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Angian Blood

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2006

Heilbronn, Germany

[AG]

E/N

15 Nov 2006 at 16:11 - 202

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

[...] Thanks for taking part in this fun community opportunity!

Thanks for giving us the chance to take part!

With every new campaign, the towns and outposts in the previous campaigns have less visitors - this makes it harder to build good teams for PvE.
The new AI-controlled champions make it easier, but what do you plan for the future to stop the players' fading from the older campains?

olth

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2005

15 Nov 2006 at 16:16 - 203

My question: when announcing events, why do you only use pacific time?

suntsu

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2006

15 Nov 2006 at 16:17 - 204

Hi

first, sorry for my poor english, but i'm not native...

Could you please describe a bit how the server infrastructure is set up, and how it works.
e.g. do you transfer my session if i go from one city to another, oder when i go from one city into an instance?
How many server do you use(are these "regular" computer, or mainframe).
What kind of internet connection do you use for the servers(gbit, 10gbit,xxx,?)

cheers

snoe

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2006

Noname Rulezz

W/

15 Nov 2006 at 16:23 - 205

hi.. what about trading upgrade. Does it come ?? when does it come ?? And how does it look like ??

Furthermore. Is an "ingame" Teamspeak for Random Groups planned ??

mfg Snoe P.S. Sorry for any mistakes.. "not native language" GREETS FROM GERMANY !!

King Kong

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/R

15 Nov 2006 at 16:26 - 206

Q: Will we ever be able to stack more than 250 items? Most 15k armors need more than that if i remember right :-/

Zexion

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

Warrior Nation [WN]

N/Me

15 Nov 2006 at 16:26 - 207

When, if ever, will you make Insignias, Inscriptions and Wand/Focus/Shield mods work on items found in other chapters?

The system is great, no doubt the greatest improvement on the item system.

And yet, you retard (ie, cripple) the greatness of the other chapters by not making this wonderful system available there.

On another note, could you please make it so the equipment templates saves every weapon slot, not just currently equipped one?

_Zexion

fork

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

Freiburg, Ger

15 Nov 2006 at 16:36 - 208

How are you going to prevent outposts to become empty, as there will be a new campaign (including a new continent) every six months, which causes players to spread more and more? Could the solution be to sell not new continents, but to let the old ones (Tytia, Elona, Cantha) develop much more, and sell this development to us?

Nice idea starting such a thread. Go on anet!

Mpidemie

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

Europe/Germany

15 Nov 2006 at 16:45 - 209

1. which chapter do you like best ?
2. for which class did you need the most time to create ? with all amors, skills etc.

Sophitia Leafblade

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Dragon Slayer Guild [DSG]

R/

15 Nov 2006 at 16:46 - 210

Oh i thought of a couple of other questions:

Will Anet ever give us some more emotes such as /hug personx, /laydown /goodluck etc.?

Why have i played gw for more than 18 months and still havnt founds a single sup absorbtion?

Wil the friendslist ever get updated to it doesn have such a low cap and allows u to make comments next to people and be able to group people, eg person x,y and z in a group i call farmers, person a, b and c in a group i call former guildies, and person r,s and t in a group i call Questers.

Will there ever be more thank just 3 ranks in a guild and will be ever be able to make custome ranks with in the guild (GuildLeader for all, officiers for Members) ?

And finally Will you ever make a Saidra minipet please please please *begs*
I know ive said that before but it would be so nice of u *hint hint*

*miNze*

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2006

15 Nov 2006 at 17:10 - 211

Hi , would ArenaNet give a young concept designer the chance to work with them as a probationer as a first step into the industry ?

Greetings !

zizi

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2005

MfG

15 Nov 2006 at 17:13 - 212

hi there. tried to get an answer before for this question but nothing happened.

im a student of "social work" from germany and i have a question about arenanet and not about ingame things.

are there any social workers or workers with a similar profession working at arenanet ? do you think about getting such people into work ?

its very interesting for me to find out what kinds of social systems are in the game. perhaps you have planned some things, perhaps you dont mind about it. im planning to make a certificate about mmorpgs at the end of my studies, about addiction, social behaviour etc.... there are hardly any good reports about that and i think its a very interesting thing about mmorpgs.

im sorry for my poor english, hope you'll understand that and perhaps i will get an answer to this.

i wonder if other people are interested in these things... because with a real good "social system" you can change behaviour of many players i think.

and if you need such a person in germany, you are free to contact me ;o)

ps: go on that way, you're doing a really great job at arenanet!

ojo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

15 Nov 2006 at 17:15 - 213

with the release of nightfall the need for bigger storage has increased (heros).
especially old chars have problems with the storage space.
will there be any further storage improvement like "hero item storage" etc.?

Kalki

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Summoners of Forgotten Gods

W/Mo

15 Nov 2006 at 17:16 - 214

I hope my question and many others posted here get answered. If only 1 or 2 of the tough questions get answered I'll be a little sad.

