Guild Wars 2

You should have known that most of us MMO players are basement dwelling troll types and it was no contest that the Hollow was the preferred venue

((shrug)) I have no input on what location we have. It’s just something that’s there for the rank and file. But thanks for giving the officers something to do/discuss.

So it was 13 out of 19 for Gilded Hollow.
I’m just kidding. Or was I…

Link Hughes.2715:

I, meanwhile, had figured that ease of access and the joy of gliding would draw more guilds to the windswept heights of the Lost Precipice.

Precipice would be a lot better if the updrafts were just permanent like they are in the guild hall capture mission. The joy of gliding… and then having to stop and go all the way down to the floor to find the button to push to get a few seconds of updraft… It’s really not that fun to get around.

How about give us the stats on how many of those guilds have been able to actually decorate their guild halls since the price of scribing mats is just off the chain. The dream you were selling us on stream actually turned out to be a nightmare.

Dara or Link do you guys have any other stats on the guild halls? Like what is the highest level a guild is at currently or what is the average level of guilds and which guild hall has a higher level average.

So with everything going on and all…. this is something you decide to post about? And you’re proud of it?

Interesting…

shaquinna.2869:

So with everything going on and all…. this is something you decide to post about? And you’re proud of it?

Interesting…

It is an interesting factoid and very likely also him holding up his end of the bet.

Notus.5769:

shaquinna.2869:

So with everything going on and all…. this is something you decide to post about? And you’re proud of it?

Interesting…

It is an interesting factoid and very likely also him holding up his end of the bet.

I’m glad he’s holding up his end of the bet then, seems very important.

So Link, cause you have lost the bet is there something funny you have to do for the enjoyment of Dara, McKenna and the hole community?

So, could a consolation prize for Lost Precipice holders be that the updrafts are turned on permanently so that we can BEGIN to experience the “joy of gliding” in our guild hall? There is no joy in needing to click on an updraft/jump pad, and then NOT being able to glide to another updraft because it is OFF, since to have it ON, the glider must first stop gliding, land and activate the updraft. Watcha say? Hmmmm?

Months ago I had witnessed a large ring of farmers in the form of 3 guilds farming with speedy efficiency with multiple porters speeding up their run. They ignored any real players dead by their feet as they took a break. I was amazed by their efficiency.

I hope the devs will be looking at how many of the guild halls are achieved by farmers, and how it may impact the future of this game. Some farmer guilds may easily recruit real players to unwittiling help them by attracting the real players with guild benefits. Some farmers may sell guild halls, and at the same time kick out real players who had helped build the guild. I may be wrong. In fact, I am hoping I am wrong. Sorry if this sounds presumptions. I just don’t want to see emotional hurt to any real players.

Back in EQ I joined a group of long time in-game friends only to find out they were farmers, that used me.

Thank you.

I just personally hope, we will see in the future more claimable Guild hall Designs, as none of thosde both that we have nw does look at all for me like something I would ever want as a “Guild Hall” upon which I would build up a kind of Guild Headquarter..

Gilded Hollow is nothing but a total boring huge place full of gold all around you that is a place, that only the tasteless people would claim. This design has absolutely no appeal and looks only like a cheap Tarir 2.0 but underground..

Lost Prencipise on the other hand is just a hug rocky place with lots of heights to glide from down, but is at least compared to gilded Hallow alot more interestign looking ,as its as lost shrine ruin that comes with its own mystic unique look.
but still not a place, that I’d choose to turn it into some kind of headquarter for a guild.. it looks more like a place that would work as a hideout for bandits or so …

What i want to say with al this is simple..

I hope that we wil lsee in the future also some Guild Hall Maps, which actually do have designs, that give you the feeling at beign a place, which truly looks like a immersive place that a Guild would choose to turn it into their headquarter.

GW2 for example had ISLANDS with lots of different designs.
I’d live to see next as a Guild Hall option a claimable ISLAND that can be of different environ,mental type (Tropical Island, Snowy Island, Forest Island, Desert Island)
I think there are enough free spaces on the world map with unexplorable islands so far, which can be turned into new Guild Hall Options.

