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Xanthar · Aug 04, 2005, 08:02 AM // 08:02

I have a couple of questions I'd be very interested in the answer to:

Will you take a firm stand on the effort level required to play GW? - The very receptive nature of ArenaNet has been a boon during the development of the game, but is has led to people permanently hoping for a "fix" that will reduce the percieved "grind". It even leads them to believe that if they nag and whine enough, they'll get their wishes through. Will ArenaNet finally declare how it is supposed to be, so that the players who are not satisfied may leave at last? Remember - You can't please all of the people all of the time.

How will the new expansions work? - I know that you cannot reveal anything about the actual content of the expansions, and that is not the kind of answer I want. What I am after is how will new skills be introduced. Will old skills be deprecated, much like they are in some CCGs? How will missions be balanced to be a challenge both to ascended characters and new characters?

Will you address the issues with the "Worlds at War"? - This is a tricky question, I know. There is, in my humble opinion, a serious design flaw in the WaW system in that it statistically rewards large regions. This leads to feedback system where, the larger a region is, the better the payoffs for moving to it. This kind of effect has leeched out the "Europe" region in favour of the "America" region. It is simple: The rational thing to do if you speak English is to make the switch. Nationalists of various persuasions may tell you otherwise, but nationalism is not rational.

RTSFirebat · Aug 04, 2005, 08:10 AM // 08:10

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Originally Posted by majikalfae

Will we ever be able to toggle our capes on and off?

(sadly this is the most important question on my mind right now)

Yes I second that question, I really want to know.

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Will pet commands ever be added in? Or are any planned at this moment in time?

StandardAI · Aug 04, 2005, 08:13 AM // 08:13

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Originally Posted by Linkie

How do you react to Gaile Gray kicking out most of the PvP testing individuals and Guilds from the alpha testing?

Are you planning to make fixes to the skills a major part of the PvP community, including alphas, claim to be unbalanced? If so, when?

Do you have any concrete plans on how to make Guildwars into a competative PvP game? If so, what suggestions are you considering these days?

How do you react to Gaile Gray (and to some extent Alex Weekes) getting such negative feedback from some parts of the community? (I guess I know this won't be included, but I'd like to know anyway

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How do you react to the people claiming Anet outright lied to them when your commercial said you'd be ready to PvP competavely in no-time, yet a lot of people have played for over 600 hours and still don't feel they have everything they need for competative play?

Do you have any concrete plans on how to make Guildwars into a competative PvP game? If so, what suggestions are you considering these days?

I'd like to go with this question, Seeing as it was advertised as a CORPG, and then turned out to be a GFRPG (Grind and Failure RPG) I just made that up, Aren't I clever like Gaile?

Edge Martinez · Aug 04, 2005, 08:22 AM // 08:22

Are there any plans for future professions that are non-casters? More specifically, will we see more physical combat professions that are not reliant on magic or range?

Zuggy · Aug 04, 2005, 08:28 AM // 08:28

I apologize if these have already been asked.

Are there plans to open up the other "favor" areas in the Temple of Ages, and if so, when?

Are there any plans to un-nerf areas or otherwise make it easier to get high end items? (IMO it's a little ridiculous when you've played 330 hours all but 10 or 15 PvE and have only found 1 superior rune)

Are there plans for any more PvE content between the summer update and the next chapter next year?

Are there any plans for faction with the other gods like melandru or dwayna?

Are there any plans to possibly introduce flying pets?

Is PvE going to recieve some TLC since PvP seems to have been hogging the spotlight for some time now?

Will the new PvE areas only be open to people who have completed all the missions?

How many people will be able to participate in Observer Mode?

How long will the ladder seasons run?

Are you still banning the accounts of botters?

Takkun · Aug 04, 2005, 08:32 AM // 08:32

I have a lot of questions...so here we go:

1. In the PvE, we aren't really given the choice whether or not we wish to stay as part of the White Mantle, even though the Leader of the Shining Blades tells us that we will face a difficult decision while doing Bloodstone Fen. Will be ever be given a "fork in the road" so to speak concerning our destiny rather than following the road which we are currently forced to take?

2. Otyugh's Cry is one of the many skills which cannot be effectively used after the wilds area. Are there supposed to be skills such as this that are only useful in the low level missions, or are there going to changes made to encourage players to use these skills more often?

