Guild Wars 2

problem with the prelude isnt the amount of content.
its the fact that its way too easy for a high level toon.

for an alt or somebody lower level, it can be awesome
for high levels, it feels like going to work at the shop because nothing keeps you on your toes.

make them for guilds only, an usable for gvg fights.

thats worth it.

its a bit better, bigger models and temple effects are cool.
mob density? doesnt change a thing for me, risens are like flys anyway, i smash them with my spin to win. keep them comin!

i still think lower level zones are too easy for my pretty blond haired guardian.

shes totally does all that she wants.

can i make an alt for the living story? if i get laurels can i use them to buy an ascended neck for my pretty invincible guard ?

i loved the jumping puzzle in the eternal battleground.

sometimes, not all enemy players will attack you.
but some do.
its really a really nice ride to do it.
(except when many people are camping the last part).

i d like more content like this.
pvp “dungeon” type stuff.

yeah, its allright.
and with that they’ll create a zerg flow into emptied regions.
so you go back to a region you havent been for a while ( or never been to ) and there is people around

i like the idea.

Chessrook.8643:

The Shadow
Type: Shortbow
Effect: The bow itself wavers, looking like it’s made from solid shadows, existing only faintly. Firing it shoots dark wavering arrows with no weapon trail behind them.
Reason: Thieves are stealthy, kitten

no. thieves shoot rainbow powered unicorns.

not mad.
but i dont like it.

nowhere near as bad as the bow, probably for the final fantasy look.

all these little childish things are ok.

but a weapon ? it isnt as constrained or temporary as events or holiday content.
you can actually attack Jormag with rainbow unicorns while sporting a quaggan backpack.
if anet wanted to go for a japanese rpg type of feel, akin to final fantasy, with girly stuff and childish things, then i feel they kind of lacked imagination with that bow.
the quaggan backpack is “ok” if japanese rpg is the look.
but a bow like that is unexcusable.

Hickeroar.9734:

For a company that takes their lore as seriously as ANet supposedly does, a unicorn with their logo slapped on its butt is beyond bizarre. It makes absolutely no sense in a world where Unicorns and ANet do not exist. Immersion destroyed. Kthxbai.

forget the lore.

its quaggan backpack galore!! (how many do you think they sold?)

it brings more money and it s easier to do!!
who cares!! its just a game!! have fun!!

cmon nikki.

tacky is tacky.

that bow with rainbow and unicorn (wtf?) with anet logo on the butt?

lets be honest here… just writing it sounds like a joke.

big norn in pink isnt as intrusive as this bow.

anyway.
i think i said my point enough:
nearly all the content that came out since release is very childish;
costumes, candies, toyweapon, mini pets, quaggan backpack, unicorn bow…

i am not a happy customer right now.
i was expecting stuff with a slightly more mature flavor.
the unicorn bow is only the drop to much.

anyway.
not happy.

thats it.
im not angry about you guys who enjoy this stuff.

Incomingray.8075:

I also am shocked at how upset some people are about a bows graphic, I think it looks cool/funny and doesn’t bother me, the effect IS a bit too big though if something had to be changed… so nice to see all these interesting legendary weapons being made by ANet keep up the good work.

Some of you over the top macho dudes really love your video game immersion wow… come on just get your Dusk and stomp those colorful rainbow noobs down in your black bleeding fiery armor and get over it.

not the type of game i was expecting.
and dressing up all black to stomp the rainbow peeps is just as much childish.

thats the problem; its too childish.
i must be getting old and sad

most people who want to use this weapon in the last pages seem to be doing it exactly to kitten me off.

its fair play

^

i dont even need to prove my point.

looking forward to your dreamer pride day and parade.

same thing as their ascended amulet being only obtainable with time.

its a time sink.

thats the new philosophy with the “laurels”.

gold = farmable and cash shoppable
karma = farmable
laurels = neither

im just saying that it is in fact purchasable to various degree from the cashshop via gems.
but really, that doesnt change nothing at all.
all legendaries are.

lets get back on the subject of why the dreamer’s effect should be deleted, or at worst, be the last circus effect weapon anet releases.

dont need to pay the whole amount.
you could pay “how much you want to” between 1$ and 3000$, and grind the rest.
its not all or nothing, this is even smarter.

and, yeah, i design mostly jeans and in the south of USA they like to have skulls and cross and eagles on their back pockets. fugly.
but i make a living with it.

ok, im changing my mindset.
let those dreamers shoot at jormag. so beautiful.

magicweaver.2695:

Avatar.1923:

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nikkistar;
the
question
is:

as a designer, would you have put such bow in gw2 ?

my answer; ill put anything in that kitten game as long as it sell on the cash shop. so put out a survey and do it!

Your statement is invalid because we can’t buy the bow on the cash shop.

you totally can use gems to get one, or part of one.
items that are not available on cash shop are dungeon skins and scended stuff for exemple.

my statement was smart.

nikkistar.1409:

Avatar.1923:

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nikkistar;
the
question
is:

as a designer, would you have put such bow in gw2 ?

my answer; ill put anything in that kitten game as long as it sell on the cash shop. so put out a survey and do it!

