Guild Wars 2

Totally agree. The camera is so horrid its unbelievable. And after all the problems it has, atleast implementing a FIRST PERSON view could be a way to make the camera surely stay still, and be able to see infront of you.

As a hefty Charr Warrior with Heavy Armour, having my camera forced into the back of my neck everytime i do tight jumping puzzles, which play a pretty important role in the game, its starting to get plain annoying. Theres no way to avoid this, it annoys EVERYONE.

By emails do you mean Whispers, In-game mail, or out of game email?
Also check out my thread which talks in more depth about guild functionality.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Guild-Improvements-2/first#post375307

Loving the new ideas, i’ll update the OP and/or second post to better show of these ideas and the category they fit in.

As for Guild Halls, they have been talked about a bit, i still think they are planned from my knowledge, and they will be awesome

Bumpity Bump Bump.

Solution:

Get together a group of people, even 5 is enough, who all want to do this. There is enough complaining on the forums to find some.

Group up, and run to the points together, its 100% WORLD for a reason. Its an achievement, for completionists, if you don’t want to COMPLETELY explore, then don’t. Explore as much as you want to do, and dont do something you don’t want to.

As for “having to take areas to get the points”, lots of the POI’s can be grabbed from outside the keep, and even so, TALK TO YOUR SERVER. Gather a team, build up supply, and attack the keep! I think you will find it enjoyable and immersive instead of turning your arrow towards the next POI, and auto-running without a worry.

It is a completion achievement, so don’t complain about having to complete it. Overcome the challenge, work together, or just ignore the achievement, it won’t change your game experience by not doing stuff you don’t enjoy. But don’t diminish others achievements because you want it a certain way.

I know i had to struggle through WvW exploration to get it, but i ended up finding a few people who wanted to as well, and it became much more enjoyable, and easier, and i found i actually got into the WvW side of the game during that time. Plus you will get a fair bit of Collectibles if you gather along the way, and some Tokens if you get any kills. And you can work for other achievements in the game! Seeing as thats what you are doing this for anyway right?

Just another idea I had.

Similar to the Nickname feature in chat, i think you should be able to give nicknames to players. Changing their account name to a nickname is good, but I’d like to see the bold one changeable as well.

Also, i think Guild members logging in should be announced in “Game Messages” as well as Friends. Friends maybe a bit more highlighted.

Bump Night guys, hope to hear some more opinions

Thanks for the input guys!
Sparhawk you definitely covered it in a lot more detail then i was able to in my OP. So many features this game is missing for general Guild functionality that its surprising its selling as GUILD Wars 2.

I’ll be sure to add more ideas, and more depth as i think of it. More feedback would be awesome guys!

Seems reasonable, in-app purchases are do’able, just one problem though.

I know jailbreaking, and i know what you can do with that potential. And now its as easy as clicking a button to jailbreak, then hitting download on a App Faker. Then you can buy as many in-app purchases you want for free by sending the app a message the order went through. Could cause massive economy problems.

From the stories i’ve heard Pistol Whip was quite an overpowered ability. I’ve never encountered or experienced it myself, but i haven’t put more then 5 hours in sPvP cos it bores me to tears.

Expect plenty of changes, good and bad, for your class consistently over the next few months. Then gradually over the years or however long this games life span is (id guess around 5 years).

Reserved for Future Use (and bump)

That.. and population stabilisation, timezones taking into consideration and all that. There is a lot of things wrong with WvW server balance atm, i expect it to be better within time.

I agree in making them separate things. WvW Commanders could even be linked to the certain WvW Achievements. Make them available as a title with a twist Badges of Honour can be farmed through Puzzles etc, so i think an achievement showing that they have done all aspects of WvW (Sieging, defending, killing, helping supply, building, deploying siege etc.)

Its a nice start to an idea thats always been in mine, and many others heads from the start. Reward the hardcore WvW enthusiast’s with the ability to inspire and lead the unsure or lacking. Everyone will see a commander and truly look up to them as master’s of the game style.

Seems reasonable, i remember a few times where my helmet bugged into the cutscene, and just stayed still, with my head moving freely. Was quite amusing.

