Guild Wars 2

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

Deified.7520:

I think the biggest thing Anet needs to start working for is item uniqueness based on skill level. Right now an item is considered to be very unique or rare because the drop rate for such item is very low or the collection requirements are very high.

That’s a good point as well. I would love to see some content that demanded real skill, and had unique rewards tied to it. With Super Adventure Box we had Tribulation Mode, which already offered us a special backpack for conquering some of the hardest platforming the game had to offer. And I liked working for my reward.

But should such an item be tradeable, or remain account bound?

Account Bound. The game needs some Unique rewards that you can only obtain by actually working for them. Make some individual quests like GW1 had, that rewards you for completing the entire Quest Arc. Also, make the Quest Arcs fully optional.

Please do all the things that Bearhugger suggested!

Are there any plans to complete the weapon and armor sets that have already been introduced in pieces? Sets such as:

-Hellfire Armor
-Radiant Armor
-Weapons of the Mists (the set that Whisperblade is part of)

I’d really love to finish those sets off. Also, would it be feasible to allow us to buy Gem Store Armor in pieces, rather than the whole set if we want? It would help to be able to “save up” and buy a piece at a time or only the pieces we liked.

I’ve noticed that several people keep asking if Ascended is the final Tier. As far as I know, the final Tier remains Legendary, with more options (armor) being added in later on. Ascended exists in between Exotic and Legendary.

If this is correct, I humbly request that the Devs add Lore to anything added to the Legendary category so that it has meaning to it, making it even more worthwhile to collect.

It would be really nice if the Ascended Gates were altered to be once per PROFESSION, per account. At most, that gives you three items, so that you feel like you’re making actual progress.

ColinJohanson.2394:

A question to help direct the discussion a bit:

What are some of your favorite progression systems of all time in others? Be they horizontal, or vertical, just which ones really got you excited and were fun for you to continue to progress in?

For me, Final Fantasy Tactics is one I loved, where I was able to continue to unlock new jobs and advanced professions for my characters, as well as level up their abilities within those professions. It remains one of my all time favorite games, and one of my favorite systems of progression in any game. I’m also pretty darn fond of that Guild Wars game and skill collection.

Some of my favorite progression systems are:

- Skill Collection from GW1
- Personal “Lairs” in DCU Online
- The ability to enhance my crafting abilities/professions in order to make profit
- COSMETIC. I love being able to find and collect tons of different appearance options for my characters. The more unique I am able to make my characters appear, the happier I am.

Chris Whiteside.6102:

videoboy.4162:

Chris,

Before I really get into this CDI, I was wondering. Is there any info you can give us about the much-wanted Skin Wardrobe? I know I’ve watched an interview where Colin said that it was something ANet fel was really missing from the game.

- Is this an idea that is actually possible to add to the game?
- If so, is it something that would take a very long time to create?
- what are you personal thoughts on the idea?

I realize that you may not be able to answer all of those questions, but would you be willing to address this desired addition in some way?

It is an idea that we are certainly very fond of (-:

Chris

I really appreciate you taking the time to respond to me. However, I have to say, you’re a huge tease!! LMAO

I do feel like I should be really excited though.

Chris,

Before I really get into this CDI, I was wondering. Is there any info you can give us about the much-wanted Skin Wardrobe? I know I’ve watched an interview where Colin said that it was something ANet fel was really missing from the game.

- Is this an idea that is actually possible to add to the game?
- If so, is it something that would take a very long time to create?
- what are you personal thoughts on the idea?

I realize that you may not be able to answer all of those questions, but would you be willing to address this desired addition in some way?

HaHa Glad I could make so many people laugh!

I don’t mean to sound rude, but what people wear should be their decision and not that of another player. Personally, I would enjoy it very much if my ele could wear her Bloody Prince outfit as an armor skin. I feel like it is one of the better designed outfits in the game.

Angel made mention of some Sylvari stuff going down in 2014. Maybe Scarlet’s story will lead to Magus Falls and the surrounding areas, to confront Modremoth?

