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sportacus · Jan 28, 2009, 12:16 AM // 00:16

http://www.arena.net/jobs/

Apparently ANet is still recruiting developers for GW2

Rocky Raccoon · Jan 28, 2009, 12:25 AM // 00:25

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Originally Posted by sportacus

http://www.arena.net/jobs/

Apparently ANet is still recruiting developers for GW2

To me that looks like a good thing, but just wait for the negative twist some people will put on this.

draxynnic · Jan 28, 2009, 01:44 AM // 01:44

Clearly, the ANet dev team is having so much fun lying back on beaches sipping tropical drinks on NCSoft's paycheck that they want to invite others to join the party. They're just asking for qualifications to make sure that the guests will understand the conversations.

shoyon456 · Jan 28, 2009, 02:00 AM // 02:00

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Originally Posted by Risky Ranger

To me that looks like a good thing, but just wait for the negative twist some people will put on this.

Negative Twist:

They're clearly still just planning GW2, and its likely vaporware.

The Best Optimistic Twist you can do:

They just didn't update the site... they're neglecting it like the "all new GW2 site" to devote all their resources to gw2. Oh wait, that means its still not close to being reality...

/facepalm

draxynnic · Jan 28, 2009, 02:13 AM // 02:13

Is that really the most optimistic twist?

More developers could mean more people to design maps to make for a bigger world on release.

More developers could mean more monster, weapon and armour skins and models get produced.

If you consider 'most optimistic' to be 'most optimistic towards an early release' - More developers could mean that they're just about done and are recruiting for the expansion.

Recruiting does not necessarily mean they haven't started as you're implying. I bet Blizzard didn't stop bringing people into WoW the moment the first line of code was entered into a computer.

Buster · Jan 28, 2009, 02:22 AM // 02:22

Until we are blue in the face and completely title grinded out of our minds ? My guess we won't hear a peep out of them until PAX.

blood4blood · Jan 28, 2009, 03:52 AM // 03:52

Sometime before the release of MechWarrior 5.

kenard · Jan 28, 2009, 04:35 AM // 04:35

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Originally Posted by Abedeus

Diablo 3, announced in 2008, in development for the last 4 years, had dozens of screenshots and... 3? gameplay videos.

so in 2007 (start of gw2 dev) + 4 = 2011 we will have dozens of screenshots and gameplay videos.
Right? gw2 was the 4th chapter turned into a new game so mid 2006 early 2007 was the start of it.

Apollo Smile · Jan 28, 2009, 07:24 AM // 07:24

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Originally Posted by draxynnic

Is that really the most optimistic twist?

More developers could mean more people to design maps to make for a bigger world on release.

More developers could mean more monster, weapon and armour skins and models get produced.

If you consider 'most optimistic' to be 'most optimistic towards an early release' - More developers could mean that they're just about done and are recruiting for the expansion.

Recruiting does not necessarily mean they haven't started as you're implying. I bet Blizzard didn't stop bringing people into WoW the moment the first line of code was entered into a computer.

http://www.blizzard.com/us/jobopp/

didis · Jan 28, 2009, 07:33 AM // 07:33

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Originally Posted by Gigashadow

That is interesting, but if you look at page 5, you can see that they are using estimates for their 2007 sales numbers in it. This means that spreadsheet is quite old, so their GW2 predictions are wildly out of date.

True, if looking at the properties ofthe document it indicates januar 2008. Nevertheless it shows the preferred roadmap. They should however update this information more regular.

As a remark to the jobs: They are there on the jobs page for several months now. Sometimes they keep these openings as a strategic thing. In periods of employee cost cutting these are the first who will be deleted. A management trick to keep the original developers team and not to send those devs home.

silv3rr · Jan 28, 2009, 07:48 AM // 07:48

They're waiting for WoW to die down first... then kidnap all the defectees.

draxynnic · Jan 28, 2009, 10:32 AM // 10:32

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Originally Posted by Apollo Smile

http://www.blizzard.com/us/jobopp/

Clearly Blizzard is either still just planning WoW (and after more than five years since it was announced, too!) and it's likely vapourware, or, at best, they're neglecting to update the site because all their people are working on the game, so it's still a long time until release.

...waaaait a second.

