[Swimsuits; The Gold Standard [Merged]]

They just added butler & maid outfits, so I can see this happening in the future.

[Add rare infusions to black lion chests?]

Adding them, but making them soulbound would be funny.

[What was GW2's peak era for you?]

Release in 2012.

[We need more group focused content.]

The whole game is group focused. Just group up.

[why is there no solo end-game content?]

Probably would be just as unpopular as raids/dungeons, so probably that's why.
You don't really get the "massive multiplayer" from an MMORPG in low player count instanced content like solo/raid/dungeon content.

[Hypothetical Poll - How long should it take to craft a set of Open World Legendary Armor?]

Same as WvW.
Also, this poll is pretty useless.

[where patch info]

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/profession-balance-update-preview-livestream-this-friday/

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We’ll have Skills and Balance Team Lead Cal “cmc” Cohen and Associate Game Designer Roy “Roy” Marks on stream to walk you through the details of the upcoming changes. Following the stream, we’ll be posting the full balance preview notes on our official forums

 

[Maintenance Mode or Lack of Initiative - Balance Issues Included]

1 hour ago, Almighty.6423 said:

You literally don't need legendary, dungeon, fractal, wvw, pvp, raid, or to even explore. Heck you can reach 80 and never finish story. It's almost like playing just for fun

I hate it when games are just played for fun!

If you really "need" to do content, are you doing it because it is fun, or because the developer forces you to do that specific content for some reason? I know which style i prefer, the fun one.

[Does EoD feel more like a Living Story or Expansion to you all?]

It's an okay expansion. Story was better than HoT, but PoF & HoT just generally had better additions in my opinion.

A lot of the EoD content relies on the player being interested in the Aurene legendaries. If you don't really care about them, you're better off farming some LW maps.
And while DE is mechanically more intense than other maps, it just feels like a worse & less appealing version of DS to me.
(The lower map population caps also makes it feel less "massive")

[Question regarding the Permanent Hair Stylist Contract]

1 hour ago, kima.3045 said:

? can i put in in the bank,  grab a character, change hair,  put in the bank, grab another character, change hair?

Yes.

[Already Blocked players in latest update]

Afaik no. But you can just readd them to the blocklist to remove them.

[favorite expansion?]

1. PoF - Mounts, Story, Exploration
2. HoT - Revenant, Gliding, Exploration
3. EoD

[Stolen Assets in Game]

3 hours ago, Turial.1293 said:

A lot of angry fan-bois on this post lol. God forbid someone asks a question.

Person too angry to acknowledge his assumption is wrong after being called out would rather deflect and constructs his own strawman argument 🙄. God forbid someone answers a question.

[Stolen Assets in Game]

Koi fish swimming in circles / yin yang isn't something Cyperpunk 2077 invented. It's a popular symbol.

[Mythical creatures you want in GW2]

2 minutes ago, SoulGuardian.6203 said:

Right.

But I still like the greek version better.

It would be a massive awesome boss in gw2... imo, off course.

I think what he was saying is that "Kraken" do not exist in greek mythology. So there is no greek version, just a english-invented interpretation of greek mythology.

I'd say the closest thing to kraken in greek mythology are either Cetus, Scylla or Charybdis.

[Mythical creatures you want in GW2]

Nuckelavee

[For those that have been playing since launch, what was the most fun era for you and why?]

2012 release when everything was new and everything had to be discovered.

But that's the most fun time for most games for me, when nothing is solved and information/knowledge is scarce.

[Perma Boon + Stacking Meta and Why I'm not willing to participate in Endgame Group Content]

Agree.
Overreliance on boons just created something like the holy trinity, just generally more unrelatable than the generally accepted tank/healer/dps that is used in multiple other games.

While the lack/removal of the holy trinity was originally designed so you didn‘t have to wait for certain classes/builds before having fun and tackling content, the „trinity“ just came back in a less intuitive form for certain types of content.

[How about 10 PLAYER version of dungeons?]

I‘d rather them spend their resources elsewhere.

[ArenaNet Studio Update: June 2022]

Good changes all around.

[The New Legendary Weapons]

1 hour ago, Vavume.8065 said:

The new legendary variant is so ugly, black lion skins are better, I will just wait for the Primordus and Jormag variants, hopefully they will be better.

Okay then, that was always allowed.

[4th Expansion villain idea, yay or nay...]

Aside from her not having any current reason for turning evil, I’d be against yet another Asura as the main villain.

[What's GW2's biggest lore mistake according to you?]

Overabundance of Inquest.

[Will the "Your choices matter" design philosophy ever return to GW2?]

Many things in the Manifesto don't hold up.
Things like: 

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it doesn’t make you spend hours preparing to have fun rather than just having fun

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 With GW2 there’s a third option too: you can just naturally play with all the people around you. I personally spend a big chunk of my time in traditional MMOs soloing, but when I play GW2 I always find myself naturally working with everyone around me to accomplish world objectives, and before long we find ourselves saying, “Hey, there’s a bunch of us here; let’s see if we can take down the swamp boss together,” without ever having bothered to form a party.

Of course GW2 has great support for parties, but they just don’t feel as necessary as they do in other MMOs, because your interests are always aligned with all other nearby players anyway.

 

Just aren't true anymore with content requiring specific preparation. Want to do any of the bigger Meta-events? You'll end up on a empty map if you don't proactively look for a group in LFG. 

Same thing for the "your choices matter" during perstonal story. They've never really mattered long term, only short term to get some specific rewards earlier.

[How would you describe HoT, PoF and EoD in one sentence/phrase?]

HoT: Decline of Revenue

PoF: Mounts are cool, I guess

EoD: Still deciding