Why is there only 1 ladder on the guildwars.com website and it's for top Guilds in GvG? Where is the website recognition for top Alliances from Factions, or the top teams in Challenge missions? Is something being done to fix this and make Factions a complete game, or is development for Factions abandoned with the teams focusing on Nightfall, core features, and chapter 4?

Only roleplaying characters that have travelled to every town in the Jade Sea and Petrified Forest knows what the most active faction farming alliances are, which is a small portion of people playing online. I play Guild Wars all the time and I haven't checked who controls Cavalon or House zu Heltzer in months. I can tell you the last team to take Halls of Heroes and the number 1 guild on the GvG ladder though. Also, 9 guilds under the top guild in an alliance controlling a town get no recognition. Town control and alliance ranking is a central aspect to Factions and it's incomplete.

Thank you for your time and a wonderful series of games.

Gorebrex

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

15 Nov 2006 at 17:32 - 215

Any plans to add an additional server to LA and Droks, maybe having one dedicated to the lower numbered districts(1-5 maybe), or to have a server specificly for the instanced areas in a certain world area(maybe 1 each for Kryta, Ascalon, and Shiverpeaks)? Would have to be phased in, and cost is a consideration of course, but it would help with lag/disconnect problems, Id think.

Agatsu

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

R/

15 Nov 2006 at 17:56 - 216

Will we ever have the opportunity to add seven heroes to the group instead of just three?

There are a few missions that I enjoy re doing and a few that Ive just not been able to do witht a full hencman group. I would like to be able to have a full goup of heroes all with skills I've chosen for them.

djsr

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2006

[SGFG]

N/W

15 Nov 2006 at 18:18 - 217

I want to know, if Gwen is coming back to the story in near future, too.
Second, will it be possible in future to rejoin a group in quest/mission after being kicked because of a connection timeout?
Jan

Firngrim

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

Surviving Souls [SoS]

W/Mo

15 Nov 2006 at 18:26 - 218

Hey,

i have for my part two questions...

will be there soon coming up an titel for doing all quests in a chapter or any other "non-farmer" titles, players can do with their lovely chars with lvl 20? (defender of ascalon title...im a title-collector and sad that i cant get it because of its tutorial position...)

second one is, i think, a little more important.

is it possible to do some "events", like itemskin or banner contestsor something, out of america? i see only PR things on this part of the world but europe asia...i cant remember any events the peoples from there were involved in...

(im not a native

and short in time dunno if questions have been asked already

)

thank you for this nice idea

Omega X

Ninja Unveiler

Join Date: Jun 2005

Louisiana, USA

Boston Guild[BG]

W/Me

15 Nov 2006 at 18:31 - 219

Are there any plans to make Guild Wars feel and play like one complete world instead of multiple separate continents?

Will there be any real variation on elementalist spells/effects?

Are there any plans upgrade previous chapters with graphical upgrades from the current chapter that's out at the time?

Are there any plans to evolve PvE past the single storyline "song and dance"?

Princess Yuffie

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2006

Vienna, Austria

Austrian Templer

A/

15 Nov 2006 at 18:33 - 220

Will there be a chance to bring our characters on the servers of Azeroth, so that they can take over the World of Warcraft?
So GW and WoW Players have a chance for a challenge?

Sweil

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2006

15 Nov 2006 at 19:02 - 221

Hm...

Make a survey: "What is the most favorite italian meal in the team?"

Kirbnet

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

15 Nov 2006 at 19:03 - 222

When developing the Guild Wars expansion, you base them off of 'real' places/cultures - will that continue to be the case? (I hope so)

Merchandising - I can see plush mini-pets, build-your-own Guild Capes, Fiery Dragon Swords (like lightsabers), action figures... the question is: are you ready to sell out? If so, give me a call

allience

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Mo/Me

15 Nov 2006 at 19:08 - 223

my question:

After seeing that it was a bad idea to make Heroes Ascent 6v6, why doesn't the dev team bring back 8v8?

digniti

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/Mo

15 Nov 2006 at 19:29 - 224

hi. will there be a auction house in the next time? i hope for it. because if u wanna sell ur items in the citys youll need very much time...

SeairaKinte

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

UTC-5

Gecko Whisperers [LoL]

R/

15 Nov 2006 at 19:31 - 225

Do you plan to implement the ability for rangers to keep previous pets for both nostalgic as well as gameplay reasons however minor (hearty/elder/dire and slashing/piercing)? If so, when?

Irukandji

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2006

Germany (near Ff/M)

Troll Syndicate [Rawr]

A/N

15 Nov 2006 at 19:35 - 226

I'd like to know if there's any - let's call it "useless fun stuff" - going to be added to GW? For I'd really like some more ways to customize my characters; e.g. with town clothing, jewelry, maybe some more headgears (like the event ones, just maybe obtainable in other ways and for that, a greater variety of funny things you can put on your head just to look cute. xD), etc. The stylist question has already been asked, I think, but that's also something I would greatly appreciate - just like every other addition to make the waiting for the next chapters less boring. Maybe taverns to meet and drink... random activities like the dragon arena... any possibilities to make roleplaying in GW more interesting.
I guess that those things mentioned above could also be beneficial to the game economy, for some of them would probably be one hell of a gold sink.

