Guild Wars 2

It’s had several & it generally causes problems.
Lot’s of spam bots & gold sellers
Tons of cheater accounts made for wvw

Def should be dye-able along with everything else in the game
All armor, weaps (including guild), skins, & back pieces.
Customization is a key element in mmo. You can never go wrong with it.

Plz, no weather!
It causes lag, longer load times, and sight problems. The game doesn’t need to resemble the real world that closely…

DevonCarver.5370:

To quell speculation early, that is not what we are doing. The announcement will have more info, but we are absolutely not getting rid of worlds and putting everyone into an EotM type system.

Ty for this reply Devon!

Honestly, defense needs help but, I understand that anet is having a difficult time figuring out a good way to change that.

For now, focus should be placed on structure improvement & possibly some kind of improvement to the ‘upgrades’ as I detailed above.

And plz, stop telling ppl to xfer servers. Everyone knows it’s available to them & if they wanted to xfer they would have done it already…

~thread bannered~

So, with the new ‘megaserver’, say goodbye to this altogether?
I have used this as a legitimate way to make money in-game for over a year now.
gg
I’m guessing anet wants more ppl flipping the TP for gold?

Malchior.5042:

Laundry lists like these serve no purpose.

Surely you jest

Foghladha.2506:

All of these concepts are great on paper however in application there are some things that you need to think about.

1. The Death of Server Communities.
By Megaservering if your server is not a 100% WvW dedicated place, such as Sanctum of Rall, your zones will be filled with foreigners, people who you have fought against for over a year and a half, who’s blood boils at the mere sight of you. We’ve all seen it, you’re in an overflow and someone starts up with the server bashing. This is going to be day in day out every day in Guild Wars 2 from this day forward. The bad blood is going to be spilled out all over our capital cities, our formerly friendly zones, and fill our chats.

Goodbye to Server Climate
The server climate we all have come to love over the years will now be gone. You’ll be mixed into all servers and the feeling of server pride will solely be one for WvW players. For the better part of the past 2 years I have been giving bags out to new players on Sanctum of Rall to thank them for calling us home. On April 15th that will no longer be feasible as every player in the game would also share that zone. There is no way for me to communicate just to the Sanctum of Rall players.

Server Communication
Before every WvW event I travel around and let people know where we’re going and encourage them, no matter the level, to come out and have some fun with us in WvW. I hit queensdale, divinity’s reach, vigil keep, and a few zones in Orr. Come April 15th I will no longer be able to do that as people will not be from Sanctum of Rall and will be unable to join us in WvW. With no way to communicate with your allies this will become an even more difficult feat for non-wvw focused servers to mobilize forces.

I see your objective and it is a valued one however I strongly feel that this is a bad move and will negatively affect the game in the coming months. You’re changing Server Community to Game Community and putting barriers in communication which will hurt those servers who have been struggling.

On top of that I’m pretty sure this is just the tip of the iceberg and soon WvW will be to follow. At which point there will be nothing left of the houses we built.

Please reconsider this option until you have some time to think about all the repercussions and the long term effect on communities.

^^This

As Colin mentioned, a lot of your concerns are to be addressed in the upcoming blog posts. I also wanted to answer some of the questions that I’ve seen on this thread.

Will this system breaks existing communities?
The whole goal of this new system is to enhance the in-game social environment. We completely get that the community of your home world is important to you, and this is why MegaServers takes that into account. But I also think that with this tool, we can go further. While home world communities are important, they are also very abstract. Choosing which home world to pick is a difficult task, even more difficult when you’re playing the game for the first time, because more often than not, you don’t know what the differences are between each of those worlds. Also, home worlds communities can be quite unbalanced, population wise.

With MegaServers, the idea is to start taking into account more meaningful data to create communities. People you’re playing with, people sharing your interests or your goals, … We want to try to create this “town-like” feeling, in which while there are a lot of different people, you are also encountering the same ones frequently enough to be able to establish meaningful relationships.

This is one of the long term goals for this new system. On April 15th, we’re introducing the core elements that makes it possible, and in this configuration, the home world you’ve picked is very important. And for the other informal communities, we will monitor and adapt the system accordingly.
— Samuel Loretan

Samuel, plz keep this in mind:

I specifically paid rl money to xfer to the server that I am on SOLELY for the community.

I am an officer in a wvw guild that was established in beta & I do NOT want to potentially share cities/pve world with my wvw enemies OR a bunch of new trolls that my server works particularly hard at getting rid of on a constant basis to maintain the serenity of our pleasant community.

