Guild Wars 2

MeGaZlo.9516:

Banewrath.5107:

MeGaZlo.9516:

Let’s be logical. In any game mounts will not be superfluous. Another thing is that the game is not very suitable for mounts. Not vice versa. You can not add mounts here with huge speed gain. it may ruin some aspects of the game. Customize these aspects under such innovation – is too time-consuming.
Another thing is that if we introduce mounts as the usual decorative bauble – very few people will want to buy it themselves. Trust me on a word. Therefore it’s not worth to be introduced.
Hence there are 3 options:
1) There should be a regular speed buff, but not more than the maximum possible. 25-33%. It will relieve some of the classes of seting special skills to move faster. Hence it makes a decorative element to raise the quality of the game. Many people will buy it for the sake of convenience. Moreover, it would not affect nor of any game aspects.
2) Mounts should have unique skills, and be like the transformation of the tonics. This will create a kind of mini-game and adds a bit of variation and ma-a-agic (In terms of fun). Allowing to feel yourself like cavalry soldier or a rider of multi-ton dolyak. People will want to buy it for fun.
3) Both. The best option.

However, to avoid any inconsistencies – should prohibit their use in all aspects of the current pvp (except specially designed).

However, I would not want them to just sold for gems. It spoils “sense of immersion”. Cutting them from the world, by bringing the whole process of getting to the grind of money (of which there more then enough) A collection of mounts will be much more valuable then collection of pets. Wherefore devs should introduce different methods for their preparation. Drop, exploration, pvp rewards, etc.

I made a comment in this thread that covers pretty much everything. But we do have a huge gameworld that is perfect for mounts. I can`t think of any other game of this size that doesn`t have them. Whenever you have a massive world like this, developers usually add in various ways to travel and we got just waypoints. Sure, if you are in a rush a waypoint is great. I am grateful they are there but I`d rather use something else if it was available, something I liked. Go look a few posts up at the rundown I wrote for them on acquiring them. That is pretty fair for anyone.

Arenanet would also make a fortune on the gemshop versions. Nearly every game that has mounts in it that you can buy from a vendor also has some from a gem or cash shop. And the majority of mounts you see people using are the cash shop ones. It`s just good business to provide products your customers ask for and sooner or later it`s gonna happen. Whether it be now or in a few years, it will happen.

I like the idea of the mount skills you mentioned. Though I do think they should be used just for what they are. If we wanted to keep combat off of mounts they really shouldn`t get any skills. But a racetrack or mounted events would be something cool. They have the guild rushes and could make a mounted rush open to the public as a world event that is timed. People love the little things like that and would show up in droves.

Why not? GW2 is unordinary game . So it shouldn’t be ordinary mounts . Also, I know the games where mount’s skills are good implemented ( Allods Online, for example). Take a look from the corner of the developers: if you add to the game mounts that are needed just for beauty, many players simply will not buy them. Now we have, for example, minis. They exist only for beauty. How often do you see players actualy using them? I saw 4-5 during whole year, and they’ve just stood in the city. Developers will not spend time on potentially unclaimed items. On the other hand the unique skills of mounts – increase of atmospheric and make them a practical thing. It’s just funny, after all. Anyone want to ride and chop mobs sitting on a horse. And, generally speaking, no1 cares about how you killing mobs in open world PvE. In any case, I doubt that it will be OP. New animations, models and skills (the same tonics for example), developers added regularly. This implementation of mounts will be quite simple in execution.

Personally, I believe that simply decorative increase 25-33% of speed, which also lost at each stroke of mobs (and here it quite difficult to avoid) – pretty boring addition to THIS game.

On the theme of horses – I found a couple more artworks. Beautiful. Me want.

That’s just Anet teasing you. They have NO plans to bring back houses.

Dendail.4896:

Onshidesigns.1069:

Dendail.4896:

It’s the Living World Achievement so those that take part in the living world would most likely come across the key parts needed for this daily.

They do not drop often. If exploring is the dailies intent, it does not work. Because the key parts are too cheap on the TP.

No they drop at a fair rate in the Aetherblade path in TA.. The path happens to be the current Living Story so it is currently a highly treaded path. Players run the path, get their pieces and viola daily achievement… assuming it wasn’t bugged.

