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Like what they did with the newest map (a flavor of WVW) I wonder if in the future we are going to get more wvw inspired and maybe even content that directly plugs us into wvw; newer maps I suppose. It can be hard to change old content so maybe newer content about "going into the Mists" will be the wvw that wvw players have been requesting. Now THAT would be smart and intuitive content.

I agree the first iteration should have been the shiny one and a newer one should be there. Upgraded emotes are some pretty low requested rewards if they are even request AS a reward.

-I'm sure a million people are going to ask about the "voice acting from home" so maybe address that if you can and let people know if that is/isn't an option going forward? I know other studios and films have done such a thing at their homes. -Did you guys take some equipment, software and computers from the offices in order to continue working? -Can you guys talk about Mike Z, the newest game director and what management/leadership are doing to organize everything right now and keep your morale up? -Are there some things you simply can't do remotely away from the offices that the player should know about? Thanks!

Aurene's ascension has already seemingly set things back to pre-Mordremoth's death, as there are no more instances of volatile or unbound magic being all other the place, which began happening after Mordy's death. If and when that happens I'm sure they hopefully explain that bit of new lore to us because all we know is she absorbs and filters out magic so if she doesn't keep it like the other dragons do then where does that go and what does she keep? As is the newest dragon and the most vulnerable she may always be the most vulnerable since she doesn't store magic to get more powerful. She might also have to be present when such an overload of magic is released (locally near Jormag's death) in order to prevent those chaotic torrents all over the world? So many variables! At the end of the day.....if we just end up killing Jormag and Bangar and nothing even remotely catastrophic is release/happens/is revealed. I'll be a bit disappointed. I will HOWEVER forgive all things if it does go down like that if we get juicy reveal of the water dragon at the last second.....mwahahah.I feel Aurene should sacrifice herself if she ever manages to replace all dragons and stabilize all magic, and imbue the world with the ability to balance itself. It would be a nice end to a messianic story and put the setting in a "neutral gear" for future stories.and THEN seeing how their exile is no longer necessary the Human Gods return!

Thankyou but I do find it sad that your more in-depth and logical answer is given to me rather then in the game. -_- They touch on some of those points but its so bare bones. It would be interesting (profession wise) if we got further Crystal Champion masteries as we were slowly more "Connected" with Aurene and the conflicts that might create and how her whole Crystal Bloom movement might turn into enemies due to differiating goals and missions towards savings the world. Lots of story potential there. Like how Joko made it seem like we were the badguy all along due to our negligence we could on some level and from some perceptions be a "corrupted Champion."

I just like like how there is ONE square hotkey for all things extra, for countermagic for the missiles for this new mastery for extra spammable abilities everything goes to that one key and overlaps even when they can be pressed at the same time. They need to correct that stackability. They did a roundabout fix with the Essence masteries with level 4 targeting anyone but the stack duration and the eventual buff is still low to me.

It's Deep-Sea Dragon though, because all we know is its location.We don't even know what its domains are. As in the plot resolves and then the pan away to Cantha with a Tsunami like Deep Sea Dragon, something, this franchise really depends on more epic stuff to get people to continue playing.

Aurene's ascension has already seemingly set things back to pre-Mordremoth's death, as there are no more instances of volatile or unbound magic being all other the place, which began happening after Mordy's death. If and when that happens I'm sure they hopefully explain that bit of new lore to us because all we know is she absorbs and filters out magic so if she doesn't keep it like the other dragons do then where does that go and what does she keep? As is the newest dragon and the most vulnerable she may always be the most vulnerable since she doesn't store magic to get more powerful. She might also have to be present when such an overload of magic is released (locally near Jormag's death) in order to prevent those chaotic torrents all over the world? So many variables! At the end of the day.....if we just end up killing Jormag and Bangar and nothing even remotely catastrophic is release/happens/is revealed. I'll be a bit disappointed. I will HOWEVER forgive all things if it does go down like that if we get juicy reveal of the water dragon at the last second.....mwahahah.

Everyt trope has been done under the sun so don't expect them to reinvent the wheel for every story arc. Also, please do remember they can't "Kill" Jormag without permanently disabling the world eventually destroying it. Something unexpected might happen -like Jormag (willingly or not) dispersing and giving a tiny snowflake of energy to every being on the planet/A final battle with us and Aurene however sounds fantastic (like that first instance with Dragonfall but enhanced would definitely break the mold). OR we try to subdue it and accidently end up killing Jormag and Aurene sacrifices herself to save the world or Jormag dies and secretly was shielding the world from those other "big baddies" she hinted. We shall see!

