Guild Wars 2

OK…we have a new LA…there’s a thread for liking it or not. That’s not what this is about.

The new Lighthouse is HUGE…way up HIGH…very TALL!!!

Will we be able, after the HoT pack drops…to use our Gliders in this new LA and take off from the Lighthouse?

Gaile, Jon, Colin, anyone…Buehler?

Even a “Maybe.” would be nice to hear.

It could be very cool…I’m just sayin’…gonna just leave this here.

The more time I spend there…I appreciate the work, but continue to not like the end result.

“Sea-World”, “Theme Park”, and others…all seem more applicable.

I would have rather seen these sea-creature buildings at a new posh resort on Southsun manned by the Consrtium…that would have been perfect. a blend of old LA architecture from GW1 and the Ship-Buildings would have been great. I know they tried to bring back some of the old LA stuff in LA 3.0…but it just doesn’t work for me.

LA became a Pirate City…but really, other than the Skritt cave now…we’ve kinda lost that. I still go back and think…lore-based…Cobiah would be a bit disappointed.

I know I am…

I respect the work, but I think you guys missed the mark of the “Spirit” of LA.

I thought I read in one of the Blog posts that we would be able to swap our guild halls without losing the upgrades we had built. Now nothing was said about if there would be a cost, or if we would have to do the mission to claim the other Guidl hall in order to trade Halls…so I have no idea on that, and I am not asking as I am sure that will be revealed once its more “set in stone” internally.

But now, I can’t seem to find that reference…maybe I am mistaken, or I miss read…I have been hit in the head a lot…:) Could someone help me out here?

I can only make the assessment that more types of Guild halls may be added in the future…as we had many to choose form in GW1. So I am sure there will be a way to change them up.

Thanks

Teon.5168:

I died a horrible, gruesome death on that dive. Just didn’t jump out quite far enough…..missed it by that much!

Me too…

I like this new LA, so don’t take this as a negative…but I do miss the ships…the boats were part of the spirit of LA…a Pirate City…but now…not many boats left…I think Cobiah would be a little disappointed…I think its beautiful and way more functional…but I just miss the boats as buildings…

may not be best…but include the one at the top of the new lighthouse in your tour…and then try the dive off the top…have fun!

and can someone tell me what the thing is he gives you? looks like a one-time use item, but not sure what it does. thanks.

evadrepus.1280:

The silence is taking a long time. I think there’s only one way to go. I would expect to see a message like this very soon:

“Greetings fellow inhabitants of Tyria,

Earlier this week we opened pre-orders for our exciting new expansion, Heart of Thorns. We are really excited about this expansion – not only does it have the new Elite classes, only a few of which have been fully revealed so far, but it also introduces a whole new world for you to explore. We have many more teasers and spoilers planned over the next few weeks that will let you share our excitement about the expansion.

That said, we here at Anet have been aware of the voice of the community on the pricing or content of the expansion packs we’ve offered. We feel that the prices we listed are appropriate for the content we are releasing, and certainly comparable to the other releases we and other gaming companies are producing these days. We have a fantastic user base, and many of you have been as hyped as us for the expansion. Some of you have been with us from the original Guild Wars, including even some of our beta testers of that game. You veterans form the core of our userbase, and are are often the most vocal supporters for us. Or, in this case, vocal in your discontent. We do want to have you continue your journey with us through Tyria, after all, we have dragons and lore you haven’t even seen yet (are you there, “Bubbles”?).

After a great deal of internal conversation, we’re making the following change to all expansion packs: All packs will now include 800 gems, which is the current cost of a character slot in the game. Are you one of our players who has a maxed character in every slot? You can use these gems to buy yourself a new spot to roll that exciting new Revenant. Are you a newer player and still have open slots? Use these in our Gem Store to buy many quality of life and appearance items – we’re sure you’ll find something you’ll like! For our user base who want to buy the Ultimate Edition, you’ll now get these gems in addition to the ones you already are receiving as part of the package. We expect you to be the snappiest dressed Revenants in Maguuma!