The dailies are part of activities that most people do simply playing the game and the Living Story is one of those common activities.

Play your own way as long as it’s the Living Story.

Dendail.4896:

It’s the Living World Achievement so those that take part in the living world would most likely come across the key parts needed for this daily.

They do not drop often. If exploring is the dailies intent, it does not work. Because the key parts are too cheap on the TP.

Daily achievements like “Key Maker” are way too specific for a daily. Dailies should be more generic things that players naturally do anyways.

I haven’t tried the Key Maker daily. So I don’t know if it’s bugged.

Banewrath.5107:

Onshidesigns.1069:

Banewrath.5107:

gillius.2856:

Onshidesigns.1069:

Droodle.5278:

Hi

I would like to earnestly suggest to the developers of Guild wars 2 that you INCLUDE MOUNTS IN THE GAME!!!!

Stop asking for this. Anet will never add large mounts faster than running speed.

There was no mention of the mounts moving faster than run speed, mounts would be great its not all about speed, but about fluff.

maybe then there would be something good in the gem store

Actually the mount would give swiftness like a signet does. There would be no point to open my wallet for something that isn`t functional. We already have swiftness ingame, this would just be another way to attain it. I mentioned all the ideas for it a few comments up.

Anything that makes a player faster now. Should work on cosmetic mounts

Yeah but some players don`t have a class with a swiftness or speed signet. these are the people you would likely see using mounts the most. What would another guy want from a mount if he already has a speed signet or boost? Unless he just wanted it for the looks. It would be cosmetic for him but functional for the guy without it, but both would be on equal ground traveling from a to b.

I think signets not working on mounts, is why players do not use them.

Looks like a updated Mad King’s Labyrinth.
Players could not enter the doors last year.

Banewrath.5107:

gillius.2856:

Onshidesigns.1069:

Droodle.5278:

Hi

I would like to earnestly suggest to the developers of Guild wars 2 that you INCLUDE MOUNTS IN THE GAME!!!!

Stop asking for this. Anet will never add large mounts faster than running speed.

There was no mention of the mounts moving faster than run speed, mounts would be great its not all about speed, but about fluff.

maybe then there would be something good in the gem store

Actually the mount would give swiftness like a signet does. There would be no point to open my wallet for something that isn`t functional. We already have swiftness ingame, this would just be another way to attain it. I mentioned all the ideas for it a few comments up.

Anything that makes a player faster now. Should work on cosmetic mounts

Banewrath.5107:

Onshidesigns.1069:

OP is asking for cosmetic mounts then.

This game should keep cosmetic mounts different than other games.
*No dragons or other mythical creatures. They would be better as enemies anyways.
*keep them small
*Make them nonliving, magical, mechanical, Asuran, steampunk, clockwork, Cyberpunk.
*no horses

That`s pretty limited. What`s wrong with a horse? We have a game full of mythical creatures we kill on a daily basis but yet we couldn`t ride one?

Horses would Nords too tall. Riding mythical creatures just seems too silly.

I don’t think it would be limiting for Anet to create cosmetic mounts with these themes “nonliving, magical, magic tech, mechanical, Asuran, steampunk, clockwork, Cyberpunk”.

Many of the other weapon skins have been brought back. There is a NCP in the BL TP exchanging them for a item in the BLC’s.

OP is asking for cosmetic mounts then.

This game should keep cosmetic mounts different than other games.
*No dragons or other mythical creatures. They would be better as enemies anyways.
*keep them small
*Make them nonliving, magical, mechanical, Asuran, steampunk, clockwork, Cyberpunk.
*no horses

Anet developers seem to think if there is little talk about something. That it means it was not popular. Example of that is DE’s, Josh Foreman claim we didn’t like the new DE’s after launch because we did not make posts about them. When infact everyone wants new DE’s!

This might be what going on here. We didn’t tell Anet how popular this mini game was. Because what Anet developers can’t seem to understand is: Players do not complain about good content! Good content is expected by players from Anet. So players are less likely say how good the content is.

Reaper’s Rumble is good content. That the players had no reason to complain about.

KingClash.3186:

Teq is a “ghost town”?
Really? Then why do I have to get in Sparkfly 1 hour before reset or be locked out of the main do to hard cap?

Maybe guilds from other servers are guesting their.

