Guild Wars 2

I ain’t even got past level 35 on my main and I have 7 other characters to try out lol. Of course I’m having a blast :P

But I think threads with this title would be more appropriate when the game is AGED. Seriously it’s only a month

Tomcio.9605:

Although some will disagree, I liked the sister storyline. It was interesting, I enjoyed it, the end was a bit awkward and I didn’t regret that I chose it.

Awkward? As in disappointing or anti-climactic? I was thinking about the same, mine is a noble so it makes no sense that she doesn’t know her parents and circus is weird

I’m in a bit of a dilemma here, I have pretty much hard time choosing the main storyline decision for my human female character (parents, sister or circus)

So can anybody please tell me, without spoilers ofc, which one of these is best? Which one is worst?

Thank you

How exactly? I got a new graphics card recently, it isn’t anything special but the control panel is called AMD Vision Engine Control Panel.

My bf, he can play on ultra settings with no problem and he complains about the same issue. I don’t think that is something that can be changed manually. Anet needs to improve it, but if you can enlighten me, I’m listening

Not sure if this is posted in the right section, but I’ll give it a go.

Could you please improve the AA? I find myself turning that option off because it seems it blur out every single texture. Without AA you have nice, clean and crisp textures but with it the textures are blurry and the edges are smooth. Seems like an aged solution taken from older games and very cheap as well.

This isn’t Blizzard, this is Anet. They have a different design philosophy.
And this isn’t WoW this is GW2. Two completely different games.

Dunno, I like the dungeons are hard. Challenge accepted

They’re cute kitty cats, mixed with a flesh-eating demon ^^

Lack of trinity and giving everybody equal chances is what makes GW2 better then any other MMO. How many times do dedicated classes get bashed because they “didn’t do their job”, or how many times you got kicked out a party because you had “lame” gear? Happened to me way too often. For players who like to play casual and hardcore, there is challenge in this game. The only thing I dislike is the eventual lack of reward in the chests, like the one in plains of ashford where you die a zillion times before you get to open a splendid chest – got only lame blues

I’m amazed by the number of people who bought this game thinking it will be like every other MMO. I guess not informing yourself beforehand is the right thing to do. Not like you had several years to do that lol.

P.S. lack of roles is not boring. If you pay attention you can make quite a use of other people’s skills on the battlefield, thing I was doing from start, and it’s heck of a fun.

3 females, 2 males, always play more female character because I can relate with them more

It’s a basic feature really – the ability to preview armor, weapons and dyes that you view on the trade post. It would greatly save time when browsing for new armor skins, so we don’t have to rely on the Google for it.

Also, it would be great if we could preview weapons when they’re drawn out in attack stance, because many weapons clip through armor and it’s bad for viewing.

They’re just snoring :P

Yea it is quite frustrating I wont spoil anything but one of the most important pieces of dialogue was missing from my cut scenes and that really broke my immersion with the character… since its happening so often in Blood Legion story, I will skip story mode till its fixed

^ Don’t like it because of few reasons,

1. All Rytlock concept art, ingame screenshots before and even AC cinematic has Rytlock from before, heck even my CE figurine has normal teeth
2. I do not like sudden, unexplainable aesthetic changes to characters
3. It more looks like a bad case of clipping issue then anything, and we have seen other charr with huge teeth that do not have those issues.
4. It has nothing to do with Character Creation

It would be a clusterkitten if it weren’t instanced but it would be a nice thing to see I guess. An option to invite other players should be there also

Charr are real kittenes don’t you agree?

No thanks. I love it this way . Never played WoW but pay 2 play sucks, since I played some other games that are like that. This is much much better.

And you care because…?

I noticed something strange while playing my Charr storyline . Rytlock Brimstone looks very different then before:

http://i47.tinypic.com/11jq1ic.jpg

How he looks now:

http://i45.tinypic.com/2ufue14.jpg

What happened to his teeth? He was a total kitten before..or is this just a clipping issue? You do see a teeth coming through his upper jaw. I would just like to know if this is a bug or not, because I really liked his older look better, and this is a sudden change

^ Hm, that is odd. I really didn’t notice it so far. Most what I have seen is scripted weather where in some places it always rains or has constant fog going on.