Once again, thank you for your passion around our world. We are on a shared journey and look forward to you joining us in the newest chapter, Heart of Thorns!"

This addresses the content amount, plus the price, plus the lack of a char slot on the basic edition. I would also suggest going out more than 30 days for refunds to those who bought the game prior to knowing that it would be included in the HoT Release. maybe make it 60 days?

In the hope that, as they always claim, what we see is just a small part of what is coming…I would say this type of letter and compensation would alleviate the issues of maybe 85-90% of the people who are upset. You will never appease everyone.

Nice suggestion and I hope this gets some attention when it is shared with the teams.

ahh…misunderstood the way people were posting…i’ll go back to my corner now…lol

Twitch tells me GW2 is offline…wth?

Right…I have read that…what the other guild members and I are trying to figure out is, is our best use to unlock some things that will carry over before release…or save the influence for these kinds of uses after HoT drops.

Hey All, Devs and Gaile especially…

Would there be any way to get some idea on what kind of influence expenses will be…I mean even some ballpark point ranges for certain upgrades and such post HoT?

I ask because I am a part of a small, casual, guild. We have a respectable amount of influence for a small guild. I am sure no where near the amount of Large Guilds(we haven’t even unlocked Missions yet),but we want to get the best bang for our buck once the conversion starts.

We would like to get some idea so we know whether it would benefit us more to unlock some upgrades ahead of time, or save our influence to spend after the fact.

Thanks to all for any helpful insights.

Just wanted to say thanks, Josh. Keep up the good work.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

All skins in the game work the same: you get a free application once and use transmutation charges after. (The sole exception being outfits, for which no-cost transmutation is one of the few pros it has compared to pieces of armor.)

Further, transmutation charges are easily obtained from PvP, login rewards, and map completion. Thus, transmuting is very close to free for the vast majority of players.

So not only is the system much better than the one we had at launch, I think it’s extremely fair in its current state.

Not quite true…as mentioned before HoM skins and Achievement Skins cost nothing to use as many times as you like.

I’m on the fence on this, as I have never come close to being out of charges, but maybe I don’t change things around as often as others do. I see points on both sides.

Thanks…I must have just missed that set of notes/update/info…:)

I noticed in the Arcane Line they have dropped Blasting Staff.

Did the area increase get rolled into the Staff by default(or moved to a different line), and I just missed the notes about that?

Or, have we lost the area increase?

Thanks.

Sorry for your loss.

If something small like this can be done to add a memorial, and allow a name or names to be added to it, in a Guild Hall for those players who have lost a friend or loved one…please make it so, ANet Devs.

If in doing this, we as a community(including the Devs at ANet) can make someone smile at a happy memory during a time of loss and beyond, then we have done something well and good.

I’m all for that.

Tachenon.5270:

The jetpack from the Molten Alliance dungeon back during LS1. Sold for around 90 gold. Blew it all on a server transfer.

Same, I got the jetpack to drop in the boss fight from the first LS…sold it for @130 gold when the price was dropping…if only I had known to keep a hold of that thing…I could sell it and buy a Mjolnir…and have money left over…lol

Fair enough. As an example, I just looked at the maps for Maguuma Jungle. I didn’t think the Content Guide got granular enough to point to “Areas”…just story, hearts, objectives, etc. I’ll have to play with that some and see if I can make it point to areas I haven’t been to yet.

Hang on…I feel dumb now…I was looking at the Region Maps…not the actual Explorable Area maps…I’m sure it must be one of the areas that doesn’t have a POI/WP/Vista/Heart.

That was my flaw…I’ll have to go check. That was the clarity I needed…couldn’t see the forest for the trees…lol

Thanks.

Is there ANYTHING that can help you find what Area on a map you have missed for an exploration achievement? I am missing 1-3 areas on several maps…and I have no idea how to find where I have not been.

I have tried to find maps that list the “Areas”, but I have not found one. Even if I did…I wouldn’t know what areas I HAVE been to, since there is no list to check against.

