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Clone
When exactly will we get an in-game auction system?
Priest Of Sin
Ok, let's say that GW goes down the tubes (god forbid) and Arena Net (or NCSoft) goes bankrupt. Will Arena Net (or NCSoft) put out the server data as a last Hurrah so that private servers can continue to run Guild Wars without updates (much like World Of Warcraft private servers?)
PS: sorry if this sounds a little morbid, but it's a secret fear of mine Oo
PS: sorry if this sounds a little morbid, but it's a secret fear of mine Oo
WasAGuest
Will there ever be true random missions/quests with real gainable rewards unique to those missions/quests? - something for end game players with rewards worth the time and effort to do... something akin to EQ's LDoN expansion some time back. - would make for some good end game content.
Kakumei
Any chance the Goddesses will get their own realms anytime soon?
Lex Talionis
In NightFall there seems to be tons of high req weapons found in chests more than normal. Will we ever see req 14 and 15 weapons dropping from mobs or out've chests in the future? After all there are req 15 green weapons you can get in exchange for an amulet of the mists at the end of the last cathan mission (shiros sword/daggers). I know its an absurd question, but everything I wanted to ask was asked by other ppl :P
sindex
How long did it take to lay the foundations of all the elements of the original Guild Wars Universe (story, characters, background, realms, worlds and etc.)? Furthermore when you barely started out did you predict some of the things, that are in the Guild Wars Universe today (i.e. Nightfall’s world & so on); or has it taken a life of its own?
arcady
Will it ever be possible to start the new professions that get introduced in each chapter as beginning characters in chapters other than the ones they were introduced in?
Either as a future chapter that re-introduces them, or for people who own the chapters they first showed up in, or some other means...
Either as a future chapter that re-introduces them, or for people who own the chapters they first showed up in, or some other means...
snikerz
Q:
I notice that GW uses alot of content from many sources, some other games, and cultures, how does a company as big as you guys manage so much content with regards to copyright?, Do you guys just go out and use whatever?, change 10% of the appearance and put it in the game?
I have many examples, but i'll just stick with the question for the moment.
I notice that GW uses alot of content from many sources, some other games, and cultures, how does a company as big as you guys manage so much content with regards to copyright?, Do you guys just go out and use whatever?, change 10% of the appearance and put it in the game?
I have many examples, but i'll just stick with the question for the moment.
LifeInfusion
Q: What kind of innovations in gameplay do you foresee coming in newer chapters, that will enrich players' strategic depth in both PvE and PvP?
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Subquestions encompassed by the above "single question":
Will there ever be a Z (vertical) axis?
References:
If you have ever read http://algorithmancy.8kindsoffun.com/ , Mechanics, Dynamics, Aesthetics make up a game. This question focuses on the Mechanics and Dynamics.
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Subquestions encompassed by the above "single question":
Will there ever be a Z (vertical) axis?
References:
If you have ever read http://algorithmancy.8kindsoffun.com/ , Mechanics, Dynamics, Aesthetics make up a game. This question focuses on the Mechanics and Dynamics.
Aleks
We are rewarded for opening chests through titles. We are rewarded for exploring an entire continent through a cartographer title. Why aren't we rewarded for the amount of secondary quests we complete?
Sli Ander
You mean nobody has asked about the chest in raisu palace or whatnot,the one with the dragons above it? I've already used up my one question...but if you could put this one down for next time or something.....
Alt F Four
Q:
Are you going to add some actual honest-to-god spell casters for the next Chapter?
Are you going to add some actual honest-to-god spell casters for the next Chapter?
Sparks Dawnbringer
Guild Wars is a ongoing and evolving game. What have the players come up with that suprized you and how do you feel about it? What things have the players created with your universe that you feel does and dosen't fit? How will you correct and improve the aspects of the game that the players created and make it all work together and keep everyone happy?
Oh, and thanks for all the good times!
Oh, and thanks for all the good times!
The Bloodrose
Well since we will never get a PvE Only version(As stated by you to me Gaile), when can we ever expect some of the changes we've been asking you for, Anet for for the last 18 months? And when, if ever will the content of the game change so it's not the same game, just with different box art.
tomcruisejr
Who among the 3 founders decided that Guild Wars characters will just carry 8 skills?
Narutoscryed
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 ) 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!  |
I have a very simple question.
Why does it feel as though the pve portion of the game is being forced into a less open ended experience.
