piles of sand at the dock, darude sandstorm and gw2 collab confirmed?

sad nerdy weirdo-ness that can only be offset by an Elvis impersonator minister…

Algreg.3629:

Elvis impersonator minister…

this person gets it too. i just want to have a sham wedding in a quickie chapel with a fake minister and have it end in disgrace and divorce, like my parents before me.

Coming from a game where “marriage” had good benefits (base stat bonuses, 2 minute cd warp to spouse, mini pet for your shoulder…) I’m really rather baffled by the huge aversion to a marriage feature in this game.

Actually this is the first MMO I’ve ever played that didn’t have such a feature. The large amount of negativity and emphasis against it is really surprising for me considering how nice, chill and welcoming I find the community. It’s not really just for RP’ers.

As an affianced person IRL, we like the idea of being able to “marry” or at least link two characters/accounts in game. Like a community storage between the two (personal and community) and hopefully(!) a warp to spouse and a title would be cute.

Hannelore.8153:

Let me put this in a more simple way. When you sell all of your collectibles on the trading post, how much time does it take? A long time, I bet. And you no doubt encounter the “selling error” that throttles sell attempts to stop bots..

kinda off-topic, but it takes me 5 minute tops per day.. salvage all → sell the stacks of mats on the TP. usually not even enough items to trigger the “error” :P

regardless, weddings would be really cool! now I just need to find people to actually play with…

it also might balance out what feels like the large amount of female humans in the game, jussayin.

That being said though, I think in-game weddings are pretty unlikely. Maybe just me, but it doesn’t seem like A-net’s style

Safer Saviour.9685:

Marriage as a concept is something that’s not present in all Tyrian societies. Religion as a concept is something that is outright rejected in some Tyrian societies. A wedding chapel would be a bizarre novelty for these people. At best.

I don’t think anyone is suggesting it’s universal so that’s a bizarre objection.

Actually all the playable races do have some form of marriage, it just seems to be less formal than many real-life forms of marriage (although historically those were also less formal, some places still have the concept of ‘common law’ marriage where you just start living together and call yourself husband and wife and after some period of time the government recognises you as a married couple).

Several asuran NPCs talk about their mate or partner and from the context this is basically a husband or wife – someone they live with, are romantically involved with and have kids with (if they have kids at all). The charr seem to be the same. I’m not sure if either have a formal ceremony to declare themselves a couple but otherwise it sounds similar.

And we actually know quite a bit about norn weddings from GW1 (the quests where Olaf Olafson or his daughter want to marry your character, and of course Hearts of the North).

Oddly enough I don’t think we know much about human marriages. We know they exist, many NPCs in both games talk about their husbands and wives, and of course Gwen and Kieran Thackery got married, but they had a norn ceremony.

So that just leaves the sylvari, who if I remember correctly are a bit odd in that they know in one sense they are all siblings but they also form ‘families’ with individuals they’re particularly close to. Again I don’t know if any type of ceremony is involved.

Algreg.3629:

sad nerdy weirdo-ness that can only be offset by an Elvis impersonator minister…

A lot of real life couples would like the option to “officially” link their characters in game. I see nothing sad or nerdy or weird about that.

Algreg.3629:

sad nerdy weirdo-ness that can only be offset by an Elvis impersonator minister…

it is as sad, weird and nerdy as investing lifetime in an online game. Or investing time to discuss about an online game … what a weirdo-ness :-)

Over half my guildies have a long term stable relationship IRL. A wedding feature would be amazing. Would bring so much happiness in-game!

I’m really interested in the reasons why the wedding defectors are so against this idea. There seems to be ulterior motives, since a wedding mechanic wouldn’t affect people who don’t want to use it.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

I’m really interested in the reasons why the wedding defectors are so against this idea. There seems to be ulterior motives, since a wedding mechanic wouldn’t affect people who don’t want to use it.

I’m not against it necessarily. Nothing wrong with it. My only concern is that we already have enough drama queens in game, how much worse do we potentially want to make it?