Just a note: I do have 100% Map Completion, I know that really has nothing to do with the explorer achievements…just giving info.

Thanks for any and all help with this.

I would say ANet Artists come up with 3-4 choices(base it on GW Lore where applicable, i.e. Henge of Denravi, Dragonbrand, or another theme for those like Sanctum of Rall) and then put it to a vote…in game…so you only vote for your home server’s Heraldry.

Could be very cool…:)

I run a Zerk/Valk armor mix(good power and crit with a bit of a Vit boost) with Zerk Weapons. I run Zerk trinkets, with the exception of Valk Earrings. Ranger Runes. I tend to crit a lot. So I run “on crit” sigils.

Not sure if this will work for the OPs focus as they already have zerker gear, but it may provide food for thought on adding some Valk pieces to be able to mix it in.

Julie Yann.5379:

NikeEU.7690:

Julie Yann.5379:

I don’t find it boring, I just don’t take well to being told what and how to play by a bunch of demanding little pugs.

What is the difference between using PS/EA or not on a dungeon run anyway, 30sec? 60sec? 2 minutes on some longer harder paths? Unless you are trying to break speed records why does it matter? If 30 to 120 seconds is what ruins your gaming experience you got issues.

Hey, your position is normal. There are plenty of people in the world who put their desires to do whatever the heck they want above the common good. I suppose you can get away with that forever if you really want to. Don’t feel surprised when people treat you as if you were a highly selfish person, though.

The pug which is demanding you play a certain way is also putting his desires ahead of yours. He/she is just hiding it behind the “for the common good excuse”. This is the reason I don’t play with pugs anymore. The truth is, PS/EA are not needed to have a smooth timely run, people just like using it as a crutch for their incompetence.

Also…don’t play with jerks. When I pug I talk to the people who are in the party. If they won’t talk to me, I drop them, because its never fun when no one talks in chat, na dthen some 13 year old rants at everyone and then rage quits because we’re not able to complete (insert whatever goal you like here).

If a party says “hey lets play whatever and have fun”, I usually run Axe/Mace – GS spec’d for DPS…if they ask for some Might generation, I’ll gladly run a PS version. If they ask for some health support I run a healing shouts build…its all about what the pug you’re joining is trying to accomplish and how organized they are trying to be. If they are jerks and say “PS/EA or get out”…I gladly leave…cause they are jerks.

And lets get one thing straight…pugs are not about speed runs…pugs are pugs…they want to achieve a common goal…usually…trolls not withstanding. I have often joined a pug that is getting organized to do story-mode of a dungeon for 2-3 of the people in the party. But now I am off topic…

To sum up…don’t play with jerks who order you to play a certain build…but be polite enough to aks what the pug you’re joining is trying to do and be willing to be a supportive player in reaching that goal. Running PS/EA is often a great way to do that, unless other options are available based on party make-up.

JDjitsu.7895:

That sounds like a blast! I’d think about throwing an alt account on HOD just for Thursdays. Nice how you don’t mind others joining. I bet it’s fun just to run around following you guys, seeing the results. And I imagine it makes it hilarious and fun for the opposing servers also. I’d be curious to see how each profession zerg did against other zergs in similar size ect. Though the variables, terrain, player skill on that class ect. make in beyond hard to determine, but I’m still curious. Have fun on your Minute Man night! I think that’s so awesome.

I just saw an all Quaggan zerg on Reddit posted today. I’ve not seen that many running around WvW before.

We do a Poll on the Server Website that anyone on the site can vote in to determine the Theme Nights for the month. At last Poll we had 21 options. We tend to embellish a bit…i.e. “Minion Night(includes Necro Minions, Pets, Clones, Elementals, etc)”, and we do some odd things like “Unleash the Dogs of War Night(everyone bring Hounds of Balth, Wolf or Dog pets, Mistfire Wolf…you get the idea.)” as well as more typical things like Charr Night, Thief Night…its always fun.

