Guild Wars 2

no one has said it’s cheap. but they have said it’s worth it.

undermining class identity? I think aesthetics are not really the most important part of class identity. who cares how does another player look like?

I don’t get why they say armor is so hard because they have to do it for each race and gender, isn’t it basically automatically adjusted to each different body type for each race and gender? there have been many times where the devs have said that a certain armor looks a bit funny on a certain race because of the race’s bodyshape. like all the issues with char and huge shoulders on male norns, so they clearly are not doing it once for every race and gender…
We’re still waiting for town clothes to be made into outfits.
and if you’re giving us only outfits, then give us MUCH more, and more varied. most lof them are utterly busy and filled with details, many of us want simpler things, skimpier options for males too, we have lots of too similar outfits already… give us more variation!

fixes and new races have nothing in common, they can work in both and have different teams for it.
also if we only made the changes that are NEEDED and not the ones that people want, peiple would lose interest realy quick.

that already happens too. using the same dye results in vastly different color within the same armor type, so that’s not really a point against it either.
the only thing I’ve read that could make it complicated is that someone said that diferent armor weights have different “anchor points” on the body, whatevr that means… that could be a problem.

leave the clipping issues to the players. after all we already have some pretty bad ones.
people will choose the ones that look better and clip the least.

they could make the new race have not a personal story, like they joined the fight post mordremoth. although it might not make much sense since they still have to level up in central tyria, that is frozen in time before Zhaitan even.
but we have to think outside the box. not every race has to be equal. in WoW, not all races have an actual capital. Worgens and Goblins don’t have one, and Trolls didn’t have one either. (Even though I think Gilneas is the coolest city of all and they should give it back to the worgen lol)
but i the complaint is “too much work” think of ways to make it less. using bodytyoes already existing would easy big part of the armor design, indeed.

I know he’s getting a lot of hate lately, But Braham has been one of my favorite characters grom GW2 for a long time. He as a mix of strongman, hotheaded, but in many ways still young and inmature.
Here’s a small drawing I made of him to honor him in these troubled times ;D I hope you’ll enjoy it!

i dont get why so many people logged out rught after dronking the elixir. i saw it had a timer on it and just to be safe I did the next part that took 10 mins at most. you guys chose the worst moment to log out.

but you’re still assuming this. it has not happened. Norns havent gone yet to kill Jormag and died in the process. we just got to play this story part and it wont be more for a few months at least.
Is he being stupid and whiny? yeah he is. you can blame him for that. has he raided norns to their deaths? No, he hasn’t. so you can’t blame him for that. simple as that.
I like what is happening because it makes the story more entertaining, in LS2 all the group was pretty plain. I mean sute they had their personalities but there wasnt much conflict in it besides Caithe. By antagonizing some characters to the player himself, we get more immersed into the story, that is a good thing.
Have patience and see how things evolve it’s too soon to know or assume what is going to happen next.

you guys are talking like if Braham had already lead the Norn to their Doom. it has not happened yet and we dont know if it will ever happen. Slow down there. what is has done so far is just acting hot headed. that is all.

so much hate for poor Braham. if anything I like him MORE now. I mean sure, he’s acting like a whiny teen. but not everyone reacts the same when grieving. also he has character. Im sick of everyone being so nice to the player. we need conflict to keep things interesting, and not only conflict with the enemy, but among ourselves too. i personally love it. Braham will probably redeem himself from this, but he feels like he has more substance now, even if he is dead wrong on mostly everything.

loved the new map. I was sick of fire, lava and crazy blood magic on the air.
the story was a bit of a letdown to be honest. the whole elixir thing was really short and could have been done in just 1 part instead of like 3-4.
I did really enjoy the Braham part though, even if he was very rude, conflict is what makes things and a story interesting. got me hooked in there at the end.
Haven’t got the mastery yet so I can’t comment on that.
but I did really enjoy the map. Now I can’t wait to know what’s coming next!

yes please more medium armor options for males that are not coats or hanging buttflaps! we have very few! and also show some skin! the skimpiest options now show arms or a bit of the back, that’s it…

can’t wait to see it either! actually the whole new map looks awesome. I’m tired ot fire, rocks, lava, blood, chaos, red skies, epxlosions everywhere… the new map seems.. calmer, and I love that. <3

yeah I also believe many of them were created pre launch and just released after it.
but I still don’t believe it should take as long as 9 months id they find ways to reduce work on it.

I also care more about darker nights, more than longer nights. more special mobs appearing at certain places at night, and music changes. <3

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

coso.9173:

I keep reading people talking about the immense amount of work that would be. New zone, new personal story, new cultural armor. Yeah we’re aware of that. still many MMO’s inlcude new races in their updates. GW2 can handle it. nothing they haven’t done before. they just have to see if it’s worth it, depending on how much people actually want it.

Nothing they haven’t done before? You mean like with the launch of Guild Wars 2? That’s the only time I can remember new playable races being offered. Then, maybe, the new race(s) will be offered with the launch of Guild Wars 3, if and when that should ever happen.

yes, at launch. and they could even think of ways to lessen to work required. for example, Goblins and Worgen in WoW don’t have a capital city. (they do have a city in their story intro though) The could have a reason why Tengu don’t have a city, are exiled or something.

they could make armor much easily with a few tweaks.
make male armor and female armor the same (minus some small changes, like a barechest armor for males should have a bikini top or something for females.)
all races actually use the same model, It has to be edited to fit the shape of each race, but it’s not like making a whole new set for each new race.
even more, many more would’n’t have a problem with different armor weights sharing the same armor model for new ones.

