Guild Wars 2

What’s the point of the CDI forum if all the topics are closed, kind of flys in the face of the whole concept?

Excellent I’m looking forward to it!

Thanks for the information Gaile I was curious when we would continue the CDI from what I last remember I think we are in GvG?!?! Well either way CDI no matter the topic is a good thing.

Gaile Gray.6029:

We are definitely looking forward to the CDIs in the new year. It was a natural break, with the holidays, but I feel sure we’ll be picking them up in the coming weeks.

soo… we will see the new guild feature in 2019-2020….

So are we getting DPS meter soon ?

nethykins.7986:

DeceiverX.8361:

Don’t let this go ignored any longer. It’s been ignored for nine months on page 1.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Game-Updates-Traits/first

Yeah, like before we know it, it’ll be a year since that thread started.
That’s more depressing than anything, and reinforces, a year of whatever thread – be it specific or a more broad CDI – will result in the same thing if it’s something they don’t want to talk about.

(this has been evident in older CDI’s anyway, so I’m not surprised)

So I have a tin-hat theory about CDI’s…

They invite people to talk about selected themes, and come up with ideas. Eventually someone lands on their idea or close to it… they implement that idea, and say look it was thought up by someone else hooray! They can even get multiple “proxy” accounts to then hype up and discuss the idea that’s close to theirs, making it more genuine looking/feeling.

Forums need polls, as well as in-game polls/surveys (similar to the ones in beta)… at least. Not a grand solution, but at least it would be fun to see some numbers.

That is a very large tin hat you’re flaunting there! Given how much is talked about on the forums, and how much more gets discussed in CDI focus threads, if they implement anything that generally fits a CDI topic someone will have mentioned it in the thread. I think it’s more they are working on a thing and using the CDI discussion to refine their approach.

And they absolutely aren’t doing proxy fake posts. That’s just … why would any rational person imagine that’s going on? They have plenty of people who enjoy the game and post positives (me, for one, though I will happily comment on negatives where I see them such as my dislike of the new trait unlock system, and the whole ruination of town clothes). They really don’t need shills, especially if they want the forums to give them some rough-hewn feedback that is any way representative.

I have confidence guild housing is coming, or they wouldn’t have used up so much dev time getting community input. The CDI’s are only a waste if the community turns them into flame wars and other nastiness.

@Donari

Yes it’s a wild tin hat theory. Especially since yeah, giving the amount of ideas out there, they’re bound to hit one (at least one that they can trace back and point a finger at later).
:D Proxy/Fake posts is just a fun idea, doesnt costs the dev’s anything to generator extra accounts.

:| I think this tin-hat theory needs to catch on, since it’s the most effective and correct one.

@Gaile

I think it’s a silly self-fulfilling theory and one that no one will know if it’s true or not, besides you guys.

The bit about waiting till an idea comes up in the CDI is just silly, the devs and the company wouldn’t really benefit. As to proxy posts, sure why not? Devs play the game and should be able to post their opinions without becoming official spokespeople.

I hope we, as players, get to choose the next topic. I think the last and several before the last were chosen by Arenanet.

Psientist.6437:

The bit about waiting till an idea comes up in the CDI is just silly, the devs and the company wouldn’t really benefit. As to proxy posts, sure why not? Devs play the game and should be able to post their opinions without becoming official spokespeople.

I hope we, as players, get to choose the next topic. I think the last and several before the last were chosen by Arenanet.

A CDI was done on how the topics would be picked. The community as a whole agreed its better for ANET to decide the topic and us to focus in on it and come up with ideas. The reason the community took this approach is to have an idea of what ANET is thinking of implementing and also to not waste valuable time to discuss what we would be discussing.

Donari.5237:

That is a very large tin hat you’re flaunting there! Given how much is talked about on the forums, and how much more gets discussed in CDI focus threads, if they implement anything that generally fits a CDI topic someone will have mentioned it in the thread. I think it’s more they are working on a thing and using the CDI discussion to refine their approach.

And they absolutely aren’t doing proxy fake posts. That’s just … why would any rational person imagine that’s going on? They have plenty of people who enjoy the game and post positives (me, for one, though I will happily comment on negatives where I see them such as my dislike of the new trait unlock system, and the whole ruination of town clothes). They really don’t need shills, especially if they want the forums to give them some rough-hewn feedback that is any way representative.

I have confidence guild housing is coming, or they wouldn’t have used up so much dev time getting community input. The CDI’s are only a waste if the community turns them into flame wars and other nastiness.

I agree CDI is only a bad thing when people try to use them as ego boost (my idea is good yours is bad) or to start flame wars like you put it. Last CDI got a bit sketchy because people forgot we were just having a discussion and it went from a discussion to a debate. The mature forum users should help keep this type of behavior to a minimum if we want to benefit from the CDI and shape the game in a positive way.

Well now if we’re going with tin foil hat theories than I suggest that the CDIs are really being conducted by Asura using the techniques they learned while playing mind games with Skritt in Metrica Province to brain wash us all into not liking our own shinies er I meant ideas!