I expected nothing more than some small updates to the Lux/Kurz track,
you have me excited(well, a bit)
"Longest Set of Guild Wars Update Notes Ever"
netniwk
Jecht Scye
Is it just me, or is Lindsey more of a community manager than Anet's designated person? I could be wrong, but probably not.
Anyways, thanks for the updates Lindsey. Looking forward to next week.
Anyways, thanks for the updates Lindsey. Looking forward to next week.
BenjZee
That's a bit unfair, to be honest Regina does alot of stuff we don't actually know about. Ofcourse Linseys very imformative and gives us little hints but if you tihnk abnout it theres quite a few devs that are playing the game and interact with the community.
They can't obviously tell us everything thats going on for many reasons. IF they told us something it would ruin the 'surprise' (wrong word perhpas), and if they later changed their minds there would be un uproar of people shouting "YOU PROMISEDDD"""" etc
They can't obviously tell us everything thats going on for many reasons. IF they told us something it would ruin the 'surprise' (wrong word perhpas), and if they later changed their minds there would be un uproar of people shouting "YOU PROMISEDDD"""" etc
ChillOutDude
Game-Star League finals, a european GW tournament, are going to be next week, and he didn't want to put out a patch without them having enough time to prepare for it.
Thus he made the patch a week earlier than he intended, and thus couldn't squeeze in as many changes as he wanted.
Just had to stick with the "urgent" issues.
I hope that answers some questions.
(copy-paste from QQ-thanks asp)
Thus he made the patch a week earlier than he intended, and thus couldn't squeeze in as many changes as he wanted.
Just had to stick with the "urgent" issues.
I hope that answers some questions.
(copy-paste from QQ-thanks asp)
Konig Des Todes
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Im surprised how little information has leaked about this update. Usually there's people who somehow get a hold of the update's content and spill it all over Guru and other forums. Good secret-keeping, Anet.
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Originally Posted by netniwk
I expected nothing more than some small updates to the Lux/Kurz track,
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-Kurzick/Luxon titles will get easier via faction gain
-Kurzick/Luxon Faction Caps will be raised
-Amber/Jade will give more points to the title (5k instead of 1k it seems) - text got changed for 2 days on accident
-K/L Faction gained from the blessings in explorable areas has been doubled (not including boss kill faction gains) - already happened
-Treasure Hunter/Wisdom are going account based
-Unlucky will recieve a buff because TH is going account based (can no longer open chests on low TH characters)
-Gamer points in CB (possibly all ways to get Gamer) became easier
The update notes for that alone would be an average size I would think. And I hope it's about double, or triple, the amount of things being changed. More changes=better. Although with these being "the biggest update notes ever" I think there will be more then just title changes.
More content perhaps?
If so I shall <3 Linsey until GW is official killed (meaning servers shut down), if not longer!No hopes getting up though, I expect what I mentioned and nothing more, but hope for more. Updates never disappoint me for some reason, even when I expect 10 times more stuff.
DarkNecrid
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Originally Posted by Jecht Scye
Is it just me, or is Lindsey more of a community manager than Anet's designated person? I could be wrong, but probably not.
Anyways, thanks for the updates Lindsey. Looking forward to next week. |
You have to understand that Regina is a CR of GW1 and GW2...GW1 has little going on that needs to be related or posted about (in-game visits are rather pointless now, for example.), and ditto for GW2. Regina is basically kind of in a flux right now, there's no info really needed from either section.
Linsey is a very a kind more open soul...I told her this, but a lot of the reason people talk to her and like her is because while Regina is Community Relations/CR ("I'll check this out for you!" "We have no plans for this at this time", etc. CR speak. Nothing wrong with that.), Linsey is DR, or Direct Relations. She's very direct, and says whats going on. Since she's the game designer of the GW1 team, she doesn't need to ask anyone else about stuff unless its a programming issue, you get your answer flat out. People are naturally going to gravitate to her over Regina at this point, but this will change when GW2 comes out, where people will go for Regina for GW2 stuff, and Linsey for GW1 stuff.
sindex
I don’t know, after hearing what Regina had to say, I am kind of looking towards this as another overly hyped content update. Is this supposed to take away from all the interesting games that are going on store shelves in the coming weeks? Recently though I have found myself burnt out on Guild Wars to a point where I even missed the Halloween celebration.
Don’t get me wrong but most the development team on GW is down to 2 people. Sometimes even from the sound of things it seems Linsey is doing most of the work by herself. To me it seems unfair to the point that everyone else at A-net has moved way passed Guild Wars. She deserves high honors for her work. Nevertheless I hear absolutely nothing (dead silence) on the other 99% of the team working on GW 2, to let me know the project is going in the right direction. What are they doing, juggling concept ideas still?
