April Update Anticipation thread

personally after reviewing hallomik's quotes of Linsey i am not expecting anything good from this update the best i am expecting is dye storage and making the belt pouch hold 10 instead of 5 and that's it. it was foolish of me to think other wise.

The Monument of Valor is meant to have "prestige" weapons, not "any weapon I use." However, from Linsey a while back:

Edit: Source: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_...ons_to_the_HoM

its gonna be crap,it will be a bit more storage that's all

Unless another one of our beaten brothers or sisters has chimed in, I second this motion!

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...6&postcount=66

When replying to a discussion about Spawning Power on her talk page, Linsey said,

Yeah... It's not that Linsey's one of my most disliked devs of all time or something but the lack of enthusiasm in this post (along with the ham-fisted way of doing skill balances lately. Read: "All your non-____ skills are disabled for 10 seconds.") just leads me to believe that maybe they just can't balance a hybrid (healer/buffer) / summoner class.

If that's the case, it's off to WoW for me!

I wish that the weaps you put in could be customized to your whole acc and you could pick them up from your hall....not gonna happen but would b sweet

Add a "Personal Closet" tab to the storage.

This would allow each character to keep their armor sets separate, and end clutter in storage.

As with the post earlier, build updates count for the WHOLE month of whatever they say. I think this leverage use by Anet started being applied around the release of NF (can't remember).

So, yes, this thread came way too early. And I question how they will be able to do any of the few things they mentioned. Anet has been dealing with storage since GW was released, and has previously stated that it would cost too much for new servers just for in-game storage. What makes anyone think they'll be able to do it now that they only have 4 (around that I believe) people working on GW1 while everyone else is on GW2? Most likely they'll have some roundabout "patch" like the festival hat guy.

On another note, is it me or does Linsey sound frustrated? It's obvious that the stress of dealing with the fans griping about GW2/the April GW patch, and programming for the April patch is frying her nerves. I'll bet alot of the Anet staff feels the same way, but we wouldn't know due to the anonymity...

Sure as long as they don't call it "Personal Closet".

shoyon, you might be on to something regarding a roundabout festival hat guy being recoded to armor guy -- you buy/craft an armor piece or set normally, show it to the guy, and it's unlocked. Then you trash it. That would seem to be much more server space-conserving than having extra storage space that would have to save your insignias, runes, dye combos, etc. Of course we'd all prefer the latter......

edit: that however isn't really a good answer. It only works for those who use one suit and just want to fill their HoM, but doesn't work for people who really want multiple suits the same way people use multiple builds and bars.

also it would be nice to see spawning power more on par with soul reaping, divine favor, expertise, etc.

spawning power buff.

not ever gonna happen probably, but seconded.

Or to expand, a rit buff overall would be nice....i don't care what as long as i get sumthing :P

I see dark times about to unfold with Anet. April update looks more and more unimpressive. I understand their project sounded blain to start, but seeing how 2 month latter, and no new information has come out, i can only think it nothing really to brag about. It was known months in advance what was going on with the title update from Linsey talk page. Now we know same amount of information as we do in January. Except we know what can't be done with Linsey's faq. Couple this with this the 2 year anniversary of the vaporware announcement, I really wonder how many really can side with them anymore.

I just needed to make the idea clearer.
Closet would work.

honestly id be amazed if anet actually put out a statement about their thoughts on it.

but im guessing since they added the +2% duration on weapon spells that they think they did a super job and nothing else needs to be done.

dont need to buff spawning power just revert to the way it was before it got nerfed

Maybe we'll get the Hairstylist a lot of us have wanted for a LONG time now...

here's hoping...

Lol @ Linsey's statement.

This means all we'll probably get is another storage tab, as opposed to something useful.

I expect maybe 2 more storage tabs, some more room in invt, hom update, & skill updates...nothing more /yawn

I couldn't care less about extra storage.

It's not even on my "What I would like to see changed list" because I don't have a storage problem. And seems many others feel the same...

Because any storage space takes up room on ANet's database.

There's a reason why stack sizes in online games, and in older offline games, are almost always somewhere around 250 - the largest range of numbers that can be tracked with a single byte of data is 0-255. Since disk architecture is such that space is usually parceled out in chunks no smaller than one byte, having a stack size over 255 doubles the amount of disk space required for tracking the number of items in a stack, regardless of whether any individual stack is >255 or not.

Agreed. I'd be able to clear out so much of my inventory if even just elemental and condition-lengthening mods (you know, ones that aren't variable in their effect) could go to a trader, rather than holding onto dozens of various types just in case I ever need them.

Oooh. I likey!

The 'festival hat guy' method would have similar benefits to the materials storage tab, however - all they'd need is a switch on whether you have a particular type of armour or not. (Personally, if they are looking at taking this route, I'd recommend simply using the Monument of Resilience, which already tracks which armours are unlocked, thus only requiring the extra code needed for the new functionality space-wise.)

If it isn't somehow related to Spawning Power or requiring an attribute over 12, the N/Rts will just steal it again.

Technically, they can just use couple of high bits from different property that will never reach certain number. Assuming, for example, that data structure of all items contains requirement (it probably won't, but bear with me), it is safe to use 4 high bits for argumenting stack size - increasing maximum size to ~4000. Also making code a bit messy, but that is the price ...

