Guild Wars 2

There’s one important thing to keep in mind; everyone has their own sense of what defies a great game/story and a game developer can only make a number of choices within a timelimit/deadline that has been set for them? Its impossible to please every individual. Maybe the outcome of the story is indeed predictable, but at the very least its a plot that most players can understand. Most games should be judged as a coin; heads/tails; you either like it or you don’t. But its always important to take the total pros/con ratio in account when putting it on the scale of judgement.

Personally i would have liked it to be more immersive. its been brought up as"this is my story" but it doesnt really feel like that to me. If you are gonna be the hero/villian of you’re own tale then you should have some degree of actual changing outcomes; thats what it means to be a either of them. At this point you are still someone making minor choices behind a fence; unable todo anything but watch someone die.(we could have assisted our mentor/Eir in a probaly impossible odds fight but a true hero doesnt run away cowardice or do the opposite depending what ya wanna be etc) correct me if i am wrong but i thought the major point of any adventure/mmo game was to make the player look like a true hero/villian.

But perhaps this might be alot to ask. i am well aware commercial gamedevelopers might not be completely free todo as they please?

From a personal perspective; the only time i really feel immersion in any game is when i did every aspect of it for the very 1st time. It was all new and exciting. After thousands of hours in any game theres bound to be lingering sense disconnection from that game; it just becomes routine?

True immersion in videogames you might find in the next lv of gaming; VR mmo’s with highly advanced a.i companions/npc that can simulate lifelike emotions; think, feel, care. all set in a evolving world realtime. (nothing scripted) etc. Or…does that sound silly? :P

I could think about that if i knew who/what the heck Mr. Sprinkle is. o_o

Thx for the kind words. o_o

I use something called Paper clay; it’s extremely lightweight, easy to smooth out and glue parts together using only water. It’s mostly used to sculpt dolls.

As for future plans; IF i can comeup with new idea’s; but its tough. i am already running out of idea’s xd. Now..you might be thinking: Ah! thats easy! why not make a rhytlock or Logan figurine? well..

In a very early stage of this few months old clay hobby i ran into a “wall of inability”.
I tried it alot of times… can’t be overcome by me sadly. it’s also the sole reason i only make figurines with custom gear, etc. I can’t replicate the amazing character/gear design’s of let say: Rhytlock, Twilight, human tier 3 gear.

Ah well… we shall see what the future holds. :p

Yes i also would like to see more. And are these painted colors? It looks like you used diffrent kind of colored clay. Not sure, but it looks really nice. ;D

Ey!

I kept the most whimsical for last; Quaggan Chronomancer :D

Below info on custom gear.

“Illustrious Maestro Outfit”
Garments truly fitting for a master of magic tricks. A fancy Gossamer suit with many hidden pockets to conceal the “tools of the trade”. comes with a gold threaded star cape, floppy bowtie, cool moustache and a White Rabbit Top hat.

“Chef’s Special”
A popular Meatoberfest snack; the finest of roasted meat, Kessex Mushrooms and slices of Queensdale carrot that have been stirfried in high quality Dolyak grease, freshly handpicked Beetletun cabbage leaves. a Ascalonian honey mustard dressing creates the finishing touch…

“Mobile target”
This wooden target belonged to a Traveling streetpreformer; due to the fierce competition this person came up with the idea to throw daggers and axes at a moving target as… a unique selling point. Alas; he had his former Asura companion act is the “targetbearer” wich rather ended his notorious career fast…

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Yep! Along with Kodan and Tengu it might be the more realistic choice.
Imagen a Centaur doing jumping puzzles XD

Thx for comments! ;3
I only picked the familiar races, otherwise the comic would be alot longer. XD

“A band of new heroes prepare to face their greatest challenge yet….” >:3

Heya, today the 3rd entry of figurine serie “future playable races”

A Daredevil Skritt and her little Kit; trying to imitate his mother. :D

Below description of the custom equipment.

enjoy o/

“Windmill Garments”
A gift the Skritt king received from Chhk; the king of the Windmill.
Its a lightweighted leather armor made out of the finest of Shadow Skelk hides; allowing the wearer to blend in perfectly with the night. Woven Intricate patterns of flowers and a windmill create the finishing touch.

