Add a new option to press on your keyboard like the Y button to bring up a lookup screen telling stats of the person. You can do this anywhere, it's not limited to towns only.
What it WILL do:
You type in a character name and it will tell you how old the character is, whether or not it's PVP or RP, the character's current professions, Title progresses, it's percentage of skills unlocked, and the account's total unlocks. Here's a quick example (Numbers and %s aren't accurate, I just made them up to illustrate my point):
(Tab 1: Character)
Kai Nui (RP) (Click the name to send whisper)
Current Guild [Tag]
Mesmer/Monk
232/232 (100%) Mesmer Skills Unlocked
120/240 (50%) Monk Skills Unlocked
000/250 (0%) Ranger skills Unlocked
015/200 (3%) Necromancer skills Unlocked
etc....
(Tab 2: Titles)
Titles
Just like you'd normally see them
(Tab 3: Account)
Account
Core Unlocks: 100%
Prophecies Unlocks: 100%
Factions Unlocks: 67%
Nightfall Unlocks: 22%
Skills Unlocks: 72%
Upgrades/Runes Unlocks: 88%
It will NOT tell you the person's armor, attributes, skill set, email address, other characters or how long they've been playing today or where they're playing.
Character Lookup (To see how good a person is)
Kai Nui
Antheus
Character Lookup (To see how much grind the person did)
Kai Nui
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Originally Posted by Antheus
Character Lookup (To see how much grind the person did)
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Grinding would be like seeing how much money they have, what their best item is, how many minipets, what kind of armor they have, and how many ectos are in the bank.
I don't think seeing how many unlocks a person has is grind, depends on who's playing. Either way, it shows how versitile a person can be aswell as how far they've gotten. If you grind by doing FOTM builds only in HoH to get your skills that you don't use, then yeah it's grind if that's what you're into.
Sergeant of Marines
Doesn't really say how good a player is, it just says how much they have unlocked.
/unsigned
/unsigned
I MP I
This is essentially a virtual data bank of player accounts and their characters individual achievements.
Pro: It would be great for PvP in order to find out what you want about the people you're interested in recruiting. That way you'll know if they are who they claim to be. Things like rank, amount of faction, %age of items unlocked, champ points, etc.
Con: Would take a considerable amount of time for the people at Anet to put it together and fix the tons of bugs that will come with it when it goes live. Also isn't very useful for PvE.
Perhaps something like this will be implemented into GW2.
Pro: It would be great for PvP in order to find out what you want about the people you're interested in recruiting. That way you'll know if they are who they claim to be. Things like rank, amount of faction, %age of items unlocked, champ points, etc.
Con: Would take a considerable amount of time for the people at Anet to put it together and fix the tons of bugs that will come with it when it goes live. Also isn't very useful for PvE.
Perhaps something like this will be implemented into GW2.
Mohnzh
Perhaps other characters do not want you to see how much they have achieved.
"The greatest tactic in battle is to entice your opponent to attack where you feign weakness, but are in fact strongest."
"The greatest tactic in battle is to entice your opponent to attack where you feign weakness, but are in fact strongest."
Antheus
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Originally Posted by Kai Nui
If I'm running a guild with PVPers, I want to see how much they've unlocked and I also want an easy way to see how much I've unlocked.
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But with pvp packs, fame farming and all other disasters, all these metrics are completely unrelated to how good a player is.
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freaky naughty
No actually this is just a way to see how much grind a person's done. Is unlocking every single skill for every profession really necessary? (no) Does it make you a better player? (no) Does having a good title make you a better player? (no) Is it a colossol waste of time? (yes, to some no)
Nemo the Capitalist
/unsigned more time playeddosnt mean better player
deadman_uk
I like the idea of having the ability to click on a player's name and see a profile of that player in a little pop-up window inside Guild Wars.
What the information box would display is down to the player the information is based on. Players have the choice of what information they wish to display in their profile.
The profile box would also have a list of all player names on that account (with little avatars of the players apperance).
What the information box would display is down to the player the information is based on. Players have the choice of what information they wish to display in their profile.
The profile box would also have a list of all player names on that account (with little avatars of the players apperance).
HawkofStorms
/notsigned
So just because I've only unlocked like ~40 skills on my ranger means I'm not a good ranger? You don't need tons of skills to own in PvE. Somehow somebody is better then you because they bothered to unlock Oguthy's Cry?
This is just bad.
So just because I've only unlocked like ~40 skills on my ranger means I'm not a good ranger? You don't need tons of skills to own in PvE. Somehow somebody is better then you because they bothered to unlock Oguthy's Cry?
This is just bad.
