Guild Wars 2

If all the incentives of the game, rewards, and monetization for Anet is based on the aesthetics of your character, their armor, and their weapons; why don’t we have a proper Intro / Outro for PvP matches?

I know people keep pointing to Overwatch doing stuff well, and I think they really hit a homerun when it comes to allowing you to show off your character and all the effort you have put in.

We already have a force 1:30 pre-match wait, another 10-second pre-game wait, and then a 15-20 second post-match wait.

Plenty of opportunity to make a really cool Intro / Outro (please not both, lol)

The newly added intro is a very nice addition, but waaaaay too small, and the portraits are kinda jinky, haha

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yeah there should be a proper intro like on a football match

GW2 is 4 years old. So just because there’s a game with better tech capable of showing off classes, looks, etc doesn’t mean Anet has to spend huge resources to implememt said tech in their games. In most cases it’s not even realistically feesable; it’s not the same game engine nor would it improve GW2 any.

It’ll be an obvious copy of another game and that always a negative connotation in video games.

Saiyan.1704:

GW2 is 4 years old. So just because there’s a game with better tech capable of showing off classes, looks, etc

So, you want the game to be stagnant? Just because it was launch a while ago, doesn’t mean additions can’t be made.

It’ll be an obvious copy of another game and that always a negative connotation in video games.

Oh, I am not suggesting a straight rip-off of Overwatch. I’m just thinking something with full body shots would be very nice. I really do appreciate that they added the new into UX with our portraits and the team names are great flavor to the matches.

What I am suggesting is that they could take that even further. Show bigger shots of us, or an animatic of us.

We know they have the tech for intros (Fractals have Boss Intros) and I love the victory sequences when beating the Raid bosses in Stronghold of the Faithful. So, the tech is there.

Not only would it be great vanity opportunity for the players, but for spectators, it would provide much better “bookends” to the whole viewing experience.

This world is rotten.