Guild Wars 2

doing this renders certain profs useless, the condi dmg is the only one that doesn’t have any stat stopping this.

i love it tho, all i want now is the really long tail from the norn to the human, that’s the one hair style i wanted ever since beta 1.

oh, and a picture of my bounty hunter

Torzini.1523:

sorudo.9054:

Torzini.1523:

No.

Please don’t waste resources on this.

it already exists in-game, all they need to do is make an outfit out of it…..

“All they need to do…” Easy to say. Often, suggestions that seem inconsequential to us require far more work that it would appear on the surface, because we’re not devs. It would still likely take a non-insignificant amount of work to fit those outfits for all races and genders.

you are no dev, i know how.
except for asura and charr the outfits fit any, both genders are already made so that’s no excuse.
the model and skin of the bikini and shorts have the same easiness behind it as the bra and undies, the only challenging part is to fit the bikini or shorts for charr.
i think the asura are gonna share the male version but even if the female asura has it’s own version, it’s far easier then ppl make it seem.

ps. i made models and maps for half life, unreal tournament and the cry engine (for personal use), the dev part is really not an all mighty reason to say “we know nothing”, just shows that they know how a game ticks.

some hair styles that are more in the fantasy realm then realistic would be nice, two toned hair is missing in both human and norn.

Torzini.1523:

No.

Please don’t waste resources on this.

it already exists in-game, all they need to do is make an outfit out of it…..

oh come on, we don’t even get the school outfit while that would perfectly fit in a month or so, this outfit has bin made and added btw but never for public..
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/School_Uniform

PS. they are completely covered up, so even the most prudish kid can’t complain.

stealth wings, they make barely to no sound and are completely dyeable.

it’s ether gonna be an outfit or a hard to get armor…..which sucks balls

ether you can’t play necro’s that well or you live under a rock because i do allot better with a GS necro then i do with my warrior and she is full beserker….

actually it would be nice to customize the tracks even per region, the music i want to hear in queensdale is miles apart from what i want to hear in orr.
i would expand your suggestion and have an addon that tracks and manages your music, one that really makes you able to completely change the mood of your music selection.

that’s Anet for yah, they start with “everything is optional” but end up with “you need to do it”
same with their S3, you need HoT or you can’t play it, that’s like saying “you need to smoke or you don’t get your payday”…..

a tone and pitch slider does wonders, but oh well….

i am not a big RP player but i like to, the thing that stops me is the game not really allowing it.
for instance, i did a med RP play in city of heroes (so quite a while ago) and i loved it, the game also provided plenty to do so.
GW2 however does not even half that, i hate it when my character looks and acts exactly like everybody else and even has a way to ruin my character. (having only one voice tone making it impossible to make an older or younger character)

it just misses the final touches, the cherry on the cake, the lore behind a story, the joy within a city.

and about the shard choosing, i would actually like to see a quiet shard made only for RP players and you know why?
because an RP player isn’t standing without 20+ at the same NPC for the bank or jump around like an idiot (unless RP friendly) around the crafting halls.
the only adjustment i have to ask is have it language based, when you have your game set on english you get english RP shards.

it does remove everything GW1 stands for, tactics.
sure, they said it is going to be a different game but to remove the essence of GW, that’s going to far.
they could at least keep it in PvE so balance isn’t effected as much, but nooo, let’s just abandon the fundamental reason why GW is such a success and make it a baby steps game.

since the revenant feels a bit like a sith, i thought why not some sith armor.

really, a back piece is the problem but getting bald when wearing a helmet is just a normal thing….?

but ask yourself this, how much time does it take to get the gold for a precursor compared to the amount of time it takes to craft it?
if you can save months if not a year just by buying it then i see buying it as a more cost efficient thing, who says that you have any interest in the precursor ones you are just 50% done….

this is just a failed attempt to bring the far overdue GW1 feeling back, they don’t even look like white mantles and all badges come from bandits……uhmmmmm….what?

what would be more a success is a chaos made by the white mantle, like the attempt on the life of queen jenna or taking over ebon hawk to make ready for an invasion.
handing out fliers on their return in power is a horrible way to introduce their important, having mysterious ppl attacking is.

the interest comes from D&D fans and general fantasy fans, i want it because since i saw the lord of the rings i wanted to have a character with a 2-H axe.
i am not going to talk about the battle system because it just takes a whole article to fine tune the mess Anet made, long story short, the current battle system is to restricted and chaotic.