“Rainbow Candy Corn Cane”
In his attempt to further spread the “joy and happiness”
of Halloween; the Mad King decided to “borrow” an idea from Toymaker Tixx.
Thus the Rainbow Candy Corn Cane was born. The sugar/flavour ratio is so perfect that one small lick will get you totally hooked on this new product. The colorfull, sugary fumes it radiates are said to be so sweet that simply inhaling them will cause serious dental disasters…

Thx!

I finally found a good spot for that old Inquest fractal backpack aswell. :D

Heya,

Coming forth from the icy wastelands; to fill the 2nd entry of the future playable races figurine serie……

A very grumpy Kodan Dragonhunter. ;3

Below some info on the custom gear.

enjoy! o/

“Kodan Purification Armor.”
The armor is outfitted with various Kodan artifacts wich helps to channel spiritual powers more effectively. Deldrimor Steel spikes under the boots provide stability and mobility on slippery surfaces. On the hip rests a flask of purified Ice water; wich can cleanse the body and soul of conditions such as Poison. Each armor piece is said to have received the blessing of Koda.

“Ancient Fish Bow.”.
A Kodan Relic from a long time past; the Fish skeleton used to form this weapon is said to be so strong that it would require the strength of a gaint to break it in two.

i regret looking up the word’s meaning. =_=

Call me an old fashioned forum-ist; but this is the 1st time ive hear of this tumblr thing. XD

My Charr Guardian approves of the “shake it” methode. >;3

Also; that computer has some serious expression! XD

ey! thx for the comments! o/

Its true; Cynn’s presence always managed to “light up” the mood. XD

Hey!

I’ve decided to make a figurine series dedicated to possible new playable races in GW2.

1st up is a Tengu Beserker. ;3

Below short description of the custom gear.

Tengu Composite Armor
This armor was created out of old Dredge metal scraps and parts; wich will never rust due to secret Dredge forging methods. Despite it’s appearance this armor is extremely lightweighted while retaining high protective benefits for the user. This specific armor has been modified for maximum protection of the torso….

Ceremonial Tengu Blade
These gold plated swords are used when a dispute needs to be settled between 2 Tengu in duel of honor. Depending on the type of dispute; multiple duels need to be fought with these blades untill a conclusion is reached…

The Fire Wench
This peculiar torch is shaped in what seems to be the visage of a wicked woman that emits eerie palegreen flames from her wings. On the torch’s hilt it bears the initials C.Y.N.N….

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As a non wvw/pvp player i find this rather impressive ;0

Shhhhhhhhhh! ^3^

Hihi, this one took a bit longer (had a small accident with the figurine) XD

This represents a female Norn Forge (engineer specialisation) with her cute drones.

Includes custom equipment:

“Maguuma Forge Armor.’’
The 1st in a new line of highly advanced medium armors.

‘’Pact Saw Hammer.’’
A lumbering tool originally developed by the Iron Legion.

’’Experimental support Drones
sophisticated flying turrets to aid engineers; currently under development.

enjoy o/

Thx for the comments! ;3

Funny thing is; i have no talent for drawing, but sculpting my idea’s seems to work for me somehow. That been said; my figurines tend to have rng quality. ^~^

So each project is always a great challenge… the pose, shape, details, colors.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt. But that’s what makes it fun.

Also.. having one of a kind figurines on yer shelves is kinda cool. >;3

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Heya!

This is my 1st attempt creating a Charr. i decided to pick a specific character from the Guildwars lore wich still has loads of room for own interpetation; the first Khan-Ur.