In most cases and with even numbers…we do pretty well…I’d say we win/lose about 40%/60%…we have done better on some nights, sometimes lots better. Our “MC Hammer Zerg Night” was pretty devastating. And yes, someone did vid caps and set it to “Cain’t Touch This”…lol

On Naked Zerg Night I bet we were 60%/40% with more wins until we ran into the more organized guild groups…who them proceeded to wreck us. We put up a good fight, but naked? bah, we didn’t stand a chance…lol Lots of laughter on TS and just fun all around.

I gotta add in here…I usually run a PS/EA warrior in pugs if I am doing a Dungeon unless they ask for something different. On rare occasion that has happened when there’s more than 1 warrior. I’ve ran everything from Banners to a Healing Shouts + 1 Banner Warrior builds…as the groups I have joined tried to somewhat tweak out the party.

I also will run Frost Spirit and Spotter on my Ranger in the same scenario. ..pug Dungeoning.

In ANY other case…I run what is fun…period. Let’s face it, in PvE you can run almost anything and get away with it…so have fun playing…just don’t let a group down that you are trying to help with a specific goal in mind…that’s just being considerate.

I use one in my MM build…granted not the best spec for WvW…but it does ok in a group…helps minions and party members…just my $.02

Henge of Denravi(HoD) server does a Theme Night every Thursday in WvW. We have done Mesmer, Necro MM, Guardian/Warrior(Heavy Hitter Night), Ranger, as well as other themes like Naked Zerg, Asura Night, and Arrows of Death(Bows all around including Ele Bows). Always fun, and the more people the more fun it is…lots of madness…win some/lose some…but the thing is…its fun. That’s what its all about…having fun.

This Thursday is Minute Man Night…all Firearms of any kind…:) We always welcome everyone to join in even if they don’t have a way to play the Theme.

I am partial to the Monkey-King…:)

Yep…kinda lame, and I bought the Uber Statue version of GW2…would have been better if it had been 1 item, account bound, and never expired. Would be like the permanent tools…just have to remember to float it to whatever toon you are using…hint, hint…lol

I can’t let it fall…5 days and already on page 11. I’d really love to hear from a Dev or Gaile on this… just to see if its even remotely considerable to be a possibility of a slight chance that it might be thought about over coffee and waffles at Flap Jack’s Wafflehouse? Maybe?

Dante.1763:

And go ahead stormbow is just one of the many weapons i had hoped would carry over to GW2 in someway..

Same here…I’d like to see many more…but I think this one could be one of the easiest since, as I pointed out, we have all the parts…just needs put together.

Dante.1763:

Thorfinnr Sleggja.1209:

That is a valid point, I agree. I just couldn’t come up with a way to do it that didn’t include the Ithas Longbow skin. At least not a way that didn’t take away the “exclusivity” of that skin. Its a tough call, that I grant you.

Make it part of high level fractals, or better yet put it in one of the harder dungeon paths as a random drop from the final chest. It would give players a reason to go do that path!

Tigaseye.2047:

Do you have a screenshot of it?

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Storm_Bow

Yeah…but I hate relying on RNG for drops. With my luck, it can be raining soup, and I would walk outside and get hit in the mouth with a bale of hay. I’d never get the darn thing…lol

Thanks for adding the link. I’m gonna steal it and add it to the OP.

That is a valid point, I agree. I just couldn’t come up with a way to do it that didn’t include the Ithas Longbow skin. At least not a way that didn’t take away the “exclusivity” of that skin. Its a tough call, that I grant you.

I loved my Stormbow from GW1. I, as I am sure many, hoped it would be brought over to GW2 via the HoM in some way, and it partially has been with the Ithas Longbow skin.

I posted a thread on this about 3 months ago. With the news of HoT and Legendary Crafting, I re-thought the process to include some of the new steps introduced in the idea of Legendary Crafting. So, I have revised my thoughts with those ideas. Perhaps this can spark(pun absolutely intended) and/or rekindle internal discussion on how we might be able to do this. Perhaps a process with new special items.

