Guild Wars 2

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Invictus.1503:

This topic has been posted and reposted many MANY times since they added the unlocked reward section in the Achievement section. I agree and have posted many times on this. Hopefully ANET is working on this, though I’m not sure as they’ve never replied to any of the threads to my knowledge. Such a great system they added, but never use it!

You are correct, and now they’ve released a new line of cool looking skins which I will not purchase. You see when I’ve purchased things in the stores in Rift, Defiance, WoW, SWTOR, and Age of Conan whatever I’ve purchased and/or rewards were unlocked for all characters. That’s something that I think would work well here.

FlamingFoxx.1305:

Centaur.3607:

akamon.2769:

for starters, you could use slightly less offensive language. : )) they might turn an ear. not whining. not complaining. it’s just a personal suggestion. good ideas you have here! so you don’t want your upsetness to drown them out.

HAHAHA!!! There is nothing offensive in what I have said. No foul language, no name calling…nothing…descriptive yes, but not offensive. If anyone should be offended, it is I and the rest of the players that play the game according to their rules and design, and pay real money in THEIR Black Lions Trading Post. I mean for the most part I enjoy the game, but this is one of those things that should be changed.

You know exactly what you’re getting when you purchase an item from the gem store. Just because you want someone else or something more doesn’t mean you have a right to be offended. You get exactly what you paid for so if you want to complain then perhaps reconsider spending your money – which you did not have to do.

You are exactly right, and that’s exactly why I DON’T buy skins from the store. I primarily but Character Slots, Bag Slots and Bank slots from the store. Every once in awhile I buy mini-pets which are accessible by ALL character via the BANK. To be honest IF the skins were EASILY ACCESSIBLE by all characters on my account I’d actually buy them, since they aren’t I don’t. So, never assume that just because someone is complaining that they do not understand the mechanics or the current in-game policies. I know I’m not the only one that would buy skins if this were the case. The reality is if they were to change this mechanic and policy it would probably increase their store sales…I’m just sayin’. ;-)

akamon.2769:

for starters, you could use slightly less offensive language. : )) they might turn an ear. not whining. not complaining. it’s just a personal suggestion. good ideas you have here! so you don’t want your upsetness to drown them out.

HAHAHA!!! There is nothing offensive in what I have said. No foul language, no name calling…nothing…descriptive yes, but not offensive. If anyone should be offended, it is I and the rest of the players that play the game according to their rules and design, and pay real money in THEIR Black Lions Trading Post. I mean for the most part I enjoy the game, but this is one of those things that should be changed.

I’d like their input as to why things like rewards (WHICH WE EARNED) and that are already account bound, what is their rational is for NOT allowing the same Reward be available to all characters on the account. I do use the Transmute Stones for things that drop (or purchase in the BLT-AH) that I like the looks of but not their stats (which from what I understand were the original reason for these). I’m just curious as to what their rational is, the fact it is makes for a VERY CLUNKY SYSTEM!!! I honestly DO NOT HAVE the time for this kind of GOOFBALL NONESENSE.

Any other input on this?? I’d really like to get Anet’s input on this.

FlamingFoxx.1305:

Centaur.3607:

You’re all basically saying the same thing I said earlier. I mean they added a “Rewards Unlock” for achievements, these things should go in there. They should do the same thing for purchases.

They added a Rewards Unlock for Achievement BOXES – as in the things you get to open every 500 achievement points. Nothing except the Zenith Weapons and the two new Armour (half) sets goes in there.

I do agree that in the future rewards we earn through a meta or an event should be unlockable because it would be nice to not have to store them until such a time that I want to use it or put it on an alt – but the information on how it works currently is there… The item itself is account bound, so you can use it on an alt instead of the character who earned it if you wanted.

FlamingFoxx I do realize that they added the Rewards Unlock for Achievement BOXES and I realize that the meta- and event rewards are account bound. But as you pointed out these skins should be able to be used at anytime by any Alts on the account. And this should be able to be done without having to use “Transmute Stones.”

You’re all basically saying the same thing I said earlier. I mean they added a “Rewards Unlock” for achievements, these things should go in there. They should do the same thing for purchases.

