Guild Wars 2

May the stars guide you all ~!

Or you know, Anet could actually client side the way SOME npc talk so that they say something once you talk to them for some reason. And not every 10 seconds after anyone speaks to it.

“I greet you, like the sun greets the morning”

What the actual kitten does that even mean!?

Petrol.9086:

“I greet you, like the sun greets the morning”

What the actual kitten does that even mean!?

Who cares? It’s fun to say to people in real life, then stand back and watch their reaction. I love the Kodan expressions.

Endless Soul.5178:

If you think that’s bad, may I direct you to a certain plant soldier in Camp Resolve that’s worried about Mordremoth having the ability to strike anywhere.

This! I think he needs some rest, he’s clearly having a bad day.

Petrol.9086:

“I greet you, like the sun greets the morning”

What the actual kitten does that even mean!?

I think it means you’ll greet them warmly?

Most of what Kodan say are meaningless pseudo-mystic cliches taken directly form a patchouli organic shampoo commercial.

Gaile Gray.6029:

I looked into this as I was playing the other day. I thought I’d found the solution when I shut down Dialog Volume, but the problem is, when you do that you lose not just the NPC chatter but essential gameplay info that you want to / need to have. To continue to get that info one could rely on text dialog boxes, but I found that occasionally I was facing the wrong direction, and with audible dialog off, I missed a few instructions, directions, or tips I needed. So it was back to running like a centaur and healing as one and Koda being judge and jury and talking cabbages until… well… the dolyaks come home.

I don’t imagine it’s possible to go too fine-grained on the options. If you look at the choices now, there are quite a few. And certainly there are other things that would be a higher priority for change, if change was even contemplated. But it’s good to have feedback on this subject, and I’ll see if I can learn anything about it.

Hi Gaile, any news on this? It’s starting to look like one of those threads which fades into the mists for want of any news and never gets any closure.

The “outrun a centaur” piece never happened to me (since I main a salad)….

Then I decided to play my human mesmer… with a trait that gives you speed every 10 seconds……

I guess it takes 10 seconds for me to forget that the mesmer could outrun a centaur… because…. “I COULD OUTRUN A CENTAUR”

Norns get it too

Pretty funny, cos I use “Retreat!” on my guardian to run around zones, so I hear the centaur line a LOT.

ahw; I really liked it

Your face is funny.

and yours looks like a raisin, all squished and wierd!

I like most lines, they only start being annoying if they are triggered too often or you spend too much time there.
In case of Vendors: I tend to switch my “Main City” since LA was destroyed from time to time between the capitals – new LA does not do it for me, its very unpractical and I like the change of scenery and dialogue:)

“Apples, APPLES for sale.” Always puts a smile on my face <3.

But, “Haven’t seen you in awhile”…you saw me a minute ago! And who hasn’t made fun of “PROTECT THE BEEHIVE”

Dislike-
The couple in human Home Instance that you hear while mining ore crabbing at each other about Lyssa’s Blessing and eating rotten fruit. I hurry through there hoping to escape it, but never do.

Like-
The Town Crier in DR who shouts “My job is better than yours”. Cracks me up every time.

Let’s not forget the new armour-demonstrating vigil soldiers around merchants in HOT, added in a recent update. Their talk caption icon looks identical to that of the merchants they stand near, and they sure like to talk about their fancy armour. I get it. They’re proud. But focus, people! It’s a war zone, not prom.

Seriously though, we need fewer npcs around merchants, not more.

Rauderi.8706:

So glad I can use the scribe station at the guild hall instead.

Right the scribe station…so I can stand there and listen to a Tengu repeatedly call me racist and moan about being back in the Dominion of Winds, and that loveless prick in the tavern talk about himself. -.-

“You think you are so different, you judge too much with your eyes alone.” NO I’M JUDGING WITH MY EARS AND IF I COULD, I’D BE HAVING A REAL BIG CHICKEN DINNER TONIGHT… COME HERE CHIRPY, THE COLONEL HAS A NEW JOB FOR YE!!!

