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Kirbie

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2005

05 Apr 2005 at 21:53 - 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nichos Katran

Hehe, don't like the fact that Necro's rule Official GW items?
I noticed that a few weeks ago. GW box = Female Necro, GW CE Box = Female Necro, and now GW Site = Female Necro

dont quote me on this...
but i hear there is a warrior box art too

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

05 Apr 2005 at 21:54 - 42

You guys are pretty good at guessing our little secret plans.

We are going to have rotating or randomly-generated renders for all pages except the front page. The front/main news page will contain the female Necromancer always, since she has become the "poster child" for Guild Wars.

Other pages, though, will cycle through images, so that each page you open could well have a different render. Well, up to the number of renders that we have, of course, after which we'll recycle them.

Nascent

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The Shi Mai

05 Apr 2005 at 21:55 - 43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

You guys are pretty good at guessing our little secret plans.

>_> time to remove our moles from ANet before they're discovered. People are getting wise.

Nichos Katran

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2005

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Eternal Knights

N/Me

05 Apr 2005 at 21:56 - 44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

You guys are pretty good at guessing our little secret plans.

Someone's gotta keep you on your toe's somehow Gaile

New site looks great btw

Kirbie

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2005

05 Apr 2005 at 21:59 - 45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Other pages, though, will cycle through images, so that each page you open could well have a different render. Well, up to the number of renders that we have, of course, after which we'll recycle them.

recycle is good for cyber-environment

Silverthorn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

D/FW, Texas

Dark Radiance

Mo/N

05 Apr 2005 at 22:03 - 46

I'm not sure how feasible it is to do with a game of this scope. But I've seen it done with text based muds before. Would be cool to be able to see who's online from the webpage. A nice touch for when your waiting for people to log on so you don't have to sit idle in the game.

Eidolon-

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2005

ZoS

R/

05 Apr 2005 at 22:10 - 47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silverthorn

I'm not sure how feasible it is to do with a game of this scope. But I've seen it done with text based muds before. Would be cool to be able to see who's online from the webpage. A nice touch for when your waiting for people to log on so you don't have to sit idle in the game.

Usually the most popular MUDs have an average of 20-30 players online...the population of Guild Wars is x10000+? That is a long list to scroll through just to find your friend

Silverthorn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

D/FW, Texas

Dark Radiance

Mo/N

05 Apr 2005 at 22:14 - 48

Yeah but you could always limit it to so you could check by guild name or character name.

Kirbie

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2005

05 Apr 2005 at 22:22 - 49

this might be off topic..
and i might be wrong too

but whenever i look at 3D renderings of female mesmer and male monk in official webpage(renderings located at top right), it gives me korean-ish feeling
even prince rurik in game...

Kityn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

Michigan

Heroes of the Horn [HoH]

N/

05 Apr 2005 at 22:22 - 50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silverthorn

I'm not sure how feasible it is to do with a game of this scope. But I've seen it done with text based muds before. Would be cool to be able to see who's online from the webpage. A nice touch for when your waiting for people to log on so you don't have to sit idle in the game.

That sounds like a good idea.Like a friends and guild list.Dunno how they would impliment something like that but still sounds kool

Nascent

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The Shi Mai

05 Apr 2005 at 22:23 - 51

Quote:

Originally Posted by czymann

That sounds like a good idea.Like a friends and guild list.Dunno how they would impliment something like that but still sounds kool

Why not do it in game like Half Life 2? >_> But we're getting a little off topic.

New Site = GOOD

Xellos

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2005

No Idea

05 Apr 2005 at 22:25 - 52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Oh my gosh, how did we forget that?! We'll get right on adding that immediately!

This is unacceptable conduct Gaile. Please add this with streaming technology!

Also, please buff the other characters. Having a necromancer only on the website is pure biased and obviously shows complete lack of balance.

Manderlock

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

TX

Crimson ScS

W/N

05 Apr 2005 at 22:25 - 53

nice, very nice

Silverthorn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

D/FW, Texas

Dark Radiance

Mo/N

05 Apr 2005 at 22:31 - 54

Well for a friends or guild list of any kind you'd have to log in for it and that would require a lot of work and extra storage space and possible security vulnerabilties. But there are other ways you could do it. For example the camelot herald for DAoC has a spot where you can search for player or guild names and it gives you info on that character or guild. While that would be nice to it would be even better if it also showed you thier online status.

William of Orange

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

La Crosse, Wisconsin

Thousand Tigers Apund Ur Head, The Consulate

05 Apr 2005 at 22:45 - 55

I like eye candy

Site looks nice, navigates better than the previous version, and I'm also liking the Guild of the Week feature; hopefully my Guild gets picked at some point, I think that'd be fun to have our name posted on their site, if even for a week.

