Guild Wars 2

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/02/guild-wars-2-major-updates-every-two-weeks
IGN posted a preview of the upcoming changes. New mini games, back skins, and rewards!

FINALLY!!!

Been playing about 2 or 3 times a week…I WILL come back for this.

Home instances are getting SOMETHING….geez.

About darn time.

“exclusive new armor skins, weapon skins and permanent account bonuses”

Yummy….. I can’t wait

“[i believe] we are the fastest selling mmo in the west” & “we are continuing to grow” -straight from the dev’s mouth. doom sayers go home! muahahahahahaha!

On a side note, I’m interested to see/hear about this upcoming guild and wvw stuff they are doing. More detail from would have been nice. kitten teasers…

Quartz node? Perhaps this leads to PVT gear again?

SELL SENTINELS SELL SELL SELL SELL

Hmm, personal quartz node…

I hope that participation in ALL future updates adds new things to the home instance…

Dudes, THERE’S A REASON TO GO TO THE HOME INSTANCE?!?!

I want pictures of the new back items!

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/july-09-2013/

Seems interesting.

Looks very solid yet again.

Belcher’s Bluff sounds like a mini-game version of the Whispers story line competition.

https://d3b4yo2b5lbfy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a7fe704-Account-Achievement-Reward-System.jpg

Whoa dude!

Edit: https://d3b4yo2b5lbfy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/b5146BotFW-screenshot-03.jpg

Also:
https://d3b4yo2b5lbfy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/0478aBotFW-screenshot-04.jpg
https://d3b4yo2b5lbfy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bb697BotFW-screenshot-05.jpg

I am guessing these are examples of achievement points awards.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

“[i believe] we are the fastest selling mmo in the west” & “we are continuing to grow” -straight from the dev’s mouth. doom sayers go home! muahahahahahaha!

On a side note, I’m interested to see/hear about this upcoming guild and wvw stuff they are doing. More detail from would have been nice. kitten teasers…

That interview was actually posted up in February – but there is a ‘future of the game’ update promised for July so hopefully we will get some more info soon on what is coming up in the next few months.

I have to say, anet im very impressed. I don’t know how you have the resources to pull of semi-monthly updates but keep at it if you can!!! Its incredibly impressive and will change MMO’s forever.

Puru.4217:

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/july-09-2013/

Seems interesting.

Whose bright idea is it to put beige text on a beige background

I like the idea of achievements having rewards attached. I might have to give up my attachment to the idea of experiencing all the new game content as it comes out though. Every two weeks is much to fast for me to keep up with.

SkylightMoon.1980:

I have to say, anet im very impressed. I don’t know how you have the resources to pull of semi-monthly updates but keep at it if you can!!! Its incredibly impressive and will change MMO’s forever.

Best i can tell, they do not need programmers to implement the mechanics of events.

Meaning that if someone can model a map, another can drop in the triggers and such via a drag and drop interface. Leaving the programmers to tackle the messy bits, like say culling…

crystal.5930:

I like the idea of achievements having rewards attached. I might have to give up my attachment to the idea of experiencing all the new game content as it comes out though. Every two weeks is much to fast for me to keep up with.

first world mmo problems

Oh dear, and I am nowhere near done with the current content.

But, but, but… some of these things sound super-awesome.

• The bazaar of the four winds is probably a new map then? * hopes up *
• The scavenger hunt could be fun
• Quartz node! In home instance! (Is this housing-related?) New recipes!!
• Achievement point rewards? Finally.

But mostly

• really looking forward to the new achievements UI. I hope it is half as good as some of the ideas other players posted.

You know what would really have been nice?

You would get quartz nodes from cities. So that you’d actually have people walking around the whole map.

But keeping it just in the home instance? Not sure how that is beneficial.

Sweet! We REALLY needed yet another form of currency!

Very much looking forward to this, only bad thing I noticed is what isn’t there. Still no PvE culling removal.

The new achievement UI sounds very promising and the rewards for achievements sounds great.

On the brightside: The new armor skins might not be trenchcoats for medium no mention of RNG Boxes

On the downside: When have they ever put in non medium trench coat armor.

Neat features indeed….

I’ll admit, wasn’t playing much lately (haven’t touched AR dg and do not plan to tbh) and wasn’t really dragged anywhere from the game but this…really looking foward.

Manly, cause those additions can be a real basement for upcoming and bigger stuff. A LOT of stuff.

Well played Anet.

Lexy.3912:

That interview was actually posted up in February – but there is a ‘future of the game’ update promised for July so hopefully we will get some more info soon on what is coming up in the next few months.

Yeah, I’ve been waiting for the July Blog update. I don’t follow all the info and interviews as closely as I did pre-release (life don’t allow that much free time anymore sadly).

Wait a minute, I sense a distinct lack of SAB in there.

But whatever, I’m excited now.

