Curse

Night Raven · Jun 30, 2005, 09:41 PM // 21:41

Since i'm not quite far in the game (still in pre-searing) i haven't experienced GW as a whole.

But, to put my two cents in, an improved character customization at the BEGINING of the game would be nice.

More hair styles, color, facial traits, scars, tatoos and maybe the possibility to dye your armor at the character creation screen. That way, you'll not walk by 3 of your clones after 10 minutes of play.

I know, it's not WoW and there are no monthly fees, so i shouldn’t complain.

JoDiamonds · Jun 30, 2005, 09:48 PM // 21:48

I want a way for players to take part in the larger story or actions. Things like Raids as they exist in other games simply can't/don't with the current system. I want to fight with fifty humans on my side (vs. humans or mobs, either way).

These can be at set times or whatever.

Galphar · Jun 30, 2005, 10:27 PM // 22:27

Biggest thing I'd like to see are changes to the Guild HAll. Things like Ingram suggested; Traders, crafters, and an armory. I'd also like to see a Guild storage. Not something where you just store stuff in it and anyone in guild can take it out, but something along the lines of only officers can access it unless a specific item was put in for a guild member and only he could retrieve it.

Another suggestion I liked was the customization/diferentation of armors/weapons. Just being able to make myself look differnet than the 50 other rangers in a town besides my armor color or cape would go a long way.

All in all, I've really had no "real" complaints about the PvE side. It's good the way it is, but it can be made great.

Pandora's box · Jun 30, 2005, 10:28 PM // 22:28

Basicly a pve chr. should be able to grow so strong that he/she is able to slay a group of 3 high level monsters and 1 boss on his/her own (alone).

What I would like is:

-Unlimited leveling
-Differend kind of maps with more freedom to go anywhere (less labyrinth alike maps)
-*MUCH* better itemdrops, especially from bosses.
-More variation in items that improve skills.
-Some small random levels with high level monsters on maps after ascending.
-A REAL way of crafting items: player based, combining stuff to create something new.
-Missions should be optional, meaning that there is always another way to reach the same spot (with the exeption of the end-of-game mission and the mirror/doppolganger mission).
-End of the Favor system

PieXags · Jun 30, 2005, 10:30 PM // 22:30

I enjoy PvE.

I like it the way it is, they did a really good job with it and every moment I spent in it was an enjoyable experience.

The only problem I have with it is that it's over.

Done everything so now it's UW/Fissure.

I want the next chapter is what I want.

Divinitys Creature · Jun 30, 2005, 11:13 PM // 23:13

I think a completed quests and mission list would be very nice. Glancing down your Huuuuge list would give you a great sense of accomplishment - I guess. Maybe even a list of all the cool weapons you've had. Giving back the /age values would be nice since people want to know how much they have played.

Rigorn · Jun 30, 2005, 11:31 PM // 23:31

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Originally Posted by Pandora's box

-*MUCH* better itemdrops, especially from bosses.

I'll agree with that one. I just created a new character and I'm taking him through the first few missions... and I can't help but notice how terrible the boss drops are. I mean, they drop more items than the typical enemy, but it'd be nice if there were an assured purple or gold drop. I know, I know, farming issues... but still, it felt kinda weird going through ruins of surmia, facing the final boss, and receiving... a 3-5 tribal blade.

Khift · Jun 30, 2005, 11:31 PM // 23:31

I want to fight an army of Charr with an army of friends. I want eight groups of eight people against hundreds upon hundreds of Charr (Level 20+, of course) with complex, non-scripted AI (Believe it or not, such a thing does exist) on a massive battlefield with large amounts of open plains, hills, ridges, chokepoints, forests and bog marshes.

I want an economy that works. I want gold sinks, gold sinks, and more gold sinks. I want rare items that are actually worth buying. I want a weapon crafting system that will consume pre-existing resources hundreds at a time, but will allow you to create a weapon with whatever bonuses and appearance you want. (Want that fellblade with +15% dmg when HP > 50%? Better start saving your obsidian shards.)

I want Guild Hall customizability. I want to be able to make my Guild Hall look better than everyone else's. I want my Hall to have a storage agent, and a merchant, and a treasury, and maybe even a brewery. I want a casino to bet on matches in the Hall of Heroes.