Below some background info on Khan and equipment. :D

enjoy! o/

THE FIRST OF HIS LINE…

For those that do not know; The Khan-Ur is the title given to a charr wich has been acknowledged and acts as the supreme ruler of all charr, but most that have ascended to Khan-Ur could never maintain their reign for long and had to step down…

However;

In ancient Charr history there was said to be only one who was able to truly unite all Charr tribes under his blade… Thou his true name was veiled in mystery; to the many he was simply refered to as Khan-Ur. He was proud… fearless… charismatic; a mighty warrior who’s brutal ferocity was only outmatched by his strategic mind. A ruler that was greatly respected by all Charr for his strength and leadership.

He was later killed by a rain of a thousand poison arrows after being ambushed by a Human army; his body burned to the ground…
News of Khan’s death ignited the wrath of every Charr that day.

An all out war against Humans was inevitable…

ABOUT EQUIPMENT

Khan’s battle armor.
A lightweight armor made from the fire resistant Hides of a Hydra. the Khan-Ur never felt the need for chest armor as it would only limit his own ablities. On one side hangs a chain with the visage of his deceased father; a warrior he greatly respected…

Spine of Humiliation.
A blade forged from a Lightning Drake’s spine. Khan uses this one handed blade to deal with most of his “problems”, or to simply discipline underlings by shocking them with a electric discharge…

Mirage Tail Axe.
Khan’s physical strength was remarkable even among charr, thus allowing him to use his heavy tail axe as a formidable ally to fence off attackers from behind. Khan would also swoop his Tail Axe around; messing with the opponent’s mind using a mirage of trickery and deceit, only to suddenly strike a deadly blow…

Claw of the Khan-Ur.
A mighty four bladed weapon…symbol and proof of being the rightfull ruler over all Charr.
Each blade was said to be magically imbued with various powers, so it would aid the Khan-Ur in any kind of battle. Due to what it represents; Khan would only draw this weapon if the reason/opponent was “worthy enough”. Should anyone else beside the Khan-Ur bloodlines wield and get cut by it; forever shall they be haunted by the nightmares of the victims it has claimed so far.. for all eternity….

EDIT: I secretly hope anet’s version of the Khan-Ur will make his/her appearance in a future fractal or something XD

Wew, so gifted! I bet you could produce an amazing gw2 comic :D

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Hihi, glad you liked the story.

Originally the idea for the golem comes from the notion that in the fanfic; Scarlet stole White Leaf’s concept so she could develop her mechanized clockwork horrors.

For now no golems in the projectlist, but you never know XD

Hello, This topic is a the followup of my posted fanfiction story called “Scarlet’s sister” this week.

For those interested in learning more about White Leaf’s indepth fictional lore, or to simply enjoy an alternative spin on the current Scarlet Briar story…Link to “scarlet’s sister”:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/creations/Fanfic-tale-Scarlet-sister-DoR-creations

Below short info on characters/equipment XD

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About Characters:

White Leaf.
“Scarlet Briar’s enigmatic mute sister. At young age she already had Intelligence and analytical skills that were on par with even the greatest of mind. Many year’s have past since the death of Scarlet, and now after coming of age, White Leaf sets out on a journey to the depths of the Maguuma jungle with only one goal; to execute vengeance…. vengeance upon the one that drove her beloved sister into madness: Mordremoth….”

White Leaf’s Golem.
“The loyal companion she build at young age and also act’s as “her voice”. Unlike most golems it’s far more agile and powerfull. It’s most unique feature is the ability to alter physical form at will. By default it’s always takes on the form of a “beast”, but it can also take on a “Humanoid Fencer” form; wielding it’s tail like a rapier. Over the year’s White Leaf has modified it’s with several new abilities, including an “aviation” form…"

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About the equipment:

White Leaf’s Augmented Power Armor.
“White Leaf forged this attire from her dead sister’s armor. The armored headdress act’s as a telepathic link between White Leaf and her golem; through wich she is enable to speak. She also controls the armor’s various abilities with this Headdress.

