Curse

Pey · Aug 03, 2007, 09:28 AM // 09:28

Here are some ideas for Guild Wars (all chapters) and maybe for Guild Wars 2. I know some of them are a bit silly and impossible to make them come true, but hey… some of them could be useful

Autocast: It would be nice to right-click on a skill and make it autocast every time it has energy or adrenaline. Besides, the right-click doesn’t do anything, so I guess it could come quite handy, not only for players but also for heroes. It would similar to the autocast from Warcraft 3, and of course it should have a square flashing effect around the skill.

Move speed: In my opinion, the move speed would be increased by 10-15%. I know many may disagree with this since it´s a bit close to the 25% to sprint and such, but I think that, when you´re not running, it´s turns to be a bit boring, most of all in pve where you have to travel long roads.

Critical Hit: I saw the other day a mod in which the words critical hit appeared in yellow and I think it would be great to implement it, maybe the screen could shake a bit (only when u hit or are hit), similar to when you´re drunk, but in a tiny dose.

Eye candy spells and skills: I wonder why A.Net doesn’t work on their spells a bit more regarding lightning and effects. Spells such as Flame Djinn Haste and Prot Spirit are so nice to see, and others like sprint or frenzy are just so simple. Image a guy´s face (could be the skill´s icon) on top of the character with a fading effect or something, or sprint with a soft trail of the player. I´m just naming a few, but think of how nice the game would look if all the skills had the same effects as the abovementioned (I also like Faithful Intervention and the paragon chants).

Voices: I always thought some battle cries or screams could make the game a bit more aggressive. I´m speaking mostly about the Shouts from the warrior and the paragon, imagine your character screaming “I Will Avenge you!!!” Screams could be applied to all characters; I always think of the necromancer doing “ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!” when casting a spell while he spreads his arms.
Another thing I thought of regarding voices, are the lack of dialogs in the quest, that´s why most people don´t even read them. I remember when I used to play Diablo; I always paid attention to the quests because they were spoken. I´m not saying all quests should have dialogs, but it would be great to include them at least in the main ones.

Cinematics: Since GW it´s not the traditional MMORPG and makes you feel like playing a single-player game in some cases, I´d great if they could add some cinematics (like the one from Prophecies or Factions, not the ones made with the in game engine) to some main quests. Needless to say, the current cinematics are simply bad. They could´ve changed the emotes at least, and it was (or still is?)quite embarrassing when you finish a mission and mobs or minions are attacking you.

Hero switch:Don´t you think it would be great if you could play with any hero just be pressing a key and switch anyone you want? It would be similar to game like Swat 3, Rainbow Six games, etc. Imagine yourself controlling Zhed or any hero in case you want to Nuke, Heal or anything. Even more tempting, it would be awesome to control the new GWEN heroes.

Adrenaline Bar: I don´t know if I’m too silly or what, but the adrenaline filled when you hit is not 100% clear, it would be ok to put some number or make the skill box filled like a water glass (in a better way than the current) or something.

Skill programming function: How many of you are tired of pressing keys to perform an assassin combo knowing it could be done automatically? Instead of letting us use only 1 skill follow-up, they should let us use all the follow-ups we want. Take for instances the shadow prison build, you have to press 5 keys or more to make the combo and sometimes it doesn’t go as planned because you hurry too much. I don´t see why it would be an inconvenient since it wouldn’t be a disadvantage to anyone. Moreover, it could be used for heroes giving you great result. I thought of pressing shift+click on every skill and they would be marked with numbers. The wait time for the skills could also be modified for a change with a more eye candy effect.

Armor exchange: I know this is worst of the ideas, but I wanted to share it too. How many of you have like… 2 or 3 armor sets that will never use again? I think developers could make some sort of exchange (taking the current material´s price) for armors. For example, I have 15k Gladiator and I want to buy Primeval Armor, what do I do with the Glads? Trash it? And what about if I have 2 or 3 sets? I mean… what for? I know it would be a pain in the ass to calculate the armor´s prices, but if done correctly, it would be great for people who can´t afford several pieces of armor. At least GWEN doesn´t seem to add good-looking armors, but still… think of the moment you started Prophecies, at least I, bought the 15k Platemail, then when factions came out, I bought the 15k Kurzick and now I want to buy primeval. What shall I do with the other two? Hall of Monuments? Meh…

Uncustomize: I never understood in full why they don´t let people uncustomize their weapons, it happens the same thing as the armors. They introduce better looking weapons in each release, and the older ones you have just stayed there doing nothing. What´s the point of having 5 or 6 swords/axes/bows/etc? They should let you uncustomized a weapon at least once, for a price of… let´s say… 10k. Some may think it´s stupid, but others would be very grateful indeed.
Inventory organizing feature: I know it´s not a very difficult thing to do, but it´d be nice if you could have a button (similar to the one in Titan Quest) that let you reorder you inventory in a single click, either in a horizontal or vertical position.

Full dye preview: Sometimes when I want to dye my armor, I want to see the whole thing, not just a part of the armor. So, a full body chart would be nice to have in order to let us see the whole armor dyed.
Unlock Title: Since there are titles for pretty much anything, they should also add a title regarding how many items, heroes and skills you unlocked in the account. Maybe there could be divided in 10 ranks (every 10%) or 4 (every 25% unlocked).

Last but not least… please… remake the paragon armors lol, the Elonian in my opinion, is the best looking one and it’s the cheapest also. I just look at the rest of the armors and I don’t feel like buying any of those, even if they gave me the money.

That´s pretty much it, I have other ideas floating around, but I’ll call it a day for now

I´m sorry if I made mistakes or used incorrect terminology, I’m not a native

RSGashapon · Aug 03, 2007, 09:33 AM // 09:33

The suggestion department is three floors down. Elevator's out of order, so you'll have to take the stairs.

Pey · Aug 03, 2007, 09:43 AM // 09:43

Oh... so sorry

Could someone move it later please?

AscalonWarrior · Aug 03, 2007, 10:54 AM // 10:54

Well, about the battle voices. When female character dies it sounds... It sounds like a bad porno movie

Can be a bit awkward when your speakers are loud.

The Lurch · Aug 03, 2007, 11:06 AM // 11:06

First of all, your gonna have to forum monitors on your ass in a little bit. They dont like "random idea" threads.

The automatic assassin attack chain and auto cast = NO! NO! NO!
That takes some...how do i say this...game out of the game. What your suggesting sounds like you press three keys and then your character does everything from there, in other words, a bot. No. It's not broken, dont fix it.

Everything else is okay I guess...but like i said, this thread wont get far.

AscalonWarrior · Aug 03, 2007, 11:52 AM // 11:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Lurch

First of all, your gonna have to forum monitors on your ass in a little bit. They dont like "random idea" threads.

Yep, watch out for those monitors, they show no mercy!

Faer · Aug 03, 2007, 12:45 PM // 12:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Lurch

First of all, your gonna have to forum monitors on your ass in a little bit. They dont like "random idea" threads.

YARRR! I BE HATIN' 'EM, MATEY!

Well, rules are rules. Please refer to the Sardelac Sanitarium stickies. Threads of multiple suggestions aren't allowed because, among other reasons, they make the forum hard to keep clean and organized.