With the sparsity of forthcoming information from GW2 I personally would love to have a developers blog dedicated solely to what is going on with GW2 development.
In these early stages there's probably not a lot that can be put in it, but even if it's just weekly, stating what's been worked on so the community can see developments, I for one would really appreciate it.
It would be nice to see where the resources of the game we already love are going, and be able to see the direction the new game is taking.
Developer Blog for GW2.
pamelf
pumpkin pie
/signed
I love to know more since the beta isn't gonna come out this year
found out yesterday! click!!
I love to know more since the beta isn't gonna come out this year
found out yesterday! click!!
Rico_Berseker
I would like to see 2-3 screenshots, maybe 1 wallpaper, and more info about PvP and the Mist battles.
/signed
/signed
StormDragonZ
It's a secret, it's going to stay a secret and the chances of us learning anything about it is very slim to none at all because ANet's too afraid of leaking one smidge of information.
Instead of telling us minor things, we're getting nonsense that is supposed to compensate for it, we're getting skill changes to make us forget about the future... and in the end, all we're getting are headaches.
/signed
I'd like to know something besides what they THINK will be good...
Instead of telling us minor things, we're getting nonsense that is supposed to compensate for it, we're getting skill changes to make us forget about the future... and in the end, all we're getting are headaches.
/signed
I'd like to know something besides what they THINK will be good...
Thierry2
I'd love to get some more information about GW2 and some screenshots. Especially now the beta isn't going to be this year.
/signed
/signed
Operative 14
/Signed
Even if the weekly news story is about how difficult it was to model the trees, or other 'boring' things.
Even if the weekly news story is about how difficult it was to model the trees, or other 'boring' things.
Lyonette
seriously /signed
c'mon anet, we are starving for information here!
c'mon anet, we are starving for information here!
Konig Des Todes
more info on gw2? /signed
I'll settle for just knowing the names and locations of all the ancient dragons tbh. Or what professions will be around, or a few screenshots. I'll take a scrap of bone if it deals with gw2. I'm that interested. FEED ME ANET!
I'll settle for just knowing the names and locations of all the ancient dragons tbh. Or what professions will be around, or a few screenshots. I'll take a scrap of bone if it deals with gw2. I'm that interested
. FEED ME ANET!
Zesbeer
/signed but not going to happen untill they announce that the beta is here.
pamelf
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/Signed
Even if the weekly news story is about how difficult it was to model the trees, or other 'boring' things. |
ilipol
/signed ... at least that would give us an estimate of how GW2 is progressing.
inchoate
/not signed
YAWN.
"Day 586, decided to change the colour of the hat worn by some monster we're probably going to remove before release."
YAWN.
"Day 586, decided to change the colour of the hat worn by some monster we're probably going to remove before release."
Odinius
/signed
Even if it's a day in the office story of one of them it would be fun to read.
"Tried to fix the lightning effect on the last weapon on my list.
Still not working properly but atleast the others of this bunch are done.
Dang I need some coffee"
That's not revealing to much, but it tells us we can expect weapons with lightning effects and that's enough info to keep me wondering for a week or two.
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@ above:
So, why not post an image of the deleted monster?
Since it's not gonna be in game we can see it right, atleast we would know what they are working on.
I know I would like to see it, but that's just me.
Even if it's a day in the office story of one of them it would be fun to read.
"Tried to fix the lightning effect on the last weapon on my list.
Still not working properly but atleast the others of this bunch are done.
Dang I need some coffee"
That's not revealing to much, but it tells us we can expect weapons with lightning effects and that's enough info to keep me wondering for a week or two.
[Edit]
@ above:
So, why not post an image of the deleted monster?
Since it's not gonna be in game we can see it right, atleast we would know what they are working on.
I know I would like to see it, but that's just me.
Trub
/Signed
It's good business to keep the potential consumer interested.
Once they let the cat out of the bag (ie...GW2 WILL be beta tested within a year)
It is only wise to keep the players interested.
Heck, Aion has a Dev page...and it's been in testing for OVER a year.
Not even on the market yet.
IMHO...a Dev page, blog, w/e...would possibly prevent many current GW1 players from abandoning it NOW, if given a glimmer of hope GW2 will NOT carry over the fail from GW1.
It's good business to keep the potential consumer interested.
Once they let the cat out of the bag (ie...GW2 WILL be beta tested within a year)
It is only wise to keep the players interested.
Heck, Aion has a Dev page...and it's been in testing for OVER a year.
Not even on the market yet.
IMHO...a Dev page, blog, w/e...would possibly prevent many current GW1 players from abandoning it NOW, if given a glimmer of hope GW2 will NOT carry over the fail from GW1.
