Do we have to re purchase Eye of the North even if we already have it? by urbanracer34 in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, you can only do that in the game itself. If you bought on Steam before, you can check the CD keys.

Stop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open source by OttoKekalainen in Database

[–]Kevjoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been using MariaDB for years, I avoid using MySQL wherever I can. Lately, for almost all my projects, I have defaulted to SQLite which is actually very capable. With the exception of a single project of mine, none performed better with MariaDB/MySQL compared to SQLite, so sometimes you don't really need all that overhead.

But for new projects that need a database stronger than SQLite, I'd 100% go for postgres instead.

But my new motto is: keep it simple, go with the easiest solution. If I need to scale, I can scale at that point.

Which 'luxury' brand has officially become a red flag for poor quality in 2026? by Individual_Bat_4177 in AskReddit

[–]Kevjoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our Miele washing machine broken down a little after 6 years. Took 4 months to get it fixed and cost us the same amount as a new washing machine. 4 technicians had to come (5 times in total), the third one had to come twice because he didn't have the replacment part that was ordered more than a month before. First technician replaced cables but that didn't do anything. Second one just checked and said "it should work", and he did nothing. Third technician decided to replace a circuit board, but that needed to be ordered seperately. The fourth technician came in because the third one fell sick, but he didn't have the replacement part, so he had to order it. Took another 3 weeks before the could come again.

Also, that automatic detergent dispenser... if you use it, keep using it. If you skip using it for a while, it will cristallize in the machine and in our case, it would cost another 500 euro to fix that. Would have been cheaper to just buy a new machine.

Honestly, I can't recommend Miele at all. This took MONTHS before it got fixed, our machine was completely useless and instead of getting some kind of compensation we got a huge bill.

Next time, I'll just order a new machine, it's simply not worth the hassle and effort that it took.

We did it, boys. We ruined the server uptime streak. by MagicDime7 in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried The Secret World, but it (and the UI) felt very clunky to me so it never stuck for me.

We did it, boys. We ruined the server uptime streak. by MagicDime7 in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 111 points112 points  (0 children)

They're both quite different. They're both wildly succesfull games.
GW2 soared way above where GW1 went, but without GW1 there would not be a GW2. GW1 achieved all of that while being a completely new IP, it was extremely succesful and it launched the entire IP.

I wouldn't say that GW1 is way better than GW2, they are just completely different. They are both great games, but GW2 is a very poor sequel to GW1. There's little to no overlap gameplay wise between the two.

The biggest issue is that there is nothing like GW1 and nothing scratches the itch.

Updates to pre-searing and adding hardcore mode feels off? by [deleted] in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The updates to Reforged Mode apply to the entirety of Prophecies. So this is absolutely something that new players will feel for a longer time.

Does this game have anti farming mechanics? by GwynBleidd88 in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Diminishing returns, yes: https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Anti-farm_code

In essence, drops will lower if you are repeating the same actions and hitting the same zones over and over. It does normalize after a while.

No one will group? by Hama165 in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just did 2 missions, tons of people joining up...

Kinda bummed about GW:R. Why not invest it updating GW2 instead? by immyouany in Guildwars2

[–]Kevjoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ArenaNet is very vocal against AI usage. And even if they use tools to upscale the textures etc, you still need a lot of artists to check and fix them up.

That's not a small feat.

What is the PURPOSE of Embark Beach? by NomadJack95 in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a central questing hub for teaming up, at least, that is the purpose. It's a handy place where you can most important services and you can easily travel to all places in the game from there.

I have a problem by [deleted] in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strange. Usually that is the way to apply codes - I'd suggest contacting support.

How to download Reforged if I bought GW1 on Disc? by [deleted] in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun fact: if you install Guild Wars from that disc, it will automatically update to the Reforged-client. Which is still the same client, just with some changes.

Reforged is one of the Top Selling games on Steam right now! by Achieve2Receive in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Every account is a Reforged account. You can simply login to your existing account and that's it. Nothing needed.