I’m enjoying this JP. My biggest problem is that I run out of health instead of falling. LOL

I just assumed that something was going to be introduced relatively soon, that was going to require a ton of charged quartz. This way, they can give everyone a head start.

Yeah, I guess it was a big. The big crystal that was on the hill is gone now and I can walk up there.

Any time I get close to the first area where you fight the Claw of Jormag, I get feared away. Is this part of this Wintersday update or did it happen earlier?

More foreshadowing, maybe?

My buddy and I have always though that the Harpies yelled out “Make love to me!” Needless to say, we were terrified of them. LOL

ANet keeps hinting around at a Skin Wardrobe, so you may want to hang onto your transmutation items.

I have to respectfully disagree with the idea of being able to join even more Guilds. The Goal of my Primary Guild is to become large enough to run all Guild Missions and form a nice squad in WvW, while still being small enough for everyone to mostly know everyone else.

Unfortunately, I’m on a server that has a large Guild that prefers to cannibalize smaller guilds for WvW coverage, as opposed to recruiting new players and increasing our overall WvW presence. It makes it quite hard to grow.

I really want the Alpine Stalker as a pet, because they look like tiny, white tigers!

Tomer, you may prefer putting aTitle in front of your character names. Ex) Lord/Lady, Sir/Madame, etc. Or adding a color as a last name (Tomer Black).

As far as movement goes, I play on a laptop with no mouse, so I’ve set my movement keys to the number pad and my skills are assigned to the numbers at the top of the keyboard. You can also use Tab to auto select an enemy to attack.

I would suggest trying to find a nice group of players to play with. It makes the game so much more fun and you learn (and level up) so much faster.

@Forgotten Legend.9281

I think that was only used because of graphical limitations at the time. Based on how the GW2 map looks, we could probably just use WPs. Of course, I could be mistaken.

I’ve decided that I quite like you.

If all I can have is a Scythe, then I’ll take it. However, I still don’t think the Dervish would have been forced to change as much as the Paragon did from the Guardian. I think they would have kept the basic concept of wandering mystic that helped and taught wherever they travelled. Most of their skills were based in nature, so anyone could get into that. The humans could still have voice clips of them calling out to the gods, while the other races kept their various sayings. Although, it would be amusing to see Charr and Asura randomly transform into humans (since the gods look pretty human).

I didn’t endorse a retcon, I suggested an explanation that could be added to the Lore (you know, in that giant gaping hole of 250 years that hasn’t been fully written yet), to explain why they no longer transformed. If I had retconned, I’d have said that they never had the ability to transform in the established Lore to begin with.

You don’t seem to realize that the Dervish Lore (at this point in time) almost entirely stops at the end of GW1. The sole exception to this is the mention that there are still scattered Dervish and Paragon Sunspears roaming Elona, fighting against Palawa Joko.
My suggestion this entire time, has been to add Lore into that gap, that explains the change from serving gods to serving something else (I suggested nature).

I’m not wrong. There is currently only a specific set of Lore for the Dervish. In order for it to appear in GW2, the writers would have to expand on the Lore and explain what happened during the past 250 years.

In order for the Lore to change, it would need to be retconned out of existence.

The thing that you seem to not be able to understand, is that the Paragon had to be changed into the Guardian, because with the gods absent, there was no one to hand select them any longer. They would just die out without merging with another class.

The Dervish doesn’t face that dilemma. The only thing that happens to them if the gods leave, is that they lose the ability to transform. Nothing else about their skill set would change, nor would it need to. They would still have literally everything else that made them a Dervish, which is why any other race could take up this profession.

I’m sure you’ve noticed that literally every human class, in the current game, still calls out to various gods, while their racial counterparts just say something else, despite being the exact same profession? Or maybe you noticed that each race has their own personal racial skills that they can use? Again, despite being the same classes?

To reiterate again there is only ONE thing that prevents the Dervish coming into GW2 as is and that’s the Avatar form.

