Hotride.2187 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 When do you even see the jade bot, to buy a skin for it? So weird... 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 9 hours ago, Lottie.5370 said: I'm just confused why they would make a skin for something we see for literal seconds every time we play. I like the skin, I think it's cute, I just don't think it's worth it for the amount of time I see my jade bot. Some people bought mail carriers, and we only see those for a couple of seconds, before they started making new skins a lot of people hadn't even noticed the default pigeon. I'm not saying it makes sense or I agree with it, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if people buy these. 7 hours ago, Ultramex.1506 said: You think NCSoft have any influence on this? Since they are Korean? My understanding is that NCSoft West (the American division) influences some of the high level decision making, like overall budgets and when an expansion gets made, but they don't have any involvement in the details. It wouldn't surprise me if all they decide for the gem store is the targets for how much profit they need to make each quarter. I've never worked in the games industry but when I've done reports for the board on my departments activities it's always just been high level aggregates like total number of cases taken on and number resolved, total expenditure and profit and maybe types of services offered. That's the level of feedback we got as well - they'd tell us to increase our targets or decrease expenditure but the detail of what exactly to do was always left up to the people doing the work. But also liking cute things is hardly exclusive to Korea, just look at the popularity of cats and assorted baby animals on the internet, people all over the world get excited about that stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch of Steam.5138 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 They could have released an Asura-themed Mechanist Mech Reskin. And an Asura-themed Jade bot ... Since Nothing in cantha was revolutionary or Ground breaking. Like, even their BEST inventions we saw better versions of in Rata Primus Before we blew it up . 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuavePuppy.2809 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 My opinion is no. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyant.1327 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Anything to get rid of Jade Tech on your screen is a good thing. Just hope they do more of this as there's a lot of visuals that it would be nice to replace, virtuoso's pink blades, the awful mechanist jade, etc. Game would be a lot nicer to look at, we get more customization, they make more money = everybody happy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultramex.1506 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 3 hours ago, Danikat.8537 said: But also liking cute things is hardly exclusive to Korea, just look at the popularity of cats and assorted baby animals on the internet, people all over the world get excited about that stuff. Yes but when it come to cute and sexy, Japan/China/Korea ain't exactly subtle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fueki.4753 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) That skin is disgusting at best. It's not even worth getting it for free. Edited July 15, 2022 by Fueki.4753 5 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson.4036 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Danikat.8537 said: Some people bought mail carriers, and we only see those for a couple of seconds, before they started making new skins a lot of people hadn't even noticed the default pigeon. Mail carriers are one of the big reasons this seems so weird (skin design aside). The vast majority of the carriers were made in 2014 and 2015, and then ANet largely abandoned them. No doubt people weren't largely interested in paying gems for something that appears and disappears so quickly. Add this to several other "wait, I thought they'd learned that wasn't a good idea" choices recently, and it really does feel like ANet is being run by an entirely new team. There doesn't seem to be anyone to say, "Hey, guys, back in 2015 we tried this, and it didn't work out too well". Edited July 15, 2022 by Gibson.4036 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astralporing.1957 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 5 hours ago, Danikat.8537 said: My understanding is that NCSoft West (the American division) influences some of the high level decision making, like overall budgets and when an expansion gets made, but they don't have any involvement in the details. It wouldn't surprise me if all they decide for the gem store is the targets for how much profit they need to make each quarter. At the time of Icebrood Saga announcement, the people making decision for GW2 marketing seemed to be NCSoft execs. Mike Sibowitz that appeared then in wiki is listed as being an Anet employee, but was announced as NCSoft's VP of marketing, not as an Anet person. I'm quite sure that since that time Anet became even less independent and it's quite likely that the whole monetization stuff is managed independently from the game one nowadays, and falls completely under NCSoft West's umbrella. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jin.8501 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 I wish they made new faces and hairstyles and sold those instead. Only reason they invent these new systems is to sell skins for them 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DexterousGecko.6328 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 17 hours ago, Astralporing.1957 said: ...what kind of abomination is that? Can someone please make it go away? I don't think Guild Wars 2 is going anywhere for at least a couple of years. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astralporing.1957 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 12 minutes ago, DexterousGecko.6328 said: I don't think Guild Wars 2 is going anywhere for at least a couple of years. Well, i hoped it might move forward, but you might be right about it. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holykitten.3064 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Tbh, I like it... however, I don't see the Jadebot often enough to buy it a skin. So I'll pass. +1 to the Jade Mech being dyable too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susy.7529 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 6 hours ago, Hotride.2187 said: When do you even see the jade bot, to buy a skin for it? So weird... Same as gathering tools skins or mail carriers skills. