Guild Wars 2

webtoehobbit.4201:

Spent all day yesterday making this up, to compare what we received content wise from ArenaNet in the past with their other expansions to what has been officially announced so far with Heart of Thorns.

I will continue to update this as more info is revealed with Heart of Thorns, but here is what we have so far, enjoy!

Edit: This comparison is based off of features that were DAY 1 features and not added at a later date.

Well somebody made an interesting point…

Here is the character slot mega thread if anybody were looking…

Didn’t Anet say that HoT requires the core game?

Well now it comes with the core game…

This seem to be overshadowed by the new drama on price…

Mega thread,,,,,,,,,

What’s your thoughts on us getting new mobile sieges?

What other sieges would you like?

Ranatoa.4869:

Knighthonor.4061:

This is a concern of mine, since Anet is moving away from personal guilds, I may be forced to join larger guilds in order to Build.

I am not sure how you came to that conclusion…

Honestly after reading some of the interviews and all the blog posts they are focusing way too much attention on small guilds being on par with big guilds for me to worry about this. Of course it’s hard to say what a “small” guild is but based of phrases like “a few friends” make me think that even 15 or less will be possible

Because even in guilds like that, only the top people will be allowed to build. I dont have real life friends that play GW2 non casually.

This the same experience from Rift’s guild dimensions in which the restrictions were in place.
Everybody should be allowed to build. Seeing as people been asking for a housing feature for a long time now.
Making it so only a fraction of the playerbase will be able to use this feature, won’t be a system seller. Many people here have never experienced such a feature before, so they may not understand where I am coming from with my concern, but I have experienced this kind of restriction in other MMOs. And it ruins the fun of being able to build.

Which like I said, this guild hall building features, will only be usable by a small tiny fraction of the GW2 players. That’s what will ruin this Xpac seller…

All this stuff on the price of HoT, is driving me crazy!!!!!

Please Anet release new Elite Spec info

Please release new Revenant Weapons and Legends

Please release new info on Raid Dungeons

Please show us some of the new legendary skins

Please show us some of the new zones

Please show us some new meta events

Aaagh
Anything to take away from the pain of the HoT price issue!!!! Please!!!! Tired of waiting for the this info!!!!

This is a concern of mine, since Anet is moving away from personal guilds, I may be forced to join larger guilds in order to Build.

And from my experience with other games with features like this for guilds, usually on,y top ranked guild members and guild favorite members are allowed to Build, while the rest of us only get to play and watch.

I hope Anet designs this feature for everybody to be able to have their own place to build at, and not just Guild Halls of larger guilds…

Wow this thread is huge in such a short time. Did the Trait thread get this huge?

Baconplease.1657:

Knighthonor.4061:

Baconplease.1657:

I never said trion was the developer of archeage. They were however, the Publisher. The face of the company. It was their own fault.

How the kitten was it their fault? The developers controlled all that. Trion just hosted the game in the west.

The lack of communication with the players, Scapes (community leader) lieing to the players and getting caught wall all Trion.

But they don’t make any decisions. They only voice the developers as a translator. They have no control over the game.

Baconplease.1657:

I never said trion was the developer of archeage. They were however, the Publisher. The face of the company. It was their own fault.

How the kitten was it their fault? The developers controlled all that. Trion just hosted the game in the west.

Trion wasn’t the developer of Archage, so please stop that lie OP.

They were only trying to recover money spent in producing the western version. The developers are not them. Rift was developed by Trion, not Archeage…

Balsa.3951:

Do u like the game yes or no ?

If u like the game 50 euro is really not much for the content it gives, remember u got 3 Years out of ur last 50 euro. Thats like a sub of 50 euro for 3 years.

Game designer want game design they need money.

Or if u dont like it thats ok, u feel disapointed on anets direction in the past and u dont like no dunguons. U may even wish for a total different game.

So ya ask ur self honestly

U know its not the character slot. ( if u are a veteran u know how to make that gold in a week or day if u sell ur junk)

The Only Point minus I give anet is they failed marketing, but its really not a bad deal and other get the base game for free is good for u. More player means more money for anet means better game for u.

so calm down and think a moment.

Smart Consumers think differently. Simple as that.

steve.2945:

tequatl, and triple trouble are considered raids, and i guess wyvern is too, but we barely even know 1/3 of whats in the expansion.

League of Legends have raids?

How about a Plants vs Zombie Farm minigame.

Mordrem vs Rizen….

Lol

Random.4691:

Sinope.5630:

I think, they see this one and it explains everything:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZspKoupWAY

It’s been done already.

