Guild Wars 2

simple answer.. No

I enjoy levelling a great deal, love the starter areas. There are DE to be done there and the effort put into these areas by the Devs seems more somehow.
That said, I love being lv80. (should do I have 4 already). Going anywhere, doing anything and basically having a character capable of doing what I want it to do.

Despite some areas lacking in content, Anet seem to have a fairly good balance.

It really gets very tedious seeing the amount of players that want something for nothing. If you truly want a games designer to give you things without having to ‘earn’ them or put in any ‘effort’ then I suggest you play another MMO.
Anet have many faults, however as far as making players work to get stuff they have got it just right.
Dont be so LAZY ! In the end you’ll appreciate it more and it adds longevity to the game ! ! !

Well I have to say, this thread has certainly seen more support than I thought it would. I know Anet promised fishing ‘at some point in the future’ I just hope this obvious show of interest usrges them to make it sooner, rather than later.

azmodeus.3409:

if by fishing you mean killing more stuff underwater, count me in!

lol… spot the player that wants to go fishing with dynamite rather than a rod

Rough? you’re joking right. This is one of the heaviest (possibly the most) moderated forums Ive ever been on. Moderators here are the rough ones…lol
People seem to mix conflicting opinions with personal attacks (as that other guy said)
Thats what forums are for, we want to be challenged and have our ideas contested. That way we feel like we are in a live, vibrant community.

I love this forum, even if Im not always Mr popular with some of the moderators

Hmm, I kinda like the variety. Thats not to say we need to keep adding more and more. One, possibly 2 more at most (ever) Then what we need is Anet to continue this current policy of giving us greater choice of what to buy with them.

Id also like to see certain items that could be brought with different types of currency. So player A can still buy the same items as player B, but isnt forced to do all the same things.

Variety is the spice of life, and I like my MMOs… SPICEY ! ! !

BaconCatTheGreasy.9542:

Since ANet Bait and Switched us regarding keys, what the hell do I use these on? I can’t melt the rares, nor forge them, and I already bought 20 of each farming tool.

So, tell me Anet, what do I do? Just destroy them?

Id hang on to them for a while. With so much more contect due over next few months, maybe we’ll get something to use them for again ?

Anybody know a good taxidermist ? That cat needs stuffing

NEWSFLASH !
Daily rezzer can also be done on NPCs ! ! !

I’d remove the ‘WTF’ statement from thread title, Its an infractional action !
Would’nt want to see a possibly valid post get removed for a error in judgement

Its so nice to see something you have to spend time to ‘earn’
Too many games cater for the lazy player that wants it all, right now, for nothing. Ive critisized Anet many time in the past for things they have done wrong. This time its nice to see them doing something right !

Cant wait for the rage to hit in CoF. Going to get any squishy class left behind because they cant tank during the last stage before final boss

Ive said in many other posts, anything that adds more to the game and ‘isnt’ combat orienteded would always get my vote !
More fluff, more diversity = more fun for players

Darx.9842:

Wouldn’t work, the coast lines are lousy with skelks, drakes, or undead. We’d get aggroed 10 times before we could get a cast off.

Anet would have to change A LOT of spawns and aggro ranges.

Not true at all, I can think of at least half a dozen places that you could fish and be left alone to do it. (I only have 46% map completion so Im guessing a lot more are out there)

playandchill.3908:

Seriously, this thread @ every patch

Which only goes to prove Anet couldnt care less about their players. Every time all we want is to be kept up to date!
Every time Anet slap us in the face, keep quiet, dont make posts (on any media) and people get annoyed.
Surely somebody at Anet has the brains to realise players/customers like to be kept informed. Its simple good customer service, something Anet repeatedly FAIL to do !

Frotee.2634:

Depends on the content, but most likely I would, without hesitation

I’d do it much more happily if the didn’t raise the lvl cap though.

Opposite for me, no lvl cap rise, no buy/play expansion

Dyno.9467:

It’ll be here on Tuesday for Europe, no need for people to get stressed, another will not kill you

And this is my point. I dont mind EU not getting the update till Tue, like you say its just 1 more day. What I cant stand is Anet not just coming out and saying that !
They need to spend a little less time covering their butts and a bit more time showing some quality customer service.

Kraggy.4169:

Katai.6240:

I love how the mere idea of an update being launched during regular business hours at the company’s primary timezone is somehow completely unacceptable to some people here…

You people must love being called into work for the midnight shift…

Well, actually, in SERVICE INDUSTRIES it’s usually considered good business practice to PUT YOUR CUSTOMERS FIRST, rather than your own convenience.

Silly me, of course, thinking that customers’ convenience should matter more.

This guy sums it up perfectly !

