Halandir.3609

Yeah, more races... But why? Racial traits are pointless as is. Sure - Some like to roleplay an angry cat-person, a clueless sapling or a special long eared gnome but seriously: Races are mostly making armordesign too complicated for Anet and annoying players when they are too bulky. Guild Wars (GW1) did rather well with just 1 playable race... Classes on the other hand: We have the dual class system in GW1 - GW2 is, well, rather limited... But aside from armordesign, balance seems hard pressed as it is. If they can't balance classes as is, introducing a new one seems way out beyond the horizon... I doubt we will see a new, well balanced race OR class before we hear about the launch of GW3 😉

Anet dropped Utopia for GW and went full speed on developing GW2. Now they may be directing resources towards another projects (gw3 maybe) but... So what? Anet will probably keep GW2 running for years and they announced 1 (or 2?) expansions. Chances are that whatever GW3 will be is nothing like GW2. GW2 certainly was not a step up/replacement for GW - It was something completely different! I hope that the next GW iteration will be successful, even if it will attract a completely new player base with different wants and needs. This happened with GW->GW2 - I don't see why it shouldn't happen again. Some of us veterans still love and play GW. GW2 went in a very different direction and attracted a lot of people that really liked that. No problem. Also: As long as the current incarnation of Anet don't feel a need to tinker an do stupid updates like "Anniversary Celebration" GW is perfectly fine: It's still running and the players have accepted that what we see is what we get. I hope GW3 will be successful - It will help keeping the older siblings alive, even though they are something different 🙂

This is a game, it’s not supposed to be a copy of our everyday lives - Rather quite the contrary! Whenever I see someone flashing the “inclusive” card, I can’t help thinking: “Oh right, whats your plan for including the billions without access to a computer that can run this game? How about the hundred of millions that live without electricity?” I’m a fat old dude. I don’t feel “excluded” because I have to play a good looking, athletic avatar - I am included because I CAN play the game. Sorry you have to struggle with the throes of not having a niche, carbon copy of yourself in a computer game. #1worldinclusionweakargument

RA, TA, HoH, GvG and ladder + spectator functions like Guild Wars (1) but hey, Anet v2 won’t (can’t) do that. GW2 is what it is…

This is just false. So... Most players make the most of every class in the game and their specializations in this game? Cool. This game sounds like a really simple and very special MMO. Thank you Captain Anet!

BDO's road map for players are presented at each "Calpheon Ball" (last one dec. 22). On top of that plenty of weekly info in the form of "updates "(pathnotes/update notes), "notices" (fixed/known issues, restricted accounts etc) plus all the other official info.

GW2 shutting down, honestly: Not too bothered. Bad for all the ppl that love the game and the devs, but personally: No problem! I already moved on to a game with (to me) more engaging combat, better lifeskilling system and more. Guild Wars shutting down: THAT would be terrible and sure... It would bother me, but hey... ppl seem to think WvWvW is the kitten while Guild Wars GvG was the actual format that could have made a name for A-net in E-sport. Yeah-yeah - Go on chicks: Flaunt your confused state of mind 😛

Thx. Nice concise answer - Yet it managed to confuse some forumnite? Some of the visitors here seem to struggle with the basics of basic. (They paint a picture of a lumbering idiot-army). Things already got slightly skewed with the first parts of "Beyond". I am fine without a last (possibly/probably weirder) part.

Thanks - I gave your post a "Thanks" emote as well though it seems the GW2 forum people tend to be terribly confused? Not agreeing on everything is fine. In fact I prefer it, because humanity has never taken a meaningful step forward in consensus. (I bet that bit confuses a lot of the natives!) Let me reiterate: Leave Guild Wars alone!

No, just NO! Guild Wars (GW1) is fine. We got a few QOL updates thanks to a few devs making them as work of love an dedication on their own time (no GW2 cashshop skins were harmed). After that we got a weapon and skill update 🥵 NONE of the original devs would ever have produced that abomination (well, maybe as an april fools joke). Please keep the current team far away from Guild Wars (1). We dont need a ‘ohh look at me I can jump’ remake. To the person that suggested skill changes: You seem to lack understanding of GW1 skills on a fundamental level, sorry😐

It's not that hard really, depending on context. If your employees cost 1 million but they generate a 2 mill return and your business is on the verge of losing these employees to a competitor - Throwing another half mill their way is the only sensible thing to do! If your workforce is generating a 1:2 return but: Equally qualified people can't be hired (same price) and the workforce has the potential to generate a 1:5 return if moved from project A to project B? Either shut down A or be honest and tell the clients that A will be available with a skeleton crew and no/limited support. Sorry, I feel like an idiot typing this - This is SO basic 😕

Who decides what potetially benefits the game? (hint: forum posters are not the answer) Management of course, acting as responsible proxies for the investors. As weird as it may seem: Rooting for changes and any new ideas (doing something different/outside the box) is often the first chosen strategy of any underperforming business. I am sure NCSoft is 100% different though 🙂

I doubt a single (major) investor looks at individual game forums. However, as for NCSOFT's YoY value I bet that, with your understanding of how businesses work, you will be rooting for every fresh idea and possible change to all NCSoft titles, including GW2 considering the yoy performance? (Yeah, check the 1 year graph, day graph is, in this case, irrelevant) https://www.google.com/search?q=ncsoft+stock+price&oq=nc+soft+stock But hey - It's all L2 :-)

True - But since there is no official Guild Wars forum and this one is hosted under the "guildwars2.com" domain it seems appropriate to direct questions and concerns regarding Guild Wars in this direction. Especially since Anet have chosen the "guildwars2.com" domain as an outlet for Guild Wars news such as: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-guild-wars-anniversary-celebration-begins-tomorrow/ (Also: Guild Wars never had a 1 attached btw :D)

People do have to prioritise, just cause someone chose a Mac and also likes to play GW2 does not mean they have kitten priorities. I don't quite get your point. People buy computers for other reasons than gaming, even if they enjoy gaming.I play on a Macbook because I was doing a lot of photography and when I bought this laptop 6 years ago it was the only real option to go with. Luckily it is also decent enough to play GW2. Are you saying that anyone who decided to get a Mac at some point in the past should also be able to afford to get a Windows system too if they want to also play games? And they should have expected that they should do this? I am not trying to define what anyone should be able to afford. I am saying that most people need to prioritize. Your choice 6 years ago may have been perfectly in line with your specific priorities but most people, options, life (and priorities) change over the years.If you cannot afford to buy a gaming PC (or simply prefer to stick with your macbook) then your (supported) options seems to be: Bootcamp or parallels. Both of these requires a windows license and if you want to stay inside Mac OS X you also need a parallels license. The licenses alone is about half the price of a windows laptop that would perform a lot better than your 6-year old mac, but hey: Priorities!And to be blunt: If I want two things and one excludes the other because of ressources... Then I need to get my priorities straight!