Don’t get me wrong but most the development team on GW is down to 2 people. Sometimes even from the sound of things it seems Linsey is doing most of the work by herself. To me it seems unfair to the point that everyone else at A-net has moved way passed Guild Wars. She deserves high honors for her work. Nevertheless I hear absolutely nothing (dead silence) on the other 99% of the team working on GW 2, to let me know the project is going in the right direction. What are they doing, juggling concept ideas still?
instanceskiller
well after what happened with the last major update...the one with all the pve skills rebalance... i think next weeks update might actually be pretty good as linsey said she was nervous about the last major update before it went live and that update really was LARGE and if shes worried about next weeks update...i can imagine it being quite large...well the update notes anyways.
Also, i personally think linsey will deliver with next weeks update
although i could never say the same thing about izzy's skill balances....but that another topic...
Also, i personally think linsey will deliver with next weeks update
although i could never say the same thing about izzy's skill balances....but that another topic...
garethporlest18
Well I'm looking forward to the title update, I probably shouldn't be but I'm gonna do it anyways.
persuadu
Well I am not looking forward to EC being nerfed...oh wait it already is?
I am not sure why they did this, other than to limit UW SC, but they could have easily done that by nerfing SHADOW FORM. There's a new idea....
I am not sure why they did this, other than to limit UW SC, but they could have easily done that by nerfing SHADOW FORM. There's a new idea....
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Well I am not looking forward to EC being nerfed...oh wait it already is?
I am not sure why they did this, other than to limit UW SC, but they could have easily done that by nerfing SHADOW FORM. There's a new idea.... |
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The assumption that a change to Essence of Celerity is meant to nerf UW runs is wholly incorrect. That was not the goal behind this change. To put it simply, the item was straight overpowered and there is no way you can argue that it wasn't. Giving it a 5% reduction across the board is hardly a heavy enough nerf to be claiming that it will ruin all your fun. I'm not trying to nerf it into oblivion, just tweak the numbers to make it a little more balanced in relation to the other consumables. You have to admit, 5% is fairly minor in the grand scheme of things. This change was meant to go into next week's build so on its own, it's just kind of hanging out in the wind, shivering and sad without all it's little friends to keep it company. Does "friends" mean nerfs to all consumables? No. Stop making so many assumptions, geez. I'm just being facetious.  - Linsey talk 21:05, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
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ParanoidDenny
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Not sure why they did this?
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Supervillain
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Well Linsey if the 5% was so minor then why in hell did you nerf it then
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-Wasnt aimed to directly nerf UWSC.
-Nerfed because it was "straight overpowered".
-5% will not ruin your fun.
-Not doing an Izzy (Smiters Boon), tweaking the numbers to make it balanced next to the other cons.
-The nerf wasnt ment for this weeks update, its ment for next weeks.
-Because its in the wrong update, its all alone but next weeks update will have something linked towards it (dont know what, she said it aint another nerf to cons).
So next time, read it.
Esan
Linsey is really good at the hype metagame. Regina and the ghost of Gaile Gray should take notes.
FrAnt1c??
I wonder how favor will react with all those characters getting maxed titles when treasure and wisdom become account based... I mean if one of your characters has it maxed, all of your others will get it maxed aswell, and thus creating huge amounts of favor increase? Unless they have figured something out to bypass it offcourse
kvndoom
I'd love to see Alliance Rosters, i.e. drop-down menu that lets you click on a guild in your alliance and it shows the roster for that guild. Much needed feature.
I really hope this update makes me want to get serious about PVE again. I'm not so much interested in titles, but I'd like to see something new and engrossing.
I really hope this update makes me want to get serious about PVE again. I'm not so much interested in titles, but I'd like to see something new and engrossing.
Alleji
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Originally Posted by FrAnt1c²
I wonder how favor will react with all those characters getting maxed titles when treasure and wisdom become account based... I mean if one of your characters has it maxed, all of your others will get it maxed aswell, and thus creating huge amounts of favor increase? Unless they have figured something out to bypass it offcourse
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upier
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Originally Posted by Stuart444
Not sure why they did this?
posting from Linseys wiki talk page: edit: forgot to give link: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_...Journal#Update edit 2: had trouble during an edit of this post ;-; ended up deleting post so reposting it woops sorry |
You seem to have answered that age-old question:
How does one balance that which can not be balanced?
Clearly, you nerf it by 5%!
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3 necro blood skill nerfs, 1 ranger skill nerf, and a bunch of bug fixes. Nothing too devastating, despite what Zera thinks.
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ahem.