I have people on my friends list who are most decidedly NOT my friends for very specific reasons, and I do NOT want to be thrown into places where they are, nor be forced to remove them from my Flist.

Never forget why you removed the Official WvW Matchup Forum….

FrozenStarRo.7240:

How would harvest nodes be affected by this change? Because I’ve still got lots of deldrimors to make and piles of iron and platinum to collect. I don’t mind going to a map to find the nodes once, but I’d hate to come back with another character 30 seconds later to find I’m in an entirely different instance of the same map.

^^ This is huge for me

I specifically paid rl money to xfer to the server that I am on SOLELY for the community.

I am an officer in a wvw guild that was established in beta & I do NOT want to potentially share cities/pve world with my wvw enemies OR a bunch of new trolls that my server works particularly hard at getting rid of on a constant basis to maintain the serenity of our pleasant community.

I have people on my friends list who are most decidedly NOT my friends for very specific reasons, and I do NOT want to be thrown into places where they are, nor be forced to remove them from my Flist.

I am about as far from a role-player as you can get but, I urge you anet to pay attention to these very specific sectors of gw2 population. No mode of gameplay should be ignored & made to feel that they don’t have a voice or valid issues of concern. We have a few rp’s on our server & I can say that rp’s are quite entertaining & a really nice part of our community.

“We’ll also be discussing the long-term plan for guilds and WvW in relation to our megaserver system”

The thought of regularly having to repeat costly guild missions due to someone killing the bounty before my guild is able to get there & participate is not ok. We don’t particularly like doing them, they are done solely for guild commendations & are viewed by many in the guild as a waste of time. As an officer, I don’t want them to possibly take even longer and cost even more influence due to them having to be repeated.
Potentially gaining less guild influence is also, not ok
Guild recruitment is going to take a big hit from this. It’s hard enough to recruit for a guild that actually has rules and a carefully created environment, for the purpose of structure & the pleasure of our existing members.
Guilds who don’t particularly care about their members & are all about quantity, not quality, won’t really be affected by this.
Again, not ok
Guild Halls, if they are inc, will not fix any of the current & incoming guild issues stated., js

The combined server concept of EotM was bad enough.
Yes, the map is extraordinarily beautiful. Yes, ty for attempting to address wvw queues in some way. Yes, ty for all of the extra badges, karma, & wxp that I get when I do actually go there…
BUT, fighting along side long time enemies in a fashion that allows them to spitefully troll freely in chat &/or thwart organized battle plans; having the entire experience contribute nothing aside from a supply drop to my server; being surrounded by 20x’s the amount of pve mobs in a pvp environment; having no way to organize said forces through a server voice chat, & losing all sense of community are deal breakers for us on that one. Which is why we only go to EotM about 1-2 times in a whole month.
PLEASE do not attempt any kind of server merging or mega server option for wvwvw.
The fact that the pve population is contracting enough to constitute an action like “mega server” should tell you that you should start turning some more of your focus to the wvw realm. You currently have a very small team dedicated to the wvw segment of gw2. Give us a cpl more dedicated dev’s & give us the things that we have been asking for, NOT what you think we ‘need’ or what you think would be cool. If you give your customers what they want, they won’t leave & some of those that have left will come back.

I was really starting to get exited with what had been revealed thus far for the update. The wardrobe system & acct bound wxp has had me on the edge of my seat since they were announced. I felt those features would help sustain me for quite some time. Now, I’m starting to worry lol

Yes, I am waiting for the rest of the reveal, but this: “We’ll also be discussing the long-term plan for guilds and WvW in relation to our megaserver system” is starting to make me feel uneasy.

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Hi,

There will indeed be more CDI’s.

The topic we are thinking about discussing is the Trading Post.

Chris

Chris Whiteside.6102:

I would also like to do a Guild CDI soon.

Chris

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I would actually show a back piece after over a year & a half of gw2 if I could get giant, feathery, angel wings
White & Black options plz

New apps would be nice but, I’d rather see a completed TeamSpeak overlay.

Atm, I can only see who is in the channel that I am currently in. As a Guild Officer, I need to be able to see the entire TS Panel just like the old TS overlay showed…
Coming from the TS overlay, I’m so disappointed that you did it this way.
Am I missing something?

Also, why in the world cant I change the font color??? Hard to see against a lot of the GW2 backgrounds.
Oh, and another thing, I shouldn’t have to alt-tab & to see how many ppl are in channel with me…

I don’t have a problem with the prices.
However, I do want all, (or at least most) of the items available to me constantly.
Anet, just do sales to get impulse purchases….

