Guild Wars 2

Okay so I don’t really follow the forums, announcements, or anything like that, but I have been hearing people say that a pvp/pve split may be coming in a near patch.

I know in the past Anet has chosen not to do that for fear of confusing players. I have a solution to make this transition easier and it’s as simple as updating the loading screen. See I play a lot of fighting games and many of them display tips and tricks while loading. All that Anet would need to do is just add a message to the HotM loading screen. Something to the effect of “some skills and traits may operate differently in pvp”.

This would be cool because players would be immediately notified of the difference. They already update the loading screens to display when the pro-league is happening so I can’t imagine it would be that difficult a change.

The next step would be just to make sure tooltips are up to date with pve and pvp stats. You could even say “be sure to check your tooltips to see any changes”

Anywho that’s my suggestion. I attached a screenshot of a Smash4 loading screen since it was the first game that came to mind.

Cheers

Good idea. No idea why they haven’t done this already just for general game info. It just seems like common sense to add it.

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Good idea. No idea why they haven’t done this already just for general game info. It just seems like common sense to add it.

That’s true they could use it to inform newer players on different things they might not learn so easily

For example:
“Using a blast finisher inside of a fire field will grant might”

Good idea. Another game that came out recently actually calls players to a tutorial mission from time to time as they advance. The player practices using a particular skill at first. Later tutorials advance to advantageous combinations.

This would have made my first couple of years of GW2 a lot easier and more fun.

As evidence of the need for this; I was wandering through Queensdale when I encountered a newly created guardian ( about lvl 8 ) being killed by an npc bandit.
I jumped in and quickly disposed of the bandit and talked with the player. At level 8, they had no idea they should dodge or use defensive skills. They also had no notion of attack facing ANET has put out dodge tutorials in the starting areas. This is a step in the right direction.

This is a bump to an old topic

but basically I logged in for the first time since the patch today, and look at what I saw during the loading screen!

http://imgur.com/0zPOtnR
http://imgur.com/mnp6y70
http://imgur.com/n5WuSaz

I’m glad my suggestion got implemented in some form or fashion!
I know my forum post may not have had anything to do with it, but I just wanted to say thanks.

Cheers

Now it just needs to give basic tips like about combo fields or something of that sort. ;D