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Having the same problem. Computer randomly freezes multiples times a day and only during loading screens. Getting extremely frustrating and irritating. Only happens with GW2.

Are you serious? AMA itself is a brilliant idea and a step in the right direction, but a ribbon-like forum format (as opposed branch-like that Reddit uses) is specifically abysmal for AMA purposes. You don't get a notification when someone answered to your comment, and most importantly, you don't see questions and responses close to each other. When you see a question, you have no other choice but to scroll through the rest of the topic to find out whether the question was answered. A single post on Reddit is structurally an alternative to creation of a whole new sub-forum for each specific AMA session, and even then Reddit is vastly structurally superior (simply because forum topic doesn't have structure at all, it's a simple stream). If you want to see what a clustercharr looks like, go here and tell me how many responses from Gaile Gray are there. On Reddit, I would find all of them in approximately five seconds. Yes I am super serious, I hate reddit and all the crap on the screen. I did not like how they would only do these things on reddit, so I am personally happy for this. They also did not say they are abandoning reddit, so I assume they will use both forums.

Yay no more trying to navigate the visual clusterkitten that is reddit :s

Thank you for this. I agree that we need to go broader with our advertising. TV and Out of Home is something we need to consider, particularly to engage new players. Music is key to tap into the emotional connection and leaning on our beautiful content is key, particularly when we show to player experience. I would like to say thank you for this thread. I always appreciate it when staff are engaged in a discussion with players and interested in feedback on how to improve something. I'd also like to add that it should not be focused solely on PoF. I don't mean to sound like PoF does not have a lot of great things to show off, but so does the rest of the game. The Mouth of Mordremoth for example, kitten amazing. If you show a shot of that thing coming up behind a player who then slowly turns around for example. Show off the diverse scenery. I personally love the Shiverpeaks areas, the majestic snow capped mountains are just beautiful. Guild Wars 2 also has the absolute best combat system of any MMO out there. It needs to be showcased. I should be the one thanking you and the rest of the GW2 community. I NEVER expected to recieve so many responders...much less such thoughtful and constructive feedback. I am so proud to be working at ArenaNet, on GW2 with this amazing group of gamers. You’re absolutly right that we need to show off all of GW2 in order to engage new players. The ArenaNet marketing team is discussing how we do exactly this with new content and the GW2.com website. Stay tuned as we move forward and reach out for more insights from the community. :-)As a life long gamer, I can appreciate the kind of company Anet is. I may not always agree with everything you folks do, but even aggressive criticism comes from a desire to want to see the game and the company succeed and grow. GW2 is a special game, as was GW1, both have helped me get through a lot of rough times. I know there are many others that also share that special personal sentiment. I am happy to help in whatever small way I can. And I am eager to see what comes in the future. Thanks again for this thread, your interest in our feedback, and the kind words.

Thank you for this. I agree that we need to go broader with our advertising. TV and Out of Home is something we need to consider, particularly to engage new players. Music is key to tap into the emotional connection and leaning on our beautiful content is key, particularly when we show to player experience. I would like to say thank you for this thread. I always appreciate it when staff are engaged in a discussion with players and interested in feedback on how to improve something. I'd also like to add that it should not be focused solely on PoF. I don't mean to sound like PoF does not have a lot of great things to show off, but so does the rest of the game. The Mouth of Mordremoth for example, kitten amazing. If you show a shot of that thing coming up behind a player who then slowly turns around for example. Show off the diverse scenery. I personally love the Shiverpeaks areas, the majestic snow capped mountains are just beautiful. Guild Wars 2 also has the absolute best combat system of any MMO out there. It needs to be showcased.

First, I would not use quotes from the forum, use narration with a Gaelic/Celtic voice (It is just perfect for narrating). Using quotes makes it look like you are only cherry picking and showing the stuff that's favorable to you. It's why I never watch videos that people post of themselves from youtube, they are always edited to make themselves look good. Use lines from the game, many of your trailers have great narration, use that instead. Using narration also makes it easier for viewers to focus on the visual aspect of a video rather then having to split their focus by trying to read words and pay attention to visuals at the same time. Second, I never see GW2 advertised anywhere except for the occasional online link. If you had the resources to produce a television ad, it could bring in a lot of interest and new players. Maybe try hooking up with Steam, that can connect a ton of potential customers to GW2, and other Anet/NcSoft games. Third, marketing needs to focus on changing consumer emotions and thoughts. That music is good, but you need to add something stronger that makes the blood flow. Music is a powerful tool that can affect how people feel and think, and more importantly how they associate those feelings with a product. The visual aspect needs to display what a player can do. You can be sexy, heroic, and embark on great adventures in a huge world. Showing some npc's walking around does not do that. Showing a player exploring a beautiful map, and suddenly getting attacked by an enormous beast ambushing them while the music shifts from peaceful to heart pounding and combative, does that. It makes people more interested.

Disappointment.... -Could you make these awakened mobs any more annoying?-Are you capable of making any content that is not a constant spam fest of knockdowns, knockbacks, stun, etc?-Magic vendor offers nothing useful, what's the point in going back or farming the new currency?-The meta event timers are way too short, the mobs are overscaled and you need a map zerg to handle all the numbers.-The instanced missions are tedious and repetitive.-I got a rare from map completion :/ ....-More stuff gated behind raids...-New Mastery is very uninspired. You should really put a seizure warning on PoF, because its getting ridiculous. There were some bright spots, but I did not enjoy it and it has no replay value to me.

I get whispered and even get party invites from opposing players quite often, I love it though. They are usually friendly, sometimes we just chat and joke around. If someone is being a jerk, I make a joke about it in team chat :)

I agree wholeheartedly with this suggestion. I posted this same idea a long time ago and still hoping for it to be implemented. Just make the nametags and minimap dots of people in your party the color green or something. Nothing fancy, very simple but would be hugely beneficial.