Guild Wars 2

So while exploring LA on my newest ranger, I took the time to actually notice some of the stuff you explore.

And it occurred to me ANet has all these taverns/bars/etc. scattered around the various cities/wilderness, but there’s almost nothing to do at them.

So I was thinking, wouldn’t it be kind of cool if ANet introduced some NPC’s at the various bars that would sell stuff to make those bars briefly more… active?

So, maybe you can pay to briefly unlock some firework launchers. Or have food/drink. Or have a ‘band’ come out and play music.

I’m aware that this stuff is already available via Guild Feasts/player instruments etc. But it’d be kind of a neat feature that might make people use those locations for in-game celebrations. (Say if a guild is celebrating one of their members birthdays/etc.)

Maybe also have it so that there’s a random chance of your ‘event’ being crashed by bandits/drunks, and you have to beat them up. (I admit it, I really want the bar brawl minigame that was promised to us…)

Anyone else think this could be something fun to do while you’re bored in cities?

It should also be paired with a powerful debuff called “Hangover”, where you stumble through LA, half blind and wondering where you left your wallet

With danger and death lurking around every corner in Tyria, it’s really no wonder there are taverns all over.

I like your ideas OP.

TBH I can’t see it being terribly hard for ANet to implement either. An NPC gets added to the tavern/etc., and then when you purchase stuff either it gets spawned in a set location or maybe it becomes a placeable object like guild decorations.

Of course, it’s probably still hard. But considering that it might make some of the bars in the various cities a bit more popular, it’d breathe a bit of life into the cities.

I’d gladly welcome this. Would also love the “drunk” system that WoW has, where your screen gets blurred and you character doesn’t run straight.

I don’t know about not running straight or seeing mobs as levels less than they really are (as in WoW), but you definitely get a woogly screen when you drink.