Well since I am a graphic designer and coder, I have no issues with putting “troll” weapons into games. There is a game (I will not name the game) that has a rainbow level where you kill teddy bears, unicorns, and flowers. Another game has a unicorn gun, that has the unicorn screech when you shoot rainbows that come out of it’s butt, and goes googley eyed when it is out of ammo.

There are a lot of games, with “troll” weapons such as this. It is meant to be humorous. If you can’t find the humor in it, then you are sorely lacking a funny bone.

Let me give you an example:
Let’s say, I hate the color red. Well because aesthetically, I hate this color, then I shouldn’t put it in the game, because I hate it.

im a fashion/graphic designer.
and i laughed the first time i saw it.
but that kind of “funny stuff” will get old really fast, and it’s a “legendary” item, not some throwaway wooden toy skin.

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nikkistar;
the
question
is:

as a designer, would you have put such bow in gw2 ?

my answer; ill put anything in that kitten game as long as it sell on the cash shop. so put out a survey and do it!

^

its a very important subject.
we are trying to discuss to see what level of absurdity is acceptable in this game to keep the majority of people happy.

as it is now, we are getting more and more childish stuff;
mini pets, quaggan backpack, unicorn bow, toy weapon, etc
the balance is upset probably, and thats why we get threads like this.

it affects the way i see the game.

its like comparing call of duty and borderland.
i like both, for different reason.
but if i play call of duty and i find a gun that fires rainbow unicorns…

its an exageration, but thats whats happening.
i expected some childish and silly stuff in gw2.
like i said, the ad to sell you mini was a 6y old girl in her bedroom…
but lets say many more weapon follow that absurd trend….
we re gonna have unicorns, chimpanzee, goldfish, boxing gloves, shields with clown face, and pistols that make farting sounds everywhere in the game world???

im just here to give my opinion; and i give it hardcore:
probably that stuff like that sells, but for the sake of your game… dont do it.

they wont listen anyway, but i had to say it.

@nikki

obviously it affects my gameplay experience to see all those unicorns being fired at jormag.

if you change the look, you change the reaction.

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just saw the anet logo on the butt..

geez its bad. its ok for a laugh, but seeing that more and more everywhere?…

its like a kid repeating the same joke/trick for ever…

meh.

i was ok with mini and the little girl in her dollroom image on the trading post.
i was ok with the costume fight during halloween.
i was ok with jumping on candies during wintersday.
but i feel we are getting too close to total absurdity right now, im not comfortable.
and thats coming from someone who totally enjoy jrpg stuff and girly/childish things when its well done like final fantasy.

The Real-Deal

shield
with a clown face on it.
the face starts to spin when there are unicorn in the sky.

^

yup!
since we go all out absurd and comedy, i dream for that shield!

i had to change my mindset, thats all.

anet doesnt care for their setting.

they would sell you a shield with a clown face on it if it brings money.

CeNedro.7560:

I will(if they start to add Roleplay instead of Themepark-Content)

i dont see them going in that direction.
mostly all the new content thus far is about childish bling and total thempark stuff.
totally killing the world’s vibe.
making it like… a themepark.

nikkistar.1409:

Djinn.9245:

nikkistar.1409:

If the graphics of one item makes you want to quit a game, then I say, <snipped inflammatory comment>.

Can you please point me to the posts that say they were going to quit the game? I think I saw 2. The rest of the people are merely expressing their opinion. If you disagree, why not state your case for why you disagree instead of telling people they aren’t allowed to express their opinion?

Oh please, this made me actually roll my eyes in real life. “Snipping out inflammatory comment” makes you look overly sensitive in all aspects of life. You shouldn’t take a game so seriously, man.

Indicate where I said they couldn’t express them? Do not put words in my mouth, I simply stated my own opinion about how I perceive all the trivial sniveling I read on this thread. Crying over graphics, please. Graphics making you want to leave the game, graphics making you want to not group up with people, rinse and repeat. All of them should pull them up.

You want a reason, you got it in my previous statement. The Dreamer has ALWAYS had a unicorn, and already shot out rainbows. Who flipping cares, it’s a game.

nobody “cares” that much.
yeah its just a game.
and a worst one imo because of designs like these.

no.

the game is loosing its magic.

it s not bad, but it feels less like an rpg/adventure and more like a themepark everyday.
i dont think any story or expension they do now will put me back into it.
quaggan backpacks, unicorn bows, next dragon we fight might as well fire fart on us.

:/

cheesy.

i want a shield with a clown face on it.