Personally I would buy many more items if they were constantly in my face reminding me of what I want. Goals, if you will.
When temporary items come up, if I don’t have the rl money, gems don’t get purchased.
If I could plan ahead of time to buy what I wanted, they would make a hell of a lot more money off of me.
Instead, I mostly spend my hard earned gold in the gem shop now….

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I love this
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1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, zomg 11 plz, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 126, 127, 128
Awesome list OP, ty for taking the time!

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Bobblehead tonic FTW! +1

Offair.2563:

Give me a tonic to shrink my head to normal again please, can see the joke but gets annoying running around for some longer especially with my ranger pet heads blocking half the screen.

zoom out?

lel
It’s wonderful to wake up in the morning & laugh. Which is exactly what this did for me. Got some great ss of running & mining & of my mini white kitten :P
ty anet, very cool
As much as I have spent on my toons looks, this is totally fine for ONE day. Too bad others don’t feel the same.
Grab a sense of humor, it’ll do ya some good

I know it’s crazy but, defending is actually ::gasp:: fun for some people.
And some people play for ::gasp:: PPT!
I know, I know it sounds crazy! It’s like some kind of new age concept or something!
>.>

Still eagerly waiting for a Guild CDI o/

paper bag helms were data mined a while back :o

What changes would you like to see if/when they rebuild LA?

1. Totally different awesome scenery
2. Lighting that shows off dye colors in more spots than just the TP & Bank areas. (better lighting in general since this is the place where ppl really show off their looks)
3. Less merchants, but those remaining selling more stuff.
4. A recruitment board for guilds (perhaps somewhere near the Fountain)
5. More gambling spots with reward/exchange merchants.
6. More places for people to jump around/up and explore with more perches

Warkupo.1025:

Personally I like the Vigil keep better. Everything is neat and tidy right next to each other. Just start up Scarlet’s orbital nuke and finish LA off.

This would be acceptable if the VK had every single thing that LA had there.
ahem~crafting stations~ahem
We need a main central hub, & that hub’s location should always be as near center of the world as possible. (porting to the farthest point in each direction, relatively the same price)
This being said, gw2 world designers are so talented that it would be an absolute waste to not have them redesign LA with some new, fabulous scenery.
I would love it tho, if they added some random nodes to the new la apart from the jp’s. I’m loving collecting while still participating in VK map chat convo’s

Brother Grimm.5176:

What you are seeing is an indication of lower population access to that particular zone on your server. As mentioned above, nodes reset when a map is generated and maps only generate when a player enters a previously empty zone.

There is NO timed reset on node locations (this is set by a map being reloaded per above). The timing on node refill is I think 8 hours for lower level resources and 24 hours on the highest tier.

Before this ‘change’, Frostgorge AND Orr node locations only changed if there was an update/patch/ninja patch or maintenance. Period. Been doing this for a year & a half every single day, on multiple 80’s.

~thread bannered~

Anet, can we plzzzzz get a GUILD CDI??

Kumu Honua.2751:

And to have specific windows remember location.

I want that merchant window in the same place ever time. Same with Hero and BLTC windows.

This^

+1 from me. If you are doing the UI: Please Anet, let us implement Sidebars, so we can have all our food, tonics etc. there. It is very annyoing to open the inventory all the time for this.

And if you are doing this: let us place the skills where WE want it.

I understand the UI is made simple so most people won’t be too confused (some sick WoW UIs come to my mind). But please let the ones that play seriously customize the UI freely as they like.

aaand this^

bueller?

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I suggested an upgrade overhaul in a previous thread: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Make-gates-the-first-upgrade/first#post3754759
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Agreed. Might turn the tide just a little and add some more epic fights defending structures, giving defenders just a little more time to respond. Also, slowing down the ktrain a tad.
I also agree that pvd shouldn’t be allowed, with maybe, the exception of fire damage… cuz…logical

Could restructure upgrades:
row 1:
~hire merchants
~hire services (bank/repairs)
~hire tp agent
row 2:
~hire additional guards
~raise guard level
~hire guard patrol
row 3:
~build cannons
~reinforce cannons
~build cannon platforms & extend cannon range appropriately (raising cannons to 1500 range, thus also giving rangers more purpose in wvw if traited accordingly)
row4:
~2nd worker
~build mortars
~build wp
row 5:
~gates are resistant to all damage except fire & siege damage
~gates are reinforced
~gates are fortified
row 6:
~infused iron walls (walls randomly ignore/reflect dmg 5% of the attack time, or every 10th hit)
~walls are reinforced
~walls are fortified