But random rain? Never. If dynamic weather is there, they need to make it more frequent, especially in starter zones.

Most MMO-s and games I have played have dynamic weather effects, and it saddened me a bit that GW2 does not.

When I was playing GW1, I always made remarks how funny it is that some outposts and areas have constant rains, and as soon as you step out it stops. “At least that will be normal in GW2” – but to my disappointment it isn’t…

It’s a very basic feature. Why should it only rain or hail in story missions or in certain places? Why are there outposts in Kryta that rain constantly? Why do some areas have constant fog and different color hue and soon as you step out it’s suddenly sunny?

C’mon Anet. You made dynamic events – make dynamic weather. It sets such a good mood in the game world. Also, you could make dark time look more darker.

Same thing it’s very annoying, bet some latest patch screwed it up. It’s very frustrating when I’m trying to get into the story :/

I agree, I can only zoom in properly to see my Charr’s face, but on humans and sylvari it’s impossible. I could see all little details in CC but not ingame? Why?

Tengu, they have a strong lore behind them and a good basis for a playable race, every other mentioned in blogs are minor and therefore not sophisticated enough to be playable

It would be a nice addition to have weekly achievements alongside daily and monthly. It just feels right somehow – to have a goal towards the end of the week. What do you think?

Why do all Charr NPC-s run on 2 legs, when it was clearly mentioned that they prefer to run on all four ?

It feels awkward when I give them a speed boost, they have this speedy run that looks out of place for such large creatures. I almost fell of my chair when in one of my missions I saw Rytlock running like that lol

My golden lioness

Why do people have the need to sexualize everything? They’re just fine, just like the Charr

Please add first person view!

I find fighting in narrow spaces like caves or houses very frustrating because the camera keeps bouncing off my character so I can’t really see what is going on.

It would also benefit viewing NPC-s, mini pets you get, other players and the world around you.

BobbyStein.2315:

CharrGirl.7896:

I just checked again, commoner and street rat in human has them, but not the others.

Can we hope for an official response just to check if this is bug or not?

The original plan was to voice all the personal story mail, but due to time constraints in the production plan we decided to leave them silent. We probably have voice files for the first 10 or 20 levels for many of the storylines, but we unhooked them because we couldn’t guarantee that we’d have them all written and voiced in time. The fact that you’re hearing one or two means that we forgot to remove some files. (It’s a bug.)

Aww that is such a shame! I found the voice-over to be amazing it helps with immersion too. Sometimes reading those can be tiresome, but with voice it becomes easier.

Any hopes you will continue with the voiceover for and release those in future updates?

I just checked again, commoner and street rat in human has them, but not the others.

Can we hope for an official response just to check if this is bug or not?

I agree. It’s tiring to type my friend’s name whenever I wanna trade something minor

We don’t know what is going on in Elona or Cantha. I’M pretty sure that Elona is a mess (thanks to our brave heroes in GW1 who didn’t stop Palawa Joko on time!), but we don’t know anything about Cantha. For all that we know, they might be thriving in a mighty empire there

quickthorn.4918:

I’ve never noticed any mail having voiceover.

@Irishbrewed – remember they often give you money, so at least open them to take it!

A human commoner definitely has one – at least the first mail.

My brother told me that the street rat also has it.

I noticed something weird.

I chose a commoner option for my human guardian. When I received the first mail after completing 1 heart, it was voiced-over! Can’t remember exactly what it said but it had sound.

On other characters I didn’t get the voice over…why? Is this a bug? It would be a great if all storyline mails we get are voiced. Much easier to immerse.

Yeah I agree. I wish they could ad some filters on the night time so grass wouldn’t be green, but bluish.

I didn’t get far in the game but it saddens me that the weather is scripted. Random rain, snow and sandstorms would be great, like in other mmo-s

Humor.5763:

Two words….

