GW2 Suggestions Thread

The GW2 Suggestions and Discussion thread. Please make yourself familiar with the Forum Rules and the Sardelac Forum Rules before posting.

This is a continuation and updated version of this thread by Winterclaw. It will be for suggestions and discussion of those suggestions relating only to Guild Wars 2, not the expansion Guild Wars: Eye of the North.

First, please see this thread for the PC Gamer summation of GW2 and the GW:EotN expansion. GW2 is still two years away and beta, one year. Some information has been verified but still more has been left up to speculation. Even more information will likely change as the game draws closer. Please keep that in mind while posting here.

Many people have posted ideas for GW2 already. The first posts and links of those threads are posted below. Any new GW2 threads will be closed and referred back to this Sticky. If I have forgotten or overlooked a GW2 idea already posted, please post it here or PM me.


GW2 Appearance request/Idea - Aeon_Xin
GW2 and guilds, by definition - Aeon_Xin
GW2 Advanced Planning: Character Creation - Quid Pro Quo
GW2 Advanced Planning: World Exploration - Quid Pro Quo
GW2 What I'd like to see - Enchanted Warrior
GW2, multiple servers - Winterclaw
Ancestral Characters: Character Transfer from the Rift - ctran
GW characters in GW2 - Solveig Ikram
a need for guild wars 2 naming process - Tide to Go

Because Level Cap is a subject that has been debated for a long time and has also recently been acknowledged with new information, and because there is already a discussion already in progress that does not specifically mention GW2, that thread will remain open for discussion here.

I would like GW2 to take some more influences from the good things in WoW

an auction house would be nice, it would stop people spamming chat and means people are less likely to use ebay

I would also like to see more item slots, so you can equip rings, amulets etc to increase your power rather than runes,

I also think that team farming should be encouraged more: rather than nerfing the crap out of drops and builds, they should make skills over many profs that can work together nicely

i also want to be able to change the appearence of GW2. My brother has changed the appearence of his WoW display significantly, he has health an mana bars in a circle arround the charecter, i think this would be really good on guildwars because it means you can keep an eye on the action and check ur health and energy levels.

i think upping the ammount of equipted skills would be good so that you can have about 10-12, and that you get some longer lasting enchanments that last say, 5 mins...

my final request it that we get more types of equipable drops, like armor etc, and that very powerful high end uniques are assigned 1 person and effectivly customised, but they have a higher drop rates - if this is done, maybe they should be a different colour, such as red??

Here's how I envision Guild Wars 2:

1) Less movement restriction - can jump over objects, small objects don't affect pathing (think tiny rocks), still leave in "body blocking" and being blocked by large objects (other characters, mobs, buildings of course, etc.). This was one of my main gripes with the gameplay in GW.

2) Instances rolled back - much as everyone hates the analogy, I see closer to a WoW type of instancing. Dungeons (a.k.a. missions, boss spawns, etc.) are instanced. I really hope towns aren't instanced, because World PvP was one of my favorite aspects of WoW. (see 6)

3) Random encounter PvP - It's a really fun aspect of gameplay that Guild Wars has always been missing. I don't know how to implement it without causing ganking/griefing (PvP servers, maybe every server has "safe zones" for each faction), but it's definitely a must for me (see 7)

4) More that can be accomplished alone (no henchies or anything else) - I really don't enjoy having to wait hours for a decent group or having to rely on henchies which don't always get the job done... I don't want too much soloable, but enough so you can jump on for a few minutes and accomplish something without having to organize a party

5) I'm definitely looking forward to the extra races. To be honest, I don't care if each race counts as a "class/profession/etc." or if each race has several classes. The thing I'm looking forward to is the variety that accompanies having the different races

6) I'd imagine PvE structure something like this : You're running through a persistent world, doing the normal PvE thing. You get a quest that leads into an instance, get a group, and run the instance. Once done, you move back to the persistent world. occasionally, you stop in Town for some Rest, to refuel, or to defend it from an NPC or player Raid. On each server, there would be occasional PvE events (such as a race overrunning a server, a Faire, etc.).

7) PvP - Keep GvG, HoH, and Arenas. Retain the concept of PvP characters. PvP characters have no level, but have power equivalent to some chosen pvE level. They can only do GvG, HoH, and Arenas. There would, ideally, also be World PvP. World PvP would include random-encounter "hey, there's a race I hate so I'm gonna kill it" PvP and "let's get together and kill X's establishment" town raid PvP. If you raid small towns, your faction would gain control (or maybe something as small as benefits when buying items from controlling that town) . Large towns would either be un-capturable (like a sanctuary), or they would just have guard respawns so fast that nobody could "hold" them.

8) Institute some form of Reputation. Like, race X may never get along with race Y, but you start off neutral (as race X) with race Z. Through doing quests, they will either learn to hate you or love you.