Swinging Fists

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/Mo

15 Nov 2006 at 19:48 - 227

When we salvage runes from our armor, we risk losing the rune and getting crafting materials and the armor is destroyed. However, hero armor cannot be destroyed. Can you please confirm that runes can be salvaged from hero armor 100% successfully and that it is safe (and will remain safe in the future) to store some of our more expensive runes on hero armor ? I believe this can help alleviate some storage concerns.

edit: I just thought of this reading a previous post. Not so much a question, but a suggestion. Consistent with the recent changes making PvP characters on equal footing with PvE characters, how about an option to choose the evolution of the ranger pet ? Also, I guess the species of pet as well, since, they are believed to do different types of damage and the added Brutal Mauling skill for the bear.

Lord Paca

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

NY

got a PI guild, i'm in!

E/D

15 Nov 2006 at 20:34 - 228

Well, I think I'm too late. But I'll ask anyway...

Will you make life-skills (Woodcutting, fishing etc.)?
If so, when?

It's my only motivation on Guild Wars... Not much left to do ^.^.

jonnybegood

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

huh?

The Final Exodus[FX]

15 Nov 2006 at 21:08 - 229

What is the riualist spirit in Presearing, the one in sardalac Saniteriam(sp?) doing in presearing at all?

shardfenix

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Il Power Overwhelming Il [HaX]

15 Nov 2006 at 23:05 - 230

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ronin Rangerin

This is coming from a rank 12 player who has spend countless hours in tombs over the last year and I refuse to play guildwars anymore until you change it back to to a heroless, henchless, pveless, non noob zone of skilled, committed, and creative players

And btw dont listen to Shard fx, he's a bloodspike noob who complains about every build that has a chance to beat his bloodspike guild

Oh please mr spirit spammer, define what a noob is. Is it someone who can't win unless they use a gimmick build *cough* hypocrite *cough*. I got my rank 9 from infusing, now cry about something else kthx.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sid Soggybottom

Hammer is the strongest not the scythe. And scythes are not exactly AoE, it can only hit 3 targets maximum in adjacent range. Also, hammer skills are arguably more damage and have knockdowns.

Gee only 3 targets at 41 damage each is weaker than 35 damage to one target. The only thing that makes hammers viable is the knockdown. If it weren't for that, it would be a useless weapon.

If I had to ask a real question, I'd have to ask why expertise still works on touch skills. I mean, a character can be an expert at laying traps, using attacks, getting into a stance. But really, how can you be an expert of touching someone without being a congressman?

sakenda

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2006

N/Mo

16 Nov 2006 at 05:46 - 231

my question is simple ...

is it possible to make one big map instead of 3 (4...5...6...) own maps...

natuxatu

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

Wisconsin

Rt/Mo

16 Nov 2006 at 06:35 - 232

What DOES the Guild Wars world look like anyway?

Lampshade

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

USA

Xen of Onslaught

16 Nov 2006 at 06:41 - 233

What was the idea behind putting a 2500 sunspear point barrier on the game?
For Tyrian and Canthan characters all it means it useless grind killing mobs over and over.

Thorondor Port

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

British Columbia

W/

16 Nov 2006 at 06:54 - 234

Will you ever pay Blizzard to make your cut-scenes/cinematics?
or
Make good ones that dont have weapons randomly appear and disappear when an emote is used, and Minions body blocking half the characters on the screen?

Even Starcrafts ones are better than Guild Wars...

jonnybegood

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

huh?

The Final Exodus[FX]

16 Nov 2006 at 08:00 - 235

wasnt this supposed to be posted on the GW website noon of yesterday?

notskorn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

Clan Roxor

W/E

16 Nov 2006 at 08:22 - 236

Will there ever be new armor for Factions or Nightfall classes in Tyria?

Poison Ivy

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

Toronto

Hopping

Mo/A

16 Nov 2006 at 08:25 - 237

Do you plan to make the game more stable so I won't get a 4/5 chance to get e7 every time I zone?

Narutoscryed

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

In the woods

Elite Crew

W/E

16 Nov 2006 at 08:33 - 238

do you plan to respond to any serious questions?

or just the stupid cheeky ones like usual?

Eleonora

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2006

North of Germany

The Revival [TR]

16 Nov 2006 at 09:43 - 239

Don't you think that the period of 6 months for development of a new chapter is too short, or in other word, don't you think that you overstrain players with this short period?

btw many regards from the north of Germany /wave ;-)

Eleonora

xuemin

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

E/Mo

16 Nov 2006 at 12:34 - 240

will prophecies ever get it's own set of prophecies only title that will be available to everyone and anyone? but as far as i know, the only one for prophecies is only attainable back in pre-searing =/

eg
Factions has the luxon/kurzick titles
Nightfall has the sunspear/lightbringer titles

Young Hero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Mi

N/Mo

16 Nov 2006 at 13:47 - 241

Will the Tribal Axe ever drop as a rare or green item with max stats?