Guild Wars 2 Dev Tracker

Originally posted by rcbaylor

there are currently a lot of partners who dont even play the game anymore or make content on a consistent basis. twitch.tv/dyeingaming twitch.tv/royfromash twitch.tv/gregorpayne These are three people who consistently stream WvW content and deserved to be looked at.

I hope you look into maintaining current partners as well and give those that are still working hard to produce content a chance.

Originally posted by Captain_Ozone

Hi Regina!

Thanks for your reply, it's good to see the program is still maintained.

Looking on the page, there are no requirements or minimums to be accepted into the program.

Could you maybe state what criteria you or the team look for in accepting someone?

Thanks again

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Originally posted by Stormdancer

I really appreciate finally getting a place that's pretty RP-friendly... even if that may have just been an accidental side-effect. Was it purposeful, or did we just get lucky?

Originally posted by PseudoOAlias

Question for anyone on Weapon Design: Love the new Scythe skins!! Very Glad they're in the game. It's a wonderful cosmetic addition & their style is awesome especially considering the -spoilers- you run into in this episode! ... Why aren't they greatsword skins or why isn't there a greatsword version...?

Originally posted by HPetch

Alright, I have a couple.

Firstly, what would you (any of you) say is the hardest/easiest part of designing and/or balancing content for GW2? As an aspiring dev, I'm always interested in opinions.

Secondly, I was wondering how many people (if any) are focused on game balance, particularly skills, at any given time? PvE MMOs generally require less balance than PvP games in my observation, but GW2 seems to need more than most, and every three months can feel like too little, too late at times. I'm aware this is a sensitive topic, feel free to pass it over.

Originally posted by Aldorion

I'm kinda sad they didn't add the Key of Greater Nightmares since I have more of those keys than I will ever have the patience to open chests with. Would be a solid contender for the list.

Originally posted by Rozanata

So... I'm gonna ask my favorite question, that i never found an official answere to: What is up with the waypoints in timberlandfalls and brisbane that got destroyed during scarlets ls? They were never repaired, yet remain waypoints that are always contested. I was just wondering if it was overlooked or if there is actually a reason why they are neither repaired nor transformed into a POI :)

Btw just tried the raid and its fantastic work so far!

Originally posted by TyroneTyreseJamal

Domain of Istan is the best living story map so far, gj everyone who worked on it

Originally posted by MyPatronusIsABigCake

Just finished playing the story for this patch, you guys have done a great job as usual.

What was the best part of your job this patch (favourite thing you worked on for example or really anything you enjoyed) ?

Also, how many different voice recording for any character (ennemy, friendly npc, player character, really any character) do you have saying "Praise joko" ?

Originally posted by rude_asura

just to clarify, can players who only own PoF and not HoT craft any legendary weapon from set two or just the new focus?

Originally posted by anet_jason

Slowly. Hoping for more improvements now that Underworld is released. Who's with me?!

Originally posted by zachsoul

My question is in regards to balance, is there any talks or plans to increase the frequency of balance updates. Maybe smaller updates and tweaks every few weeks or every month.

Originally posted by l_Paid_For_Winrar

Recently Arenanet switched from NCSOFT servers to ones hosted by Amazon on the east coast. Many players have reported an increase in overall ping with significant lag spikes as a result. West coast players are looking at a ~30ms increase and for many oceanic users the game is on the verge of unplayable. Going forward is Anet going to commit to these new servers or is there a possibility of reverting this decision?

Originally posted by EdmundKeppler

Hi, thank you for your hard work, as always! I wanted to ask about your design philosophy behind the new living world season. Up until this point, each living world season has been wildly different from the ones preceding it. This time however, through early exploration, it seems like you adopted the design of the 3rd season and took it for a second spin for the fourth one. While I absolutely loved what the 3rd season represented, I was quite surprised to see the 4th one having the same mechanics and not bring anything too bold in play. Maybe I hoped to see you try experiment with something new. My personal gripes are the same uninteresting rewards for story instances (they seemed way more unique back in LS2 and HoT, even in PoF a bit) and the fact that there is a new map with a meta-achievement that yet again rewards a stat selectable exotic headgear. Did you choose this design again due to the large positive feedback that the 3rd season brought with it, or was this planned for a...

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This is for anyone on the team if you could eat one food from in-game what would you pick and why?

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This is for anyone on the team if you could eat one food from in-game what would you pick and why?

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Originally posted by EyeofJanthir032

I am so excited to start playing! I did not expect for us to go to Istan on the first episode, it seemed too good to be true! You guys are gods. A couple questions:

• What made you decide to go to Istan?

• Was the name Daybreak indeed an intentional reference to the old campaign Nightfall?

• What were some of favorite parts about this release?

• I know we aren’t supposed to ask about future items but is there a possibility we will get an Aurene griffon skin in the future? ;-)

You guys are amazing and I can’t wait to see what other parts of Elona we get to visit in the future (me here waiting for Gandara). I spent many a time in Istan in the first game, I can’t wait to see the GW2 version!

Originally posted by regendo

Hey everyone! Great job with the reverse Nightfall, I'm only about halfway through the story but I really like it so far, especially some of those callbacks with names and locations that have been changed by Palawa's reign.

I've got a pretty unrelated question about the Gen 2 legendaries that I don't think anyone has answered in the previous Q&As. Specifically, what happened to the designs that were planned for Heart of Thorns but never released.

Originally I thought that when MO decided to bring legendaries back in LS3E02, they would be the designs that were originally planned to release for the jungle but couldn't be finished in time for release, but as more and more LS3 legendaries came out it became pretty clear that these were completely new designs that were in some way related to the episode they came with: An obsidian mace for volcano island with obsidian structures on it, a quaggan bowl for an icy quaggan outpost, a pirate ship for the city docks, a flame g...

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