Dear Anet, A scribe's plea

Dear Anet, A scribe's plea

in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns

Posted by: cptaylor.2670

cptaylor.2670

Could you take a closer look at some of the potted plant decorations. Many of them I’ve found to be way too small in comparison to their root decoration the basic shrub, and in comparison to the amount of materials it takes to make them.

One example is the Blue Orchid which is miniscule considering how many rare seeds you need. Another example is Djinn’s tongue, which isn’t as costly but still extremely small.

Would love for them to be more on the scale of the basic shrub or preferably the potted fan palm.

Potted gold fern is also extremely small.

Some other decorations that seem a bit off in scale are the elegant pillars that you use to make the festive arch. The arch itself is a great size, but the pillars that match are about half the size.

For the guild halls to be so large and the decoration cap to be so low currently, bigger is always better in my book!

Dear Anet, A scribe's plea

in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns

Posted by: FrizzFreston.5290

FrizzFreston.5290

Plants need a good look in my opinion. Re-potting every single time you upgrade a plant makes plants way too expensive to make considering their size, since that basically means making another ceramic plant pot. I kind of want to make more plants, but the added pots and added evergreen lodestones every single time make it too expensive to be enticed by that. I don’t mind that they are small, but their price definitely should reflect that. Like Pillar Candles are a molten sliver and a basic candle. Then a potted plant really should be at the max 1 evergreen lodestone (or maybe even slivers) a pot and a special item.

That or at least make every multi tiered plant stand in a pot in a pot in a pot in a pot, so we actually don’t use up all those ceramic pots for no reason. (or better, use up a pot and give back a pot.)

The elegant square pillars, and the elegant pillars seem fine for their size, I don’t really think they should become bigger. Perhaps lighter and more contrast added to their texture, as they feel pretty dark which basically hides the amount of detail they have. They are actually really pretty. (I tried various graphics settings) If anything, maybe only use one essence of elegance, because 12 adds unnecessary value to these pillars. The rest of the pricing seems fine.

tl;dr: I don’t think bigger is better. Variety in size is nice, pricing should take in the size/functionality.

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