Guild Wars 2

Congrats again, that’s crazy!

The thing that makes the least sense about this to me is that minipets in GW1 were pretty much only obtainable FROM birthday presents. In GW2, minipets drop like candy and they’re all really just uninteresting, comparatively. I don’t bother using them because none of them really feel rare.

I’m really growing tired of hearing “____ Is too important, they deserve their own release.”

They’ve said it for the Mursaat.

They’ve said it for Cantha.

They’ve said it for the Tengu.

When are we going to see this content then? If ever? I’m so tired of flying magic space pirates.

GoldenTruth.2853:

I’m almost certain that GW2 will bring back some of the GW1 lore (though probably not the Fall of Abaddon specifically) that you want because of two reasons.

1. Although Evon lost and the Fall of Abaddon will not be created Anet is definitely taking notice of how much people wanted/were excited for it. Considering Evon didn’t have much else going for him besides fractal, getting 48% of the vote definitely shows that players are interested in GW1 lore.

2. Many members of Anet talk about how they were split into groups over which candidate they wanted to win. This expresses that a good chunk of Anet is interested in creating stories tied more into GW1’s lore.

Very true. I hope you’re right — it’d be nice to have some kind of confirmation that it’s in the pipeline, though.

SpyderArachnid.5619:

Thing is, GW2 is 250 years ahead of GW1. The lore has changed drastically since then. So why should we do content based on old lore? Why can’t GW2 make new lore for itself? There is so much to build off of in GW2 for new stories and experiences. Why dwell in the past?

I loved GW1 and the lore it had. Keyword: had. GW2 is 250 years in the future from GW1. It shouldn’t have to live off the old lore of GW1 to be successful. It needs to move on and make a name for itself. Sure little references are fine and dandy. But content shouldn’t come from old lore that is in the past. It should be based on the present. The GW2 lore, not something that we’ve already done in the past.

We aren’t asking for the entirety of GW2 to be based on GW1 lore.

But a nod here or there post-release acknowledging what we accomplished back then would be nice. A perfect example of this would have been a fractal. Right now, it feels like GW1 practically didn’t even exist in context of GW2.

They’re changing the names of topics too. :/

Why was my topic renamed? It wasn’t harmful at all — it’s sincerely how I feel.

Couldn’t agree more.

Rainbow Sprint.3215:

GW2 is a new game. It needs to move forward with its story, not retell what we know. That’s what the vote was for to me. Maybe the new story won’t be as good as the old, but you have to try and move forward.

There are little nods to GW1 if you look around. You can find the graves of GW1 characters and the plains of ashford is obviously the starting area from GW1.

I understand there are little nods — all from launch. The point of this topic is that the Abbadon fractal would have brought more, which I feel is desperately needed.

Mif.3471:

Meanwhile all of GW1 lore is human lore, but you don’t have a problem with that…

Face it, you had 4 games and 6 years to play GW1 based on human lore, stop trying to demand that GW2 be about the same old kitten. It’s time to let the other races and new stories have a chance to be in the spotlight.

Yes, but in GW1 different areas had humans that felt, you know, different. In Tyria alone the Krytans had a different personality than the Ascalonians, etc. Canthans were different than the Elonians. While they were all “human”, they felt unique. In GW2, the humans are simply, the humans.

Biohazard.4196:

I think you’re reading into this too much. The developers know of the desire for old lore. Wasn’t there a giant “Bring back Cantha” thread some time ago with developer responses?

It was one developer, and his responses were mainly in line with (basically) confirming what the rumors were and saying “it probably won’t happen for years, but if the players really want it we may look into it.” That’s what I said that worries me — I hope that the Abbadon fractal wasn’t one of those tests to see if the players really want more GW1 based content. If it was, we have failed.

First off, congratulations to Kiel supporters — no matter how much I may resent your leader and disagree with your reasoning, you won. Now that the news is out and Kiel has won, the long-time fan of GW1 that I am has to wonder, will we ever see more things in game based on GW1 lore?

Aside from the Jade Maw Fractal (of which is my favorite, for this specific reason), no new content has been aimed at those who put in thousands of hours in Tyria 250 years ago. I’m not going to count Mad King Thorn because it’s a holiday event. I understand, new is great, but it’s beginning to feel less and less like I’m even on the same planet as the original game. I feel like everything I accomplished 250 years ago has been completely forgotten.

The Abbadon fractal, to me, provided hope to fans of the series as a whole. I thought if Evon won, ArenaNet may take it as a sign that players do in fact want to see more content based on GW1 lore, rather than the typical “I’m not saying it’s Asura, but it’s Asura” that so many things seem to be based on in GW2. Not a single event that Kiel has been tied to has had any relation to GW1 overall.

