Guild Wars 2

I vote for the Devs to choose the topic, because the Devs have more insight (even if they can not share it with us) about what is happening in development. =)

ANet chooses, because then that will give the player base some idea of what’s important to the company.
Then they’ll have some feeling that CDIs are going in a direction.

1: Anet chooses.

It makes more sense for me to choose option 1.

That way the devs can link to something being considered/developed and we the community hopefully can provide the most relevant feedback/thoughts to help with the process.

Am very pleased that CDIs are coming back even though I didn’t really contribute before – I enjoyed trying to read them (when I could keep up)

Yeah, ANet chooses, it will give us an idea what is feasible and probably will be something faster to implement.

1) balance patch (in)frequency/iteration.

HM) class skill/trait bug-fixing (in)frequency….also known as “State of the Mesmer”

Number 1 sounds like a good option.

I would pick 2 though if everyone backed my decision for what should be implemented :P

we choose, spvp new modes

like Deathmatch, Capture the flag, Castle defence for SPVP

Relshdan.6854:

balance patch (in)frequency.
class skill/trait bug-fixing (in)frequency….also known as “State of the Mesmer”

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Hi All,

Note: This isn’t a call for topics just asking how to pick them(-:

Chris

Anet chooses is my vote.

I’d pick 1 and also add, use a better medium than these forums

Edit: Although i’d REALLY like to address the trouble with server communities post megaserver roll out. But that one is such a hot button topic.

Why not both? Anet can announce what topics they choose and then have a poll for a player tangent or two, hopefully voted for because it may tie into the subject(s) the devs chose.

3. Anet should choose and then not tell us what the topic is. Because policy. :-D

Seriously, though, what are we going to talk about if we can’t really talk about anything that really matters?

WOW I love that everyone is taking a selfless approach to this topic! ANET picks them like many of my fellow players said that way we have better insight into what the development team and ANET is thinking about changing/upgrading. We have a more clear way of approaching new game suggestions and thing can be done a bit quicker!

Iason Evan.3806:

Relshdan.6854:

balance patch (in)frequency.
class skill/trait bug-fixing (in)frequency….also known as “State of the Mesmer”

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Hi All,

Note: This isn’t a call for topics just asking how to pick them(-:

Chris

understood….but breaking this into 2 threads that will thus take 1-2 months to finally decide a topic, is silly. its obvious i voted option2.

Anet should choose the topic. To me that has the best chance of a topic that Anet has some room to move on.

1. ANet chooses

You probably know better than anybode else where you can improve, so that should be covered first.

I initially lean toward #2 so we can “tell you what we want”. But really ..by now shouldn’t you already have a good idea of that? I mean just look at the topics that keep on coming up. Anyone who spends any amount of time here should be able to name at least a few of them right away. So #2 would just be messy and redundant I guess.

Gotta be #1
And here’s what I assume that means.
ANET reviews the topics they already have seen us posting about constantly and they compile a list of those things they can actually see themselves working on (so hopefully it’s more likely to happen).

Option 1

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I think the second option would be too devisive. It would be better for ANet to choose a topic where our input might have a more visible outcome in hopefully the not-too-far future.

Edit: Someone suggested that ANet first makes a list of topics they are ready to have a meaningful discussion about and then the community votes on one of those topics. I’ll go with this option preferably.

Obviously, they should be doing a bit of both.

Some of the topics should be player chosen, to reflect community concern.

And others (especially things we have no knowledge of) should be chosen by Anet, to help guide the community in discussion.

Take the best of both and merge them into one beautiful thing.

Shouldn’t be a binary decision.

I vote for 1 AND 2.

1. Anet choose…

If ANet selects, they’ll have to be prepared to weather a storm of criticism from the people who think they’re already out of touch with the community.

If you leave it up to a Forum “vote” here, then you will only be getting the opinion of the forum-goers. (Not to mention you will have to MANUALLY tally up the results, and many people will chime in multiple times. No control.)

As I suggested in the other thread:

During the Beta testing, we were given little in-game questionnaires to help you guys decide what people liked, and disliked, and what needed work. That seems like a good way to reach a nice, sizable spectrum of gamers. Do you think your little questionnaire program could be adapted to quiz the community on their desires?

You can control that each account gets to vote only ONE time. Offer a checklist of “hot topics” we’d like to see addressed. Your computers can quickly tally up what topics are the most important to the community as a whole, not just the forum-goers.

Easier. Faster. More representative.

Not to derail the thread. Nobody needs to reply. But this reminds me, couldn’t the forums have a proper POLL option added? Sure would be useful for times like these.

Hamfast.8719:

If ANet selects, they’ll have to be prepared to weather a storm of criticism from the people who think they’re already out of touch with the community.

If you leave it up to a Forum “vote” here, then you will only be getting the opinion of the forum-goers. (Not to mention you will have to MANUALLY tally up the results, and many people will chime in multiple times. No control.)