At least the Bank NPC now has a cooldown (if a short one) on her click dialogue. Back in the old days of LA, there wasn’t a cooldown at all. So there was this non-stop chattering Charr Banker who would go:

“The legion calls.”
“Yes?”
“What?”
“What?”
“What?”
“The legion calls.”

AND IT NEVER STOPPED.

i hate whenever i need to use bank in LA, hate listening to this female sylvari with teh voice that is really trying hard to be cute, hope they replaced it with female asura instead, i like listening whenever they say their krewe on a breaktrough or excelsior, in the meantime i will just use the bank in the pvp lobby with the constant “Ho traveler” at least it’s sounds better in my ear

Inimicus.7162:

Rauderi.8706:

So glad I can use the scribe station at the guild hall instead.

Right the scribe station…so I can stand there and listen to a Tengu repeatedly call me racist and moan about being back in the Dominion of Winds, and that loveless prick in the tavern talk about himself. -.-

“You think you are so different, you judge too much with your eyes alone.” NO I’M JUDGING WITH MY EARS AND IF I COULD, I’D BE HAVING A REAL BIG CHICKEN DINNER TONIGHT… COME HERE CHIRPY, THE COLONEL HAS A NEW JOB FOR YE!!!

Don’t be enemies with him though, or he’ll have your body floating by in a river somewhere. o_O

I haven’t yet heard the Tengu’s line about me being judgmental…I guess I don’t hang out long enough for his dialogue to cycle. When I’m there he’s always talking about what a nice day it is, and how he’s grateful for every wind that rises. Which I agree with.

I’ve told all three of my charr characters to pick up the kitten phone already when the legion calls so we’ll stop hearing about it.

i solve this by changing audio language

Pockethole.5031:

i solve this by changing audio language

Hey, that’s an interesting idea! They don’t have a sexy Antonio Banderas spanish version, do they?

Just had a thought… an alternate voice pack sold on the gem store, which replaces the npcs voices. Imagine the kodan in LA telling you “Life is a trial”.. in Darth Vader’s voice. I’d be like… “Are.. are you my father?”

Or imagine that other merchant saying “You break it, I break you” in Christopher Walken’s voice.. O_O

oh wow this actualy eventually got an anet response….and yet I still dont have any options for it after quitting for 4 months or so =(

this is really annoying and i assure you it is a high priority cuz it annoys the players tot he point of exasperation

“You heard Grast—You’ve—You’ve—-You’ve heard—-You heard Grast—-You heard Grast, hold the line! Send the intruders to Grenth!”

Heh one of my favorites. :P

“Burn me… it’s a stingray”

Pifil.5193:

I’m rich you know.

this line is the best voiced line in the game.

SOMEONE MAKE SURE THAT DIAL’S OFF!

JTGuevara.9018:

“You heard Grast—You’ve—You’ve—-You’ve heard—-You heard Grast—-You heard Grast, hold the line! Send the intruders to Grenth!”

Heh one of my favorites. :P

Happens when everyone goes over at once, it retriggers for each player, but if one goes and he finishes, he doesn’t repeat.

GREETINGS COMERADE said with happiest commie voice ever

Artemid.3925:

RoseofGilead.8907:

By Ogden’s hammer! What savings!

I miss this, too.

WELL THEN DO I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU! Here you go~

I muted the game and turned up Media player.

Too many random annoying sounds going on in the game, especially that Asura back piece that comments on everything.

hey thats some quality armor !

“Oh, I didnt see you there”

Im starting to think that banker is blind, since she tells that to everyone.

nosleepdemon.1368:

“Wow! That’s some nice armour!”
“Thanks!”
“Thanks!”
“Thanks!”
“Thanks!”
“Thanks!”
“Thanks!”
“Thanks!”

Hahahaha, yeah this one is gold.

Zet.9130:

Dislike-
The couple in human Home Instance that you hear while mining ore crabbing at each other about Lyssa’s Blessing and eating rotten fruit. I hurry through there hoping to escape it, but never do.

The one that gets me is the female NPC in the same instance by the merchant in the middle: “War can’t last forever”. Wishful thinking in our reality in some places in the world.