For example although nightfall is a great game storyline and content wise. it totally lacks in replay value.
the reason prophecies was so cool is that if a player felt inclined to do so he could make a living off of running, or farming, or chest running or buying and selling.. but the thing is that player most often times played the game through once or twice withought even doing any of these things.
so although the storyline is what keeps us busy at the first month or so.. its the ability to do what we wanted after that that kept us around a year.
in prophecies the player was able to get run throughout almost the whole game. this was a great feature for players who are just trying a new char for pvp skills or farming builds... after they have already beaten the game.
now we have to repeat over and over the same old storyline.. and that gets a little exausting... not only that but storyline is pretty much all we can do now.. running as a service is gone.. as is most powerleveling and farming..
its almost to the point where the player feels like he is being choked by the changes you have made. we are being pinned into a corner by all these changes.
Its like you had planted a seed not knowing what it was to become. then when it bloomed into a amazing flower with many different pedals of many different colors.. you snipped the ones you didnt like off.. leaving a simple single color.
so my question is why?
arcanemacabre
What games do you consider to be direct competitors, and what do you feel makes GW better than those games?
Jye Nicolson
Has Guild Wars been successful in encouraging the sorts of in-play behaviour its original design intended? How have the game's behaviour incentives evolved?
Zethron Ahriman
My honest question: Why did you nerf/slow down farming? I think I remember reading somewhere that you guys didn't mind farmers, yet you nerf it. O_O
B Ephekt
Will heros in pvp be addressed soon and limited in some way?
Will Heroes Ascent EVER get a decent update that actually addresses the problems of the format? One that doesn't cause 1/2 the player population to quit?
Will Prophecies and Factions armor be updated to be compatible with Insignias?
Will we ever get a proper LFG system or auction house?
Will Heroes Ascent EVER get a decent update that actually addresses the problems of the format? One that doesn't cause 1/2 the player population to quit?
Will Prophecies and Factions armor be updated to be compatible with Insignias?
Will we ever get a proper LFG system or auction house?
VGJustice
Man... been playing since almost the beginning and I can't think of any time where I had an actual question. o.O
*thinks for a while*
Ok, here's one that's pretty relevant. In most games of this type, there's large areas where you can perform tasks that have no real meaning towards the regular game, or give you some kind of advantage (however minimal). This could be anything from the games during the Dragon Festival (only year round) to character specific crafting abbilities (like in WoW), or in a more extreme example, the care of pets/animals in game (like the Grunties from the .hack series).
My question: Is there any specific reason that you didn't include any of these features in Guild Wars, and left the game for a pure combat experience? Not that I'm complaining, I like the combat system, but I sometimes wonder what I should do when I don't feel like fighting a thousand mobs (an exageration, I know, but that's my point: fighting shouldn't be everything).
Thanks for making such an awesome game, though. Just the fighting I'm now complaining about has kept me going for a long, LONG time. It's just not quite enough anymore.
*thinks for a while*
Ok, here's one that's pretty relevant. In most games of this type, there's large areas where you can perform tasks that have no real meaning towards the regular game, or give you some kind of advantage (however minimal). This could be anything from the games during the Dragon Festival (only year round) to character specific crafting abbilities (like in WoW), or in a more extreme example, the care of pets/animals in game (like the Grunties from the .hack series).
My question: Is there any specific reason that you didn't include any of these features in Guild Wars, and left the game for a pure combat experience? Not that I'm complaining, I like the combat system, but I sometimes wonder what I should do when I don't feel like fighting a thousand mobs (an exageration, I know, but that's my point: fighting shouldn't be everything).
Thanks for making such an awesome game, though. Just the fighting I'm now complaining about has kept me going for a long, LONG time. It's just not quite enough anymore.
Queenie
Will we ever get armor storage? S:
Glider of chaos
to keep it short:
- will I ever be able use Cyrillic in GW ?
- will I ever be able use Cyrillic in GW ?
Sanji
I feel there's a plethora of mediocre (or some might argue flat-out bad) skills that a player really has no reason to use. This is especially a problem with some of the skills that have ridiculous conditionals with rewards that just aren't worth setting them up.
Are there any steps the designers plan on taking to reduce bloating the skill pool with more of these skills and what do they plan on doing about current skills that don't do anything but make players chuckle and groan?
Are there any steps the designers plan on taking to reduce bloating the skill pool with more of these skills and what do they plan on doing about current skills that don't do anything but make players chuckle and groan?
Oh a GW forum
With the MMORPG market constantly growing and expanding, competition I'm sure is very strong. Will Guild Wars ever see a game engine over-haul that puts it back at the top of the market in terms of innovative game-mechanics?