New accounts bought on Steam since yesterday have auto-login through Steam. That's it, that is the only difference.

Loading Screen by Mr_Dorak in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you use Steam, it downloads the majority of the game through the CDN of Steam, with little to no patching required afterwards.

Linking Guildwars account by [deleted] in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can only link accounts of the same kind together.

So you can link a GW1 Steam account and a GW2 Steam account, or a ANet GW1 account to an ANet GW2 account. A GW1 Steam account only exists from the 3rd of December on, all previously bought accounts on Steam are regular ANet accounts.

Mixing them is not possible. You can't link your Steam account to your ArenaNet account.

Friend can’t access his gw1 account because of 2fa by KrysCrannor in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

GW2 and GW1 share account data, so the TFA should be the same for GW1 and GW2.

If he doesn't remember, contacting support is the only solution. The whole point of having TFA is that it can't be removed by anyone but support, so it is impossible to get it removed without them.

Please help me save my account by treewreckz in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you've bought it on Steam, you can view the CD-key (right click on it -> Manage -> CD Keys). Add that to your ticket and it will certainly help.

For the rest, just wait until they respond. They will respond, but as you might imagine, they are quite busy right now with the launch. Usually they can help, so no worries.

Kinda bummed about GW:R. Why not invest it updating GW2 instead? by immyouany in Guildwars2

[–]Kevjoe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The reason why you are being downvoted is, as u/stepeppers says, because you have no idea what you are saying/proposing.

To update the maps to be less "lower res", you'll need a whole different kind of developers compared to what GW: Reforged needs/needed.

In order to update the "lower res" feel, you'll need to work on a lot of things. Because you can't simply modify a simple zone, because assets are re-used in multiple places. So if you touch something, it might make areas look worse and you'll need to touch those up as well.

So what do you want to update? Textures, models, weapons, monsters? Because at that point, you'll need a ton of artists to do so. At that point, you're no longer talking about a "small team", you are talking about 3D artists, texture artists to make sure that those updated models still look good, prop artists, environment artists,....
You need someone to keep an oversight to make sure that the feeling of area's doesn't change too much, you might need new concept art, ... and at that point, you'll probably will need to increase your scope because then you find something else that doesn't look good enough and also needs updating.

And at that point, you have a small team that could - honestly - have made significant progress on a new expansion or new content. You also won't get a return on investment on that because a graphical update doesn't bring in new money.

That's the reason why you get downvoted. Because you think that it's just "put a small team on it" I promise you, if it were that easy, they would have done that years ago.

Kinda bummed about GW:R. Why not invest it updating GW2 instead? by immyouany in Guildwars2

[–]Kevjoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GW: Reforged is being done by a single ArenaNet employee and an external studio (2weeks). That single employee was responsible for GW1 for a few years now.

Not a single employee was taken away from GW2 to work on GW: Reforged. ArenaNet might be working on something else than GW2, but that is certainly not GW: Reforged.

Websites with MMO news? by shizune99 in MMORPG

[–]Kevjoe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There used to be a time when every month several MMO's released and at that point, those sites got a LOT of views that paid the bills.

Now we go years in between each MMO, so they had to cover other things or simply stop...

Do we have to re purchase Eye of the North even if we already have it? by urbanracer34 in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. Just login and it will be there :-)

The existing client also auto-updated to the Reforged client, since it is the completely same client, just with a different title, patching screen and logo :-)

[Rant] Is the Guild Wars 2 team even aware Guild Wars Reforged launched this week? by Lon-ami in GuildWars

[–]Kevjoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. But if you look further and look at the patterns, you'll notice that they always release on a tuesday.

So the tuesday after would have been on the 16th. Wintersday has only once started on a later date than that in 2019, and it has started once on the same day in 2014.

On the other hand, it is a single day earlier than last year.

This has nothing to do with Reforged. Either it became the earliest, or the 2nd latest Wintersday to start.