I want more high-end content. I want more things to do than just farm for items, or to do Fissure and Underworld quests for skill points. I want more hard to reach places like Dragon's Gullet, The Falls, and Mineral Springs, just I want them to be worth travelling to. I want more dungeons. I want more Glints. I want it to be worth going through the trouble.

I want more goals -- skill points, loot, and exploration don't cut it. I want a challenge as difficult for a PvE'er to attain as the winning the Hall of Heroes is for a PvP'er, I want it to be announced throughout all the shards when I complete it, and I want all those in my shard to experience the same benefits as can be acquired from the Hall of Heroes, but in a different way. I want more Faction points with gods other than Balthazar which accomplish things for the PvE'er as the Balthazar Faction accomplishes things for the PvP'er.

I want to go on, but I can't think of much more.

Forscience · Jun 30, 2005, 11:37 PM // 23:37

I like the suggestions above, but I love GW as is as well. Guild Wars is fun. Sometime I think people forget that. I love the idea of 8 teams of 8 fighting a billion Char. That would rule. But what also would rule is an amazing competative rpg that doesnt have a monthly fee. If those two things are not compatable I would rather have the latter and save the former for the 8 hours a night that I dont play GW

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Indigo · Jun 30, 2005, 11:51 PM // 23:51

What would I like? Hmmm....

An end to the incessant need to separate the game into two different halves. The game was meant to incorporate PvP and PvE. It makes sense, to me at least, that the ability to go to the FoW/UW is based on favor gained from PvP ability in your country.

A good variation in the armor/weapons/items available in PvE/PvP

A way to remove/mute a player who is being a problem while on a mission

A way to kill the botplayers that are ruining the game and economy for the rest of us (pipe dream)

Armor choices based on your secondary class as well.

Just a few of the things that I'd like.

Lasareth · Jun 30, 2005, 11:52 PM // 23:52

Better spell effects on the field. Puffs of smoke just ain't cuttin' it.

Echo Eternal · Jun 30, 2005, 11:53 PM // 23:53

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Originally Posted by Golgotha

New areas to explore, something to do other than UW or FoW.
Deeper magic item system.
Super unique items.
More customization to appearance.
Much more variation in armors (not looks wise).
The ability to capture elites earlier in the game.
Upgrades for armors.
A voting kick system.

100% agree.

Mistress Eyahl · Jul 01, 2005, 12:30 AM // 00:30

A way to start a new character without having to endure Burnt Ascalon.
All my chars arrive at Lion's arch at lvl 10 cos I cannot be arsed to stay in Ascalon for longer than I have to. It's so depressing... NEED GREEN!!!!!

mik0112 · Jul 01, 2005, 12:50 AM // 00:50

I whant to be able to jump!
I dont know why.... its just a thing that should be in a game... and maybe a eating system?
hmm... a kind of good bad system... by that i mean you should be able to kill everyone(ok not those who gives you mission.... not important persons or other players... but i always whanted to kill a ascalong guard or an other peacefull person...

and if you kills alot of goodies you should start buying evil looking armors and you skin would change color and become dark... and in the end become angel or a demon or something like that... else i like the game... oh and some more gold... im kind off in need of such.... oh and cheaper dye!"¤!%!% i cant even afford a black.... i never could... and if my suggestions should become real i would kill the dye trader bechause of his high prizes... they are about 5 G worth!!!! hmmm... i would become the devil himself just by killing dye traders.....

Khift · Jul 01, 2005, 12:53 AM // 00:53

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Originally Posted by Mistress Eyahl

A way to start a new character without having to endure Burnt Ascalon.
All my chars arrive at Lion's arch at lvl 10 cos I cannot be arsed to stay in Ascalon for longer than I have to. It's so depressing... NEED GREEN!!!!!

Mistress Eyahl has a major point. I know I was seriously considering dumping this game when I was working through Ascalon with my first character. It's too depressing, and makes a piss-poor first impression.

And also, I know several people who actually did dump the game then. The whole Ascalon realm seems like a bad place to start a game.

super dooper · Jul 01, 2005, 01:10 AM // 01:10

I'm generally happy with the PvE side of the game. (PvP too, but that's another thread, rawr!) I'm just finding myself running low on gold and materials quite a bit, but that's due to terrible management on my part. :P

Arena.net has been very responsive, and for that alone I am very pleased. (.. you all should be, too!) So for now I continue to pray that all of these 'suggestions', don't cause some huge change that will ruin my gaming experience.