As I suggested in the other thread:

During the Beta testing, we were given little in-game questionnaires to help you guys decide what people liked, and disliked, and what needed work. That seems like a good way to reach a nice, sizable spectrum of gamers. Do you think your little questionnaire program could be adapted to quiz the community on their desires?

You can control that each account gets to vote only ONE time. Offer a checklist of “hot topics” we’d like to see addressed. Your computers can quickly tally up what topics are the most important to the community as a whole, not just the forum-goers.

Easier. Faster. More representative.

love this suggestion.

Relshdan.6854:

Hamfast.8719:

If ANet selects, they’ll have to be prepared to weather a storm of criticism from the people who think they’re already out of touch with the community.

If you leave it up to a Forum “vote” here, then you will only be getting the opinion of the forum-goers. (Not to mention you will have to MANUALLY tally up the results, and many people will chime in multiple times. No control.)

As I suggested in the other thread:

During the Beta testing, we were given little in-game questionnaires to help you guys decide what people liked, and disliked, and what needed work. That seems like a good way to reach a nice, sizable spectrum of gamers. Do you think your little questionnaire program could be adapted to quiz the community on their desires?

You can control that each account gets to vote only ONE time. Offer a checklist of “hot topics” we’d like to see addressed. Your computers can quickly tally up what topics are the most important to the community as a whole, not just the forum-goers.

Easier. Faster. More representative.

love this suggestion.

I cannot like this suggestion more than now, hits both parties interests imo.

2: You list your number 1 topic and the one with the must number of votes wins.

Easily. Finally some decisions, as small as they might be, are on us. WE raise the concerns, WE get to choose them (through voting).

Why are so many people saying Anet chooses? This is your chance to let Anet know what you want so do it.

1. Anet chooses

jk

1. Permanent Content

More needs to be discussed about this. The second season has definitely brought us “permanent” content, yet the type is not necessarily diverse enough to satisfy the playerbase.

Example: People liked dungeons that were added during the first living story. They hated that they were temporary.

The problem I see with the current permanent content Anet is aiming to add is they don’t replace the other avenues of content this game has to offer (dungeons/fractals/guild missions/open world bosses). They have very little replayability to them. They are great to do once and to experience the story through and thats about it.

Relshdan.6854:

Hamfast.8719:

If ANet selects, they’ll have to be prepared to weather a storm of criticism from the people who think they’re already out of touch with the community.

If you leave it up to a Forum “vote” here, then you will only be getting the opinion of the forum-goers. (Not to mention you will have to MANUALLY tally up the results, and many people will chime in multiple times. No control.)

As I suggested in the other thread:

During the Beta testing, we were given little in-game questionnaires to help you guys decide what people liked, and disliked, and what needed work. That seems like a good way to reach a nice, sizable spectrum of gamers. Do you think your little questionnaire program could be adapted to quiz the community on their desires?

You can control that each account gets to vote only ONE time. Offer a checklist of “hot topics” we’d like to see addressed. Your computers can quickly tally up what topics are the most important to the community as a whole, not just the forum-goers.

Easier. Faster. More representative.

love this suggestion.

It also lets everyone feel more involved. Part of a community again; something that has been on the wane since the MegaServer was established.

I love the survey idea, but I don’t know if it would be feasible to implement right away. I say Anet chooses for the first one, and then hopefully can get a survey in the game later on if that’s feasible, I’d just as soon start with something they’re planning on addressing anyway.

Even if the topic is something that we’re not as crazy about, I’d rather provide input on something they’re working on than something they’ll work on down the road.

1: Anet chooses
This is gonna be more productive if you guys choose a topic that you actually can talk / have interesting things to say about

I wouldn’t mind having Anet choose IF they are choosing from topics that are major concerns of the players. I would be very disappointed if they choose and something like LS season 2 or sPvP tournies gets picked.

That said maybe if the players voted on a list for ya’ll to choose from. There are pretty well documented topics to which players hope to be addressed.

SkylightMoon.2098:

Why are so many people saying Anet chooses? This is your chance to let Anet know what you want so do it.

1. Anet chooses

jk

1. Permanent Content

More needs to be discussed about this. The second season has definitely brought us “permanent” content, yet the type is not necessarily diverse enough to satisfy the playerbase.

Because the community might choose some topic that ANet isn’t really prioritizing at the moment and so anything we would say wouldn’t be as impactful. By letting them choose the topic we’re assured that we’re working towards something tangible.

Atlas.9704:

ANet chooses, because then that will give the player base some idea of what’s important to the company.
Then they’ll have some feeling that CDIs are going in a direction.

This. But don’t pick such massive open ended topics that we get a thread with 5,000 replies and all of them talk about something slightly different, but related to the topic. The topic needs to be very concentrated.

wwwes.1398:

I love the survey idea, but I don’t know if it would be feasible to implement right away. I say Anet chooses for the first one, and then hopefully can get a survey in the game later on if that’s feasible, I’d just as soon start with something they’re planning on addressing anyway.

Even if the topic is something that we’re not as crazy about, I’d rather provide input on something they’re working on than something they’ll work on down the road.

