GW2 Suggestions Thread

Colink265

Colink265

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2008

House of Phonix VII

R/Rt

Couple of random things i've been thinking about
-Mouths that move.
-More ways to interact with the environment. An example being that me and my old guild used to have guild meetings, and we'd all just kind of stand there, which looked kind of awkward and fake. IF there was a table with chairs to sit on, for example, It would be nice
-No insta-porting from city to city
-Make characters individual, with the ability to join different guilds (ME and my brother used to share an account. I joined a french guild. HE dosn't speak french. I do. It drove him crazy :] ) Having all characters to one name also made me feel like my characers were more part of an account than a part of the game

Oh yes and give female rangers female voices. I dont know if everyone has this problem, but whenever theres a cinematic with a female ranger as main, the voice is that of a male

felwyn

felwyn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Phoenix Tears
  • Trade System:
    The Trade System of GW1 is simple horrible, everywhere where you look at, you see in GW only Trade Spam and this sucks.
    What GW2 needs there to prevent this bad concept of GW2 is an iname auction house and the ability for players to create private shops in special Trade Towns where in each trade district can be a certain amount of private shops created. Private Shops allow players like in RO then simple to create a clickable Mini Shop List over the head of your character and when others click it, then they will see, what your P-Shop has to offer. You draw then they stuff you want from the shop into yourinventory, clikc the buy button, the buy gets its stuff and the seller his money automatically, when the buyer is able to pay ...otherwise the buy gets the info box, that he has not enough money/mats to pay the seller.
    And in special trade towns with disctircts, which are only for P-Shops, where the chats are diabled, no one will get disturbed there then by AFK-Shops, when they are also limited per district to keep the lag as low as possible and the districts overviewable and districts are also only instances, which are unlimited....
No player shops please

Example of how it can fail

Chronos the Defiler

Chronos the Defiler

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

W/

One thing I love about GW is the environments and their visual qualities, and although many of them seem rather "manufactured" and non-natural they still have a great level of detail and wonder for explorers.

This thread is designed for you, as players, to give input on what kinds of terrains etc. you would like to encounter in GW2. Who knows, you may just get what you want.

Personally I think that Anet should take a page from The Discovery Channel and look up some terrain ideas from many of the programs they have. For example: Man vs Wild - A show based around navigating and surviving in some of the world's most unforgiving and perilous terrains.

I personally would like to see more "open and detailed" terrain types. The Ring of Fire island chain is nice for volcanic plains etc. but unless you count the oddly shaped rock formations you never reach, it is rather bland and could be spiced up, if they use Volcanic areas in GW2.

Open sunny snow covered areas are also another one of my favorite areas to explore, such as Mineral Springs.

The vast desert terrains of the Crystal Desert certainly outweigh the demented volatile areas in its southern Elonian counter-part. Deserts with full mesas, ruins and possibly tombs or caverns would be a nice touch.

GW1 seems to be really lacking in underground and indoor areas. In exception to the Dungeons of EotN (which I don't include because basically each dungeon is just the same as another one, just re-arranged or with a new door open.)

Those are some examples of what I would love to see more of, what are yours?

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

I'd like to see more of what they tried to accomplish in Prophecies. Different areas having different terrains, like snow, field, charred earth, molten rock, jungle.

The artist of GW is absolutely amazing, but after Prophecies, the maps just seem too dragged on, dull and stretched. Factions itself was a nice starting area, which led to a LOT of enclosed twists and turns that was all a brown maze. Nightfall was mainly desert, sand and very little eye pleasers to seperate the areas.

What I'd really like to see is a world. A world like Prophecies was. That one map got you your mountains, your volcanoes, your jungles and even your country with rocks and waterfalls.

Horseman Of War

Horseman Of War

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

The Cult of Doom

P/

I read in the 'future lore' that both the luxons and kurzicks clans have been pretty much wiped out.

That alone is somewhat disappointing...

FACTIONS has the most unique landscapes/areas in the game. JADE SEA 4EVA


Desolation = ++! Especially with the return of Palawa Joko?? Sulphur yellow is a very nice color imo.

That, and the Ring of Fire Isand Chain style is key.

/endfanboy

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Prophecies/Factions landscapes at EotN quality.

That's pretty much the gist of what I'd want.

NathanMurray

NathanMurray

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2007

Sydney, Australia

No Guild Yet Starting Fresh

N/

I would also like to see what they were trying to accomplish in Prophecies. Also I have to agree with Horseman Of War when he said that the jade sea is unique becuase it is. I believe there will be better landscapes in GW2.

Nevin

Nevin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke
Prophecies/Factions landscapes at EotN quality.

That's pretty much the gist of what I'd want.
Talk about shooting low. If GW2 has EotN quality graphics, I'm not going to buy it.