I know I’m gonna get grief for this but I really don’t care. I just realized that the “Gas Mask” DOES NOT go into our UNLOCKED REWARDS. Therefore, I cannot pull it out of my “Reward Skins” for other characters on my account without a TRANSMUTE STONE. That my friends is B.S. especially after all the effort WE the players went through to unlock this thing. RETHINK THAT and add it to our REWARDS UNLOCKED!!! GEEEEZ!!! I don’t believe you thought that was going to set well. It’s bad enough that if we buys skins in the from the BLT (which is indirectly real life money) we have to use the “Transmute Stones” on those. Thanks a whole heap…

imaginary.6241:

Er. Maybe your system files are damaged? Works for me. Try adding the -repair parameter:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Command_line_arguments

Sweeeeet!!! Thank you I’ll give that a try.

Bump!! Bump!! Bump!!

Am I the only one experiencing this issue?? If I am, any suggestions from the others?? The character mock-up is not showing up in any of the other professions other than Elementalist or Warrior. Thank you for any help.

Bump on the EXPANSION IDEAS

Draeka.5941:

Just say no to mounts. You pretty much just have dolyaks anyway, there are no horses. There are plenty of speed increases in the game to help you go places faster as well as the waypoint system, so the need for such a system goes out the window. I’d rather them focus on a unique profession, rather than waste time figuring out how to shoe-horn mounts into a game that actively designed against them in the first place.

As for specific new weapons, skins are fine, but about the only weapons missing from the old repertoire are the scythe and javelin/throwing spear. Both could be fun to use again, though I think the javelin would be best suited for a variety of professions. I never thought much of anyone outside a Dervish/Necro using a scythe to look “right”.

Tbh, they could simply diversify the skills/elites/weapons of the current professions for each expansion, so that you could “specialize” yourself to mimic a new class. After all, a Guardian who uses a javelin and focus would play differently than a mace/shield. It’s easier to balance this way, I think, and still allows room for new flavors from the expansions.

Hey I think I could get into learning how to ride a Devourer…LOL!!!

Shadowborn.3529:

Mounts are not needed GW1 ran for years with huge follwings. And after all these years im glad they stuck to their guns and kept mounts out of game. Go tell your friends to play wow, lotor or another boring run of the mill mmo and leave us non mounter’s to play GW in peace.

Fine you play GW, and I’ll play GW2 the way I want to play.

dimgl.4786:

Nanfoodle.2439:

Luisedgm.2375:

Not even npcs have mounts, deal with it.

Naa… and given time I think ANet is going to have to give on this one. Their travel system sucks and there is a lot of unhappy people. IMO the WP system is as bad as flying mounts and the WP system costs to much to use. We dont have mounts so we can explore but people jump all over the map and are not seeing it. People would see a lot more if they just had a mount. As for the cost, even if they lower it I would rather still just have a mount par mu 2 reasons above.

How does the travel system suck? The travel system has worked since Guild Wars 1. It’s also confirmed that ArenaNet is not going to develop mounts, Colin has already addressed this in an interview. And in order to get those waypoints you need to explore the world first kitten

Naaah!!! It pretty much suck in GW as well. Yeah you could travel to any city on the map, but after that you were left having to run anywhere in the area you were needing to go. In my opinion, not always the best avenue of travel. If you don’t want mounts fine, but let those who want them have them.

Kingmutez.4931:

mounts are not gold sinks, hence they not part of the big picture, but there IS a way to add them that i can still see profitable for Anet. rentals. yup, pay up in gold, karma or gems, get a mount for x days. bam, gold sink.

Yeah I think that would be a good way to do siege mounts, but then let players have their personal mounts that are account bound so they’re not needing to re-rent mounts every few days. That would get old real quick.

Wolfey.3407:

bwillb.2165:

4. No Mounts in pvp, maybe WvW

It’s funny, WvW is the only area in the game where mounts would really be useful. Personally I think they should just introduce a new siege engine that is a speedy personnel carrier with little to no weaponry.

That seems like an interesting idea Only question is will there be an HP type system added to it, and if so what would it be and its natural defense/ immunities. Would also bring up the question should high speed collisions into objects deal damage/ armour break to the vehicle?

Short answer: yes to both

The attached picture is my siege Rhino from Age of Conan. With which I could charge groups of players in large scale battles and charge and lay siege to castle walls and gates. This is something that could be easily implemented within the current dynamic battle system GW2 has.

Wolfey.3407:

I really had to debate if I should bother posting or not; I apologize if this comes off as being rude; however, if your friends or anyone for that matter will NOT play G.W.2. because it doesn’t have mounts then well.. screw them They can rot on WoW.
It’s a very stupid and idiotic reason to be all kitten they aren’t a exact photocopy of WoW because they don’t have mounts so I won’t play".