Or is blizzard just going to dominate the market forever?
Or is blizzard just going to dominate the market forever?
Trvth Jvstice
Will there ever be added content to Prophicies?
Some Guru Named Kai
What really happened to Gwen from Ascalon? 
Ruby Lightheart
Is there a possiblity of adding more Elite or raid type missions? They are fun to do after you have completed the game and are awaiting the next chapter but there are painfully too few.
Mike_version2
Ive got only 1 question:
will we ever be able to change how a character looks even after we have made it?
will we ever be able to change how a character looks even after we have made it?
Tetris L
1) What are the reasons that the two most serious issues in GuildWars STILL haven't been addressed after almost 2 years? (I'm talking about the lack of a trade system (-> WTS/WTB spam) and the lack of a party formation system (-> LFG/LFM spam).) Really, I'd like to know and understand the reason, cause I'm really mad about it. 
2) What is your vision of GuildWars 5 years from now? How much longer will the business model of two campaigns per year be able to sustain itself?
3) Why does the inscription on the statue of Dwayna read "115 BE" when it describes something that happened more than 100 years later?
2) What is your vision of GuildWars 5 years from now? How much longer will the business model of two campaigns per year be able to sustain itself?
3) Why does the inscription on the statue of Dwayna read "115 BE" when it describes something that happened more than 100 years later?
phasola
1. Why did you change tombs to 6 v 6 ?
2. When are you going to implement a LFG system ?
3. Why do i get lvl 2 heroes when i come with tyrian/canthan char to Elona.
4. Not a question, but a sugesstion: change the sunspear general quest to rank6. Grinding sunspear points with lvl 5 heroes is not fun.
2. When are you going to implement a LFG system ?
3. Why do i get lvl 2 heroes when i come with tyrian/canthan char to Elona.
4. Not a question, but a sugesstion: change the sunspear general quest to rank6. Grinding sunspear points with lvl 5 heroes is not fun.
flameboy
Will there ever be a way to check mission/quest completion? Maybe a log of some sort?
quadrophenic_9
A bunch O' questions: Any plans to make a weapons mod trader?
Any plans to make weapons completely designable at crafters? Like choose your inscription, sword hilt/bow string/damage type (for staff or rods), wrappins, grips, and all the rest? Adjust the pricing to what is chosen and maybe even for a little more make it gold or something or be able to name it? That'd be cool.
Some sort of minimum pricing index at traders might be nice too. Since the more desirable runes got farmed to death (by the way that wasn't me I still can't farm runes, I get them from random drops), but you don't want a superior rune of absorption to be worth 600g do you? I don't, I used to be excited when I picked one up.
Any plans to make weapons completely designable at crafters? Like choose your inscription, sword hilt/bow string/damage type (for staff or rods), wrappins, grips, and all the rest? Adjust the pricing to what is chosen and maybe even for a little more make it gold or something or be able to name it? That'd be cool.
Some sort of minimum pricing index at traders might be nice too. Since the more desirable runes got farmed to death (by the way that wasn't me I still can't farm runes, I get them from random drops), but you don't want a superior rune of absorption to be worth 600g do you? I don't, I used to be excited when I picked one up.
Clusmas
How many chapters do you plan on releasing? Will Guild Wars ever have a 'successor' or a sister game?
Aegeroth
Ever thought about Surprise quests/missions? As in suddenly a quest for people who own *certain game* can be done but will be removed say.. 1 week later?
Eg. The New Confessor
A new confessor has taken up the mantle and wishes to control the titans.
Stop the confessor by
1) Raiding D'Alessio Seabord Barracks
2) Getting Allies from Shiverpeaks
3) Sieging the New Onyx Gate at Abaddon's Mouth till *new confessor* is captured and the door sealed.
Eg. The New Confessor
A new confessor has taken up the mantle and wishes to control the titans.
Stop the confessor by
1) Raiding D'Alessio Seabord Barracks
2) Getting Allies from Shiverpeaks
3) Sieging the New Onyx Gate at Abaddon's Mouth till *new confessor* is captured and the door sealed.
Lafayette
New continents in new chapters mean many new towns and outposts. This leaves quite a few outposts, most especially lesser used ones, in previous chapters very (or completely) empty. Examples like Maguuma Stade and Aurios Mines. Would you ever consider merging districts, such as the European and American districts, and Korean and Japanese districts (for example), so people are less scarce in some of these locations? It could be done when the player population in certain regional districts falls below a certain level. Language could be a problem, though. And not that there is much to do in Stade, but other outposts do contain activities and it's kinda lonely seeing you're the only person, of all the people on the American server, in a particular town, and further not being able to group with people even if you wanted to.
mr_groovy
The Main 1 Question:
- Is there ever going to be an emote/visual for having "Kind of a Big Deal"? See petition
As this thread is read by a Anet Representative, I have a couple of bugs \ annoyences that I would like to adress.
