Curse

tooburns · Feb 19, 2013, 09:03 PM // 21:03

i did play gw2 for a good month lvl80, after everything is grind ! im out of here ! im back to gw1 and i enjoy every minute in taht game even after 88month 16k hrs of play time !

YAY gw1

jayson · Mar 04, 2013, 09:43 AM // 09:43

If this is accurate then we know the fate of new content regarding Guild Wars.

**cosyfiep** · Mar 04, 2013, 09:50 AM // 09:50

/sad panda

oh well, would have been nice if they would have tossed us a bone every once in a while, but guess with their new baby they really dont care about their older child anymore.

though it is good news that they are going to keep gw up and not shut it down soon---

Ayuhmii Shanbwa · Mar 04, 2013, 11:05 AM // 11:05

no new content, but possibly new items and changes

i wonder if they still would work on their new elona content.... in a way its old now :P
maybe they group it under unfinished business

also, i think that if they got the time and resources, they will release that new elona content before really put the game on its track, by itself

and for those thinking they wont give us new items: they will, as they probably dont have the next birthday presents yet, which we will get (i have enough faith)

well, at least we know it now, and we also know GW stays online as far as i can see, cuz the guild i'm in right now, got many people thx to GW2, but also alot came back cuz they didnt like GW2

so GW takes another several years before it really starts to go down
it is inactive compared to back then, but still enough people who play for either GW2 HoM, or just cuz they like GW way more than other games (like myself)

i hope they'll surprise us with that last new content for elona, and at least some changes like suggestions we made (and some NICE skill updates for pve)

thx for the info anet.... (not thanking them for not making the elona content.... which i hoped for at least)

BuD · Mar 04, 2013, 12:24 PM // 12:24

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Originally Posted by Ayuhmii Shanbwa

and for those thinking they wont give us new items: they will, as they probably dont have the next birthday presents yet, which we will get (i have enough faith)

Yes they do, just like last year they will release some of the more rarer mini's with presents.

Ayuhmii Shanbwa · Mar 04, 2013, 01:27 PM // 13:27

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Originally Posted by BuD

Yes they do, just like last year they will release some of the more rarer mini's with presents.

i was thinking about the presents themselves, you know, the gift icons with text "xx birthday present"
or do you mean they got it ready for us?

well, they will do more with items, like they did with sigils, costing now 3 gold z coins (and i tried to sell my sigil, and npc wanted to pay 1k...)

i'm sure they have more nice changes, maybe not all new, but in a good way

jayson · Mar 04, 2013, 01:43 PM // 13:43

Does anyone remember a recent interview with Colin (I think that's who it was) where he talked about how cheap it was to create content for Guild Wars because it was just a matter of shifting stuff around? It was buried in a GW2 interview. If this is the case, then why aren't they motivated to add expansions to the existing map? I'm not talking about free content but full priced, story driven zones with new monsters, armor and loot. No new classes or regular skills. At best, expand on pve only skills like summons.

Unless of course the Live team really no longer exists and it's only a few people who check in on GW to make sure the automated stuff is running correctly.

Cuilan · Mar 04, 2013, 03:19 PM // 15:19

Here is a link to the Twitter conversation:
https://twitter.com/GuildWars/status/307556264752328704
This way you can retweet or reply.

Adding content may be "easy" but it still requires paid labor to create such.

Arkon Necrocannibal · Mar 04, 2013, 03:40 PM // 15:40

They took our money with the box/key we bought, it's hard to hope for new content 6 years later.
All they can do is balancing the meta (shitty shockwave) and offering reduce in the game store like 50% for next bday on slot, just like the 4th bday (or 5th don't remember).
That's just sad.

Maybe we should try to launch the GW: Utopia project on Kickstarter and if we get enough fund, Anet will listen to us

Mintha Syl · Mar 04, 2013, 04:17 PM // 16:17

Oh...even if expected, it's still hard to accept, written like that. Sounds so much "we don't care about this game anymore". So basically they're putting no more resources on it while people is still buying it and the stuff from the shop...thus giving them money they're investing in another game. Now I SO know I won't buy slots ad stuff ever anymore

And if "Quality of Life" updates means things like teleport nerf...

@Ayuhmii
new items=new content, so no.

**cosyfiep** · Mar 04, 2013, 05:00 PM // 17:00

there will be new items....like the grab bags and tokens, but nothing of substance...and crummy updates that the janitor is pushing thru (see teleportation).
Just really REALLY sad, when they could be doing so much to bring players back into the game and MAKE money, but I guess they have put all their eggs into the gw2 basket (yeah there is NO LIVE TEAM it went over to gw2 and has NOT returned, and after what they twit-ed never will) and are too short sighted to see the possibilities anymore.

as for content, would be nice if they finished thing off, like the lunatic court, Evennia in ascalon etc....but since they dont care anymore I just hope they put it in a book sometime so we can at least find out what happened.

