short and simple question.

do you think that guild wars2 will have something to do besides killing?

guildwars:
mom: you've been playing that game for hours dont you have anything to do besides killing monsters all day?

kid:but its fun mommy!

other game:
mom:you've been playing that game for hours dont you have anything to do besides killing monsters all day?

son: mom its not just killing monsters there are skills like blacksmithing,crafting, and tailoring.

mom: well im glad to see your being constructive go ahead and keep playing!

Last I checked, killing things was the focus of RPGs. What exactly were you looking for, mining/smithing/etc? Nobody knows; it's still much too early.

As a side note, I hope these activities are not implemented. The current armor crafting system is ideal.

i mean anything to do to get a break from the regular kill kill kill.

player housing,minigames, anything!!
you really get tired of doing the same thing.

I like the idea of having a house for my char to rest in whilst I am not playing

not just to rest but to do super fun stuff and invite other people.

play the sims etc, and or WoW

Yes he needs to.....

i like gw it just gets a little boring sometimes because all you do is kill.

i would really hate to see gw2 released and it still be the same thing with nothing to do outside of combat.

There are other things to do besides killing monsters! You can kill other players too:

Mom: You have been sitting there for hours don't you get bored killing monsters?

Kid: DOn't worry mom I'm not killing monsters! I'm killing other people!

Seriously, no parent would say you are being "productive" playing any video game.

While I'm not a fan of the idea of having for lack of a better term "mundane" mini-games like mining, smithing, etc; I think GW2 (heck even GW1) could benefit from a few well thought out puzzles. I rather liked the Hidden City of Ashadim (or however it's spelled) mission because of this. I think dungeons and the like in particular could benefit from something a bit more cerebral than "Kill our way to the end".

I hope it doesnt have stuff like that.

Ive never seen a game pull them off in a way which isnt extremely boring and repetative.

As for things like housing. Why?
I dont see GW as being that type of game.
So you can invite people round to an ingame house and do what? Talk?
Thats a lot of work to do something you can already do.

GW for the most part IS all killing. Its great because it doesnt have all that extra fluff in the way.
There are however, for those that enjoy it, many other games that include things like this. Its always nice to have a few games that do it differently.

we have guild halls, your player dosnt need a house...
we have mini games already. they kinda suck.
I dont want to mine or chop down a tree of something for hours so i can kill monsters.
go play runescape.

i repeat something to outside of combat!

not just talk you build a huge house and create a whole bunch of fun ass games inside it and mini dungeons where everyone can go to at once.

can you create your own mini games in a guild hall?
can you build games like rs housing in a guild hall no!

Yeah I just dont see the need. It all sounds very weak, a lot of small mini games you can go and play elsewhere on the internet.

Thats a lot of work for no real gain.


I hope they focus on the core gameplay over little bits of shiny (or not so shiny).

There ARE other video/computer games in the world. If you're not having fun killing monsters in GW, play something else for a while and come back when you get the urge to kill monsters again.

GW is good at what it does. We don't need to complicate things...

As long as GW2 doesn't facilitate the need to do extra-combat activities, I don't care what they add.