i want some more ears for asura, ears for sylvari and more tattoo’s for norns so……

if it’s a 1:1 trade then sure.

you know the problem about discussions like this, there is always someone that talks like “but my guild did make it so…”
no matter how many guilds have this problem, there is always someone who tries to talk it down as if every single guild can do the exact same thing.

let me get ppl out of their dream world, not every single guild works the same.
just because your guild did it doesn’t mean all guilds are able, it doesn’t work that way.
and don’t get the whole “join a different guild” because that’s like saying “if you don’t like that one thing your friend said, find different friends”
ppl might have a 3 man guild as friends, they want a guild for their own reasons.

the way it is now only a minimum size guild of 10+ can get it, 5+ only with full dedication, if that is what it takes to get a guild hall them the design is flawed.
made for the addicted rather then the fun players….

the general word “sale” out here means it is at a lower price, no different context or anything.
if anything, “limited supply” would be the more proper use of words, lowers confusion.

i want the electric glider back, would also be fun to have both a godly and a demonic glider like this.

when i close the game, that’s all the “end” game there is.

PopeUrban.2578:

sorudo.9054:

PopeUrban.2578:

sorudo.9054:

guild halls should be done like GW1, have a sigil that anymone can buy, keep it at a normal price (like 50 gold or so).
now every single guild is able to get a guild hall, now no one can act like they are more superior. (like some guilds love to do)

Nothing in this thread is about getting the hall. Every single guild can get a hal easily. it gosts 100 gold an a really easy mission you can just LFG five people to complete.

Getting the hall is the easy part.

It’s about the cost of making the hall do anything useful. The Upgrades. That’s what people are complaining about.

It’s also the same system used in the first game. Guild Hall upgrading makes players choose between themselves and supporting the guild. Same as the first game. A hall doesn’t do anything useful (except to use it as a GvG map). Upgrading the hall unlocks NPCs and services.

It’s literally the exact same system as the first game, only easier. The Price of a hall in the first game was’nt a flat rate. Those seals came exclusively from player that won the HoH. The NPC that sold them, like all GW1 trade NPCs could only resell what another player sold in the first place. In GW2, nobody needs to “win” the right to get a hall via a worldwide pvp tournament. They just need to kill a couple easy mobs.

100g is quite allot for me and it also needs some kind of guild coins that i have none of (150 to be exact).
last time the sigils were for sale they were 23k, that’s about 15 gold in GW2.
seriously, GH’s in GW1 were a cakewalk compared to GW2 GH’s, better yet, lately you can get a GH in GW1 by doing zaisen quests/missions/bounties. (takes just 3 gold zaisen coins and 100 gold, about 10 silver for GW2)

This is also not GW1. The Halls in GW2 are leaps and bounds more functionally useful, and in terms of actual earned income roughtly equivalent in effort to acquire.

The reason halls became so cheap in GW1 was due to an economic imbalance of production versus consumption. Every round of the HoH rewards a sigil. Most of those sigils are sold. This results in a much larger number of avaliable sigils than people who want to buy them. Furthermore, the primary purpose of halls in GW1 was GvG, which is vastly different than the primary purpose of halls in GW2, scribing and guild buffs.

The entire point of GW2 halls is that they require effort versus the point of halls in GW1 is that you can get one easily to participate in GvG

You can’t tidily compare the two systems as they have vastly different design goals and uses.

actually i bought my GH because i can’t stand any kind of PvP, i use my GH for confinience reason and to gather my guild without cluttering the servers with our texts.
what you pretty much say is “you ether do a crazy grind or kitten off”, i rather have my GH and then spend the time building it.

PopeUrban.2578:

sorudo.9054:

guild halls should be done like GW1, have a sigil that anymone can buy, keep it at a normal price (like 50 gold or so).
now every single guild is able to get a guild hall, now no one can act like they are more superior. (like some guilds love to do)

Nothing in this thread is about getting the hall. Every single guild can get a hal easily. it gosts 100 gold an a really easy mission you can just LFG five people to complete.

Getting the hall is the easy part.

It’s about the cost of making the hall do anything useful. The Upgrades. That’s what people are complaining about.

It’s also the same system used in the first game. Guild Hall upgrading makes players choose between themselves and supporting the guild. Same as the first game. A hall doesn’t do anything useful (except to use it as a GvG map). Upgrading the hall unlocks NPCs and services.

