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Q&A with Devon Carver (Lead WvW guy)
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/473/view/forums/thread/397784/page/1
Read the posts with the green part on the left. Lots of info in there about what they're working on right now.
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/473/view/forums/thread/397784/page/1
Read the posts with the green part on the left. Lots of info in there about what they're working on right now.
I wouldn't say that. There are some explanations and reasons given out, which I'm thankful for, but everything else is pretty much "we hear the things you're complaining about, we agree that they're a problem and have been looking in to fixing it, so we'll get back to you soon."
lazorexplosion
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There should be WvW rewards based on point spreads. Like if the rankings predict a one sided matchup the underdog world might be assigned a target of 100k points to beat the spread and get bonus rewards while the favored world has to try for over 300k. So even if you're losing the matchup hey at least you can still get out there and try to beat the spread.
This doesn't sound like a horrible idea actually. It mostly needs the meta-achievement tracker that they're using for the WvW leagues. The only issues I see would be deciding the point amounts to win and the fact that, in a sense, you're still trying to solve the problem by showering the players with loot.
Vigilant Walrus
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I am really excited about Season 1, but how are they even going to address the over population problem? Add to that, I have experienced so much lag lately. It really hurts the combat because GW2 is dependent on twitch responses. Skill lags makes the game a lot less fun! Lag is not fun in any game, but in GW is it even more crucial than normally!
I like them a lot better than the ones we got in game. They're a lot more youthful looking, which is what I'd expect of a plant race as young as they are.
Sylvari are dissapointing. They're just humans in a new skin. Boring.
Norn, human and sylvari all have the same animations.
Putting leafs on humans isn't that great really. They should have gone all out and made them more planty, more unique.
That's why asura and charr are the only good races.
Norn, human and sylvari all have the same animations.
Putting leafs on humans isn't that great really. They should have gone all out and made them more planty, more unique.
That's why asura and charr are the only good races.
The disparity in effort put into Asura animations and compared to every other class is hilarious.
Kos Luftar
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I agree with you.
From an aesthetic standpoint, I agree. When you add in lore and personalities, then Charr become the one true race that doesn't make you want to kick a character in the teeth.
Aye. Also, previous sylvari looked more like elves than anything leafy. Salad people today look radically different than what is usually out there.
Huh, I've always found that this is one of the few games where I actually like every single race. I think they're all pretty fascinating in their own right. No stinkers in the bunch.
Yep, I agree. I'd say that in-world ambient dialogue is pretty great, though.
I like some of the sylvari designs in game a lot and some not at all, but I don't think the "young elves with leaves" look would have been appropriate.
The fact that they're young as a species would be an inexplicable reason to have each full-grown member of the race look young. They're childlike in personality terms, but it's actually kind of a significant part of their lore that they spring into existence fully mature individuals, and show no signs of aging over time.
I do like all the races a lot with the exception of motherfucking humans. We have no redeeming qualities in the GW2 universe as far as I'm concerned, other than the ability to throw a decent party (which the Norn are way better at anyway).
The fact that they're young as a species would be an inexplicable reason to have each full-grown member of the race look young. They're childlike in personality terms, but it's actually kind of a significant part of their lore that they spring into existence fully mature individuals, and show no signs of aging over time.
I do like all the races a lot with the exception of motherfucking humans. We have no redeeming qualities in the GW2 universe as far as I'm concerned, other than the ability to throw a decent party (which the Norn are way better at anyway).
I'd say some of the events have pretty interesting self-contained stories as well, and there are lots of little bits of lore you can put together from clues in the environment even if there's no ambient dialogue or events present. Actually everything besides the mainline presented story meant to be followed is all quite good. But nostalgia goggles aside this is exactly the way it was in GW1 so it's no real surprise.
I greatly enjoy the lore of the humans. They have all the previous lore from GW1, and I think the "backed into a corner" angle works really well. I think it makes the more interesting than other humans in other games. I like that they're not the "newcomer" race in this iteration. But in game? Snooze fest. This goes for most races though, so it's not really human specific.
A Norn and a Charr (Braham and Rox) were a good combination, but I really would have loved an Asura/Norn combo. Brains and Brawn, as they say. Plus we just need more Asura that aren't complete assholes. I know they're supposed to be arrogant, but it's kind of outrageous sometimes.We also need Evon Gnashblade to be more involved in story stuff. I think he's pretty great, honestly. Just underutilized.