I believe the word you’re looking for is retconning.

You could make the argument that the melee casters were battle mages, but not warrior priests. Not all those classes have spirituality woven through them the same way Guardians and Dervishes do. Nice try though.

The one and only thing, that would need to change about the Dervish, in order to include all races, still remains the Avatar form and the direct worship of gods. Everything else about them could remain exactly the same and they would still fit into the GW2 lore while still being recognizable as the Dervish from GW2. They wouldn’t need to be mashed together with another class like the Paragon and Monk were, in order to create a new spiritual class like the Guardian.

You really need to check a dictionary. You don’t need to worship gods to be a Priest or Shaman: Shaman and Priest are synonyms. That’s why Shamans existed in Charr society long before they’d ever even had to deal with humans and their gods and why the word is still appropriate despite the lack of god worship.

There is absolutely no sleight of hand going on, there’s just you blatantly ignoring any evidence I present and refusing to crack a dictionary.

A Lore change would be completely removing the Dervish worshipping gods from the history of the game. Having their abilities evolve because the gods are silent, isn’t changing the established Lore. Their having to learn to use another source for their magic, doesn’t have to change their history. They would still be wandering priests protecting and teaching those interested.

I didn’t say Guardians needed to be defensive. I said that they don’t fit the definition of a battle mage because they are defensive. The bulk of their spells are focused on healing and/or defending.
The entire point of a battle mage is to be offensive. To combine weapons and magic to take out their enemies as fast as possible.

I wouldn’t mind them adding in some more of her story during this time. Basically, just have some NPCs that have discovered more of her plan, in order to move the story forward.

When I first noticed this thread, I questioned the prayers myself. However, after going back to do some more research before I started posting, I saw that the only abilities that they are stated to get directly from the gods, were the Avatar forms. That’s why I feel that the only slight change that would be needed, would be the source they channel an avatar form from or the removal of the form entirely.

Has there been any update on the arrival of the replacement skin?

Source? That’s the definition of a Shaman. They’re spiritual leaders. You’re way too caught up on the whole god aspect of this.

The only part of the Lore that would need changing, would be the source of their Avatar Form. Absolutely nothing else would need changing. They would still be wandering priests, practicing their spiritual beliefs. It’s completely asinine to think that, if they could no longer directly channel a god to assume an Avatar form, that they wouldn’t adapt their magic to channel something else.

Heck, we could totally remove the Avatar form altogether and that still wouldn’t change their Lore as wandering priests, spreading their beliefs to chosen pupils. The only real change might be that their beliefs evolved from serving gods to serving nature.

If you think I need to bone up on my Lore, you may want to bone up on your reading comprehension. You even quoted ANet’s saying that the Guardian evolved from Paragons and their teachings. You may also need to recall that Paragons were directly chosen by gods. Guardians still follow the spiritual teachings of the Paragons, they just don’t directly worship gods. Combine that with several of the Monk’s skills and you get a spiritual fighter, NOT a battle mage.

Battle Mages are offensive, Guardians are meant to be Defensive. That isn’t a hard concept to grasp.

And, again, one does not have to worship a god or gods, to be considered a Priest or Shaman.

You may want to go back and do some research on what exactly priests and shamans do. Those roles aren’t exclusively linked to gods (especially since not religions believe in a god or gods), but are also major parts of spiritual groups and their practices. That is the reason the Charr had Shamans long before attempting to worship any gods, they were the spiritual leaders of the Charr. They were responsible for teaching the values and philosophies of the Charr race.

Shamans are/were also part of all four legions, just far more prevalent in the Flame Legion, which is why it is noted that the other three legions have a much lower number of spell casters than the Flame Legion.

Guardians are, according to ANet themselves, an evolution of the Paragons and their teachings, with several aspects of the Monk thrown in. There’s a reason all their magic revolves around spirits and light. They also retain the role of being a spiritual class and follow certain philosophies.

They are not battle mages, in the sense that you’re trying to use the term, mainly because their magic is primarily defensive in nature and not offensive.

