Guild Wars 2

I see some good points here, and yea i wrote this very tired and just putting up some ideas here i believe would be good and many many others thought so as well.

It was meant to be funny as well for those who did take the time to read all the darn thing lol. But, as others have stated correctly Vulkan is not dependent on SteamOS, though it will be a big influence to it as many big triple A game companies are joining aboard in assisting development. Even if SteamOS flops, the Vulkan API will still thrive, just as OpenGL did and this is the next best thing.

Valve already is first in line to make use of it, check out the new Dota 2, while they haven’t released a public port to the game with Vulkan, they have it up and going already with Intel gpu’s. Nvidia and AMD are working close with them as well to get their drivers ready. It was written from scratch, a new generation api which offers amazing things.

While dx12 isn’t written from scratch per se, they have just added new abilities to the existing api with a new paint job. Not hating on dx12, but Vulkan would be more friendly for ports to any new system, and not having to own Windows10 or a dx12 capable card is a huge plus, and also being able to have a true native Mac, Linux, SteamOS and PS4 port (many others to come, who knows the future?) if they ever decide to would give them very little hassle.

It’s true that the cost for porting could be high and time consuming, but they would have to consider if it’s worthwhile in the end to have it reach more people and run way smoother and faster as a result and allowing the progression at their pace as the game most likely will be out for years to come(hopefully).

All in all, just my opinion on the matter. I just want the game to rock! Anet fanboy here in the flesh lol.

Didn’t mean to,, was late when i posted the thing lol but hey.. i am surprised i could stay awake long enough to get all that typing done haha

because people like you and others will have something to say, a disclaimer would be me simply messing around and saying that these are suggestions i have and are from me personally and others i know.. while others may have other important things to focus on..
And instead of making fun of the large amount of text i wrote…. i can shorten it up or type slower so people who read slow can catch up next time. I guess i should have put yet anther disclaimer for it being a Wall.. of… text…..
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Ok, let me get a disclaimer in here ( This is some very good suggestions by me. I am not a newcomer to the gaming field and I can see where the future could lay with gaming.. many of these points many people i know have agreed on)

First, lemme say that i am super excited for HoT and a huge Anet fan.

Want to increase exposure for more players to have access to the game? I know several of the reasons the game still uses dx9 is because it allows for a larger spectrum of players. Not everyone can fork out a dx12 card atm and quite a bit are still stuck on windows xp and a good number have migrated over onto the newer versions. Being stuck on dx9 has drawbacks.. limited to things you can do.. being more cpu bound.. while you say it’s ok because another pont would be that many don’t have very powerful gpu’s , so to focus on that might hurt the player base.. well give me a moment of your time to let me explain what I believe would be very beneficial and will not hurt the player base but potentially increase the player base even greater. How so? Well, lend me your ears.. or eyes.. or anything you’re using to read this lol. There is a little thing called dx12 that recently came out, but wait before you jump in and say.. "well you’d have to need a newer machine and a very new gpu to utilize it… this guy had me going for a while but he lost me there and now i can move on.. ok ok so settle down there before the roll eyes phase and just chill and listen.. while dx12 is a good idea.. and would help this game or any game by a huge margin.. it has these drawbacks you’ve already seen coming and already have a case closed on the whole matter i’ve built on to thus far… Well you’re in luck, because I got some news for you.. dx12 isn’t the only kid in the block… you have.. wait for it… Vulkan.. what is vulkan? Well, vulkan is a gamers wet dream basically that is coming up to a pc near you very soon. It offers every bit of the benefits of dx12 and more.. BUT you don’t need a brand spankin’ new rig or video card to use it, pretty much all existing hardware for a long while now will be able to fully enjoy the fruits of it, and who doesn’t like fruits? Now the perks and amazing benefits for using this new api are too many to name right here, but to make a long story short (you can go do some research on it now if you like… you know google is really cool for that) it makes the game run faster.. more fps yo and it also makes it extremely easy to port any game to any platform .. i mean simple simple.. so all those mac players can finally have a authentic real genuineeee gw2 running natively on their machines without the lag issues and problems they have atm with it being “emulated” to run for their machines. And not just that, it’ll run for linux as well.. and would be a great start for future outlooks.. as the new consoles are out and doing fairly well right? You’ll be able to port to them as well.. not to mention run on the steamos.. You can stay with old technology and let other games pop out and get places.. or you can work on a port once vulkan is out and about.. This is just my 2cents and i’d put in another cent if it helps any at all.. but then i’d be out a penny..

