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netniwk · Nov 07, 2008, 08:53 PM // 20:53

I expected nothing more than some small updates to the Lux/Kurz track,
you have me excited(well, a bit)

Jecht Scye · Nov 07, 2008, 08:55 PM // 20:55

Is it just me, or is Lindsey more of a community manager than Anet's designated person? I could be wrong, but probably not.

Anyways, thanks for the updates Lindsey. Looking forward to next week.

BenjZee · Nov 07, 2008, 09:31 PM // 21:31

That's a bit unfair, to be honest Regina does alot of stuff we don't actually know about. Ofcourse Linseys very imformative and gives us little hints but if you tihnk abnout it theres quite a few devs that are playing the game and interact with the community.
They can't obviously tell us everything thats going on for many reasons. IF they told us something it would ruin the 'surprise' (wrong word perhpas), and if they later changed their minds there would be un uproar of people shouting "YOU PROMISEDDD"""" etc

ChillOutDude · Nov 07, 2008, 09:41 PM // 21:41

Game-Star League finals, a european GW tournament, are going to be next week, and he didn't want to put out a patch without them having enough time to prepare for it.

Thus he made the patch a week earlier than he intended, and thus couldn't squeeze in as many changes as he wanted.

Just had to stick with the "urgent" issues.

I hope that answers some questions.

(copy-paste from QQ-thanks asp)

Konig Des Todes · Nov 07, 2008, 09:59 PM // 21:59

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Originally Posted by Scythe O F Glory

Im surprised how little information has leaked about this update. Usually there's people who somehow get a hold of the update's content and spill it all over Guru and other forums. Good secret-keeping, Anet.

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Originally Posted by netniwk

I expected nothing more than some small updates to the Lux/Kurz track,
you have me excited(well, a bit)

We actually know quite a bit about the update:

-Kurzick/Luxon titles will get easier via faction gain
-Kurzick/Luxon Faction Caps will be raised
-Amber/Jade will give more points to the title (5k instead of 1k it seems) - text got changed for 2 days on accident
-K/L Faction gained from the blessings in explorable areas has been doubled (not including boss kill faction gains) - already happened
-Treasure Hunter/Wisdom are going account based
-Unlucky will recieve a buff because TH is going account based (can no longer open chests on low TH characters)
-Gamer points in CB (possibly all ways to get Gamer) became easier

The update notes for that alone would be an average size I would think. And I hope it's about double, or triple, the amount of things being changed. More changes=better. Although with these being "the biggest update notes ever" I think there will be more then just title changes.

More content perhaps?

If so I shall <3 Linsey until GW is official killed (meaning servers shut down), if not longer!

No hopes getting up though, I expect what I mentioned and nothing more, but hope for more. Updates never disappoint me for some reason, even when I expect 10 times more stuff.

DarkNecrid · Nov 07, 2008, 10:02 PM // 22:02

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Originally Posted by Jecht Scye

Is it just me, or is Lindsey more of a community manager than Anet's designated person? I could be wrong, but probably not.

Anyways, thanks for the updates Lindsey. Looking forward to next week.

First it's Linsey, and second it's mostly because of the current status...

You have to understand that Regina is a CR of GW1 and GW2...GW1 has little going on that needs to be related or posted about (in-game visits are rather pointless now, for example.), and ditto for GW2. Regina is basically kind of in a flux right now, there's no info really needed from either section.

Linsey is a very a kind more open soul...I told her this, but a lot of the reason people talk to her and like her is because while Regina is Community Relations/CR ("I'll check this out for you!" "We have no plans for this at this time", etc. CR speak. Nothing wrong with that.), Linsey is DR, or Direct Relations. She's very direct, and says whats going on. Since she's the game designer of the GW1 team, she doesn't need to ask anyone else about stuff unless its a programming issue, you get your answer flat out. People are naturally going to gravitate to her over Regina at this point, but this will change when GW2 comes out, where people will go for Regina for GW2 stuff, and Linsey for GW1 stuff.

sindex · Nov 07, 2008, 10:39 PM // 22:39

I don’t know, after hearing what Regina had to say, I am kind of looking towards this as another overly hyped content update. Is this supposed to take away from all the interesting games that are going on store shelves in the coming weeks? Recently though I have found myself burnt out on Guild Wars to a point where I even missed the Halloween celebration.

Don’t get me wrong but most the development team on GW is down to 2 people. Sometimes even from the sound of things it seems Linsey is doing most of the work by herself. To me it seems unfair to the point that everyone else at A-net has moved way passed Guild Wars. She deserves high honors for her work. Nevertheless I hear absolutely nothing (dead silence) on the other 99% of the team working on GW 2, to let me know the project is going in the right direction. What are they doing, juggling concept ideas still?

instanceskiller · Nov 07, 2008, 11:07 PM // 23:07

well after what happened with the last major update...the one with all the pve skills rebalance... i think next weeks update might actually be pretty good as linsey said she was nervous about the last major update before it went live and that update really was LARGE and if shes worried about next weeks update...i can imagine it being quite large...well the update notes anyways.
Also, i personally think linsey will deliver with next weeks update

although i could never say the same thing about izzy's skill balances....but that another topic...

garethporlest18 · Nov 07, 2008, 11:18 PM // 23:18

Well I'm looking forward to the title update, I probably shouldn't be but I'm gonna do it anyways.

persuadu · Nov 07, 2008, 11:47 PM // 23:47

Well I am not looking forward to EC being nerfed...oh wait it already is?

