Roy on creatures? I want Revenant developer back, tho!
Yup, a bit after the launch of HoT I transitioned teams to be team lead on creatures, working on expansion 2. You are in good hands with /u/Anet_KarlMcLain and the rest of the skills and balance team. I'm still involved with that team though and provide lots of advice and feedback, ;)
Why wasn't the Hall of Heroes (HoH/Tomb of Primeval Kings) ever implemented into GW2? And will it be in the future?
With love, -Kamikaze Tactics [GANK]
(Edit: Why am I getting downvoted for asking a serious question on PvP?) Paging: /u/GaileGray
Halls and Tombs were a huge part of GW1. While we loved those modes in GW1 we wanted to try something different for GW2. In GW2 we have Unranked Arenas as a fun place for all players to enjoy PvP. Ranked Arena for seasons of high competition. The Pro Leagues for the top players to compete for prizes and our in-game progression path for the Pro Leagues, the Guild Challenger League. In addition, there are Custom Arenas for scrimmages, casual play and practice. Guild Wars 2 PvP takes a new and different approach to PvP and overall is much more successful for it.
We've lost a big smile today :/ I wish you the best, Maestro :')
And for the Lore/Narrative team, will we ever explore the nature of magic and Tyria itself beyond elder dragons? The Mists, Lord Odran, The Antikythera, The Six Gods, The Hall of Heroes and the rift, The Spirits of the Wild... There are lots of mysteries out there yet to be explored, and we are aproaching them rather slowly :/
I won't give away any spoilers on future content. What I can say is that the team loves weaving long established lore into our new story, and we're excited about a lot of ways that we will be doing that in upcoming releases. And yes, magic in Tyria is broader than dragons.
Why's Colin leaving?
I answered this in another spot for Malchior as well. Just want to reinforce this is an opportunity for me to get closer to my home, family and try something new. After eleven years now at ArenaNet, I have nothing but love for this team, game and community - I'll be rooting for all of you.
Colin, are you at liberty to say yet where you may be going?
To Mike, grats on being back in a design role! I look forward to where and how you guide the future of Guild Wars 2!
An opportunity came up that allows me to see my family far more, support my wife on a project she is tackling after years of her supporting me, and a chance to cut my commute down to zero from an epic commute I have today. For now I'd rather let this discussion be about the future of Gw2 and leave my own future to that!
@ArenaColin DOCGOTGAME wants you in his channel. PLEASE Come we wanna say a proper docnation good bye. PLEASE Sir.
Are you sure he won't just ban Colin again? ;)
Did Gw2 thought about some Betting for the PvP esports games? (with gold for example) to promote the scene a bit.
We know that this has been successful in other games and it's something that comes up occasionally in brainstorming sessions but at the moment we don't have any plans for a system like this.
Has Arenanet taken the dissatisfaction of players with the PvP season 2 matchmaking under advisement and looking to revise it for season 3?
We are definitely aware that there are some frustrating match-ups being made during this Season's initial kick off period and we are actively working to improve this for Season 3.
;-; Are you at least going to keep playing the game?
Absolutely! I am a huge Guild Wars fan, I've got to see so many things in development for the future that I can't wait to see how they turn out. I love this game, I love this team and I love this community. Guild Wars will be with me anywhere I go.
Let's talk armor. One of the devs mentioned a few weeks ago they'd look into the missing assets (Tribal armor is the most notorious, but Apostle armor also comes to mind). Has anything definitive come up to bring back the old PvP skins?
We are definitely working on bringing these sets back into the game.
are you ever gonna do something like LS1 again? i missed out on the whole living world thing for the most part and wish more stuff changed in a permanent way.
LS2 was nice but i liked the open-world parts of the HoT story more than the instanced stuff.
We also love telling stories in open world. We're definitely looking at all the ways we can tell our story in upcoming Living World releases.
Cantha and Elona when!?
One final time for Matt Visual - Cantha?
Colin became a train driver, right?
Confirmed.
Well, we love that you're having fun. ;)
Bonus picture regarding winter content: http://i.imgur.com/Wh1oz3E.jpg (please note that there are still some spelling issues).
Also confirmed.
Just wanted to quickly pass along we asked the skills team to hold off on making any more FX changes until a system was in place to allow people to toggle them on/off as a selection. They've been continuing to work on the project of making combat less visually noisy, while also ensuring there will be options for players to pick from.
More info on this with the spring update but I did want to say you'll see the old FX restored soon along with some visibility options for those who want to use them.
What if, on the map before the match starts, everyone leaves the party (which would still make them stay in the team obviously)? In that case will everyone count as soloque, or still as a premade because they were together when they got the qpop?
I could see this becoming a tactic - people disbanding and reforming after each match, taking turns when it comes to logging off.
If you queue up for a match as part of a party, and you or a teammate leave that party at any time during a match, you do not suddenly become a solo player. As such, leaving your party in the hopes of abandoning the match as a solo player to prevent your teammates from losing a pip is not possible.
if you win despite a party member DCing, you still gain pips though, right?
That is correct, unless you're the person who abandoned/disconnected. In that case, everyone else on your team would gain a pip except you.
Players who desert matches (such as by abandoning the match or disconnecting) will automatically be given a “desertion,” which counts as a defeat and will cost that player -1 pip.
If a player from your team deserts the match, and your team is then defeated, you’ll lose no pips for that match (and the match won’t count as a loss should you be on a win streak).
Stop me if I am wrong - following scenario.
- dude 1: 'yo dude, we are going to lose and I'm about to tier up, you ok to DC?'
- dude 2: 'yeah bud, but as long as you got my back when I'm about to rank up?'
- dude 1: 'sure dude'
- dude 2: 'sweet!'
- dude 1: 'sweeeeeet!'
-_-
Just to clarify:
If you are in a pre-made group with a party member who abandons the match, and your group loses the match, then everyone in your pre-made group will lose a pip. That one person who abandons will not save your other pre-made teammates from losing a pip.
If you are not in a pre-made group, and one of your random team members abandons, then you will not lose a pip.
This is the exact same way that things functioned in Season 1. Nothing is changing here for Season 2.
Good question! Last I heard was they were going back in a long time ago, will try and track down what happened here.
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