The entire armor is powered by an experimental energy crystal wich is capable of endlessly drawing magic matter from Tyria’s vast Ley-line network.
It also has a buildin backpack generator wich enables “energy output overclocking” for the twin Golemite pistols, Enhanced Teleporter Boots, Magneto Phaseshift Pauldrons and Hyper Grip Gauntlet; and temporarly increases the armor’s capabilities by 300%…"

Sister’s Remembrance.
“White Leaf always carries this orichalcum locket around her neck. It contains the last remaining essence of her sister; a red hairleaf… it radiates a warm glow.”

White Leaf’s twin Golemite pistols.
“Originally a momento she received from her Inquest tutor Teyo; practice pistols meant for ranged weapon training. White Leaf has excessively altered these pistols so they can fire Golemites; these bullet-sized golems can be modified with various elemental and conditional proporties such as Fire, lightning, cripple and poison. White Leaf’s mastery and prowless with these weapons becomes unrivaled when she uses the alternative ‘triggerstick’ firemode…”

Support Crates.
“These contain White Leaf’s standard supplies: a Bottle of dr.Bleent’s Ooze Booze, various vials of potent healing, a crate of Golemite ammo, a Engineer’s power wrench, and a portable minimap…”

Enjoy o/

Heres the final batch of pages. (wew.. serious post rush XD)

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Heres the 5th batch of pages.

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Heres the 4th batch of pages.

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Heres the 3rd batch of pages.

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Heres the 2nd batch of pages.

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Hello, i’ve written this fanfiction tale to provide a background story for the upcoming figurines i am currently working on. ;)

This will be my 1st attempt at making a fanfiction tale. was Fun todo, but over 30 pages now… thats a bit..wew!

So instead let’s go with png attachments shall we ? XD

Aside from the (possible bad) english grammar; i have tried to to make a accessible/entertaining story. The biggest hurdle for me was finding a good balance between drama, suspense, comedy. ><

This Fanfiction tale loosly follows the Scarlet briar timeline/lore.

Enjoy! o/

I like it!

gfx wise it would fit right next to “Rhytlocks Critter’s rampage” XD

Highscore: 20

Thanks for the comments!

i don’t really have a proper guide for this. sorry! XD

But if i had to sum it up in steps roughly:

1. a concept/idea (includes reference material etc)
2. materials( good doll clay and paper/cartboard, plastic tape) + sculpting tools.
3. create a skeleton of the figurine with the paper/cartboard then wrap it tightly with tape to strengthen the object if needed( make sure its smaller then the actual size you are eventually aiming for cause it still needs to be encased in clay)
4. start applying a thin layer of clay on entire skeleton so you have a good foundation(while the clay is starting to dry you can still modify the pose IF you didnt tape the joints too much)
5. Start sculpting the core elements of your figure on the skeleton(up to creator what these are; think of muscles, head, hands, feet)
6. start refining the core elements( sanding to smooth surfaces, adding more details)
7 .start adding the secondary elements to your now refined project.( armor, clothing,weapons, hair)
8. refine one more time to smoothen the final figurine,remove any leftover clay/repair cracks.
9. last step left is coloring it with paint.

My suggestion is to startoff small for 1st time/test.. a weapon prop for instance.

Hope this explanation helped somewhat ^^

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Hello, i made this figurine cause rhytlock felt lonely on the shelf XD.
(yes , i was hoping for a HoT collectable figure with xpac)

I made a tiny error so the custom backpack didnt fit on the armor ^^

Below some fictional backstory for the armor, gs and backpack and how it would (maybe) fit in the current gw2 lore :P

“Dragonbash armor”
This impressive piece of craftsmanship was said to be the grand reward for the victor of the Dragonbash tournament. Unfortunantly when the time of the victor’s ceremony arose the armor was nowhere to be found, except for a couple of small footprints leading to a burrow….