9) Map travel - keep it, but make it so you have to be in a town to use it

10) change weapon skills, from requiring you use attribute points, to making you "train" with a weapon. Restrict certain classes from using certain weapons (like a Mesmer with a gigantic Hammer just doesn't look too right, imo).

11) Create a adrenaline bar for Warriors - like WoW Rage bar, yes I know *dodges trash thrown at him*

12) Make more skills equippable at once, or make some skills not count towards the skill number limit (like make it so you can have 8 "primary" skills and 12 "secondary" skills equipped at once)

13) Entirely optional money or time sinks - grinding professions that cost $ to level and do things with no practical value (like make armor glow, etc.)

That's all for now....so sorry if anyone read all of that

Here are some ideas I think will be worth implementing:

1. Heroes only - I say get rid of henchmen but only make 1-3 of the heroes directly controllable by the player so it works like it does now.

2. Classes - I'd like to see all 10 classes available from the beginning of GW2, but with perhaps a slightly different set of skills (both core and what not). Maybe the best 75 from each class plus 25 new ones (per class) will make it into that game.

3. Character creation - since there will be races, I'd like to see variety and looks as a race thing (with sliders) instead of a class thing. That means your monk can be a scrawny guy with spikey blue hair if he wants to.

4. Armor - I think that inscriptions will be the way to go, but I'm not sure I like the present system. Nor do I like all the space you have taken up when you have multiple sets of armor.

4b. Maybe this is just me, but I'd be happier if you could change inscriptions for free based on what you've unlocked or purchased.

4c. Changing the dyeing system would be nice as well. Maybe instead of having drops, you take your dyes to an Item Dyer NPC and he'll color them as you want for a flat fee of 100 gp or something like that. It'd also be nice if you could dye secondary areas of your weapons and armors as well.

5. Hairstylists - if these aren't in GW2, not only will that game be a failure but I will also question the intelligence of Anet seeing as that's one of the most demanded features there has been.

6. Shields that have your guild emblem and colors would be nice.

7. For elementalists it'd be nicer if there were a little more balance between the skill lines. As it stands, a hydromancer can't really nuke and fire/air mages are pretty much limited to nuking.

8. Monks and maybe assassins could use unarmed Kung-Fu skills/skill lines as well.

9. Warriors should have more than 3 different types of weapons. And it'd be nice if swords, axes, and hammers came in 1 hand, 2 hand, and duel wield varities.

10. If they bring back the whole chapters thing, it'd be nice if the first game has some unique classes for it alone.

11. About monuments, if you can pass down weapons how about all the weapons you have customized for that PC your decendant can remake as customized items with an /inheriteditems command.

12. It'd be really nice if your GW2 PC can have multiple ancestors that are GW1 PCs and GW2 PCs can share ancestors.

13. Gwen, Devona, Eve, Cynn, Mhenlo, and Aiden should all time-warp to the future to be heroes in GW2.

I think that does it for now because it's late here.

I think (for all the hardcore, loylplayers who have clocked in over 2,000 in so many months and above) You should be able to warp you guys in time (stick with me) as if nothing EVER happend. Nothing of the past happend, your level is back to (what ever GW2 starts at), you keep you armor but it would be based on level (seeing as not much detail on armor is out this could be a major problem). I just want my guys to go over to GW2 because i have spent 1,800+ hours on them, and i think my loylty to the fact that i have done that this request should serously be looked at and thought about.

My idea for item transfer

then what would the game differant from WoW. if you really want all that you should just play WoW. that is all stuff that seperates GW from WoW.

GW2 Appearance request/Idea - Aeon_Xin-/signed

I like this idea as all my characters are references in some way or another. It would also dramatically reduce clones to the point where its a non-existing problem. Have thing the idea that a character is your own creative extension makes a greater feeling for immersion and people LOVE to customize.

GW2 and guilds, by definition - Aeon_Xin-/signed
This always stuck out to me as well. My first time through GW I was wondeirng when an actual GUILD WAR would make its way into the story or have an effect on the things I do. But its just a name. I understand the PvP roots and everything but it seems rather odd that PvE has absolutely nothing to do with it. So I would also like to see NPC or player influenced Guilds having a true effect in game play.

GW2 Advanced Planning: Character Creation - Quid Pro Quo-/signed
This system would make customization very deep. Again, I'm sure EVERYONE would just LOVE to customize their character and truly call it their own. However, I would like it to be plausible. Like Warriors looking like real heavy duty, mean, rough, tough (300 is an excellent example) Warriors. It would be really awkward to be fighting next to a pail 100lb scrawny pretty boy emo kid who couldent even lift his own armor.