My biggest fear about Kiel winning isn’t the idea of never being able to see the Fall of Abbadon. No — it’s ArenaNet continuing to push aside GW1 lore for more Inquest, Asuran magics, flying pirates, etc. I truly hope that this is not the case, because part of being a sequel, to me, is having strong ties to the original. That case seems to be fading for the future.

When will something be added to the game that brings us back to the good old days? We’ve already come to the conclusion that we’ll (probably) never make it to Cantha — and if we do, it won’t be for a very, very long time. Elona I suppose isn’t out of the question, but seems unlikely at this point due to ArenaNet’s recent stance on expansion packs. When will we be able to see more areas that we spent so much time in 250 years ago? The Crystal Desert? The Ring of Fire? The Far Shiverpeaks? I want to see what time has done to those areas that were of such significance back in the day. I hold on to the hope that there’s a gleaming outpost in the Crystal Desert that wasn’t destroyed. Hope that not everything around the Eye of the North is a complete wasteland.

ArenaNet, please, try to appeal to fans of your game that have put tons of hours in and played back before GW2 came around. If not the Abbadon fractal, then at least add something.

treborIRL.4521:

sounds good to me, humans are the superior race #votekiel

If humans are the superior race, then you should vote Evon Gnashblade so you can witness a major event in Tyrian history involving the human gods.

This person truly understands. The discount would be so miniscule that it wouldn’t matter anyway — yet another misleading ploy by Kiel to steal votes.

Kiel has done nothing but taken credit for all of your actions throughout the past few months. At least Evon is upfront with what he’s trying to do — run a business.

Would you rather experience a new fractal based on deep lore from years past, or see yet another event in the game be focused on Asuran technologies and the Inquest? We’ve seen enough of them — it’s time for something new by bringing back the old. Abbadon fractal would be a sign that the massive world of Tyria and the ton of lore that it is founded on actually mean something and would be a insanely fun event to experience for those GW1 veterans who have spent the last nearly 9 years in Tyria.

Gnashblade 2013.

Vote for Evon. Kiel is a credit-stealing basketcase and GW2 needs way more lore-based content. Bring back as many ties to GW1 as possible.

This game has far too much “IT WAS THE INQUEST! IT’S ASURAN TECHNOLOGY!” explanations in it — give it a rest and let the veterans have their fun.

rizzo.1079:

I’m voting for Kiel: The only thing anyone is offering that I’m interested in is the reduced waypoint costs.

The amount you will save for the 4 weeks it lasts is probably insanely small.

A VOTE FOR EVON IS A VOTE FOR GUILD WARS LORE

Icealen.3802:

For anyone who supposedly has not received their free kite, please check your email box to make sure you don’t have 10 email messages saved in it. Your mailbox only allows a maximum of 10 messages; the 11th and future messages are never displayed until you delete some of your old email.

Just thought I’d pass that on.

OMG

Thank you. * embarassed *

Order date: 4/15/2013

Bought 1600 gems.

No kite.

Quaggan sad.

PLEASE??? She looks AMAZING! Not to mention hers is probably the closest face I’ve seen in GW2 to a Canthan face in GW1. Given that my character in GW2 supposedly has Canthan heritage, I’d LOVE to actually look the part.

While you’re add it, it’d be great if you could add Kasmeer’s too!

I seriously cannot imagine them not releasing these items soon…they’re too good to pass up.

SIGNED. This would be one of the first clothing items I would actually buy from the Gem Store.

Please give Anet

The fact that you can solo the personal story up to the final dungeon is exactly what is wrong with it, in my opinion. It should have been more like GW1 where you needed to group and do missions. This is an MMO.

Over 150 chests opened and I have yet to get a skin.

I wish I was as lucky as you guys. :/

Interesting theory. Dunno if I agree, but I was hitting around 60-70% success rate creating them up until the last 20. Then my success dropped to almost 10% — it took 17 tries to get my final 20 clovers.

I’ve posted in this thread before, but this thread should be at the top of this forum as much as possible. I want ArenaNet and NCsoft to be completely aware of how much the community wants Cantha to return.

It brought by far the most diverse and unique environments to GW1 — something I know everyone would like to see in GW2.

Easily the coolest thing I’ve ever seen in a video game. Ever.

Probably when I was in WvW and my warrior’s animation glitched and I held my Fellblade like a rifle.