They waiting to reveal new elite specs that can raise the hype to a new level.

I guess extra slot for more bag space. Because we didn’t get anything to fix that problem..

I mean currently. But thanks for that info as well. :-)

Hi, any way to make a Sword/Shield + hammer defensive PvP build?

This all getting ugly…

*RIVER DECORATION :
piece by piece we can plot down a River decoration that can also null the ground collision detection to allow players to swim in the river and even drive small boats on it to have a battleship like minigame with cannons and all.

Brimstar.9036:

I love how everyone in the livestream on guild halls today shut up about $50 dollars being over priced after they shown the content today. Completely tone changed in minutes, so funny.

Whats that? Look forward to it.

Codra.2794:

I like to see statues with materials like marble/wood/steel and you can use any race as a model and similar choices as makeover kits (for hair for example) and any armor skin from the wardrobe carved on them. Maybe it can be used as a reminder of friends we lost too and we would like to be remembered.

Great idea. What about statues of our characters, similar to that status we turn into when using that Fun Box. We can save actions and all. :-)

I would take a 40vs40 style two sided WvW capture like mode.

-NPC Decorations -

*Butler tour guide:
Npc that when activated will walk players along a premade path made by the creator, with scripted text along the guide.

*Conjurer Weapon Maker:
NPC makes environmental weapon items that players can activate to take control of, similar to other environmental weapon items in the game such as Spy kit, and Seeds, etc.

Ideas for decorations for the guild hall feature.

Post some ideas here.

Wait whats been the issue with queuing from main world?

Abadon will return.

Me like me like,,,

Anybody remember the “Our Time Is Now” marketing video?

Honestly the marketing side of Anet hasnt always been good. They make mistakes. It happens.

perhaps this current events is also just a big mistake. I dont like all the nickel and diming going on, but hey i am willing to give them a chance to fix things this one last time, after the large marketing mistake of China NPE/Traits being forced on Western market consumers.

Wow seriously. .this is getting out of hand. Anet say something… release some info…. do something. …stop with the silent treatment. …

rapthorne.7345:

I truly am surprised that seemingly overnight veteran players have totally forgotten the sheer amount of love and passion that ANet employees have pumped in to the game and are pumping in to HoT.

Never before, in over a decade of MMO gaming, have a come across an MMORPG with such attention to detail, quality and charm as GW2. It’s clear the game has been crafted as a child of passion and love, not as a money making tool. I’ve fallen in love with GW2 and the people that makle GW2 happen, and will gladly support them for years to come if it means the game I love keeps getting bigger and better.

What? ANET are the same developers that forced NPE on all players including Vets, simply to appeal to their Eastern Consumers… then they didnt evensay a single thing about our complaints until HoT reveal months later…

This ruins Guild Hall feature. How many guilds will honestly allow people to customize it and not just the top ranked favorite players?

Personal guilds were best for this feature because everybody can make what they want….

bad design…. if Rift is anything to learn from, its this… there is a reason it has persona dimensions along with guild dimensions. …

Its the true definition of a Standalone. Just like the first two gw1 expansions.. the third expansion may be a true expansion for GW2 like it was for GW1.

I am kind of worry when it comes to joining the many 10v10 matches on the game list, because they always listed with like 11 ppl, and I want a full group battle experience.

I figured the best way to get this is by queue system like rated does, but for the 10vs10 games instead.

Is this feature already in the game?

If not, I would highly suggest such a feature. Or at least a way to merge similar maps on the list to get to 20 players.

Sorry for making another thread here. But had to get this off my chest.

Zephyr.6475:

So, I main Thief (I mostly play d/d and d/p), and I noticed the new “Lock On” trait that Engineers will be getting. I actually don’t mind the fact that stealth mechanics will see some counter-play, but I don’t necessarily like the way that Lock On will affect the game.

Engineer’s already have tons of AOE, so hitting a thief in stealth should be no problem at all. It seems unfair that engineers will be the only class with ways to deal with stealth, (in a brain dead and spammy manner), while other classes like Mesmer will still struggle with Thieves.

All this being said, stealth is one of the things that makes the thief class unique and fun to play. It’s pretty clear that Shadow Refuge as well as the d/p heartseeker stealth combo become nearly useless with this change. Due to their stationary and lengthy nature, it should be no problem at all for an engineer to tag a thief in either of these stealth fields. I dislike Lock On, but I would be open to other counter play mechanics being added. Stripping stealth with an AOE just seems unfair. I was hoping other people would have suggestions on a fun way to play against an invisible enemy without spamming.

