Guild Wars 2

Alienware M17x is what you’re after. Keep saving!

They’re adding better loot to Champions. I’d say that raiding will be more ‘open world’, gather a force and take down a Champion for a chance at some decent loot. 8 man instances is what a lot of people want though.

I would like this.

OK, so you can’t really kill NPCs, they just respawn. I had an idea where the NPCs respawn, but if you’ve beaten the NPC the one that respawns is neutral, not hostile. So instead of it attacking you, it just stands there until you attack it. This would make world exploration even more fun as you would probably go out of your way to kill every hostile NPC in every zone until the whole world is neutral to you. That’s pure dominance.

Personally I’m not impressed but I can see why some people want things like that. This is what impresses me:

For the power, the money, the fame and most of all – for the women. That’s why I play.

It really does depend on just how beautiful she is.

Lots of players return to the forums and complain that GW2 isn’t GW1.

i think you had a different ending to my story. At the end of my story I was crowned the new King of Tyria and given a brand new zone to advance in. I’m now level 100 and I ride dragons all over my new zone.

Most stories only have one hero, I guess Anet chose me to be that hero.

Stone.6751:

You are going to find good WvW action on pretty much any server. The top rated servers just have more people playing consistently day and night, and from what I understand you will face a lot of really large scale fights (harder to get small roaming battles or solo fights), major skill lag, and a lot of general slowdown with the Anet servers struggling to keep pace. You will also run into queues more often, meaning you may have to wait to play. On the upside, these servers will be well organized with leadership and a lot of action.

If you want to be able to jump into WvW, not wait for a queue, and perhaps run with small groups you should look at some of the mid-tier servers, say ranks 8-19 or so. You will still find a lot of action, but the size of the fights will generally be smaller, so less skill lag and more opportunity for skirmishes and solo fights, and fewer to no queues.

What Stone is trying to say is Tarnished Coast.

Can you take a picture of yourself with that ‘look’ in your eyes and post it here please?

I knew about Guild Wars 1, I saw it being played at a mates place. It looked terrible so I avoided GW2 when it first came out. Then I kept reading positive reviews for GW2 and thought I’d give it a go. I left TERA to try it and I haven’t looked back. This is a great game.

Vayne.8563:

Teofa Tsavo.9863:

Vayne. You didnt even play Everquest, Everquest2, UO, SWG,by your own admission. You missed the entire Pre Wow MMO experience. I will repeat, your knowledge of the genre is not as vast as you would have some believe. I’ve typed enough.

You’ve typed more than enough. I didn’t play those games…I’ve sold them, watched them, researched them. I never visited 19th century Europe, but I sure as hell sold a story about it.

In fact, people who have played games pre-WoW are actually LESS knowledgable about the genre, because they have to deal with the fact that this is a completely different genre today than it was then. Completely 100% different. Times have changed, the playerbase has changed, the thrust of the genre has changed.

It’s like saying no one who hasn’t read Shakespeare can edit a modern novel. They have nothing to do with each other.

Stuff that’s happened in the last eight years in an industry that changes rapidly is far more important than anything any of the older games did.

Those who live in the past don’t necessarily know more than those that live in the present.

Once again, I have to agree with Vayne on this one. If innovation was purely born out of experience, it would be our senior citizens that companies would want to hire so they can invent new things for us. Companies hire young people for a reason. You kind of remind me of Grandpa Simpson Teofa.

You make a very valid point Forst. +1

This says it best:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-03-21-entitled-gamers-corrupt-press-and-greedy-publishers

I’m sorry to hear you had that experience, you sound like a nice person. Everything happens for a reason though. Maybe that guy will go out and buy $2000 worth of drugs which could end up killing him. You might have won that money and it may have led to unforeseen problems for you – like you could have purchased a new TV that had faulty cable which caused your power board to malfunction and burn your house down, with you in it. You still have your health, complain when you lose that.

I’ve levelled an Ele, Warrior, Thief and Ranger to 80. I’m now levelling a Necro (currently 23). I genuinely enjoyed playing the Ranger and it will become my main once I’ve got the other classes to 80. I’m kind of glad people don’t like it, it means I’m more unique than the average Joe who has to hit button 2 on their Warrior.

If they sold celebrity voice packs – in other words, every line your character says voiced by a celebrity – would you buy it and who would you hope voiced the parts?

I would pay a lot of money to have Hayden Panettiere voice my female characters.
For the male part I’d like Aaron Eckhart.

This would make my character feel a lot more personal and no other MMO game has done something like this – maybe it’s too hard to accomplish.

I was personally hoping for player housing in the next six months.