I like new content, but it looks like its some mini games (which is good) but the sky trader stuff will be yet again TEMPORARY (because of that last paragraph, the Floating Sky thing you can look at after the real thing went away)

Player “feeling fabulous”, if you’re reading this: thanks for putting that second question to Chris Whiteside. His face was all the confirmation I needed to be absolutely confident shelving my ranger was a good idea.

Yeah, me wants SAB back… 1 year anniversary maybe?

Looks sweet, let’s hope Skyhammer is fun!

Buttercup.5871:

Player “feeling fabulous”, if you’re reading this: thanks for putting that second question to Chris Whiteside. His face was all the confirmation I needed to be absolutely confident shelving my ranger was a good idea.

My main is a Ranger and well… I think I’ll stay silent on that. However, could you elaborate or link what you’re referring to, as to why shelving the ranger is a good idea.
Currently I’m trying to figure out which alt character will become my main.

@Vol – I saw what you did there – sell, SELL, SELL! lol :P

“Labyrinthine Cliffs”

Where ?!

Nefariel.9713:

“Labyrinthine Cliffs”

Where ?!

New map? New map? New map?

I guess it’s time to sell all those fractal rings to make space in my bank.

Would be nice if they added storage upgrades to your home instance.

Wow among the updates recently I think this is where I got the most excited.. O_O

I got really excited seeing those new armor skins until it come to me that they will probably require more than 7k achievement points lol. Still it’s great people can use the achievement points for something though, so good job to ArenaNet!

Seems boring to me.

danbuter.2314:

Sweet! We REALLY needed yet another form of currency!

Hmm?
What type of currency would that be?
The Achievement Points?

The way I read it, it will work like the Hall of Monuments, such as getting a certain amount of points will unlock rewards, not actually buying rewards for points.

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kitten i will rage if it required 7k achievement points O_O

All I can say is that hopefully the achievement point skins aren’t going to be once per account. Hopefully we get something like the HOM vendor, that way us players with several alts can use the skins on multiple characters (at the same time), if we want to.

I’m curious how the sprint race is going to work. Hopefully it won’t be too hard to get those backpieces since we have to compete with other players.

Omg I saw “new armor skins” and I’m like kitten YEAH!!!

Edit: Is this all coming July 9th or in the coming months?

awesome new skins
and accountbound (permanent) rewards for achievement points

cant wait

Infernia.9847:

Buttercup.5871:

Player “feeling fabulous”, if you’re reading this: thanks for putting that second question to Chris Whiteside. His face was all the confirmation I needed to be absolutely confident shelving my ranger was a good idea.

My main is a Ranger and well… I think I’ll stay silent on that. However, could you elaborate or link what you’re referring to, as to why shelving the ranger is a good idea.
Currently I’m trying to figure out which alt character will become my main.

@Vol – I saw what you did there – sell, SELL, SELL! lol :P

It’s discussed at the end of the IGN interview; the OP’s link goes to a page with 2 links, one of which is an IGN interview.

skullmount.1758:

All I can say is that hopefully the achievement point skins aren’t going to be once per account. Hopefully we get something like the HOM vendor, that way us players with several alts can use the skins on multiple characters (at the same time), if we want to.

I’m curious how the sprint race is going to work. Hopefully it won’t be too hard to get those backpieces since we have to compete with other players.

Yes, I was thinking about a HoM type system for the new achievement point rewards as well; I hope it is something along those lines. Either way, its great news that we’ll finally be able to use our achievement points for something. Time to start racking them up!

Lunar Sunset, the announcement says July 9 for the Achieve Reward system.

Would be nice if I can get people to “visit” my house when it comes out.

“Oh hello there, would you like a cup of tea?”

Vol.5241:

crystal.5930:

I like the idea of achievements having rewards attached. I might have to give up my attachment to the idea of experiencing all the new game content as it comes out though. Every two weeks is much to fast for me to keep up with.

first world mmo problems

Well, obviously. That’s not what this forum is for?

in regards to the ranger/necromancer companion abilities, I’m more interested in giving my ranger a reason to grow attached to a certain pet. in WoW, i had the same pet white/black striped tiger King Banglagash for 4 years. I pretty much grew attached to it in RP aspects and fed it all the time, would always have it out and just loved running around on my black/white mount with him running behind me. I called him Murtagh and my character was called Aryia. He was huge by the time I quit. I want something like that. Give me a dire wolf that grows to be the height of my stomach on my gargantuan charr. Or whose head would be able to rest on my human girls bosom. Or tower over the annoying Asuras

Please for the love of god let the rest of the stalwart gear be in those cheevs.

digiowl.9620:

Belcher’s Bluff sounds like a mini-game version of the Whispers story line competition.

Dear Gods I hope so, I loved that drinking game!
Also I am jazzed up about having something for the Home Instance. That poor little corner of the map looks so lonely and boring at times.