I posted this over at mmorpg.com figured i would post it here too.
Or maybe Bonded weapons.
I believe this is the way Guildwars 2 should possibly look for expanding gear/character growth.
Instead of going up a gear treadmill by grinding new tiers of gear. Create Epic Quests. ALA EQ1 with Weapons that take a LONG time to achieve or work for. In depth quests that take effort and during parts of it Teamwork involving some of the Dynamic style bosses to be taken down in order to advance in them. Make the quests hidden so players can work hard to actually learn even where to begin. Also allow players to start actually working towards them in earlier levels. These can be world spanning quests. Each class would have several available. But a character could only ever have one.
Upon completion of the quest the character would be rewarded with his weapon of legend. These weapons would unlock a New Experience Bar that would allow the character to unlock new abilities, so that the player could customize the weapon. I havent played LoTRO but I remember reading once about legendary weapons there and it sounded something like this.
Anyway It would allow for further character customization and put some depth into the game, and allow for a different type of advancement rather than gear grinding.
Hmm I play on maguuma seems decent population to me. Not overcrowded or under crowded. That said. Not everyone is talking or seeming willing to come help with harder DEs
Reading in the general forums. I figured this would be a good suggestion.
Having In game GMs or a Volunteer Guide system (like SOE used in EQ) Could go a long way to helping to fix player issues that arrise in game. Or even help with some of the botting issues, that are going on in game.
I for one am glad they have found ways to eat money out of the game. It keeps item prices in check in Auction halls. However I have heard of the steep price at high levels, and havent experianced it yet. So its hard to comment.
How about removing some of the waypoints and lowering the price? Would that be a possible fix? IE make it cheaper to travel, but add some of the actual boot leather express to the game. It would be a 50/50 fix help in some ways. The maps I have been on are loaded with so many waypoints. At mys level its still pretty cheap to travel, but I could take 3 extra minutes to run it. That woulddnt bother me… Then again I loved Vanguard and it had huge expanses I had to travel to get places. So maybe its just my mindset.
Hello everyone I didnt see a place for new posters, so i Figured I would say hello here. I have been playing GW2 now for about a month, Granted I work 70 hour weeks and some nights I dont get on due to being in places with no wireless signal, so i am very casual. My main is only a level 30 ele.
Anyway just wanted to say hi. I have to say i am really enjoying the game. Its like a breath of fresh air compared to many of the MMOs I have tried. Getting rid of the stale chore/quest system is one of the best moves ever. The DEs are great and probably the best version of Public quests I have seen to date. The Halloween Event is just sheer awesome. Its about time that a development team realizes that some events like the appearance of the Mad King should be a one time thing. If your their for it.. thats great, if your not you hear about it and it builds that since of WOW that sounds awesome. I missed it myself but did watch it on youtube.
Ohh about myself I am an old schooler (EQ1 beta and played it for 7 years), have tried to many MMOs to list. Most MMOs I dont make it to the forums because the games were lacking. So me being here is a good achievement in and of itself. Vanguard, WAR, and EQ1 are the only game specific forums i have tried to take part of the community in. Others I just lurked from time to time.
Great job on a great game Anet and hello everyone.
