Guild Wars 2

I have a few questions!

Firstly, I’m mostly curious about how animations/rigs are decided on and applied to new creatures. Most of the newer models have their own animations & rigs but I’ve noticed a lot share them with existing/release models, too! Things like how teragriffs & canines share animations as well as bonebreakers and skale.
Is it by coincidence (that the models match up) or by design (to fit the rigs or to relate more to the existing models)?

Secondly, what exactly are teragriffs? Are they purely Mordrem or are they creatures that were easily turned?

Lastly, are there any creature-, being-, or monster designs that didn’t make the cut that you wish had? Or maybe even ones you just enjoyed?

EDIT: I thought of one more Q: How much inspiration was drawn from previous Guild Wars campaigns?

OP, you have my +1 for this idea & my condolences.
Hopefully they could let us name the markers themselves, too. That’d be a wonderful addition.

StinVec.3621:

I agree.

I do not believe the designer took into account the repetitive nature of sending mail when selling items on the trading post and how this unnecessary ‘bling’ sound (and quite unnecessarily loud at that) would be undesirable to users.

I have these mail carriers and will not use them until this noise is greatly reduced or removed altogether. This issue has also made me very wary of purchasing any future mail carriers due to their possibly possessing these undesirable and excessively annoying sounds. (I do not recall if the preview also includes the animation sounds or if it is only of the animation. I’ll need to check on that to see if it is sufficient for avoiding future carriers with annoying sounds)

They do make noise when previewing, but it’s not nearly as loud as they are outside of the Hero panel.

I am new to posting in the forums so I’ll cut to the chase. I wanted to try & find a solution without resorting to this, but I only received generic responses to post here.

I wanted to ask about the three new Mail Carriers introduced recently, namely: Parrot Mail Carrier; Raven Mail Carrier; & Snow Owl Mail Carrier. I’d been looking forward to the first two before customization of mail carriers was an available concept. I was excited see them released.

I bought the Parrot & Raven immediately last Tuesday and my excitement has been draining since.

They are… awfully loud.
Specifically, the odd “BLING” noise they make. I’ve talked about it with other players who agree that it’s jarring & annoying to experience.

I wanna’ keep using these carriers, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult, & I’d rather not play the game mute.

tl;dr:
I was wondering if it may be possible for it to be changed to a generic bird noise—or even reduced or removed?

As someone who both trades gold for gems & buys gems directly, I strongly believe this is not a good direction to move in. Good intentions (I hope) were behind it but it does not work for the community.
Yes, it’s definitely easier to understand than the old system, which is wonderful for those who are barely getting their ears wet. However, overall it’s inefficient.

At the very least, couldn’t we have another tab for the old system? Or something to toggle it on & off?