Cash….
Shop….

(I’m in!)

I wanted to ad this in my OP but was already too tired – this could be it.

A way to earn money by adding new hairstyles/faces in cash shop. But this is a B2P game, not F2P, like Vindictus. They can get away with this, but not so sure for an expensive game like GW2. Some of us paid up to $250 for it, and don’t have will to spend on cash shop more then we should.

In Aion when they added new features, they provided us with free character appearance change tickets. Maybe here they will do that too?

Continuing because of post lentgh>

Norn:

- Severe lack of variety in facial department for the females. Norn are not savages, but a race of “dignified” mountain brutes. They like to boast, sing, kill bears before breakfast and compete how much Dolyaks have they eaten – so why did you choose to make all the females look like perfect polished supermodels? Compared to males, they look like they have never set one foot in battle, let alone bear some scars as a proof. There is one face with scars, and I chose that one because it seems most Norn-like.
I know that everybody likes seeing attractive people – however that can’t be the overwhelming majority of option, especially when it’s so stereotypically biased in Norn case. More brute and serious options for the females please, since you have done a good job with males providing both ugly and handsome.

- Hairstyles: Norn have GREAT hairstyles. Absolute fan. Now, add 10-20 more of those and make them available for humans and it will be an absolute win.

Humans:

- Faces, faces, faces: Yes – faces. Humans fall worst in my opinion. People have been complaining for months. Pointing out that humans look like supermodels. Too pretty. Too polished. Too perfect.
Why? Because humans are supposed to be the ultimate underdogs in GW2. Out of all human nations in Tyria, only Kryta still stands . They sound like they had it rough, especially after Charr beat them and Zhaitan drowned half of their homeland. I was expecting them to look more realistic, more scarred, more life-like. Even the human concept are you chose to put on the CC race selection screen is completely misleading, and all those concepts you have released prior to release have shown humans as anything BUT supermodel-type aesthetics you have chosen to implement. If this was your artistic choice from the beginning nobody can argue with that. However, I found your concepts to be very misleading in that point.
Add more rough faces. Female faces without or with less makeup. Male faces that are not from some Disney movie or fashion show.
Again, I understand that we like attractive heroes. But humans IMO, are hideous. Not even Aion has went so far in creating such westernized, or should I say, idealized forms of humans that only exist in dreams. This is fantasy maybe yes, but that doesn’t mean we should all be forced on 1 type of character aesthetic .

General problems with CC and how they can be worked on:

- Body slider: I was expecting this option on launch but my wish was not granted – and I’m definitely not alone. I chose the widest body type for my female Norn but her breasts are too large for my taste, so it feels very discouraging I can’t reduce their size. Nothing perverted about that – it’s one of the basic features that should have been implemented in the game. Some body types different just by the size of the waist.
Give us an option to change claw and tail length. Humans need to have option to reduce leg length – the proportions are ridiculous and anime-styled.

- Clipping issues and ugly textures: Many hairstyles and horn options are utterly glitchy and have very low-poly textures. It varies between faces. Some Norn faces have high-resolution textures, while some Charr faces have blurry faces with lots of clipping issues. Character models are not THAT impressive.

Scars, tattoos, makeup, freckles and other body addons MUST be a separate option.

I want to customize the face to the max and add separate makeup, and scars on it at my whim. In GW2, all faces come with pre-baked makeup and scar options. They should be separate textures. And why should only humans and Norn have them?
Let my Asura have a giant scar across his face, or let my Charr have scars on her.

Make-up for humans and Norn females is disappointing. While there is no doubt that many people like this, many more don’t. We simply do not wish to be stuck with supermodel looks. Nobody, not in real life, wears that much makeup – if I saw any of those female faces outside, I would be completely freaked out. And what is up with that one female face with cat-like eyes that looks like a demented goth queen?

Jokes aside, it IS an issue. I don’t wear make up in real life, and nobody said anything about that. That’s a female thing – and it’s optional in real life, it should be optional in game as well. Especially when virtually every other, more advanced game offer this.

