Guild Wars 2

Proposal Overview: Guild Airships

Proposal Functionality:
PvE Functionality: Guild airships would be a great addition to the game. The leader would be able to move the airship into different PvE zones (no including Orr) using a mix of Influence and Gold. In the airspace of the zones guild airships will have the opportunity to dock with other guild airships if both leaders agree. The airships will start out small and every upgrade that changes the size of the airship it will appear to be docked at an island (hopefully Claw Island) which players will be able to disembark the airship and move around. The island will house up to 5 other upgrading airships which the members can talk to each other. The upgrades will be bought using materials and gold. Special materials will be given as rewards that must be done though quests given by an npc on the airship.

PvP Functionality: Within the guild airship there can be rooms where players can test out their builds on each other by dueling. This would also open up 2 types of GvG using the airships. First type would be ship to ship battles which would have 2 phases. The first phase is players fight using siege weapons on the airships. Second phase the airships dock together and the members fight on both ships. The second type would be all airships dock on an island and fight on the island.

WvW Functionality: The airship will provide siege weapons which everyone will be able to practice with. There will also be walls and doors within the airship which members can improve how long it takes to knock down the walls and gates. The airships could also be involved within the WvW maps where they can be used as extra defense if a guild claims a fort. The airship would vanish if another server takes over the fort.

Some may have noticed I haven’t included merits or commendations with anything. The reason for that is not every guild likes doing guild missions or isn’t big enough to do missions. This way all guilds no matter how big or small will have the opportunity to have a fully upgraded guild airship. The bigger guild will be able to get upgrades faster but upgrades wouldn’t be limited to guild size.

Associated Risks: This will take quite a while to make.

I enjoy playing necro but when I play support guard i hate necros using Death Shroud. in the party list when a necro uses it it looks like their health is dropping drastically which makes me think they need a heal. It would be a lot better if the health bar changed colors while necros were in death shroud.

The reason why they despawn is a bug with the trait Flesh of the Master. As long as that isn’t equipped your minions will stop spawning. Minions sometimes don’t attack but i find they attack a lot more than they don’t.

Its basically a farm in Frostgorge Sound where u stop players from completing an objective needed to continue the Living Story.

Haishao.6851:

Silvercyclone.1462:

I believe the best course of action for anet is to make Elites the highest rank of mobs able to spawn during events. This will completely stop players from failing the events for loot. There is plenty of champs out there in open world so there is no reason for farmers to be upset.

The best course of action would be to actually reward success and not failure. And make Champions scale in difficulty instead of number. Getting tougher, hitting harder, unlocking new abilities instead of just making more and more spawn. Sure another one could eventually show up, but only after all the other scaling buff were applied.

Sadly this would make the game fun so we can be sure they will avoid this at all cost.

Unfortunately your idea will most likely bring more farmers than make them leave. With stronger champs they would have to have better loot. which would make it even more desireable.

I believe the best course of action for anet is to make Elites the highest rank of mobs able to spawn during events. This will completely stop players from failing the events for loot. There is plenty of champs out there in open world so there is no reason for farmers to be upset.

Lets hope he turns purple and starts singing and gives out candy.

Donno if anyone has seen it but 2 asuran children talk about hyleks.

Epharr the Third: So, let me get this straight. These hylek are yellow, the ones to the northeast and far south are red, the hylek to the west are orange…

Winni: Right. The blue ones and the green ones are nice, the orange ones and the red ones are mean, and the yellow ones are sometimes nice and sometimes mean, depending on their mood.

Epharr the Third: I wish they were all nice and there was a purple one that sang and gave out candy.

Winni: Me too. But unfortunately, this is the real world. Not some fantasy land.

insanemaniac.2456:

pls dont make gw2 into farmville pls

They won’t make it into Farmville. They will make it into Farmville Wars 2.

A WHITE polar bear!!!

it would be cool if they turn the HoM in gw2 into something similar to the Zaishen menagerie. There is already 4 pets there for those that have 30 points so why not add more?

I believe everyone has the right to play their own way. When it stops players from completing the main storyline I think it should be a bannable offense. I think to stop this and future problems like it the devs should make elites the highest type of mob spawnable during events. There is more than enough champs around to farm and this will let the players complete events for storylines.

I think these champ farmers should be banned. I realize champ farming isnt bannable and players should be able to play their own way however these farmers are stopping others from being able to play their own way by not letting the players complete the living story. A quick fix for this is whenever an event like this pops up the highest grade mob that can spawn should be an elite. This problem also seems to be happening with Claw of Jormag too.

I’m sure necros will keep getting nerfed. Every time they add a trait or try to improve the useless death shroud necros get nerfed.