“Zaithan’s Bane/Legacy”
A great blade; corrupted by a malicious force and forever radiating a necrotic aura of death and decay. Along with dozen of dead researchers this weapon was retrieved from a Priory facility that was conducting experiments with Dragon energy…

“Inquest Fractal Capacitor”
Fortune smiled upon the Inquest when they looted schematics off a Whispers agent’s corpse at Claw island. This Notorius organisation has now succesfully replicated the Fractal Capacitor; while adding some modifications to it of their own;
Chaos infused focus crystals, a reinforced deldrimor steel containment unit, twin arcane heat dispersion panels and a bigger, more fancy banner…

Enjoy o/

‘Toxications’ penalty-system.

The idea behind this is if you harvest the same nodes in a certain zone more than once a day you will contract conditions that causes a reduction of your total defensive and/or offensive stats (something like exposing oneself to dangerous toxic fume released from overmining). So the more you use the same nodes, the more this condition stacks. The conditions you get also depends on what type of node you harvest. (for instance; mining ore would inflict a condition that causes reduction of your total offensive stats)
it persists even if you guest in other servers and cant be cured by using condition removal skills.

Duration of this condition would be based on the number of stacks.
Used nodes should be marked red on map so the regular players know what nodes they alrdy used.

Pros:

-Since bots tend to run preset paths that repeat harvest of the same nodes daily they are more likely to get the max stacks of the condition more quickly then real players. in other words; they will keep dying faster vs mobs cause of their low defensive and offensive stats.

-adds a twist to the regular node harvesting. players will need to stay on edge not too mindlessly farm every tree, grass, or ore node they see.

Cons:
-It entirely removes the purpose of having bought the gemstore infinite harvest tools for the sake of harvesting alot every day.

-Not sure if this would work for bots teleporting from node to node.

-this does affect regular farming players aswell. They can still make the choice wether or not to harvest a node, at their own risk.

‘Tainted by the dragon’ Penalty-system.

In the world of Tyria we see alot of the elder dragons minions. in most cases it concerns chars, humans, asura, sylvari being influenced, corrupted by them.
Basicly good people turning bad. But the players arent much affected by all of this. there are no real consequences for fighting off risen, corrupted icebrood, etc. that gave the me the idea for another condition, called ‘tainted by the dragon’.
Whenever you are fighting Minions or big boss servants from a Elder Dragon you have a chance to contract this ‘Tainted by the dragon’condition wich shows a countdown timer of 40 min. within that time you need visit a newly added npc ‘asuran curse remover’(could have been named worse XD). theres 1 per zone and they move around the map through random paths. their marked on minimap with a icon so players can spot them more easily.
That npc will give the player a (randomized) small puzzle to solve. succesfully completing the puzzle turns the npc in a vendor wich sells you a soulbound cure to remove the ‘tainted by the dragon’ condition.
However, if this condition is not removed before the countdown hits zero then that player becomes a Elder dragon Minion for a duration of 25 min. as a minion; players will have replaced skills, cant harvest resources. also neutral npc’s will become hostile and other players can target you aswell. this condition is not removed upon swapping zones or guesting servers. you need to remove it through the use of the npc. % chance to get this condition is based on the lv of the zone and enemies your facing. the type of minion transformation depends on the type of dragon minion that caused the ‘taint’ on the player.

Pros:

-Taking advantage of current bots limitations; the combination of needing human awareness when getting contracted with this condition plus the need of a reasonable amount of human input in the form of a totally randomized puzzle will help to sever bots from farming enemies significantly.(i think XD)
Not to mention they will need to find the npc 1st since its walking diffrent random paths and not obvious mainstream routes :P

-makes players even more aware of the dangers when fighting dragon minions.

Cons:

-Not sure about that one. Maybe if you had to go afk for feeding the cat while having the condition i suppose XD

All these systems combined would create a powerfull shield versus bots me thinks.

Hai!

as a casual gamer i only play the game and not concerned with things such as bugs, botting, goldselling, exploits etc. ofc i sometimes hear ppl complaining about all sorts of things. Sure, whatev

But i would like to give a piece of my mind on the whole botting thing.

