It’s been talked about quite a few times now, and I’d like to know what you guys think about it. Ever since they released the Collection framework as a new way to track progress for rewards (AP’s, titles, items, etc) I’ve been thinking how awesome it would be if there was a Bestiary collection (maybe split by categories?), to show just how many of the enemies you have seen. They could add very exclusive enemies to hard locations and incentive exploration in all of Tyria!
Seeing this video made me think about it again. It would be very cool to go on a journey Pokémon-ish collecting “data” about the creatures and enemies hahah.
There’s the Slayer Achievements. Doesn’t give a title but keeps track of killing 1000 of a number of enemies. Bandits, bats, skelk, Giants, plants, etc etc
Yes, definitely. I’m thinking more on the screen with all the enemy types displayed to see whenever you want, and those misterious silhouettes for those you havent found yet.
Great idea!
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Considering there’s barely 25 monsters to rub together to make one? :\
It was a major criticism my friend had after playing for a while. So many repeated monsters and all the same color. It smacks of weak monster design.
That aside, more features and lore is great. And I like the idea of having it as a collection. I hope the devs take this one seriously.
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I feel a distinct lack of beautiful real-life gw2 illustrated tomes for my bookshelves. I’ve got lots of interesting books in glorious collector’s editions, Tolkien, all the Myst series books, but I’d love some gw2. An in-game collection would be great, but I love rl collectibles even more
I would love it. Where all monters would be described that u have defeated already once.
- some lore about them
- which attacks are strong against them
- where u can met them again
Smth like that. Like in “The Witcher”.
It would make the game definetly more fun, knowing some background story about the monsters that you are fighting.
I’d be really fun to see a Metroid style creature codex. I don’t know if the game is so hard that we really would need such a thing, but perhaps for dungeons it would be engaging.
Slayer achievements are too lackluster, and doesn’t even get close to a bestiary collection. Imagine all the creatures hidden away in open world JPs, or mini-dungeons, or raids, or even in the new WvW maps? Wonderful!
Slayer achievements are too lackluster, and doesn’t even get close to a bestiary collection. Imagine all the creatures hidden away in open world JPs, or mini-dungeons, or raids, or even in the new WvW maps? Wonderful!
The idea is nice but ultimately I think that sort of thing works much better in ever changing (probably procedurely generated) world instead of the static one we have in GW2 and most other MMOs.
And I like the idea of having it as a collection. I hope the devs take this one seriously.