Guild Wars 2

Please think this through for a single second. I’ve been mixing and matching, as well as dying, various town clothing pieces for as long as I remember. Are you seriously taking that functionality away?
I’ve been running around in this for many, MANY hours alltogether: http://i.imgur.com/fQKKlSQ.jpg But I no longer can because of this unnecessary change? I spent a lot of real money on items, including items that are no longer available on the gem store, to keep using them, mixing and matching them. Which I still do to this day.

Sorry, but if this is going the way I think it is, it either has to change, or I -will- demand refunds for these items, and then proceed to no longer have the looks I’ve loved having for so long on my characters.

Before the statue’s destruction during the Mad King event, the fish fountain around it used to make these ‘ploppy’ sounds as the water bounced around, and occasionally being spewed upwards all around. Now the statue and fountain is finally rebuilt but it’s completely silent. I assume this was an oversight and if it’s brought to the devs’ attention, they’ll add it back. :]

Just wanted to say that the composer(s) did a great job. It really gets the blood pumping and makes the event a lot cooler than it already would be without the music.

I also love the well-done transition to a different and more epic track when you get onto the platforms. All in all a great job from the audio department!

I don’t get why they would do it this way, I really don’t. I’ve been mixing and matching different kinds of town clothes forever, pieces I paid real money for (I rarely convert gold to gems), quite a few of them too. Including some pieces that were removed from the gem store a while ago.
You can’t just take people’s ability to mix and match, there’s no reason to. I’ve been running around in mix&match town clothes a -lot-. With my own dye job. Now you’d turn them into all-or-nothing tonics? Really?

While I want this changed and not a refund, I WILL still ask for refunds if they leave it as planned. I would have the right to get them, because I bought these town clothes to be able to mix and match them, and to dye them. Take this functionality away from me and they’re virtually useless and pointless.

Come on, ArenaNet. Not cool. Please, I’m genuinely wondering, please explain to me why you thought this was an acceptable idea. I mean, really; did this not occur to anyone? I’d say it’s pretty darn important. =/
I don’t want to come off as flamey, but I find this genuinely upsetting because I’ll no longer be able to have the looks I’ve grown to love, and also because I -paid- to do so. Over-the-top as it may sound, that almost makes it some kind of digital theft. Almost.

I’ve always wondered that too. There’s some great tracks in the soundtrack that simply aren’t used, and Rata Sum and the Grove are a great example. Especially the Grove one is stunningly beautiful and fits the place very well; it was even used in a Grove preview video a year before launch.
I’d definitely like it very much if they “fixed” this, or should I say, applied these tracks to their respective cities
They did something like this with Lion’s Arch once, so I’m sure they can do it again!

I was just wondering when or if the music of Dragon’s Reach part 2 (The World Summit, Shadow of the Dragon) was going to be released on Soundcloud. It’s been nearly a week since the patch and it’s still not there. I know it’s been uploaded by some other user somewhere, but I’d actually prefer if it was on Arenanet’s soundcloud like all the other post-launch music, because that’s the one I keep checking and am following.

I’d really like it if it was added, as would many other people, no doubt!

Tricky, but I think I’ll go with Lornar’s Pass. It just feels so REAL, so… I dunno, authentic? The atmosphere is great at night too, especially when there’s no music playing and you just hear the ambience.

Shailyn Slay.7234:

People here really mix up their own expectations with what -they think- has been promised /hinted at.

Except they -did- promise it. As someone pointed out earlier in this thread:

“Here at ArenaNet, we’ve always held that you should be able to play with your friends, whether they’re next door or a continent away. Today we’d like to outline a number of policies and technologies we’re implementing to support this belief.”

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/a-world-of-choice-the-regions-of-guild-wars-2

Cross-region guesting was more than just implied.

Yes, PLEASE keep this around! It shouldn’t be a temporary thing but a proper permanent addition to the game, heck, even without the rewards outside of it. Please? ^^

Oh, neat! I remember asking about this track a good while ago to the devs on a livestream and they said this was the only track on the soundtrack that wasn’t in the game at all, anywhere, but that they would put it in at some point this year. Glad that they did! It’s one of my absolute favourites in the game <3

I gave it a try myself, just for the main menu (want to keep the rest of the game’s music the way it is for now). I created an M3U playlist of three tracks called MainMenu and placed it in a “Music” folder in the Guild Wars 2 map located in AppData. Tested it, it didn’t work.
Then I put it in the map where you originally had to put custom music, in Documents/Guild Wars 2/Music.

Tested it again, and it worked!

So, the functionality isn’t completely broken, and the way I have it now, there’s no issues. Hope this helps locate the issue.

Fully agreed, very good post. The soundtrack placement (and inclusion, clearly) could be much improved. They’ve done it once with LA, so I hope that one day they’ll take the time to add / improve all the rest as well.

Yeah, made a similar thread. I really hope they put them in, sooner rather than later too. I didn’t get it last year and have been kicking myself over it for ages, and was (am) looking forward to getting them this year.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/wintersday2013/Will-last-year-s-winter-outfits-return/first#post

Loved the livestream guys, thanks a bunch. Now, I think Rubi passed it on to them, but one of the questions they answered that I asked was about a certain piece from an old trailer that didn’t make it into the game, and it played in an old trailer from the Grove.

I’m absolutely positive it’s not in the game because I’ve been playing since launch and spent a -lot- of time in the grove and Maguuma areas (sylvari maps), and well, done just about all of the sylvari personal story stuff. I’ll just post it here so you can get to it easily.

Thanks again for the livestream! I’m big into soundtracks so I really appreciated it.

EDIT: This is the trailer where it played. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaDMXFb4dh8

Saying NO to the impending town clothes changes as someone who uses them a ton!

This video (not made by me) says it beautifully: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ENbowK79GQ

((I just read through this entire thing in one go. Every post. I’m gonna keep watching this thread as it continues, for sure! Kudos to you guys. <3
Kinda wish the RP on Piken Square (EU RP server) was more like this and less social life-based. Not that there isn’t anything other than that, but y’know, improv casual meta drop-in drop-out storylines like this, if that makes sense. It’s certainly inspiring me to try and get something like this going one day, sooner or later!))