Nice thread =)
Wanted to chime in here with my own suggestions based off of my experience:
1. It’s been said a hundred times probably, but I’ll say it again: Dungeon/Group Finder please! Right now, finding a group for a dungeon, especially a Story Mode, is boring, time consuming and just plain old not fun. I have plenty of pics to prove it too. Wait times and difficulty finding a group really hurts the GW2 experience, especially in a game that really sets itself apart from other MMOs by making everything from getting around to doing quests/events feel so organic and streamlined, it’s disappointing to find that you guys at ArenaNet have this awesome content just sitting there and I can’t get to it because you evolved every other area of the game in terms of MMO conventions, but shockingly “devolved” finding groups to a point that reminds us all of one of the things many of us disliked/hated most about many MMOs: Waiting forever to find a group to do the things you want to do with. This is by biggest complaint and I feel/know you beautiful people at ANet can do better. From utilizing your Overflow server tech to Guesting, enhancing the LFG UI, finding others LFGing on all servers, rewards for helping others complete dungeons (A “Good Samaritan” bonus- especially Story Modes for newbs like me!), anything would be appreciated.
2. I agree with mounts being added. Not just for getting around, it’s easy enough to do that. Simply because they are just fun. Also, because they would make the world seem more “real.” As it is, it’s hard to believe the people of Tyria came so far without figuring out how to train animals and ride/use them as transportation. But mostly, because you guys at ANet do such fantastic stuff with your models and animations, that I’d love to see what you can do with mounts in GW2. (P.S. -Think of the Black Lion Trading Company possibilities! *cough *cough) Seriously though, mounts are such a great extension of our characters and the customization options available to them. Think about it ;-)
3. Also, and this is a little thing, but maybe a button on the WvWvW interface to take you back to whereever you were when you first entered? I know we can just hop through the Asura Gate to Lion’s Arch, but this could be done pretty easily. Especially considering you can easily work around this by opening the PvP pane, clicking “Go to the Heart of the Mists” and then opening the PvP UI again and clicking “Leave the Mists” to get right back to where you were when you first entered. I do it all the time, hehe =) So yeah, button to leave WvWvW please.
And 4. While I’m here I may as well mention that you may want to ease up on chat restrictions for spam. I know you want to fight gold-seller and account hacker spam, that’s great. Still, it’s hard enough to find a group as it is, so to have the filter set to deny repeated messages, even when they are six or more minutes apart, only hurts my ability to communicate my desire to find a group. Even jumping to another map doesn’t help, as the filter still kept me from sending LFG messages, or anything at all for that matter, to Map channel chat. I tried looking for group in Lion’s Arch and hopped over to Frostgorge Sound to find a group for Honor of the Waves there, but found I could not communicate due to the restriction on chat.
Exhibit A: See attached
Maybe use some more sensitive spam detection to look for certain phrases/words, etc.? Anyhow, just my thoughts based on what I experienced.
5. Also, I agree with allowing us to chat and interact with more or all of the guild we are members of at once, but also, if we could choose 1 or 2 more “Alt Guilds” to earn points and influence for along with our “Main” guild. You could have the main guild earn the points they do now, but also allow us to choose 1 or 2 more alt guilds to earn points for at a diminishing rate (Say around 25-50% of the influence gain of the main guild. Or even pick a main guild, or 1st and gain influence at 1x rate, a 2nd guild at .5x rate and a 3rd guild that I could help gain influence for at .25x rate.). If there is any fear that large/active guilds might exploit this, simply cap the rate gains for those large influence gainers at X amount per hour/day/other period of time. I think this would help with making guilds more social and aiding smaller guilds in becoming more competitive, active, etc. Just a thought.
Anyhow, that’s all I’ve got for now. I’m only really beginning to tackle GW2 as a level 80 now, and I’m having a blast, but I’d be having even more fun with these suggestions implemented (especially the Group Finder). Thanks for taking the time to read this and everything else the community has to say. And thanks for all your hard and amazing work on what has become my personal favorite MMO currently and one of my favorite games of all time. I really do appreciate it!