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson.4036 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Susy.7529 said: Same as gathering tools skins or mail carriers skills. Mail carrier, yeah. Depending on how you play, though, gathering tools can get a lot more use, and some are ridiculously big and flashy. Edited July 15, 2022 by Gibson.4036 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Fro.6953 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Really not a fan of this for Tyria. I'm honestly glad that it's going to be almost never seen. To me it's overly-cutesie and feels like something I'd relate to a Final Fantasy crossover. I would have much rather seen... Anything(?) else. As someone else said, something like an Asuran take on it, Magitech, Aetherblade, Steampunk... Something. There are outstanding cool and cute options, but this genuinely feels to me as just an easy cater to a small portion of people to grab a quick buck. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solstice.5790 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 If they created a held novelty item that's just a wooden sign saying "I can't handle money" someone would still buy it. And show it. And be proud of it. If you think it's cute, buy and enjoy it. Me personally, I won't. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 5 hours ago, Solstice.5790 said: If they created a held novelty item that's just a wooden sign saying "I can't handle money" someone would still buy it. And show it. And be proud of it. If you think it's cute, buy and enjoy it. Me personally, I won't. You mean like a title which costs 1,000g? 1 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daninumbers.4036 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 This is like gathering tool skins, something that you see for a very short time when doing some action. I can't recall seeing other people's bot tbh, nor I paid attention to that. If it's just for yourself to see, why stopping there and not just mod the game to show the skins you want even if everyone else see you with a plain mithril sword? It's Fashion Wars, just to show off. What would bug me is them not making it an entity, so it doesn't show normally, because it'd overload the servers but now giving it skins. Your mini at least follows you. Or look, let us choose if we wanna show the bot or a mini. Then hiding them when the map is overcrowded as usual. Problem solved. Personally I'd prefer skins for the jade mecha or at least be dyeable. For anyone thinking it could confuse people in competitive, who can see anything with the clusterfck of effects and everyone looking like a disco ball anyway? About the theme it's true it's out of place as other people say, that it's all being so magical and fairy-like rather than what looked like a fantasy game about massive dragons, lots of people dying to them, but nope, you go around in your childish outfit shooting unicorns at murderer monsters. Some fun joke designs are fine, but everything being out of place... I guess if they keep making them they sell well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elricht Kaltwind.8796 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Can we get an option to turn off all cat-related content? Thanks in advance 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen.2907 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 51 minutes ago, Elricht Kaltwind.8796 said: Can we get an option to turn off all cat-related content? Thanks in advance They would charge for that option and sell dog breed skins for it. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoky.5348 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 2:27 PM, Shadowmoon.7986 said: 4 out of the 5 EoD masteries were ways to add more items into gemstore. Guess this is the whaling expansion? I was gonna make a joke to point out how right you are, but aren't PoF's masteries a similar percentage? Regardless, Jade Bot skins are indeed quite ridiculous, made even worse that they're not going to immediately flesh it out with a good chunk of variety. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificer.3468 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 I thought they would add a few more EoD centred design first before moving on to stuff like this. Personally I dont really like it much 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labjax.2465 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 6 minutes ago, Smoky.5348 said: I was gonna make a joke to point out how right you are, but aren't PoF's masteries a similar percentage? Regardless, Jade Bot skins are indeed quite ridiculous, made even worse that they're not going to immediately flesh it out with a good chunk of variety. Lol you're not wrong. I think it just feels more that way with EoD because of people (like myself) thinking the features are shallow and incomplete, or just poorly implemented. Well that and fishing was a pretty nasty cash grab with the infinite lure thing. At least with mount skins, there's no gameplay penalty for only having the default. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Smoky.5348 said: I was gonna make a joke to point out how right you are, but aren't PoF's masteries a similar percentage? Regardless, Jade Bot skins are indeed quite ridiculous, made even worse that they're not going to immediately flesh it out with a good chunk of variety. Well pof are 100% but they are all the same mount system really. Imagine we got the skiff, land buggy, helicopter and submarine in EoD then it would have been similar indeed. They kinda cheapened out on masteries with pof it could have been all in the same line and 3 other masterly lines added for stuff but I guess they dident have time. 7 minutes ago, Labjax.2465 said: Lol you're not wrong. I think it just feels more that way with EoD because of people (like myself) thinking the features are shallow and incomplete, or just poorly implemented. Well that and fishing was a pretty nasty cash grab with the infinite lure thing. At least with mount skins, there's no gameplay penalty for only having the default. Considering you dont even need a lure if you got bait I dont find it a cash grab. Edited July 16, 2022 by Linken.6345 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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