Guild Wars 2

Hello, I want know if Feedback/Suggestions for HoT have to be placed here or if I can/should post them in CDI of if there will be a seperate Subforum opened at the time of the Beta Weekend.

While the “Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns” Subforum is quite obviously geared towards HoT, I’d rather post it in the CDI… not just because I think it would would get to the Devs faster, but mainly because such a Thread ideally would be a discussion with the Devs allowing to react on each other’s feedback, so it becomes more of a Brainstorming than a “do it like this” demand.

For example, I think that the “Dragon Hunter” atm is not viable or even close to be, but at the same time, I think that he can be perfectly viable without giving him more Damage, Conditions or anything.

However, if I suggest a “overhaul” (mind you, we did not have the first Beta Weekend yet, so it’s obvious almost nothing will make it to release as-is) which doesn’t change overall damage output etc. to a broad audience, there will still be people saying it has too much of a dmg buff or nerf simply because it’s difficult to see the relation of all the factors when just written in text form.

PS: I don’t want to sound self entitled, but I’ve been in plenty Alpha/Beta Tests, played GW1 since the Release of Prophecies and spend some of my free time with working on a potentially commercial (= no tons of free resources) RPG-Maker Game, so… let’s just say I’m confident that I can write my suggestions/feedback in a way the Devs can work with it.

Then send them an email and state that you take no claims to any content that may come of your ideas then pray something make it into the live game.

They prefer suggestions go in the appropriate subforum. So this one for HoT discussion, perhaps the Guardian subforum for Dragonhunter ideas, etc. That way the relevant devs can focus on the areas that pertain to them.

They do read the suggestions, too. Check the Revenant subforum for the main dev on that being pleased with all the thoughtful suggestions and asking for more.

The CDIs have generally been for more forward-looking systems design than for specific tweaking of implemented or nearly-implemented game components. They are where the devs and community brainstorm the big picture in the early stages so the devs can then focus along the lines of what the players will enjoy. It sounds like you have detailed theorycrafting in mind, so perhaps you need more focused threads than a CDI would offer.