Evan The Cursed · Jul 01, 2005, 01:13 AM // 01:13

I want enemies who don't have to be ten levels higher than I am ever able to reach, as the one and only way to make them slightly challenging for me. And I do mean slightly.

I also want end-game areas that do not require the off-chance that my region has favor when I play, as I like to play when I like to play.

I also sometimes like to play on my own/with henchies without having to worry about:

a) Henchies being retards.

b) Popping into UW/FoW all by my lonesome because no one from my guild (who is ready for or even capable of entering aforementioned areas) is on and I have bad luck with PUGs.

I could totally settle for just nixing b, though.

Oh, and weird in-game Eve looking nothing like cover-of-game-box Eve, but >_>
<_<

Maybe a PvE reason to get guild halls, too. Or at least stuff to do in them besides explicitly PvP battles. eg. I know there's been a lot of talk about customizing them - I look forward to more info on th is.

Edit:

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Originally Posted by Lasareth

Better spell effects on the field. Puffs of smoke just ain't cuttin' it.

Here here!

Oh and one more thing: 15k armor sets with all their bloody graphics -_- If they weren't done by the time the game went retail, why even include them? Are we paying for and playing a beta?

Which reminds me, I'm too lazy to check the game updates, did they give Ranger's 15k Druid's set 15k graphics yet?

And why do some of them look uglier than their 1.5k sets?

And... other armor set stuff... I mean if they're gonna be so expensive (15k && FoW, etc.) then they should be incredibly extravagant theme-wise, and also diverse.

And maybe more parts to customize our toons in character creation for appearance. God I feel so limited. Where is the long hair for male warriors? And why are they all super beefy conan types? And the inverse for females.

Okay now I'm just ranting ^^

Tactical-Dillusions · Jul 01, 2005, 01:30 AM // 01:30

Many more explorable areas...hopefully an entire continent.
I would like to see larger areas, not small ones like Dreadnoughts Drift, more like the Arid Sea.

Unique items to be proud of.

Clothing...if i could wear a cowboy hat while hunting, that would be great.

More quests/missions...especially those that contain puzzles and things that need brains.
Hopefully there could be quests that can be done solo too.

Arena for PvE - go against increasingly difficult waves of monsters that would test the toughest of players to the limits. Boss monsters at every 10 rounds which drop great weapons etc.(please make solo playing an option too!!).

Greater customising of weapons and armour. More weapons and armour too.
I would like to see spears, crossbows, slingshots, dart guns, blowpipes, daggers, throwing knives, spiked boots/gloves (kick/punch the enemy. Maybe that would be delving into skills)
A possible new skill could be a football/rugby tackle (especially for a warrior) Lunge yourself on that bashing grawl and deck him, lol.
Tripwires for rangers. Very fast and cheap to setup, quite spammable. Just trips the enemy with no damage being inflicted.

I would also like to see (but this delves into PvP)...

A massive area/areas where you can play deathmatch against anyone who wants to join.
No mobs areas and some with mobs would add spice to the game but make the mobs drop no loot obviously.
It would be funny to lure that warrior into that sand wurm, hehe.

1v1 gladiator arenas...challenge your friend or guildmate to a duel!!!

/end contribution

Paladin_Adoni · Jul 01, 2005, 01:32 AM // 01:32

I've been told im vain and shallow because of what I want out of the game. sooo

heres what a shallow vain person wants :P

1 : Shields to actually do what shields are supposed to do (ie block at least SOME ATTACKS)
2 : 1 handed and 2 handed versions of every weapon class (not every weapon)
3 : the ability to dye the other portion of the armor
4 : to buy justicar hablions armor

5 : open the crypts up from pre-searing in post-searing so we can run around with random mobs, for end-game characters
6 : have guild emblem on shields
7 : or just something other than a full length cape (tunic? pouldron banner? etc)
8 : the ability to create a character of 1 class only, and get bonus' for focusing on just a single class instead of two.

thats all for now.

Paladin_Adoni · Jul 01, 2005, 01:47 AM // 01:47

oh, above all else (and I might be the only one)

first person mode is crap at the moment!

have it remove the models head, place the camera there (linked to the body) and the body visible, or at least so in first person mode you can see your arms and weapons.

create a "bubble" of sorts around the camera to prevent clipping into creatures.

that'd be awesome! I love First person RPG's (morrowind for example)