Witchblade
/unsigned
unless u wanna see more and more "noob ! unlock more stuff all we'll let you join"
GW is already a disaster for those in need of more social gameplay and pug
unless u wanna see more and more "noob ! unlock more stuff all we'll let you join"
GW is already a disaster for those in need of more social gameplay and pug
JeniM
*goes to check Data Protection Act details*
I think this would make it much easier for the elitest PvP guilds we all love so much to not give anyone not as elite a chance at it
Soon as someone tried to join you'd do that and say no. I don't really like PvP and thats what this is aimed at so i can't pretend to be expert at effect it will have but one thing i notice about most PvP guilds is they look at player ability not the player and i think thats really bad.
Basically this is turning the players into a string of numbers thats easy to pick them apart and leave them
"I am not a number — I am a free man!" springs to mind.
/notsigned
I think this would make it much easier for the elitest PvP guilds we all love so much to not give anyone not as elite a chance at it
Soon as someone tried to join you'd do that and say no. I don't really like PvP and thats what this is aimed at so i can't pretend to be expert at effect it will have but one thing i notice about most PvP guilds is they look at player ability not the player and i think thats really bad.
Basically this is turning the players into a string of numbers thats easy to pick them apart and leave them
"I am not a number — I am a free man!" springs to mind.
/notsigned
Linksys
/notsigned
People can be discriminated against for having every skill and elite in the game unlocked except for a few. Meaning if there are a few skills you don't have unlocked, you could be called the ingame derrogatory N word "noob" and refused an invite to a party or guild.
People can be discriminated against for having every skill and elite in the game unlocked except for a few. Meaning if there are a few skills you don't have unlocked, you could be called the ingame derrogatory N word "noob" and refused an invite to a party or guild.
gremlin
5 min chatting to anyone or just watching them chat tells you everything you need to know about how good they are.
Stand in any town square in the game and you can spot the idiots easily.
If I had a one click ignore feature I would by now have blocked hundreds of players.
Cannot you do that in pvp, I admit to being a complete newbie in that area.
Stand in any town square in the game and you can spot the idiots easily.
If I had a one click ignore feature I would by now have blocked hundreds of players.
Cannot you do that in pvp, I admit to being a complete newbie in that area.
Steboy93
/notsigned
Will probably just encourage battles of 'noob' calling between players. Even if this were to be implemented the player would have to be able to choose whether to have their information shown or not. Privacy=Important.
Will probably just encourage battles of 'noob' calling between players. Even if this were to be implemented the player would have to be able to choose whether to have their information shown or not. Privacy=Important.
Deadlyjunk
/neversigned
I prefer taking a noob and having a good laugh every now and then to this sort of "we are hardcore, you must have certain level or you are worthless". There are bad r12+ players, there are bad Obsidian armor players, there are bad I Have Many Leather-Bound Books... this is no reference, this is elitism.
I prefer taking a noob and having a good laugh every now and then to this sort of "we are hardcore, you must have certain level or you are worthless". There are bad r12+ players, there are bad Obsidian armor players, there are bad I Have Many Leather-Bound Books... this is no reference, this is elitism.
Exterminate all
I like this but...
Maybe this could be added on to the guild wars site and not the game, too much stuff on the game is confusing. So maybe a character search engine on the site would be better than on the game.
Maybe this could be added on to the guild wars site and not the game, too much stuff on the game is confusing. So maybe a character search engine on the site would be better than on the game.
God Apprentice
World of Warcraft has the armory which does basically what you want. I don't think this will work for Guild Wars because Guild Wars is suppossed to be a game where skill takes precendent over gear.
ValaOfTheFens
/not signed
I don't want to be judged by what I have and haven't done. How would this be useful in either PvP or PvE?
I don't want to be judged by what I have and haven't done. How would this be useful in either PvP or PvE?
Div
Just a bunch of useless info that doesn't help in any substantial way. Plus it uses up server resources to store them in a separate category like that and to recall it.
the Puppeteer
/no - just no
RhanoctJocosa
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Originally Posted by Mohnzh
Perhaps other characters do not want you to see how much they have achieved.
"The greatest tactic in battle is to entice your opponent to attack where you feign weakness, but are in fact strongest." |
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Antheus
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Originally Posted by God Apprentice
World of Warcraft has the armory which does basically what you want. I don't think this will work for Guild Wars because Guild Wars is suppossed to be a game where skill takes precendent over gear.
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If two people fight, their class and their gear determines the outcome. The armory is basically an index that says who your character can defeat, and who they can't.
freekedoutfish
How exactly does any of that information prove how able and skilled a player is?
You cant judge a persons ability by ther titles, number of skills, completition of a campaign etc etc!
Have you not considered this will just incourage the l33t atittudes we already have ingame. "You dont have all the monk elite skills, so your not joining my PUG"!! "You havent done this, or that, or got 100% so you cant join us"!!