Just starting a rumor doesnt make it true…rofl

However we are talking Anet, so nothing would suprise me !

devi.9863:

I gotta say, the forums will get very annoying by mid-year. Every monthly update there are threads about people in other timezones complaining about when the update will happen. As long as it is still the 28th PST, it can happen. They base everything off where they are located. Nothing new here, stop it. Maybe the mod’s should make a separate forum JUST so people can ask the same question every month….

I couldnt agree more. Its almost as annoying as all those fanboys that think they have the right to patronise people for having an opinion. Geez where to they get off, right ?

Tuccos.8592:

Nope…. i lost trust and the believe about this company

Pretty much same here. I wouldnt buy an expansion purely on what Anet have shown to be terrible customer service/feedback
Same reason I dont buy gems now. I had intended to buy gems to support Anet (spending same as my sub would have cost) But now, even that has stopped. Until Anet change their ethics, I wont be spending any more money with them, expansion or not !

Im not sure which is worse?

The fact that EU will get shafted again or that Anet are showing their usual terrible customer service by giving no feedback to the players !
Must say that compared to companies like Blizzard, CCP, Trion… Anet are by far the weakest in this area.
Such a shame as this is a massive black mark against a great game !

Somoe.3621:

BuddhaKeks.4857:

Gathering is not profession based, so even if fishing would be implemented, there would be no new profession. Really only cooking needs fishes, if you stretch it, the oil could be used by some armorers and weapon crafting.

Artificer would be another obvious one, fish oil could be an ingredient for potions.

Agreed, another valid reason to have fishing added to game

Celtic Lady.3729:

Even so, I suppose fishing could be done more engagingly in this game and could be cool. I love my chef, so I would go for new fish recipes, sure.

I agree, some way of making it ‘engaging’ would be great.
Fishing in Rift had a skill element to it, Not like WoW’s 2 click and you caught it. There was an element of timing and skill, which made levelling your fishing a achievement itself.

Bored with them… NO

Hell, Im not even interested in them. Havent seen one yet that I would consider wasting all that time, gold and effort for !
Other people want them great, Its nice we have that diversity, myself… nah !

GraynX.8947:

Phantax.1369:

Id like to see logging as a way of providing mats for carpentry, but err.. no player housing means nowhere to put items.
Same could be said for painting (mats from gathering) or Sculpting with mats from mining !

Wouldn’t this be a great teaser for future content!

Its nice to hope…lol I could create a Legendary painting and sell it for 500g…rofl
Seriously tho, Id love this game to have lots more content that is purely non-combat orientated.

BuddhaKeks.4857:

Gathering is not profession based, so even if fishing would be implemented, there would be no new profession. Really only cooking needs fishes, if you stretch it, the oil could be used by some armorers and weapon crafting.

Yeah, my bad choice of wording, new skill I guess would be more apt

I have to agree with you a little, variation would be nice.
BUT… fishing is easy to implement and fits into helping with other professions such as cooking, potions etc.

Id like to see logging as a way of providing mats for carpentry, but err.. no player housing means nowhere to put items.
Same could be said for painting (mats from gathering) or Sculpting with mats from mining !

Fishing is probably the most usefull new skill we could have, doesnt break Lore in any way, and the mats/finished product has a wider variation of uses !

But if anybody comes up with another viable profession thats usefull and fits into the game, It’ll definately get my backing

Ok, thats not exactly true, Id rather be doing both.

What Im trying to say is its about time we got fishing as an extra way of harvesting.
WoW had it for years, Rift now has it (much better implementation than WoW too I must say) so as GW2 is probably the best MMO around now, It feels kinda dumb that we dont have it.

The fishing rods, fishing motions/animations are already in the game (NPC fisherman) so a lot of the work already done there.
No need to add extra harvesting tool slots, Rods should go into a weapon slot. After all your fishing, not fighting.

Throw us in a few recipes that require fish, many variations of fish already in Tyria’s waters and job done. Hell throw some fishing outfits onto the TP (we all know how Anet love those gem purchase outfits)
Hmm, could even add it to the new style daily/monthly achieves !

Really its a win win situation, new profession, new recipes, new achieve, poss new titles and instantly more fluff as many people have asked for ! ! !

This game need more offical/player interaction for def. Here on the forums AND in-game. That way (IMO) certain rules, infraction, interactions could be handled and avoided much better.

Ok, thats not exactly true, Id rather be doing both.

What Im trying to say is its about time we got fishing as an extra way of harvesting.
WoW had it for years, Rift now has it (much better implementation than WoW too I must say) so as GW2 is probably the best MMO around now, It feels kinda dumb that we dont have it.

The fishing rods, fishing motions/animations are already in the game (NPC fisherman) so a lot of the work already done there.
No need to add extra harvesting tool slots, Rods should go into a weapon slot. After all your fishing, not fighting.

