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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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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.

Originally posted by Aloraiel

Congrats ArenaNet! You deserve it!!!

Originally posted by bkhtx82

Great job making an awesome game!!

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

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!

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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.

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. :)