It’s literally the exact same system as the first game, only easier. The Price of a hall in the first game was’nt a flat rate. Those seals came exclusively from player that won the HoH. The NPC that sold them, like all GW1 trade NPCs could only resell what another player sold in the first place. In GW2, nobody needs to “win” the right to get a hall via a worldwide pvp tournament. They just need to kill a couple easy mobs.

100g is quite allot for me and it also needs some kind of guild coins that i have none of (150 to be exact).
last time the sigils were for sale they were 23k, that’s about 15 gold in GW2.
seriously, GH’s in GW1 were a cakewalk compared to GW2 GH’s, better yet, lately you can get a GH in GW1 by doing zaisen quests/missions/bounties. (takes just 3 gold zaisen coins and 100 gold, about 10 silver for GW2)

what if mini’s are semi-client side, you can always see your mini but other mini’s depend on the current system.

Azrexx.5469:

Thaddeus.4891:

Dante.1508:

I have Exotic gears and some green jewelry and well i just die in 2 to 3 hits from those frog things..

You have the almost exact same defense in full ascended or full exotic since most experienced players used glass canons gear. The difference is litterally +60 armor. That’s like less than 2% less incoming damage when you have an ascended armor vs a exotic armor. That’s nothing. If you die in 2/3 hits from those frogs, then we all gonna get killed in 2/3 hits too and our gear won’t change anything about that.

And why the hell do you play HoT with green jewellery? I mean it take like 1 or 2 hours for a complete noob to get exotic or at least rare jewellery. Do you even try to play the game?

On top of that, the level 80 boost gives you a full set of exotics, including exotic jewellery right?

unless something changed, all of them are soul bound and you can’t buy another booster….
and saying “a complete noob can…” stuff just makes me hate you, that’s the exact kind of elitism i hate the most together with “that’s easy to do solo” and “X takes no time at all” while not taking in account with personal situations….

Teofa Tsavo.9863:

Some names are reserved from early Linking to GW as well.

it was at least, i can’t use any of my GW1 names anymore…..

the morderm saber is one i never saw anyone with, would love one tho…..

guild halls should be done like GW1, have a sigil that anymone can buy, keep it at a normal price (like 50 gold or so).
now every single guild is able to get a guild hall, now no one can act like they are more superior. (like some guilds love to do)

mohawks for ladies, if possible with multiple hair color option like the last two pictures.

Silberfederling.9302:

Norn with scottish accent, i will pay!!! Make it happen pretty Please.

what about nordic, the one culture the whole race is based on.
now it’s just a deep voice yet still american.

DoctorDing.5890:

If you’ve ever stood around in GW1, or any other game, waiting for a tank or a healer or a whatever to complete your party you’ll know why this is not a great idea. One prof will always be over or under-subscribed so players end up having to play a prof they don’t enjoy just to get on a team. And then some of the team members will resent having to “carry” one prof or other. It would probably cause more problems than it would solve.

actually you are looking at this the wrong way, have you ever seen a team who loves to have a sin or mesmer.
no not really, because they were generally unwanted.
having a 10 man team game mode that forces all classes makes sure EVERYONE has a chance to play regardless of prof, that’s in it self already a great idea.

this is because they tried to make the combat more interactive, or better said, they tried to use two completely incompatible battle systems in one system.
the target system is made for DC universe online kind of battle system while the battle system is made for the classic GW target system, ether have one or the other, not both.

oh and i have bin telling ppl about this problem before the game was even released yet we ether have to suck it up or quit the game……

Vayne.8563:

sorudo.9054:

Celine.6857:

Okay, I have to ask after reading most of this thread….

Those of you who have said HoT felt “rushed”…. How? Why? I simply don’t get that comment. Unless you were on the development team and there were many more things in the pipeline that were missed or you just quickly shoved this and that together, how can you say, as a player, you ‘felt’ it was rushed?

if you know Anet as long as i do then you know why ppl say that, they used to make whole games full of content but now a small add-on with a tiny bit of new is all they get finished.
Anet used to have guild wars expanded all the time, 3 chapters and an expansion within 2.5 years is in my book quite a good thing.
now all they managed to do is make one single chapter with tons of temp events only a handful liked and one single expansion, an expansion that is as much worth as a free app from the play story.

not only that, the epac was released filled with “easy fix” bugs with half it’s functions not even included, the functions they added till now.
this is something i am not used to from Anet, they normally add everything in there expansion and later on think of improving the rest.

