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Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

13 Nov 2006 at 23:36 - 1

Here's something you don't see every day: Do you have a question for the ArenaNet founders? We're going to be running a weekly series of Q&As with the Founders of ArenaNet, and we'd like to ask you to participate! Please share with us your best question (yep, just one) about Guild Wars in general, or about Nightfall specifically. (One question per player, please.

) We will select the best questions and pose them to Mike O'Brien, Jeff Strain, and Patrick Wyatt, and then share their answers in the future Q&As.

Questions are due by this Wednesday (15 November) at Noon Pacific! I anticipate we'll have the first of the Q&As before the end of the month, and we will likely run one per week for 3 or 4 weeks, total.

Thanks for taking part in this fun community opportunity!

lacasner

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

13 Nov 2006 at 23:37 - 2

Ok heres two important ones:
1. Will Guild Wars remain to be instanced for its whole time its on, or will there be a more mmorpg feel?
2. Will life skills be implemented one day to the game as well?

Kijik Oni Hanryuu

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

the 7th level of HELL! J/K Somewhere in GW assassinating things

[acid]members of the KAWS alliance

A/

13 Nov 2006 at 23:38 - 3

SWEEEEEEEEEET! Gaile you ROCK! Umm here's my question.. If Nightfall is wrapping everything up with Proph and Factions... What about chapter 4? Any ideas on how that is going to work with our chars going to Chap 4? I really dun wanna remake all my beautiful chars.

Juicey Shake

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

CA

in it for the trimmmm

R/

13 Nov 2006 at 23:44 - 4

Is there any intent to add emotes associated with the gladiator and champion titles, similiar to the emote associated with the hero titles?

thanks!

Sli Ander

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Deep in Maguuma, by the Falls

Liberators of Agony

Mo/R

13 Nov 2006 at 23:44 - 5

What might possibly be put in place towards the rpg/immersion aspect? By this I mean anything like: deeper lore(someone suggested a library or books), background on key npc's, 'life skills',etc. Anything that makes the world a little more involved.

Offtopic:This completely rocks!Go Gaile!

/edit to add library comment

saphir

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

doa

Mo/

13 Nov 2006 at 23:46 - 6

Will we ever find out what happened to Gwen, and will we get Gwen as a minipet when we do?

Ritualistic Spankin

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2006

13 Nov 2006 at 23:55 - 7

Due to how the storyline ties up in Nightfall, will there ever be any updates, or changes to the ToPk?

EatMoreCarbs

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

NJ, USA

Dragons Will Eat Your [Face]

R/Mo

13 Nov 2006 at 23:58 - 8

After the "expansions" what will become of Guild Wars? Will there ever be a "True" sequel?

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

R/

13 Nov 2006 at 23:59 - 9

Which of you three (Mike, Patrick, and Jeff) actually came up with the original idea for Guild Wars and how did you go about convincing the other two that it would work as well as it has?

[DE]

Hugs and Kisses

Join Date: Oct 2005

Scars Meadows

14 Nov 2006 at 00:00 - 10

-Will Guild Wars always stay in the "medieval-ish" times or might it one day go futuristic?

Tuoba Hturt Eht

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Deimos Tel Arin [CCTV]

W/

14 Nov 2006 at 00:01 - 11

Will ANET ever implement a feature like the "Smart Armor System" described as below?

link: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10071643

Quote:

The proposed idea:
- Armor can absorb and remember all kinds of Insignias & Runes
NOTE: All kinds of Insignia that your character can use.
Obviously, a Warrior primary cannot use Mesmer Insignias, etc.
- Armor can change its stats to whatever Insignia & Rune it has absorbed

For example:

[Radiant][\/] Primeval Gauntlets of [Superior Swordsmanship][\/]

While my character is in any town or outpost and not in combat areas such as PvP battles, missions and explorable areas, I can click on the [\/] can choose from a list of Insignias & Runes that this particular piece of Primeval Gauntlets has absorbed and remembered to become something like the following instead:

[Stonefist][\/] Primeval Gauntlets of [Attunement][\/]

SpitfireIXA

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Paladins of Pellenor

14 Nov 2006 at 00:01 - 12

Just saw the Making of Nightfall DvD (it was awesome). And I had one question:

When you guys are playing the game together, what do you do for fun?