GW2 Advanced Planning: World Exploration - Quid Pro Quo-/signed
I like the idea of the outside being one large world. WoW actually does that, the area that your next to loads up so you just walk in without ever seeing a load screen. Towns and Out Posts would HAVE TO remain the same if you wanna keep the connectivity between players.

GW2 What I'd like to see - Enchanted Warrior-(see below)
1)/signed. I have yet to play a day when I couldent even communicate with other players because my text would instantly drowned out by WTS. However, making everything "achievable" would make having gold totally meaningless.
2)/signed. Oh god yes. This would make the general population better players as they have to work with what they have and can spend there money on other things like keys, ID and Salvage kits and armor rather than a skill that SOUNDS good but wont actually do anything with their build.
3)/undecided. You could just make keys cheaper and chest spawns less likely but I do like the idea of the loot sell able only to merchants as this would have a positive effect on casual players and a negative effect on farmers. Or you can have them traded off for other similar items (like weapons for weapons or collectibles for collectibles) only and then have them unsellable after word.
4)/Notsigned. The missions are tough for a reason.
5)/Notsigned. Having no skill lat longer than 10 seconds would make some of them either broken or useless without a major redo. I dont like the random fail idea either. The game is about how you stack, fold and play your skills not realism.
6) what?
7)/Notsigned. Without money or an economy of the sorts things would loose their value and keep players from trying or feeling special.
8)/Notsigend. I, for one, like the idea of have a team to root for. And I can do my part and help them.

GW2, multiple servers - Winterclaw-/Notsigned
An interesting idea but not only would it be a pain for the development team to make but everyone would go to the "Everything drops Ectos" server anyway. And the percentage idea doesnt work either. A lvl1 vs lvl1 would do 1% dmg per hit and it would take forever to do anything. A lvl1 vs lvl100 (50% more dmg) would be near meaningless as well.


Ancestral Characters: Character Transfer from the Rift - ctran-/undecided
I like the idea of bringing back your ancestors as I have spent a lot of time on my own characters but it seems... trivial. I would like this idea to be expended and explored more though. Like a long process to get them. Possibly almost to the point where your virtually twice as strong as they are by the time you can get them.

GW characters in GW2 - Solveig Ikram-/signed
I like this idea. It brings a sort of charm and nostalgia to the game. Imagine being out on a quest when you encounter a ghost (or something) that notices your related to your ancestor who was previously there. Or going into an ally that shows signs of extreme bursts heat at some point in history. You think back and remember thats where you fought a boss with your ele and you valiantly delivered the final incinerating blow.

a need for guild wars 2 naming process - Tide to Go-/eh
Its too simple a request to NOT do. Id say just go with it.

As for my own ideas I would like to talk about how the races may work:

Throughout my MMO gaming history I have always noticed that everyone plays a certain race on a certain profession. NOT because its looks good. And most certainly NOT a theme. Its because that very race is ridiculously good at being that class. If you play that class with a different race, your retarded. I dont want to see this happen in GW2. But I dont want each class for aesthetic purposes only. I would like races to have class specific advantages but not to the point where its ONLY a good idea to play THAT race ONLY for that THAT class.

WoW did a fair job at this. Each race had its own class specific skills and abilities that had a good and meaning full effect on all classes and could normally be used in such a way that only effects play experience and often had very little to do with combat.

Take Humans for example. A human trait is "The Human Spirit" which gave a +20% spirit. Which basically translated to "your hp and mp recharge 20% faster outside of battle" (hp and mp could not recharge in battle). Or the Undead which has a "Cannibalism" skill that lets them eat dead things to gain a large amount of hp and mp and it only works outside of battle. Night Elfs also had a "Shadow Meld" (i think thats what its called) skill that so long as there not in battle and not moving they may stay invisible and immune to aggro as well as being targeted by spells and skills from friend and foe alike.

On of the reasons why I love GW is because of the non existent downtime. I dont have to sit and wait 15 minutes of doing nothing waiting for my health and energy to return. I can just get up and go and keep the fast paced action moving REGARDLESS of CLASS or RACE.

Combine GW1 and GW2 as long as possible. Though I'm quite disappointed with the press releases I've been reading so far, particularly the monument feature, because I think only having a monument of my GW1 character that will serve as a port of everything I've invested in IS NOT ENOUGH. (And the monument thing seems very much The BURIAL of GW1, IMO X_x)

Basically I'm also saying that I -still- wish there's a way my existing character in GW1 would also play in GW2 (put him in the Human race, more likely) --- and yes I know that is unlikely says ANet because GW2 is set hundred years after, etc. So maybe... timetravel the GW1 character, or raise him from the dead so he could play in GW2 (again, the monument thing just seems too much like a -gravestone- for my GW1 character and GW1 in a whole), or something?

