Guild Wars 2

Before I added my bit, I had to say how refreshing it is to play a game that rewards cooperation. It is a beautiful thing, and a true first. No petty squabbling over resources, no unfair competition to get some sort of differential advantage, and it is built-in to avoid such things. I embrace this way of doing things, and absolutely love it. Compliments out of the way, I wanted to add a wish list just to get the idea going:

I know the game is new, and that this is fanciful, but it adds variety, and makes things a lot more fun for a lot of us:

Custom emotes. I know of one other game that does this, and I don’t see why Guild Wars 2 couldn’t take a page out of the book of success. (We all know the major MMO games do.)

Example (Syntax) “/e wave waves hello to everyone, and smiles.” The character would wave, and the emote would show “Arthrand waves hello to everyone, and smiles.”

Moods:

/relaxed (Normal)
/angry
/sad
/grave (might also be solemn, or serious)
/happy
/scared

These would affect the disposition of the characters.

And this is something I consider “added fluff” that is really nice, but not overwhelmingly important. After the big stuff is dealt with, these kinds of things would be welcome by a lot of RP’ers:

Having environments where characters could sit in a tavern, and be waited on while they talked about whatever could add a lot of immersion. Drinks that are sipped over x-amount of time (10-second chug-10 minute sip) which would have a waiter/waitress returning, etc. It would add a lot of ambience.

Chairs, couches, etc. That can be interacted with/realistically utilized.

Anyway, thanks for reading.

Fair Winds,

Arthrand

they already have the feature, you just have to type the full /emote. Though that added bit about how you implement the physical emote itself is genius. /e could be for adding the physical emote, while /emote would be the RP emote.

i like it.

For taverns, i think they already have plenty of taverns, but currently i do not know of any chairs that you can sit in, and that should be fun to use. While it’s great to be able to pick up a chair and swing it at someone, it would also be just as great to sit in the dam chair, and have a mug at the table that you can interact with too (or plate or whatever).

Quick tip: Charr, /surprised
Absolutely adorable.

You can type /e (custom text) to get “Donari (custom text)” — Fallen Earth did moods that affected the character’s facial expression. Alas, those didn’t stick so you had to keep refreshing them.

I know lots of guys make fun of and just “don’t get it” when we ask for chairs and couches to sit on, but it can really be awesome fun. The interact-able drinks/food would be soooo cool. (envisions seeing when an Asuran sits at a tavern chair, they sit on a stack of books or something)

Maybe even implement /chug to use any alcohol you are carrying in inventory??

Azzur.7512:

I know lots of guys make fun of and just “don’t get it” when we ask for chairs and couches to sit on, but it can really be awesome fun. The interact-able drinks/food would be soooo cool. (envisions seeing when an Asuran sits at a tavern chair, they sit on a stack of books or something)

Maybe even implement /chug to use any alcohol you are carrying in inventory??

I myself am an occasional role-player and developer, and I can’t say how true this is. Chairs and couches would add a lot in terms of feel and interactive environment, and they are extremely easy to make (unless of course the devs feel a nice to customize the position for every different chair.

This… all of this… yes

It’s particularly jarring when I enter a tavern or a house and see NPCs just standing around and all the chairs completely empty, or when I see an NPC snoring away on the floor when there’s a bed less than a foot away from them.

/me (add txt here)

is already in the game, or do you mean something else?