Hooray for these titles getting changed to account-based !
Grammar
"Longest Set of Guild Wars Update Notes Ever"
Problem is, when you say things like that, you could deliver the second coming of Jesus Christ and it will still be deemed a failure by the community.
What ever happened to under-promise-over-deliver?
Problem is, when you say things like that, you could deliver the second coming of Jesus Christ and it will still be deemed a failure by the community.
What ever happened to under-promise-over-deliver?
street peddler
i dont think she was trying to create pointless hype.
Clone
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Originally Posted by street peddler
i dont think she was trying to create pointless hype.
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*waves at the hype train as it passes by*
BenjZee
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I wonder how favor will react with all those characters getting maxed titles when treasure and wisdom become account based... I mean if one of your characters has it maxed, all of your others will get it maxed aswell, and thus creating huge amounts of favor increase? Unless they have figured something out to bypass it offcourse
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Hyper Cutter
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-Amber/Jade will give more points to the title (5k instead of 1k it seems) - text got changed for 2 days on accident
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crazybanshee
Doubt they will make it retroactive, as they didn't do that last time they radically changed the title. It would just be impossible to track that many accounts (4mill or so) and keep tally of how many jade/amber they got, how many scrolls, etc.
fenix
Hah, 4 million accounts.
They'd only have to do it for 200k or so, as there's probably not many more than that who are active.
They'd only have to do it for 200k or so, as there's probably not many more than that who are active.
SpiritThief
Meh, I think I'll stick with my bet I made a guildie. 10k says Title rebalance and faction, just gonna end up being double points or something. And really I'm fine with that, more points, less of a grind, wouldn't be such a downer when you think about going for that second character.
But after what she said, I'm hoping for much more now. Sounds like alot more then just more points, looking forward to see what she's done. Just happy its so close
But after what she said, I'm hoping for much more now. Sounds like alot more then just more points, looking forward to see what she's done. Just happy its so close
Pleikki
Yeah Sf & tombs update is pretty much biggest we've got yet. but will see how big next one will be
Secksy
I predict the update will introduce a crash bug.
I'd laugh.
I'd laugh.
ParanoidDenny
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Are you being serious? As stated in Stuart444's quote:
-Wasnt aimed to directly nerf UWSC. -Nerfed because it was "straight overpowered". -5% will not ruin your fun. -Not doing an Izzy (Smiters Boon), tweaking the numbers to make it balanced next to the other cons. -The nerf wasnt ment for this weeks update, its ment for next weeks. -Because its in the wrong update, its all alone but next weeks update will have something linked towards it (dont know what, she said it aint another nerf to cons). So next time, read it. |
As you stated, next time READ it!
Zinger314
Keep in mind that the size of the update notes is not proportional to the amount of content.
Case in point: Sorrow's Furnance and the Titan Quests themselves had little update notes dedicated specifically to them.
There's just one thing I will never understand: Why doesn't ArenaNet never release the build notes early? Gives the community a chance to dissect them first for any potential problems. They did that for one set, and it was great.
Case in point: Sorrow's Furnance and the Titan Quests themselves had little update notes dedicated specifically to them.
There's just one thing I will never understand: Why doesn't ArenaNet never release the build notes early? Gives the community a chance to dissect them first for any potential problems. They did that for one set, and it was great.
DarkNecrid
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There's just one thing I will never understand: Why doesn't ArenaNet never release the build notes early? Gives the community a chance to dissect them first for any potential problems. They did that for one set, and it was great.
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b) They aren't finalized until the day they happen anyways.
c) The notes aren't fully translated until that day too.
d) They can change minor things all during this.
e) No other company does this. The closest thing to what your suggesting is WoW's Patch Test Realms, but even then stuff can change for release and that's more like "COME TEST OUT THE BETA FOR OUR PATCH" less so than the release. GW just does not work like this.
f) all of the above.
Regina Buenaobra
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Probably not, but thats what apparently is happening. When you start talking about a huge set of update notes, people assume huge update. Unfortunately, you could write a 10 page essay about some small change to an arcane and pointless aspect of the game. It may indeed be the longest set of notes, but it wouldn't mean the update would necessarily be any good.
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I'd also like to point people to an update about the upcoming game update, which I posted on my wiki page.
Issac
Regina I appreciate what you guys are doing. I know something this big is easier said then done. You guys made one really good game.
Star Gazer
nice. i especially like the delayed part.
Jensy
Pwny Ride
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Also, yeah, not really surprised at this.
MisterB
Brace for impact.
Forecast calls for falling skies on Thursday if no update lands.
Forecast calls for falling skies on Thursday if no update lands.
fenix
lol fail, inb4 update scheduled for december