Guild Wars 2

found a neat video by a youtuber named

‘woodenpotatoes.’

he introduces some artificial limits on the

gameplay systems/rules.

nothing unheard of but thought i’d share

in case anyone’s interested =)

http://youtu.be/MLpZutZFya8

I thought it was understood now that Arenanet had been planning on VP but chose not to announce it until after launch. Anyway, this is ancient history but here’s Mike O’Brien in the AMA he did after launch & the announcement of Ascended gear…

“How is introducing VP respecting the player? Because it’s fun to be challenged and rewarded. Because it’s fun to have the character you play grow and evolve over time. Because ArenaNet (sort of) held a hard line against all VP with GW1 — no VP ever, year after year — and it wasn’t that fun. It was stagnant.” – Mike O’Brien, Nov. 2012

for the question he was responding to and for the rest of his response:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/13tuac/im_the_studio_design_director_on_guild_wars_2_ama/c77b01k

for the rest of the AMA:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/13tuac/im_the_studio_design_director_on_guild_wars_2_ama/

shouldnt it be ‘skritten?’

but getting hooved, pecked and gnawed by deer, moa and bear cubs while goblin runs away at warp speed is pretty kitten right; gets the blood flowing

Im still getting the 502 Error as of 11:15am CST, 1/9/13.

your character only turns when you start to move. ive seen the character turn when i was moving the camera with the rmb but only a few times and when i was climbing/jumping/standing awkwardly on things (ie, didnt seem intended).

What about what this little guy is talking about?

yeah, that cave never used to do that; recently its been happening to me too.

i second.

either uzolan’s mechorchestra or the bell choir or instruments usable with our town clothes (‘toy’ or ‘back’ slot) so we can make music with whoever is around; would be really fun

i wanted to make my heroine a little drummer girl for wintersday.

allowing us to ‘upgrade’ our minis with ‘wind-up’ features so we could release them and they would play a tune would be cool too (even have them play a tune we recorded with our instrument). although im sure it would turn into shear madness and we’d wonder why we did that to oursevles.

the thing is, NCsoft’s HQ is in the gangnam district of seoul so this should be a no-brainer* and for all races, not just human- a flock of tiny asurans doing group gangnam or a giant charr gangnam sq dance would be great

http://global.ncsoft.com/global/aboutus/globalnetwork.aspx

the other thing is, there are a few different dance moves in the gangnam style video, not just the ‘ride the stick horse/lasso pantomime.’ like ‘elevator ’like what you see’ hip-thruster,’ although im pretty sure we wont get that one.

http://exame.abril.com.br/rede-de-blogs/voce-e-o-dinheiro/files/2012/09/Gangnam-Style-Elevator.gif

I haven’t seen ‘Champ Rotting Oakheart’ or ‘Shadow Behemoth’ in a week

(Ferguson’s Crossing & Kaineng)

I see its listed as ‘bugged’ on the GW2 Wiki.

Just wanted to update this thread.

Thx.

Nayru.4537:

Yeah I’d buy a GW1 expansion.

nice, nayru

add me to that list too*

Its not that I ‘would,’ I’m going to.

I wonder if they’ll do pre-purchase bonuses for xpac like they did with core game.

I wonder how many people will continue to play GW2 but will never buy xpac. Guesses?

and @x the animal, they will be adding ’expansion’s worth of content’ to the game over time for free. but they will also have official expansions that they will charge for, if i understand it all correctly.

im at 50 tries, still cant get it. dont know if ill try again before its over, im more or less ok not getting it. i prefer to keep exploring, the stress of timed or competitive events isnt enjoyable for me. but i like the idea of holiday events, i see alot of fun being had.

Since we’re running so much and so far in this game I just dont get to spend that much time with my pet. If im fighting I can see him but Im really busy. And If I stop to chop some wood or mine some ore he’ll catch up right as Im off running again. Even with my camera zoomed all the way out I don’t see him on my screen, just the green dot on my mini map.