The problem is they used to make expansions full of content that was far easier to make. I mean 250 quests isn’t really that much content in the sense you’re thinking of. The maps were pathed. There was no Z axis. And the “open world” was instanced, so they knew exactly how many people would be in each zone max.

that’s BS in every sense, the world in GW1 can be as open world as GW2, remove some portals to expand the smaller maps and there is literally no difference.
the only “easy” part is that they don’t have to make everything with Z axes in mind, with that in mind you can just as much have GW2 maps in GW1 and get the same result.

If you think making stuff for a true MMO and making stuff for a lobby game is the same thing, I’m not really sure what to say.

then learn game mechanics, that’s all i can say about that.

Guild Wars 2, as a game over all, is far more ambitious than Guild Wars 1 ever was.

not really but go no

To put this in perspective, Guild Wars 2 launched with more dynamic events than Guild Wars 1 had quests all together.

yet quest are more fun then any heart but together, so it’s 50/50 there

That is if you add up all the quests in Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall and EotN, the number was less than the dynamic events Guild Wars 2 launched with.

what does the number of quests have to do with anything, have just as much quests and you get the same…..

It was a different time. Things were simpler and took less time.

not really, it took less time because they planned things before hand, the amount of work behind it is kind of the same.
if they plan things allot better before hand you would have seen about 3 expansions by now with a whole chapter this fall, that’s the difference.

just say you just got it outboxed :P

I……ENJOY PIE!

if they at least have as much customization as BDO i would be happy….and scream in excitement like a little girl…..did i just say that…..

TheSwede.9512:

Monk and Dervish are highly religious professions that no other race than Humans could be, if looking at it from a thematic point of view. They were strongly tied to the six gods that none of the other races would even consider to worship (Closest being the Norn, but they only Revere, as it’s made quite clear that Norn would never lower themselves to worship unless they’re filthy Dragonlovers).

charr’s gargoyles and white mantels were monks as well yet they had absolutely nothing to do with the old gods, the same thing counts for the dervish.
it is less a worship and more a tapping in power kind of thing, nothing god related.

BrotherBelial.3094:

DaikonSamurai.6714:

BrotherBelial.3094:

DaikonSamurai.6714:

Zynt.5769:

DaikonSamurai.6714:

I don’t get why so many people are against this. Why not give a transgender character some prominence. I just want it to be a good story lol. As long as it’s a good story I don’t care what sexuality the characters are.

It’s not that people are against a transgender character, it’s that people don’t want a character shoehorned in, for the sake of it.

And you’re all assuming that’s what the OP wants. I’m pretty sure Mr. Penguin wants a well told story just as much as anyone here. Background characters gain prominence in stories all the time, so if an element of the story calls for it, why not Sya?

He wasn’t Sya thrust in to the light just because Sya is trans. No other reason. We still know very little about the people in DE 2.0, we don’t really know all that much about DE, unless you’ve read the book.

And if it’s because he wants someone overcoming adversity, my PC necro did that, she grew up on the streets, she never knew her parents. The first time she leave the city she saves a village and becomes a hero, she has the ear of the captain of the Seraph. Saves the queen, joins a order, rises through the ranks quickly, becomes second.in command of an army, kills 2 dragons. Now if that’s not inspiring I don’t know what is.

Plenty of Sylvari had to overcome adversity too both PC and NPC. If Anet has a good story to tell I don’t see why Sya can’t develop into something more important as well.

But why dose it have to be Sya? Because they are trans? Is that the only reason? Why not someone else. What makes her special enough to be elevated above the rest? I can tell you why. Because trans has been in the media as of late so it’s the “cool” thing to be supporting. That is the only reason. If it was because of just raising awareness of transgender then this thread would have come up asking this when the character was introduced. That is the truth, and you can handle the truth!

but why someone else?
that’s the true question, when you remove any trans whatever then she is just like everybody els, a nobody forced in the main story.

Celine.6857:

Okay, I have to ask after reading most of this thread….