There doesn’t need to be a craftable precursor but I do think there should be an alternate way to receive them other than RNG. I wouldn’t mind if they added a precursor as an achievement reward or done a scavenger hunt that takes a month or two.

I did notice a ship there last night. Not sure when it was added but it could symbolize LA getting back to normal.

ThePlanez.5871:

I really hope it does not come out! I don’t know y people r crying about not getting a precursor, therefore not being able to craft a legendary. I’m sick of people whining about it.
First of all, it’s just a SKIN! it does not provide more dmg than ascended, it’s not a ‘must get’ kind of item, which makes u ‘godly’. Neither is this an end game weapon.
Secondly, if u REALLY want the skin, then u HAVE TO work hard for it. Does it make urself seem ‘unique’ if everybody runs around with one? The whole thing about legendaries is their unique skins, nothing more, nothing less.

All these KIDS whining about not getting their legendary is getting me really annoyed. I mean if u really want it, go find a job, work for a week, there u have it. However some people is against spending money for their precursor, well, think about it this way, u are working for ur legendary, except, in a different way, the most efficient way. Have u ever thought about the time investment u would have to put in, in order to farm for one?

So stop whining about it, but instead, get on with ur grind, either playing hardcore, or use a weeks wage and get it over with. Simple as that.

Lastly, for all of u waiting for craft able precursors, use ur common sense. Does Anet want everyone to run around with a legendary? I doubt their would rely the new method(if they decide to introduce one) on time gated items, as everyone would be able to obtain one in this way, soon or later. It still would depend on RNG and gold and require time investment. Maybe all three.

I have a feeling you have multiple legendaries and have a precursor drop once a week. For those of us who have played since beta and have yet to have a precursor drop i think this would be a good addition. For me it is going to take more than hardcore game play to afford a precursor cause i have been known to go a couple hours of farming and not receive a single drop.

Zaxares.5419:

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

If I could plant them myself in my own little patch, I"d even buy them (same for the trees), overpriced or not.

Would be really cool if you could “plant” your own crops and then harvest them daily. (Of course, you can bet that I’d be planting stuff like Chili Peppers and Lemongrass. XD)

Behold Farmville Wars 2!!!

If there is an event in the area the lettuce farm will not be there. Do the event and the lettuce farm will come back.

Im not sure players realize that undead can be created w/o the elder dragon. Cleansing Orr wont happen overnight it could actually take decades.

It would also be nice if u got 3 things from each plant everyday. Today I got 3 vanilla beans, 1 yam and 1 zucchini. that does seem a bit harsh when u get at least 3 ores from each node and 3 logs form each tree and yet the price is the same for all the gathering nodes.

I personally like what they did with the feature pack and if you don’t then i just recommend not to make a new character.

I believe the devs know about this bug and i’m sure it might take a while for them to figure out a fix. As long as you dont have the trait “Flesh of the Master” equipped your minions shouldnt die when u cross lvling areas within a map.

I like the changes and I think the reason for most of the players that don’t like it is cause what they read on the forums. I can assure everyone a lot of what is on the forums is misinformation and the only way to know what it is like is to experience it for yourselves. Most of the players r just making a mountain out of a mole hill.

I don’t get the hype about zerker gear. I got a ranger with full zerker and it’s my weakest character i got.

I have noticed it and sent an in-game ticket but it would be wise if everyone did the same. I looked at the trait and it does seem like thats the problem. When u switch lvl areas within a map the game thinks u reassigning the trait.

I have noticed it and sent an in-game ticket but ti would be wise if everyone did the same. I looked at the trait and it does seem like thats the problem. When u switch lvl areas within a map the game thinks u reassigning the trait.

joshc.3129:

Silvercyclone.1462:

Buying the expansion with gems wouldn’t be bad at all. It would allow players who couldn’t afford it irl to be able to buy. Everyone would be able to experience the content at the same time.

The gem cost for the expansion would translate out to be the same amount of money as if you would have just bought it in a store. So if the expansion would cost say $29.99 the gem cost would be the same value. The only way this would work is if the gold to gem value would stay the same which it doesn’t.

Also giving the players the ability to covert gold they earned in-game to gems to get the expansion would be a bad business move since they are just getting a free copy of the expansion since they didn’t spend real money on the gems. While other players that may not have the time to play and farm the game for hours on end are left having to pay for the expansion with real money.

Not to also forget to bring up getting the expansion via gems would reward players that use bots to farm gold or players that have used exploits and not been caught to make gold a free copy of the expansion for breaking the game rules.

It wouldn’t matter what the conversion rate for the expansion is the point is it would give players an alternative way of buying the expansion. Chances are if a player was left behind because they couldn’t afford an expansion they would leave the game so it would be in Anet’s best interest to make sure as many people could get the expansion as they could.