They can’t tell us what they want to work on down the road (at least two other topics in general discussion are ongoing about that right now), so its not like anything else really matters right now except for stuff they want to address (and let us know about).

soo…….yeah….

1. Anet chooses.

1: Anet chooses.

Hamfast.8719:

If ANet selects, they’ll have to be prepared to weather a storm of criticism from the people who think they’re already out of touch with the community.

If you leave it up to a Forum “vote” here, then you will only be getting the opinion of the forum-goers. (Not to mention you will have to MANUALLY tally up the results, and many people will chime in multiple times. No control.)

As I suggested in the other thread:

During the Beta testing, we were given little in-game questionnaires to help you guys decide what people liked, and disliked, and what needed work. That seems like a good way to reach a nice, sizable spectrum of gamers. Do you think your little questionnaire program could be adapted to quiz the community on their desires?

You can control that each account gets to vote only ONE time. Offer a checklist of “hot topics” we’d like to see addressed. Your computers can quickly tally up what topics are the most important to the community as a whole, not just the forum-goers.

Easier. Faster. More representative.

^This

I remember they also did those things in AION now and then and i also think its
much better than just listen to the forum that not really represent the majority
of the players.

Come on fellow posters please stick with the guidelines and vote:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Here are you options for now:

1: Anet chooses.
2: You list your number 1 topic and the one with the must number of votes wins.

Please leave all other stuff for a different topic. It was made clear this thread was just for voting on how they select new CDIs. No need to start posting about other stuff. It is simple. Pick option 1 or 2. Everything else just clutters the thread.

Hamfast.8719:

If ANet selects, they’ll have to be prepared to weather a storm of criticism from the people who think they’re already out of touch with the community.

If you leave it up to a Forum “vote” here, then you will only be getting the opinion of the forum-goers. (Not to mention you will have to MANUALLY tally up the results, and many people will chime in multiple times. No control.)

As I suggested in the other thread:

During the Beta testing, we were given little in-game questionnaires to help you guys decide what people liked, and disliked, and what needed work. That seems like a good way to reach a nice, sizable spectrum of gamers. Do you think your little questionnaire program could be adapted to quiz the community on their desires?

You can control that each account gets to vote only ONE time. Offer a checklist of “hot topics” we’d like to see addressed. Your computers can quickly tally up what topics are the most important to the community as a whole, not just the forum-goers.

Easier. Faster. More representative.

While this is a good idea, i would worry about the time to implement and the resources needed to tackle such a thing.

You could alternatively have server community representatives gather and document a much larger pool of feedback. Something along the lines of what many server community organizers already do with our regular WvW Voip meetings. I’m sure many, if not all of us, could organize such a thing, once a topic was formulated. Returning popular feedback and recording our meetings. This could be a pretty powerful tool to reach the numbers of people and help bolster community organization and communication.

Option 1: Anet should choose so we can discuss topics that have a better chance to impact the game.

No 2: Mounts and Open Word Housing (via player lots or Guild Halls)

Option 1. They watch the forums, they know what people are concerned about.

Nabuko Darayon.9645:

No 2: Mounts and Open Word Housing (via player lots or Guild Halls)

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Note: This isn’t a call for topics just asking how to pick them(-:

JustTrogdor.7892:

Come on fellow posters please stick with the guidelines and vote:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Here are you options for now:

1: Anet chooses.
2: You list your number 1 topic and the one with the must number of votes wins.

Please leave all other stuff for a different topic. It was made clear this thread was just for voting on how they select new CDIs. No need to start posting about other stuff. It is simple. Pick option 1 or 2. Everything else just clutters the thread.

Perfect!

Jamal Hakim.8035:

SkylightMoon.2098:

Why are so many people saying Anet chooses? This is your chance to let Anet know what you want so do it.

1. Anet chooses

jk

1. Permanent Content

More needs to be discussed about this. The second season has definitely brought us “permanent” content, yet the type is not necessarily diverse enough to satisfy the playerbase.

Because the community might choose some topic that ANet isn’t really prioritizing at the moment and so anything we would say wouldn’t be as impactful. By letting them choose the topic we’re assured that we’re working towards something tangible.

Then whats the point in all of this. Its if everyone on here unanimously said something like “guild halls”, showing the community had a great desire for it, why wouldn’t they start actively working on this feature after they finished feature pack 2. Its just silly to even give us the option at that point.

edit: choice 2.

I don’t think anet will focus on fundamental subtle features because it’s hard to market, at least with choice 2 it can have a chance.

Anet’s track record isn’t that good.

2)
I’m all for topics chosen by us. The game needs a serious event scaling rework due to the megaserver and ever-present crowds… And this is not something Anet would mention by themselves, as the megaserver is an indisputable success. ;P

I don’t think voting on a topic would be a smart idea.

Some sort of imput from the community as to what pressing matters are, and then you choosing which topic would serve it’s purpose best would be my idea.

There’s several topics where I don’t think a CDI would be too beneficial at this point.

1: Anet chooses.