It appears to me, we have all the necessary elements in place to do this.

1. Ithas Longbow Skin
2.Chaos affect (from Chaos Weapons skin)
3. Lightning Effect (from Lightning Hammer/Mjolnir)

Let me explain the process I imagine now:

1. Acquire a Longbow of your choice. Requires Exotic level stats of your choice.(May also be Ascended level.)

2. Apply the Ithas Longbow skin from the HoM Rewards. (This makes it Account Bound)
– At this point you have a Normal Exotic(or Ascended) weapon with the HoM Skin. If you’re happy, you’re DONE!!! But, I want more…:)

3. Acquire 3 new crafting “Pieces/Parts/Ingredients” via collections requiring you to visit exotic/extreme locales throughout Tyria, complete JPs, defeat Legendary Champs, etc. Same method that will be used in the Legendary Crafting.

3a. Acquire the ‘Essence of Chaos’(Account Bound on Acquire) – Used in the Mystic Forge to create the “Legendary Stormbow”. This essence imbues an Exotic(or Ascended) Ithas Longbow with the white glow of a Chaos weapon.

3b. Acquire ‘Essence of Lightning’(Account Bound on Acquire) – Used in the Mystic Forge to create the “Legendary Stormbow”. This essence imbues an Exotic(or Ascended) Ithas Longbow with the “Lightning” effect from the Lightning Hammer.

3c. Acquire ‘Essence of Legend’(Account Bound on Acquire) – Used in the Mystic Forge to create the “Legendary Stormbow”. This essence imbues an Exotic(or Ascended) Ithas Longbow with a ‘Legendary Spirit’ elevating it to a Legendary(or Ascended Legendary) Weapon with appropriate level Stats and Stat Selectability.

The Legendary Stormbow can only be made when all 3 Essences and an Exotic(or Ascended) Ithas Bow are put into the Mystic Forge at the same time. No precursor. Its a one-shot deal. You must have the Legendary Crafting Mastery to do this. This item remains Account Bound upon creation. This also unlocks the ‘Legendary Stormbow’ skin in the players wardrobe.

At this point in my re-thinking, I killed the idea in my mind of making these Dungeon rewards or anything like that. Drop them into the Mastery and the Collections to be part of Legendary Crafting.

Its still not a “freebie”, but requiring a bit of work…and now with the ability of the Mastery, it would be on the scale of a Legendary. You could start out with an Ascended version or you could make it ascended with the Mystic Forge and Mist essences and such like making an item ascended now. This makes a “Special Legendary” for those who did the HoM in GW1.

Unfotunately, this is not available to everyone. If you asked people who have only played GW2 what a Stormbow is…they probably couldn’t tell you. This is for the long-time players or those who have gone back to GW1 and done the HoM achievements to unlock the very first basic thing you need…the Ithas Longbow Skin.

Sorry. I’m not being mean about it. I just really loved my Stormbow.

Many will still say there are more important things to be done. I hope with the new work on Expansion that this would be pretty quick to implement.

And did I mention that I really loved my Stormbow? My original Ranger from GW1 still carries it.

Again, its just a Revised Suggestion.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Storm_Bow

Hi Stephen,

I was in WvW some last night (Henge of Denravi is my home server) with my Ranger, and I was getting some lag on using the pet F2 skill, like some serious lag…as in it wouldn’t fire and then after a fight all of a sudden my pet would go stealth(Jungle Stalker). I also experienced some skill lags during combat, about 1-2 seconds in some cases as has been listed before…not large scale fights…most were about 5-6 v 5-6…so not a huge battle…just letting you know some other details.

Thanks for working and communicating with us on this issue.

ahh…gotcha…i didn’t see another thread here in the first few pages…thanks…i guess we’ll just be playing the waiting game.

Quick question…a friend of mine has had some serious toon-lock-up issues and has been working through a tech support ticket.

If he has not been able to play to complete the ornament collection, will that still be able to be completed after today?