Mintha Syl · Mar 04, 2013, 08:18 PM // 20:18

I lost hopes on Evennia. I'm considering it an open final (not because that's the way they made it, just my choice). I like to imagine a big fight where she insults Aldebern and such :P Either that or she married a margoyle...

Schmerdro · Mar 05, 2013, 04:40 AM // 04:40

I'm hoping that, for the its anniversary, A-Net will just release the source code and let us have our own private servers and, maybe even, our own skill updates. If you don't care about a game, at least give it to the fans.

By the way, that bull***t update that changed Teleportation into Shadow Stepping came just one day before Guild Wars 2 was 30% cheaper on their website, for just 3 days.
Yeah, eff you too A-Net.

ACWhammy · Mar 05, 2013, 05:49 AM // 05:49

Will someone tell me what "Quality fo Life" means?

Mintha Syl · Mar 05, 2013, 08:52 AM // 08:52

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Originally Posted by Schmerdro

By the way, that bull***t update that changed Teleportation into Shadow Stepping came just one day before Guild Wars 2 was 30% cheaper on their website, for just 3 days.
Yeah, eff you too A-Net.

Nice catch...that makes me rage so >.<

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Originally Posted by ACWhammy

Will someone tell me what "Quality fo Life" means?

It means: we'll nerf the game so much that the quality of life into it will become so bad you'll syop playing and we can happily shut down the servers".

Really, release an offline/lan version already, I would never play on a private server but playing offline would solve things for me.

Coast · Mar 05, 2013, 04:18 PM // 16:18

They better fix account restores: recovery tool doesn't function anymore and they keep that information from the playerbase. nice "quality of life"

Ayuhmii Shanbwa · Mar 05, 2013, 07:33 PM // 19:33

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Originally Posted by Mintha Syl

new items=new content, so no.

i think with "content" they mean a bigger update with new story and such

a LAN GW would be cool if GW really would stop, but if they still gain profits from GW, i doubt they shoo away the playerbase

its just that i've seen stumme doing way better work (well, he IS at the lead of the live team, says wiki), like 7 hero, embark and other stuff after that

live team tries out stuff, looks like we're in the test server o_O all those stupid skill updates/downgrades

i hope they will come back as the really good and nice live team i saw before, and give us nice things, instead of untested (beta looking imo) stuff we dont like, or even hate

Razer.blue · Mar 05, 2013, 11:26 PM // 23:26

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Originally Posted by Arkon Necrocannibal

Maybe we should try to launch the GW: Utopia project on Kickstarter and if we get enough fund, Anet will listen to us

GW Utopia was an ambitious project that couldn't be realised with the current engine. It is believed that Utopia was the reason the create a new engine which is used for Guild Wars 2. Also, some of the Utopia's content is already used in GW (EOTN and Embark Beach) according to some sources.

Nevertheless it would be awesome to see new content getting released. This doesn't have to be a new campaign or anything major as EOTN. If one could get a nice idea on paper in accordance with the demands and wishes of the GW-community (with regards to new content) then Kickstarter could be an idea. But for it to work the whole community has to informed and help funding it.

Back to topic. Yes it is too bad that no new content will be released althought it is very understandable and expected. Personally i'd like to see something like some sort of Free-to-play model for GW. Mainly because the game still has potentials and due to the fact that there are no other games that are alike.

As for the new teleporting update (read; downgrade), it is of course complete unnecessary at this stage of the game. There are still things that still could use an update but this is pointless. Let's hope they won't kill the game with bad updates....''if it ain't broke, don't fix it''.

jayson · Mar 09, 2013, 02:01 AM // 02:01

I read this the other day and realized the wording they used. It's an article from IGN about How Guild Wars 2 Plans to Survive

The thing that caught my eye was the use of the phrase "Quality of life" The idea that you use your existing content to refine or add to it in a way that makes the most use of what you've already got is exactly what's already happened with the WiK and the Woc storylines. Perhaps there's a little more of Guild Wars to be squeezed out in the future afterall?
I'm still hoping for further updates to classes and a resolution to the whereabouts of Evennia and possibly finishing the Guild Wars Beyond storyline for Elona.

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/03/0...ans-to-survive

**cosyfiep** · Mar 09, 2013, 02:17 AM // 02:17

I am not sure how they plan to keep gw2 going for 10 years when they have already abandoned the game that spawned it after 7....I am sure they will find things they just 'cant do with this game engine' and it will go the same way the original has...
They just dont inspire confidence in me when they give up on a great game for a wow type clone.
I dont see them adding anything since they would need to not only add a bunch of quests to get the elona story going but also a bunch of new weapons, enemies and such, Evennia I could see as that would just be 'a quick bunch of quests' which they say only takes a 'few minutes' to push out...so why dont they??????