Guild Wars 2

Once you have collected all the pages necessary to complete book can it not read like a complete book? Having to click in and out of these chapters and sub chapters seems lazy once you have it all there, about as lazy I am complaining about it.

It would be nice to read through it without having to click back, back, forward, forward just to read the next paragraph. I don’t even get me started on this ‘continue reading’ nonsense.

I think there are now like 4 books ingame (that you can collect as items), perhaps they are working on a book UI of sorts… who knows. It would be nice if they finally added a proper codex where you simply unlock these stories.

Either a bookshelf in our home instance so we can review the books when we want or an instanced spot in the Priory Library would be nice. That way we can read the books again when we want rather than having to keep them in inventory. If you opened the book in the story you can open it in the instance.

The suggestions by Lethalvriend and Aerinndi both get my +1’s – solidly behind the idea of a home instance or wallet place to store/access collected readable items like books/scrolls.

A bit off topic I know, but I’d also support a similar idea for weapon racks, either home instance or Guild Hall – be nice to have somewhere to store duplicate collected weapons not being used/salvaged for skins/sold.

Bbear.7830:

A bit off topic I know, but I’d also support a similar idea for weapon racks, either home instance or Guild Hall – be nice to have somewhere to store duplicate collected weapons not being used/salvaged for skins/sold.

I’m not entirely sure why’d you be keeping that many weapons or armor. I admit to being a bit guilty of the same thing, as I’m still hoarding the carapace armor from the silverwastes. But if you like the skin of it, the wardrobe keeps a record of it to place on future equipment. If you like the stats/skills for it, it’s a conscious choice to hold up inventory/bank space.

The books, though… the books are just information that clog up the inventory. I was greatly surprised that when I found a page that it was a collectible one instead of the static objects they were before, then annoyed when I had to use another inventory slot on my already overburdened character. Being able to shove those books in a bookcase or portable scroll or whatever would be nice, just so it can be put away and I don’t have to worry about it being discarded somehow.

I agree that the book UI is annoying. AND I would love to have an interface where we can store all the readable items we get throughout the game without them taking up storage space. I hate destroying things like that.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Conspiracy_of_Dunces

Easy-to-read version (click on the ‘show’ button to see the full set of journal entries).

http://andyf.me/bloodstone-fen-books.html
Also shows the same thing, including some important events on the GW2 time line (e.g. Zhaitan’s “going away” party)

Or compare to the wiki’s timeline

@Rognik…

My bad, didn’t make clear I meant weapon rack(s) that actually displayed weapons placed into them.

An empty frame that fills up as you place weapons into it and can be seen/accessed by other guild members visiting the Hall – a decoration feature and a place from where members can take anything they want/need.

My Guild holds stocks of weapons/armor for new members, so those at lower levels can outfit up as needed. This was just a thought spinning off the ‘bookcase’ idea by adding racks/armor display stands – think Skyrim/Fallout 4 style displays.

I also like the idea of an in-game “bookshelf”

What is really confusing to me is why the Journal collections left you with duplicates of each Journal? I suppose it could be in case you destroyed the “incomplete” version. But why not make the final version replace the incomplete one?

Is it okay if I delete the incomplete pages if they’re already in the collection?

ArchonWing.9480:

Is it okay if I delete the incomplete pages if they’re already in the collection?

I did.