GW2 Suggestions Thread

Originally Posted by domicro

Please take on your mind all features developers have stated for gw2 before reading this post.
I noticed that arenanet was discussing to have 100 levels or unlimited levels.
They probably already decided, but here is my IDEA :

PVE :
1) 100 levels because that way players get the best feel of progression.

I know that gw2 will have expansions instead, but they can still make campain to be a part of what you get in an expansion, the difference would be :
-no tutorial area
-no "begginer" zones
-no new classes
-each expansion would add levels to the game so that doing quests and missions in it actually makes sense.
-I know that the storyline isnt linear in gw2, but instead has story arcs, and a story arc doesnt depend on another story arc, and you could complete story arcs in any order you like, regardless of your level. It means that when you complete a quest or a mission you gain certain percent of exp you need to level up. If you are level 1 and complete quest "A", you gain 20% of exp you need to level up, but you would also gain 20% if you are level 99. Each story arc is a chain of missions and quests, missions and quests in it are being unlocked in certain order, you unlock 1 mission or quest for a story arc "A" when you complete 1 mission or quest in story arc "A". My Idea would be that once you complete all story arcs in a campain, then you get "final story arc" unlocked, which is basically the ending for each story arc in a campaign, that means that all story arcs share same ending of a their stories, which is actually a big conclusion and ending of the whole campaign.
-each expansion would have 1 campaign
-gw2 without expansions has 1 campaign
Each expansion would add additional levels to the game so that completing quests and missions makes sense. If you complete first campaign, without repeating any quest or a mission, participating in world pvp or in dungeons, you would be level 100.

2) Players would not gain experience by killing monsters.

3) Players would not gain money and items (loot) by killing monsters.

4) When your party interacts with a monster, that monster becomes "reserved" for your party. It means that only players from your party can interact with it for as long as its reserved. When a monster leaves its "original spot" for a certain radius, it is no longer reserved. "Original spot" is a spot where the monster was at the moment your party reserved it.

5) Since the character development would be the same as in other mmorpgs,
monsters would have to have levels, even knowing that quests and missions would not depend on your level.

6) Players would gain experience, money and items as a reward for completing a quest or a mission. Of course they would get full reward if done the quest or a mission alone, or if completed in a party, the award for each party member would be determined on what which party member actually did in that quest or a mission. First time you compete a quest or a mission, it is in easy mode. All quests and missions would be repeatable. When you decide to repeat missions or quests, you would only gain experience if it is in easy mode. If you want to do a mission or quest in the hard mode, you have to complete the whole campaign in easy mode first. In hard mode you get money and items from them. However, if you complete the same mission in hard mode twice you would get only experience the second time. You could repeat any quest or mission any time since you already have all missions and quests unlocked from before.

7) Dungeons : Instanced, rules 2) and 3) not valid. To be honest, dungeons are only played for farming, but i decided not to bash developers ideas for gw2 so i complimented it instead.

8) You would gain experience by participating in world pvp.

Reason for this kind of system :
I would like to play an MMO as a game, not as everyday job.
Basically, MMOs these days have gameplay which is more like an everyday job for a player than a game. I mean on grind. Even if the game has like so many quests that you dont need to grind to level up or has only few levels or no levels at all, you must still farm for money.

Originally Posted by Sword Hammer Axe

Interessting ideas. You got the idea of leveling from Oblivion? The mission and quest XP would be a nice alternative to titles. If you see a player at level 100 (if that's max) then you would know that character has done all the missions and quests.

However what should also be mentioned is that if low level characters and high level ones should not be too far apart in combat abilities (even if there's a companion) then they should make the level up rewards different than more health and such. I like the current skillpoint system, but of course there has to be a golden middleway. I don't have any suggestions for those rewards but I suppose a lot of other people do :P

Originally Posted by Tender Wolf

I've got a suggestion for possible expansion packs:

There have been a few threads asking if Elona and Cantha will be a part of GW2; the main storyline is currently known to be in Tyria. Perhaps ANet will release expansion with Cantha and Elona, and also Utopia.

With each expansion, instead of new professions (because hopefully all 10 will be kept to begin with), there would be new races. Tengu for Cantha, Centaurs for Elona, and something else for Utopia.

Originally Posted by IcyFiftyFive

Because wielding a sword / shield / hammer / w/e allows you to see in PvP what you're up against before you actually get to them, or if your allies / enemies are intelligent etc...

Every thing being able to have every functionality is incredibly stupid and would be enormously lame for PvP.

Originally Posted by Mad Lord of Milk

Excellent point.

Leave the system as is, the only thing I want to see is a preview of your character's look at the armor trader so you don't end up cursing ANet for your new, expensive, and crappy-looking armor.

Originally Posted by Guild Wars 2 Wiki

Any news on armor, equipment or loot?

Armor and weapons will no longer be profession specific. It has been stated that equipment will be a more significant part of PvE and World PvP gameplay.

Originally Posted by warcrap

i suggest if anet decides to make gw2 one massive area instead of instances then they should implement quests that interacts npcs with players, example: npc 1 wants you to assassinate player 1 because he came into npcs house and killed all his live stock, the player gets a warning that his actions caused him a bounty and is being hunted, then player finds him and kills him or other way around

Originally Posted by S_Serpent

while we are at it: have it possible to add houses (maybe in form again as pvp gh extension rewards) so guildies can add private area to there gh and invite people inside (only for temp access). In those houses have gear racks .... only accessible to the owner but show it as visual throphies to the visistors of the stuff the owner have collected ...

Originally Posted by Ginger Hunter

I like the idea of random weather conditions, but nothing else. Heroes should stay out pvp completly tbh. I personally i dont like the idea of veichles in pvp either. Unless by war engines, you meant things like stationary capapults, then that might be ok, becuase its heavy aoe damage, but its avoiadable (by not standing where its targetted).

Extra rewards for pvp'ing is always a good idea though :P

Originally Posted by Bartholomew

I don't know if this has been said, I've read a few pages and haven't seen this suggestion and I was somewhat surprised.

I like to have other options in a game. I don't like being restricted to questing/pvping/pve. I would love it if there were non-combat professions in Guild Wars 2. I'm talking about your typical crafting/cooking/etc. skills that you see in other mmorpgs.

Originally Posted by Sword Hammer Axe

Yeah I've heard a lot of people say this but I never really got why since: Killing things, casting spells, saving the world. That's all something you can only find in a game (at least within the law lol) while trading, crafting, designing and such can be done easily in the real world.
Just wondering, why is it that you want such a feature?