Because it WOULD BE TOO TIRING TO LEVEL A WHOLE NEW CHARACTER in GW2 while only having inherited the characteristics of the 'ancestor' GW1 character. And considering too that they will raise the level cap >_<. Would this mean the start of level-grinding now? (because, we have to admit, some players -do- levelgrind to achieve a certain level for a title *hint hint: the Survivor title*)

It's like saying all of us now who are playing GW1 are wasting our time being in level 20 and only getting skill points after that, when those skill points by now are supposed to be our 70th level or something (probably a rising rant, but it is still a valid rant by us players). How I wish those skill points in GW1 could be converted to equivalent character level in GW2 then!

And all things invested in our GW1 character is also technically now wasted (we can't port the GW1 character's Obsidian armor to the new GW2 character? their plats? their other items?)

(( And yes, I agree with Lacasner's ideas on item transfer and ctran's ideas on GW1 character transfer ))

Because it seems whether ANet's saying it or not they're already telling us they've already buried GW1 (alive!), and they're shoving us to the direction of GW2 with not enough consideration of the time and effort players exerted in GW1 (yes, I can appreciate the monument feature, but -still not enough- particularly for the old players, and those who made many characters in their account in GW1... we already love our characters in GW1!).

The whole thing is making GW1 fans both wary and excited at the same time, and I don't know if that's good. Two years waiting is too long a wait to know if our playtime and efforts in GW1 is really not wasted. I just hope ANet is reading and considering all our posts and suggestions =/.

Add: Without sufficient combination of GW1 and GW2 this is what I envision to happen: mostly all players with GW1 would stop playing GW1 altogether because -of course- they would want to play GW2, and they would rather play for new achievements in GW2 (and levelgrind) than playing any further in GW1 because GW1 now is technically a waste of effort; few GW1 players would also play GW2 and still play GW1, but there's always the factor at the back of their minds that technically the GW1 character they're still playing now is -already dead- *cringe* (so eventually they may also stop playing GW1 altogether); GW1 players who couldn't afford/couldn't be bothered to play or transfer to GW2 would stop playing GW altogether, because GW1 would never be given updates anymore and technically already a dead or stagnant game. So more like a losing situation for ANet if there wouldn't be sufficient combination of GW1 and GW2 --- losing more of their players than they expect because they couldn't keep both their GW1 and GW2 bases, instead of attracting more players to -also- buy and play GW2 (hell, I think even buy the upcoming GW:EN).

This request is related to the Hall of Monuments and the special bonuses for GW2 from it.

It would be great if achievements from GW1 chapters could be added to the Hall of Monuments at anytime (and not being a one-shot deal in GW2).

This would encourage people to continue buying GW1 chapters just to add special bonuses to their GW2 account.

One thing I started thinking about as I mulled over the more open concept of terrain and movement being discussed in the articles:

It sounds like they're going to give the ability to swim, which means opening up rivers/seas/lakes/oceans and such as potentially explorable areas. This means that we can have large rivers splitting areas (a real Elon river for example, or changing around the shores in Kryta), or even reachable islands. It also means that we could have shipboard environments. I'm not talking about changing this around into a naval combat simulator, any more than having castles changes it into a medieval siege warfare game. I'm talking about being able to take the occasional cutscene from Prophecies and Nightfall that took place on ship (as we were moving from one region to another) and putting them into full gameplay.

You could have ships that ferry in gametime from mainland to an island. Maybe during the ferry, a sea creature attacks. Characters could attack back, get knocked into the water, have to swim back and climb into the ship or try to attack in the water. Or you could have a quest to retrieve something from a wreck, and you could charter a boat out to the wreck, and dive for it, using a spell to hold your breath. Just some thoughts on what could be doable.

Right, thats why I said you would still be able to tell a warrior from a necro. Warrior "lean" option (as thin as they could go) would still be muscular. Think Olympic runner.

WTF?!?!?!


erm, u ever heard of adrenaline???

wow has some really stupid stuff in it. you can have really silly items, a stupidly high lvl cap, a stupid res system, stupid skill balancing, except for a few special areas its just all one big world, so you have to wait ages to do one quest, any prof can use any weapon, you have to pay for a game which is very slow and rather boring to play untill you get to the higher levels.....

im sure i can think of some more fundimental errors with wow....

all i said was that a simple auction house would be good, as i (and many people in GW) really hate selling items, and get annoyed by other people flooding thw chat, i also think that GW display is rather ugly and difficult to set out to a simple logical manner (i spent 1 1/2 hours setting it out one day, and i still am not happy with it. also, wouldn't it be noce knowing that a weapon dropped and only you can use it??

Hmmm, maybe they could add a title to owners of the Prophecies CE and when the title transfers- divine aura transfers with it. But I'm sure that would annoy a lot of people...
Maybe the GW2 CE could include divine aura if they don't want to transfer the original one.

