More alive cities/towns?

Silly Warrior

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The Arctic Marauders [TAM] (elite PvE, PM)

21 Aug 2006 at 21:28 - 1
In cantha we saw more living breathing towns and cities, than we had previously in Tyria.

I hate how the game doesn't make the towns more alive, people actually hammering away at making swords, instead of standing there, not blinking, like drones.

I love the guards in Lions Arch, they actually walk around and do their job.

Personally, I'm hoping for a more living breathing towns, where the ships actually sail away eventually, and you can actually (Oh man...so hard to impliment) WALK into stores and shops, instead of everything being outside.

What happens when it rains?

I think this alone could sell more copies of Nightfall, a more real world.

Knightsaber Sith

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21 Aug 2006 at 22:38 - 2
Considering the north Africa theme, I think an open air bazaar would actually make sense here.

natuxatu

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Rt/Mo

21 Aug 2006 at 22:41 - 3
based on the design of GW.. don't count on it. besides that's the is way down on the list of things i would want to see

Horseman Of War

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Join Date: Jun 2006

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21 Aug 2006 at 22:43 - 4
i read an interview that states that ANet has decided to bring the gameworld alive even more in upcoming chapters... and yes, while people have some complaints about this and that in Factions... I think the best part of it was how 'complete' of a big city it felt like... some parts of explorable areas were mostly peaceful.. or at least certain routes.. and other 'bad' parts of towns were overrun by thugs and diseased ppl.

Kudos to breathing worlds.

EDIT>
Not necessarily 'walk-in shops' but more along the lines of friendly NPCs that actually have pathing AI or whatever its called, in the outside-town areas.

Chilly Ress

Chilly Ress

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22 Aug 2006 at 00:00 - 5
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This would be really cool. Although, I would like it to be more of a -just walk into a building without zoning-type of thing, get my drift?

Maria The Princess

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Aequitas Deis

22 Aug 2006 at 05:16 - 6
ahhhh.......sounds like WOW in GW

Branskins

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22 Aug 2006 at 06:05 - 7
WoW is the only game with indoor shops and a more lively envirorment?

Darakus

Academy Page

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The Blitzers Guild

22 Aug 2006 at 07:14 - 8
Well the in-game cinematic by ANet seems to show a more alive world, of course bringing the world alive has to be done over all chapters to keep world coherence somehow

Raziel665

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N/Mo

22 Aug 2006 at 08:12 - 9
It would work for me if they just showed more homes. Now Cantha doesnt have it, but if you look at the Luxon and Kurzick sides. They have been at war for like 200 years and own massive parts of the land.
So where do they live? The should he thousands of Kurzicks, where are their homes? You dont really have towns, just outposts.

Anyway, its a nice idea, would add to the game, even if its just a moving ship in the back ground while at a port city.

benmanhaha

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N/Mo

23 Aug 2006 at 02:10 - 10
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maria The Princess
ahhhh.......sounds like WOW in GW
Don't even start with that. I can go downtown and walk into a shop in real-life. Does that mean that real-life is trying to be like WoW? I think not.

Phantom Gun

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23 Aug 2006 at 02:16 - 11
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raziel665
It would work for me if they just showed more homes. Now Cantha doesnt have it, but if you look at the Luxon and Kurzick sides. They have been at war for like 200 years and own massive parts of the land.
So where do they live? The should he thousands of Kurzicks, where are their homes? You dont really have towns, just outposts.

Anyway, its a nice idea, would add to the game, even if its just a moving ship in the back ground while at a port city.
Well i'm not sure if these would be considered homes but while exploring kurzick lands I did see areas with lit up tree house type of structures. I can only assume that in the world of GW somebody or some people lived there. As for the jade sea though I don't know.