- When are XP scrolls gonna stack? (They have the same problem as the dye's had, ea NF scrolls don't stack with Tyrian\Canthan scrolls.
- When Will the nf titles be integrated to the title system. In which I mean in order of Carto Tyria, Cantha, Elona. Prot Tyria, cantha , Elona. This instead of all the new titles just at the bottom. (Maybe even having open and close buttons for character and account based titles like the quest log. Beats scrolling all the way down
). Also see thread.
- When will the quest log have a memory of which tabs are open, and which are closed per char. (Atm I have a boat load of quests on my ranger from tyria and cantha, but I only want to do the NF quests. This means everytime I log on I have to close all the other ones. Just a small annoyence)
Also I have 2 Suggestions:
- When will a Dye Storage Tab be introduced? (Scrolls could be integraded in that too, and Keys for that Matter)
- Introduce an account based "Hero Storage tab". Every Item in there will be an instanced for a hero on any char. This means when I put a sword in to the storage tab, my ranger's koss will get an instance of that weapon. But so does my monk's koss. When the item is taken out of storage, it will disapaer on the hero's. In this way the hero's share equipment as they share skills. But you don't have the need of a) Switching weapons between hero's when u logon on a different char. b) it will be a much cheaper instead of buying (trading collectors) for all the hero's.
- Is there ever going to be an emote/visual for having "Kind of a Big Deal"? See petition
As this thread is read by a Anet Representative, I have a couple of bugs \ annoyences that I would like to adress.
- When are XP scrolls gonna stack? (They have the same problem as the dye's had, ea NF scrolls don't stack with Tyrian\Canthan scrolls.
- When Will the nf titles be integrated to the title system. In which I mean in order of Carto Tyria, Cantha, Elona. Prot Tyria, cantha , Elona. This instead of all the new titles just at the bottom. (Maybe even having open and close buttons for character and account based titles like the quest log. Beats scrolling all the way down
- When will the quest log have a memory of which tabs are open, and which are closed per char. (Atm I have a boat load of quests on my ranger from tyria and cantha, but I only want to do the NF quests. This means everytime I log on I have to close all the other ones. Just a small annoyence)
Also I have 2 Suggestions:
- When will a Dye Storage Tab be introduced? (Scrolls could be integraded in that too
, and Keys for that Matter)- Introduce an account based "Hero Storage tab". Every Item in there will be an instanced for a hero on any char. This means when I put a sword in to the storage tab, my ranger's koss will get an instance of that weapon. But so does my monk's koss. When the item is taken out of storage, it will disapaer on the hero's. In this way the hero's share equipment as they share skills. But you don't have the need of a) Switching weapons between hero's when u logon on a different char. b) it will be a much cheaper instead of buying (trading collectors) for all the hero's.
Sectus
Was Lightbringer implemented to accomodate for those wanting a higher level cap? Its current gameplay mechanics are very similar as having a high character level.
The Silver Star
Why change a loved game type like Heroes Ascent from the way most people new and loved it?
Will there be new storage tabs one day eg Armor Storage and Dye Storage?
Will Heroes ever be removed/reduced in Heroes Ascent?
When changes are going to be made could there be some sort of "voting" system where by everybody per each account can place a vote on a change that might be inplaced? (im talking about things like the change of Heroes Ascent etc, because unless an idea posted on suggestions is totally rediculous people who post in suggestions etc and agree to a proposed suggestion dont always bother to disagree, also it doesnt represt the entire GW community.)
Will there be new storage tabs one day eg Armor Storage and Dye Storage?
Will Heroes ever be removed/reduced in Heroes Ascent?
When changes are going to be made could there be some sort of "voting" system where by everybody per each account can place a vote on a change that might be inplaced? (im talking about things like the change of Heroes Ascent etc, because unless an idea posted on suggestions is totally rediculous people who post in suggestions etc and agree to a proposed suggestion dont always bother to disagree, also it doesnt represt the entire GW community.)
Age
What is in the works as to restoring Ascalon and going to Drascir the main Capital of Ascalon?There a 1 question as you asked and I hope it gets aswered as there have been a few threads on this.