He has it unlocked, just attempting to get to the chests resulted in critical errors and each time he tried a diff toon, it locked him out of that specific toon…i know…weird…but he has a support ticket on it.

Thanks.

Jordo.5913:

lol…come on, you all know it will be on the gem store soon™

Sadly…you will probably be right…

Thorfinnr Sleggja.1209:

I am not opposed to making this available to everyone, but it loses some of the “special” feel, and I’m not sure what other LB Skin to suggest it be done with…to make it be ‘different but similar’ to the one from the HoM. Maybe use basic LB skin…call it a Lightning Bow? I dunno…

Yeah…I allowed for that in my OP…but maybe it got lost in how I stated it, so to clarify…thinking you could make it 2 ways…if you have the HoM skin you get the true “Stormbow” from GW1, and use an alternate base bow skin(i’ll let Anet figure that one out, if it were up to me, I would use the basic Longbow Skin because it has nice clean lines) for those that do not have access to the HoM skin and call it the “Lightning Bow”. Still a cooly special Bow Skin…and available to both old(as a way to modify an existing HoM reward) and new players alike.

Maybe…but its taking me FOREVER to get a Mjolnir made…its just so cost prohibitive to players like me who only play 2-3 times a week. Keeping it even simpler than Mjolnir would be my preference…but hey…if it gets poeple at ANET talking about how to do, I’m open to discussing it in a CDI or something…

Thanks…its a small matter really…but could be a fun little reward.

It appears to me, we have all the necessary elements in place to do this.

1. Ithas Longbow Skin
2.Chaos affect (from Chaos Weapons skin)
3. Lightning Effect (from Lightning Hammer/Mjolnir)

I loved my Stormbow from GW1. I, as I am sure many, hoped it would be brought over to GW2 via the HoM in some way, and it paritally has been.

Perhaps this can spark internal discussion on how we might be able to do this. Perhaps via special items like:

Essence of Chaos(Account Bound on Acquire) – Double Click to Consume. Gives a bow with the Ithas Longbow Skin applied the white glow similar to a Chaos Bow. (This bow can no longer be equipped until Essence of Lightning has also been added. )

Essence of Lightning(Account Bound on Acquire) – Double Click to Consume. Gives a bow with the Ithas Longbow Skin applied the Lightning Effect.(Prerequisite: Essence of Chaos must already be applied to this bow.) This unlocks the Stormbow Skin in your Wardrobe.)

Obviously this could be done many ways, making them dungeon items(ex.: Essence of Chaos – 750 Tears of Ascalon PLUS all AC Paths completed. The Chaos Essence relates to the Ghosts and such.), An achievement reward, etc.

I wouldn’t make it a “freebie”, but requiring a bit of work…but I wouldn’t make it on the scale of a legendary or ascended weapon, as this really would just be creating a new skin. It also is a followup reward for those long time GWs players.

I am not opposed to making this available to everyone, but it loses some of the “special” feel, and I’m not sure what other LB Skin to suggest it be done with…to make it be ‘different but similar’ to the one from the HoM. Maybe use basic LB skin…call it a Lightning Bow? I dunno…

Its simple, and many will say there are more important things to be done…but this would just be cool.

Again, its just a Suggestion.

Indeed…this issue is becoming worse, it seems.

Henge of Denravi runs a Theme Night on Thursdays, and last night we had a Charr Night. We had probably 30-40 players gather in the HoD Border Land.

We had many issues of lag during fights, and even just crossing terrain there were instances of major ‘rubber-banding’. Also many players experienced sudden disconnect from the server.

My personal experience seemed to center on disconnecting form the server if I opened the map and tried to Waypoint travel.

Please, can someone look into this issue, as we went from a group of 30+ down to a group of maybe 7-10 simply due to frustration with the game performance.

We also were on the 161 IP mentioned in earlier posts.

Even a post from someone letting us know it is being looked into would be great.

Thanks

Lots of interesting input here.

