Esan
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Originally Posted by arcanemacabre
[W]hy would they get anywhere near the implementation stage? [...] They wouldn't be finalizing it and putting on the finishing touches to a feature they didn't test fully and were 100% positive they would be adding it.
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arcanemacabre
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Originally Posted by Esan
You have no way of knowing how far this purported feature is in development. In fact, you don't even have any piece of information that can contradict the hypothesis that Anet is yanking all our chains.
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Fril Estelin
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Originally Posted by arcanemacabre
Of course, it is possible that they did a little testing, assumed it would work, started to work on localization when they realized a huge problem with it and ditched the whole thing a month or two ago hoping no one would notice.
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TheLichMonky
DarkWasp
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[riVen]
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Originally Posted by Fril Estelin
Very unlikely: they would have removed unnecessary stuff from the dat file, so as to spare the servers transferring this to all clients (it may be a few Ks, but it's time tens of thousands).
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Holly Herro
Personette
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Originally Posted by DarkWasp
Im just excited to know that they didn't go all the way through GW1 without even trying.
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DarkWasp
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Originally Posted by Holly Herro
But, why didn't they start earlier?
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MithranArkanere
Sora267
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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere
Maybe they needed to remove the districcts frontiers and boundaries firsts, and there where legal issues against that...
Maybe the market uses a single server, to save resources, nad they would have to use various servers before removing the separations. It's logical. If you are setting a system that uses few resources, like a forum board you won't use multiple machines, just one. |
scrinner
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Originally Posted by arcanemacabre
Not saying it isn't possible, just saying that scrapping this idea as far as they have gotten with it is highly unlikely, and that there is proof this feature was worked on within the last 3 months. Both of those facts point to a very high probability that they are still working on it, and it is not scrapped.
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RedNova88
pumpkin pie
zwei2stein
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Originally Posted by Holly Herro
But, why didn't they start earlier?
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Originally Posted by pumpkin pie
a market place, which fix pricing on stuffs and a need to registers your characters with the market place npc will potentially be the end of bots and un-wanted gold sellers.
every trade have to be done using your registered character. |
arcanemacabre
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Originally Posted by -Loki-
Kind of like when Phinney said, a few weeks before Factions release, that Factions would have a Guild Vault? He wouldn't have said that, that close to release, if it wasn't already implemented and undergoing testing. The fact that it's not in game means it was scrapped.
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Esan
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Originally Posted by arcanemacabre
This feature has already been designed, gone into testing phase, and then into finalization.
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pumpkin pie
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Originally Posted by zwei2stein
Anet was always behind schedulle and had trouble delivering standart content on time.
I guess they didnt want to tie up resources they already missed on new feature that potentially consumed hundreds of mandays. Huh? So what, botter will register his characters for sales if he wants to use marketplace, but they would trade face to face. Only thing hurting botters is fact it seems that unids are unsellable in marketplace. |
-Loki-
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Originally Posted by arcanemacabre
That's a little different, since saying something and actually doing it are different things. I'm not sure of the quote, though, so maybe you could point to it.
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Originally Posted by James Phinney in GS article
Important services, such as a Xunlai storage agent and a priest of Balthazar, will be moderately priced, while other, more esoteric services will be priced as luxuries. Among the most anticipated, I'm sure, will be a vault keeper who maintains storage space for the whole guild. This is an entirely new feature that we're adding soon after the release of Factions.
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arcanemacabre
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Originally Posted by Esan
Stop saying that! You don't know this for a fact. We have had more than enough dashed hopes with Guild Wars; we don't need another hype bubble.
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Originally Posted by -Loki-
have fun. If you don't want to click on it.
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zwei2stein
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Originally Posted by pumpkin pie
marketplace will be the only place that you can trade, register with you real life identification with Term and condition.
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pumpkin pie
zwei2stein
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Originally Posted by pumpkin pie
if you have nothing to hide, its not a bad idea at all. beside, i don't sell stuffs hahaha, so it doesn't affect me, but on the other hand, if you really really want to set up shop, you should register yourself.
Terribad is a terrible spelling. |
MithranArkanere
Neo Nugget
zwei2stein
MirkoTeran
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Originally Posted by zwei2stein
And you could always just leave computer on and afk overnight in some calm outpost to widen your access window to market.
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kokuou
MithranArkanere
DarkWasp
Silly Warrior
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Originally Posted by kokuou
I don't mean to burst anyone's bubble, but I seem to remember a few months ago ArenaNet was looking for German and Spanish speaking testers in the Seattle area (it was also in the login announcements).
So, that means that this probably wasn't localized, but rather simply translated for those testers, since the only reported translated strings have been in German and Spanish. I don't mean to be a downer on the conversation, but this probably means that it's further from a finished state than some people seem to think. Just my $0.02. |
pumpkin pie
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Originally Posted by zwei2stein
I think you dont get implication of "trade only in marketplace" thing.
Have you ever given out stuff? That is trading. Have you ever muled stuff or helped someone mule suff between accounts? That is trading. Have you ever borrowed stuff? Again its trading. You woldnt be able to drop stuff on ground (omg, it would be abuseable for trading). Barter trading would be impossible. Terribad idea to prevent all this. As for "real life identification", it soo damn easy to fake some (guess what, you need to provide that kind of info when registering GW account and you have to agree to some legaleese too ... didnt stop bots so far, besides reenterign that info for some fetaure is redudnant.) And that "If you have nothing to hide..." by people who support all kinds of restrictive garbage just opens knife in my pocket. So what, people are entitled for privacy. People who HAVE something to hide can bypass it easily anyway, so there is no point, no point at all, unless you want to hurt sheep people who think they have nothing to hide. I really dont get it, people got "evil, evil, evil guy is gonna get you" and agree with all kinds of self-crippling shit that is not even gonna help happily. |
stretchs
[riVen]
Fates
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Originally Posted by [riVen]
There was a small update just now (new User Agreement too). Was too small to really contain anything new though, methinks.
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Bonus Mission Pack * Made preparations for the Bonus Mission Pack, which is available for sale today at Noon Pacific. |
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MithranArkanere
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Originally Posted by DarkWasp
The question isnt, how long until release? It's, how long until they announce it?
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DarkWasp
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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere
I just hope we can sing the final Portal song about this:
"This was a triumph, I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCESS, It's hard to overstate my satisfaction..." |
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