Is there any way you can tighten up their follow distance like Ranger pets and Necro minions so we can see our mini all the time?

Being able to name them and not having to respawn them all the time (asuran gates, going from map-to-map, logging on/off) would also be nice (and yes I have my mini in an invisible bag).

Thank you.

Im on ‘Isle of Janthir’..haven’t seen Champ Oakheart or Shadow Behemoth in several days since starting my new character. I’ve ask around in chat and been playing a ton. It seems like the Swamp chain isn’t working again.

Thx

This was a poll for the Massively writers only..

“Today, Massively’s staff honors the best of the best for the year 2012. We asked each writer and streamer to vote in each category with an anything-goes nomination process. No MMO, company, or headline was off the table.” -Brianna Royce, Massively

Because..
“We tried readers choice awards before and they turned into a huge popularity contest where voters were told to go vote, but they weren’t actually readers of the site. So it was more like awards for which game could rally more troops.” -Shawn Schuster, Massively

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/12/19/massivelys-best-of-2012-awards/

And this is from their 2011 Awards, just to add a little perspective..

“Massively’s Best of 2011

Game of the Year: Star Wars: The Old Republic

OMG this game just launched! How can we possibly rate this the game of the year! We must be paid off! Adhgdjhgdudbjh! The fact is, this was a hard one. RIFT launched as a staff favorite in March, but it’s both the freshness of SWTOR’s launch and the fact that MMO fans have been going nuts over this game for years that combine to make this our Game of the Year. Plus, ya know, it’s kinda fun."

http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/12/31/massivelys-best-of-2011-awards/

the digital deluxe just went on sale..$44.99

http://goo.gl/OVjQL

its $25 to upgrade with gems, in-game. 800 gems is $10 and the upgrade costs 2000 gems.

Sindarin.1095:

10:00AM PST. Will you people just read!

https://www.guildwars2.com/en-gb/the-game/releases/december-2012/

thats when tixx makes his first appearance, which will be in the grove on the 15th. the op is asking when the patch will roll out on the 14th which Anet hasn’t stated.

Shadow Behemoth is still unable to be targeted/damaged although he is able to damage us. Just letting you guys know.

ty

Not a single server is showing as full.

I imagine for expected Wintersday influx.

Good time to get your server transfer done if you’ve been having trouble with an available window.

good idea, camulos.
+1

i hope they make a marching drum available from the gem store..

go to ‘game menu’ (gear icon in top left corner of your screen) or press ‘f 11’. go to ‘graphics options’ (the ‘moon & mountains’ icon under the wrench icon) then change the ‘environment’ setting. this ‘controls the complexity of terrain, props, decals & ground cover.’

any good ideas for what might make such an achievement worth having, worth getting..and what the rewards could be?

they dont exist and i dont know what they are but i want em

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Helmet-hair-please/first#post957230

i bought the game assuming there’d be 2h axes- that was gonna be my first character…

im assuming theryre gonna get em in here-

and i have to reuse or reequip them quite a bit through different things like instances. theyll be with me one minute then they’re back in the pouch.

Myst.9182:

Bought a top hat with gems for my long-haired toon.

Regretted it immediately…

me too…

before and afters…

i was wondering about this too…

during ‘sit’ and ‘sleep’ commands..

long hair, female human..

Hawken son of Z.1367:

guildwars1 was not a failure.. so why did you change the NUMBER 1 REASON that it was different and was for several years the #2 MMO. (vertical progression). tbh.. all of your devs answers in the reddit interview make me cringe.. and im not alone. all of my friends that play this game feel the exact same way. we purchased guildwars2, BECAUSE WE LOVED GUILDWARS1!

there is a question to this threat – why did the devs feel GW1 was a failure?