Silly Warrior

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The Arctic Marauders [TAM] (elite PvE, PM)

23 Aug 2006 at 21:06 - 12
Quote:
Originally Posted by Knightsaber Sith
Considering the north Africa theme, I think an open air bazaar would actually make sense here.
Thats exactly what I thought when I saw the vid, but then again, gaile said they hadn't even thought about Auction House. Considering the game is about 2 months from release, if they worked hard, they might be able to get some sort of auction house bazarr/store place and update the game asap. But I seriously DOUBT they would be this nice....

Knightsaber Sith

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24 Aug 2006 at 01:44 - 13
when I said bazaar I basically just meant all the merchant npc's close in one area basically like in Lion's Arch rather than being inside any building but errrr..... yeah

Azrael1309

Azrael1309

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24 Aug 2006 at 03:46 - 14
Quote:
Originally Posted by benmanhaha
Don't even start with that. I can go downtown and walk into a shop in real-life. Does that mean that real-life is trying to be like WoW? I think not.
OMFG I went fishing!
...and I cook!
...and I use first-aid on my cuts!

Holy shit, WoW IS my life!!!

Anyway...

Yes, it'd be nice if they implemented more "living" towns, even if it was, as someone mentioned, a few guard npcs walking around. Although I like the idea of seeing more homes, I try to imagine the locals are living in parts of the map we can't access

Kool Pajamas

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24 Aug 2006 at 05:45 - 15
I like how in Kurzick/Luxon towns there is the little battle between Luxon and Kurzick soldiers. There should be more little things like that.

Raziel665

Raziel665

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N/Mo

24 Aug 2006 at 10:59 - 16
Making everything less static would help a lot.

Maybe even give the NPC's in town stuff to say like the henchmen do, be it either silly stuff or inform you of background info.

Anryla

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Alt Control Delete

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24 Aug 2006 at 13:23 - 17
Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantom Gun
Well i'm not sure if these would be considered homes but while exploring kurzick lands I did see areas with lit up tree house type of structures. I can only assume that in the world of GW somebody or some people lived there. As for the jade sea though I don't know.
In the Jade Sea I have noticed some "structures" on the big turtles. Luxons are strange , makes it easier to move to a different area thought...

k3nn3tH123

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24 Aug 2006 at 23:38 - 18
I would definately want a night/day cycle, as well as rain once in a while. Neither is hard to impliment, and they already have rain in certain areas of the game, now we just need it everywhere, in cycles.

brokenmonkey

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26 Aug 2006 at 07:35 - 19
yea all sounds good..

speaking of the luxons.. if u go to the outcast , in rheas crater.. u seen how one of the 2 has carved our and built shing jea styled buildings soo thats were they live... but th eluxon never sleep so owned.

Sir fredman

Sir fredman

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26 Aug 2006 at 17:05 - 20
it would be nice if the missions wouldn't you know.. dead.. that is one improvement i want to see in NightFall

Clawdius_Talonious

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26 Aug 2006 at 20:43 - 21
I don't see why whoever said walk in shops would be hard to implement believes that to be the case. There are small caves and such throughout explorable areas in Tyria, and many indoor environments on the same map as outdoor environments in Cantha... The question becomes one of pathfinding, part of the beauty of Guild Wars is that if you're in the middle of a town you can, for the most part, look around and see the NPC you want click and run straight to them. Occassionally you get stuck and have to go around a particular signpost or something, but if you had to go up stairs or enter a building it adds even more chance of getting stuck on things.

I also can see where adding more advanced pathing would get in the way of some of the PVP strategy, right now being able to squeeze out of body blocks manually is a skill, one that is fairly useful in some situations. However if they had perfect pathing AI for PCs in GW then you could get past things such as that much easier. [rant]However I do dislike the portion of the pathing system that decrees ridiculous bouncebacks only for keyboard users, I hate when I run up a staircase and then bounce back to the foot of it for no apparent reason besides the fact that I use the keyboard more than the mouse to get to my targets. [/rant]

Silly Warrior

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The Arctic Marauders [TAM] (elite PvE, PM)

27 Aug 2006 at 16:50 - 22
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