I mean, you know if they get the ability to marry, there are going to be some that start screaming for all the bells and whistles too. Ugh I can just see the new reality show now: Bridezillas of GW2.

cringe

Wouldn’t be so bad. Fun for RP players and their guildies, but boring for non RP’ers.
Shaiya had a wedding chapel map, back in the days of old MMO games.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

I’m really interested in the reasons why the wedding defectors are so against this idea. There seems to be ulterior motives, since a wedding mechanic wouldn’t affect people who don’t want to use it.

I dont think anyone is really against it if it doesnt take up valueable development resources. But it doesnt really add anything to the game either. So whats the point?

spoj.9672:

But it doesnt really add anything to the game either. So whats the point?

To each his own. Some players don’t do FotM. Some players don’t SPvP. And some players don’t RP. But that doesn’t mean all players don’t do these things. So you’re wrong on that point. It does add something to the game that everyone can use. It would be up to the player to decide to use it or not.

Mo Mo.1947:

I’m sure it will be a sham Chapel run by Priest-O-Tron selling fake marriages to unsuspecting dupes.

Jig’s up.. time to go back to my rata sum lab and re-tool it.

As long as I get to propose to Lord Faren or any other male NPC, I’m fine with it :-P

Smooth Penguin.5294:

spoj.9672:

But it doesnt really add anything to the game either. So whats the point?

To each his own. Some players don’t do FotM. Some players don’t SPvP. And some players don’t RP. But that doesn’t mean all players don’t do these things. So you’re wrong on that point. It does add something to the game that everyone can use. It would be up to the player to decide to use it or not.

No i mean it literally doesnt add anything. You have guild banks, mail system and name change scrolls. The rest you can handle with roleplay or whatever.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

I’m really interested in the reasons why the wedding defectors are so against this idea. There seems to be ulterior motives, since a wedding mechanic wouldn’t affect people who don’t want to use it.

In this thread it didn’t take many posts for first suggestions about weddings confering an actual mechanic advantage. And then it starts to become a problem.
It’s like it is with mounts.

Not sure being married would count as an advantage. It’s just additional fluff for players to enjoy. Just like how with mounts, they’d just be for looks (i.e. riding broom). Having a unique title like “Married to Taimi” or “Married to Penguin” offers some meaningful connection to the game. Not all players play GW2 to kill dragons. Some live out day to day lives, making their own stories to complement game lore.

If ingame marriage give some of the advantages listed in this thread, I’ll marry my alt account to my main account to take advantage of it, give me that much of an edge over those people who don’t have an alt account. You’ll see lines of people at the chapel marrying their accounts together, which I doubt is something that people who talk about ingame marriage consider.

The answer to that would then to not offer any type of advantage in game. Having a unique title and the recognition of being married to someone would do nicely in and of itself.

I want to ride on a giant pig or giant turtle! we want cosmetic mounts!

I wouldn’t use it but given how Arenanet doesn’t seem to care about RP players I don’t think they would care to do something like this.

Bearhugger.4326:

I wouldn’t use it but given how Arenanet doesn’t seem to care about RP players I don’t think they would care to do something like this.

You do realize that some Devs RP, right? And why would Anet design all these buildings in Divinity’s Reach to have rooms with working doors and talking NPCs if RPing wasn’t on their mind? They could have just made solid buildings to play off of the environment, but instead took the time to give a LOT of details to the inside of buildings.

Satenia.9025:

Smooth Penguin.5294:

Heck, we could even have a Braham and Taimi storyline too, seeing how much they care for each other. The sky’s the limit!

What do you guys think? Does the upcoming Chapel sound like a great idea or what???

Uh… I think we’ll have a legal problem here.

And a pretty massive logistics problem

Oberon Vex.1389:

Satenia.9025:

Smooth Penguin.5294:

Heck, we could even have a Braham and Taimi storyline too, seeing how much they care for each other. The sky’s the limit!

What do you guys think? Does the upcoming Chapel sound like a great idea or what???

Uh… I think we’ll have a legal problem here.

And a pretty massive logistics problem

There shouldn’t be any legal or logistical problems. The Chapel is being built offsite, and airlifted to the island.