Taisayacho

Taisayacho

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

England (GMT)

The Imperial Guards of Istan [TIGI]

R/

Can't beat the Charr homelands and those types, also, maybe the terrain should be more open to movement (not like limited pathways like so many areas in the game)

Operative 14

Operative 14

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Arizona, USA

[OOP] Order of the Phoenix I

The one thing I found a bit annoying is that the landscapes in Prophecies seemed more like FPS shoot boxes; a terrain manufactured to make you go from point A to point B using one or two designated paths. This got better in each subsequent chapter, though it would be nice to have an area the size of an entire present day instance that is nothing but open grassy plains, or making it so that the Crystal Desert is just a sea of dunes that has no obstacles.

At the same time though, as Darkobra said, Prophecies seemed incredibly creative compared to the later Chapters. The sheer mix of different landscape types was astounding when compared to Nightfall where it was one vast desert. The bad thing about that, however, is that the singular desert of Elona seems far more detailed than any one area of Prophecies.

One other thing that's bugged me a bit; I want to see whats in the distance. Like if the Shiverpeaks are supposed to be as epically tall as they are made out to be, it would be nice to just barely see them from Ascalon city. And when getting closer you can see them rise up until they seem realistic to their scope, and then walk up and into them.

The transitions areas also need to be feathered out a bit. When transitioning from the frigid Shiverpeaks to the tropics of Kryta, it would be really nice if that transition was spread out, instead of being a difference of this side or that side of the portal. Or even in Factions, the transition is usually just a change from a snowy texture to a grassy texture.

And it would also be nice if the mountains were realistically higher than the rest of the map; when entering from a neighboring zone, to me at least, it looks like the entry in the Shiverpeaks brings you down much lower than the rest of the map so they can take you back up and give the illusion of a higher elevation. And in Factions the mountains that were supposedly high enough to have snow all year when surrounded by lush tropics seemed like they would be way to short to cuase such a differentiation.

GW:EN did address these issues to a certain extent though. So I have faith that, following the development curve expressed in the game already, they have made an attempt in GW:EN, so GW2's expression of these will be significantly better.

Dervaholic

Dervaholic

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2008

Up your %$@!

Shadows Own The[NITE]

R/

Name: im not sure yet throw some out in comments

Attributes: Dark Supremacy(A Combination of Shadow and Deadly Arts), Bladering Mastery(increases damage with bladerings), Blaze Mastery(Pyromaniacs dream attribute), Immortality(Excellent Set of Defensive skills to make one immortal )

basically the opposite of the derv, instead of being all holy, these guys are like they are like the firey warriors/dervs/assassins from hell For those of you who have played Kingdom Hearts Two, Axel is the basis of the class, with fire spells, shadow stepish movement, attack skills and using the dual bladerings like axel, which they twirl much like a dervs scythe if you get what im saying. the bladerings work a lot like daggers in that they take both hands. Post any comments if you think of anything to make them better

mazey vorstagg

mazey vorstagg

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Nodnol

Meeting of Lost Minds

E/Mo

Factions does have absolutely beautiful terrain. The jade sea and echovald forest lead to incredible scenery that was out of this world.

Just like in WoW the transitions need to be fixed, but I hope the great scenery carries on.

MagmaRed

MagmaRed

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2007

Our Crabs Know True [LOVE]

R/

Read the sticky at the top of this page, and then realize you posted this in the wrong place.

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

Ooo, pretty flower

Join Date: Jan 2008

Citadel of the Decayed

The Archivists' Sanctum [Lore]

N/

@ Dervaholic
There is a reason there is a area for concept classes. go there instead.
Here, I'll even give a link!
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/f...play.php?f=241

VladDrakken

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

Drakken Death Dealers

N/W

With all the nice sceneries in GW, im quite surprised that GW doesn't allow houses. RPers would love it, L33T peeps can show off their loot and it'll even fix the economy! GW can sell the house in exchange for in-game gold or real money perhaps! (please dont flame me!)

Any thoughts on this? Would you want a house that you could call your own (persistent or instanced)? The technology is there, whats keeping ANet from doing it?!!!!

So would you want one or not?


-Loki- ... corrected. Nazi. :P

-Loki-

-Loki-

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

No, we don't.

Quote:
whats keeping ANet from not doing it?!!!!
The grammar nazi in me wants to point out that they are not being kept from not doing it - because they aren't doing it.

DarkGanni

DarkGanni

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Malta

[CuTe]

E/

Nope, If I want to have a house I would buy:

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/1202...2/Product.html

- Ganni

VladDrakken

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

Drakken Death Dealers

N/W

Sims isnt medieval enough and 124 people stated places in the GW world where they want to live in (other thread). I mean a lot of MMOs have housing features ... (sorry, old Ultima Online and Starwars Galaxies player here)

Abedeus

Abedeus

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Niflheim

R/

Want a house? Buy a barbie house and play with dolls.

I Will Heal You Ally

I Will Heal You Ally

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2007

In my HoM

Canthan Refugees [TOGO]

E/Rt

/signed
I love this idea... This was implemented to RuneScape a while back when I was still playing it and I loved it... Maybe make skill levels. As you develop more levels in house making or whatever you can build bigger houses and add more stuff to it, maybe even change location, etc... I love this idea

EDIT: If not a house, then maybe a dorm in your GH (Imagine 100 dorms in GH) or even make schools where you can learn and have a dorm with other members - sounds good for me

llsektorll

llsektorll

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Toronto, Canada

R/

we already have some form of a house its called... your hall of monuments.... this does have interesting appeal as you get to display your wares/accomplishments

/signed

Ben-A-BoO

Ben-A-BoO

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Europe

/notsigned ... what did I want a house for if I got my dear Zunlai chest?