Just some ideas.
(The cannon platform idea was suggested by someone else in the recent thread “Cannons destroying rams through gate”. Too good of an idea to overlook
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1. Reduce cost of upgrades
2. Raise walls to 1500 range.
~reduces the amount of classes that can hit cannons. Eles/Rangers/Necros can still force skill#1 shots & rangers can trait for 1500 range. However, ground target skills cannot reach in most cases.
~eliminates ultra deadly necro well spam & fears, allowing person to stay on the cannon and actually use it…
~this might reduce ac range a bit but, they would also be un-destroyable from the outside w/o cata/treb fire or higher ground bali fire etc. (unless noob placement of course)

Cannons are pretty tough siege, it takes time to destroy them. The problem is that no one can stay on them w/o being killed. Rendering them almost useless. Even constant waterfields on said cannoneer don’t help in “when blobs attack” situations.
Also why, most people don’t even bother to invest in Cannon Mastery unless they have nothing to do with their points.
Suggestion 2 alone, would add some validity to defense w/o messing things up too much. There would still need to be scouts, you would still have to ‘get there in time’, there would still be plenty of epic lord’s room fights etc.

Thank you for saying this Nike.
I now have a legitimate reason to stop asking for it.

This isn’t really a priority because of the available block feature. Annoying at times, yes.
But, I’d much rather them spend their time on hackers/cheaters, & most definitely, an overhaul of the report system.

hush op, shatterer is the coolest dragon out there & I like being able to stand in a safe zone, tilt my camera all the way, look up at him above me, & take cool ss’s while I auto attack
no, I’m not joking either lol >.>
I love the idea of instanced world bosses tho
Oh how I miss raids & raid parties

Anet, will they become acct bound April 15th?

Avster.1935:

But I do agree with the discount (50% ~ negotiable) for having 100% in areas where we have already completed it.

I like this idea. You’ve completed said map, so you get a wp discount

“defenders are heavily favored”
you must be playing a different game than I am lol

Nothing against you personally but, I’ve been playing gw2 constantly for over a 1.5 years & I don’t understand why everyone keeps asking to be compensated for game changes that are made…
We don’t even know how bad it will or won’t be in game play yet until it hits.

I do, however, like your Solution 2. That sounds like fair ‘compensation’.

yesplz
why do games that are uber inferior to gw2 have this option, yet we’re still stuck w this ui after almost 2 years?

I’m really looking forward to this update
I’d like to say ty also.
Regardless of how long acct bound wxp took
>.>
<.<
>.>

Def should have been removed by now. However, I would appreciate toxic seedling nodes as a permanent fixture

Ty Anet for reducing some of the game grind by giving us just about everything account bound
Really looking forward to this update!

+1
I would even buy an ‘emote pack’ w rl money if it wasn’t too expensive.
would need to be below 300 gems so that it’s still obtainable by ppl who can’t use rl money.

add – not losing guild chat when switching toons

easier/faster ways to level = more character slots bought
go go anet go!
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Much more comprehensive Guild Panel. Including:
Join Date
Repping History
Ability to change the chat colors by rank in guild chat!
The ability to give people guild permissions individually apart from ranks
MotD that displays upon log in. (like the borderland bloodlust announcement)
Ability to send mass guild mail
A notes section for each member
What accounts have Commander Tags
The separation of the Treasure Trove from the Deep Cave (by rank permissions)
More rank symbols
Guild Commander Tag functions for WvW
Guild Raid size parties available for WvW
Fix the guild bank; double click to add/remove items; allow drag n drop stacking upon deposit
More Guild Missions (specifically ones that can be accomplished by medium or even small sized guilds)
More ways to get Guild Commendations (for medium/small sized guilds)
More options at the Guild Commendation Trader
Contract Asuran Outsourcing changed to 2 upgrades instead of 1
Ability to make Guild Arrow Carts, Balistas, Trebs
Ability to make Guild Siege stacked at way more than 5 in panel
All Guild Buffs upgraded from 24 to 48+ hours (or at least more of them)
More accurate/detailed info in the Guild History Tab
New special abilities for guild Officers or specific ranks/ppl (someone somewhere suggested Guild Warping)
A recruitment board in all major cities (another great stolen suggestion)

Anet plx. I legitimately work my kitten off collecting in this game. Every single day.
You have made it 10x harder and even more time consuming, without any guarantees at all now.
Collecting is the relaxing way that I spent time making money, enjoying the scenery, & the only reason I spend time in pve at all…
This hits home for me hard. If I can’t collect reliably on all of my toons, then I could care less about finishing fully equipping them with perm harvesting tools.
Plz give us back our reliable T6 nodes.
I actually DO want to buy more harvesting tools, but it doesn’t seem worth it now with this change.