Also, I'm dying for some big Norn festival. It'd be great! A really big Moot or a new Great Hunt or something. They could have a bunch of Skaalds come down and tell some interesting side stories. There's fun stuff they could do with the lore there. Plus maybe a Keg Brawl championship to incite some interest in that mini-game. Norn are party animals (literally), so it's shocking to me that they didn't get a single holiday.
A Norn and a Charr (Braham and Rox) were a good combination, but I really would have loved an Asura/Norn combo. Brains and Brawn, as they say. Plus we just need more Asura that aren't complete assholes. I know they're supposed to be arrogant, but it's kind of outrageous sometimes.We also need Evon Gnashblade to be more involved in story stuff. I think he's pretty great, honestly. Just underutilized.
Also, I'm dying for some big Norn festival. It'd be great! A really big Moot or a new Great Hunt or something. They could have a bunch of Skaalds come down and tell some interesting side stories. There's fun stuff they could do with the lore there. Plus maybe a Keg Brawl championship to incite some interest in that mini-game. Norn are party animals (literally), so it's shocking to me that they didn't get a single holiday.
I'm still such a noob at this game
Anything you need help with? OP has tons of guides!
Reading the novels has given me more appreciation for Asura that don't act completely like every other Asura, thanks for reminding me. It also reminded me that I can enjoy pretty much any Asura combo except for with Norn. Their personalities usually come out way too different.
Or maybe I just enjoy Asura learning outlooks on life from the other races. I should start an Asuran Reformation club.
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/pvp/Anet-Fill-Us-in-on-your-progress-ideas/2999858
Also, a new consumable booster was datamined:
Consumables
109850_0309 When edibles are low, this boost is the way to go!
109850_0310 Metabolic Extender
109850_0286 Metabolic Primer
109848_0950 The next food buff eaten after applying the Metabolic Primer will have a 24-hour duration. Warning! If another food buff is applied afterward, the 24-hour food buff will be lost.
109850_0285 Double-click to apply booster buff. The next food buff eaten after applying the booster will have a 24-hour duration. Single use.
Oh and Lump...here it is...
Music noise
109850_0292 Double-click to pull out drums and play them for your friends.
109850_0293 Unbreakable Drum
Also, a new consumable booster was datamined:
Consumables
109850_0309 When edibles are low, this boost is the way to go!
109850_0310 Metabolic Extender
109850_0286 Metabolic Primer
109848_0950 The next food buff eaten after applying the Metabolic Primer will have a 24-hour duration. Warning! If another food buff is applied afterward, the 24-hour food buff will be lost.
109850_0285 Double-click to apply booster buff. The next food buff eaten after applying the booster will have a 24-hour duration. Single use.
Oh and Lump...here it is...
Music noise
109850_0292 Double-click to pull out drums and play them for your friends.
109850_0293 Unbreakable Drum
That was the human's fault!
Well, to be fair to humanity, both in Tyria and on Earth, Logan is a... special case.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
No doubt. I could understand his general dickness and priority of the Queen over all else, but when he ditched Caithe in a dungeon due to "argument issues" when without the players help she could have died that was a whole new level of douchebag.
Anyway how decent is EU Gafs world in WvW I don't mind if my worlds not the best but when It comes dead last not even competitively in every match I just couldn't take it anymore. Especially when a load are likely to skip.
I still to this day have no idea how Anet thought it was a great idea to have all the main story characters start in a state of medias res from a conflict that is barely mentioned in the game itself and dealing with huge issues that we as players care little about. That kind of stuff is reserved for a sequel. They needed to make us like these characters first, not hate all their guts as they acted like babies till the end.
But man, this topic has been extremely exhausted. I'm sure I'm just yelling at clouds at this point.
But man, this topic has been extremely exhausted. I'm sure I'm just yelling at clouds at this point.
LiveSpartan235
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The Obsidian Sanctum will be getting an area for organized large scale battles
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/for...tum-space-for-large-battles/first#post3000559
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/for...tum-space-for-large-battles/first#post3000559
SixMachine
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I think team deathmatch or king of the hill could be interesting for this game. Just because there are so many ways you can have synergy in pvp but the current mode makes people split up and not really stay grouped. Plus it makes people have to build a certain way to hold a point solo. It would also lend a lot of viability to support (which is more than just buffing and healing, things such as interruptions, soft cc, area denial, and supplemental damage go along way), since they have more members that they can effect. It can also lend more viability to aoe team fighting builds, since a lot of people in pvp spec for more 1v1 encounters or a bunker build.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Man the team death match is so lazy, it's like they didn't even bother trying. Most of the existing maps are not built for team death match without a secondary objective, a lot of the space and environment end up being useless and not adding anything to it.