Ehra.5240:

Anything I don’t like is just a ploy to make money from suckers. Anything I do like is just good game design and clearly fits the setting perfectly.

definitely.
cheese is cheese.
and as i see it now, they keep pushing the cheese because it sells.
and if it sell… its telling me im not playing the right game.

to each his own. we all have an opinion.

and personnaly i think this bow is so very cheesy and doesnt fit into the setting more than the aviator sunglasses and boxing gloves.
(holiday cheesiness i usually am ok with. its an holiday..)

i think that most of all these cheesy items are available for real money (legendary to, most people use some gems to get parts of them) so it says a lot about who the target customer for these items is. .. i wont get into detail.

anet makes money out of this.
and thats it.
they probably dont care at all about anything else. “guild wars” just isnt a legendary setting. its a themepark, and it will go down in history as such, but most probably forgotten. and the devs will have enough cash for their retirements

its just uninspiring.

like a shield with a clown face on it.

like a helmet made with a pair of underwear.

its just “whatever”.

cheesy.

i still want my shield with a spinning clown head on !

more dungeons/group instances please!

i dig group content, its always unpredictable!

^
yeah

serious gamers will play serious to get their gear.

kids cant wait.

makes sense.

not a question of gayness.

if it was a sparkling spiral with a snow owl at end it would be as cheesy.
it hurts my screenshots seeing those fake unanimated unicorns being shot a jormag, im ok with the rainbow btw, rainbows are cool.

most new content since lauch has been very childish.
it was ok for the holidays, but now…

I WANT a shield with a CLOWN face thats spins on it.

please daddy.

they are pushing the boundaries too far.

for a holiday event? sure
colored fireworks? sure
minis? sure
leds on engineer turrets? sure
wooden toy weapon? hmm… sure
quaggan backlack? hmm… sure
flying broom? quick cash with potters fan probably. not for me.
bows that fire little ponies? NO

Personal limit.
im ok wit making money but this is absurd
in a few years youll go on gw lore wiki and see that zhaitan was defeated when the hero shot a raibow unicorn on its buttcheek and went back home riding his broom and carrying the loot in his quaggan backpack.

thats it.
lets make those kids ask for a quaggan backpack for christmas!

we will be going to lala land, where the dandelions have smiley faces, trying to save a sad princess from the pimple monsters.

the thing is; tyria is now a kids world.
like a ronald mcdonald thempark.

we jump on big candies, we cast spell with princess wands, we have mini pets following us, we shoot unicorns with our bows, we carry out raspberry jelly cake in our quaggan backpack…
nearly all the new content they did goes into that direction.
the reason is probably monetary.
these things must sell… they have the stats.

buy yeah, its a bit disapointing for people who dont like that.

personally, i was ok with some childish / jrpg elements.
but i just think its too much, non-stop now and that eventually the game will look like a big joke. and a golden arch sign will show you the way to Lion’s Arch bank.

eqpablon.9072:

Hello! I am an Infantryman in the Army. If that doesn’t qualify as manly, I don’t know what does. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this weapon! Nothing would bring me more satisfaction than to mow down people in WvW in the most emasculating fashion possible; via rainbow farting unicorns.

Serious request, can you guys make one of the underwater legendary weapons shoot pink dolphins? I’d grind for some hot pink dolphin action. Who wouldn’t?

best post ever.
sarcasm well done.
i want a shield with a clown face that spins on it.

thats how stupid that bow is.

i dont know… seeing jormag getting attacked by unicorns and rainbows…

i dont know… getting into a wvw keep and being attacked by unicorns and rainbows…

i’m ok with the childish, more girly look of japanese rpgs. in ok with the quaggan backpack and pink armors and butterflies and little robots and leds on engineer turrets and all that make it kitten style.
but i think this bow goes to far.
i also dislike the harry potter flying broom.

its a matter of personal opinion, unfortunately for me, it s a big minus.

im ok with a touch of “jrpg” thrown in there.
childlike characters, squirrel tail on mario, final fantasy stuff etc…

but it can be well done, i feel gw2 with flying brooms and unicorn shooting bows are just taking a simplistic, uninspired and uninspiring design route by going dumb dumb.

Vorch.2985:

Red Falcon.8257:

It’s not about being too manly or too serious, it’s the simple fact that it does not fit in GW2.
It’s like a monster truck in a medieval setting, except that moster trucks are awesome at least.

I remember when people said this about the engineer’s mines having LED lights.

They said they would refuse to play if they were not changed.

next patch your pistol will make fart sounds and you’ll have a shield with a clowns face on it.

seriously, I (hopefully we) are trying to say; we accepted a lot of stuff we dont really feel immersive or cool, but now, it s too much.
people on brooms shooting rainbows with quaggan backpacks…. i…. i dont feel it.

Dakarius.3284:

I actually really like the dreamer. It’s a well designed, and pretty bow. The original rainbow effect was really cool too.

This new effect, however, is just ostentatious. Arrows leaving a rainbow trail was tasteful. Firing Unicorns is just gaudy.

edit: how about instead of firing Unicorns you just let the players footsteps leave a rainbow puddle?

100% agree the unicorn killed it. im ok with the rainbow if it isnt too overwhelming.

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allright :/

teso cant come soon enough.