Hey Guys

I’d like to keep this short and simple so I think I will simply list all the things I think Guilds need added to improve functionality and Leader>Member>Guild communication/participation.

- Guild Funded Repairs

- Notes in Roster on each Member

- Limited Withdrawals from Guild Stash etc. (e.g. 1 withdraw per 24 hours)

- Message of the Display printed in Guild Chat upon user login (just for that member)

- Rank Option to have some form of “highlighted” comment feature. For announcements etc.

- Auto-Represent the first Guild you join, but show a tool-tip explaining this feature (I find I have to explain this to well over 50% of new members, especially new players or ex-WoW players)

- Guild Calendar or some way of in-game scheduled Events.

Thats about all i have right now. I know most of these features are present in other MMOs (yes, World of Warcraft). But i really don’t think its a game of “copycat”. They are all sound features, and will help Guilds in GW2 in similar, but also different ways. As it stands now, i find it hard to get members into events, as they have to go to our website to find out about them.

Also the Represent feature is nice to be able to join multiple guilds, but it is commonly unheard of, and lots of players don’t know about it till I explain to them, and even don’t realise they join the Guild with their account, not character.

Limited Withdrawals are VITAL. As it stands, most of my newer members are not able to access our Guild Stash, due to the possibility of a dedicated Ninja. (a person who joins a guild only to steal from their bank). I wouldn’t mind losing an item, and then tracking the player who did it, but the whole bank is too much. As it stands, I only give the longer term, and more trusted members access, as its the only way to be safe.

Finally, the Guild Message of the Day being published in the chat upon login is such a simple feature I can’t believe it isn’t there already. Barely any regular members check the Guild Interface (G), let alone frequently. And the last thing they are looking for is the small, 1/4 of the interface message of the day, in that strange font ANet decided on. It should be published to chat, its such a short message that it wouldn’t be obstructing anything.

TL;DR is the list up the top.

Thanks for reading my post, input is greatly appreciated

Cheers,
Revenge.

Cheiron the Centaur.1829:

I don’t have a problem with WvW being part of 100% map completion. There is absolutely no reason why you should be able to get 100% map completion in a week. If you absolutely can’t get the parts of the map that are in an opponent’s section of the map, then just wait a few weeks until the servers rotate and you have a chance of being on a different section of the map…

Or play WvW, get a group of your fellow server members together, and take that position! Benefit your server, and your exploration progress. I know this is what i did to get 100%

“Will only make bots more efficient”

And yet AoE looting is going to be a problem… As Phooka has said, it removes annoyances during mass zergs, accidental Banner Pickups, Revives of NPC’s that semi-locks you in to a strange animation that does nothing for a second.

Nothing is “hard” about pressing F a few times. Hell, it would be faster probably if i was just killing 1 mob at a time, but once theres a pile of 20 mobs sitting on the ground, as well as banners, turrets, dead NPC’s and more, a one click Loot-all button is a smart, convenient add-on that has no negative side.

Literally your only argument is “you’re lazy” “lol make it like wow” and “but then bots will be better!”. Bots shouldn’t exist, full stop. No game is “being like WoW” by adding in a commonly wanted feature based around Loot, which is not WoW originated surprisingly. And for the lazy comment, refer to my previous post about convenience being this games main advantage over other MMO’s. Its smart and gives players the convenience they’ve always wanted.

Easterlily.5836:

Yes there are no healing class…
Let me tell you how it works.

All classes can play Tank. All can play DPS and all can play support.

What you call “healing” is actually supporting and all classes can heal. Every class have AoE heal that can be used to assist their team and all classes have group boons that also can support the team. Forget the old WoW build. This is Guild Wars!

TBH not many classes are great at healing. Im a warrior specced in Healing and Vitality/Toughness. My gear as well, i use my shouts to heal, and banners to buff. Does this stop people constantly getting downed in Dungeons with no way for anyone to do anything about it? Its not just a l2pyc issue either.

THEY CANNOT AVOID DYING. There is little mitigation for some classes, and heals are on big CD’s for those who arent specced for doing so, which would make boss fights and dungeons take even longer then they do now with such low DPS.