But stack sizes are not issue. More problems would be solved by making all upgrades stackable.

Add Account-based storage for pets
Give us a 'GORE' mode and/or new elite area to make fun with ....

I want a wardrobe so I can hang my unused armor sets for retrieval at a later date, instead of having to carry em around all the time.

Dye and tome storage would be great.

Dedicated minipets should also be retrievable from HoM to use as and when you feel like it.

I'm hoping for a little bonus content a la Sorrow's Furnace. Hell, throw in a high-end area off the south-western end of Verdant Cascades filled with Quetzal machinations. Hehe.

Now that would be something to look forward too.

Why only Prestige armour in the Hall of Monuments then? why not all armours?

Or... make a 15k version of Tyrian armour like Farrah Cappo has:

Definately looking forward to extra storage, even just dye storage + belt pouch expansion will help quite a bit. I'd love to see much more than this though, some way of dealing with armour sets, keys (I know, i should use picks, but I have a fair few left over!), pets, weapon mods etc.

def looking forward the HoM armor display update. Want to start buying off all armors, but need to know about the mechanisms of the monument.

Hrm. Based on recent experience.

Book storage that doesn't count for tomes or completed/authorized books.
Dye storage that doesn't stack.
Equipping a weapon that is not from your primary class drops all your attribute points to 0

From Konig Des Todes quote of Linsey:Arenanet, how did you ever manage to create such a good game, your entire staff seems to be composed of brainless retards.

if drunkard was changed into points i would be very happy.

i want the weapons that are in the monument to be capable of being used account wide instead of being customized to single characters

And people who actually did the title will b mad....
Honestly if u really want the title...do it! dont b lazy and make them fix it for your needs
Heck this would help me if they made it that way but i dont want it....

OO yes... as i think i mentioned earlier on here.. I would love that...b able to pick them up on any char if put in hall because i dont want them customized ... i just want them in my hall....that would b sweet....sorry posting back to back....dunno how to double quote

I won't hold my breath on anything spectacular, which will leave me to be pleasantly surprised.

I would like to see a good para update to the leadership line.

Leader's Comfort should just heal for 40 - 140+ depending on attribute (much like Heal Sig) without having to have allys

Soldier's Fury - better shout for upkeep. or just make it last 10 seconds uncoditional (with no activation time IE make it a shout not echo) with 20sec recharge.

Aggressive Refrain- this hit the nerf bat anyway, make a leadership shout to upkeep. maybe update Hasty Refrain or Lead the way (its a pain in the arse to stop to cast something like Anthem of Flame)

That's.. kind of the point of the skill? Much like many of paragon skills; they help allies and Leader's Comfort is a skill that takes something back from those allies.. I think it's good, and makes sense as it is.

hoping to see dye and tome storage tab. anything else would be a bonus =P .
also, the Treasure Hunter title was disabled from being announced in towns as an acheivment, from when they made teasure hunter acct wide. I want them to put it back so we can see when someone gets it. especially since easter is on the way and I and others will finally max the title and would like it announced.

Spur-of-the-moment, non-storage-based wishlist: (I'm taking a wait-and-see with regards to what storage upgrades are coming)


- Is Amatz Basin ever going to give you more than +5 faction for kills? (Yes, I still mess around in this mission from time to time when I'm bored.) It's not even the standard faction rate in explorables anymore. Where's my change to +10 faction per kill as is standard for NM zones? Saving the refugees doesn't give crap anymore. At least make the kills worth a damn.

- The Guild Hall Skill Trader: Either fix it so he can offer more than just the core skills, or lower the cost of him from 100k down to ~20k or so. He's a glorified cap sig trader in his current state of ability, and 100k for that is way too much.

- Always worth a mention: Superior ID Kits and Superior Salvage kits made available from the Temple of Ages merchant. If there's anything else that high-end merchants have that this merchant doesn't, add that stuff too.

- XP scrolls are nice. Elite Area scrolls are nice. How about some sort of faction/rep gain increase scrolls?

- Alright now, this has gone on for faaaaaaaaaar too long:

Local chat: name in yellow, message in white.
Guild chat: name in green, message in gray.
Team chat: name in light blue, message in gray.
Alliance chat: name in orange, message in gray.

and then...

Trade chat: name in light pink, message in light pink -- the SAME light pink!

Why does a chat channel that when used is going to have billions of lines in it, have the name and the message the SAME FREAKIN' COLOR? Does anybody at ANet realize just how hard it is at peak hours in Kamadan to read this channel, not simply because of the sheer amount of messages, but because it's a real eyesore to make out where one trade message line of spam ends and another begins? A simple cosmetic change such as giving trade chat name and message different colors (like every other damn channel) would go a looooooooooong way with readability.

Been requested by people for a long time. Still all pink, all the time. If the goal is to improve the game, this would be one of the ways, for a LOT of people.



EDIT: One last thing. Hopefully with the HoM part of the update, ANet finally spills the beans as to what exactly constitutes a 'maxed' HoM monument. Players are going on the speculation that maxing the display area of the monument is maxing it out (ie. 20 minis b/c after that point it's overflow, etc.), but AFAIK there has never been confirmation one way or the other. It's time to give this information out.

If I get this in the April update, I will be be a happy camper!

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