Since GW2 will have instanced areas again similar to GW1, one thing that should be considered is a dynamic type of instancing so that when you visit the same map area for the umpteenth time, you don't see the same old mob wandering in the same old place.

If you have a dynamic instancing setup, you can visit the same area and fight in different spots and against different enemies. Perhaps there can be a pool of different enemy types that can spawn in a given location for when you load into that instance. If it fits into the scenario, maybe migrating enemies that move to different areas every few weeks would be cool too.

For quests and certain areas, there should be specific spawns of enemies but for the most part, it would add a lot more replayability to the game.

Would ANet consider allowing multiple characters, from multiple accounts to embue a GW2 Character with traits and hall of monument contributions.

For example, if someone had two accounts, could they link both accounts to one GW2 account and obtain all the Hall of Monuments achievements from those two accounts on one GW2 character?

This would be a really nice way to tip hats toward hardcore (over zealous) players who bought two accounts before character slots existed...

I would like to propose a true "Smart Armor System" for the upcoming Guild Wars 2. For more info click here.

Basically, the concept is as follows:
- character never needs to discard armor
- existing armor is upgraded by various armorers as character progresses
- armor is capable of altering its appearance and stats after various upgrades
- various materials and cost (gold?) is required for the armor upgrades
- possibly special items required for special armors (unique skins)

Click here if you wish to show your support for this proposal to be implemented into Guild Wars 2.

Hm... water areas you an swim in:

I can see it...:
- Monks walking over the water surface...
- Elementalists freezing the surface so allies can walk over it...
- Rangers using Beastly skills to swim at awesome speeds... along with thier pets...
- Necromancers raising fish bones that battle underwater...
- Warriors having to use skills to hold breath and battle underwater or being able to swim with their armors...
- Mesmers hypnotizing enemies so they thing they are drowning...

I'd like to focus on the concept of the account as a 'family'.
Characters of the same account are somehow related, and thus they share some achievements...
Easing some parts of the game based in that concept would be a good idea.
We atill have skill unlocks, and shared titles, and we'll have inherited achievenments for the 'descendants' of the family...
But much more could be done...

MilthranAkranere:

Actually, I was discussing that post I had with some guildies, and it was mentioned that there could be a quest for an item that would give you the ability to hold your breath, so that you could do the underwater part of it. I really like those ideas, though.

In that vein, it was mentioned as part of the emergent complexity bit in the GW2 article, that you could try using skills in different contexts to see different effects: jump while using a skill gives a different result than just using it. So, a necromancer could have his/her minions take on the look of the creature from which it's raised (I know that had been touched on as suggestion before). Kill an octopus, get some kind of half-rotted octopus undead (that could even replace the umpteen different minion skills: the raised minion gets some kind of special ability based on the creature).

I'm totally excited about GW2, here are some things I'd be interested in seeing:

1. Body shape options. GW has good options for characters, but I think could benefit greatly by allowing the player to choose a fat, normal, athletic or thin body type. I understand the difficulty of rigging this & the problems that come from armor & such, but I'm confident ANET could figure it out.
   
2. Other things to do that fight. If our characters could pick non-combat jobs that would be cool: Craft your own items/weapons/armor, raise & sell pets/animals, build structures.. something. That way players could do something other than fight to make money. (note: I would not want this to be implemented if it would take significantly away from the quality of combat)
   
3. Give my character a personality/reputation. It would be cool if my character responded differently to NPCs & NPCs responded differently to my character based on previous decisions. This basically would take the form of different dialog. So based on my reputation, the interaction would vary. Although you can take it to extremes and have it so that bad reps can get you killed. Reputation levels might be:
   
   • Revered
   • Respected
   • Liked
   • Peer
   • Unknown
   • Disliked
   • Hated
   • Feared
   
   (note: I realize the huge amount of extra dialog & voice-over work this may create, so it may be unrealistic. But I think it would add a LOT to character development)
   

Maybe add the ability to craft (or at least modify the statistic) on a certain class of items.

For instance, if you build up you armoring skills maybe you could increase the armor level of your armor 1 level.

Or, increase the max damage of your weapon by 1 or 2.

Or increase a percentage chance of skills recharging in 50% the time

I think you get the idea. Maybe have a masters level where you could actually do it for others. At least for self and heroes.

This is very raw and would require some detail write up. But maybe allow some customization (maybe discover a new method that allows better weapons and get the right to have it named after your character (or a type of weapon), etc.)

Vote for this one...

I would love to combine my all collectors edition account with my original account (both of which have the exact same purchases as far as pre-sell, chapters, etc.) Except now I have added the $5 U.S. weapon pack to one.

1. Make all non-elite Skills Questable
2. Require the player to have earned (and spend) a skill point on the quest in order to get the skill so that there are no free unlocks.
3. Leave Skill Trainers in town so that there are a variety of options.