3. Will there ever be wild animals implemented into the GvG maps and Tombs maps?

4. There are many guilds who are struggling to get their very own guild hall because of the current dominating tombs build that are controlling the hall, such as the spirit builds. Will there ever be another way to to earn a celestial sigil other than through Tombs?

5. Can the ever popular mystery about where Gwen is be solved currently, or is everyone just wasting there time?

6. It has been awhile since we have seen any of the special features that were implemented during the beta weekend events such as the special effects which occured at the end of each beta event. Are there plans on continuing that sort of thing in order to show off the stream downloading feature?

7. (Removed after seeing the letter)

8. Are there any thoughts as to whether or not you will have monthly or even weekly contests for guild wars merchandise or a special untradeable in game item?

9. I always hated how the beautiful hair on all my girl characters are hidden within some ugly helmet, any thoughts?

10. *new question*: A lot of times i've bought skills and then found the mission I needed in order to unlock them afterward. Are there any plans on adding missions which will recognize skills you havent unlocked and then use those as the rewards?

Chavi · Aug 04, 2005, 08:36 AM // 08:36

How much time do you think the spirit spammers will need to ruin the game completely?

borkbork · Aug 04, 2005, 08:45 AM // 08:45

1. Will mobs ever incorporate other tactics (perhaps PvP style ones with combos)? I want to see some air spiking mob teams, or heal ball mob teams!

2. Does this game HAVE to use the heal/tank/nuke method as a measure of 'difficulty'? Although it's a viable strategy, can we please require groups to have more strategy and thought into PvE builds before leaving on a mission so 99% of groups aren't just monks/warriors/eles?

3. Will post ascension missions and future expansions increase the difficulty and challenges of PvE? It's too easy and boring if all you have to do is pull. (Example.. Snake's Dance)

4. What happened to DISRUPTION as a tactic in PvE? What's the use of distracting shot or countering spells if you can steam roll everything with heal/tank/nuke?

5. Will we have more arena types? I want to see more 4 v 4 maps in different flavors, even a 6 v 6 map would be fun too.

Bast · Aug 04, 2005, 08:59 AM // 08:59

Will our concerns with Natures Renewal (overpoweredness), Ether Renewal (infinite energy), and Putrid Explosion (cheesy spammable) ever be addressed?

Will you consider adding more PVP variety? Different Arenas (6v6 team, 8v8 team), tombs game types, maybe some stuff resembling PK in other games? Like PVP explorable areas with teams possibly?

Rydier · Aug 04, 2005, 09:00 AM // 09:00

How do you justify "Skill over time spent" in PvP when unlocking all content takes ~1000 hours per character, and merely tweaking your build to include a skill you don't have, takes at least 30 minutes, up to an hour if it's an elite? (after ascension)

Why was faction introduced with laughably worse skillpoints/time compared to PvE? And why is elite skills 3 times as expensive, considering they don't really take 3 times longer to get in PvE? (Unless in a faraway location)

Why the sudden, no-feedback changes, between last BWE and release?

Why are late-game PvE rewards and PvP "requirements"
overlapping entities?

How come I only have a .0001% chance of meeting again someone I played with earlier (and liked) unless I added them to friends list before the party split and I forgot their name?

Why do you think Guild Wars (according to ML report) was a major letdown in Korea?

lsdDominus · Aug 04, 2005, 09:02 AM // 09:02

Will you ever apologize for lying and misleading thousands of people to buy your "grind free, all about player skill" game?

Will you stop focusing on PvE even though NcSoft makes you spend 99% of your time improving it so they can keep attracting koreans who pay monthly fees? (I'm not racist in the slightest its just that they have to pay monthly fees and NcSoft is a Korean company)

Will you start focusing on PvP which was your whole selling point in North America and Europe?

Will you stop giving us rediculously redundant public addresses (Fansite Fridays for one example) with your witty phrases and lies like your famous "to-do list"?

Will you realize how many people have stopped playing guild wars because of the above said follies of ArenaNet and NcSoft?

Have you ever played tombs in a pick up group?

Have you compared the amount of districts in tombs this week to when Guild Wars was released?

Will you finally realize how pointless it is to try and build a correlation between PvE players and PvP players.

Will you guess how many hours I've spent on guild wars in not even three months and how much I have left to unlock (if you guessed less than 800 hours and a bit over half of unlockable content your dead wrong)

Will you tell me how faction isn't making the top guilds better and the low guilds angrier?