Div
It makes sense that they should announce it with a little more info now with D3 announced and on the horizon. The announcement of D3 got me wanting to play D2 again, so maybe if they announced GW2 I'd want to play GW more?
One thing I don't want is for them to take too many suggestions from the average Sardelac poster, for obvious reasons.
One thing I don't want is for them to take too many suggestions from the average Sardelac poster, for obvious reasons.
Bryant Again
Anything that gives the community more of what to expect is never a bad idea.
Stockholm
Let them get a bit further in development, right now there is going to be too many changes and then everyone will say "Oh, but the Dev's said on their Blog................
Zahr Dalsk
I'd like every little detail; each WoW-esque change they make will help warn me and my friends, and, well, most of the original Guild Wars target audience, from buying it.
pamelf
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I'd like every little detail; each WoW-esque change they make will help warn me and my friends, and, well, most of the original Guild Wars target audience, from buying it.
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I highly doubt it will be a WOW clone...Anet knows the backlash the community would have to such a decision. Still, the assumption that it will be is just further proof that the community needs more information on what is going on. The longer we are denied information the longer we have to speculate for ourselves, which lets face it, is generating a great deal of NEGATIVE publicity for Anet, which I'm sure they actually want to avoid.
fireflyry
Personally I like a little mystery.
Also most game developers have already learned from the mistakes others have found with such blogs in that to much changes over the course of games design and to many assumptions are therefore made by potential customers and eager fans.
e.g
Anet Dev:
Day #154
Can't be arsed with Mesmers anymore.We have decided to axe them.
Community:NOOOOOO!!!!!!
Guru:
New thread:Why are they axing Mesmers!!!!
New thread:Why no Mesmers!!!!
New thread:What the heck...no Mesmers!!!!
New thread:GW2 has no Mesmers!!!!
New thread:No Mesmers in GW2!!!!
New thread:Arrgghhh no Mesmers!!!!
Anet Dev:
Day #155
Actually we have decided to keep Mesmers after all but are removing hammers as a weapon option.
Comunity:NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
...etc, etc, etc
Also most game developers have already learned from the mistakes others have found with such blogs in that to much changes over the course of games design and to many assumptions are therefore made by potential customers and eager fans.
e.g
Anet Dev:
Day #154
Can't be arsed with Mesmers anymore.We have decided to axe them.
Community:NOOOOOO!!!!!!
Guru:
New thread:Why are they axing Mesmers!!!!
New thread:Why no Mesmers!!!!
New thread:What the heck...no Mesmers!!!!
New thread:GW2 has no Mesmers!!!!
New thread:No Mesmers in GW2!!!!
New thread:Arrgghhh no Mesmers!!!!
Anet Dev:
Day #155
Actually we have decided to keep Mesmers after all but are removing hammers as a weapon option.
Comunity:NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
...etc, etc, etc
chfanfiction
Regina Buenaobra has said in her journal that the reason they don't have a blog for GW2 development is because they can't spill anything and a blog like that would be vague and boring.
pamelf
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Originally Posted by chfanfiction
Regina Buenaobra has said in her journal that the reason they don't have a blog for GW2 development is because they can't spill anything and a blog like that would be vague and boring.
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cosyfiep
not signed.
day 250...no one in the office today, so we didnt do any work
day 251....the xerox is down again, so we couldnt make copies of franks butt...
day 252...called the repairman for the xerox, should be here by friday...
day 253...still waiting for the repairman to get here, ate some donuts.
day 254....xerox is going to send us a new machine since the repairman broke ours....
oh yeah, blogs are just so much fun and so very informative about what is going on.......NOT.
day 250...no one in the office today, so we didnt do any work
day 251....the xerox is down again, so we couldnt make copies of franks butt...
day 252...called the repairman for the xerox, should be here by friday...
day 253...still waiting for the repairman to get here, ate some donuts.
day 254....xerox is going to send us a new machine since the repairman broke ours....
oh yeah, blogs are just so much fun and so very informative about what is going on.......NOT.
romeus petrus
/signed
Any new info on GW2 is not only welcome but so very needed before the rest of us get bored of waiting and move to other games.
Any new info on GW2 is not only welcome but so very needed before the rest of us get bored of waiting and move to other games.