Again, the only change needed, would be the removal of a Dervish transforming into an Avatar of human god. Replacing that with any Avatar of nature that reflects their skill set, would suffice easily. This has been my point the entire time.

There is absolutely no reason to remove the Priest part. You mentioned yourself, that the Charr had Shamans long before they ever picked any type of god to worship.

The ONE thing, that was part of Dervish Lore, that wouldn’t fit into the game with Charr, is the Avatar forms, hence my suggestion of using a different set of Avatar forms based on aspects of nature. Earth Magic, Healing prayers, Wind Magic, and Mysticism are all things that any of the current races could use.

I didn’t say the charr were starving for magic users, I said they had a noticeable lack of spellcasters in their legions. I didn’t think I needed to specify which legions had the lack, because we can’t play as Flame Legion.

You specifically mentioned the Guardian being a combo caster and fighter. How is it that you can be fine with the Charr being that type of Priest, but insist a Dervish couldn’t be.

DevonCarver.5370:

Okay, so before we get too far into this discussion, here is something else to think about:
Would you rather see us make some number of small improvements in the short term and larger changes long term or just tear the whole thing down and start from scratch?

To be a bit more specific, we could probably do something like multicolor markers without too much work, although it is not a given, but that would likely be the extent of things for a long period of time.

Devon,

I think, that in the long run, it would be simpler for you and better for server communities, if you kept the current systems for PvE (with small improvements) and then built a new WvW Commander Tag from scratch.

I believe that this would allow you to put in a few simple enhancements to tide people over while you work on the new tag, to avoid a large amount of pressure and tons of forum threads asking about it. It would also give a valid reason for not doing mass refunds of gold.

I think that a new system for WvW would benefit each server, because you could focus on WvW-specific abilities to simplify commanding. You could also make it merit based in some way, so that only capable, dedicated people are getting the tags. This could maximize server potential and minimize the drama that accompanies an unqualified commander making poor decisions for the server as a whole. People would then have more faith in their Commanders, as they would know that they actually earned their tag and didn’t just buy it or have it bought for them.

I’m glad they’re making this new map and I hope that decide to make it a “real” map. My personal thought is that all four WvW maps should appear unique from one another. Although, each Borderland should still be worth the same potential points as one another.

Maybe the update is really big, so they needed more time to write it all up after the holiday?

Shanna.4762:

Mungrul.9358:

I’d like to see some Middle Eastern influenced armour, along the same lines as Saracen or Bedouin styles.

I would, too! I hadn’t really even thought about this but Middle Eastern armour can be gorgeous and would really fit the more Elona-inclined players.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

I just want some honest to goodness pants for light armor. The viper top would look awesome with a pair of pants of similar material to the top.

Also, maybe some decent boots with heels, my mesmer is displeased with the lack of decent heels for her outfits.

Yeah, mine is too. Lol. The more heels for light armor, the better!

My Ele and Mesmer want to sign the High Heels Petition.

You’re right, “worship” was a poor word choice on my part.

People mentioned that the gods that Dervishes got their powers from were not around and that would ruin the lore. I said that if ANet felt the need to change the Lore, then the Dervish abilities could be based around aspects of nature, rather than particular gods.

However, I disagree with your statement about the Charr, because the Lore specifically states that many Charr shun religion, but not all of them do. Considering that the Charr still have Shamans, which are a type of Priest, having a group of Charr act as Dervishes isn’t out of the realm of possibility, nor is it Lore breaking.

It has also been mentioned in the Lore, that the Charr Legions have noted they have a lack of spellcasters. The addition of the Dervish would fit right in with their military society as they are combination warriors and spellcasters.

Dustfinger.9510:

How would the playable charr fit in there? They don’t worship anybody. Especially not gods. Let alone the human gods.

I answered that question in the post that you’re questioning. Just replace the gods with the aspects of nature that they represent. It would make the Dervish slightly more Druidic, while keeping the essential theme of the class.

