New Elite Area - Melandru or Lyssa?

]HM[ Sabre Wolf

]HM[ Sabre Wolf

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

USA

Servants of Fortuna

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Hey all its Wolfie here... and I just wanted to ask you all at ANET that since the Beta got pushed back a year and all, and we are all bored out of our minds in PvE... how about a build out of a new Elite area? Like Balthazar's FOW and Grenth's UW... but in this case, have like a Melandru or Lyssa world to go to! Like Melandru's area be this deep dense forrest like Urgoz, but not so dark and gloomy, but more bright and filled with Animal Monster's. Or Lyssa's world, filled with mazes, mirror's and such. I am sure players would be more then occupied for over a month or two or even three with a new area to farm and test their metal (or Bear fur). So how about it? I am sure it wouldn't be to to drastic an off shoot to make since it will be "one area" as opposed to 30-40 areas and towns... and it will more then passify players for a while, waiting for GW2 to come out. I have made this suggestion to several people all over the game, along with holding in-game forums... and I have had nothing but complete support for this... Please consider it on behalf of the PvE nation of Guild Wars.

Gift3d

Gift3d

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2007

Las Vegas

Enraged Whiny Carebears [oR]

W/E

I actually love this idea, nice suggestion. A lot of players are noticeably starting to lose interest in GW, and even for people who still love to play like me, this would be something very new and exciting.

Even if it may not be this specific idea, i hope ANet does decide to keep throwing new stuff at us somehow to keep us occupied while we patiently wait for GW2.

Tender Wolf

Tender Wolf

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2007

All over Tyria, Cantha, & Elona

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A fellow wolf! Hi!

Back on topic - I've been wondering if they'd ever allow an elite area for all five gods instead of just the current two. I like the ideas, as long as there is some benefit to them as well (armor in FOW, ectos in UW). Maybe some new weapons that can be added to HOM?

Gurug

Gurug

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2008

Twilight Angels

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I Fully Agree With this Idea, Guild Wars is Beggining to Lose it's Special "Spark" this would Totally "Re-Stock The Fire"

Good Suggestion

Kerwyn Nasilan

Kerwyn Nasilan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2007

WHERE DO YOU THINK

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/signed, well pole voted.
I think any new area addeed would be nice. Like that littel edge of factions with the mountains and half od city not filled anyone else feel like there should be something there?

poasiods

poasiods

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2008

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If I have to choose between a forest where everything uses [whirling defense] and [distracting shot] and a maze where everything spams [energy surge] and [cry of frustration]...

Fun idea though.

RavagerOfDreams

RavagerOfDreams

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2007

somewhere over the rainbow....

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been suggested 1 million and a half times

/notsigned as its not happening

]HM[ Sabre Wolf

]HM[ Sabre Wolf

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Join Date: Oct 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by poasiods
If I have to choose between a forest where everything uses [whirling defense] and [distracting shot] and a maze where everything spams [energy surge] and [cry of frustration]...

Fun idea though.
Please dont forget, that in areas like FOW, all the professions are in those areas as foes... so not everything in Merlandu's area would be Rangers... but it would hold all professions, just like FOW and UW do...

Infectious

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2006

New Zealand FTW

Ex Talionis [Law]

/notsigned
Rather them send more people to get GW2 up and running rather than waste time on an idea that has been suggested 1 dfadgfzillion times

Accursed

Accursed

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

/signed, but we all know that ArenaNet is too busy with their Guild Wars 2.

Siirius Black

Siirius Black

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

The Dragon's Lair

La Legion Del Dragon

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A new area will bring more life to GW. I guess that by now most of us have done everything there is to do and a little more with the same characters or different ones (I have 11 and 1 extra slot).

I know that Anet Team is working hard in GW2, but I seen a lot of people starting to loose interest after trying the same areas over and over. Even in my guild we have done urgoz, deep, fow, etc with crazy builds and ramdom characters, even once with no monks at all.

We all love the game, but even I find myself playing GW maybe an hour a week when before I would do between 5 and 10.

Anet give us something to breathe. Something to keep us busiy while the time for GW2 arrives. Please develop a new area for us.

/signed.

]HM[ Sabre Wolf

]HM[ Sabre Wolf

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Join Date: Oct 2006

USA

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Look at this in 2 ways please....