Sometimes it's convenient to pay for a skill and most times it's not. I have a level 20 character with a million and 1/2 XP and 76+ unspent skill points because I cant afford the 1 platinum per skill cost. I have to pay 1 plat for character for every single skill in each expansion just because my character is from a different continent? NO WAY!! By the time I deck out my 11+ heroes with runes, insignias, weapons, and inscriptions and buy myself more than 1 set of armor, I'm constantly broke!

Eliminate the need to farm gold. Gold farming is boring and an indication of a lack. Lack of entertaining content, lack of balancing game mechanics, lack of gameplay design. Ideally players would earn enough gold to support the lifestyle of a character with their number of levels/heroes just by playing the content of the quests and missions. There needs to be more content that isn't strictly tied in to the main plot. Since almost every skill is tied to a specific profession and every profession is tied to a god, why not make the quests for those skills a sub-plot chain that gets players more familiar with the god of their chosen profession?

Bottom line- provide the players multiple ways of earning skills. Keep skill trainers so we aren't forced to quest for EVERY skill, but make every skill questable so we aren't forced to pay (anything more than a skill point) for them either.

Nice thoughts there Darksun, although your last one about reputation would be rather hard to implement - its a great idea though and certainly would add a lot to characters. I too am voting for the body shape options! My warrior is currently staying in Istani armour - why? Because it doesn't add a million lbs to his size like the others do - its not as if he has to be big because he's a tank, c'mon Anet - if you can make a tiny slip of a girl able to wield a massive hammer, you can make thinner male warriors.

ArenaNet and NCSOFT, I believe you wish to appease the casual gamer, and raising the level cap "100+" is ridiculous! What attracted me to this game is not having to spend hundreds of hours leveling up, instead of having fun!

I think 50 levels would be sufficient to work with the persistent world you are planning. This would still allow for a "sidekick" system. If my campaign character takes 100 or more hours to move out of "newbie" status, I wouldn't be interested in putting that kind of time in.

In the current Guild Wars system after level 20 you are still rewarded, and the campaign slowly gets harder as you get better. The world should adjust to you!

Another thing that I enjoy about the current Guild Wars system is how you are judged as a player. Your level is not looked at in Guild Wars, your titles and playing style is. A level 20 character is still a "Noob" even with the best armor, weapons, and skills(if he does not know how to use them). The highest level doesn't win, the best weapons don't win, the best combos and skills win in Guild Wars. Please keep it this way!

I cannot wait until the next era of Guild Wars comes! You have some great ideas, like events, persistence, and sidekicks, but if a higher level cap appeases the intense gamer, do not make it too high for the casual gamer!

Orrin Of Elona

Even though you have absolutely no idea how the level system is going to work.. I love the idea of a cap that is high enough to keep me playing for a very, very long time. I don't think it will be the focus of the game just a reason to keep going.

I think GW2 also needs more of a focus on the side to the non-combat aspects of the game. Runescape is pretty good at this with the fishing, wood chopping, fire making and cooking aspect. Imagine going through the game doing your various hero antics but every now and again actually having the chance to do 'real farming' or hunting and then being able to concoct all kinds of meals and such. It would give a creative side to the game. More things like this would give you something else to do. Hey we all need a break from saving the world, maybe i just want to go to my guild hall and bake a few apple pies once in a while. Or get a fishing rod and see what fish i can get today.

Guild Wars is a great game but I think there needs to be more gold sinks and gameplay possibilities. Hey dwarven ale is good but what if you could brew your own brand. I also think this would then link to possibilities of proper guilds such as cooks and merchants.

Here is my Wish List in GW2:

- Customizable Guild Cape
- 6 Core profession with 4 chapter specific profs at the start of GW2
- Buyable slots (just like in GW1)
- Hairstylist
- Auction House
- Pet Zoo (Rangers can charm different pets and keeping them into a Pet Zoo, but only one pet is allowed to accompany in battle).
- Pet specific skills, commands, etc.
- Customizable Shield emblems
- Profession independent Armor.
- Armor upgrades after completing some major quests (eg new looks)
- More than 5 armor pieces, e.g. Necklace, Bracelet, Belt, Rings, etc
- Weapons customized to a character may be given a name
- Upgrades for Guild Hall (not only NPCs) like customized Guild Flag, Guild Banner, etc
- Horsebackriding/Mount
- Use of Vehicles/Chariots/Ships
- Linking multiple GW1 accounts to one single GW2 account
- Interactive quests
- More ingame Events/Mini-Games
- Reward for those GW1-players with CE (Divine Aura and such)
- Life skills ?

I hope they make armor tradeble in GW2. Guild wars doesnt have the best economy. I mean the only thing you see people selling in game are weapons or crafting materials. Thats the only thing that still bugs me about GW. Not like make all armor tradeble, only like special armors.