I had intentions of making one level 80 of each profession. So far I have an Ele, Thief and Warrior. Then I created my Ranger and I now I’m having second thoughts about making another level 80. I find the Ranger to perfectly compliment my preferred play style in this sort of game. Has anyone encountered this? Is a Necro or Engi similiar? I could make another 80 if they were very similar to the Ranger.

I agree with the OP but we also need some suggestions about how they could make better use of the buttons – like Seetoo’s suggestion above.

I own this: http://www.dell.com/au/p/alienware-m17x/pd
I use it purely for gaming and it runs exceptionally well – plays everything that’s out right now on max settings. I’ve owned other laptops that are cheaper with similiar specs and they’re rubbish – don’t waste your money on them.

Player housing IS coming, of that I’m uncertain. Here’s what it’s going to look like when they finally implement it:

I hope.

Marjory was a great character with a great voice. They should bring her back as a more prominent character. It would be good to have more live events occur around the cities, where these prominent characters are involved in various plots and require our help.

Human – no one ever plays them and I like to be different.
Ranger – because they’re the most overpowered class in the game and I like being powerful.
Whispers – because I hate it when people SHOUT

If Anet make GW1 free to everyone with a GW2 account, then they can keep the achievement as it is. If players have to buy GW1 then they should drop the AP reward.

I played EQ2 for years and SOE never tied any part of EQ1 to EQ2.

$500 per hour + Hayden Panettiere beside me. Then I’d do it.

Tell him to get a Razer Nostromo and a Razer Hex – both make it easier to play.

Setun.4368:

So as a player who has multiple lvl 80’s, I own 1 of each of the endless harvesting items that have come out, and I was thinking making them account bound vs soulbound would be so much more preferable for players like myself who rotate between characters often. Just a quality of life suggestion.

Your idea is a good idea.

Housing in EQ2 was good, so you’re completely wrong there. Read the thread and you’ll see how housing can benefit players. I don’t do PVP but I can accept that other players do enjoy PVP so I don’t ask for it to be removed from the game. Maybe you should consider that there are other people playing the game besides yourself?

Is Moto a blowup doll?

Other games have offered lifetime membership for around $200. They had subscriptions then moved to a F2P model. When that happened they gave their members the equivalent of ‘gems’ per month to equate to what their sub would have cost. For example, if GW2 cost $15 per month to play, a lifetime member would have been given $15 in gems per month for the life of the game.

If you could pay $200 now and get $15 per month in gems for the life of the game, would you pay it? It would take just over 13 months to start seeing a profit from your investment but from there on in you’d be better off if you were a regular gems purchaser.

Well you wouldn’t call it a TV, that would be ridiculous! No, it would be a TV but you’d name it something fitting like an Asuran memory viewer. You’d disguise the TV to look like a round portal with the video playing in the middle of it.

but what if you named your character C instead of A?

They could do something really great with housing, they have the right player base to support it. I see housing in games like this as a way to store memories of significant events from your adventures. If you took part in a Christmas quest and won a Christmas tree in the process, you could display it in your home. Only players who took part in it would have one, so the longer you’re around the more memorabilia you’d have in your home. It’s also nice to just customize a major asset you’ve acquired. In life there are two huge purchases you’ll make – one is a car, the other is a house. Cars in these games are like mounts and houses are houses. It’s only natural that people would like to have a house in a world where they enjoy living / spending time.

You know what would be really cool is a combat recorder. You record a fight with another player or NPC then save it to your profile. In your home you could have a large screen TV where you can replay your fights for your friends or visitors. Not just fights too, you could record how to do a jumping puzzle or even how you solo’d a Champion.

1. Too much grass in Kryta.
2. Too much snow in Shiverpeaks.
3. Too much sand in Ascalon.

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

Torpian.9142:

I think that everyone is in agreement when it comes to open world housing. If it could be implemented – and real estate was locked down to certain areas you could build in that could house everyone on the server – then that would be the number one choice.

I’m not in agreement with this at all!

Weirwynn.2390:

A quick googling reveals estimates of 40,000 accounts on average per server. Many of these accounts are inactive certainly, but do you take away inactive players’ houses? Are houses something you have to earn, or does every player get them? A little more googling suggests a server might be “full” at 15,000 online players. Most servers are at least medium-capacity most of the time, so we’ll call this 20,000 players playing regularly, and lets say half of them having housing.

Finally, some numbers.

Weirwynn.2390:

Where in the game world do you put 10,000 houses? The Guild Wars 2 world is very big, but it’s still on a scale much, much smaller than the real world. If you place them in existing zones, then no matter where you go, you’ll be fighting harpies, minotaurs and the risen dead on someone’s front lawn.

