Guild Wars 2

Really love the new spec mode for this game! Very helpful tool, etc, etc….

Sadly there is one thing that is missing that needs to be added.

Free cam

This needs to be in a game like this. To see what is happening in the battle and get better angles that you cant get via the fixed cameras we currently have.

I am starting to cast games and it is very hard to see what is going in a lot of the map points due to the weird angles we get right now.

Like any game that has eSports in mind this is a must!

where did they say it? anet mentioned they were looking at freecam but they were concerned about seeing weirdness outside of the map. maybe they’re working on it

I’ll think a free cam would be much better…if you watch now a game in the spectator, specially when you watch it on twitch.tv where you can’t change the camera by yourself, the angles are sometimes very bad and you don’t see all the things that happens on one point..

indeed, a free camera would be MUCH better.

lupercaleb.6041:

where did they say it? anet mentioned they were looking at freecam but they were concerned about seeing weirdness outside of the map. maybe they’re working on it

I was not aware they said this, this is great news if this is true

i dont think we need free camera… static points on map are a bit limiting, thats true, but we can spectate specific player with free camera around him and that offers enough options to look at battle imo usually when you want to spectate, you want to know what specific player does and static points are ok for overall team fight view

MaXi.3642:

i dont think we need free camera… static points on map are a bit limiting, thats true, but we can spectate specific player with free camera around him and that offers enough options to look at battle imo usually when you want to spectate, you want to know what specific player does and static points are ok for overall team fight view

Have you ever watched say an esport that has set cameras? No? Because no game in their right might, that wants to take eSports seriously will have set cameras. That not only limits the caster in what they can see but it also makes it terribly hard for the viewer to see whats going on in the “first person” mode.

GW2 needs set free camera.

Bazeleel.8219:

MaXi.3642:

i dont think we need free camera… static points on map are a bit limiting, thats true, but we can spectate specific player with free camera around him and that offers enough options to look at battle imo usually when you want to spectate, you want to know what specific player does and static points are ok for overall team fight view

Have you ever watched say an esport that has set cameras? No? Because no game in their right might, that wants to take eSports seriously will have set cameras. That not only limits the caster in what they can see but it also makes it terribly hard for the viewer to see whats going on in the “first person” mode.

GW2 needs set free camera.

Hello.

Just to inform you.

Even World of Warcraft became an Esport, and that game is heavily gear based, and even more unbalanced than Guild Wars 2. It doesn’t even have Custom Arenas, nor a Spectator/Observer Mode, still it became an Esport.

Just now Blizzard added a Spectator Mode, for Pet Battles.

So ‘’Taking Esport seriously’’ I think Guild Wars 2 got a far bigger chance because it even got Custom Arenas and Spectator Mode, even if you think Guild Wars 2 ’’needs’’ to have free camera.

But also, World of Warcraft is no longer an Esport, I think they removed the title from that game.

However, yes, a free camera would be nice to have, I wouldn’t say no to that.

Farzo.8410:

Bazeleel.8219:

MaXi.3642:

i dont think we need free camera… static points on map are a bit limiting, thats true, but we can spectate specific player with free camera around him and that offers enough options to look at battle imo usually when you want to spectate, you want to know what specific player does and static points are ok for overall team fight view

Have you ever watched say an esport that has set cameras? No? Because no game in their right might, that wants to take eSports seriously will have set cameras. That not only limits the caster in what they can see but it also makes it terribly hard for the viewer to see whats going on in the “first person” mode.

GW2 needs set free camera.

Hello.

Just to inform you.

Even World of Warcraft became an Esport, and that game is heavily gear based, and even more unbalanced than Guild Wars 2. It doesn’t even have Custom Arenas, nor a Spectator/Observer Mode, still it became an Esport.

Just now Blizzard added a Spectator Mode, for Pet Battles.

So ‘’Taking Esport seriously’’ I think Guild Wars 2 got a far bigger chance because it even got Custom Arenas and Spectator Mode, even if you think Guild Wars 2 ’’needs’’ to have free camera.

But also, World of Warcraft is no longer an Esport, I think they removed the title from that game.

However, yes, a free camera would be nice to have, I wouldn’t say no to that.

There is a reason that WoW arena failed as a esport. Crappy cameras, almost no balance, and lack of actual support from blizzard.

I am not sure your point is a good one here. ANY game can be a esport, the difference is how the devs support the game and the community. That is what makes or breaks a game as a esport.