Guild Wars 2

So quickly, my gametag is Syrian, and I don’t post many things…still I’m a long time fan of MMOs and an all out fan of GW2 and Arenanet. I recently started playing again and noticed some of the UI updates and was very excited for the “Salvage all”option….however I noted that there was no mention of it in game. Those of us who left for a while or haven’t read patch notes in forever had no way of knowing this feature. I only found out by shear dumb luck.

Also, I invited new friends with the most recent sale, and while GW2 being so innovative it was easy to teach some things, others new UI features were odd because immediately my friends asked questions I could answer. So some quick ideas.

1) for salvage “right click” options: send all players in-game mail guiding them to the patch note website so they can catch up if they are not on for 2 or more consecutive patches. OR/AND add it to the leveling guide as new players level.

2) I was away for a while, like before the HOT expansion and the new specialization are…well…new to me. Could we be given the option to set our specializations (IE: the 3 lines of skill buff we specialize our characters in .) to let them reset when changing them OR let them stay the same. I know their easy to switch and setup, nothing like wow. But when I switch from sword to septar on my mesmer I want to switch special too, and I don’t always have time (like when I’m in a party) to read through and memorize the setup I made before. example: I switch from illusion to domination to allow for the Greatsword buff on the Mesmer and instead of having to remember oh I used the up option then the middle then the up again while in a party on the run possible in and out of combat in a lv80 zone….I can just set it up and switch the specialization and the old setup stays unless I switch it around.

3) There are a TON of loot bags these days! if we can make a salvage all option, why not a “Open all loot bag of this type” or/and “open all loot bags in inventory”?

thank-you to anyone who reads and responds with maturity. I hope I made my points clear and easy to follow, but if I didn’t, please post and I’ll try to explain better.

I agree with both of you;

A direct trade system has been a key method used by gold sellers for sometime, opening this up just makes it easier for them with little to no tracking.
However, Sonickat is 100% right on the Trading Post tax which all but kills profit on all but the most rare items.
Mail other the other hand has several advantages to direct trade, many which I am sure others have pointed out, the only problem is lack of COD. For the most part the honor system with players works, I myself have bought and sold using the current mail system. However there is a certain amount of anxiety when trading like this, its just not a secure system.

I started recently playing Spvp with my mesmer, I am working hard to adjust anything and everything to make my mesmer do great in pvp with my play-style (a person who normal doesn’t play pvp). it is disputable that some feel the mesmer is op, others feel that we are squishy but deserve these abilities because its a harder class to master. Reguardless, here are some ideas, put let me know what you think…

1) Mesmer portal: add a buff to let you know there is an entrance portal placed, and if possible a timer to let you know how long before it disappears.

why?
using the portal ability in Spvp is key impo: when a portal is placed in the right place it can help you escape from a losing battle, move quickly back to a battle that could be won but needs more help, or move your entire team from one point to cap to another. I have used the portal for all these uses, the hard factor is duration, and CD. in order to get the longest duration, you need to lay 1 portal, and only lay the second one right before use…doing it this way allows you to keep the connection up for a full minute, and if the 2nd portal is placed b4 the 1st diappears, an additional 20sec from placement of said 2nd portal.

2) have clones mimic our buffs: NOT have our buffs, but mimic them…its bad enough that the AI of our clones give us away because thy don’t strafe or move backwards. bad enough that if we get marked our clones are essentially useless, but then on top of that our clones don’t mimic our buffs, so if we get a buff once again its clear who the mesmer really is.

prime example) chaos armor: if I get the armor, a large bubble shows people that I do, its on me, it is not on my clones, neither ones already in place, or new ones I create. While the armor helps as people hit me, it doesn’t help much if I just light off a huge beacon on which one I am.