Oh yeah and a auction house. so ppl dont spam every about WTB or WTS everywhere. I played FFXI for a month... the only good thing i like about it was the auction house.

1.) How about a hardcore mode, where dying means dead forever? Nothing beats the thrill you get when surprised by a big group that could permenatly KILL your 100 + hour character! Plus, you'd be surprised how quickly people make close friends, when they need reliable allies. Maybe have a way to earn a resurrection if your ping was under a certain amount as you died?

If we can't have a hardcore mode could we at least be punished for deaths?

2.) Make a PVE character's progression ONLY through non-purchasable actions (aka playing). I'd like to focus on playing the game and NOT collecting gold. GOLD = GRIND

3.) Learning skills would be better than buying them. Either through skill trainers (by doing quest), or by a more unique aquision method... hmm...

4.) Don't have FOW type items... they just encourage repeative farming type actions, in order to hoard resources faster than the normal accumulation by playing method.

Please, for the love of all that is good in the world, put in an OpenGL renderer. Even better, put in an OpenAL engine too. I realize that they probably won't port over to Linux; but, with these two things, running it near-native through WINE becomes possible. There's even going to be a major re-factoring of OpenGL API's to boost its' capabilities, and keep it on par w/ DX10, coming in a couple months. I, and many, many more Linux users, are begging you!

Other than that, what I've heard sounded interesting enough to get me back playing, and looking forward to GWEN. So, keep it up.

I saw that they are deciding between 100 and no level caps (as the main possibilities at least) for GW2... well I was thinking, why even bother with levels and make something different than Levels: unlock skills: level determines how strong you are ?

why not have something completely different than that and the road every other MMO takes and do something like star wars galaxies had before SoE rammed it into the ground

lets say, you're a ranger and you chose ranger (as a primary atleast) you start out with maybe certain health and magicka depending on the class/race, but in the long run, you are as strong healthwise as a novice ranger, as someone who is a master ranger

Master Ranger


Master Trapper Master Marksman Master Survivalist Master ofExpertise
Trapping 3 Marksman 3 Survivalist 3 Expertise 3
Trapping 2 Marksman 2 Survivalist 2 Expertise 2
Trapping 1 Marksman 1 Survivalist 1 Expertise 1
Novice Marksman

of course, not exactly like star wars galaxies, but you get the idea.. with experience and an increase in XP to unlock each box and each box giving the player a couple of new skills or benefits .. and each mastery gives a title

learn what you want in the skill, save the rest of the points that allows you to learn each box for your secondary profession (if you can have one)

1.) be able to own things......farms, houses, shops

2.) better special effects in skills, huge explosions, wide scale effects from a spell

3.) time for the big armors, the master armor makers, the legendary weapon smiths......kind of like the picture of the male norn, that lower body armor ownz.....

4.) wolves cant live without food and water, i say we need a animal food chane/ life cycle. one day a pack is at a water hole, another day they are roaming near the trees.

5.) guild wars? now wouldn't this rock guild wars, become a Ascalon warrior work your way up in the ranks, if the king wants to fight ryta, hes gonna get that fight

6.)Body scales, weight, short, med, long hair, for each hair style

7.) pick the age of your character, the higher you go in age the older you look, if u get high enough u can only choose certian hair colors.

8.) if you changed your mind and want to be over wight.....just eat in the game, want to be skinny just fight and loose the weight.

9.) a walk button option

10.) mounts, duh, another easy way to get over weight and get to other places faster......

Tide it sounds to me like your suggesting a GTA-type gw, and it sounds cool hehe.

tide, i really like that idea. that isnt GTA, althought it sounds like it. It is alsoGuild Wars PWNAGE!!!!! its awesome.

A few quick ideas, many mentioned above by tide
1)Mounts
2)Property in general
3)Age
4) another race idea, The Tengu

You know I was thinking about how GW2 could work. GW has some strong factors that really help it. Things that should be continued. One of which is teamwork.

I had a brain storm on how it could be done. The basic setup is given here with a summary of why given after.

Warriors: The main attribute would be that they can attract damage or you could say control it for a limited area and dish it out in melee. In this, melee would have the largest amount of damage to single targets.

Paladin: Main attribute would be the they can take damage and boost those around them with both a damage reduction to friendly targets and damage increase to their enemies. But would himself be weak on melee damage. But he would have the same or similar armor as warriors so that he can take damage and make a true tank.

Ranger: Main attribute is awareness and tracking. All other classes are limited to what they can see. The ranger in this case would have a "radar" as well as common ranger skills. Even animal companions that help with this skill as well as other things. Also he can help find targets that roam or watch for patrolling groups.