1.) treat this like a petition.... ANET is the supplier, we are the cleintel... and we the cleintel or the people are loosing interest in this game and are starting to drift away from the game... everyone admits it... and we need somthing new, because doing nothing about it for a year will cause a big problem on everyone... even ANET

2.) The best way I see it is to create a new Elite area... I mean... how many times do you play FOW or UW? now compare that to say a Mission, or a points farm and such... which do you do more, missions or farms or the Elite Missions? We all do FOW and UW more then anything... and having a new flavor to go to would perk everybodies interest for a few more months. Its less combersome then an entire campaign (like EotN) and it will be played more often. Think.... How many times has it been, that someone says "Lets farm Fow or U-dub" and you get 5-11 guildie saying "YA!"?

hurdlebeast

hurdlebeast

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

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/signed, and agree with Wolf wholeheartedly. As a suggestion, though, make EotN skills unusable in these Realm of God's, kinda like an old school match instead.

ie: No Ursan!


or, for even more hardcoreness, make it w/o any elites at all. I'd def do that, or at least try.

Stc95

Stc95

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

USA

Spirit of Elisha [SOE]

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suggested before and i've always liked the idea. Although every time its been brought up people always talk about Mel and Lyssa, but what about Dwayna!? Monks need some love too

Anyways, would love to see a new elite area. Anet is losing a lot of players, which doesnt really concern them economically, as we have already paid our money, but if they love us, they really should give us something to hold us over till GW2.

yay for more elite areas!

/sign

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

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a new area would be great especially for those of us NOT buying gw2!

Lady Raenef

Lady Raenef

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Oregon, USA.

Zero Mercy [zm]

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A maze with never ending results so you can't run it the same way would be great. For example, each action causes the maze to shift. With walls so tall you can't see past them, would be greater.

bhavv

bhavv

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2006

Id tell you what I would like. A lyssa area with nothing but brilliant mesmer and assasin foes, just to teach nubs how good these classes are.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

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Join Date: Nov 2006

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For me will always be like this:

- Melandru: A huge forests with plants from all the world scattered all over, where druids give missions and random level 20 pets with random evolutions can be captured after finishing the missions, including one unique to the area.
- Lyssa: A massive maze made out of moving walls, where muses give hints to get to the center of the labyrinth.
- Dwayna: A playground where you can play against intelligent creatures from all around the world, and earn tickets you can use to join minigames when there are no events. (A way to earn the right to earn gamer points all year). Win a race versus a Charr, Defeat an Asura in Tic Tac Toe, Beat a Norn in a Drunk-a-ton, etc...

romeus petrus

romeus petrus

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Urgoz Warren

Legion of Doom [LOD] Home of PWNZILLA http://PWNZILLA.guildlaunch.com

Making a new elite area to a dying game is prolly not the best step to take from a financial stand point. So I guess the question becomes: Will you be willing to pay for an expansion that includes new Realms of the Gods?

If anet find out that a good number of players are willing to spend X dollars on a downloadable expansion, they might consider that more seriously. The way it stands atm there is no real incentive.

oliverrr1989

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Join Date: May 2008

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I agree but only if it is well designed and pretty

I.E not a barren dark wasteland full of stupid tentacles and bright colours and enemies who look like octopuses and mutants and are only hard because they are a few levels above you and they use stupid monster skills and you can only get in a group to do it if you run one of two builds and where the reward does not match up with the time and skill required to play it :P

I think you get the idea.

Azza

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Join Date: Oct 2006

Australia

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Quote:
Originally Posted by hurdlebeast
/signed, and agree with Wolf wholeheartedly. As a suggestion, though, make EotN skills unusable in these Realm of God's, kinda like an old school match instead.

ie: No Ursan!


or, for even more hardcoreness, make it w/o any elites at all. I'd def do that, or at least try.
100% agreed ge some skill going again

Quote:
Originally Posted by romeus petrus
Making a new elite area to a dying game is prolly not the best step to take from a financial stand point. So I guess the question becomes: Will you be willing to pay for an expansion that includes new Realms of the Gods?

If anet find out that a good number of players are willing to spend X dollars on a downloadable expansion, they might consider that more seriously. The way it stands atm there is no real incentive.
Ya i'd buy another expansion for a new elite area, or make it all Elite god areas(missions type or explorable type like UW) ie-

1.Balthazaar's area
2.Lyssa's area
3.Melandru's area
4.Dwayna's area
5.Grenth's area
6.Abbadon's area




oh and as for the idea /signed

Kinn

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Join Date: Apr 2007

Englandshire, England.

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If Guild Wars had a monthly fee, then yes, I would expect new content every once in a while. Sadly it doesn't, so Anet really have no obligation to churn out new stuff.

Would be nice though.

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Man, I would love for this to happen, but alas I know it's just a dream.

Imagine the number of players that would be brought back into the game with a Sorrow's Furnace-type update...it would definitely extend the longevity of GW1 in anticipation of GW2.