Stockholm
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Originally Posted by cosy fiep
not signed.
day 250...no one in the office today, so we didnt do any work day 251....the xerox is down again, so we could make copies of franks butt... day 252...called the repairman for the xerox, should be here by Friday... day 253...still waiting for the repairman to get here, ate some donuts. day 254....xerox is going to send us a new machine since the repairman broke ours.... oh yeah, blogs are just so much fun and so very informative about what is going on.......NOT. |
PS. surprised no one have thought about this one before
MithranArkanere
What about a Twitter?
dd/mm/yyyy, hh:mm:ss : The modelers are late again, so we are having to postpone building the area one more time. We took the opportunity to play some broomball.
dd/mm/yyyy, hh:mm:ss : XXXXXX is doing that funny thing with clips in her nose again.
dd/mm/yyyy, hh:mm:ss : We took XXXXXX to the hospital. She sneeed while doing that thing with clips, there were blood everywhere.
dd/mm/yyyy, hh:mm:ss : Someone wrote a line of code, we look at it in awe for an hour.
dd/mm/yyyy, hh:mm:ss : Caturday!
Yay!
dd/mm/yyyy, hh:mm:ss : The modelers are late again, so we are having to postpone building the area one more time. We took the opportunity to play some broomball.
dd/mm/yyyy, hh:mm:ss : XXXXXX is doing that funny thing with clips in her nose again.
dd/mm/yyyy, hh:mm:ss : We took XXXXXX to the hospital. She sneeed while doing that thing with clips, there were blood everywhere.
dd/mm/yyyy, hh:mm:ss : Someone wrote a line of code, we look at it in awe for an hour.
dd/mm/yyyy, hh:mm:ss : Caturday!
Yay!
chfanfiction
Here's the link to her journal, which should still have the entry (it's the one titled "Transparency"):
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:...naobra/Journal
You may have to go into the archives if you're reading this on a later date.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:...naobra/Journal
You may have to go into the archives if you're reading this on a later date.
Free Sigils
Day 1 - Made the blog! Woohoo look forward ot sharing our wonderful progress and the future of GW with you, the loyal community!
Day 356 - No one has seen Izzy Cartwright for a week ever since we hung Phil from Advertising in the Cafeteria. A WoW trial disk was found in Phil's desk. No connection is suspected between Izzy's dissapearance and the WoW player witchunt at Arena Net HQ.
O, And we still haven't made GW2....
Day 356 - No one has seen Izzy Cartwright for a week ever since we hung Phil from Advertising in the Cafeteria. A WoW trial disk was found in Phil's desk. No connection is suspected between Izzy's dissapearance and the WoW player witchunt at Arena Net HQ.
O, And we still haven't made GW2....
Hiotoko
/signed, it's getting to the point where they're going to have to release something to entice the playerbase and keep them interested with the staunch competition that's also coming out. New tonics and recycled weekend events simply won't substitute. And for all the people who say it wouldn't be interesting, you realize that you don't have to post something in a blog every single day, right?
pamelf
Team fortress 2 has something similar to what I've been considering. To check it out, go here http://teamfortress.com/
Not only do they give info on what they're up to in game development stages, but they also open it up to the community to ask their opinion on the way they are taking things, and also for suggestions.
Check it out if you have a chance. I definitely think this is something that the GW community would benefit from.
Not only do they give info on what they're up to in game development stages, but they also open it up to the community to ask their opinion on the way they are taking things, and also for suggestions.
Check it out if you have a chance. I definitely think this is something that the GW community would benefit from.
chfanfiction
It would be nice if the developers went into detail about what they were doing in GW2 development but it appears their plan is to be as tight-lipped as possible. Too bad too, considering how great it would be to learn how our new game is coming along.
Stockholm
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Originally Posted by chfanfiction
It would be nice if the developers went into detail about what they were doing in GW2 development but it appears their plan is to be as tight-lipped as possible. Too bad too, considering how great it would be to learn how our new game is coming along.
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When they have something to tell they will tell.
pamelf
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Originally Posted by chfanfiction
Here's the link to her journal, which should still have the entry (it's the one titled "Transparency"):
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:...naobra/Journal You may have to go into the archives if you're reading this on a later date. |
see the following:
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_..._-_21_May_2008
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_..._Manager_to_do
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_...cation_Methods
Lets hope she's serious, because I really would love for this to be implemented.
If I were to see anything on there probably what I'd like to see most is concept art. That would certainly keep me interested for now when screenshots etc aren't available.
Stuart444
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Originally Posted by Operative 14
/Signed
Even if the weekly news story is about how difficult it was to model the trees, or other 'boring' things. |
I am easily amused <_<
upier
The less I know - the less I am interested.
The world won't end if I don't play GW2.
So ...
/indifferent
The world won't end if I don't play GW2.
So ...
/indifferent
Hyper.nl
A real blog would be nice, much better in comparison to Wiki user page notes.
roshanabey2
/signed
12 chars
12 chars
princess jessie
something ANYTHING, everyone is getting really bored with gw, the number of players in our guild is dropping steadily month by month, a tentative time table (obviously tentative being the word here) would be helpful
Don Doggy
/signed
Would like some more info on GW2.
Would like some more info on GW2.