Guild Wars 2

Question- Before I get into this, I have a question for a dev; Will the “Custom Games” feature be designed so that anyone can just make a custom game whenever they want w/o having to pay (like League of Legends)? or is it going to be a pay to use feature like owning a vent server (like in Counter Strike)? If this is still up for debate in the designer war room, I’d like to offer some input on how I think we can please everyone with this upcoming feature.

Suggestion- The design of the Customs game tab could actually be a mix of the two philosophies mentioned in my above question. You could have a free option with basic customization (map select/turning off auto-balance/password protected/# of ppl per team), and then you could have a pay-to use option alongside that which could cater more to people who are unhappy with how current pvp works. The pay-to use option could feature things like custom balancing, class exclusion, ability to turn off conquest node point generation, and all of the basic things included in the free version.

Conclusion- I know it’s not at the top of the priority list for most people, but I see custom games (and spectator mode) as a rich opportunity to give the players a little more control over how they actually want to play, and it also gives organizations (some of which I happen to have affiliation with) the ability to host tournaments and begin to promote this game as a competitive title. The latter of the two would of course need to happen after ladders are integrated and new competitive teams begin to establish themselves on NA and EU (could you imagine where we’d be now if we’d had custom games + spectator mode on release? Guildcast would have had some competition ;p).

TLDR- suggestion = pay/free option for custom games, paid version can manipulate balance + game type a bit, both get basic customization. 3rd paragraph is me rambling about how AWESOME custom games feature will be, and 1st paragraph is question for dev.

I’m pretty sure ANET meant it’s only paid.

Zodian.6597:

Question- Before I get into this, I have a question for a dev; Will the “Custom Games” feature be designed so that anyone can just make a custom game whenever they want w/o having to pay (like League of Legends)? or is it going to be a pay to use feature like owning a vent server (like in Counter Strike)? If this is still up for debate in the designer war room, I’d like to offer some input on how I think we can please everyone with this upcoming feature.

Suggestion- The design of the Customs game tab could actually be a mix of the two philosophies mentioned in my above question. You could have a free option with basic customization (map select/turning off auto-balance/password protected/# of ppl per team), and then you could have a pay-to use option alongside that which could cater more to people who are unhappy with how current pvp works. The pay-to use option could feature things like custom balancing, class exclusion, ability to turn off conquest node point generation, and all of the basic things included in the free version.

Conclusion- I know it’s not at the top of the priority list for most people, but I see custom games (and spectator mode) as a rich opportunity to give the players a little more control over how they actually want to play, and it also gives organizations (some of which I happen to have affiliation with) the ability to host tournaments and begin to promote this game as a competitive title. The latter of the two would of course need to happen after ladders are integrated and new competitive teams begin to establish themselves on NA and EU (could you imagine where we’d be now if we’d had custom games + spectator mode on release? Guildcast would have had some competition ;p).

TLDR- suggestion = pay/free option for custom games, paid version can manipulate balance + game type a bit, both get basic customization. 3rd paragraph is me rambling about how AWESOME custom games feature will be, and 1st paragraph is question for dev.

Agreed with all of what you’ve written.

And yes, it’s not the top-priority for a lot of ppl, but it definitely should be! Custom Games is the only thing that can come out in the near future that has the potential to revitalize high-level PvP and make the talk about e-Sport even a possibility.