Anyways, I love you guys at Anet and keep up the work! HoT will ruleeeeeee

My son has been having a problem with not being able to click on things in his bag to use them, always has to right click and then use etc.. is this a bug or any way to fix it? And also both of our games have been crashing quite a bit since the updates.. He has done the -repair to the client with no help. Any help appreciated

Exact same thing has happened to me a few times and today, I had 2 chests at the bottom right of my screen wiggling away and before i knew it… i left the pvp map and they were gone! They really need to fix this because that’s a lot of rewards after playing you don’t get.

I have been playing GW2 since the beta’s, I enjoy the game and love the fact they are improving it and adding new content every 2 weeks, but I get on and look for something to do with my guild each day and the list is run a dungeon or fractals.. maybe pvp some and roam around in WvW. I believe the first gw the heart of that game was that it had something for guilds to do, something that gave guilds a spirit a reason to be apart of. it. If they could just add a cool GvG feature to the game and have it where it’s strategic and give the guild pride. It could be very fun and something to look forward to and would address the issue of having end game. I hope the dev’s seriously decide to implement this into the game and soon, because “guild wars” has no…. guild wars as the first one did. WvW is decent but it needs to be worked on more so guilds feel more apart and more rewarded for being out there.

The Hologram Projectors seem to get glitched… there are a few that “freeze” and do nothing and others work normally. For any admin’s help in what i am saying, go to the Blackgate server and in Queensdale, go to Vale Waypoint and you’ll see what I mean and the place right under Krytan Waypoint directly under is glitched the last time i checked as well.

I hope you solve this glitch!

The Hologram Projectors seem to get glitched… there are a few that “freeze” and do nothing and others work normally. For any admin’s help in what i am saying, go to the Blackgate server and in Queensdale, go to Vale Waypoint and you’ll see what I mean and the place right under Krytan Waypoint directly under is glitched the last time i checked as well.

I hope you solve this glitch!

GvG.. we need it! It would give guilds something to look forward to.. the feel of satisfaction of beating a well known guild from hard team work and strategy.. Is GvG confirmed? I would love to see guild halls also.. and of course player housing.. all of these would be epic imo.. But above all these GvG and a guild hall.. I think this would significantly improve the current state of guilds.. would be awesome with siege weapons… and something with team work and strategy to beat the opponent knowing when to go offensive and defensive. I’ve played other mmo’s that had gvg and in that is where it made the game shine and seemed to make guilds stronger and more active.

I see a lot of posts about guild management being put up… i think these are some good ideas here to work with … so i am bumping this to get a little loving

Seeing how many people have multiple builds and magic find sets.. Add the ability to have 2-3 sets you can switch between out of combat would be great right?.. it could be placed in the hero menu around where the dye icon etc are. Other games have this.. i don’t think it’s a bad idea at all.. anyone else think this would be a good idea?

Good idea about making it more (true action combat) I would love to try the game out on a controller for sure.. if they added this in, I’m sure they could add computability for controllers too.

I have been purchasing all the town clothes that the game offers.. I collect things ok? lol And it seems I am being punished with bank space as a result.. I have had to buy all the bank slots you can get to hold the things i collect.. (from opening tons of chests with purchased keys). It’s filling up a lot of unneeded space, so I would really like to see a place dedicated for all the town clothes to go.. like in the pvp locker.. that’s a perfect example.. add a tab in the bank to hold these.

I would like this.. I’ve already maxed out my bank slots with gems.. I am willing to put more money in to keep expanding it till i have enough space to hold all the stuff I’ve been collecting lol.