TC rarely has more than a few doing the event.

Rainbow Sprint.3215:

Azure Prower.8701:

Maybe he’ll wield twilight and sparkle.

You know vampires existed before twilight, right? They’re far more interesting too.

“The Lost Boys” was a much better movie about teen vampires.

Chess Jurist.3580:

Onshidesigns.1069:

Chess Jurist.3580:

Onshidesigns.1069:

panzer.6034:

Onshidesigns.1069:

Proteus.6320:

Selfish entitled players want everything and don’t think it’s fair that prestige items exist that they can’t get. Except they can: the skins are still availble on the TP.

Oh the cost is too high? So it’s greedy selfish entitled players who are also misers. Nice.

I find that the greedy players are the one’s who ask for gated elite content.

It’s greedier to want something for cheap when other people have already busted their kitten to afford that same item. Currently, the only gate is how much effort you want to spend to get gold and if people want the skins to come back so that they have to work less at that than the new people who have just dropped 250+g for the skins over the summer, shame on their sense of entitlement.

TehPwnerer.7215:

I just think it’s wrong for people to DEMAND that these awesome items remain exclusive to last years event.

I just think it’s wrong for people to DEMAND that these awesome items come back so that they can get them cheaper than what the going rate the players have been paying is.

It’s good business for old gem store skins to come back at a reduced price.

They would probably lose more business from players, for numerous reasons, then profit from doing that.

Bull, does not make any sense at all!

Gem store skins was never for prestige. That is why Anet made legendaries.

It does make sense, let me explain. If for some reason they do re-release the skins, the probability of a large group of people will quit. Why do I say this? 1. Because it was stated to be “gone forever” on the gem store during the last few days of the event. 2. Because there are people who have spent countless hours farming keys to obtain those skins, and will feel like they’ve been cheated. 3. Because there are a large amount of players who have spent large sums of money on BLC for those skins, and will feel like they’ve been cheated. 4. Some people play solely for the purpose of the market or being a collector. A great example of this would be Runescape’s partyhats, and many of their other discontinued items.

Lets just say they re-release the skins in the gem store. About 1000 players just quit, just an estimate, because of the terrible decision to release the skins again. About 300 people (being very generous with the estimate) will probably purchase it with real money, because like I said before, a majority of players already own at-least one of the Halloween skins. The majority of people who do not own one will purchase it with coin to gem conversion, leaving Anet with minimal profit. And because of the re-release of skins, people will automatically lose interest in buying any future skins because it will always be available to EVERYONE, hence leaving minimal sales to the “new” skins.

So now Anet is down many veteran players, loss of interest for sales by a mass majority of people, and loss of interest by potential new players who want to play solely to own a discontinued item for whatever reason.

Please tell me how this is good for business.

Anet kitten ED a lot of players off with their first RNG boxes. Many of them left the game and didn’t come back. The ones that are left, still feel ripped off.

I myself only bought 5 keys last year and stop once I realized the scam.

If you have one of those skins. You are incredibly lucky to even get one. If you had not, you would feel cheated.

Ahlen.7591:

Onshidesigns.1069:

Ision.3207:

Ahlen.7591:

I really doubt the horizontal progress people are the ‘majority’ of the playerbase.

The majority of the playerbase is people who don’t fall into the hardcore OR horizontal groups.

Agreed, most people simply take the game as it comes. And there are casual players who prefer Vertical progression and there are casual players who prefer Horizontal progression. So there are 2 different preferences for how a game should handle progression. Likewise there are 2 different types of players that are hardcore; there are the hardcore grinders, and the hardcore skill players.

I don’t think most players have any concept of how to do horizontal progression and why it’s better.

Vertical progression to me leads to gated content and a slow death of a game.

Ya we saw how short WoW was am I right? That game died so fast because of Vertical progression.

Only beginner, Cities, and the latest expansion zones are not dead. Everything in between is empty.

Proteus.6320:

Those numerous reasons being that:

The skins are still available and the ones for sale are held by long term players who have likely invested more into the game (and store) than those who don’t have the skins, for whatever reasons. Rereleasing skins would actually hurt players who have a vested interest in the game, while those crying for them to be released again are newer players (spent less in store) or those who refuse to pay the gold (and since they are so frugal they probably don’t spend in store either).