LotrO, WoW they got those features and also barbers, check those games out if you are into that kinda thing.

Kyomi Tachibana

Kyomi Tachibana

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

Oregon, USA

Where iz teh Bonuz [WitB]

P/W

Okay, if you played UO, you'd remember how freaking CROWDED the places that allowed housing were. It was ridiculous. Thus, /notsigned.

-Loki-

-Loki-

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by VladDrakken
Sims isnt medieval enough and 124 people stated places in the GW world where they want to live in (other thread).
Yeah, they should devote enormous amounts of time to a feature like housing from the results of a poll where 124 people voted where they would want to live...

MirkoTeran

MirkoTeran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Slovenia

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Mo/

/notsigned. It would be a ghost-town.

Also, I heard sims was nice...

SimonSez

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2007

Sweden

Special Attack Division [SAD]

E/Mo

/signed really like it

and for those who say "if you want houses, go play the games that allows you to have houses." That is just stupid. This is a suggestion to put it in Guild Wars. If I suggest that I want to fish in GW2, will I get an answer like "If you want to fish, go play a game where you can fish".

MirkoTeran

MirkoTeran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Slovenia

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by SimonSez
and for those who say "if you want houses, go play the games that allows you to have houses." That is just stupid. This is a suggestion to put it in Guild Wars. If I suggest that I want to fish in GW2, will I get an answer like "If you want to fish, go play a game where you can fish".
OK.. Then I want pink unicorns, battle-meches and sharks with freaking lasers! Oh, and a space shuttle!

Not everything fits in every game. Deal with it.

obsidian ectoplasm

obsidian ectoplasm

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

HOUSES!!!!!!

Gw just inst GW anymore.

Proff

Proff

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2007

No, we really don't want houses.

gremlin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

GWAR

Me/Mo

Irrespective of should it be done I doubt very much if it could be done.

Yes if I could have a house or even a shop in the game I would want it, no questions or doubts in my mind there.

It would have to be in a town or other player area otherwise there isn't any point, I wouldn't want it set up like present guild halls.

Every town and outpost in the game would have to become huge just to accomodate the building of these houses.

If anyone can get round the problems then great I am all for it.

wyrd

wyrd

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2008

Halo

P/

The Hall of Monuments is a great addition and is as close to anything resembling housing that is needed.

Making housing would be a waste of developers time and game resources so much more exciting things could be done with that time.

If a player really wants to use their imagination and play house anyplace could be suitable to imagine the house is there as well.

Its great people share their ideas but I don't think this one is fitting for Guild Wars.

tmakinen

tmakinen

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

www.mybearfriend.net

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

E/

Well, technically it's entirely possible to implement personal houses without the world turning into a urban sprawl, in an infinitely compressible instanced universe (multiverse?) all you need is one house, just like HoM.

However, what's the point? Do we want an outhouse, too, just so that our intrepid heroes can answer to nature's call when the going gets too exciting?

Div

Div

I like yumy food!

Join Date: Jan 2006

Where I can eat yumy food

Dead Alley [dR]

Mo/R

You want houses in gw2...

and I want you to post gw2 suggestions in the right thread.

Namely, read the sticky.

P.S. Go play the sims.

Trinity Blade

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2008

Netherlands

The Guild With No [NAM???]

E/Mo

a freaking ADVENTURE/hero who spents his/her nights normally under the blue sky now must come home before dinner at 18:00 PM, otherwise his/her digital wife/husband wants to devorce? No thanks!

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Not really. HoM is really about as much as we'd need.

/notsigned

BlackSephir

BlackSephir

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

A/N

Who's "we"? You and your imaginary friend, The Frog?
Because, um, I don't want houses in GW 2.
But I want you to not be in GW 2.
And by "I" I mean "we".

TheBuck

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2008

i would perfur that they work on some new skills or missions or weapons or something that would be useful. i just dont see the houses being useful

Lykan

Lykan

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

StP

R/

who is this "we" you speak of?

/notsigned

legion_rat

legion_rat

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

668 the neighbor of the beast

TFK

A/

We may have multiple personallities, we may not. But, we as a whole, do not want houses. As we are not homeless. Besides all a house would equal is an over abundance of storage space. We, see a problem with that as there are retards who collect crap non stop. then would drop all of it into the economy crash the economy, piss off people who care, even if We dont, and then We would have to listen to them bitch and moan about it on GW2 guru.

/notsigned

~the rat~

You ask me my name and I say, Legion, for we are many.

fhantom

fhantom

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2008

Guildless

R/

HoM is more than enough for showing off your stuff, do the people that do want a house are so stupid anyone will come to their house? i mean: dude! go play runescape if you want a house. and let the people that play guild wars for the nice gameplay and community alone