Guild Wars 2

A lot of cool stuff in the last update, really cool…can we now have the build saving system please??

^ This. This tomorrow. This next week. This next year. Always this.

Dantert.1803:

A lot of cool stuff in the last update, really cool…can we now have the build saving system please??

They are working on it. The Default Builds in PvP can be considered the “alpha” release. After the bugs are ironed out of that, and potential UI suggestions are made, they will likely be upgraded to Build Templates. This will probably be considered the “beta” release.

Finally, Build Templates will be incorporated into PvE and WvW. Mind you, this will take time. So don’t hold your breath. But just know they are working on it.

Razor.9872:

Dantert.1803:

A lot of cool stuff in the last update, really cool…can we now have the build saving system please??

They are working on it. The Default Builds in PvP can be considered the “alpha” release. After the bugs are ironed out of that, and potential UI suggestions are made, they will likely be upgraded to Build Templates. This will probably be considered the “beta” release.

Finally, Build Templates will be incorporated into PvE and WvW. Mind you, this will take time. So don’t hold your breath. But just know they are working on it.

Is there any official source about this?

Dantert.1803:

Razor.9872:

Dantert.1803:

A lot of cool stuff in the last update, really cool…can we now have the build saving system please??

They are working on it. The Default Builds in PvP can be considered the “alpha” release. After the bugs are ironed out of that, and potential UI suggestions are made, they will likely be upgraded to Build Templates. This will probably be considered the “beta” release.

Finally, Build Templates will be incorporated into PvE and WvW. Mind you, this will take time. So don’t hold your breath. But just know they are working on it.

Is there any official source about this?

Well, I sort of found it. Unfortunately, the page is no longer archived, so you will just have to take my word for it (the dev-quote was the 7th comment on the first page):

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/Suggestion-Favorite-builds-button/first#post4094307

Previously, A-net also polled the community on features they would like to see for build templates:

http://dulfy.net/2014/06/05/gw2-developers-are-looking-into-build-templates/

Supported, for the perceived 100th time. Such an elementary, important feature.
Like an option for showing all/group/hurt health bars. The two basic features I miss most from other MMOs.
Pretty please, I’ll buy gems? ^^

Ranted about it before, gonna rant about it again: How can a game that is designed to support so much customization, so many builds and roles, with so much complexity (relatively speaking), not include an interface for saving/loading them? It’s so very infuriating. I’m not gonna have a meltdown about it, but dang – if ever a game had a need for a feature like this – it’s GW2.

I get that there’s only so many resources at ArenaNet’s disposal, though – c’mon – it’s a push ‘n pull of very little data to a database with a simple UI. I get that there’s gojillion’s of players, ‘X’ amount of bandwidth, etc, but – LOL – c’mon now… But the thing is, it’s gotten to the point where strained resources is not an argument to be made. It’s about priorities with the resources you have. You need to make room for it. Like – now?

Saving builds would just kill any originality people have already. Copy/Paste from metabattles would be a literal thing after they introduce it.

Copy /Paste from metabattle already happens, it just takes more…but with build saving you could try out your variation without worrying too much about remembering what was the original one, and this is just an example…
I’m not using metabattle builds other than in raids and I’m also modifying those..I grew tired of making screenshots or noting down the skills and traits of each build I come up with, I need the build saving feature.

Lahmia.2193:

Saving builds would just kill any originality people have already. Copy/Paste from metabattles would be a literal thing after they introduce it.

Not pickin’ a fight or anything, but that kinda doesn’t make sense to me. It seems like it’s both illogical and sort of an apples n’ oranges kinda thing (if that).

The problem of people using metabuilds has nothing to do with a Build Saver. People using metabuilds is a discussion about things like play style (“I like experimenting with builds as part of the game and take a sort of pride in figuring out my own build!” versus “Meh, hate it, I’ll just use a build off the web” etc), or taking the path of least resistance (“Tons of people use this build, it’s supposedly awesome, there’s numbers to back it up, I wanna W1N!!!, and this experimenting with my own build stuff doesn’t appeal to me – I’ll just use the meta!”), or maybe being a little overwhelmed by the complexity, etc.

Whether people copy/paste a metabuild from the web is about the demographics of your players. Some people are metagamers, some ain’t. Using a Build Saver simply eliminates the need for me to ALT-TAB out to a web page (hyperlink) I’ve been forced to save because the game has (absurdly) failed to provide me with that tool. A metagamer is gonna metagame no matter what you put in his way, or how easy you make it. It’s practically the defining characteristic of a metagamer.

Again, I’m not gonna have a meltdown because I’ve got a Word document with notes on my builds, and a list of hyperlinks to saved builds, and that I frequently have to ALT-TAB back and forth and back and forth and back and forth to read notes and switch all my traits – just to switch from my DPS build/gear to my Support build/gear – but daaaaang… why do I have to this? This should already be in the game. Shoulda been there Day 1.