Those of you who have said HoT felt “rushed”…. How? Why? I simply don’t get that comment. Unless you were on the development team and there were many more things in the pipeline that were missed or you just quickly shoved this and that together, how can you say, as a player, you ‘felt’ it was rushed?

if you know Anet as long as i do then you know why ppl say that, they used to make whole games full of content but now a small add-on with a tiny bit of new is all they get finished.
Anet used to have guild wars expanded all the time, 3 chapters and an expansion within 2.5 years is in my book quite a good thing.
now all they managed to do is make one single chapter with tons of temp events only a handful liked and one single expansion, an expansion that is as much worth as a free app from the play story.

not only that, the epac was released filled with “easy fix” bugs with half it’s functions not even included, the functions they added till now.
this is something i am not used to from Anet, they normally add everything in there expansion and later on think of improving the rest.

even within the recap, that moment you “killed” scarlet is when you see a completely different character.
that’s like having a book about gwen but not including gwen anywhere in the story.

dueling is PvP no matter how you swing it around, PvE is not the place for that.
keep it out of PvE, i have had to many duel request threats to even bother the uge list why it’s a bad idea.

Ayrilana.1396:

Dante.1508:

The game is so obsessed with its trading post and cash shop, everything is about grind to stock said trading post, the rest of the content has fallen to the wayside..

They need to focus on actual content and items everyone has access too or yes the game will be even more dead in 3 years time..

Why on earth would i buy anymore expacs after hot if all they add is even more daily grind..

Ascended started this stupidity and its just spiraled out of control since then.. I have a wallet in game full of useless items i’m suppose to farm after daily already.. why would i pay for more..

Time gates are a lazy and artificial way to extend content life. why would i buy more?

Would you prefer that there be no trading post? Imagine how it would be to get all of the mats and other items that you want.

GW1 has none yet we do fine there……

Cyninja.2954:

sorudo.9054:

Cyninja.2954:

sorudo.9054:

steam is a useless software that gives nothing more then problems and a little bit of convenience, anything steam offers exist outside steam without being forced to use a third party software.

Without wanting to get into to much of a discussion, you need to look beyond the obvious functions which steam provides but instead think about what the service as a whole provides.

Without steam (or other digital distribution platforms) the entire gaming industry would be in a very different spot than it is now (anyone remember Starforce CD/DVD protections in its early stages?).

yeah, it would be DRM free, that’s what kind of spot it would be right now.
i have never seen a majority of ppl saying they love DRM, better yet, they hate it like hell on earth.
any DRM, not just steam, is just a horrible thing to have.

If I had to chose between steam as DRM as it is now versus some DRM methods of the past, I’d chose steam hands down every single time.

People who hate on steam DRM have never had a CD/DVD drive shot by intrusive DRM like Starforce or similar popular DRM from the past. We are talking so intrusive, they in somecases shot your entire PC and not just the software.

That is not even getting into the benefits of digital distribution which you completely failed to address.

i was there when steam started, i was there when the floppy disk was replaced with the diskette, i was there when you needed to enter a code just to install the game.
you seriously don’t have to tell me how it was back then but i still prefer installing a game without DRM, i at least am able to install the game without even needing any single kind of internet.

oh and before you start, no you can’t use steam offline, offline mode only works when you update it first….which needs you to be online…..

superhero gliding, just changes your pose to a super hero flight pose while having no glider on your back.

Cyninja.2954:

sorudo.9054:

steam is a useless software that gives nothing more then problems and a little bit of convenience, anything steam offers exist outside steam without being forced to use a third party software.

Without wanting to get into to much of a discussion, you need to look beyond the obvious functions which steam provides but instead think about what the service as a whole provides.

Without steam (or other digital distribution platforms) the entire gaming industry would be in a very different spot than it is now (anyone remember Starforce CD/DVD protections in its early stages?).

yeah, it would be DRM free, that’s what kind of spot it would be right now.
i have never seen a majority of ppl saying they love DRM, better yet, they hate it like hell on earth.
any DRM, not just steam, is just a horrible thing to have.

it should not be “trained” to ppl, players should know what to do in certain situations, especially in HoT.
you remember that time when ppl constantly said staff necro’s are useless, that they are to weak and do nothing against bosses.
let me take a moment to laugh at these ppl, i have bin keeping enemies at bay all the time with conditions no ones else uses while other only DPS the boss. (and die in the progress.)

sorry if it sounds like i am gloat right now, i just get that feeling, the feeling of “i told yah so” that is getting annoying after 10 years……