Guild Wars 2 Dev Tracker

Originally posted by manumotate

Hello Mike and Team,

• You said in the forums that you guys had some opportunities to make some adjustments on how to approach developing each episode that will help hit your quality standards more consistently. Do you have any insight on what are those new adjustments?
• Do you guys plan on making adjustments to the Gandarra Meta event? the biggest issue i have with this event is that we are unable to fully explore the city.
• On the 1st episode of LS3, we got some information on how the team were structured for the next expansion, is it possible to give us similar information on how is ANet structured ?

Thanks!

Originally posted by Heartsure

Quite a few questions, will appreciate if any are answered:

1. Any plans to do something about the LFG and Dailies sections bloating with each additional map? Maybe just how the achievement panel works in general and things getting really long (story journal section, etc. . . .)

2. Will raids ever be a non-living world release? I'm not really asking about specific dates here, but moreso whether you're considering just releasing a raid when it's ready instead of holding for an episode release.

3. Are fractal reworks still a thing? Any info on this would be much appreciated.

Originally posted by [deleted]

As it stands, a lot of of the space in Lost Precipice is unused. The art assets are gorgeous, but they aren't ideal for decorating either. A lot are out of reach from waypoint, and there's just... nothing there.

Has there ever been consideration what to do with this empty space in guild halls?

Was Lost Precipice always a guild hall, or were the "unused" sections of it once intended for something else, like a normal map?

Originally posted by Something_Memorable

FTT turrets: were these intended to ever be used elsewhere other than just the new map? Having such awesome abilities - would be great to take these elsewhere given that to keep them running require the new map’s pseudo-turret-currency (thus helping a bit with the replayability/motivation to play problem)

Originally posted by Kantoku83

The fractal endgame currency sink was fantastic. Can we get something similar for luck? Even after maxing out our account magic find, we still get luck from dailies, festivals and salvaging gear with nothing worth using them on.

Originally posted by RandommUser

Matt Lambdin

Is the beetle adventure boost resets gonna get fixed? Is the endurance regen something you think might get changed?

Cinematics team

Why are some of the "movies" so heavily processed instead of using the in-game settings?

Marketing team

Why was there no interviews, articles, etc. for this release?

Who might fit

Why is there no adventure to using the 2nd instance mechanics? I feel like that could make for an interesting one to speedrun

Originally posted by nononsenseresponse

The final cutscene was spectacular - well done cinematics team! How long does it usually take to go from story board to finish for such a cutscene? What was the most challenging part of the cutscene to get right?

Originally posted by holymonkseal

This beetle collection was great. Can we hope for more core-tyria collections with new living stories? Also, more only core-tyria collections? And maybe some only orr related?

Originally posted by seboot

I'm probably not going to get an answer but I'm still trying, any plans for a Joko combat tonic / proper Joko outfit ? How am I supposed to properly praise him :D

Originally posted by Charrikayu

Has there been any consideration about adding an "accessory wardrobe" to the current wardrobe list? Guild Wars 2 has dozens, if not hundreds of absolutely beautiful trinkets which ultimately serve no purpose by virtue of being too low level or having the wrong stats for a particular build. This system would have several major advantages:

• Practical applications such as transmuting Aurora (or the eventual legendary ring) for players who wish to have a legendary accessory but not the cosmetic effect, as well as differentiating accessories of the same type, such as two rings from the same living story chapter or raid which have different selected stats.

• Content applications, as it would incentivize replaying old story, dungeons, open-world, and other things which contain trinket appearances unique to them for unlocking.

• Personal applications for those of us that like customization, and although many accessories have no outward appearance...

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Originally posted by endelon

Are there any plans to finish Gandara based on player disappointment/feedback ?

Originally posted by DoctoredMonocle

Hello dev team!

I really enjoyed the Beetle collection and the addition of the new mount, but looking forward I'm slightly worried about Petey.

Are there any plans to implement Petey either in previous maps (races in vanilla GW2, you know you want to!) or looking forward will he still be part of our gameplay (kind of like Jackal portals being nifty short cuts)?

Given the episodic nature of LW, I'm scared that he'll be used only for Kourma and we won't see the need for Petey any more.

Thanks!

Originally posted by apostles

Would you be able to shed some light on the issues that happened during the patch (and pre-release)? Always interesting to hear about what happened from a dev perspective.

What happened, how it was fixed, when did you realize it was code red, etc

Originally posted by SystemSound

Dont know if any of you can answer this, but, why Living World soundtrack is not on Spotify? Both expansions and core game are but not LS...

Originally posted by DoctoredMonocle

Hello dev team!

I really enjoyed the Beetle collection and the addition of the new mount, but looking forward I'm slightly worried about Petey.

Are there any plans to implement Petey either in previous maps (races in vanilla GW2, you know you want to!) or looking forward will he still be part of our gameplay (kind of like Jackal portals being nifty short cuts)?

Given the episodic nature of LW, I'm scared that he'll be used only for Kourma and we won't see the need for Petey any more.

Thanks!

Originally posted by lokikaraoke

Hi guys! Thanks for doing this AMA. I guess this is a Jason/Ben question related to Fractals and Raids.

I have over 5000 hours in this game as do a bunch of my friends and guildmates. We've definitely gotten our money's worth! But over the past year or so, we've been playing this game a lot less. It's not that we don't want to play, but it feels like the pace of content releases for grizzled vets like us has been lacking.

We're all okay with repeating content, we WANT to repeat content, but the pace of raid and fractal releases just isn't working for us. We've gradually gone from playing 3-4 hours/day to playing a couple hours a few times a week. It's getting harder and harder to keep people engaged in our raid statics. Guild and raid recruiting has slowed significantly.

Do you have any good news for those of us who desperately want to have more organized, instanced content to play? Do you think the current pace is representative of what we can expect moving...

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Originally posted by DemethValknut

Why don't you consider making story instances, repeatable, instanced PVE content ( i wont call them dungeon but it's the spirit).

Ep 3 last's instance is basically already that, just allow me to make it again and again for loots and fun, you put =so much time and effort behind them !

Originally posted by lostsanityreturned

Do you plan on doing more in engine cutscenes like the last one? (It was amazing and looked a lot better than the prerendered ones imo)

Are there any plans to put in a break bar tutorial into the game, if no, why not?

Originally posted by Artumes

Which is your favourite Quaggan?

Originally posted by holymonkseal

Can we get some lore about other gen2 legendaries like Verdarach has?