Terrahero.9358:

Silvercyclone.1462:

I have created a new character to experience the new changes and I don’t think they are bad at all. The thing everyone needs to understand is most players who have negative feelings about the leveling either haven’t created a new character or stopped playing the game a while ago and just like to troll. The best thing to do is experience the stuff yourself before reading anything and also remember that they made this game subscription free and haven’t put any play-to-win items int he gem store.

And what do you base your stastitics on? Or is it just a gut feeling?
Because we’ve actually seen some stastistics on how 1500+ people feel about the new changes. And it was overwhelmingly negative.
Good for you for enjoying it, but you are part of a very small group.

Also, what does “no subscription fee” have to do with this?
They spend a lot of development time making their game, in the eyes of many players, worst. Are we suppose to be cheerful over this fact?

I base my statistics on how may people i see on forums that say they have quit and still have negative remarks. I would like to see a link where u have seen 1500+ people say its negative. The no subscription proves that Anet is about players and not just for themselves.

I have created a new character to experience the new changes and I don’t think they are bad at all. The thing everyone needs to understand is most players who have negative feelings about the leveling either haven’t created a new character or stopped playing the game a while ago and just like to troll. The best thing to do is experience the stuff yourself before reading anything and also remember that they made this game subscription free and haven’t put any play-to-win items int he gem store.

Buying the expansion with gems wouldn’t be bad at all. It would allow players who couldn’t afford it irl to be able to buy. Everyone would be able to experience the content at the same time.

If Abbadon is Zhaitan’s champion then maybe the other elder dragons are as well. Maybe instead of them waking up he bring them back from the dead after they starve themselves to death.

Probably the same jerk guilds that require 100% repping.

I’m starting to get sick of all this whining from everyone about the patch. If you dont like it why the kitten are you playing. Instead of saying everything sucks why not give the devs some constructive criticism. They are giving you a game w/o monthly payments and w/o making this game pay to win. If you want this to be like WoW go pay Blizzard $15 a month and tell me GW2 isnt better.

The waypoint cost is a gold sink. Without it everything will cost more. Also the waypoint costs have lore behind it so i doubt they will get rid of it.

The closest thing u will come to a race change is an infinite (insert desired race here) tonic.

I started a new character also and don’t understand why everyone is mad. Not too much has changed except now u can get loot when u lvl.

I believe during an interview a while ago they said Cantha and Elona are still on the table. Living Story is far better than expansions because we don’t have to fork over $60 for new content. Plus there are some players who wouldn’t be able to afford the expansion right away and with living story everyone will be able to experience the content at same time.

Arlee.7038:

Yea I wish there was a green one too. One of my guildies hypothesized it’s because color blind people wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between the red tag and the green tag. Since red/green is the most common color blindness it seems plausible.

That may be true since I have that problem myself but theres no reason ppl cant say they have that problem and which is the right one in map chat.

There isnt a green tag cause nobody like guacamole flavored doritos.

I believe during an interview about the break someone said mid-season break doesnt mean middle of the season. We could have a few mid-season breaks within the season.

I noticed the majority of posters in these forums either dont play anymore and complain about the game or complain about every single thing anet put out even if it is really good. I personally like the new leveling system. also lvling is faster because it takes less to fill a heart.

samuelrl.2463:

2) The New leveling fiasco: I quite simply think this is kitten, and also annoying. Can’t view Vistas or get PoI until lvl 10? Why would you do this, now after I go through an area with my Character just so I can lvl up to lvl 10, I have to go through it all over again just to get these points to get map completion. Simply stupid.

Don’t know where your getting your info from but I started a new character after patch release and could get POIs and vistas right away. as for the skill points there isn’t really any reason to gather them until utility skills get unlocked unless u want them just sitting there getting unused.

As a veteran play i absolutely approve of these changes. I created a new character to see they changes first hand. For those of u that upset about the changes stop griping and don’t make a new character.

Lets hope that they don’t change it so much that everyone will have to pay gems for it even if we were there for season1.

I once lost my Teq wings due to a bug and sent a ticket. The response back was “sorry but it’s against our policy to return such items”. Sending a ticket might help but don’t expect to get it. I assume it depends on who receives it whether u get it back or not.

One of my guildies lost all their minis too. They even looked into their mats storage and nothing.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Silvercyclone.1462:

This way they wont have to worry too much about game lore.

No.

Lore found in-game is sparse enough as it is, don’t give them reason to make it even sparser.

Sorry I meant that they wont have to worry about contradicting any of the lore in game with those 3 characters since you don’t know of their existence in the game until you meet them.

Key farming isnt dead its just harder to obtain. As long as there is free keys in this game there will always be key farmers.

they need to stop working on useless stuff like Death Shroud and work more on minions.