And/or

Do you chaps have your own "Dev Guild(s)" and do you have some time where you all get together and do a "guild event"?

chicks boy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

No guild

A/E

14 Nov 2006 at 00:06 - 13

Got a few questions:

- Will Anet make Guild wars Chapter 4, 5, 6, 7... 100??? I just want a straight answer.

- When will the quests be thrilling and fun? I dont want an arrow on the minimap and run around talking to people with VERY LONG NERDY WORDS and killing stuff, defending, running etc... IMHO Quests on Guildwars and WoW are boring.

- Are you guys making a thought about making Guild wars on the PS3? I'm not saying you should but are you planning to or discussed about it?

- Will we be able to find 2 Millinion players on explorable areas running around? Personally I dont like how you can have only up to 8 people on Explorable Areas... You guys should have like 100 people on A explorable area but making parties at missions...

Thank you.

Saphrium

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2006

Granite Citadel

Post Searing Ascalonian Merchants

N/Me

14 Nov 2006 at 00:12 - 14

First have to thanks the Anet developers and Gaile for giving us the chance to do this.

I got somewhat a somewhat big question:

As we know that the GW campaigns are released every 6 months, and new contents are also added to the previous campaigns (such as sorrow furnace update, hero system update, etc), clearly the amount of work load will add up, and therefore my assumed outcome would be:
A. Longer development and release cycle for each new campaign.
B. Less unique content for each release.
C. Debugging became increasingly difficult and complex over time.
etc....

How would Anet deal with these kinds of problems? Or if there won't be a problem, what's the secret?

Quid Pro Quo

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

14 Nov 2006 at 00:14 - 15

What do you guys have against manual farming that cannot be botted?

Are you guys trying to find a way to add a stylist NPC (who would offer new hair styles to change to) or is it useless to keep asking?

For future expansions will we ever have the engine expanded to allow jumping, flying enemies and swimming?

Are chapters going to continue to focus on one game type more then the other? (factions=pvp nightfall=pve)

When will the new classes stop being made? Will classes such as the Dervish and Paragon ever get content from older chapters?

Thanks,
Quid

Edit: Sorry for any repeat questions took me awhile to post this.

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

14 Nov 2006 at 00:17 - 16

Will there ever be an XP 'title' to display?

dansamy

Chasing Dragons

Join Date: May 2005

Lost in La-La Land

LFGuild

Mo/Me

14 Nov 2006 at 00:20 - 17

Is Prince Rurik a WaMo?

(That's actually not a sreious question. It's my gentle tease at Rurik's noobish antics, which every player who has ever monked the early Tyrian missions is all too familiar with.)

For a serious question, on Istan Kihm [Healer Henchman] uses healing skills. On the mainland, she switches to using prot skills, which was a rather nasty surprise when my survivor ele had her Dunkoro set up as prot and was relying on Kihm for (non-existant) healing. I've notified QA, but I'd like to know if she will either be re-labeled as prot on the mainland or re-skilled to match her name.

Tookis Elite

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2006

Chuck Norris Is The Only True [God]

W/

14 Nov 2006 at 00:28 - 18

can we have our pride and joy of oldschool farming back?
(like how it was between ettins and 10/31/06)

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

14 Nov 2006 at 00:30 - 19

New realm of the gods with new FoW type armor? (I need a target to aim for)

PvE could do with some WoW type raids...PvE needs to be shaken up slightly I get bored with kill bad guys, kill big boss, rinse and repeat...(Gaile that wasn't a question so

)

Titus Marius

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2006

LSC

R/N

14 Nov 2006 at 00:41 - 20

I'm a bit embarrassed asking this, but.....