There really isn’t a reason to change their Lore, in addition to their Avatars. Plenty of people still worship the human gods and there are plenty of Priests and Priestess running around Kryta. No reason they can’t be priest warriors.

Even if ANet felt the need to alter their Lore to fit in other races, the Dervish could still just worship the aspects of nature that those gods controlled when they were around. They would just be a bit more like Druids than they were before.

I could it could just as easily mean that they’re deleting the PvP Locker, but it would make more sense to convert that into a PvX Locker instead.

This is a pretty good sign for all of us that have been wanting a Skin Wardrobe. Collin himself has stated that ANet feels like a “skin wardrobe”* feels like a big chunk of the game that is missing.

He speaks about it at the 21:00 minute mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Jy7CcwnfUdU

• Not sure that was the exact terminology Collin used.

So, I went through the Guild Wars 1 wiki, to verify my earlier posts. There are very few Dervish skills that are directly tied to the gods. So, altering their Avatars really is all that would need to be done to make them fit in with the Lore in GW2.

This sounds like it could be one giant step towards finally getting a PvE Skin Locker! (I’m posting this happy thought everywhere.)

ronpierce.2760:

The PvP Blog is now up, here:

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/player-vs-player-rewards-roadmap/
Gear
- In the months that follow, we will be working to eliminate the difference between PvP and PvE gear. Players will be able to earn gear in PvP that can be carried over to PvE and vice versa.

- This means that players who have carefully crafted their appearance in one area of the game will have a way to carry that look over to other areas of the game.

Could this mean that we’re one step closer to a full-fledged Skin Wardrobe?

islarose.7356:

My bets:
Acolyte http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Acolyte_armor_human_female_front.jpg
Conjurer http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Conjurer_armor_norn_female_front.jpg
Acolyte (Exotic) http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Named_armor_light_human_female_front.jpg
Apprentice http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Apprentice_armor_(WvW)_human_female_front.jpg
Exalted http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Exalted_armor_human_female_front.jpg

None of which will live up to the original flamekissed, unfortunately. I really hope they do something from scratch, with a similar amount of coverage (or lack thereof). This is doubtful, as they’ll likely use a reskin due to time constraints and the loss of profits the removal of this piece has resulted in.

If it does end up being an old armor set, with flames added, then I hope they use the Winged Set. I like it the best, but that’s mostly because the boots are high heels and I want my elementalist to look dressed up.

Crafting has been a part of the Monthly Achievements a few times before now.

I’ve heard that the December 10th update is supposed to be one of the much larger updates, but I don’t know how reliable that info was.

I suppose, that if that content isn’t part of the update on the 10th, then they could still put it in on the 24th to meet their goal of having it in by the end of the year.

Dervishes were essentially wandering mystics in GW1 and had no school or other area for teaching large groups. They taught one pupil at a time, so it isn’t too far fetched to think that other races would have learned the Dervish skills from the travelers.

The one thing that might need to be changed for GW2, would be the Avatar forms. However, that issue could be fixed by simply changing the forms from being forms of the human gods, and being forms of the concepts that they represent(ed) instead. They could transform into elementals or certain animals that use the basic powers of the gods instead.

I’ve never understood WHY the Precursor was so hard to get. Currently, it seems to be far easier to all the mats you need, then buy the Precursor last. At that point, you never even use the Precursor as a weapon. Seems like they’d want you to have the Precursor to play with, while you quest for all the materials to upgrade to Legendary.

RedStar.4218:

Mesket.5728:

Zee.1294:

This is the armor i want….

Common Anet make it happen xD

I’d love to have the Kodan chestpiece… not the lame armor from the Kodan dungeon…the ones the Kodan are wearing.

Also… I would give my firstborn for a Kylek armor. Those aztec designed armors are amazing.

Nitpicking time ! This isn’t a Kodan, it’s a norn in bear form :p
Doesn’t one of the norn cultural armor loos like this ?

It’s Jora and her brother, Svanir, from Guild Wars 1.

You are so awesome!