It’d be an absolute disgrace to not have Cantha in GW2. Why is NCSoft concerned with offending Asian audiences, but the Elonian district in Divinity’s Reach is allowed to stay?

GW2 has a legacy it has to follow. Cantha was by far (in my opinion) the most diverse and beautiful continent in GW1, and there is so much than can be done with it in GW2. Arenanet AND NCsoft owes it to their fans to deliver, otherwise they’ll lose even more fans who came from GW1.

Please, please bring back Cantha.

This has probably already been discussed, but the earliest we’ll be able to participate in ANY of these missions is next Wednesday, right?

One is in Brisban Wildlands, the other is in Plains of Ashford.

I have a hunch that they’re near the locations of Guild Events.

Not my video, but this is the bug I’m talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbdEc1sldQ8

Just happened to me while doing the Maw event. I had this bug around launch but it was fixed around when the Halloween update went up. Now it’s back

I use on-board Realtek HD audio, if it matters.

I feel like it’s shameful to admire the female form in games because you’re just called “sexist” … “not all women look that way” that’s great, not all men look like norns with their shirts off.

Either way, the replacement of the boob-coverage on the top piece doesn’t bug me as it still fits the original design. The weird black underwear, though, just looks odd especially since it can’t be dyed. That should be fixed somehow. :/

PLEASE let us. This is absolutely ridiculous — some of us HAVE JOBS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

You ran holiday events in GW1 every 3 hours. THERE IS NO EXCUSE.

I have on all of my characters multiple times. Once you beat it once, it’s incredibly easy. Even without a speed buff.

TSLlol.4879:

Raknor.1076:

Well you patch just went live. Opened all my boxes and still didn’t get a single skin.

You do realize this type of event is supposed to be fun for everyone. Not just those with huge wallets right?

Try to look past the skins. The event IS fun. It’s unreasonable to say the event’s automatically not fun because a SKIN doesn’t magically fall into your lap.

Raknor.1076:

I would seriously pay $5 for a weapon skin. What I won’t pay for is playing the lottery any longer.

Shoulda thought about that beforehand. In gambling if you’re not ready to lose, don’t start playing.

This is a game. If I’m out of money at a Casino I’m done playing. If I get tired of constantly losing at lottery garbage in this game, I’ll go play an MMO and participate in a holiday event that offers better rewards at less chance.

Ocellaris.8362:

Used keys to open 5 more BLCs to check out the Mystic Forge…

Got two skins from those 5 BLCs (rifle and 1h sword). That puts me at 3 skins from opening 13 BLCs.

Thanks for the reminder that I am incredibly unlucky.

Opened 15 Mad King chests. Still not a single skin. That makes it 25 BL chests and 15 MK chests with no skins. sigh

So I just killed the Sovereign Eye in The Source of Orr mission, but nothing happens afterwards. This has happened twice in a row now — I’ve heard a cutscene is supposed to play, but both times nothing played. I’ve also heard he doesn’t teleport around after hitting 25% health, but he did for me and I killed him both times outside of the center circle area.

Anyone else have this problem?

I’m having the exact same problem as ZidZabre, the story mission will bug at the “defend the front gate” part. A few mobs will spawn but after I kill them nothing else comes.

Ever since the latest maintenance, I’m stuck in a perpetual loading screen trying to get into Sparkfly Fen on my warrior. After about 10 minutes it gives up and gives me a connection error.

I should note that I can log into my other characters in other zones just fine, it seems to be this one giving me problems.

Unrelated, but I’m stuck at a loading screen on my character too…warrior on sparkfly fen

Up until today I had never come across this bug, but it’s happened twice today. Both times were on dragon fights, one with Tequotl, the other Shatterer.

Today’s patch, which says it fixed the problem with this quest, did not fix it. I still have the exact same bug where the NPCs won’t follow me.

Yup. I earned my 100k xp last night and now it’s all gone. Whyyyy…

Confirmed. This quest in general is boring and pretty difficult, and then for it to STILL bug out makes it incredibly frustrating. The patch notes are flat out incorrect — this but is NOT fixed.

My issue isn’t with getting into dungeons as much as it is reconnecting and re-entering dungeons already in progress.

A bunch of friends and I were doing Ascalonian Catacombs earlier, and I disconnected. When I re-entered, I was outside of the dungeon and had the option to “Join my party in Ascalonian Catacombs”. I clicked yes, and it put me in a brand-new dungeon with no progress completed and I was by myself. I tried leaving the dungeon and re-clicking “yes” and it just did the same thing again.

Is this intentional? If so, this should be addressed ASAP.