But also Town Design Guild Halls would be nice for the future, where your Guild Hall for example is a part of Lions Arch, Divinity Reach, the Black Citadel, Rata Sum ect. pp and shares some kind of designs from these maps, for peopel which like more the kind of civilizated looking guild halls that look like being integrated parts of the towns, while Lost Precipise/Gilde Hallow are the HoT only more exotic looking options.

Also Guild Hall maps should become also normal explorable maps, where if you explore them solo, you should explore them as some kind of Solo Hunting Grounds where you are there in a map state, that is before your guild claimed and liberated the place from enemies, so that these maps are more than njust only wasted map space for guilds that could also have been rather used for new explorable maps for everyone!!!

Nice math Hughes :P I think you mean 32% for Lost Precipice, good rounding to 40% haha

and yay #teamgildedhollow, we got the shinies you want

I think if Lost Precipice had more green, maybe a room with a hot spring, more would’ve gone for it lol.
I liked both, both have great ideas and design, but there’s something about all that sand “…it’s course, and rough, and irritating, and gets everywhere”

Way to go Gelding Hollow! Oh, wait…

I think the name kind of made it obvious, a ‘Lost Precipice’ shouldn’t be allowed to cause a win of any kind.

So do the winners get cookies? Or Pizza?

So, now that GH won, can we finally get the updrafts working in LP?

Since no one’s lunch is on the line now, how about you turn those updrafts on permanently in LP?

Astralporing.1957:

So, now that GH won, can we finally get the updrafts working in LP?

same. similar.

Looks like them peoples like shinnies. Skritt brains. My guild mates also picked that one.

I wanted something like Ascalonian Catacombs or the dark part of the Obsidian Sanctum as a guild hall. Or maybe something like Caudecus’ Manor. Something that looks either green and hilly like pre-Searing Ascalon or dark as a wurm’s butt.

Now, there should be a way to unlock each guild hall, and be able to switch between each unlocked one.

Since we picked the shiny guild hall and helped yall win, we should get a reward. I’m willing to accept one gold a day at log in every day, as my fair share of helping you out. Or you can send me a precursor. That would be cool also. ^^

Hm, not so sure about Lost Precipice having ease of access, I can barely tell where anything else compared to based Gilded Hollow.

Making it gilded was cheating in the first place – people subconsciously attracted to gold.

We may have claimed it but, how many are having buyer’s remorse? Gloomy Hollow is what it should have been called, really. Maybe if lighting decorations didn’t cost over 5k-6k I could liven it up a bit but, right now the atmosphere is down right gloomy…

Look on the bright side. We do have Lost Precipice but noone really likes it and everyone kinda wants Gilded Hollow. ;D

while you are at it…
do u mind changing guild rush to instance OR make guild rush crediting works for all the guilds that participate in it regardless which guild started it like pre-hot?

SkyShroud.2865:

while you are at it…
do u mind changing guild rush to instance OR make guild rush crediting works for all the guilds that participate in it regardless which guild started it like pre-hot?

That works already. There was a bug with the Quaggan Paddle rush which is supposed to be fixed now.

Gilded was always going to win because you COMPLETELY RUINED Lost Precipice by disabling the updrafts.

Love of gliding? How are we supposed to do that when we have to hit these stupid jump pads to activate the updrafts?

Thanks for the update on the wager. I still love the Precipice for the open air and sunlight more than the closed off gloom of the Hollow. But I’m with the others: the turned off updrafts are, indeed, a big turn off.

I do hope this is one of the things coming in the patch fixes in the near future.

Probably been mentioned before, but:

1. Probably the biggest reason Gilded Hollow won is convenience. Face it, 9/10 times that you are in the guild hall it’s to use the services, and the services are more centrally and conveniently located in Gilded.