Conversely, if you create new “housing zones”, they’ll basically be massive empty spaces with nothing but player houses—and you still need space on the map for them. Lets say each city has its own housing zone. Each one has to house about 1,700 houses.

Space isn’t the only problem, either. The mood and user experience are a big issue too. Instanced housing and instanced storylines make the player feel unique. Though you know that everyone else in the world also commands the pact, you don’t see it. Living in a slum alongside thousands of other players, though, is humbling. It’s a much more “down to earth” feel, and that’s just not what Guild Wars 2 is about.

Basically, yes. Open world housing isn’t something you can just slap on.

I don’t know if you’ve read this thread, I didn’t see your name in the list of posters anyway, but basically, this idea would address all your concerns:

Where in the game world do you put 10,000 houses? They’re already there, and could have multiple owners without them knowing of each other – same as with the commanding the pact thing.

It’s a better idea than slapping magic doors up everywhere. I can see that getting abused by a handful of the naughty 10,000 people who would have access to it on each server. The Devs would have to blacklist every area in the game where they don’t want you to put a magic portal, which would be a lot harder than just creating some instances you can enter from existing, pre-determined buildings. If you think players won’t put doors up in areas where they can grief other players, you’re a very naive MMORPG player.

Les Mesmer Belle

I think that everyone is in agreement when it comes to open world housing. If it could be implemented – and real estate was locked down to certain areas you could build in that could house everyone on the server – then that would be the number one choice.

In the Wildstar video, they show you earning items for your house simply by playing the game. You can get hundreds of items from enemies that you can decorate your home with. If they do make housing, I hope they have a bit of land around the outside, so we can put things in our yard as well as in the house.

Did you see the other benefits to having a house? Log out inside your house and you get rested xp bonus. Have lots of cool items in your house and you get more rested xp bonus. Like raiding? Have a portal that takes you to the raids, plus you get a buff from your house before you go there. Trophies from major bosses or achievements can be placed in your home that tell a story about your time in Tyria. Attended a special holiday event? Get a reward you can put in your home that makes it even more unique. I think their player housing is a great idea.

So I keep hearing about Wildstar and I thought I’d go to their website to check it out. The one thing that really impressed me was the housing. For those that haven’t seen it, check out the link below and go to the first video with Dev Speak written on it.

http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/media/

That’s how you do housing. I wonder if ArenaNet could implement something like that in the future for Guild Wars 2

Guardian – because no one else has suggested them.

I have leveled an Elementalist, Warrior and Thief to 80 and I’m in the process of leveling a Ranger now. I’m only level 46 so it’s early days yet, but so far it appears to be the strongest class I’ve played. I’m killing things in half the time it takes me to kill things with the other classes. I had no intention of making a Ranger my main but I really love the class. If they can make it even better then great but I just can’t see why it’s considered a weak class at PvE.

Once you get past all the trees you should be able to see the forest. A lot of the forests are blocked by trees unfortunately.

I’m with the OP. I’m also quite wealthy, so in addition to taking months and months to acquire (based on a normal 12 hour per day investment) it should also require a large amount of real money. Something like $1500-10,000 would be suitable. Let’s make it so only one or two people can have it in the entire game. That would be a great addition to the game for the few, the proud. Who’s with me?

You’re at 97% – so no, don’t abandon it – keep going! As Dora the Explorer once said “Never give up!”.

Warrior is the worst class – end of discussion.

I’d start a thread called ‘What do you do after a huge loss of gold?’ while I mourn the loss of all my wealth.

Just like in real life, if making a lot of money was easy we’d all be rich. Also, if someone had some magic way of making a ton of money, do you honestly think they’d come here and share their secret? If everyone harvested something worth a lot of money, there would be in influx of it on the market, which in turn would drop the value – ending their money making scheme.

Here’s a tip though, if you want money fast, buy gems and convert them into coin.

Nick.6972:

Play the first game, then compare it to GW2, play “Insert generic MMO here” and compare it to GW2.
Which share more similarities?
Guild Wars 2 takes everything you love about Guild Wars 1 and throw it out of the window.

My point is – theres absolutely nothing GW2 has common with GW1 except for lore.

For 8 years I went to the WoW forums and complained that WoW was nothing like Warcraft, Warcraft 2 and Warcraft 3. Guess what? Blizzard hasn’t changed their game to suit me. Don’t wait 8 years to realize ArenaNet are not going to make GW2 a clone of GW1.

Player housing and a carpenter tradeskill to make furniture for the game is at the top of my priority list for this game. If they want to know how to do it right, they can download and play EQ2 for free – they pretty much nailed it. I also heard SWG and LOTRO had great player housing.

If you’re a bit short on funds you can buy gems and trade them for in game money. $20 or so should cover your waypoint costs for a few months.