Throw us in a few recipes that require fish, many variations of fish already in Tyria’s waters and job done. Hell throw some fishing outfits onto the TP (we all know how Anet love those gem purchase outfits)
Hmm, could even add it to the new style daily/monthly achieves !

Really its a win win situation, new profession, new recipes, new achieve, poss new titles and instantly more fluff as many people have asked for ! ! !

Spot somebody who wants a job at Anet…rofl

I’ll never forget the last words my first lv80 said…
“What bloody Dragon?”

lol

Well you gotta admire Anet. Theres nothing like adding more paint over a cracked wall…lol

Hmm ok. But in that case shouldnt they have put those paragraphs the other way round…lol

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(This is the perfect reason why direct contact with moderators should be possible. So things like this do not have to be put on public forums)

Keiran.1896:

BTW they never said the riding broom won’t have any speed advantage.
(Just saying)

Thats a very valid point, no they didnt.

BuddhaKeks.4857:

What has that to do with being honest or not? They are just keeping the option to implement mounts. Right now they aren’t fitting in the games design, but in a few years, some designer might have a brilliant idea about how to include them without causing issues.

Its not just about mounts, could be anything.
The question is about transparency, honesty, call it what you like. A few of you have said Anet wont give definitive answers! they already have…

“There will be NO new tier of gear during 2013” thats an official quote and I bet not every player was happy about it. But hey.. we all know where we stand now!

Gisei.5749:

It has nothing to do with honesty. In a few years’ time, the game will be very different, and may be more suitable for features they currently do not want.

Giving too many definitive answers can trap them.

Even Arenanet can’t predict exactly what the game will be like after a few years.

Now I disagree here. Ive played Eve Online for many years. CCP (Eve design company) have a masively loyal fanbase. They are very often quoted as saying this will happen this wont. Especially at their yearly fanfest. They have also changed their minds about things but they have been open about that too and said they have changed them.

At their last fanfest the head designer even said (think it was about player housing design) that “We got it wrong”
How often have you heard a big game company say that. Guess what, they didnt lose any players over it!

ShiningSquirrel.3751:

It’s not a matter of being honest.
In GW1, players did the same thing, asked for some things in game and demanded answers. The devs said absolutly not, it will never happen, no way, no how, stop asking, end of story.
A few years later, they added some of the features that they had said would never happen. You cannot predict the future, so saying something will never happen, would not be a smart thing to do.

I bet you get splinters on your bum from sitting on the fence so often…lol

Seriously tho, that sounds like a cop out excuse. Game ideas, designs may change in years to come. But if a company has no intention now of adding something then say so. If for whatever reason in a few years time they change their mind, then all they have to do is simply announce that ther are going to do it.
It doesnt mean they were lying before, just that things have changed.

Henry Ford said he would only ever make cars in black.
(To be precise he said "you can have a ford in any color you like… as long as its black)
And for many years it was black or nothing. Now we can get a Ford in almost any color. Doesnt mean he was lying when he said it. He was being dead honest and Ford are still around today despite the change in ideals !

Khisanth.2948:

Kite.2510:

Jeffrey Vaughn.1793:

If a second player runs up and hits the champion once while you’re fighting it, does that mean you’ve griefed?

I think the main idea is to encurage players to start figting a mob, even without other players around you. People tend to run away from groupe events on the map instead of piling up, fearing that no other players will appear and they’ll have to face them selfs the dificult content.
I suggest you very sligtly increase the reward when a content is acomplised by fewer than suggested players (beter chances in drops), and give soloers a very small chance to drop “a medal” that can ether be worn for cosmetic reasons or sold for 10 silver to a vendor.
I believe the “one person droped a hit and go away” problem can easilly be fixed by making the system check who has done 90% of the work.

This suggestion is not the best solution in the “runing away from group events” problem. But at this point anything will do.

Personally I suggest to put some beter rewards on groupe events (chance to drop something rare), and have the champion mob starting the fight softly, and hit hard only once it gets bellow 90% of it’s health.

Before they attempt any of that they need to fix the system for checking “90% of the work” there is more to fighting than just dealing damage. Buffs/deduffs/CC/etc. can drastically alter the outcome of fight.

Couldnt agree more, I tend to spend a lot of time buffing, healing (Elementalist water skills) or rezzing players. Id feel pretty pathetic if I just ignored other players because I want to get gold status. But most the time I get silvers just because I want to do what is right and help the group !

My own answer…

YES

Even if it means I may be disapointed. I think Id rather know for definate

In another thread of mine a poster made a comment that Anet will never openly give an honest answer to a question

Ethics.4519:

Anet will most likely never say “We will never have mounts”. It’s much easier to say something may happen as to saying it will never happen. What if 90% of the population wants mounts in a year, then that 10% that doesn’t will be kitten because they out right said they wouldn’t have mounts. If they don’t bring in mounts than that 90% will be upset that they aren’t bringing in mounts.