I was thinking something along the lines of a final attack of an auto chain removing stealth? I’m sure there are better ways out there to do it, and I hope Anet considers the suggestions if they intend to add anti-stealth mechanics in the future.

Welcome to our world,,, aka the non engineer non thief players out there.

We have to deal with the bull crap from both of you….

slobby.6975:

I started the game just over a month ago. I find the lack of response to veteran players’ anger to be very disappointing.. I also feel Anet will get away with it because the fanbase loves the game so much. Some are so grateful for new content they are defending Anet’s policy.

However, as a new player I have no deep connection with the game so I need to leave aa soon as possible before I get attached.

It’s not really about the money, it’s trivial compared to my mortgage and bills. It’s more about their disregard for existing customers.

My best wishes for everyone who’s staying.

Best wishes to everyone who’s leaving.

Goodbye

Bull crap OP, we all know you are an alt account.. You do know Anet can see you IP address and any IP address you logged in from right?

PS: not consigning Arena Net, just pointing that out….

I understand that decorations can’t be scaled in size.

But besides that element

Does the Guild Hall building work like Dimensions in Rift?

Can I place objects in mid air and have it float there?

Will there be an object count? If so, do different objects have different cap values?

Since objects don’t scale, that would mean I need to place more floor tiles if I want to build a castle, compared to a system like dimensions in Rift, in which I can scale the floor tiles to use less for the same job (which is building my floor and roofs).

I hope that gets looked into, if wasn’t thought about in the original design of Guild Halls.

Will we get decorations that can also change the environment such as create sky illusions and weather effects?

Also a big feature would be, NPC units. Will we have a way to create NPC units in our Guild Halls, that can speak to players and and be designed to give tours of Guild Halls that the creators pathed ahead of time? That could be a cool feature, I havnt seen done yet in features like this.

Curious, whats Engineer’s counter class?

They been the hardest class for me to fight currently. They seem CC immune often, and hard to burst down. They have tons of CCs themselves …

This all been a PR disaster

THIS is a cool change my friend…

I would like more group support on this..

Jaymee.1560:

My husband and I, we have a guild between us, where only the two of us are members. No one else. All of our secondary accounts are in the guild roster but it’s still only the two of us.

Will we be able to go and fight, just the two of us, to claim a guild hall that will solely belong to just my husband and I? Cause, my fear in watching the video on it is that we’re gonna have to have a ban of people just to lay claim to one.

The fact they getting rid of influence system, seem to suggest that they moving away from the solo guild concept.

Hi hammer,,, hi sword,,,,,, hi shield,,,,,,

Are spirit weapons going to get improved in the expansion, or nerfed? Just curious. I actually like the concept of them, just not the implementation.

hapvis.7059:

I bought a Toy2 3 years ago, I really loved to play this toy day and night. Before yesterday, the seller will release the expansion toy(Toy2E) and wish I can have more different experience than before when I play Toy2 with Toy2E. I was so excited. Yesterday, the seller announced the new customers can have Toy2E for $50 and also have Toy2 for Free. The most exciting thing is that new customers can bring Toy2 home right now after you pay $50 for the Toy2E. But seller told me that I already have Toy2 in their database, I just pay $50, go home, and keep play my old Toy2 until Toy2E is released. Ya! What a nice thought! Some friends heard this story and try to comfort me that you have played this for 3 years. Stop being greedy… For a customer, I pay $50 and go home only with a receipt today. But new players go home with a reciept AND a Toy2. Does it sound right?
All customers should have an equal right of deal with the items they bought. Today, ArenaNet provide a product inclueded GW2:HoT and GW2 core. Although GW2 core is free, any customers still have right to handle the GW2 core by their own will. You can’ t take this right away from the players who owned GW2 core. Many players already gave you some suggestions to smooth away the anger. Hope you can reconsider our suggestions instead of ignore us. We are not greedy. For me, I hope ArenaNet can sell GW2:HoT without GW2 core for lower price. I don’t believe GW2 is $0 in the market because GW1 Trilogy costs $29.99 . If ArenaNet really think the GW2 core is $0, I can buy the GW2:HoT for $50. But can ArenaNet release the GW2 core as an Free-to-play MMO game in the market from today? In that case, ArenaNet still can have more new players.

Seriously, can people stop using logic on this forum. It’s not entertaining. I come here for entertainment… Please stop.

Well I guess its best to get my 100 vault upgrade now before the expansion removes my chances of unlocking favor solo…..

juniterio.1245:

If it is, I’m done. Where are my raids?

//entitled mode off

They not ready to reveal that yet. Likely after all the elite specs are revealed, since they likely more tailored to Raid PvE design.