So, ive been reading some posts on bot in Gw2. people reporting bots. bots getting banned, bots getting back. peeps complaining. Not sure about all that, but i do think Anet is trying to subdue the bots, its not that easy i guess. you can ban them ofc. but does that really stop the flow of bots…mmmm hard to say.

Afterall; the bait that is called gw2 is still appealing for bot users.

so how would one make it less fun for them or even annoying as a big charr blocking your telly when you wanna play SaB? truth is; i have no real idea.
im not a gamedesigner. :P

But i did came up with some idea’s for’systems’(or mechanics whatever its called XD) that might work or just be interesting to look into from a gamedesigner point of view.(didnt really understand how bots work so i looked it up a bit ^^)

it is important to know: the focus of these systems is to messup bot farming of harvesting nodes and random zone roaming + to introduce some new things for all players.(for better or worse)

Feedback is welcome. i just spam typed it all so may contain typos and random crap of sillyness. also if someone alrdy mentioned such ideas on the forum before, my bad ;D

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‘Recovery’ penalty-system.

This one is about the ‘guest server’ feature. When players go visit other servers they arent very affected by it at all. They cant do wvwvw ofcourse but thats basicly it. What would be very interesting to see is if players need to ‘recover’ from their journey to another server(like what would happen in a RL situation) So anyone that guests another server is contracted with the ‘recovery’ condition wich inflicts a 60 min endurance regen + walkspeed reduction. this condition persist and cant be cured by condition removal skills. this can stack in duration if the player keeps swapping servers within every 1 hour.

Pros:
-Bot users guest servers alot to keep the pace of mining ore and such up. when one server has been depleted of their harvestable materials they go back to their previous server to harvest the recently respawned nodes. by adding the ‘recovery’ mechanic bots will have a hard time keeping the pace up for their activities.

-Adds a bit more realism with the idea that long distance travel in gw2 DOES affect the player.

Cons:
-Might annoy regular players that like to guest servers for diffrent reasons.

-imagen if this is applied for wvwvw and pvp… shrugs

‘Fatique’ penalty-system.

This something i came up with after doing the CoE explorable mode. That dungeon is about dodging alot. The Endurance mechanic is really nice in instances like these; you cant dodge endlessly, but players still have enough time to recover for dodging the next attack and such. with that in mind; why not go all the way? As player you can basicly dodge max 2 times before your endurance runs out, but you can harvest and mine endlessly. That seems a bit off. what would be a interesting idea is if Harvesting would require Endurance, and if you go beyond your’own limitations’ you get a condition called ‘fatique’ wich reduces your total healthpool and recharge rate of skills.
For example; a full endurance bar equals the harvesting of 2 ore nodes, 2 trees or 2 berry bushes.
If players go harvest with a almost depleted endurance bar they will contract the ‘Fatique’ condition. (this only occurs with harvesting, not when your dodging in a fractal or dungeon) Fatique will stack in effect and duration if players keep harvesting without recovering endurance 1st, wich results in a very low healthpool and longer skill cd’s.
This condition persist even if you guest another server or try to use condition removal skills.

Pros:

-The Botprograms nowadays have become pretty advanced. they can mimic human behavior, use skills and such effectively. But they also dodge. taking that in account they will likely harvest nodes even if their endurance isnt entirely recovered meaning they have a higher chance to get the condition then regular human players that do keep an eye on their endurance.(i hope XD)

-Expands the purpose of the Endurance mechanic.

Cons:
-Players might get annoyed if they need to monitor their endurance bar alot of times when their harvesting.
-this does affect regular farming players aswell. They can still make the choice wether or not to harvest a node, at their own risk.

Hello, i get the same error aswell. cant login atm. this morning it was working fine.

version 16732
error code 42:1020:9001:4103

I’m sure you guys will fix it soon thou

EU server, piken square.