Any thought to adding a romance angle with NPCs/Heroes? This was pretty popular in games like Baldur's gate and adds a bit in terms of immersion. Nothing like the blind adoration of a computer generated pixelated character. And no, I'm not some freaky loner living in my mom's basement.

fenix

Major-General Awesome

Join Date: Aug 2005

Aussie Trolling Crew HQ - Event Organiser and IRC Tiger

Ex Talionis [Law], Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] ????????????????&#

W/

14 Nov 2006 at 00:42 - 21

Yeah, that IS something to be embarrassed about :P

Here's mine:

Will PvP (GvG and HA) be made to be human's ONLY (ie, removal of heroes and henchmen) at any time soon?

chessyang

Not far from Elite

Join Date: Apr 2006

Florida

W/

14 Nov 2006 at 00:47 - 22

sorry if this has been answered already, i' havent' been keeping up w/ the lore

Will there be some thing about the 2 years gap? a quest or mission?

sorry but the Gwen thing is killing me.....

(like to squeeze this in) what's up with them glowing doors in NF? 2 mirrors using the sun for something? heard it's just for looks but man oh man when i first saw them i was "in all"

Taurucis

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

The edge of reason

I don't play any more.

W/E

14 Nov 2006 at 01:10 - 23

Are the newest classes and new skills always going to be the more powerful than the older ones, so people will be forced to buy the newest chapter or else be flattened by the opposition in PvP and shunned by groups in PvE?

My dad doesn't seem too keen on me getting Nightfall, even with my own cash, so I just thought I'd ask... My pessimism is getting overactive >_>

bamm bamm bamm

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

14 Nov 2006 at 01:15 - 24

Is it possible to move Guild Wars in the direction of innovation AND keep established player information, progress and achievements intact, or will one eventually have to make way for the other? In other words, will you ever use a cut-off point, effectively starting afresh with Guild Wars 2 (or an entirely new project), or will you continue with current player 'progress' at the cost of game innovation, or do you feel you can achieve both?

Lyphen

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

14 Nov 2006 at 01:15 - 25

Do the level designers ever feel dissapointed that their beautifully rendered areas are not visited very often? And if this is viewed as an issue, will anything be done to make players return to older zones?

I love so many areas in the game, but there often isn't much reason to visit them!

The Great Al

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

ALOA

E/Me

14 Nov 2006 at 01:17 - 26

What don't some of you guys understand about "1 question only?"

My question:

Will casters ever have as large an assortment of weapons to choose from as warriors do (looks-wise, I mean)?

Toxage

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

14 Nov 2006 at 01:27 - 27

The most important question here!

Will Arena Net ever test updates?

Nightfall Preview Event- Signet Of Might Bug
Factions Release- Viznunah Square Bugged, Aborstone Bugged
Nightfall Release- Certain Bonuses Missing, Missions Bugged, Dyes/Materials Not Stacking

If you guys can’t afford it than ask for some volunteers! I am certain that there are tons of people dieing to test our new content. Just look how much people play it here! People completed Night Fall in a couple of days!

Second most important question here!
Why is Guild Wars so slow to see updates?

There are obviously a lot of things lacking from Guild Wars. The ability to see you party members energy, buffs, no timers on buffs, spamming WTS/WTB/LFG for endless hours. The only real update I have seen in the year I have been controls with henchmen. Other than that all I see if nerf nerf nerf nerf. Improved AI, No more running, changing stats on weapons, Random Chests, Reducing HA to 6 players.

Third most important question!
Will we ever see new storage?

Now players have to get gear for their heros and themselves! This is getting outrageous!

Thallandor

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Singapore

Seers of Serpents [SoS]

R/

14 Nov 2006 at 01:30 - 28

My question is:

Will the Favor system be changed in the future?

Opeth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

Portugal

Dangerous Pumpkins [dP]

Rt/A

14 Nov 2006 at 01:35 - 29

Will PvP games be what they are supost to be ? (player VS player) (ok, except hero battles)

Relambrien

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Delaware, USA

Error Seven Operators [Call]

W/

14 Nov 2006 at 01:36 - 30

My best question (though not exactly Guild Wars related):

Why on EARTH did Anet change names from Triforge to ArenaNet?!?! I greatly prefer Triforge...