I as well would like to see a more wide-spread use of existing weapons, but also would like to see a handful of new ones added. Granted, there are some issues with existing weapon functionality that also needs to be addressed.

My Thoughts:

Existing Weapons
Ranger – Rifle, Pistol(off-hand only), Staff(I like that Druid-style suggestion by Atherakhia)
Elementalist – Greatsword
Warrior – Dagger(off-hand only)
Mesmer – Dagger(off-hand only)
Necromancer – Sword(main-hand only)
Thief – I actually like the way its set, see new weapons below.
Guardian – Axe(main or off-hand, no Axe/Axe), 1 Hand Hammer(Main or Off-hand(No Dual Wield))
Engineer – I actually like this as is, see new weapons below.

New Weapons
Ranger – Whip(Animations and some NPC skills already exist)
Thief – Whip
Warrior – Battle Axe, 1 Hand Hammer(Main or Off-hand(No Dual Wield))
Necromancer – Scythe, Whip
Guardian – Crossbow, 1 Hand Hammer(Main or Off-hand(No Dual Wield))
Mesmer – open to suggestions
Elementalist – open to suggestions
Engineer – 1 hand Hammer(any hand, dual wield available)

Again, just suggestions and ideas.

I and several of our Guild members moved to HoD right before season 2. We did not move as bandwagoners. We were looking for a Server that had a sense of community, and had a really active PvE side as well as WvW.

We left our old server after being abandoned in World Level events when organizing guilds would jump to overflows when one of their Guildies could not get into the event since it was full leaving all the others behind who had been there and organizing with them(obviously before Megaserver was implemented). We would also commonly experience some WvW commanders with some of these same Guilds drop and abandon groups they were leading with no warning. This got to be exhausting, so we started looking around.

In our looking, we spoke with many people in game, and had very good recommendations for HoD. The Server Wide TS, The Henge of Denravi Website and Facebook pages all showed the community was driven yet also very welcoming and had numerous players in all different types of PvX and WvW.

We lived through the bandwagon that was Season 2, and even through all that, we saw the core Commanders and Guilds who were always trying to unite the server and provide valuable leadership. Not just to win the season, but to continually improve in the skill of playing…PvE, WvW, PvP, etc…didn’t matter…always offers to discuss tactics, builds, etc to make everyone a better player. We have started organizing Multi-Guild supported Theme Nights in WvW, which are always a TON of fun. Many Guilds post about their organized Event Nights to make it possible to find groups taking down Teq, Wurm, Guild Rushes, etc. very easy.

We have been there since Season 2 of WvW Tournaments, and have no plans to leave.

We’re not the biggest bunch of people, nor the most vocal on TS…hell I only listen, I do my talking in Server Chat on WvW…lol…but I want everyone to know that we are grateful to have found a community like this, and we look forward to being here a long, long time.

If you’re looking for good people, supportive leaders, and a fun atmosphere to play in…Henge Of Denravi is a good place to spend some time and get to know people.

HODOR!

Dax Soulslayer on his Magic carpet surrounded by his friends.

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Ok cool let’s start it of then Donari:

Note these are my personal top three priorities:

1: The ability for guild members to be able to show of their prowess and achievements through Guild Halls and their own avatar customization.
2: The ability for players to work together in a fun way to build something different and exciting.
3: The ability for smaller guilds to enjoy guild halls.

Chris

Le Bump

Chris

OK…Top 3

1. Guild Halls available to Guilds of all Sizes with a variety of themes, and the ability to acquire ‘some’ basic services(i.e. Merchant, Guild Storage, Bank Access(crafting stations belong in cities), etc.) via a ‘currency’ with reasonable cost so all Guilds can access them. Designed like GW1 Halls with indoor and outdoor areas. Always able to add new Themes.

