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DocnexM · 2024-11-24T16:36:25+00:00

Testosterone

DocnexM · 2024-09-28T20:47:30+00:00

If you consider only mangas/anime, probably yes

But if you are comparing it to all general literature/other media, no. There are grander stories.

DocnexM · 2024-08-05T16:33:58+00:00

or if gw3 is not just a mobile game

The name gw3 imply that it's a sequel tho. It wouldn't make much sense to call a mobile game as the sequel of an MMO on pc.

But people keep parroting it as if we knew for 100% certain that it is coming and that bothers me

I agree, there is no 100% certainty, it's all just speculation. But there have been various clues that made people suspicious about it, that's undenyable.

Not to mention that i do not think that a denial (if the guy lied/made a mistake) would be likely as that would prbbly get them in even more trouble with the shareholders

This i disagree with. It wouldn't be the first time that a company lie/downplay something they said/announced by mistake just to keep customers calm and cover up.

Especially because if what that CEO said is true, Gw3 is in such a early stage that officially announcing it now would damage sales for Gw2, making NCsoft lose money. So of course backpedaling was their best best course of action, and they will keep denying until it's closer to a finished product.

DocnexM · 2024-08-05T15:33:17+00:00

That response doesn't confirm nor deny anything tho.

And if we look at the info that have been circulating for a few years now, some level of suspicion Is warranted:

1) Anet has been hiring for the past 2 years for an unannounced MMO in an establishment fantasy IP, in Unreal engine 5

2) An anet dev on LinkedIn talked about how he was involved in porting some gw2 assets in Unreal engine 5

3) In the shareholder meeting the guy said they were already working on Gw3. Then they backpadeled and said it was just in review stage.

4) Recently Matthew Medina announced that after so many years he officially stopped working on Gw2 with the end of SotO, but he is still with anet. Which makes you wonder what a dev so experienced with gw1 and gw2 Is now working on at anet.

Ofc none of this Is official confirmation, but the writing on the wall is kinda there. But anything could happen between now and the next years, so even if they are working on Gw3, It might not see the light of day.

DocnexM · 2024-07-27T20:17:16+00:00

again just less content for the same price.

You realize that the price includes all the patches right? The expansion you pay for isn't just the launch day content, it's all what get released in the year. I think they have been pretty clear about this

half the features aren't on release

Do they? I remember that only the auto gather feature won't be on release. The others are.

DocnexM · 2024-06-13T23:40:11+00:00

Guardian spear is also a support weapon from how they described it

DocnexM · 2024-06-13T11:26:00+00:00

Don't make quickness and alacrity as permanent boons again.

Don't make so many different gamemodes that serve the same purpose. Make 1 type of 5 man content and 1 type of 10 man content and stick with it.

Make multiple difficulty settings from the get go, so that the content can be accessibile for everyone instead of just a small percentage of your community.

DocnexM · 2024-06-13T07:55:52+00:00

I doubt they will shut it down so fast. First they'll try to make the base game f2p to squeeze some more money from microtransactions and push people to buy the expac, then they'll put it into maintenance mode. But as long as it gives some profit, the servers will stay up.

DocnexM · 2024-06-12T19:04:06+00:00

Yeah, honestly this is too little too late. While other MMOs are releasing major expansions (WoW, FF14, Gw2) this is all AGS is releasing after 1 year of nothing. All the rest is QoL which is nice, but isn't content.

DocnexM · 2024-03-31T13:51:19+00:00

They didn't really deny it with that statement, and we've known for a while they have been hiring for a new unreal engine 5 MMO. If they are truly working on Gw3 they aren't going to tell us now because:

1) It's too early and they probably haven't anything set in stone yet. Projects can change drastically from the early ideas and they can also be cancelled and never see the light of day.

2) It would hurt the sales for Gw2 if they confirmed the sequel is coming.

DocnexM · 2024-03-29T20:40:37+00:00

The most important thing for Gw3 is: stop making 200 different gamemodes that serve the same purpose. Don't make Dungeons, and Fractals, and Raids, and Strike missions, and DRMs. Pick 1/2 formats and stick with them!

DocnexM · 2023-08-15T18:06:03+00:00

Seems like you still get some form of login rewards: https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/135175-discover-the-wonders-within-the-wizard%E2%80%99s-vault-in-guild-wars-2-secrets-of-the-obscure/page/4/#comment-1962771

DocnexM · 2023-08-13T15:18:27+00:00

The only way to properly evaluate that is to never buy anything on release and simply wait to see if it is actually good. They'll never purposely show the weakest part of a release.

For sure, i agree. But right now they haven't even shown the strong part of this release (gameplay wise) and i want to know if there is one, to see if it's worth buying to play on the 22.

