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Originally posted by Ixillius

1) The raptor mini collection was pretty cool which made me wonder if there is any chance of seeing the fire and ice skins as usable legendary mount skins?

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3) Much like ember bay's skulls, Desolation's mouth of torment has strange faces crawling their way out of the centre. Image What drives the land to take these forms and will it ever be tied to the story in any meaningful way?

4) Since PoF is a bit more demanding, what would be the best option for people upgrading? Going the route of i7700k or the newer CPU's...

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Originally posted by Varorson

Warning: Some main plot spoilers.

Questions for the Writing Team

Questions on Balthazar and the Forged:

1. Is the Herald of Balthazar actually as folks suspect?
2. Balthazar seems to have changed quite a lot. He went from honorable combatant to proclaiming "I AM CONFLICT!" But we're never given a proper explanation for this change. Why did Balthazar turn from honorable god of war to evil god of war? He basically became Menzies, by all show of GW1 lore to now.
3. What is the fate of Menzies? Now that Balthazar is killed, it seems rather pointless for us to ever deal with him now. Kind of like Malyck, his ship has sailed and we never got to see it.
4. Why did you settle on using Balthazar as the antagonist for Path of Fire, rather than Dhuum, Menzies, or another god?
5. What's the story behind the Forged accessing the Realm of Torment? As far as I could find, we're only told that they'...

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Originally posted by Kami_of_Water

Hey, I love you all and all of your work, thanks for everything! I still remember the wonder I felt 3-4 years ago when my mum (a secretary at the time for you guys, IIRC) showed me the game, and I feel like in the long run, GW2 has lived up to everything I dreamed and more. The new Scourge spec makes me really feel like I'm a Commander, or perhaps a tactician, sitting in the backline and pushing out barrier and conditions to help my allies in battle, and Deadeye really feels like the heavy-hitting sniper I always knew it could be.

So, I guess since this is an AMA I should ask you guys questions - and here are mine:

During development, did you ever get an idea while playing the game that found it's way into the game? For instance, "Oh, but what if X did Y," or "Hey, wouldn't this be a really cool thing to see in GW2?"

And then secondly, what was the absolutely flat out coolest thing that was either planned, or in development but ultimately had to be cut?

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Originally posted by LordDankus

Who is your favorite hero and why is it Palawa Joko?

Originally posted by ImNotBeyonce

What was the single happiest moment in the development process?

What was the single biggest heartbreak moment?

Originally posted by BobbyStein

It's Lord Faren, and thanks for playing.

Originally posted by Dreamscyther

When are we going to get distinguishable Winds of Disenchantment, ie different colors for friendly and enemy bubbles.

It's really ruining WvW.

Originally posted by indigo121

Crystal desert team/story team: As a GW1 vet, I want to say thank you for the whole expansion. Its been amazing to revisit some of my favorite places in tyria, and to finally deal with plot threads established about a decade ago now. What were your favorite places to revisit and why?

Originally posted by xNegatory

Are you hiring?

Originally posted by indigo121

Crystal desert team/story team: As a GW1 vet, I want to say thank you for the whole expansion. Its been amazing to revisit some of my favorite places in tyria, and to finally deal with plot threads established about a decade ago now. What were your favorite places to revisit and why?

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Originally posted by indigo121

Crystal desert team/story team: As a GW1 vet, I want to say thank you for the whole expansion. Its been amazing to revisit some of my favorite places in tyria, and to finally deal with plot threads established about a decade ago now. What were your favorite places to revisit and why?

Originally posted by MyPatronusIsABigCake

Loved the expansion so far, the only downside I found was that I feel like I completed most of what was new quite quickly compared to HoT but since LW4 is coming quickly that doesn't feel like a real problem to me. In other words, amazing work guys !

Now onto the question.

What's the thing you had the most fun working on for this expansion ?

And what's the biggest technical challenge you faced that you can talk about ?

Originally posted by tamasan

Mounting back up after interacting with something is a pain. There are many areas that are dense with mobs, mobs that have new AI that fire at range, retreat into the agro range of other mobs, and won't come closer even if you line of sight them. Chasing and killing a dozen trash mobs just so I can get back on my mount is a chore and really detracts from the fun of mounts. Can you look into letting us interact with things, harvest nodes, open chests, etc., or at least make remounting after doing so much less painful?

Originally posted by rmd291

Thank you for everything in this expansion, it's beautiful. Just waiting to see Kamadan now.

1- Well, it was gonna be a question about the Griffon. Why did you include something this potentially broken? (I love it)

2- I heard that Scourge being unable to maintain all of its shades at the same time was a conscious design decision. Is this true? What made you make this decision, compared to other, possible, alternatives?

3- Why are the Firebrand's Tomes not (using) the old Guardian's Tomes effect (actual Tome, book thingy)? Did you lose them like with the Mistward weapons of the Revenant (:P)?

Also I loved the detail that when you Story Spoiler

Finally, be honest with me, we're never gonna have land-spears are we? Between the Spellbreaker's lore, the existance of a number of staff skins that look kinda like halberds, or other types of polearms...

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Originally posted by weissnicht01

How often do you praise joko?

Originally posted by Something_Memorable

Swordmaster Joko.

Originally posted by biffpower3

When designing the new PoF maps, was there any conflict between the map design you wanted, and staying true to the GW1 maps?

I think you did a fantastic job with map design, and loved the nods to GW1.

Also - favourite weapon / armor skin in PoF?

Originally posted by Ixillius

1) The raptor mini collection was pretty cool which made me wonder if there is any chance of seeing the fire and ice skins as usable legendary mount skins?

2

3) Much like ember bay's skulls, Desolation's mouth of torment has strange faces crawling their way out of the centre. Image What drives the land to take these forms and will it ever be tied to the story in any meaningful way?

4) Since PoF is a bit more demanding, what would be the best option for people upgrading? Going the route of i7700k or the newer CPU's...

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Originally posted by indigo121

QA team: "If you do your job right, people wont realize you've done anything at all" Working in software development, I understand the complexity of your job, and the massive responsibility to not get it wrong. We all know that some bugs and issues made it into launch, but I still want you to know that I think you did your part to help deliver one of the smoothest MMO expac launches out there. What was the funniest bug you dealt with during testing, and what was the most infuriating bug you had to help squash?