And that would happen!
/not signed
The information you need to know is whether a person has max gear and their skilll set. But even that doesnt mean anything everytime.
You cant judge a persons ability by ther titles, number of skills, completition of a campaign etc etc!
Have you not considered this will just incourage the l33t atittudes we already have ingame. "You dont have all the monk elite skills, so your not joining my PUG"!! "You havent done this, or that, or got 100% so you cant join us"!!
And that would happen!
/not signed
The information you need to know is whether a person has max gear and their skilll set. But even that doesnt mean anything everytime.
payne
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Originally Posted by Kai Nui
(Tab 1: Character) Kai Nui (RP) (Click the name to send whisper) Current Guild [Tag] Mesmer/Monk 232/232 (100%) Mesmer Skills Unlocked 120/240 (50%) Monk Skills Unlocked 000/250 (0%) Ranger skills Unlocked 015/200 (3%) Necromancer skills Unlocked etc.... |
add in PvP item unlock as well please!
/signed nice
Snow Bunny
Or I can rank you and start putting on my pvp titles?
That work for you?
That work for you?
Tyla
wth is this?an excuse to say "lol n00b you aint got 1337 pr0z3r stuffz like us"?
bad idea bad idea and bad idea./not signed
bad idea bad idea and bad idea./not signed
Div
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Originally Posted by payne
actually really like this idea...if its account based PvP...would stop players from bluffing their way into certain guilds by saying got complete UAX on skills when really they don't
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God Apprentice
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Originally Posted by Antheus
In WoW - your items define you.
If two people fight, their class and their gear determines the outcome. The armory is basically an index that says who your character can defeat, and who they can't. |
Since Guild Wars is suppossed to be skill > gear, having an index of what a person has is really useless, and in no way would be a measure of, as the thread title says, "how good you are".
So basically: /notsigned
Mineria
/notsigned
I don't want other people to see my skill schemes etc.
If they want to see something, they can come and see my HoM.
I don't want other people to see my skill schemes etc.
If they want to see something, they can come and see my HoM.
Darkhell153
/not signed, I don't want other players checking it out and eventually discerning a weakness, they have to do that the old fashioned way (by fighting me)
ValaOfTheFens
Ok...My stance has changed somewhat from my earlier reply. I'd be behind this if you have the option to hide your info. Otherwise, its an invasion of privacy.
Hyper.nl
/signed for towns and outposts.
/neutral for missions and explorable area's.
/notsigned for in PvP battles.
/signed to optionally display things (To have an option to not display for the ones who want to hide it/privacy)
/neutral for missions and explorable area's.
/notsigned for in PvP battles.
/signed to optionally display things (To have an option to not display for the ones who want to hide it/privacy)
adrifts
i have nothing to hide
/signed
/signed
freekedoutfish
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Originally Posted by ValaOfTheFens
Ok...My stance has changed somewhat from my earlier reply. I'd be behind this if you have the option to hide your info. Otherwise, its an invasion of privacy.
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Being able to hide info wouldnt solve anything.
BlackSephir
Like we need more elitism
/notsigned
/notsigned
Darkhell153
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Originally Posted by freekedoutfish
Result of hiding information = "You have your info hidden, your not joining us unless we can see it....ragh ragh ragh"!
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Put simply for the people with short attention spans (aka all americans and me), if a guild tried that on people, they'd lose prospective members for a rather long time unless they started begging and offering money to join.
MithranArkanere
Hm... as long as it has a new tab in the options dialog, with ALL options disabled by default.
Then let people show who can se what:
- Account Name
- Model (to see model with hi-res textures even in outposts)
- Equipment: None, Anyone, Party, Friends, Allies, Guild,
- Stats
- Skills
- Current build
- Titles.
- Account info (such as tournament points and PvP classification)
Etc...
Then when your 'ID card' is requested by a character, only those things you have allowed would be shown.
If you don't allow inventory or equipment, they can't see your 'rag doll'.
If you don't allow titles, they can only see your current shown inventory.
Etc...
Of course, there should be limit of requests people can make, or this would be a lagfest.
Then let people show who can se what:
- Account Name
- Model (to see model with hi-res textures even in outposts)
- Equipment: None, Anyone, Party, Friends, Allies, Guild,
- Stats
- Skills
- Current build
- Titles.
- Account info (such as tournament points and PvP classification)
Etc...
Then when your 'ID card' is requested by a character, only those things you have allowed would be shown.
If you don't allow inventory or equipment, they can't see your 'rag doll'.
If you don't allow titles, they can only see your current shown inventory.
Etc...
Of course, there should be limit of requests people can make, or this would be a lagfest.