Mages: This class has the main attributes to altering the environment to be friendly to you and hostile to enemies. The skills in this case would be AoE more then effective against single targets. And from the stand point of amount of damage, the AoE would be the greatest when damage to all targets is added up. This includes the ability to create, let us say, a ring of fire the hurts anyone that attacks a friendly target. Or shake the Earth they are standing on to make it hard to hit friendly targets. It is a larger area of effect.

Monks: Main attribute healing. That is always important.


Now, why the above? Why set it up this way? In this setup every class has the ability to do all the basics -damage, defense and healing. Their ability to do these is not equal but can be balanced for a solo or limited party. The key is to let each class do their job by having their strengths in addition to solo like abilities. (As sometimes you will be missing someone.)

So why? the answer is in teamwork. This set up would give anyone the ability to solo. But the moment another class gets added to the party, everyone else in the party will see the direct personal benefit right away. Like, if you are a tank and you are close to a paladin, your stats get boosted and you become formidable. If you add a monk, you get healing above any other classes ability to heal. If you are a monk and you get a tank, he should be able to keep the damage off of the monk by adding him to your party. If you add a ranger, all party members gain an awareness of what is around them, the ability to find targets faster etc. And the mages have magic that helps put things in the favor of your party if the enemy is too tough.

This party build can also work up to any size. The bigger the party, the more area you can control. An example is if you have 5 enemy warriors that keep killing a monk, if you add more warriors, (they have the ability to control a small area as far as who gets damage) just adding warriors will do the trick. Get ambushed allot? Add a ranger so you know where to go and can stay clear of ambushes.

The key here is that everyone gets a direct benefit by adding another class to the party and being in range to receive the benifit. Or having enough of a class to cope with the size of problems that will be encountered.

Many people hate when it becomes too specialized. So no class should be deprived of skills and the ability so solo in areas that are lower than your level. But the key is their ability to shift to a party strength. Put two classes together and they both get a benefit. The amount of benefit and what the attributes of the benefit are can be things they have to learn and should be variable to some degree. But you can go to town with cool skills for all.

I hope you get what I am referring to. I can clarify anything if needed.

alot of the things i want are already listed, im gona relist them anyways...

-auction house
-stronger pets
-make pets like a hero, you give them beast mastery skills, but they are affected by youre beast mastery.
-able to do some quests solo, or just 2 or 3 people.
-warriors can weild a sword as a offhand
-keep the holiday celebrations i like those ( it's how i make money :P)
-passive skills (no upkeep)
-keep pvp balanced
-larger team arena teams.
-PLEASE keep luxons and kurzicks. and mabye add another faction
-push-ups emote
-able to interact with things in the world..sit on the bench... or the rock...blow the gate up etc.
-stealth! GW needs stealth, if there are going to be these "big fight" world versus world kinda thing, we need stealth.
-more reasons to have a guild hall.
-you can change between your heros... like you become your hero and your hero becomes your chrecter you made. then you can switch back. ect.
-in towns, your weapons are showed, unless you choose not to show them, like the option to show or not show your cape in certain areas.
-property
-custom armor
-larger variety of appearance
-1v1 arena
-i want a skill that "converts" an enemy and makes him attack his allies
-assassins able to function in pve
-a way to make quick money besides selling greens and farming
-more then just fighting, like live a life outside fighting, be a farmer, or be a builder or whatever
-more enemies, not as strong
-mounts, wagons, that chinese cart thing when a guy pulls a wagon thingie
-mounts can be more then horses, like a giant dog or a dragon
-more ways to spend skill points, not just on buying skills.
-a title for spending balthazar faction, like the kurzick and luxon titles(if we still get balthazar faction)
-giveing kurzick or luxon faction to the guy who give u amber or jadeite shard goes to the title.(if we still have luxons and kurzicks
-3 way ab type thing
-a arena where waves of NPCs or monsters are sent against you.(no instance between waves like)
-guildwars own teamspeak type thing, just join your group and turn on your mic
-NOT WoW clone
orrin, you dont need to spend hours of playing to level up, because the highest level wouldnt win, because you will always be leveling, always getting better, and somebody who is level XXX could be beaten by someone who is XX if this person is better. if there is no level cap, increaseing by one level wont have much affect on your stats, so a level 50 and a level 60 could still be a pretty even match

i see what your saying....but those "worlds" they are talking about might be balanced, like world one are level 1-20 world 2 21-40 etc. and there are other ways to balance too, thats just one of the ways. and in pve it doesnt matter wat level your teammates are. (how are they going to balance pve? because monsters wont level i think...)

i will edit this as i think of more things to suggest. or comment

ah BUT, if there is no level cap, someone whos played hour on end for a year or 2 since GW2's release, they could be level hundred's vs the casual 50's and that would be a great leap, i would make skillpoints/attributes/powers capped at a certain level, but the rest of the levels = titles/prestige and for show only