I’m glad they’ve fixed the spamming of lines by player characters but the frequency of the NPC lines still needs attention. Or some variation.

I sure see why they made your building look like an octopus

RyuDragnier.9476:

Artemid.3925:

RoseofGilead.8907:

By Ogden’s hammer! What savings!

I miss this, too.

WELL THEN DO I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU! Here you go~

Oh my goodness! I completely forgot about that guy! His line really just disappeared from the game, or something?

(I also am trying not to laugh out loud her at work while I listen to this on my headphones XD)

More violets, less violence .

Researcher. Flipping. Jonga,.

Ssargon.6981:

Researcher. Flipping. Jonga,.

Yeah…if anything, I wish that the NPC dialogue, even if it’s directed at you, would not pop up all the time there… Only things that are part of the living story, to act like subtitles. But that kind of dialogue right there? Nope. Distracting and puts conversation from actual players get pushed out of sight before you can read it.

I want to see a joke mission where all of the enemies use Npc greetings as battlecries. Imagine somebody trying to kill you while shouting, “May the stars guide you!”

Every time I hear “It’s nice to see you” I immediately clap and do a Bruce Forsyth “to see you, NICE!”

But I love hearing all the variations of “My ears, how are you!” I could listen to that indefinitely it’s so cute.

Cecilia.5179:

I want to see a joke mission where all of the enemies use Npc greetings as battlecries. Imagine somebody trying to kill you while shouting, “May the stars guide you!”

That is terrifying and hilarious at the same time.

I’m so sick of my mesmer shouting that she can run as fast as a centaur because I have Signet of Inspiration equipped that I have turned off in-game audio.

That and the sylvari in the Silverwastes who keeps talking about how “if Mordremoth can attack the Mother Tree in the Grove, then it can attack ANYWHERE.” Seriously, learn some new lines. When I’m at the merchant, that line is playing constantly.

Zephic.3075:

Cecilia.5179:

I want to see a joke mission where all of the enemies use Npc greetings as battlecries. Imagine somebody trying to kill you while shouting, “May the stars guide you!”

That is terrifying and hilarious at the same time.

I’m so sick of my mesmer shouting that she can run as fast as a centaur because I have Signet of Inspiration equipped that I have turned off in-game audio.

That and the sylvari in the Silverwastes who keeps talking about how “if Mordremoth can attack the Mother Tree in the Grove, then it can attack ANYWHERE.” Seriously, learn some new lines. When I’m at the merchant, that line is playing constantly.

I’ve previously discussed exactly this with Gail so I know they’re aware how annoying it is. Still waiting to see if it’s ever made less annoying.

I love when my character discovers 3 empyreal fragments and says “now that’s a find!”

Is it, commander? Is it a find?
/facepalm

Fermi.2409:

RoseofGilead.8907:

Now I miss all of the old Lion’s Arch chatter.

Honestly I miss Lion’s Arch in general. I just feel like the old map had a lot more character or something then the new one… I liked it a lot more overall.

What? You don’t like Lobster’s Arch?

I agree, Lion’s Arch was cool, but Lobster’s Arch is cool too. I just wished it was a city somewhere else in Tyria, while Lion’s Arch was actually rebuilt.

Svarty.8019:

I love when my character discovers 3 empyreal fragments and says “now that’s a find!”

Is it, commander? Is it a find?
/facepalm

You can mute your character’s dialogue, it’s a setting in audio options. But, sadly we cannot do anything about NPCs…

This isn’t annoying NPC dialog, but it is an annoyance with NPCs, when you go to the bank or TP and interact and it doesn’t open, because you’re interacting with a kitten NPC that is standing right there!

“No no no- No, no— No no no— No no—- No no no. We should go to the armory. That’s where Zadorojny is likely to be.”

Better yet

“More violets I say, Less violence!!”

so im gone 6 months and by the time i get back this is still not fixed……how hard is it to add a special audio bar in options for npc idle chat? you know the non important stuff, merchants bankers and basically everyone within lions arch….