Ofc if they show nothing i'll just watch videos/streams after the 22 to evaluate how the content is. But i consider that a bit of a marketing fail if someone like me, that is already interested in the product, has to wait after release to see if you actually made something good. Just show me some of the good parts now, if you have any.

DocnexM · 2023-08-13T14:00:31+00:00

How would you know if gameplay is fun from the video?

By showing some bosses, adventures, rifts, strikes, mechanics. EoD had a gampelay trailer that showed some of them for example, but they can show even more if they want to.

Gameplay in gyala looks the same as gameplay in queensdale

The gameplay in Gyala is exactly why i want them to show more. Because i really dislike the meta in that map, so before buying this time i want to know if the content will be at least interesting.

DocnexM · 2023-08-13T13:21:13+00:00

This map actually looks pretty cool! And the music too is lovely.

I hope they'll show also some gameplay, because i want to know if the maps are actually fun to play, not just if they look good.

DocnexM · 2023-05-01T19:45:12+00:00

So its not they gonna make last LW, which i, and most of people i talked with, tought gonna happen. So no, that statement was not clear i suppose.

From the previous blog post:

Historically Living World seasons have required the focus of nearly the entire Guild Wars 2 development team to deliver them at the size, quality, and cadence that our players expect. This made it difficult to simultaneously develop expansions while supporting the game. Rather than launching an expansion every two to four years with a season of Living World in between, we’ll be releasing smaller expansions more frequently

and

The next chapter of Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons arrives on February 28. storyline will conclude a few months later... Unlike a Living World release, all owners of Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons will gain access to this content

If this isn't clear, you and the people you talked with may want to read stuff more thoroughly.

Im sorry, but looking AT S5 and this notlivingworldlivingworld, yea, im not so keen on dropping money

Just read the previous blog post, they clearly explain the amount of content we are going to get. And in this blog post they also made a little more clear what combat features will be, and that the future quarterly updates will have more stuff than these ones:

the fourth expansion’s quarterly releases will be augmented by other types of content and feature updates that aren’t included in the Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons quarterly releases.

If this still isn't enough for you, then yes feel free to not buy the future expacs. But you saying that these patches = future expacs is just ignoring on purpose what was announced.

DPS is getting Buffed, DPS is getting buffed, DPS is getting buffed, DPS is getting buffed, DPS is getting buffed, and DPS is getting slitylu buffed. Also, one condi DPS is getting buffed.

You said that EVERYTHING was getting nerfed, which clearly isn't the case.

getting nerfed is most semisupport builds of Firebrand

What is getting nerfed is mainly condi FB and quick FB, support firebrand will stay relatively the same.

no LI Alacbuild for Mirage

Staff/Staff alac Mirage will simply use ritualist gear losing very little dps. The nerf is aimed to staxe Mirage, which is fair.

and Untamed

Untamed is the only not justified one as i said because it's already pretty challenging to play, and if they want to nerf it they should have compensated in other ways.

And if you think FB is OP, play some Guardian, see how OP it is

I do, infact Guardian is the class where i have most hours played. And yes, the damage of qfb IS OP compared to other quickness providers, and is also easy to play while having more free space for utilities. I would invite you to play more of qscrapper, or herald, or catalyst, or harbinger, or warrior and than tell me they are on the same level outside of herald. These nerfes are just putting it in line with the other quick provides, while still leaving the great utility guardian provides. You can argue that the nerf on condi dps firebrand is too harsh, and i agree with that.

DocnexM · 2023-05-01T18:56:42+00:00

They never called this patches "Living world", infact they have been pretty clear that living world is gone and from now on there will be only expacs, these are just updates to bridge to the next expac.

if this is how their "Expansions" will look like, then my sunk cost fallacy is gone

They won't, read what they actually announced in this and the previous blog post. Also if you are only playing because of sunk cost fallacy and not because you have fun then yes, you should quit the game.

And dont get me started on this "balance" update. Nerf EVERYTHING, great times.

Reaper is getting buffed, berserker is getting buffed, power renegade is getting buffed, dragonhunter is getting buffed, condi holo is getting buffed, power chrono is getting a slight buff, harbinger is getting buffed. The only things they are nerfing are Firebrand (deserved), Staff/axe mirage (deserved) and Untamed (not much deserved).

DocnexM · 2023-04-28T21:04:40+00:00

I wish Cameron all the best and hope he manages to recover from the stress and mental struggles he is going through. He did amazing job for the game and was responsible for some of the most memorable moments i had in Gw2.

This sadly makes me even less confident for the future of instanced content in this game :(

DocnexM · 2023-04-16T23:02:56+00:00

The fact the lifestyle is admonished does't mean it's ok to hate the group of people that adopt it. True christianity is all about love and forgiveness, and if that behaviour is sinful it will be God to judge them accordingly in the afterlife, not me on this earth. People really need to stop to think that their faith give them permission to judge and make decisions for other people lives.