2. But yes, I’m sure some significant portion of the population chose Gilded because, as a shiny hall made of gold, it feels more valuable and important than a dusty sandstone ruin. It’s also more intimate – LP just feels lonely and exposed, especially with the constant wind sound effects. GH isn’t ideal but at least it feels like a place you could hang out.

3. But honestly, as others have pointed out, there’s a lot lacking in our options for guild halls. The choice of one broken down ruin, or another different broken down ruin isn’t exactly a compelling one. While the “restoring” concept is a good one, there should be more effect on the overall hall as you progress through guild levels and restorations. With the only thing being affected the proprietor buildings, that still leaves a gigantic map of, yes, broken-down ruins, even after your hall is fully “restored.” At the very least when you have all upgrades completed it should truly restore the whole map to a beautiful, proud headquarters rather than still having to pick your way over rubble and makeshift bridges.

4. No fair putting funny money in the Gilded Hollow secret vault! Why can’t we use the dough we found there to pay the extortionist prices for scribing? ;_;

For what it’s worth, I wanted Lost Precipice, but I was outvoted by the guild.
It’s like getting screwed over by the Electoral College. ;_;

If our guild had been large enough to even claim a hall, we would have chosen Gilded Hollow, too.

My guild picked the Gilded Hallow (and I voted for it too), but after being able to run around in both halls now, I actually wish I’d voted for Lost Precipice. GH is definitely prettier and more centrally organized, but LP feels a lot more… epic. Being able to stand on a high crag and look down at buildings, canyons and cliffs feels much more awe inspiring.

Either way, it’s obvious that a lot of time and energy went into designing the two halls, so kudos to the devs who put them together.

is there a way to visit lost precipe without having a guild that has it? Would like to see it (only know Gilded hollow now).

So glad you had a wager on this..now wake up and look at all the things that are wrong please. TY

Phoebe Ascension.8437:

is there a way to visit lost precipe without having a guild that has it? Would like to see it (only know Gilded hollow now).

Its not expensive to just have both for your guild. Thats what we did.

I’m pretty sure all the little guilds picked the third and fourth options – the little smuggler’s cave and the little old-Ascalonian tower that’re still waiting to be added! If you’re talking quantity of purchases, those’ll far outnumber the massive abandoned halls as soon as they’ve been released. =P

While statistics are good, I just hope that Guild Hall will one day see its own set of events happening – where they get attacked and provide some form of loot/incentive for players to actually be there. Would be a waste of land area if left untouched like how it is now.

Also, worth noting that having certain features added such as crafting stations, actual guild commendation trader would be good.

Give us a switch to turn on PvP mode map-wide

Any statistics about decoration usage? Differentiate between, normal decorations and pumpkins, please.

Omne.4603:

Phoebe Ascension.8437:

is there a way to visit lost precipe without having a guild that has it? Would like to see it (only know Gilded hollow now).

Its not expensive to just have both for your guild. Thats what we did.

You can’t have both halls for one guild at the same time. It’s an either or.

And yes, you can visit Lost Precipice as long as you know someone who is in a guild that has their hall there. If you see me online and I’m not busy I’ll happily let you come visit our Hall. You have to party with someone that has that guild hall then walk up to the guild hall portal entrance to enter.

Well I found a friend with lost precipe, and he invited me Thanks for the info/invite offers though

I can’t believe this is a thread of concern with the current state of the game.

So, just refreshing this and continuing to hope that with the upcoming expansion, Lost Precipe guild hall will be receiving some love – as in our updrafts actually updrafting for the purposes of gliding in this guild hall made for gliding.

As you have perhaps noticed, Devs are mostly partial to the Gilded Hollow, and that’s why Lost Precipice can’t have the good stuff.

Astralporing.1957:

As you have perhaps noticed, Devs are mostly partial to the Gilded Hollow,

I haven’t noticed this. Hundreds of people work at ANet; only two of them posted and a total of three preferences were included. (2 for GH, one for LP.)

Instead, we only have evidence that the community is mostly partial to Gilded Hollow.