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On my journey around the world of Tyria I came across a number of bugged DE’s and only one bugged skill challenge. The DE’s were usually fixed when I logged back in the next day, but this one skill challenge (near Bayt Fallahin in Malchor’s Leap) has been down for a week now on several servers. I jumped on different ones to check it out each day until server transfer got limited to once/24h.
Long story short: I hope those suggestions or something similar gets implemented.
On a personal note, the name “Tengu” always irritates me to no end. When I hear that name I think of Japanese demons with long noses that live on mountains. Quite scary and ugly, too, those demons.
A bit like the minotaur having been turned into a herd animal?
Yeah… but this is Tyria and not Japanese or Greek mythology so I learned to live with it. lol
+1 I like the idea, though I’m more like Erin on this topic.
Additional idea:
What I’d like to add is maybe something to make the upper and lower layers a bit more easily visible. For me they look exactly like the middle layer, only darker. My hope in this is to make the explorer achievement a little bit less tricky.
It would also help those who have trouble finding points of interests underground.
On my Norn I have all Maguuma and Shiverpeaks maps on 100% but I am still missing 3 and 2 regions if I look at the explorer achievement tab. The maps are no indication of where those might be hiding out.
You can look up in the wiki which vistas, hearts, poi and skill challenges you have and which ones you don’t, but with regions you can’t. So they could be anywhere between Wayfarer Hills to Frostgorge Sound.
You also can’t dance in shapeshifted form. We tried to do a victory dance after defeating one of the world event bosses… wouldn’t do.
Cosmetic animal forms would be cool. It could even eventually include forms of the lesser Spirits. I’m sure Norn don’t just shapeshift into the forms of the four major Spirits.
Asura could get golems. Sylvari maybe glow or pollen as it is described in the books. Charr and Humans… hm… maybe someone else can think of something cool for them
Hooray, I’m barely or no player because I’m only using that skill as my elite.
In all seriousness, I’m a Norn Ranger and my play style is mostly ranged. Out of all my options I find the Mistfire Wolf to be the most useful. Besides, I like the looks of the Mistfire Wolf and his pups and they saved my skin already in so many situations when I needed extra damage or more pets to take the heat off of me so I could heal up/rally.
I did get 2 other elites (Rampage as One because it is the only one working under water and Become Wolf to try out a more hands on melee elite) and they have their uses, but personal preference let’s me use the Mistfire Wolf as long as I’m not under water.
And for your other points: I’m with Elle on that one.
Every pre-order has the skill and you can save lots of skill points if you don’t get any other elites. Skill points that in the end can massively shorten the time it will take you to get 200 and buy the Mystic Forge item to get legendary weapons.
If you [note: general you, not you Joxa] are not interested in the Mystic Forge or Legendary weapons, then I suppose my last point is moot.
Those suggestions have been on here before, but the threads are moving so quickly…
If it was up to a vote, I’d totally vote for account-bound dyes and a PvE armour locker. Those are two of my top5 wishlist for GW2 future additions.
If people want that sort of thing, I wouldn’t be bothered by it’s existence (though if it came with achievements the completionist in me would be sort of annoyed at yet another thing to never be completed).
However, I’m personally not excited about the idea. Competitive gamers are usually the PvP crowd. The competitive PvE people already got explorable dungeons. (Maybe I should also note that I found the story mode to be difficult to do in a PUG without losing days worth of money on it.)
It’s not been done before, so there’s no way to tell how it would be received, but I don’t know… it just doesn’t sound fun to my ears. Non-competitive gamers will probably take a look and enjoy the full PvE gear/skills and explore that area like it was regular PvE at max level, while the competitve gamers are either a) the PvP people who prefer the unpredictability of a real opponent than a scrpted NPC foe or b) the raiders.
Just my 2 coppers, though…
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I really like your idea. The home instance has so much potential. It’s kind of sad that I never ever returned back to it after my first story arc. It was just so far away and nothing special waiting for me.
The home instance is THE place where your character gets the chance to establish THEIR story and build personal bonds with other NPCs.
It’s difficult for an MMO to cater to so many diverging stories and it’s more of a single player RPG feature, but what makes me (and many people I know) return to a game is the attachment we have to certain people and the “shared memories” we have with them. (of course, in an MMO ist more about the shared memories with other players, but you know, the home instance has the potential to make the personal story much more immersive)
I also like your idea about minor things having unexpected outcomes or making stuff depending on your personality. The personality of my character has so far only come up 3 times in 80 levels and TONS of NPC conversations. (I literally talk to every NPC I meet, everywhere and every time.) And it never felt like it made a big difference if I chose the noble option or went with a regular one.
However, I wouldn’t want negative or bad things to happen as a consequence. Like in your example getting the NPC killed or becoming a bank robber. There can be tension/drama/twists, but they should all end well one way or the other. (this is not a single player game that can easily be replayed within a few days, MMO choices are much more permanent)
Besides, there already are negative events in the personal storyline. For example, my Norn ranger has had some pretty devastating experiences, but they all eventually ended on a good note or at least in a way that my Norn would consider it good. (except this one story feels like it’s not going to get a happy ending
and I’m invested enough in the story that I actually feel bad about it iRL)
To summarize: Love this idea. I hope we’ll see improvements like this sometime in the future.
I’m level 71, I hardly die, but if I do I spend 1s20c or something to revive at the nearest waypoint and then another ~2s to repair my stuff. If I had the kind of money some of you seem to be having I’d say “okay, no biggie”. 3s is not a lot money, but it is enough to be felt. (I have maybe 1 gold… and I didn’t even buy stuff. Just gathering tools and dungeon / WvW repair costs)
It also makes it a tedious endeavor to go to other zones and play with friends or help them with a dungeon and then walk back to where I was before (even using the Heart of the Mists shortcut).
I love immersion and I’m usually the one supporting those threads asking for more immersion, but I REALLY miss the instant travel like we had in GW1. That offered so much freedom of choice of what to do and where to go.
Travel in GW2 need not be unlimited or free… it can cost a little or cost could be tied to the level of the region… but the waypoint to revive should be free.