Will you admit that your fabulous faction system is a blatant copy of WoW which in all probablility took you about a week to implement?

Will you tell me what you REALLY think the divine aura is? Because it's a sparkly hand-trail. ADMIT IT.

Will you tell my why the item descriptions on various retail websites for pre-order items are completely false and technically against the law (think about false advertisement next time)

Will you publish your own games in the future so that your not held back by a publisher with possibly the worst reputation in the gaming industry?

And will you please give me a goodbye hug in 3 weeks when I move on to other games because you still haven't changed anything in PvP?

Edit add in: Will you fire Gaile or tell her to thoroughly think before she says anything which will damage her(and consequently ArenaNets) reputation even more?(lies, lies, everywhere a lie. wreckin your game so I says goodbyes.)

My name is Chris. I loved Guild Wars. My guild is in the top 20 and it is only them keeping me playing this game for the moment. If you haven't deleted this post for whatever reason thank you for taking time to read my thoughts.

ANOTHER add in:
To the GWGuru Staff,
after reviewal of all previous posts to mine, I would like to plead to you NOT to ask any questions that have not been addressed in previous fansite fridays. In no way am I asking you to post my questions specifically. Please stop asking about the trade system or PvE or the host of other questions I see again and again in these weekly charades (not the game but: A readily perceived pretense; a travesty). There is a growing crisis in the dominant Guild Wars community bordering a climax. We need to address PvP and we need to do it now. We need to stop hearing this silly to-do list and we need to see results. We need to stop arguing about the unlock all skills debate and think of another solution if that will never happen. We Need Changes. We need them now.

"Think of me
as one you'd never figured
Would fade away so young
With so much left undone
Remember me to my love,"
-Neil Young
If Guild Wars was a sentient being I'm sure that's what it would say to us all.

Scooby_Snax · Aug 04, 2005, 09:23 AM // 09:23

Why are the traders making such huge profits?

The temporary thrill of finding a purple item which yields a major/superior rune is quickly extinguished when the rune trader will only offer you 25gp for it. He is selling the same item for several hundred gp thus marking it up by several thousand percent.

Selling to players takes too much time under the current system. Time which should be spent enjoying playing the game.

Are there plans to balance the actual GP value of the drops. After all a charr stalker may drop 25gp cash - the equivalent of my hard earned major rune.

Rayea · Aug 04, 2005, 09:58 AM // 09:58

i would ask some of the following...

please, do NOT give up on PvE here in euro, since not everyone here is a blatant PvP lover, some of us are here to PvE, even when some players INSIST that euro and usa are only in the game for PvP reasons.

consider adding, possably as another add on, a player driven crafting system that even if you have no intention to craft yourself, you can still get benifits from if you simply purchace crafted-by-charater itmes. some of us obsessive types also love to make stuff, be it cause we can, or for friends.

think about adding special arena scripts that will cause those that run to specific areas specifiacly to get a high end armour then run back to low end arenas to show off in to be unable to use those armours in the arena. these people have no real reson to do this other than to rub it in and exploit the system. running to an area once you have been there with another charater is not so bad, IMHO as doing it simply to get cool armour to cause havoc in the low arena areas.

consider adding white to the dye list, along with making the cost of buying dyes stable. i feel that the cost of the dyes, specialy the popular black and silver, is causing people to not be able to enjoy you added Mix a Dye feature. i for one, can not afford to experiment with dyes much, since i like to take my time progressing through areas.

GokuSaiyan · Aug 04, 2005, 10:11 AM // 10:11

i have a good question (i think)

Why cant we swim or climb on rocks and ladders or just simple jump? Wouldnt it be cool to have some underwater missions? The invisible walls take away the freedom in the game.

Willow · Aug 04, 2005, 10:45 AM // 10:45

In the early stages of PvE, both in pre-searing and post-searing Ascalon, the focus of gameplay was primarily quest-based. As the game progressed, the focus shifted more and more to missions, and by the time one got to the Crystal Desert, quests were few and far between, and missions were practically the only element of game play.

While I am enjoying missions and the challenge they bring, I often miss the freedom of having several quests and choosing what order to do them in, and the freedom of exploring large areas.

Is this an intentional design change to slowly shift people from quest to mission based play? Is there any intent to implement large numbers of new quests with the upcoming large PvE summer update?

Esprit · Aug 04, 2005, 11:52 AM // 11:52

Will there be an upgraded friends list? So that we can have more people on the list, and organize the list (i.e. a sub-category for real life friends, P.U.G. friends, and guild friends).