I keep reading people talking about the immense amount of work that would be. New zone, new personal story, new cultural armor. Yeah we’re aware of that. still many MMO’s inlcude new races in their updates. GW2 can handle it. nothing they haven’t done before. they just have to see if it’s worth it, depending on how much people actually want it.

I think people should be able to talk about such issues without lunging at eachother’s throats. Many of us are pretty devastated by the current events, but we all have to be able to be civil about it. I’ve been able to talk to some people about it ingame, and the conversation stayed civil and with no violence.

arenanet: :^)
playerbase: we dont want more coats for medium armor!
arenanet: :^)
arenanet makes a new coat medium armor

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For male chars I would like more revealing/sexy armors/outfits. GW2 started out well, but it seems to me lately they are going in same direction as most other game developers which is sad.

absolutely, female armor, bikini armor and male armor armored refrigerator

please more skin tight options for male medium armor!

It’s not that I want to test the dev’s plans of new content every 2-3 months, it’s just that I want to play what’s coming next, I?m eager to!

;_; this year!? but this is more than 2 months from now

I don’t know if I missed anything, I have been away for a month or so, but should we get the next update during November? I think we got the last one with Ember bay close to 2 months already? I think it was released mid September or so.
I’m pretty sure the original idea is to have new content eveyr 2 months, right? or am I wrong on that? Just wanted to check because I haven’t heard anything at all about the next chapter on this new story I can’t wait to see a whole new map!

mainly:
- new amazing maps!
-creepy places! we need more creepy places! the only one we have is Orr and miss regular stuff like graveyards, ghost towns, creepy forests, etc…
-a nice story with many chapters
-more emotes!
-more armor and outfits! PLEASE more skimpy options for males, specially medium armor.

so it’s just something random? I never noticed NPCs changed outfits =O

before and after pics?

I don’t get it =P

I have never ever given DS a chance so far. the sole point of it being taxied to a instance that requries full group coordination takes the fun away for me.

other games manage to do it without devoting much time to having to police them. just put a report system and the devs can check only those specified ones.

happened to me too in Ember bay afterwards, but just once. while in WvW maps it hapened 4 times in 20 mins ;_;

ember bay is also much more solo friendly than bloodstone fen (and other HoT maps)
in those, if I make a small mistake with my thief and it means al the alarms are ringing and I’ll b probably dead in an instant. Ember bay is easier to travel solo and t participate in events without dieing.

I actually prefer ember bay myself. I love the hearts to be back too. I missed them, besides we also get group dynamic content. so it has aq bit of everything
Bloodstone fen is a bit too chaotic looking to me too, that might be part of why I dislike it.

as of today I’m getting constant DC’s while playing in WvW every 5 mins or so I get DC’ed and when logging back in I have lost all my participation too. I asked around and I was not the only one with this problem. maybe the new patch is doing this? :S
I hope it can be fixed it’s REALLY annoying.

I’d LOVE for this to happen. I don’t see it hapening now too, I guess such a feature would have to be implemented from start.
What COULD be possible (although it would require an add on) is to make custom quests using already existing elements, the secret world and WoW have such a thing. you can create custom items (that don’t do anything at all) and can edit NPC’s dialogues for your quest. the quests usually involve getting to a specific part of a map, killing a specific enemy or a specific amount or certain enemies, or getting items, be ir regular drops or custom created. Of course there’s no reward at all other than enjoying the story and the quest itself.
I think it’s more possible to get that, but with the strict “no addon” policy in this game, I wouldn’t have my hopes up either…

thanks! I’ll try that tomorrow!

Is there a way to get participation up fast when soloing? sometimes I log in and there’s no one doing anything and even map/team chat is silent… I want to complete my reward track but it takes very long, and much more when I’m solo and I can’t get much participation for anything :S

MMOs are greay to roleplay, you can actually SEE the character you want to create and act its emotes and everything, unlike text games.
I dont rp much lately, but i did enjoy it in GW2, its very nice what can be done.

i always have hidden helmet so i did not notice that. it could be fixed though, why eve remove it at all?

i barely have time to play 1 character, so thats pretty much out of the question.

that’s why I just said that of that’s the case, only let us choose the one we did at first.
Lock out any options that would mess things up in the game.

I know many people enjoy the newer dialogues, staying in the same maps and everything, but I personally really liked the old ones. the simple backgrounds and being able to see our characters react while speaking was really nice. Also we could get a good look at both our character and the rest of the people speaking. now I don’t even know how most NPC’s even look up close.
Am I the only one missing the older dialogue scenes? I always thought they added a lot to the immersion and uniqueness of important story quests.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kO5RNhs657A/maxresdefault.jpg

It blows my mind we can’t replay the personal story on our characters. It’s one of the most interesting quest chains in game and yet we can only play them once. Why is that? all the rest of the personal quests are replayable.
Is it because of the choices that affect the game afterwards? (like what guild we choose or other options) because if it’s that, they could just only let us choose the option we chose when we first played it and problem solved.
I had a lot of fun playing that, and I’d hate to be forced to create another character just to do it again (I only play with my main).

sliders would be amazing, but hardly something we’ll get by now. maybe with GW3? ;D

I would think this already happens a bit though, but <i’m not sure.

so the only reason to be in the HoT maps is leveling masteries? I think most people do the events for loot or other reasons, and not really masteries (considering many people have most of them leveled by now too)

yeah, mobs dropping leather, scales or mats to craft armor would make much more sense and be stackable too.