It'll be interesting to see what they do with all of the feedback that was given.

Originally posted by Amjoco

Originally posted by Finit

Originally posted by Amjoco

Ah the junk seller is awesome. I was hoping they might get a name filter of some type like LORTO has so the names aren't all unrelated to role playing. Toaster Cord comes to mind is one I saw. All though if you were a Fire Mage in WoW that might work. Also, a check name feature on character creation. Sometimes I will think of a character in my head, give him a name, and build the character. Problem is if I spend 20 min building him and the name is taken I have wasted my time!

edit: I need to learn to spell check before posting

Wait, did you have to go back and re-build your character after the name was taken?  I think that might have been a glitch, because that certainly did not happen to me.

No, I build the character around the name. I'm backwards I guess. I take a name like Allanon for example from the Terrey Brooks Shannara series. He was tall, dark, and bearded. If I take the time to build him and the name is already taken, I have to start over again with a new name and character. I don't always build characters this way, but it is something I do. :D

Edit: for shannara spelling :O

The sword of shannara was my first ever fantasy novel that I read for enjoyment (not school). It's what got me interested in fantasy, which of course led me to the king of all fantasy, the Silmarillion. Allanon is still one of my most favorite characters of all time.

Ok......How on earth do i get to the official gw2 forums?.....I have literally been trying to figure this out for almost an hour.

I went https://forum.guildwars2.com but it says you have to sign in, but there's no way to sign up.....

What. The hell. Is going on here.

If that's not the official forum, then what is? Where are you getting this info from? So confused.

Originally posted by Indol

Ok......How on earth do i get to the official gw2 forums?.....I have literally been trying to figure this out for almost an hour.

 

I went https://forums.guildwars2.com but it says you have to sign in, but there's no way to sign up.....

 

What. The hell. Is going on here.

You have to be a beta tester to view the beta forums. While it's in read only mode, they could probably make those viewable by anyone. The tone of the forums is good and there is nothing there that people shouldn't be allowed to see, since the BWEs are not under NDA. If you pre-purchase the game, you'll be able to set up an account and read them. Otherwise, you'll just have to wait and see if Arenanet opens them for public viewing at some point.

Ok thank you! Finally i know what's going on!

Is there anywhere i can go to see what the devs are saying on the boards?

Originally posted by Amjoco

Originally posted by Finit

Originally posted by Amjoco

Ah the junk seller is awesome. I was hoping they might get a name filter of some type like LORTO has so the names aren't all unrelated to role playing. Toaster Cord comes to mind is one I saw. All though if you were a Fire Mage in WoW that might work. Also, a check name feature on character creation. Sometimes I will think of a character in my head, give him a name, and build the character. Problem is if I spend 20 min building him and the name is taken I have wasted my time!

 

edit: I need to learn to spell check before posting

 

Wait, did you have to go back and re-build your character after the name was taken?  I think that might have been a glitch, because that certainly did not happen to me.

No, I build the character around the name. I'm backwards I guess. I take a name like Allanon for example from the Terrey Brooks Shannara series. He was tall, dark, and bearded. If I take the time to build him and the name is already taken, I have to start over again with a new name and character. I don't always build characters this way, but it is something I do. :D

Edit: for shannara spelling :O

 

Isn't it more blasphemous that you spelled the writers name wrong rather than the serie's name. It's Terry. Also Landover > Shannara ;)

suggestion of players on GW2 official forum are so great and any bug is mencioned on that forum.  i was really impressed. BIG BIG expectation for next BW. if they correct everything people say on official forum i belive they lauch game in end June

Originally posted by Exterminos

nice to see arena net showing they actually care what we think which is more than i can say for most of the MMO's i have played where the dev's have little to no interaction with the community. Thanks for putting those quotes together from the devtracker OP

No problem, I'm glad you appreciated them.  

The sword of shannara was my first ever fantasy novel that I read for enjoyment (not school). It's what got me interested in fantasy, which of course led me to the king of all fantasy, the Silmarillion. Allanon is still one of my most favorite characters of all time.