Inde

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2004

05 Apr 2005 at 22:47 - 56

There is one recommendation I would like to make Gaile - keep the menus opened after I click on them. Example I click on Gallery -> Gallery Index. It would be nice if the Gallery Index page still had the Gallery menu expanded.

IceD'Bear

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

Awoken Myth [MYTH]

Mo/

05 Apr 2005 at 23:01 - 57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inde

There is one recommendation I would like to make Gaile - keep the menus opened after I click on them. Example I click on Gallery -> Gallery Index. It would be nice if the Gallery Index page still had the Gallery menu expanded.

It works fine for me (although the menu opens a bit late, when the page fully loads).

vai demine

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

Mo/R

05 Apr 2005 at 23:02 - 58

Love the new look--and maybe it was just me, but it seems to load faster as well. I always wondered a bit about my connection when I jumped to the GW Homepage, but not anymore--jumps right up like everything else. Congrats to ANet on another successful venture!

Vai

Liquid

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2005

London

Servants of Fortuna

E/Me

05 Apr 2005 at 23:03 - 59

Quote:

Coming Soon: Online Game Manual - For all your gameplay questions

Do we have an eta on this? I need something to read!

Mss Drizzt

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2005

communist state of NJ

05 Apr 2005 at 23:18 - 60

http://www.guildwars.com/community/f...ssion-art.html

On this page the links are not in sink. You should check it out and hopefully this will help you make this site even better.

HotSnack

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

05 Apr 2005 at 23:30 - 61

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lansing Kai Don

Flush your files, restart the browser, and try again. If that doesn't work let me know. And nice new look to the site, this was the middling-small project Gaile was referring to. Well, I'm happy (even though it's not a surprise BWE this weekend

)

Lansing Kai Don

P.S. I really like the idea of a guild of the week, kudos to whoever thought of it.

Done and it works, thanks for the advice.

Zantos

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2005

05 Apr 2005 at 23:42 - 62

In addition to Silverthorn's idea, I would like to see the top 3 guilds listed on the front page too. That would be cool ^_^

Xellos

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2005

No Idea

05 Apr 2005 at 23:53 - 63

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

You guys are pretty good at guessing our little secret plans.

We are going to have rotating or randomly-generated renders for all pages except the front page. The front/main news page will contain the female Necromancer always, since she has become the "poster child" for Guild Wars.

Other pages, though, will cycle through images, so that each page you open could well have a different render. Well, up to the number of renders that we have, of course, after which we'll recycle them.

That is still bias! The necromancer is overpowered now!

your sales will drop due to holy religious people refusing to buy the game! Wait no, their the same people who think Super Mario is violent.

Awell, good job!

ratatass

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

New Mexico

06 Apr 2005 at 00:13 - 64

Quote:

Originally Posted by THX

Nice new look, though I also found this page quite interesting: http://www.guildwars.com/gameinfo/guilds/default.html

I betcha its the Fianna that goes out first. Could almost bet a dollar on it.

Yes and the site sure looks better, it even loads faster.

TheSaint

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

New York

DarkSouls

W/Mo

06 Apr 2005 at 01:12 - 65

I like it much better... I do however still prefer the Korean site... AN should hire them to design a new site... The GW site has always had great content, but it did need a more professional look... you want people to take you serious.

cpukilla

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2005

06 Apr 2005 at 01:23 - 66

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

You guys are pretty good at guessing our little secret plans.

Just think of us a a bunch of online monkeys typing random comments and eventually one of them is supposed to be secret

HotSnack

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

06 Apr 2005 at 01:27 - 67

The site is great as it is. I'm not one for the use of heavy flash, it hinders people with slow connections, text in flash is a bane when navigating foreign sites, and the only site that has flash that I ever felt truly 'worked' has been Homestar Runner.

BlackArrow

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2005

06 Apr 2005 at 01:38 - 68

I love the look of the new site.

How does it load for dialuppers?

Ren Falconhand

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

Passed out on my Keyboard from lack of sleep from playing GW too much

The Harpers

R/Mo

06 Apr 2005 at 03:28 - 69

Yea !!! everbody loves eye-candy

Ren

RustySword314

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2005

06 Apr 2005 at 04:21 - 70

The site has a nice look. Thumbs up!

thaumaturge

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Mo/Me

06 Apr 2005 at 04:39 - 71

Nice, retains the style of the old site but freshens everything up. Thankfully the web designer didn't go for 100% flash

Good work

Alex Weekes

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

Brighton, UK

06 Apr 2005 at 12:57 - 72

Quote:

Originally Posted by ratatass

I betcha its the Fianna that goes out first. Could almost bet a dollar on it.

Am I eligible to take that bet?

. It will not be Fianna featured first. I'm not saying who it will be, though, you'll just have to wait and see...

Reibus

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2005

06 Apr 2005 at 13:21 - 73

When will this first be before or after release