It seems A-net doesn't even want such a mode to catch on if that's really all they do for it.
Also where are the ascended carrion amulets etc specced up my stuff in pve for the first time looked through the list and nope. There's even carrion ascended weapons. Why?
It seems A-net doesn't even want such a mode to catch on if that's really all they do for it.
Also where are the ascended carrion amulets etc specced up my stuff in pve for the first time looked through the list and nope. There's even carrion ascended weapons. Why?
Yeah, all that stuff was leaked around PAX, and I'm hoping that they've made a bunch of changes since.
As people have said, the maps currently are terrible for TDM. You need something to get across the map and unless they go all out with putting stuff around the map like the quake minigame during Dragon's Bash, it's not going to work. People do TDM in some private servers now and it's pretty much always a "stick near spawns" affair. I suppose they could do something like capping a point gives a stat buff to your team, but they'd need to rework a few secondary objectives like on Foefire.
King of the Hill would be similar to how Halo does it, and I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing. People might hate it at first since it involves capping points, but at least everyone would group up to the same point. Holds similar problems to TDM.
Really, I'd prefer that they wouldn't do these half ass measures and do the proper thing: create new maps for the new modes. They can get by if they alter the current maps enough, but with all the work involved I can't help but wonder if it'd be easier to just design two new maps from the ground up for one of the modes, preferably King of the Hill.
Well, either way, I don't expect to hear or see anything about Castle until one of the November patches, at which point they might officially tease one of the new modes to appear in January.
As people have said, the maps currently are terrible for TDM. You need something to get across the map and unless they go all out with putting stuff around the map like the quake minigame during Dragon's Bash, it's not going to work. People do TDM in some private servers now and it's pretty much always a "stick near spawns" affair. I suppose they could do something like capping a point gives a stat buff to your team, but they'd need to rework a few secondary objectives like on Foefire.
King of the Hill would be similar to how Halo does it, and I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing. People might hate it at first since it involves capping points, but at least everyone would group up to the same point. Holds similar problems to TDM.
Really, I'd prefer that they wouldn't do these half ass measures and do the proper thing: create new maps for the new modes. They can get by if they alter the current maps enough, but with all the work involved I can't help but wonder if it'd be easier to just design two new maps from the ground up for one of the modes, preferably King of the Hill.
Well, either way, I don't expect to hear or see anything about Castle until one of the November patches, at which point they might officially tease one of the new modes to appear in January.
Damn that ARAH Path 4 is brutal
Lets try again this weekend with a guide and youtube videos nearby
http://www.gw2dungeons.net/?ARAH4
Hawkian, lets study that.
Gnite everyone
Lets try again this weekend with a guide and youtube videos nearby
http://www.gw2dungeons.net/?ARAH4
Hawkian, lets study that.
Gnite everyone
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Best news I've heard in a while. A big thank you to the very unprofessional Anet employee who trolled the GvG on SBI which is why this was able to happen in the first place.
I'm still looking forward to the more official GvG mode they are working on, but this will be a nice stopgap.
Also I hate to do this but I totally called this announcement a couple days ago.
Also also, to the Anet guys that read this forum, initiating a stomp in WvW should count as a tag. Thank you.
I think Anet made this switch less for people who play GvG and more so that there'd be more space for people who actually want to play WvW.
Look, I think Anet should have put in a GvG mode from the get go, but I don't blame them for being bitter towards people who fuck up their perfectly good mode by going off into a corner to have their little contests.
Look, I think Anet should have put in a GvG mode from the get go, but I don't blame them for being bitter towards people who fuck up their perfectly good mode by going off into a corner to have their little contests.
Apparently some jerks are trying to tank our wvw so we get to be top of tier 2 not bottom of tier 1 >.<
I would much rather be gold tier and have hard fights then easy fights in tier 2 >.>
But apparently guilds on magumma are contacting guilds on our server cause they want to be in gold tier....
Booooooo.
I would much rather be gold tier and have hard fights then easy fights in tier 2 >.>
But apparently guilds on magumma are contacting guilds on our server cause they want to be in gold tier....
Booooooo.
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