guildwars.com major facelift, new trailer

Miral

Miral

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Hell. AKA Phoenix, AZ

The Gear Trick [GEAR]

W/A

new trailer rocks O.O MAKE IT BE AUGUST 31ST!

Carboplatin

Carboplatin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

[PIG]

W/A

gwen is featured in the trailer and looking at the armor she is either a mesmer or a ranger?

slipout

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

Mo/A

i'd believe Gwen to be an assassin HAHHA... no... probably a mesmer. Regardless of her class, if she were a useable hero(most likely not) i'd have her in my party haha

Ninna

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Northeast USA

Guilded Rose

Me/

everything Eye of North is getting moved to this GWEN forum
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/f...play.php?f=276

zknifeh

zknifeh

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Kamadan

Acolites of Anguish [aOa]

A/

w000000000t looks awsome cant wait....
any1 got a time machine to transport me to end of august? lol

Miral

Miral

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Hell. AKA Phoenix, AZ

The Gear Trick [GEAR]

W/A

yea i just put it here cus its also a full website facelift *shrug*

Moa Bird Cultist

Moa Bird Cultist

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Hastings (UK) / Latham (USA)

Freedom Fanatical Scots [FFS]

E/W

Loving the trailer, however...

The new site sucks. There, I said it. The new top page has to be the most clunky, unrefined and unhelpful page I've seen in months. WHERE are the links to the eu.guildwars.com site, (you'd better not turn that into a flash-fest too, arenanet,) and the game updates? WHY is the wiki consigned to a tiny spot at the top of the page? WHY is there no direct link to the fansite roster? Or network news? And lastly, why oh why have you turned it into that most hated of sorts of sites - the ones that insist on reloading when you click the back button on the browser to try and leave?

There, I've said what I think. Carry on.

countesscorpula

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

Gwen Is [EVIL]

N/

The new webpage looks spiffy... but where is the link that shows the official updates? You know, "game updates?" Used to be on the right side pannel with the fansite listings and network updates and etc etc. Come to think of it, the fansite listings and network updates links aren't available on the new page either. Any chance these things could find their way back to the gw.com home page?

notskorn

notskorn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

Clan Roxor

W/E

whoever designed the new website is a total amateur

it looks terrible and there are hyperlink bars around all the images

Miral

Miral

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Hell. AKA Phoenix, AZ

The Gear Trick [GEAR]

W/A

took a nice still from it of one of the new monsters.... fun

also see either a new warrior armor or a new ranger armor... sword, but character looks more ranger...

Omniclasm

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

Guild Hall

A/

yeah I could do a better webpage than that....

Phantom Gun

Phantom Gun

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

Minion Bombing in Elona

The Drunken Dragons [DRNK]

Rt/N

I don't mind the new web page, but I couldn't find the game updates. I guess i'll just use the wiki for those.

Hyper Cutter

Hyper Cutter

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Knights of the White Eye [HINA]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Miral
took a nice still from it of one of the new monsters.... fun

also see either a new warrior armor or a new ranger armor... sword, but character looks more ranger...
I think that's an NPC, since I don't recognize that hairstyle...

Mordakai

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hyper Cutter
I think that's an NPC, since I don't recognize that hairstyle...
Pretty sure that's Jora, the Norn Hero.

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by notskorn
whoever designed the new website is a total amateur

it looks terrible and there are hyperlink bars around all the images
Uhm, me thinks you are probably looking at it in firefox. Get IE Tab and it should clean up a lot of those issues. That said, their shouldn't be firefox issues in the first place, but meh....

Moa Bird Cultist

Moa Bird Cultist

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Hastings (UK) / Latham (USA)

Freedom Fanatical Scots [FFS]

E/W

Dargon, I'm running Firefox 2.x and it looks fine on mine. But thats no excuse for it being an abortion practically.

hotrod

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mo/Me

Some rendering error under firefox when I brought it up first, hitting refresh seems fine.

Opera and IE rendered the site fine on the first try. Something with FF it seems like. (Most of FF's popular plugins already built into Opera as is.)

http://www.opera.com

qazwersder

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

I'll be looking soon

E/

I really like it. Cant find the game update bit though.

mr_groovy

mr_groovy

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Netherlands

No Inherent Effect [NiE]

When are they gonna stream movies for once :P. Downloading is so 2005

bwillcox

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by qazwersder
I really like it. Cant find the game update bit though.
Game update notes are now under "Support".

Kool Pajamas

Kool Pajamas

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Maryland

Mage Elites [MAGE]

I really dont like the new site look. The old one was much much nicer.

X-Bomb

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Black Widow [Wi] / Team Dangerous [DnG]

W/Mo

new website may look cool, but its a nightmare to navigate, i prefer old one

Antithesis

Antithesis

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

BrisneyLand

Sphincter Says [What]

W/

Quick links should be on the home page to support existing users. I visit the Game Updates page on a regular basis and it's back to being tucked away in the Support section.

And why does the left-hand navigation disappear on the product pages eg GW:EN, Nightfall, Factions and Guild Wars main pages? It makes it hard to find the sub-pages because they now look like one page ads.

Gwen was a monk in pre-searing...my guess is she's a mesmer or some freaky hybrid of Norn and Asuran skills.

Miral

Miral

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Hell. AKA Phoenix, AZ

The Gear Trick [GEAR]

W/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordakai
Pretty sure that's Jora, the Norn Hero.
i dunno... seems kinda too slender to be a norn...

Onarik Amrak

Onarik Amrak

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2007

Astral Revenants

P/W

At first glance, I thought it could be Devona.

Railin

Railin

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

The trailer is awesome. The only thing I can't stand is Gwen's voice.

MirageMaster

MirageMaster

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2007

EU

Old site was good enough,i dont see enough reason to change it.Now its very bad and firefox dosent like it.

Lumenil

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

I prefer the old site, it was easier to find the informations

Moa Bird Cultist

Moa Bird Cultist

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Hastings (UK) / Latham (USA)

Freedom Fanatical Scots [FFS]

E/W

Yeah, this is my point, all the really useful stuff is hidden away in little corners where no newcomer could ever hope to find them. They've made a really big deal about the official wiki on the main site up til now. And now you'd never know it exists unless someone told you.

I suggest boycotting the main site and using the eu mirror http://eu.guildwars.com instead. Much more like the old american site. The only major differences are that there is no direct access to the fansites, it goes through the 'Community' link and there is no link to the wiki at all. Also, some of the sidebar is a bit outdated, (Asura, anyone?) but at least we're talking about a website which is comprehensible.

Sophitia Leafblade

Sophitia Leafblade

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Dragon Slayer Guild [DSG]

R/

I agree the old one was alot better in terms on acessing things, Its now a total pain to find out updates and such like. It has nice new looks but it worked better before. I guess there just trying to push EotN alot more than they have with any other campaign/expansion.