Marikus.1875

Greetings Travelers! I believe that GW2 has some of the best, if not the best, mounts in any MMORPG I've played thus far. Just shy of being able to raise them and watch them grow up to full mounts -- they have practical utility and enough differences between each of them where they add to our gameplay in a meaningful and creative way unlike mount implementation for most other MMOs. I believe we should have something equally unique for GW2 but with respects to player housing. Now imagine the below: A portable housing system that travels with you and can be deployed anywhere. Picture it like throwing up a very large elaborate tent that you can customize the layout inside and put up decorations, let your minis roam around, place your pets/mounts outside on a "leash" to stand guard, throw up a little cooking fire and craft unique recipe's only available to those home campfires, etc. This player housing system would be deployable in the open world and therefore, other players could see it and interact with it and you. The moment you're ready to continue on your journey, simply pack it back up and go along your way to your next adventure or create a resting spot for other weary travelers (camp fires can give off a positive boon). When you're ready to deploy your tent again, it would have all of the presets already saved so that you can pick up where you left off with the decorations! Thoughts?

I'm thinking about switching servers but I wanted to see if it was worth the 1800 gems or not if the system is going to substantially change.

Now you settle down with those realistic expectations, ya hear?

I mean...I'm excited for fishing and one day housing *shrugs*...

I'm just hoping for some inside customization. I understand that we may get to customize the outside, but I'd like it to act more like "player housing on water" where I can craft furniture for it.

After taking a break from WoW recently and seeing the incredible work they've done with mounts here (I believe this is the gold standard for mounts in MMO's IMO), my expectations are very high for Skiffs and professions like fishing. I expect a very deep system with fishing especially since it's being advertised as a core feature to the expansion. What do I mean by deep system? Well for starters I expect: - Being able to craft specific bait to catch certain types of fish. The more rare the fish, the more rare and difficult it should be to craft the bait. - Being able to craft specific poles which varies depending on the "water type" and/or fish type. Stronger fish should require a stronger pole. - Being able to play a minigame in 3 stages - casting / waiting / reeling. - Casting's minigame should include a mechanic where I can control how far I can cast. Casting would matter because it would help determine what type of fish I could successfully reel in. A short cast for example could yield me smaller fish but a longer cast could yield larger fish that would require more reel time. - The waiting minigame would be the "play on the reel", so I could slowly reel my bait across the water to bait fish. - The final minigame would be the "hooked a fish now reel" which should be both dependent on my mouse movement AND keys. My mouse should control the sway of the reel in 3 dimensions (side to side, up down) and my keys should control the "reeling it in" or "giving it some slack" by easing on the reel if I feel I'm going to loose the catch. There should also be a skill line associated with fishing (think FFXIV) where you can learn skills like mastery to better improve your chances to reel some very rare fish or even be successful at fishing. Bottom line, my expectation is that fishing is a very involved and fully fleshed system and nothing like WoW.

I had to recover this account from years back but this is indeed the account I used in 2013. I just called it a free account because I assumed that's what we were all converted to who did not buy any of the expansions since I haven't played since 2013. Unfortunately I was dumb and the moment I logged on I deleted my old original character I made in 2013 thinking I wanted a "fresh start". https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/creations/Screenshot-Thread

Hmmm okay, thank you all for all of the help. Very informative! Should I be doing anything with this core account or it's just a formality?

Really? I mean I bought GW2 when it first came out but this was like 7 years ago or so. I doubt that copy is still relevant, right? I don't even see it in my account lol. Some of you may remember me from the official Screenshot Thread I created and had stickied back in the old forums. But I only played the game for a few months and then quit and haven't played since. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/creations/Screenshot-Thread

I'm on the free account thinking about buying the "complete collection" to get everything at once. My questions are: 1.) How do I play the living story in order or does that not matter? 2.) What American server should I play in? It already has my first character in one but it says I can transfer for Gems. I was always in either Area 52/Stormrage in WoW (most populated) and would like to be in the most populated ones here even if there's a Q but they say full and I can only "guest" in them? Any way around this or alternatives with the servers in the "very high" range? 3.) Does the complete collection ever go on sale? 4.) Did you know that Mesmer's are the best? Thank you!