Guild Wars 2

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20 Jun

Originally posted by RinoaRita

Please keep us updated on this. I have spend about 20 dollars a month on gem purchased since i've started playing. I love ANET and always want to support it. I know they're not running a charity but a business. But being a business means customer service. I am willing to botcott the gem store if your issue does not get resolved. They will need to see that they are accountable for customer service and consistent one at that. The part that irks me is that it costs them nothing to restore your purchase. Literally it took more time to write that letter than to fix that problem. (Unless it's a copy-paste form letter)

RinoaRita -- I am not the OP, but I want to assure you that the OP was refunded his gems, with an apology for our failure to do that immediately. It was human error, and we'll address it with a reminder to all agents to carefully review the situation and give the best and most player-friendly response possible. Just wanted you to know. :)


07 Jun

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Originally posted by IncognitoCanuck

GW2 is all about being dynamic. Dynamic events, vendors, etc., however I feel that the wiki is much less so and we (the community) probably have mostly ourselves to blame. The wiki and community are still young and I believe that both will be more well-rounded in the coming months. Currently, however, the amount of relevant content is lacking.

For example, my most recent encounter was with the vendor of Bauble Bubbles. The wiki still indicates that they can be turned into the merchant from the event in Rata Sum for various items, and although the vendor is still there, he no longer offers items in exchange for the Baubles. His own page on the wiki also makes no mention of the fact that his services are no longer available.

I'm just as guilty as anybody for not rectifying these things (such as the above), but if we want the wiki to be a good source of truth for the game, they need to move in sync. I think community awareness posts such as this one are a great start....

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There's actually a good example of that on the wiki and I thought that I'd mention it. This was coded by one of the wiki editors (I believe he's on this reddit thread too :) ) recently on the wiki, after we released the API: take a look any article about a dynamic event (for example: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Capture_Stonecrag_Kraal), then on the right you'll see the infobox and at its bottom the title "Worlds currently active on", click on the [fetch] link and you can see the list of worlds on which the event is active.

(I know that your comments refers to more stuff than just that but this is a good example of the fact that things are moving forward)

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Originally posted by MithranArkanere

What's needed is two things, and two things that must be done in the client first before doing anything in the wiki itself:

  1. Use the trading post's in-game browser capabilities to show the wiki in a panel in-game. With an option to use an external browser instead, of course.
  2. A neat "wiki this" button in the upper bar. Press it, the mouse pointer turns into the "wiki this" pointer. Then you can click on anything, ANYTHING, and you get its corresponding wiki page in the in-game wiki viewer.

And ding, the wiki gets more attention and users to get filled.

Hey MithranArkanere,

(Stéphane Lo Presti here, I'm the Wiki Liaison at ArenaNet) We're a bit off-topic here and I don't want to derail the thread, but I though I'd mention that I'm aware of these cool ideas. The issue is really one of cost to implement them and this is not something trivial.

Thanks to the wiki community for this thread, I hope it'll get a lot of attention and feedback!


09 May

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Make sure your audio settings are correct. If you are listening on stereo speakers or headphones make sure your "playback device" is set to stereo. Right click on speaker in the sys tray (lower right near the clock), click "playback devices", click speakers, click configure and make sure it's set to stereo/headphones. If it's set to 5.1 and you only have 2 speakers everything that should be in the center speaker (voice is mostly in the center) will be missing.


14 Dec

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Originally posted by Aloraiel

Congrats ArenaNet! You deserve it!!!

Thanks all for your kind words, you guys are all awesome and a big part of what makes Guild Wars 2 what it is today!

Chris


27 Nov

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Originally posted by bkhtx82

Great job making an awesome game!!

<3

Arena

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Ok thanks all for taking the time to discuss GW2. I am going to hop into the game and play a little before hitting the sack.

Keep the feedback coming and we will be sure to communicate more frequently with you all.

Keep making GW2 Great!

Chris

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Originally posted by tehobbit

Hi Chris,

There's a lot of negativity in here and I'd just like so say thanks to you and your team for making a really fantastic game. There are a lot of quiet folk like myself who are happy still discovering all things in the game and who aren't burnt out, worrying about a gear treadmill.

Regards,

A long time fan

Hi teho,

Thanks for your kind words, it means a lot to be making people happy!

Chris

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Originally posted by _Sin

Not trying to spam this, but this topic hasn't been discussed at all. Would very much appreciate ANY input on it, thank you.

Magic find and just drops in general (with or without MF gear) seems to have been greatly altered to a minimum. Also, in the most recent patch it was noted that Veterans/Champions should always drop something at least, irregardless of what quality. Is the system working as you intended since the update or are there most definitely problems with it as it stands? Also, if it is 'working as planned' why the huge change in drops? Coupled with diminishing rewards it is hard to farm legitly and almost points the player to the Cash Shop instead of relying on self-reliance. Thanks in advance!

Hi Sin,

So yep you are right this is the question i have been likely dodging the most? The reason being is that it requires investigation. Vet and Champs should give good loot and there are a number of reports on perceived decrease in the frequency of drops. I will be discussing this in depth with the Production and Design team tomorrow and we will hopefully have more info soon.

Chris

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Originally posted by [deleted]

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Hi cixz,

Forgive my shortness in the reply but the answers are easy but the information is not something we would be prepared to talk about yet.

1: Yes 2: Its an interesting design proposition.

Hope you aren't to angry about the lack of info and thanks for taking the time to get involved in the conversation.

chris

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Originally posted by bluecheez

Longtime GW1 player here. A huge part of what made GW1 fun were builds. Constantly being able to tweak and modify your playstyle is what GW1 fun and long-lasting experience.

My problem with the direction GW2 is going to has nothing to do with grind, but a lack of options. There more time I invest in making my character stronger, the more I am forced to specialize and only play one particular build. When I buy expensive time-sink armor, I'm forced to play whatever build that armor is made for. It is discouraging, because you end up losing all of the flexibility traits, weapons, and utility skills bring when you are pigeonholed by your armor.

Hi Blue,

Really interesting comment that i agree with. I love the fact that i can create a really good build and would love the ability to swap between builds (armor and all). This is something we will be paying more attention to. Thanks for the post and support.

More news to come.

Chris

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Originally posted by Grayn

Thanks for the time you and your crew have put into the game. We are having a great time!

Are we going to see an increase to the regularity of community communications, like a weekly newsletter? Is it possible to have more direct involvement with fansites or non-commercial sites with this increase of information flow?

A regular release of insights and info may help relieve some of the need to do a 10 hr AMA in the future. :)

Hi Grayn,

i love the goal here and it is an area i have been thinking about a lot today. Specifically a more frequent conversation between the community and the team. Still brainstorming around it, so watch this space.

chris