They can also become irrelevant because why would I use mushrooms or oakheart essence when I have a skyscale? I do hope maybe they use them in more innovative ways like with Gorseval and the updrafts to avoid his AOE. Using mushrooms to bounce around a boss and maybe a an oakheart essence to snare them up and then a lava tube to knock them out or damage? <<<<<<<<Hello, content! lol Even using mounts for a boss fight. It would be BEYOND cool by using your raptor around a map to avoid damage and get to the boss or something along that line.

I would say having the options in newer maps as a possibility over being a mandate. Has to be organic of course. Not every new map would need that lava tunnels or jumping mushrooms.

What would be some Pros and Cons for having every item ever put on the gemstore to be available year-round?

Their content since HOT is kind of all over the place. Appeal to raid community or joking lets do strikes? They don't seem like they have a lot to work with AND covid-19 has been messing up the VO so since this will be another episode without ill just wait and I suspect many other people will as well. I'll always be grateful for something but when my imagination and expectations are constantly not surpassed it will always be a little disappointing.

This gets 1.6K views but the balance changes get 64K views. If THAT doesn't tell you something ArenaNet nothing will.

With all due respect- is there like one person and an old woman's cat working on balance changes? In the year of our lord 2020 why the GUARDIAN still has a scepter attack as wobbly cotton balls and another with fists flying around the enemies followed by literal scratching sounds is still beyond me. I kid you not dozens of people FOR FREE in the community would work on this game for you. I thought I heard you guys talk about Mirage getting unique shatters like Chorno so I would love for those to be developed asap.

At the end of the day raid's in THIS game were a pointless endeavor. The proof is in the lack of resources, the disbanding of the raid dev team and our own internal analysis. They are hardcore about LW so they really should have doubled down and put more effort into framing that as the next evolution of MMO's. Its all about the sell. Each raid could have been a LW release (minus a few raid mechanics) and the entire community would be playing/experiencing that content continuously since then. Its beyond a missed opportunity. ARENANET really needs to work on the vision of their game.

I will certainly be coming back when they put all the voice overs in! Expect a resurgence when that happens!

Game mechanics-wise my suggestion is just the healthiest compromise I can think of at the moment.

I think it was their initial intent when Mike Z announced it but then he left and there was allegedly a change-up in management, an expansion announced in such a blase way and crumbs of season 1 content that it seems their vision for future content is all over the place. I honestly don't know what is going on with their leadership. They are acting as if they don't have one at the moment though I'm sure covid-19 and closing the offices has contributed to this lack of communication. I'm still waiting to see if the promises of updates to Fractals will pan out or end up like every other announced project..They said the were working on ONE. I'm like only "one"? Why not continuous? I guess they are transitioning to strikes but I love the little lore in the fractals and strikes have little to no story. If they made every strike like shiverpeak pass and lair of the snowmen with some sort of story lead up, I'd leave fractals behind but....eh.......

A fun compromise is a happy compromise.

I'm WITH you on traits! Why is it accepted that the unselectable traits are usually very niche? I know they've updated some of them but IMO all those traist should be relevant to the profession in any build (or come close). The selectable ones should then be niche.

I think it was their initial intent when Mike Z announced it but then he left and there was allegedly a change-up in management, an expansion announced in such a blase way and crumbs of season 1 content that it seems their vision for future content is all over the place. I honestly don't know what is going on with their leadership. They are acting as if they don't have one at the moment though I'm sure covid-19 and closing the offices has contributed to this lack of communication.

Not just that but other re I don't see why it would be horrible to get the first 1 at 1000 and then 1 every 500 from then on. AT least you KNOW the scheduling and god forbid are actually motivated by the confidence in the drop. I don't know about others but if I KNEW I was going to get one every XYZ* numbered interval I would happily grind....not begrudgingly grind.

Can we not act like they've personally pooped in our cereal? Thanks. They have, over the years attempted to optimize each profession with varying results. I appreciate the efforts. They also adjusted a few items with the UI. I still have to use ARCdps to get rid of the huge damage numbers that obscure the action so if they could add that option that would be appreciated. I do still think that all the traits that are unselectable should be universal in their applications to the profession instead of niche. I expect them to change the shatters of mirage as well.