I am not sure why they did this, other than to limit UW SC, but they could have easily done that by nerfing SHADOW FORM. There's a new idea....

Stuart444 · Nov 08, 2008, 12:46 AM // 00:46

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Originally Posted by persuadu

Well I am not looking forward to EC being nerfed...oh wait it already is?

I am not sure why they did this, other than to limit UW SC, but they could have easily done that by nerfing SHADOW FORM. There's a new idea....

Not sure why they did this?

posting from Linseys wiki talk page:

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The assumption that a change to Essence of Celerity is meant to nerf UW runs is wholly incorrect. That was not the goal behind this change. To put it simply, the item was straight overpowered and there is no way you can argue that it wasn't. Giving it a 5% reduction across the board is hardly a heavy enough nerf to be claiming that it will ruin all your fun. I'm not trying to nerf it into oblivion, just tweak the numbers to make it a little more balanced in relation to the other consumables. You have to admit, 5% is fairly minor in the grand scheme of things. This change was meant to go into next week's build so on its own, it's just kind of hanging out in the wind, shivering and sad without all it's little friends to keep it company. Does "friends" mean nerfs to all consumables? No. Stop making so many assumptions, geez. I'm just being facetious.

- Linsey talk 21:05, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

edit: forgot to give link: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_...Journal#Update

edit 2: had trouble during an edit of this post ;-; ended up deleting post so reposting it woops sorry

ParanoidDenny · Nov 08, 2008, 12:14 PM // 12:14

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Originally Posted by Stuart444

Not sure why they did this?

posting from Linseys wiki talk page:

edit: forgot to give link: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_...Journal#Update

edit 2: had trouble during an edit of this post ;-; ended up deleting post so reposting it woops sorry

Well Linsey if the 5% was so minor then why in hell did you nerf it then

Supervillain · Nov 08, 2008, 01:53 PM // 13:53

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Originally Posted by ParanoidDenny

Well Linsey if the 5% was so minor then why in hell did you nerf it then

Are you being serious? As stated in Stuart444's quote:
-Wasnt aimed to directly nerf UWSC.
-Nerfed because it was "straight overpowered".
-5% will not ruin your fun.
-Not doing an Izzy (Smiters Boon), tweaking the numbers to make it balanced next to the other cons.
-The nerf wasnt ment for this weeks update, its ment for next weeks.
-Because its in the wrong update, its all alone but next weeks update will have something linked towards it (dont know what, she said it aint another nerf to cons).

So next time, read it.

Esan · Nov 08, 2008, 04:24 PM // 16:24

Linsey is really good at the hype metagame. Regina and the ghost of Gaile Gray should take notes.

FrAnt1c² · Nov 08, 2008, 04:36 PM // 16:36

I wonder how favor will react with all those characters getting maxed titles when treasure and wisdom become account based... I mean if one of your characters has it maxed, all of your others will get it maxed aswell, and thus creating huge amounts of favor increase? Unless they have figured something out to bypass it offcourse

kvndoom · Nov 08, 2008, 04:48 PM // 16:48

I'd love to see Alliance Rosters, i.e. drop-down menu that lets you click on a guild in your alliance and it shows the roster for that guild. Much needed feature.

I really hope this update makes me want to get serious about PVE again. I'm not so much interested in titles, but I'd like to see something new and engrossing.

Alleji · Nov 08, 2008, 05:19 PM // 17:19

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Originally Posted by FrAnt1c²

I wonder how favor will react with all those characters getting maxed titles when treasure and wisdom become account based... I mean if one of your characters has it maxed, all of your others will get it maxed aswell, and thus creating huge amounts of favor increase? Unless they have figured something out to bypass it offcourse

My guess would be that you don't gain the max title... you're not opening the last chest to make it tick from 9999 to 10000. When you log in, it'll simply be there, and as such, probably won't count for favour.

upier · Nov 08, 2008, 05:51 PM // 17:51

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Originally Posted by Stuart444

Not sure why they did this?

posting from Linseys wiki talk page:

edit: forgot to give link: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_...Journal#Update

edit 2: had trouble during an edit of this post ;-; ended up deleting post so reposting it woops sorry

Ohh girlfriend!
You seem to have answered that age-old question:
How does one balance that which can not be balanced?
Clearly, you nerf it by 5%!

Earth · Nov 08, 2008, 06:41 PM // 18:41

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Originally Posted by Azazel The Assassin

3 necro blood skill nerfs, 1 ranger skill nerf, and a bunch of bug fixes. Nothing too devastating, despite what Zera thinks.

Hi. He's talking about the AoC update.

ahem. · Nov 08, 2008, 10:17 PM // 22:17

Hooray for these titles getting changed to account-based !