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THX · Aug 04, 2005, 02:56 AM // 02:56

The upcoming fansite friday will be conducted in a slightly different manner than we have all grown accustom to. First of all, the question will be largely gathered from forums and submitted by the various official and elite sites. Secondly, the interviewee will be ArenaNet's James Phinney (Guild Wars Game Designer). Our list of questions must be sent by Friday morning, thus time is short. Remember, this is a very rare opportunity, hence only post your very best questions! (note: a handful of questions will receive an answer)

I will be copy and pasting the best questions into our site's submission email, consequently only clear and concise posts will be used.

This thread is solely for the gathering of questions, if you have a comment regarding this Fansite Friday; create a thread in the Riverside Inn or post in an already existing related thread. Any 'non-questions' will be deleted.

Time to put your thinking cap on, let the questions roll

Nessa · Aug 04, 2005, 03:03 AM // 03:03

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

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

AceSnyp3r · Aug 04, 2005, 03:15 AM // 03:15

How has Guild Wars changed from your original vision of the game?

Linkie · Aug 04, 2005, 03:17 AM // 03:17

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?

EmperorTippy · Aug 04, 2005, 03:22 AM // 03:22

Will Natures Renewal be balanced soon so that it doesn't make about half of the skills in the game useless in high end PvP (HoH and GvG)?

Aniewiel · Aug 04, 2005, 03:28 AM // 03:28

Was the open passage from Beacon's Perch to Droknar's Forge supposed to allow a pathway for people to 'hurry up' and get to Droknar's? Is it going to remain "open"?

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Has any thought been given to making a "level playing field" in the lower level arenas (specifically thinking here of low-level characters with 'basic' equipment/skills vs. low-level characters with high level armor/skills)?

Red Sonya · Aug 04, 2005, 03:43 AM // 03:43

Will the expansions contain much more content for level 20 players or a broad scope of implementations for all levels of play?

Will the expansions offer more challenge than is now seen in the origional version?

I too am concerned about the Droknars armor runs, will there be a fix or change for this in the future to bring a more equal balance to the lower level arenas at Ascalon and Yaks Bend?

Do you have any plans to make some more random pickup group arenas in the pattern of the HOH type tournaments?

Would you consider allowing PVP faction points to be also traded in for gold?

BigTru · Aug 04, 2005, 04:00 AM // 04:00

Will Warriors be balanced with non-casters anytime soon?

Will Ward Against Melee, Aegis, Fainthartedness, Guardian, Shadow of Fear, Whirling Defence, and other skills that cause conditions such as blinding and weakness be balanced anytime soon?

Makkert · Aug 04, 2005, 04:39 AM // 04:39

There is always a lot of speculations around Wednesday every week wether or not a patch will be released, and what it would contain. The first weeks after release, a high expectation pattern for the frequency and content has been set because of the weekly updates. Now players look every week and wonder what is going on, and when their concerns are addressed. Altough development and betatesting means certain things can pop up, would a little transparency of ETA's of fixes/ features in development hurt?

PieXags · Aug 04, 2005, 04:43 AM // 04:43

I too would like to know whether or not we'll ever be able to toggle our capes.

Also I'd like to know if I'll ever get to see the updated tormentors set I've been waiting for...

Also, how do you think trading faction for gold would be? PieXags needs money, and I've got a few thousand faction just sitting there that I won't be using.

How do you feel about fictional factions fighting for the HoH instead of real-world regions to even out America almost always having favor, and Korea getting it at certain times of the day? (While europe sits there.)

How do you expect people will view the two new PvE zones? Do you think people will enjoy them or that they'll quickly get bored of them...?

How does the option of much bigger large-scale battles sound? As a sort of on-going war that doesn't end, with many players and parties fighting against the same foes, with parties of up to 40vs40 or even higher than that?

Will we ever see a more interesting style of PvP other than small-scale parties bickering in a few arenas?

Am I as awesome as I like to think?

Bobangry · Aug 04, 2005, 05:21 AM // 05:21

If the expansions aren't ready for release, will they be released anyway?

Perhaps it's a waste to ask such an easily dodged question, but I would like a truthful answer.

Shadowfox1125 · Aug 04, 2005, 05:32 AM // 05:32

According to the Rules of Conduct, it states how selling or purchasing gold and in game items for money is illegal; yet to this day more and more people violate this rule and it seems like no action is taken against these rebels. Is ArenaNet eventually going to track down on these criminals?

Was the path from Beacon's Perch to Draknor's Forge intentional? If so, why was it included?

Are we ever going to see some real guild wars? Large scale ones, for example at least 16 vs 16?

Dead Weight · Aug 04, 2005, 05:37 AM // 05:37

What was the purpose behind linking "favor" to the UW/Fow PvE areas? Was it to bring the PvP and PvE community together?

What are some of the future uses for gold besides custom armor?

-DW

Yen-lo-wang · Aug 04, 2005, 05:41 AM // 05:41

Is there a plan to make it easier to hook up with friends and guildmates, i.e. a "Status" or "Location" section of the Friends List and Guild Roster that can also allow you to warp to a person's district if they're in a town?

Aug 04, 2005, 05:44 AM // 05:44

Why is Blackace so sexy?

seriously

provoko · Aug 04, 2005, 05:48 AM // 05:48

Is there a god? Haha.

Serious questions:

Will a better trade system be made?

Are there any plans to stop or prevent people from spamming trade messages in 'ALL' channel?

Will the guild hall do more than be an access to guild vs guild battles, as in guild storage?

Tuna · Aug 04, 2005, 06:13 AM // 06:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blackace

Why is Blackace so sexy?

Ah, the mother of all questions

What plans are there to reduce grind?

Are there any plans for additional PvP content (maps, modes, etc)? If so, by when?

Nigy · Aug 04, 2005, 06:19 AM // 06:19

Has ArenaNet given any consideration towards supporting Intel's intergrated graphics, which many Guild Wars players use, despite the inherent bugs created?

BlackArrow · Aug 04, 2005, 06:26 AM // 06:26

If I create a new RP character in an expansion with a new character class, do I have to play through the content from the original release to get to the post-ascension expansion content?

Will the Crag map ever be removed from the cycle of Arena maps?

Are there any plans to implement random HoH maps so that it is not king of the hill every time?

Are there any plans to implement unrated random Guild battles?

SyndicatedCynic · Aug 04, 2005, 06:29 AM // 06:29

1) In wake of profusive chat spamming in both the "Trade" AND "All" channels, will the Guild Wars community be treated to a streamlined system to effectively sell wares WITHOUT hawking them through chat channels? Perhaps a console window that lets players browse through categories (weapons, off-hand items, runes, etc.) with the selling player and price asked listed?

2) What measures have been instituted to combat active in-game fraud (i.e. scam), commonly occuring via in-game deals, "running" services, and guild siphoners?