If that question doesn't qualify, then here's another one that's GW-specific:

After seeing the player reactions to Factions and Nightfall, how will ArenaNet use this experience to their advantage in creating future chapters? Factions wasn't very popular, yet Nightfall, some say, is better than the original. How will Anet use this to improve future games?

dgb

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

Mo/Me

14 Nov 2006 at 01:36 - 31

Edit: I see this has allready been asked - I'll leave my question as it fleshes out the reasoning and I would strongly like to know.

Is there any intention to implement a new, more efficient armour rune/insignia swap system such that it will become possible to effectively PVP with a PVE character, without requiring large numbers of armour swaps in order to deal with the runes of vitae/attunement.

Despite my general dislike of PVE (for various reasons, although Nightfall is a great improvement), I have become somewhat attached to PVPing with my PVE monk, if only because I can wear pink armor. I've been thinking about bringing her back up to PVP level, but to get the level of versatility required I think I am going to end up with 12 head pieces, 4 chest, 4 hands and 4 leg pieces.

I found it extremely frustrating when I went out and won some high end auctions for equipment for this character, specifically after hearing (reading? :P) Gaile say that she felt that PVE chars should have something more over PVP than sparkly swords (not exact quote, it is from TGH). To go out and go to the time/expense to get my monk up to this required versatility and then for changes to be made months later making that work unecessary a second time would probably leave me feeling extremely dubious about your willingness to comunicate.

As an example of such an efficient system can be found at the following link in this forums suggestions area, it may not be the best but it generally sumarises the ideas that I think are necessary.

Link

Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions as well.

baddog992

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

tsa

E/

14 Nov 2006 at 01:41 - 32

Any chance of the Looking for group menu coming in sometimes this year? As an example of this i refer over to city of heros and there looking for group menu, so finding groups of people with the same mission as you would be easy to hook up with, now with the heros system it seems likes a little harder to find real groups to hook up with.

scrinner

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

14 Nov 2006 at 01:55 - 33

Heres one thats been bugging me. Ill keep this one kind as humanly possible.

Will guildwars ever see the change to direct x 10. And if so when? Next year? I would simply love walking around the area if the graphic engine was changed to improve everything.

Terra Xin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2006

New Zealand

Me/R

14 Nov 2006 at 02:00 - 34

Where do you see GuildWars in the next 10 years?

KESKI

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

N/

14 Nov 2006 at 02:13 - 35

ok..my question.
Why ask this question=P, cant you tell what players are bs about these days just by looking all the "our world is doom" posts??

ok that is not my real question, I can second guess that answer already
my real question is:
Which is your stand between:
Guild War is dev's baby, what they imagine it is what it will become, players opinion is valueable, but in the end dev hold the key of the forbiden gate(but players are welcome to try abandon gate as much as one desire=P)
Guild War can be whatever players want it to be, if the player desire fly so much, lets have it, we just make up some stories so it wont fit too badly with the story.

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

14 Nov 2006 at 02:23 - 36

My question:

When will there be a Macintosh and Linux Guild Wars client?

Thilarin

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

W/

14 Nov 2006 at 02:33 - 37

well, i hope this will happen but, since prohpecies and nightfall are so popular for one reason becuase u can go anywhere when u wanted and didnt HAVE to follow the missions as much as factions, will the next chapters be THAT open ended or will u ever (sadly) go back to the more linear gaming?

Arcanis the Omnipotent

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

Nova Alliance

Me/

14 Nov 2006 at 02:36 - 38

Simple question:

Could it be possible that in the future, an expansion has all fan-created skills?

Open a Design-a-skill contest and use the best skills as the next campaign's skills for each existing class.

SPIRIT OF THE SEA

Banned

Join Date: May 2006

14 Nov 2006 at 02:40 - 39

I know this is sort of silly and might of been asked b4 but i just want to know

When the next Dragon fesitval (or something like that) will be. I loved the dragon mask i would love something like it again.

Also to A-net or makers of Nightfall w/e GJ nightfall is awsome way better then factions :P

Str0b0

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Carolina

N/Me

14 Nov 2006 at 02:42 - 40

1) How was the original concept for Guild Wars dreamed up? Was it hastily scrawled on a napkin over lunch or was there a lot of planning and forethought?

2) How many chapters are actually projected for Guild Wars. Obviously if they continue to sell there will be more and more but what is the original projection?