So... about that HOM update...

crazybanshee

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Look out!

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First off, this is NOT a QQ thread, or a rant about zomg anet /phails wtf etc etc. I remember a few months back when an announcement was made about a hall of monuments update that would allow you to turn it to 'account based' in some fashion and show the statues of your other characters (ie, I could show my ldoa and survivor statues on my main character, who is too old to have gotten those titles) Has this been abandoned? I thought I remember it was pushed back to the November update, which turned out to be a huge update by itself without the HOM changes. Is this still in the works?

Operative 14

Operative 14

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Arizona, USA

[OOP] Order of the Phoenix I

They're still working on making it account wide I think. They're implementing the HoM changes in stages, like they've already added tormented weapons. So instead of one big update we have several smaller ones. That being said, they're still working on making it account wide, it's just that will probably be one of the final changes they make.

DarkFlame

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2005

Ascalon

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I don't recall any mention of it being pushed back to the Nov update. In fact, I don't recall any mention of a release date for that update, just a lot of wild speculation.

The only recent official mention of it, was that they split off the addition of Tormented weapons in HoM, as the overall HoM update was taking a while.

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

Ooo, pretty flower

Join Date: Jan 2008

Citadel of the Decayed

The Archivists' Sanctum [Lore]

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Iirc, ANet are working on the GW2 side of the HoM update.

The month of the HoM update was never announced by ANet. People thought that the HoM would be included because Wisdom and Treasure Hunter were going account based. Pointless speculation that turned out false in other words.

It will be coming. I always thought it will be december/january but really, who knows?

Rak Orgon of Beowulf

Rak Orgon of Beowulf

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

just chillin

Omg Gwen Is Legal [EotN]

it will be coming imo, and i hope it does. that way buying armor sets i really like on characters i rarely use will be worth it.

Skyy High

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

They announced it way before it was ready, so people could plan for it and stop making, for instance, multiple chars at high KoaBD ranks.

GWEXTREEMFAN

GWEXTREEMFAN

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2006

in my house

N/A

W/E

my guess is they'll leave it how it is and make more titles account wide
i mean they've already have made wisdom and treasure account wide...

Lady Syve

Lady Syve

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2008

PWNZILLA team

X Legion Of Doom X [LOD]

Just FYI, the reason it is taking so long is that the changes to the HoM involve coding on the GW2 side as well as GW1.

Ariena Najea

Ariena Najea

Silence and Motion

Join Date: Jul 2006

Buffalo NY

New Horizon [NH]

My advice is to chill out about it.

Guild Wars 2 is two or more years away from completion, so as long as they fix the HoM sometime in that time period, I'm happy. I'd rather they work on other fixes as they are doing now and work on the account-wide changes during spare time. What's the rush?

Luminarus

Luminarus

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2007

Sydney, Australia

Haze of Light [pure]

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I have to agree I thought that it would be in the major november update, but I was wrong. Tbh I dont really care. My main has a full HoM, and my other 4 or 5 characers have little things in their HoM, and I was never planning on fully upgrading their HoMs at any rate.

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Considering how long we'll probably have to wait for GW2, getting the HoM update doesn't seem like any big necessity at the moment. I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't come until spring.

sykoone

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mystical Chaos

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It was said at one point that even minor changes to HoM are a pain due to the interlinking between GW1 and 2. No date for release has ever been announced, so it's kind of up in the air until they decide to drop it on us.

Quote:
Originally Posted by GWEXTREEMFAN
my guess is they'll leave it how it is and make more titles account wide
Linsey, the main dev in charge of GW1, has already said there are no plans to make any other titles account wide.

Nightow

Nightow

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Kindred Order of Souls [KOS]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Azazel The Assassin View Post
It will be coming. I always thought it will be december/january but really, who knows?
Agreed that it will be coming, no doubt about that. However, with Wintersday being a big, yearly event (if not the biggest in GW) I'm not so sure if we can expect the HoM update in December at least.

P.S. I'm still enjoying Friday's update for Pete's sake!

Mister_Smiley

Mister_Smiley

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

I don't expect the HOM update till around 09 or later, most likey closer to the beta for GW2. Why? Well so that they can have real people who get into the beta test it out and make sure that everything is working properly. Yes they have test servers for that, but sometime things happen. Anywho thats what i think.