“ArenaNet (sort of) held a hard line against all VP with GW1 — no VP ever, year after year — and it wasn’t that fun. It was stagnant.” -Mike O’brien, 11/27/12

http://www.reddit.com/user/Mike-OBrien-ArenaNet

for 350*gems*…under the ‘Services’ tab.

show all active events on the map (not just ones we’re near) and even representational dots for each person on the map so we can see which events everyone is going to. right now its like blind cats mutely trying to herd other blind cats that may or may not be there. if we all saw all the events and knew how many people were on the map with us, i think map chat would really pick up. please!

plus one spelled out.

“Hi Sin,

So yep you are right this is the question i have been likely dodging the most? The reason being is that it requires investigation. Vet and Champs should give good loot and there are a number of reports on perceived decrease in the frequency of drops. I will be discussing this in depth with the Production and Design team tomorrow and we will hopefully have more info soon.

Chris"

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/13tuac/im_the_studio_design_director_on_guild_wars_2_ama/c77co1g?context=3

“Hi Sin,

So yep you are right this is the question i have been likely dodging the most? The reason being is that it requires investigation. Vet and Champs should give good loot and there are a number of reports on perceived decrease in the frequency of drops. I will be discussing this in depth with the Production and Design team tomorrow and we will hopefully have more info soon.

Chris"

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/13tuac/im_the_studio_design_director_on_guild_wars_2_ama/c77co1g?context=3

“I very much appreciate the chance to connect with everyone not just in regard to this issue but the game as a whole. I am hoping to do this once a month with more team members and keep up more meaningful communication channels.”

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/13tuac/im_the_studio_design_director_on_guild_wars_2_ama/c77bwbb

yes, please ;)

chris just got home and has resumed the ama..

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/13tuac/im_the_studio_design_director_on_guild_wars_2_ama/c77bi6e

Ditton.3149:

Eirik.9145:

Everyone always brings Ascended gear as vertical progression which some say goes against the game manifesto. What about the fact that that they said that they didn’t want gear to be random drops in dungeons?

http://www.arena.net/blog/is-it-fun-colin-johanson-on-how-arenanet-measures-success

In either case, their answer of saying that Ascended gear will be available other ways in the future is pretty meaningless when “future” has no time period attached to it. When the next set of Ascended items are released for FotM? When hell freezes over? Who knows?

Frankly, the most telling thing that has come out of this AMA is that Anet “knew” before releasing the ascended gear that it wasn’t the right thing to do and that it was going to cause problems but did it anyway. What kind of company knows that something will alienate, divide, anger, and whatever other term you want, it’s customers and knows it’s not what they really want to do, and yet does it anyway? That’s just callous disregard for your consumer no matter how you look at it. A company that does such has no credibility whatsoever in my book as actions speak much louder that words. They did this on purpose full well knowing what was going to happen. They can try to PR this into an “innocent mistake” all they want, but it seems the only mistake that was made was by me in trusting the words of a company and in believing that there are still companies that have integrity and do business honorably.

I dont read any of that in his statements..like at all. I read they realize now it was a mistake then..to not make the items accessible. He doesnt say they made a mistake putting it out..he said they made a mistake not putting it out on release and then not making it accessible. Where are you reading that he said the entire thing was a mistake?

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/13tuac/im_the_studio_design_director_on_guild_wars_2_ama/c776lvv

here this will show you just the anet answers if you dont want to look at the rest of it..

http://www.reddit.com/user/ArenaNetTeam

it starts at 3 est.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/13lio6/prepare_for_the_chris_whiteside_ama_here/

good idea. do a forum search for the word ‘underflow’- its more-or-less what you’re describing.

really good idea
+1

plus one more. (spelled out for the machine)

no, theyre popular, edgar. its been brought up before for sure and that was the first character i was gonna make. i couldnt believe they didnt have them in at launch. one guy i talked to said they are going to add them- dont know how he knew that but i gotta think theyre gonna add them.

Muffin.5208:

Sorry, but what is HUD ?

it stands for ‘heads-up display’

yeah, something like this would be cool. or just a slider from ultra simple ‘pew pew’ effects to wizard of oz tornado we have now.

Yes to solo Story Mode Dungeons as an option.
make that dos+