N1ghtstalker

N1ghtstalker

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2007

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has been suggested to death and isn't quite needed
the lore doesn't state any enemies of those gods and i don't expect any in the meantime, maybe some that pop up in GW2 but that's all
/notsigned

Age

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

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What about Dwayna it would be nice to go to a free place to get ecto and shards with no chests?

Ariena Najea

Ariena Najea

Silence and Motion

Join Date: Jul 2006

Buffalo NY

New Horizon [NH]

These areas would definitely add more interest to the game, and assuming they were of equal or higher quality to the FoW/UW, I'd even consider paying $5-$10 for it, especially if they each had some unique reward.

Stuart444

Stuart444

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

Alexandria, Scotland

The Charter Vanguard [CV]

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/signed for a Dwayna elite area

she is my fave God ^_^ Praise Dwayna

although I like all 5 gods <_< Dwayna is still my fave

romeus petrus

romeus petrus

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Urgoz Warren

Legion of Doom [LOD] Home of PWNZILLA http://PWNZILLA.guildlaunch.com

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzzie
/signed but i know it aint happening =/ *cough GW2
I agree it is not very likely. The thing is, if GW2 is still far away then a small downloadable expansion that you buy online, containing a new elite area maybe a good way for anet to make some money, and not lose the rest of the GW players to AoC.

Siirius Black

Siirius Black

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Join Date: Aug 2007

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Quote:
Originally Posted by romeus petrus
Making a new elite area to a dying game is prolly not the best step to take from a financial stand point. So I guess the question becomes: Will you be willing to pay for an expansion that includes new Realms of the Gods?

If anet find out that a good number of players are willing to spend X dollars on a downloadable expansion, they might consider that more seriously. The way it stands atm there is no real incentive.
I disagree with you on this. Right now, Anet should be worried about keeping their base players interested. A new additon to guildwars would give them that. The more they keep current players happy, the more likely that they will buy guildwars 2. Now, I dont expect to get this for free. If they do good, but I would not mind paying $10.00 or so for the additonal addon as long as is well designed.

Takeko Nakano

Takeko Nakano

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Great Britain

W/P

No. You want to know why? Because it would take time away from GW2 and severely delay it. Everyone would love more content, but chances are GWEN was the last of the big stuff. Anything else would disrupt ANet's schedule.

Kanyatta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Guildless, pm me

R/Mo

I'd prefer if they just released more BMP's. At least that way they gain funds that might be put towards GW2 rather than take away funds from it to make more elite areas.

Also, a bit off topic, but the BMPs should be something you can buy in a store. I don't like having my credit card info floating around in the series of tubes that any knowledgeable hacker could have access to.

Daemon Dremora

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Join Date: Jul 2005

Millington, TN

Seele Erntemaschine {Nein}

I think this would be a great idea. I honestly don't think they will do it anytime soon. To the people who keep saying they wont waste their time doing this because they are too busy working on GW2. I am next to positive that I read somewhere that they will be keeping a team of people dedicated to the original GW and will continue coming out with stuff for it even after GW2 comes out. now plz don't take this as flaming towards the peeps who said that they won't waste their time on this issue. I mean no disrespect at all, I was purely stating what I have read.

Kanyatta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Guildless, pm me

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Quote:
Originally Posted by kylanf
1.All of you are just about forgetting Kormir, and she has a foe-Abbadon.
Abaddon was kind of... you know.... killed by you? After a year, spoiler alerts are invalid, imo.

KoKoS

KoKoS

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KDT

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I vote for Lyssa Elite Area, c0z melandru is just godess of nature, rangers, and stuff but lyssa is godess of Beauty, illusions, and Cha0s!
Cha0s w0rld with cha0s m0nsters dr0pping cha0s axes and ect0s <3
And it'll be harder for 55hp Bots t0 farm there due t0 ench rem0val by mesmers, or sins causing interrupts..

shoyon456

shoyon456

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

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FoW and UW are not elite areas. Urgoz, The Deep, and DoA are all elite areas. Proph was never given an elite area.

Fyi, which is why FoW and UW are CORE areas-they're not elite.

]SK[

]SK[

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

Nottingham, UK

GV

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Im all for another Elite area. But please, dont make it like DoA.

I still venture with my guild into FoW, UW, Tombs, Deep and Warren. We did a full run of DoA last week but that place is just crap.

Other than repeating these and grinding titles there's nothing else left for people to do in GW PvE

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

Hmmm, that's a toughie. Melandru's would probably be pretty and organic, while Lyssa's would seem to be extravagant and fantastic.

I think I'd go for Lyssa's at this point.

Skitsefrenik

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

Maryland

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They should put it near the noob areas(ascalon, sjm, and istan). It could serve as a "show off" place for all the up and coming heros. You too can slap the gods around when you reach level 20!