How do you decide on what suggestions to implement from the fanbase? (beyond thinking it is good or bad)

TideSwayer · Aug 04, 2005, 12:06 PM // 12:06

1.) Major Runes are pretty much worthless right now with their -50 health and +2 attributes. Nobody I know uses them. Any plans in the near future to make these more worthwhile to the players?

2.) Is it generally safe to assume that as the PvE game evolves (expansions, updates, etc.), that the level cap will slowly rise, and the max damages of weapons and max upgrades on weapons (and so forth) will also rise? The PvE game as it stands now is fairly balanced, but how much more "game" can one reasonably expect to play through with their skills, weapons, etc., already maxed out early through even what we have now?

3.) Why is gambling generally frowned upon by the development team? I think something like a monster arena (where various teams of mobs fight each other, and the players bet gold on their winner choice) would be a huge hit. RPG's for YEARS have long since had some sort of gold-gambling setup, and right now there's not much to do in towns and outposts except sell your offs to the merchant and go. While spending your gold on weapons/items/armor/etc. is always useful, there aren't really any fun ways to spend it, other than dyes and dwarven ale.

4.) Henchmen are a pain in the butt to control in battle. They always stick close to you so monsters like the Hydra will mess your whole hench party up with their meteors. Are there any plans to give the henchies some sort of "order around" system? If I'm a healer monk, I want to send Stefan and Thom up to the mob while I stay back at a safe distance. Right now, to even get them to fight I have to go up and start the fight myself, which completely defeats the purpose of my character type. While I agree that pets need a user system as well, please don't forget how lame the henchies can be at times too.

5.) I love the XP scrolls, and liken them to a sort of "bending the rules" item for GW. Are there any plans to add new types of scrolls, that could bend other rules? For example, maybe a scroll that cuts down the amount of items/gold henchmen get in battle compared to the humans? A scroll that adds an extra tick of energy regen for 10 minutes or so? +5 armor? Invulnerability to blindness for a short time? Reduced death penalty? Stuff like that could be useful.

Jaythen Tyradel · Aug 04, 2005, 12:13 PM // 12:13

Most of the questions I wanted to ask have been asked but here are a few I would like to have asked in reponse to others questsions?

Was UAS really the ideal to be released for PVP or was it just a one time thing?

Is PVP the main selling point as some are saying it is while others are saying it is PVE? I personally think it was designed as both in mind not one or the other.

Is there a possible solution to griefers/afkers with the idea of a kick/remove from party into own instance implement?

In furutre expansions/downloads, will there be more small outposts/towns in areas that are in generally skipped over due to missions taking you to new areas? For example, between Kryta and the Wilds, there is a HUGE gap. One can run from TOA to The Wilds and there are some neat areas there, but no drive to get people to explore there.

Will this summer update/future expansions be truly limited to Ascended players? OR will we find Lvl 1-5's running around becuase they got rushed there and have no idea what to do? (not all of them will be newer players, of course).

Is there a possibility if implementing small quests/jobs/fun games for the purpose of entertaining people if they need a break from fighting or farming?

Thank you for your time.

poofighter · Aug 04, 2005, 12:22 PM // 12:22

Will there be aby weapons/armor skin unlocking system? like if you get a fellblade drop, will you be able to change the normal pvp sword look into a pvp fellblade? and if you buys a new aeromancer 15k armor, will you be able to chance the pvp aeromancer look to the 15k one?

and on that note, will casters get more weapons? it seems that warrior and ranger have a wide selection of weapons such as dragon swords, chaos axes, storm bows, eternal bows, and even not high level drops such as gaient slayer hammers, piercing axes and more, while caster basiclly can choose from 1 handed weapon, staff of their type (which most types have the same look), raven staffs and ghostly staffs (which the chance you'll even get one is so low, and eve lower to get it for your type of casting, and even lower to get it gold with stuff that worths selling for it's rarety), so will you add more skins to casters weapons?

stone cold monkey grip · Aug 04, 2005, 12:22 PM // 12:22

Will there always be the necessity to create more than one chararacter to unlock skills?

I have one char, and am grinding to get skill points to get skills, but it seems it would be easier to start a new char and go through the game again. Which is something that I don't want to do and don't have the time to do. I want to get more into PvP but am being heldback by the current lvl up to get a skill point. Which is keeping me tied to PvE.