Now… this got me thinking. Is this the way the majority of players feel?
Personally I was brought up to always be honest, no matter what. People will always know where you stand and it shows character and integrity.
BUT.. does(should) this also apply to a company? Would you even want it to?

So here’s my question to you guys…

Would you prefer Anet to give a simply definitive answer to a question, end of?

YES – You would prefer them to do that. You may not agree with the answer, but you will know what is happening / not going to happen?

NO – You would rather be kept in suspense, always hoping that your desire will be added to the game at some point?

Before you jump in and say yes/no.. think about it ! (its not just about mounts, can be anything you ever dreamed of having in a game.)

Ethics.4519:

Quit reading into the situation so much. The post was in answer asking if the broom was a segue into putting mounts into the game. No, it’s not. Enough

I wasnt ‘reading’ anything into the situation. A Dev quoted that the new content will not contain any mounts, yet they are giving us the ‘Riding Broom’
If you take my question litterally, what do they classify as a mount its a very apt question.
How can we not be getting mounts if they are giving us a riding broom. what in hells name do they class as a mount then…lol ?
(unless that other guy is correct and shoes are classed as mounts…rofl)

Easter eggs/ hidden fluff like this help make a game. I hope there are lots more places like this scattered around GW2.

Waffler.1257:

I’ll support mounts as long as they only have 1hp, and killing the mount also kills the player. Then it’s a win win, all the mount people get to look cool riding around their unicorns and I get to accelerate my WvW kill count.

Mounts should be cosmetic only. No speed boost, use them, collect them for vanity / bragging rights. Any attack by the player (or against the player) should imediately dismount them and put them into ‘combat mode’

Sinergy.6374:

What are they talking about side-kicking? Can anyone enlighten me?

Yep its when somebody standing next you you turns and gives you a swift foot into the family jewels…lol

Actually its just about perfect timing for me. I was really put off by fractals, I loved the game till that point, then Anet went and gave us that elitist brand of gameplay.
Yes they are changing the way fractal grouping is handled and thats a great step from Anet. shows thay realised something was wrong and have put it right. Now with the addition of this new stuff… I’m here for quite a while longer it seems

Now before we all start jumping up and down, this isnt another ‘this game needs mounts thread’ (IMO it does, but thats another discussion)

Id like to get some ‘official’ confirmation on what Anet considers to be a mount? !

ReginaBuenaobra.6953:

Hello, I’m here to crush your dreams.

There will be no mounts coming with the Flame and Frost story arc.

Also, to address further speculation we’ve seen about the concept art for Flame and Frost (and what it may portend): there will be no Cantha and no dragons coming with the Flame and Frost story arc, either.

Thank you.

Now unless Im missing the whole point, we are getting ‘Riding Brooms’ as stated.
If you ride something.. its a mount. Doesnt matter if its fast, slow, flying or cosmetic. You cannot ride something and not class it as a mount !

Second, as stated above they are changing the concept art for Cantha and Dragons, ok fair enough. But the new wall paper shows a character riding a horse.
We have already had statements that horse mounts do not fit into the GW lore, so why have you given us a piece of art/wallpaper that shows a human/norn character who is riding a horse ? ? ?

Guys (Anet Devs) you can’t sit on the fence for ever. If we are never going to get mounts then fair enough just say so. If we are going to get them, just say that. ‘yes’ at some point in the future’ mounts will be available in game. You’re never going to please everybody all the time, thats life.

So… a definate confirmation of…
A- what you consider a mount
B- are we ever / never going to get mounts
… will end all this needless speculation ! !

The confusing messages and artwork you are teasing us with ATM isnt helping things. So go on guys, somebody take a stiff drink, hold your hand up and tell us straight !
We can take it, AND… we’ll still love you in the morning

I was in the past a PvP player. Played on PvP open world servers, always did PvP (more than PvE anyway) Mainly used to be in PvP guilds.
BUT.. Anets current way of player participation in PvP(sPvP) is horrible. If Id wanted to spend all my time in a lobby, Id still play console games.

So now I just PvE ! (still miss PvP tho)

OMG ! Bravo ! Yahoo ! Can’t wait !

Anet.. you pulled this one out of the bag, I take back every negative thing Ive said recently.
(well at least till a week after release, then I’ll go back to being a moaning old git)
Until then.. your my heros again !

Flubble.8093:

in my mind:
grinding means you’re forced to do something over and over to make progress in the story etc

farming means you are willingly going out of your way to do something repetitive for something that you want that isn’t necessary to win the game

Exactly, farming is the players choice.
Hang on… didnt Anet say we could play the game anyway we liked ? Nah they couldnt have.. otherwise DR would contradict that !

Here’s a novel suggestion.. let people play the game their way (like you said) ! ! !