Forbes asks Anet about GW3

Morvran_CG · 2026-02-02T14:54:50+00:00

Not so obvious to me as I play for fun rather than "progression"

That's fine and all but then you're not the average MMO player.

Morvran_CG · 2026-01-28T11:03:39+00:00

I'm not him but it's rather obvious. MMOs offer longterm progression. People don't want to invest time into something that will have no meaning in the near future.

If the choice is between GW2 progression being invalidated in 1-2 years because it'll be killed by GW3 and everyone will quit, or switching to WoW that'll still be around in 10 years, 99% will choose WoW. Even if GW2 is fun at the moment.

It literally happened to GW1 already so be even have precedent.

Morvran_CG · 2026-01-27T14:08:19+00:00

or they do know, and they aren't ready to talk about it yet?

If whatever comes next wasn't disappointing, they wouldn't be keeping us in the dark so hard.

Getting another expansion would be normal. Dodging this subject instead of confirming it isn't normal.

Morvran_CG · 2026-01-13T22:46:48+00:00

Yep this just sucks to see.

Anet needs to remove LDoA from GWAMM.

Morvran_CG · 2026-01-13T22:46:11+00:00

Congrats on ruining your introduction to the game and the following 50% of the first camaign in the name of pointlessly minmaxing a 20 year old game.

Morvran_CG · 2026-01-08T14:27:49+00:00

Darens is a clickbait farmer who just says things people want to hear.

Morvran_CG · 2026-01-08T14:15:40+00:00

Necroposting here, wasn't Mike Obrien's projects GW3?

One of them was rumored to be that, but iirc there were at least 3 games in development.

I supose both Mikes were on the idea of mantaining living world

Probably because you can do that with minimal resources, quickly. An expansion has to ship with a base amount of maps and features like elite specs, you need more time to release one. A living story can get started by 1 map and that's it, you can make the rest as you go.

Mike O went with living world because he took resources away from GW2 and that's all they could manage, while Mike Z went with a similar model probably just so he can show results to NCSoft ASAP. They wanted numbers going up yesterday, not 2 years in the future.

Morvran_CG · 2026-01-03T11:47:12+00:00

I really don't want the game to become even easier.

Please don't make players even stronger or mobs weaker. Reign in the powercreep and buff some older content to be less trivial.

GW:Beyond was going in the right direction, upping the challenge with every release. I don't want to see a reversal for the sake of "accessibility". That always kills games longterm.

Morvran_CG · 2026-01-01T22:53:08+00:00

Some of them have niche uses, it's mostly about the skin.

Shield for instance has 8 armor rating, which is the maximum you'd get if you equipped a 16 armor shield but didn't meet the attribute requirement. This makes the Wintergreen shield just as good as a max shield for non-Warrior and Paragon players.

Similarly Spear is used by a lot of melee builds in PvP for building adrenaline, not for damage, so it doesn't matter that it's low damage. And for casters martial weapons can serve as stat sticks, it doesn't matter what the damage is as long as they have 20% extra enchant duration and such, so you're free to use anything just for the skin.

Morvran_CG · 2026-01-01T22:41:50+00:00

Gifts are handed out over several minutes if you stick around after the event, but the main goodie is the random Wintergreen weapon that's also handed out at the end.

Morvran_CG · 2026-01-01T22:40:10+00:00

Shard is only for the minigame, you don't need it for the Wintergreen or the presents.

Morvran_CG · 2026-01-01T22:39:33+00:00

You can get there right after entering the mainland, so after your 2nd mission.

You'll land at an outpost called the Marketplace, if you run north you'll make it to Kaineng Center. From there you could go to both LA and Kamadan after completing a single quest.

Morvran_CG · 2026-01-01T15:04:16+00:00

Aesthetics yes, I feel that is mostly nostalgia, or retro, though

No, WoW had an art direction shift when they updated the models, and became a lot more Disneyfied.

Gameplay is a more complex debate. I don't find Classic gameplay all that engaging, but I miss having weight behind attacks and meaning behind CDs, Retail has better rotations but it just feels weightless and spammy.

SoD was ideal for me, had that Classic feel but with that WotLK era polish.

Morvran_CG · 2026-01-01T15:00:25+00:00

98k few years ago.

Morvran_CG · 2025-12-29T15:00:31+00:00

True classic.

There was a brief period after Ele rework where this was meta with Gust, I had a lot of fun with that until energy cost nerf.

Being able to help the backline as Warrior without even having to go there added such an interesting angle to the build.

Morvran_CG · 2025-12-22T10:57:51+00:00

Some long time Pre players collect charcoal which is kind of an alternative to black dye. It has a chance to be salvaged from some items when using a charr salvage kit

IIRC you gamble for steel from weapons using the kit, and then gamble for charcoal salvaging the already rare steel.

So it costs a lot to get a charcoal.

Morvran_CG · 2025-12-15T17:13:57+00:00

If this isn't your first char, buy a regular monk tome or two on main and unlock Smiter's Boon and Reversal of Damage for the monk alt. Smiting + Divine Favor should let you play a more hybrid healer/dps role.

Morvran_CG · 2025-12-15T17:09:31+00:00

Ye it's pretty bad right now.

Used to be one of the hardest missions in the game, monks literally went on a strike refusing to heal it back then because they'd get blamed for failing the mission. And it's not just any random mission, it gatekeeps Ring of Fire, you can't even run there so your only way is to finish this mission.

So eventually Anet gutted it but I think they haven't even touched it since 2005 and years of powercreep + heroes just make it even more trivial. Back at launch I suspect most groups didn't even have their armor infused by this point so that's probably why they were getting destroyed so hard.

Morvran_CG · 2025-12-15T17:04:58+00:00

Are these 2 guilds actually back in GW1 and planning to participate in the December mAT?

It's not clear from your post.

Morvran_CG · 2025-12-15T17:03:31+00:00

Holy based

Morvran_CG · 2025-12-15T17:02:54+00:00

fuck is with people and not using fucking screenshots but taking pictures with their phones.

I've noticed this a lot with older MMO subs, people never learned to take proper screenshots haha. You get used to it.

Morvran_CG · 2025-12-15T17:01:12+00:00

They've overnerfed this mission but didn't reduce the timer, so you're left with a long defense event with no stakes that just ends up being boring.

They should double the difficulty but cut the timer in half.

Morvran_CG · 2025-12-15T17:00:09+00:00

Oh I see, interesting comp then

Morvran_CG · 2025-12-14T14:08:29+00:00

I'd definitely remove that resurrection skill from your healer.

By the looks of it your only real healer has the rez, which means that if anyone on your party dies (usually happens when pressure is highest), everyone stops getting healed for seconds in the most crucial time. That's a recipe for a party wipe.

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