Guild Wars 2

The idea is to add additional tab in the story journal containing stories of characters we meet along the way.

Since this game is missing the traditional quests and most NPC conversations are rather short, it would be nice to have some way to learn more about the world and the characters in it. (Wikipedia and random blog posts doesn’t really count)

Example: You are doing event in Queensdale helping a young seraph. Once the event is done you unlock entry in the Story Journal with the seraph name and information about him. (Plain old text)
Then along the way you might meet him again in Orr and by helping him with another event, you will unlock additional information for the entry you unlocked the first time. And little by little you can learn his story.

This way we can find more about the world and the characters, without expensive cutscenes. This can actually encourage people to seek events with the same NPC in different zones, trying to fill his story. And it should bring some more lore into the game.

I love this idea. +1

Sounds interesting though I can think of a situation that might confuse some people. For example, if you don’t get the information from the young Seraph but later in Orr you see him again. This might confuse people who wrongly believe that these are 2 separate NPCs in different maps with the same name.

This would be a great feature to have. I like the blog posts, but it would be nice to have all the info available in the actual game.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Sounds interesting though I can think of a situation that might confuse some people. For example, if you don’t get the information from the young Seraph but later in Orr you see him again. This might confuse people who wrongly believe that these are 2 separate NPCs in different maps with the same name.

Well if you encounter him in Orr first and unlock his story there, it should indicate that there are more stories before this one that you can unlock.
And maybe the story NPCs should have more distinct names, to avoid confusion.

I would really like to see Tybalt Leftpaw story.

YoukiNeko.6047:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Sounds interesting though I can think of a situation that might confuse some people. For example, if you don’t get the information from the young Seraph but later in Orr you see him again. This might confuse people who wrongly believe that these are 2 separate NPCs in different maps with the same name.

Well if you encounter him in Orr first and unlock his story there, it should indicate that there are more stories before this one that you can unlock.
And maybe the story NPCs should have more distinct names, to avoid confusion.

I would really like to see Tybalt Leftpaw story.

Personally, from the way you phrased it, I thought the unlock was with the younger one only. It feels rather immersion breaking and disjointed to me to have a the older one unlock first with his later information then go to the younger one and get his introductory information. If they are going to unlock with information that changes according to their travels through the land, they should be in sequence only.

Bruno.3812:

YoukiNeko.6047:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Sounds interesting though I can think of a situation that might confuse some people. For example, if you don’t get the information from the young Seraph but later in Orr you see him again. This might confuse people who wrongly believe that these are 2 separate NPCs in different maps with the same name.

Well if you encounter him in Orr first and unlock his story there, it should indicate that there are more stories before this one that you can unlock.
And maybe the story NPCs should have more distinct names, to avoid confusion.

I would really like to see Tybalt Leftpaw story.

Personally, from the way you phrased it, I thought the unlock was with the younger one only. It feels rather immersion breaking and disjointed to me to have a the older one unlock first with his later information then go to the younger one and get his introductory information. If they are going to unlock with information that changes according to their travels through the land, they should be in sequence only.

I prefer unlocking the young one first and then progressing, but either way would be nice addition and I won’t complain.