How about for all dragons and world bosses, there is a low chance to get something you only obtain from that specific dragon etc. It could be a new weapon skin or the weapon itself that is themed like the boss you’ve killed to make it look very unique and even animated (particle effects etc).

Let me know what you guys and gals think!

Yep, I like this idea a lot. Have each dungeon little objectives you can complete and do like you said. But be rewarded for all the extra effort somehow.. more coin at the end of completion and karma or maybe more loot in the chests.. I can see this being a fun and improved way of doing dungeons. Just make them fun so everyone will wanna join in to go that extra mile.. not be a slight increase so that annoying guy in the group wants to waste our time for a little extra that doesn’t justify the time doing it.

Everything Remz said. I am a guild leader as well, and having the multi guild system is a pain. Suggestions on that, make being loyal to 1 guild a option for those who want to be apart of a community.. having many guilds might have seemed a great idea, but it defeats the idea of a guild and how can you really build a community this way. For those who want to bounce around (which gives leaders and officers a headache for many reasons) they can do so. But rather the current guild buffs that are offered… add a loyalty system.

The loyalty system can offer anything from movement speed increases and the longer one is loyal and representing to a guild and the more influence that person throws into the guild by being active and time they’ve been in the guild.. the higher % it goes.. and let it take many months of being active to reach the highest % of these perks.. like at the end of many months of being loyal to one guild one of the perks is a 15-20% passive movement speed guild buff. It scales up till it hits its cap.. and guild buffs and perks can start to decrease the longer they are away (not representing) or erase the buff entirely that they built up by all the time and work put into the specific guild. Add many buffs that guild leaders can choose to apply to all their users to appeal to everyone’s needs ie for pve and wvw for example.

And for the love of everything, when you join a guild and they accept.. for the first guild they join since getting the game.. why do they have to hit represent right then while you being the only guild in their list and they say “yep i wanna be in this guild accept” and they have to go that extra step to hit represent.. and for all the new toons they make and them being in just 1 guild.. having to ask if they are still even in the guild is a hassle and having them hit represent when they had not a clue that it took them out anyways.. and they think the guild is dead not seeing guild chat etc..

I hope they fix these issues… and give more of a reason to be in a guild besides the bounty etc.. give us something more to do.. guild specific raid events that actually reward the members so they feel the need to do it.. not give them the same or less than they could get from simply going and joining a dragon event etc.

A last online NEEDS to be implemented. Of course it couldn’t say with people opting to be invisible while playing…. but they don’t give influence to the guild in that way anyways right? I hope these things will be taken into consideration and put in “i hope”

I love the game,, but these are some big issues for anyone who has a guild.. and ultimately anyone who helps try to run one.

I have never seen this kinda hack.. but, i have sent the hack report in . and i hope they take this seriously.. hacking just ruins the game.

i found the toon again and still watching them … they have been going at it for a while lol

I was out questing in Lonar’s Pass.. and there was a player i was helping in my guild, and i went to help someone as i seen them killing mobs.. thought i’d help.. little did i know what was to happen lol.. I’ve been playing this game since the betas, and was in the 3 day head start.. I’ve also put over 1k hours just in 1 of my toons .this was a hack clearly, and i’ll state exactly what i seen. The person would be killing a mob. and as soon as the mob died.. the person instantly teleported to the next mob without delay. and the mobs would be a far distance.. which the distance would have taken a long while to run .. even impossible with any class in the game.. i had a hard time following this toon around in this area till i lost track and eventually reporting.. good thing draw distance is very far.. i was watching this one toon teleport 1 to another instantaneously for long enough to know that this was a hack.

I am having the exact same issue.. I d/c very frequent and cannot do anything at all.. was waiting for this patch and excited.. hopefully they can resolve this soon.

After beating the boss in path 1, where you would normally get your rewards and tears.. sometimes it seems to glitch where you get nothing at all. Hopefully this can be fixed, other than that love the game!