Ethical Argument:
A) If GW2 had mounts people play
B) If people play for mounts they want more WoW features
C) GW2 becomes WoW with better graphics
If A is true then B is true which proves that C is true.
see the chain of events?

I’m all for mounts; however, if your only argument is that you want your WoW friends to come play GW2 then not only No but Hell No.

Rework your argument and your persuasive skills with your friends and show them there is more to gaming then mounting pixels and riding around a map o.O or suggest a game like GTA for them to play since all they care about is riding in stuff.

My apologies again if this comes off as being rude.

Read my post TO HECK WITH WoW…As I have said they were NOT the first to have MOUNTS and they won’t be the last. LET THE PLAYER PLAY HOW THEY WANT!!!(So AreanNet has proclaimed)…

Alright here’s the dealio, the whole IDEA in this game was for people to be able to “play how YOU want to play”. So what I think they should do is make mounts available for those that want them and those don’t want them…DON’T GET THEM!!! But those that want them they should be able to have them. This is a debate that could go on and on. It also seems to me that most everyone thinks that WoW is the only MMO that has mount…NO THEY AREN’T!!! Get over it, FFXI which came out WAAAAY before WoW had mounts, they also had waypoints. At a certain lvl you had to earn your Chocobo license and then in later expansions you could own your own chocobo. So please quit throwing WoW into your anti-mount arguments it getting old. In addition Age of Conan has mounts, Rift has mounts, WAR has mounts, Aion has mounts, and the list goes on. And please let me also point out all of these games also have Waypoints as well. So pleeeeeease let the players truely play as they want to play. If you don’t want mounts don’t get them, but if a player wants them they should be able to get them. “LET PLAYERS PLAY HOW THEY WANT!!!”

“think outside the WoW box”

Actually Cinder.4865, I’m thinking WAAAAAAY outside the WoW box. Go play Age of Conan where mounts are actually integrated into battles. Being able to fight from the back of a horse is awesome, but obviously you wouldn’t know that. And riding a rhino or mammoth into into the heat of battle to lay siege to a castle wall is is amazingly fun, oh but I guess you wouldn’t know that either. And no they would NOT need to be aesthethic only in Age of Conan they actually have skills related to mount related combat.

And just so you know the dynamic design of their existing battle system is what would make the integration of mount into battle so easily and beautifully executed. :P

Cinder.4865:

Nurvus.2891:

As for the Mounts, I forgot to add that Waypoints should no longer be usable from anywhere. Essentially 2 changes would occur:
- You can no longer travel to Waypoints without using a Waypoint. Example: You can’t travel from a cave to a Waypoint.
- When you are defeated, you automatically appear in the nearest uncontested settlement, rather than choosing a Waypoint.

No. I’m not against mounts being added to the game purely as an aesthetic to be collected and shown off, but I will be if they hamstring the waypoint system. Your ideas would make “pricey” convenience a massive inconvenience, one that I don’t think mounts alone would overcome.

To be honest mounts for aesthetics is useless and kind of a stupid idea. How many times have you dies and had to port back and then missed the rest of the battle because no one is ressurecting you or you’re having to run back to the battle? Yeah you may still get the credit but what’s the fun of that? I’d like them to be able to get me back into the frey much faster, and if you take a queue from Age of Conan possible use them in battle. And in the case of WvW use them as a Siege Pet (Mammoth, Rhino, Devourer, etc). Come on let’s think a lot outside the WoW box people.

Blueroseknight.7954:

Mounts are about getting from point A to point B quicker. People IRL have had this desire for a long time. I’m sure that you use a car to get from point A to point B because it is quicker than walking. This is what people what mounts for in GW2.

Waypoints are fine if you have explored a zone. They are like flightpoints in WoW. If you have not explored a zone and would like to move faster, or if you just want to race around the zones looking cool on horseback then mounts are nice to have.

Actually, if you’ve ever played Age of Conan, mounts are not just about getting from point A to B quicker. They are also about combat from your mount as well, and in large scale warfare they are also used as close quarters siege weapons (Mammoths and Rhinos). This is something I’d like to see implimented in this game.

Yeah I’m kinda thinking along the same lines as JJS.3591 with regards to the Guardian/Paragon idea, but I do like some of your ideas. In addition to your ideas for mounts I think they should also be able to be used in combat and have special battle skills associated with each type of mount, including the siege mounts.

Another, thought I had was begin able to play as part of the Nightmare Court, Flame Legion, the Separatist/White Mantle, the Sons of Svanir, the Inquest. Even if it’s through an alternative pathway (corruption path).