2. Customizable/Upgradeable to make your Guild Hall unique. Done so via a system of achievements(or goals/quests/rewards) and scaled so that all are available to all sizes of Guilds, but may take more time to “work up to” for smaller vs larger Guilds. Examples: Unlocking extra rooms(i.e Trophy Room(showcasing Living World achievements), Training Ground(dummies/golems, 1v1 sparring), Guild Arena(large enough to do 15 v 15 GvG(see #3 below)), “War Room”(Showing WvW/PvP/eventually GvG accomplishments), Forge Room(for Guild Armorer and Guild Weapon-smith), a 1/ week Champ Challenge(unlocked and must be started by an officer, i.e. a Champ Icebrood Goliath in a ‘Shiverpeaks’ themed Hall in an outdoor area of the Guild Hall), Custom Banners, Guild Hall Games(Shooting Gallery, Mini Pet Combat Arena, etc.), Tavern(Guild Bar Brawl), etc. Have a few of these to start and can always add more in to keep it a living place constantly able to grow/improve.

3. G v G skirmishes/strategy meetings. Inviting other guilds to come skirmish/practice to promote inter-guild communication and socialization and/or to work on strategies for WvW.

Hope that’s not too involved, #2 got kinda long. I think I was just more ‘long-winded’ about pretty much the same things Chris listed, lol. This whole CDI is making me hopeful about GHs and GvG making their way into our GW2 world. Thanks Chris and Jon for starting it up.

I think most of us would be happy, I would hope, to just know there will be ‘some’ new stuff…I don’t care how specific they get, but just letting us know there will be some new aspects to the event would be fantastic. I can wait for the POI or the notes to specify the new stuff.

Lauree Akhtar.3205:

Hey guys!

I wasn’t able to make an introduction post due to not having a proper shiny account, but I’d like to thank Hordes of Denravi of HoD for the great time I’ve had! I hadn’t played WvW prior to this and it was a super cool experience to run with the guild, learn the ropes, and get their amazing feedback on the game! It’s been a grand time and I look forward to my continued WvW playing.

It was great fun having you join us on Theme Night, at least I think you did form the convos going on on our TS last week…lol!
Tonight looks like we are going to do a “Thief Night”, so if you have time, come join us again!

Baltzenger.2467:

Devata.6589:

Retro.6831:

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Just play WvW and do something specific there to earn that WvW thing. An example I said before. Claim a keep in WvW and hold the keep for 1 full week to unlock a portal to that map. That would be a thousand times more interesting and engaging and rewarding and more fun to unlock that portal then to just do some WvW to get a currency up (or down) to then buy it. But thats how I see it.

You add a nice reward for doing that, and I’ll be a happy frolicking quaggan.

Indeed, and that is something a Large Guild that does WvW could do and may desire to have in their Guild Hall. While a Small Guild, like mine, wouldn’t mind NOT having this portal and just jumping in via the UI or from Lion’s Arch. And MUCH more entertaining than just grinding away at whatever to get it.

A mixture of acquisition using Influence for some of the more basic upgrades/features, a “Token” reward for an unlock for doing something like defeating a World Boss with 5+ members present(not random, MUST drop when this is achieved or it becomes a Boss-Grind…maybe do a tier style reward if you have 10+ or 20+ members present) or having 5+ members in a party all complete a specific Jump Puzzle together(again could be tiered for # of Guild Members Present at same time), and Achieving certain goals or tasks like the “WvW Hold a Keep” suggestion. This mix should make it fun, while allowing for rewards to be set based on what a Large Guild may desire(and be able to attain) as opposed to things a Small Guild might see as necessary(and again, be able to attain).

Iason Evan.3806:

I am only down with Airship Guild Halls if we get parachutes and we can parachute back down to the map that our guild hall is flying in.

A use for those *&%# KITES!!!

Wait no…forget I said it…no no no…oh crud, here we go…:)

Just clarifying, I think an Airship should be a type of GH, but not the only type. I’m partial to having a nice Norn Hall with a feast hall, trophy room, etc. but also with some outdoor type area reminiscent of the GW1 Guild Halls where other stuff can be located(like a Forge building for the Guild Armorer and Weaponsmith, etc.) and general ambience area where some fun GvG sparring or 1v1 or whatever can happen).