Why should Anet poo on their spenders to appease the entitled cheapskates?

/ponder

So their online dolls can be so pretty? How cute.

You paid more because it was new! If re-released the skins buy out right and cheaper than later skins, because the developing are paid for.

Also Anet kittenED UP by ripping so many players off last year. By introducing RNG BLC’s.

Chess Jurist.3580:

Onshidesigns.1069:

panzer.6034:

Onshidesigns.1069:

Proteus.6320:

Selfish entitled players want everything and don’t think it’s fair that prestige items exist that they can’t get. Except they can: the skins are still availble on the TP.

Oh the cost is too high? So it’s greedy selfish entitled players who are also misers. Nice.

I find that the greedy players are the one’s who ask for gated elite content.

It’s greedier to want something for cheap when other people have already busted their kitten to afford that same item. Currently, the only gate is how much effort you want to spend to get gold and if people want the skins to come back so that they have to work less at that than the new people who have just dropped 250+g for the skins over the summer, shame on their sense of entitlement.

TehPwnerer.7215:

I just think it’s wrong for people to DEMAND that these awesome items remain exclusive to last years event.

I just think it’s wrong for people to DEMAND that these awesome items come back so that they can get them cheaper than what the going rate the players have been paying is.

It’s good business for old gem store skins to come back at a reduced price.

They would probably lose more business from players, for numerous reasons, then profit from doing that.

Bull, does not make any sense at all!

Gem store skins was never for prestige. That is why Anet made legendaries.

panzer.6034:

Onshidesigns.1069:

Proteus.6320:

Selfish entitled players want everything and don’t think it’s fair that prestige items exist that they can’t get. Except they can: the skins are still availble on the TP.

Oh the cost is too high? So it’s greedy selfish entitled players who are also misers. Nice.

I find that the greedy players are the one’s who ask for gated elite content.

It’s greedier to want something for cheap when other people have already busted their kitten to afford that same item. Currently, the only gate is how much effort you want to spend to get gold and if people want the skins to come back so that they have to work less at that than the new people who have just dropped 250+g for the skins over the summer, shame on their sense of entitlement.

TehPwnerer.7215:

I just think it’s wrong for people to DEMAND that these awesome items remain exclusive to last years event.

I just think it’s wrong for people to DEMAND that these awesome items come back so that they can get them cheaper than what the going rate the players have been paying is.

It’s good business for old gem store skins to come back at a reduced price.

Redenaz.8631:

…At least some of the back items and Super Adventure Box weapons are holo?

No, please, don’t get up. I’ll throw myself out.

(Obligatory on-topic: While I’m not a fan of Anise’s outfit, it does seem to be a popular one.)

Edit:

Onshidesigns.1069:

Agree,

Anet did give us the Lady Kasmeer armor. Even though we don’t have the her swimsuit.

I like Kasmeer’s armor, but I have to admit I’m somewhat relieved we didn’t get swimsuits. I can take a certain amount of fantasy armor cheesiness, but I’d rather not see people running around in swimsuits everywhere. Yeah, they can take off their armor, but I almost wonder if the blandness of the character underwear is why I don’t see people do that more often.

They can already do that if they want and so what if they do.

Donari.5237:

If you use a Toy while in town clothes, you go into combat stance.

Must be a costume brawl toy he is carrying then.

Proteus.6320:

Selfish entitled players want everything and don’t think it’s fair that prestige items exist that they can’t get. Except they can: the skins are still availble on the TP.

Oh the cost is too high? So it’s greedy selfish entitled players who are also misers. Nice.

I find that the greedy players are the one’s who ask for gated elite content.

Agree,

Anet did give us the Lady Kasmeer armor. Even though we don’t have the her swimsuit.

Regina Buenaobra.6193:

It’s hard to tell what the functionality of the item is from just a screen shot, so I’m here to clarify. This screen shot actually shows the Bloody Prince Thorn costume and not an armor skin, so it is not usable in combat.

The stance in this image looks makes this look like armor and not town clothing.

Ision.3207:

Ahlen.7591:

I really doubt the horizontal progress people are the ‘majority’ of the playerbase.

The majority of the playerbase is people who don’t fall into the hardcore OR horizontal groups.