Engineers and Elementalists are taking rolls as healers as they are more able to, Guardians as tanks as they are more able to. It is still frustrating to not be able to carry through pub groups as a good healer or a good tank, because they dont know what to do. Its a problem the way they have implemented it, the idea is…. well okay…. but its poorly implemented.

I, as a tank and healing build, should be able to take some aggro, too bad theres no system for stealing aggro in this game. And a guy should be able to stand back and send heals or protection my way. No matter what class they are. Thats what GW advertised. The ability to play as any class, any way you want. But how often do you see Rangers tanking or healing? How often are Guardians or Warriors the ones keeping your tanking Necro alive?

Due to armour types and poor ability structure, this DOES NOT work.

Ryknow.6045:

Haha, that’s just lazy! :P
You could do what they did on Flyff and make the mini pets loot for you! You wouldn’t even have to press F once, think of the time saved. XD

Oh god please. Calling convenience lazy in a game thats only real innovation that’s good is general convenience. No more walking to quest hubs? You’re just lazy! No waiting to travel? You’re just lazy!

This game is all about convenience over MMO strict rules, and this is a convenience that other MMO’s have and are implementing.

^ Nowhere did he say it was fun. Its immersive, makes players see the world, instead of just porting around. Ive had a hatred of instant transport in almost every game.

Awesome idea in theory, very taxing for a company to not only support game servers, WvW servers, PvP servers, Trade uptime but also voice. I think Meta-Gaming should be left to perfectly fine 3rd Party providers. No reason to include this in-game besides ease, and it would not be easy to implement or maintain.

Great idea, should have been there from the start. Same incentive as daily achieves and daily quests (from other MMO’s like WoW). Invest a little time every day and you will overall get faster exp/tokens etc.

The delete request is to prevent accidental drags. Its not that big of a mishap to drag something off your inventory screen, could even be due to a mouse running out of batteries etc. These kind of warnings are necessary to prevent accidents.

However i do agree with number 1. This game has such great character customisation, and nothing but a few colours on your armour are changeable afterwards. Atleast let us change our hairstyles!

Bad thread is bad. Be constructive, don’t just complain.

I agree with phoenix, just add Guild Specific Commanders. No need to change the current way, if you don’t like undeserving players having it, then just don’t listen to them.

I would agree with you, but im also getting annoyed at people joining my guild, to then sit their not representing and just leeching off upgrades when we use them. They earn us nothing, and take no part in BEING in a guild.

Sure i like the idea of being in multiple guilds, but you still need to BE in the GUILD. If i have leechers i usually send them a polite whisper asking if they wish to stay with our guild because they have been inactive for a period of time, or whether they are just changing around. Mainly cos im stuck being bugged at 50 member slots, and so need to free up space from leechers to allow new members who want to contribute in.

If you hop between guilds frequently its fine, if you leech off guilds thats something entirely different to “not feeling locked in”

I do agree that this should be added. Same with items from the Guild Vendors, i want to know what these things look like before dishing out several gold for them (and without using a Wiki!)

To answer @Crica.1503

No you can’t. Strangely enough this common game feature was left out of the Trading Post, and “consumable” gear (like Guild Vendor items). So you can’t simply preview it, for whatever reason (balance, bugs, impossibility etc.)

I actually stumbled across a funny bug, but didn’t screenshot it.

While wearing a Guild Backpack bought from the Guild Armorer, i was morphed into a mining suit for a quest against the dredge.

Funnily enough the game didnt morph my Backpack with me, and instead left it lying on its side between my feet, dragging along as i ran around.

Nothing major, but you should make sure that item gets morphed as well when you are changed into a mining suit, or any other form of disguise etc.

Server: Borlis Pass
Guild: Divine Insanity (xDIx)
Leader: Revenge.3892 (Smache)

The problem we have encountered (after overcoming many of the problems posted in this thread) is that we have hit 50 members, but are unable to purchase a larger guild license. I have looked around at bug reports, and the only “fix” available from you guys is to not be in 4 guilds or more (only in my own) and to not have greater than 9 ranks (we have 4).

Thanks

Still bugged on Borlis Pass (US)

Home World: Borlis Pass
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In-Game Contact: Smache, Blind Kid, Orakawarrior
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