The color of the lips should also be a separate option – the darker skin you choose, the redder they get. It is very, very off-putting.

Now that my fingers are officially dead, I would like to thank everyone who took their time to read this, be it a developer from Anet or a random player. Remember, your game is amazing, but this part – this most important part of our gameplay, our character – needs to feel more personalized.

Hello everyone

I am here to talk about character creation in Guild Wars 2!

There have been many debates over past months about GW2’s Character Creation. Some people expressed their concern about how it’s not extensive enough, while others shrugged and proclaimed it to be “just fine as it is”.

This is what I honestly think: It’s simply not good enough. It feels rushed, unfinished.

Let me tell you from my experience that now days, there are lot of free, as well as pay 2 play games that offer much more customization options then GW2: Phantasy Star Online, upcoming free game that offers a zillion more customization options then GW2. Then we have games like Aion, EVE online, Saint’s Row.

When I heard that GW2 will use Aion’s creator at it’s basis I didn’t expect it to be like Aion. I expected it to be hundred times BETTER.

The end result, compared to lot of games, is poor. You may argue that the game has beautiful world, character design and storyline, but the phrase ArenaNet used from the start is “This is MY story”. It doesn’t feel like that in GW2 when it comes to customization options. The story itself, on the other hand, plays off amazingly.

I will now sum up, in detail, what I think needs to be added, and what could have been done differently. I am not sure if I’m nitpicking or not, but this is how I and many people feel – things we mentioned months prior the release and nothing was added or changed.

One race at the time and what can be done/improved.

Charr:

- Currently Charr have less then 10 facial options for each gender. Considering you have created such a unique race, I do believe that the options are somehow lacking. The artistic direction you took with Charr is amazing, and thus they are my favorite race but there is so much more you could have done.
Charr females are more feline, while males are more monster-like. Since you took faces from several big cat species like lions, tigers and cheetah, consider this: There are over 50 different wild cat species in the world. Surely you can create more faces then just 8 for each gender!

- Lack of hairstyle and horn options: Perhaps my biggest grief with the Charr. Again, you took some horn designs from wild animals of our world but there is definitely more you can add. Horns from animals such as oryx, mountain goat or kudu would be a nice addition, instead of repeated pattern of broken horns and straight ones. An option to change the rotation of horns would be ideal as well.

- Please ad an option to change both pair of horns separately. I like how some horns look but if I increase their size, so will lower horns, and they just stick out like an ugly texture compared to the face. Thus i always end up using 1-2 horn shapes.

- Charr females are stuck with white tails – no matter what color you choose, you always get a white fluff. I wanted to make my Charr’s tail completely yellow but was unable to do so. Males have it better, their tales actually change according to fur color and pattern. An option to change the tail size would be a definite awesome bonus!

Sylvari:

- More faces: Again, as with Charr, Sylvari are amazing race. So much room to play with, so many new faces you can put in game. However, as with Charr, there needs to be more faces – more variety (although they certainly have bigger variety then humans)

- More “hairstyles”: Or should I say “plant-styles”. Sylvari are plants mimicking human form and as such, there are so many different plant and tree species in the world it’s impossible to count them all. There are so many combination of roots, trees, flowers, grass and leaves you could have added, yet you decided to limit yourselves on such a little number of variations. Not that they are not good, quite the contrary, they’re amazing (points to creativity for the mushroom head), but there simply needs to be more.

Asura:

- Lack of facial and hairstyle variety: This is my biggest problem with adorable, yet pompous little geniuses. The good news is that Asura are not suffering from variety; each face looks unique but there NEEDS to be more. And lot more hairstyles. There are many who expressed Asuran haircuts to be ugly, so they either go bald, or majority of people keeps using same hairstyles. Add ponytails, Mohawks, more braids!

That is cool indeed, hence why I gave my Charr surname: Metalhide

I really love the voices but they don’t feel as if they would fit every one of my characters. So that kinda limits my choice in creation