Agreed, most people simply take the game as it comes. And there are casual players who prefer Vertical progression and there are casual players who prefer Horizontal progression. So there are 2 different preferences for how a game should handle progression. Likewise there are 2 different types of players that are hardcore; there are the hardcore grinders, and the hardcore skill players.

I don’t think most players have any concept of how to do horizontal progression and why it’s better.

Vertical progression to me leads to gated content and a slow death of a game.

Agree with this.

Paid expansions are gate content. That goes against the idea of a open evolving world.

New areas must be available to players.

Reaper’s Rumble should be in Halloween and then added to the daily activities year round.

Anet could make some new dialogue for our toons. And let us customize the our toons dialogue to reflect the personality we want to give it.

Hell NO to a paid expansion! This game has a gem store for a reason.

I think ascended armor should be craftable. But Legendaries should be the rewards for content.

This makes sense if you thunk about the meanings of the words Ascended and Legendary.

At Least two large guilds in those images. If you’re not in them, you’re lucky to have been on a server with those guilds fighting tequatl.

It also makes the game play like a 3rd person shooter. Like Socom, Star Wars Battlefront

The daily activities NPC should have a icon above their head. That displays the type of daily mini game for that day. So anyone running by does not miss their favorite mini game.

How about adding Holiday mini games to rotation? Like Reaper’s Rumble, Dragonball

KOPPER.1458:

I plan on getting one before it expires. 800 gems is a bit steep in my opinion. I’ve also had a lot of complaints from guildies because they bought the other tools and would like to change them to another toon but can not because soul bound.

Some lost sales there. 400 gems seems far more reasonable to me. 5 bucks.

800 gems is OK for this if bought in gold. We more gems for real money.

*Instead of 800 gems for 10 dollars US.
*Make it 1200 gems for 10 dollars. Can’t make it to much. Players can farm for the other 400 gems.

Dual.8953:

My guild does Teq at least once a day still.

This is the problem. Tequatl is not a raid for any guild to play alone. Guilds need to get out of overflow!

frostyraziel.1854:

Onshidesigns.1069:

I can’t stand the look of the Bloody Prince.

At least it’s not Scarlet again.

Looks like Scartet’s boyfriend the Joker.

I can’t stand the look of the Bloody Prince.

Remember the “Rich Dragon Coffers”. This may just be another version of them.

Anet going to make Halloween bigger this year? I would of liked it to expand it to other cities with more activities.
*Anet is adding BLOODY PRINCE and it’s story.
*But they may have taking out the scavenger hunt and Reaper’s Rumble. The scavenger hunt just need to be different and bigger.
*It a little longer but not as long as Dragon Bash. But people Love Halloween more than Dagon Bash.

Many players don’t want instanced raids. Open world raids anyone can help out in are ok to them.

I hope they keep the skins out of BLC’s.

Looks like everyone likes Reapers Rumble.

Ran from Oct 22-Nov 1 last year.
This year Oct 15-??? I would like a post halloween event like a harvest theme.

The Mask of the Night look ok but it does not look like a Halloween Mask.
https://d3b4yo2b5lbfy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/de44907-Mask-of-the-Night.jpg

How about scarry ceramic halloween masks.

Was hoping for a updated teaser video today.

What does anyone think for Reaper’s Rumble? I liked it.

It wouldn’t be hard for Anet to add it at the last minute. If they wanted.

Or would you like Reaper’s Rumble as part of the daily activities year round?

Last years halloween had 4 stages.

Does that mean Blood and Madness is just stage 1 of a 4-5 part halloween festival? And that some new elements will be added in later stages.

Also when does Halloween end? Just because the Mad King leaves does not mean everything should go over night.

Will it be part of Halloween? Many thought it was just as fun as LUNATIC INQUISITION. But i’m not seeing it listed.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/october-15-2013/

Charak.9761:

Lord Kuru.3685:

saalle.4623:

Arena Net said that they will release HUGE content patch next year

They also hyped the release of a new “dungeon” and then gave us the abomination that was Canach’s Lair.

What was so bad about it, use the bomb on him, dps, loot, gg. I prefer short dungeons.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/may-28-2013/
Canach’s Lair on a subterranean solo mission under the island.

This was advertised as an instance similar to Personal story missions. It was not a dungeon. Anet failed to explain this to some players.

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