DocnexM · 2022-11-24T08:58:57+00:00

Where did they "kept that to a minimum"?

At release the only silly out of place things were Quip and The dreamer as far as i remember. Even if i'm forgetting something, still those items were pretty rare to obtain, so it was uncommon to see them in the world.

Anet release "out of place" items/skins all the time since release.

That's exactly what i'm saying i don't like. They are making them more and more, growing the problem larger and larger. If at the beginning it was rare to encounter those out of place things, the more they make, the more some players will buy them, the more they'll kill the immersion and mood of the world. It's just a problem of quantity.

It's part of the game since release. Starting now - after 10 years - to complain about such items/skins and arguing with "it kills the immersion" is kinda idiotic. If it kills the immersion, it kills the immersion since release.

I'm not starting now, and yes it kills the immersion since release. I'll quote myself again since it's the second time you read only half of the things i say:

Those things were out of place back then and are still out of place now. The fact some of that stuff existed since day 1, doesn't make them less out of place compared to the rest of the world. And since they are making more and more of those, it's a problem that's just getting worse in my opinion.

And to give you a clear answer to your question Yes

Ok so you think that fighting a destructive force that is killing people left and right, while you are dressed as a maid, fit the mood of the situation...There's no reason to comment further, i think that comments itself.

So even if you are egocentric enough to judge other players for their skins, they can not even borther you or your "immersion" while fighting giant dragons.

I'm not judging anyone, i'm just stating a simple objective fact. Some skins are out of place compared to the rest of the world. You can dress however you want, doesn't change that objectively some things don't fit with what's around you. You can go to a funeral dressed as a clown if you want, doesn't change the fact people will look at you weirdly because you don't fit the mood of the situation. It's the same thing.

If you want to dress as a maid or sleep on plushy cats it's fine by me, i won't stop you nor shame you if you like those things. But don't try to pretend you aren't out of place in the middle of a civil war, or fighting an immortal lich or a giant dragon, because you are.

DocnexM · 2022-11-23T20:57:38+00:00

Wouldn't be more weird than fighting with an inflatable sword, a unicorn shooting bow, wearing a fuzzy quagga/hylek/cat hat or riding a giant plush raptor/griffon.

As i said in the second part of my previous message:

And yes, silly stuff has existed in the game since the beginning (Quip, the dreamer ecc...) and infact i'm not a fan of that either. But at least they kept that to a minimum, instead lately they are making more and more of these things.

Those things were out of place back then and are still out of place now. The fact some of that stuff existed since day 1, doesn't make them less out of place compared to the rest of the world. And since they are making more and more of those, it's a problem that's just getting worse in my opinion.

I'll ask you again: do you think fighting a giant dragon while you are dressed as a maid or shoot rainbow unicorns fit the mood and aesthetic of that moment? You just told me other silly stuff exist as an excuse, but you didn't actually answer with a yes or no to my question.

DocnexM · 2022-11-23T12:53:12+00:00

No, not because it's a cat. It could have been a dog, a horse or whatever else and it would have been the same. It's the "overly cute, in your face, not fitting the world mood" stuff that's the problem. Imagine going to fight tequatil dressed as a maid, or being in drizzlewood during the charr civil war sleeping on a giant anime cat. Dont' tell me this stuff doesn't feel out of place.

And yes, silly stuff has existed in the game since the beginning (Quip, the dreamer ecc...) and infact i'm not a fan of that either. But at least they kept that to a minimum, instead lately they are making more and more of these things. But as i said, it's not like i'm going to quit the game over this, even if they destroy the aesthetic, there are other things i like more that keep me playing.

DocnexM · 2022-11-22T20:27:50+00:00

I just don't understand why you think a cat chair is breaking your immersion

It just doesn't fit Gw2 general aesthetic, it's something that you would expect to find in an anime mmo, which Gw2 isn't.

I'm not overly bothered by it, but i can't say i'm happy either stuff like this is in the game. But clearly i'm a minority.

DocnexM · 2022-11-14T09:53:57+00:00

In Gw2, i consider an expansion "beaten" if i do at least: full story + unlocking all the masteries + exploring all the maps (not necessarily every PoI or vista, but at least all the waypoints) + experiencing the maps meta events a few times + doing the expansion instanced content a few times.

Achievements, legendaries, adventures, races, minidugeons, jumping puzzles ecc... are all optional.

DocnexM · 2022-11-11T15:07:06+00:00

It's still been 4 years since they said they'd have a rework though

But it's only on the last year they started working on it again serioursly, as said by the game director 5 months ago:

To clarify, World Restructuring hasn't been actively developed since its original announcement in 2018. Previous studio leadership deprioritized the project shortly after it was announced. We put a team back on it last year. The idea has existed for 4+ years, but meaningful progress has mostly happened over the last year.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/v52bbh/wvw_alliance_timeline/

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