That was how it happened to me as well. I read the Sword of Shannara about 20 years ago when I was a freshmen in high school. A good friend of mine recommended it to me after he had read it.  Shortly after that I had to read the Hobbit for school. After that I was hopelessly addicted to fantasy. It's been nothing but fantasy books, pen and paper games, RPGs and MMOs since.

Originally posted by Amjoco

No, I build the character around the name. I'm backwards I guess. I take a name like Allanon for example from the Terrey Brooks Shannara series. He was tall, dark, and bearded. If I take the time to build him and the name is already taken, I have to start over again with a new name and character. I don't always build characters this way, but it is something I do. :D

Edit: for shannara spelling :O

 

I'm not sure if character names get reserved in GW2 like they did in GW1. In GW1, if you made a character and deleted it, that name was reserved for you for a certain period of time - can't remember the exact time frame, a good few hours anyway.

If it works the same way in GW2, you could essentially make a random character to reserve that name, then delete that character. That way the name should be reserved for you for a while. Then spend as long as you need to create the perfect character to match that name.

On topic: I'm very happy with the amount of community interaction I see from the developers. Everything from community managers answering all sorts of general questions on a daily basis on Twitter and Facebook, to the more in depth answers of developers on game mechanisms. It's always nice to get some insight into their reasoning behind various features.

Way to go Anet !!!

Currently I am not really excited about the game or at least not that much, but  I am really looking forward to see how much ANet has done with their game in only 1 month. Obviously not everything can be put into the game before release, but I think we'll see a lot of refinement.

for me just need more camera zoom out and GPU optimization. they do this and for me they could lauch game xDD

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Originally posted by Indol
Ok......How on earth do i get to the official gw2 forums?.....I have literally been trying to figure this out for almost an hour.
 
I went https://forum.guildwars2.com but it says you have to sign in, but there's no way to sign up.....
 
What. The hell. Is going on here.
 
If that's not the official forum, then what is? Where are you getting this info from? So confused.

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Its Beta acces only so if you have not purchase the game you cannot enter the forum.

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Originally posted by p_c_sousa
suggestion of players on GW2 official forum are so great and any bug is mencioned on that forum.  i was really impressed. BIG BIG expectation for next BW. if they correct everything people say on official forum i belive they lauch game in end June

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I hope not many suggestions where about making game more easy and realy don't want that to happen.

Communication is very important and it is great that the GW2 developers are being active in that front. FF XIV has good communication too and I hope "good communication" becomes a trend that is shared among all future MMORPGs.

Originally posted by Classicstar

 

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Originally posted by p_c_sousa
suggestion of players on GW2 official forum are so great and any bug is mencioned on that forum.  i was really impressed. BIG BIG expectation for next BW. if they correct everything people say on official forum i belive they lauch game in end June

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I hope not many suggestions where about making game more easy and realy don't want that to happen.

It was about a 50/50 split.  Some players thought melee was horrendously broken (weak) and others thought it was OP. You could usually see where the skill level was on the players too; melee is MUCH more punishing until you "get it".

That dev post on teh front page about knowing when to move, use CC, etc...OH GOD is it true. This isn't wow where you drop your stun asap and frontload as much pewpew on your target as you can. That will kill you. Careful positioning and timing are required..but once you understand a monster's attack patterns and how to deal with them...I won''t say it becomes EASY, but it's (bear with me here) like a game...It's fun to see how efficient you can be at being a killing machine and living.

The fiirst time I meleed three ettins by myself and lived as a Mesmer, I remember stopping, looking at my nearly empy health bar, and going "OMG what a rush!" We need more of that in MMOs, which is why I hope whatever changed Anet makes are minimal.

Shows the developer listens and comments to the people on the forum. I'm impressed!

Yeah it's nice too see glad i got the game now, also the devs albeit they are a small team from Above and Beyond over at The Repopulation forums,are ever present and will answer questions or just general chit chat,it's very refreshing considering they hit Alpha in june i'm amazed they find the time !!

Yeah, I actually back and forthed with a few devs about the overflow/can't find your group problem. They weren't aware it was working the way it was until some of us provided detailed feedback, and their immediate response was "That's a bug". We had an official post with a (crappy) workaround and a promsie that they intended to fix it ASAP.

Was nice to see beta working the way beta should.