Takeko Nakano · Jan 28, 2009, 01:11 PM // 13:11

Put it like this. ANet have until the end of February to get some sort of information out because at the start of March, Empire: Total War will be released. I see myself and many others as playing that for quite a while.

Then we'll have Diablo III, Dawn of War II and possibly Battlefield Heroes to keep us away from GW. Sure some people will have time for all of that, but many of us won't. After we've played all of that to death, why would we want to come back to a game that we've already played just to grind titles for a sequel that we still don't know will be released, let alone when?

ANet need to up their game.

Yawgmoth · Jan 28, 2009, 03:07 PM // 15:07

I can has preorders?
http://en.konsolinet.fi/tuotekortti.php?path=6/19/4206
Prediction: When will Anet release GW2 information: maybe 1 day before release? Who needs long hype seasons, previews, screenshorts, and public betas? They'll just launch it in a one huge massive slam to wipe away all unexpecting competition!
:P

xD :lol:

Society · Jan 28, 2009, 06:27 PM // 18:27

Well, being developer myself I can say following...
1) Whole announcement of GW2 was lame. No one serious gamedeveloping site I know will keep that bunch of bare promises without any visible results of work. Screenshots is a bare minimum here, playable demo (even pre-alpha) heavily recommended.
2) Recruiting new people to team... Well, basically recruiting a whole team. After...em...2 years of "work" ? Out of words.
3) It's only me, or there really was no even imitation of any progress ever after that short FAQ, which doen't answer to most of main questions about GW2 ? Lack of enthusiasm, huh ?

So... GW2 just looks like one more "Doom 18" project from gamedev.net: dreams of few kids to make some cool game. Yeah, I'm disappointed too. A lot.

Vel · Jan 28, 2009, 06:36 PM // 18:36

Sustained, long-term financial backing; no “funding milestones”.

Recession-proof, I hope.

Society · Jan 28, 2009, 06:44 PM // 18:44

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Sustained, long-term financial backing; no “funding milestones”.

Noob team-leaders (yes, it's a job... for lamers who unable to do anything themselves) calling it simpler: "No salary before release". As for me, it's, at least, sounds more... fair. Release, of course, never happens, but it's just show cost of work.

R.Shayne · Jan 28, 2009, 06:46 PM // 18:46

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Originally Posted by blood4blood

Sometime before the release of MechWarrior 5.

Don't say something like that, Microsoft could come along buy ANET like the did FASA Interactive, then decide they can not add anything new to the game (translatiion: focused on the XBOX junk) and then decide to put Guild Wars away until someone pays on ungodly amount to license a game.

I am guessing we will hear something about Guild Wars 2 three months after Aion is released in the States.

Apollo Smile · Jan 28, 2009, 07:18 PM // 19:18

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Originally Posted by Takeko Nakano

Put it like this. ANet have until the end of February to get some sort of information out because at the start of March, Empire: Total War will be released. I see myself and many others as playing that for quite a while.

Then we'll have Diablo III, Dawn of War II and possibly Battlefield Heroes to keep us away from GW. Sure some people will have time for all of that, but many of us won't. After we've played all of that to death, why would we want to come back to a game that we've already played just to grind titles for a sequel that we still don't know will be released, let alone when?

ANet need to up their game.

LOL Battlefield Heroes? Did you play the beta? It was awful.

DarkWasp · Jan 28, 2009, 09:20 PM // 21:20

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Originally Posted by Takeko Nakano

Put it like this. ANet have until the end of February to get some sort of information out because at the start of March, Empire: Total War will be released. I see myself and many others as playing that for quite a while.

Then we'll have Diablo III, Dawn of War II and possibly Battlefield Heroes to keep us away from GW. Sure some people will have time for all of that, but many of us won't. After we've played all of that to death, why would we want to come back to a game that we've already played just to grind titles for a sequel that we still don't know will be released, let alone when?

ANet need to up their game.

Actauly I found it easy to play Farcry 2, StarCraft, DOA4, SvenCoop(HL1), BF2142, BF: BC and L4D within a week and still primary in GW without playing games all day long. Not saying you have to play a bunch of games though. I just don't think they would play a major marketing issue with GW2. Its the quality that counts.

As for my predictions on the next info. Within 2 months, I say they atleast humor us with yet another article stating that GW2 is going to have: A presistant world, jumping, and swimming.