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Thinking WAY ahead

I know that this is thinking WAY ahead perhaps too much ahead but if there ever would be a Guildwars 3 can you make it so you still could use skills and so but you would also be able to aim and shoot with staves and aim with your sword etc like being a first person shooter. That would revelutionize the world of Gameplay and if Guildwars was the first it would be better than rivals like World of Warcraft! I know its a bit too much but then when your sitting there at a meeting with a-net colleuges you might just think about it..... (sorry for all misspellt words)Simpaklimp 18:17, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

MMORPG != FPS. :P

Creating a First-Person Shooter game be a whole new story (new engine, new physics, new everything). :) --NIN37 18:33, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

If Guild Wars players wanted to play something like an FPS, one would think that they would go out and buy an FPS and not Guild Wars... ;) -- Elv 21:45, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

*Coughoblivioncough* — Wolf 22:26, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

You are lucky, Chronicles of Spellborn realeasing very soon! Well, in most of europe, that is :P -=-Koda Kumi 23:03, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Well ignoring the commercial flop aspect of Tabula Rasa, the game did prove that you can make a shooter MMORPG that works well. It may not have sold well, but from what I hear it did what it was designed to do pretty nicely...... except sell. Independant reviews were fairly positive. So if you can do a firearm based FPS-MMORPG, you can do a sword and sorcery First-person MMORPG. Though, I would like to add that First Person is not a direction I can imagine Guild Wars being taken. Not with a skill based system, at least. 72.155.1.148 03:37, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Personally, I would not want that. Except if only a few professions worked that way. If anything, I'd sooner go isometric than FPS. -- Alaris 05:18, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Sure, maybe it could go that way, Guild Wars 2 is already doing things I don't like, and its only a word representation at the moment. Who knows what the future holds? [crosses fingers Guild Wars 3 has super space monkeys] ^_^ --000.00.00.00 19:10, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Man i love chornichles of spellbound and its being realeased today! (wed,26,11)but how do i buy it. Im wishing that for christmas! Well evry1 hates my idea of guildwars doing it so forget about it :( but thanks on the tip for spellbound :D Simpaklimp 19:38, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Spellborn (to be released on the USA only on 2009) allows people to aim (even melee attacks) but it's not first person, though. It also has a skill bar system and a fantasy setting, so if Simpaklimp meant aiming like in a FPS instead of being a FPS, we will see how that system works (assuming we get enough criticism about Spellborn, it's too much of a niche game so far). Erasculio 19:43, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Where can i buy spellborn, any1 know a shop in eourope?(preferably sweden)?Simpaklimp 15:20, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

'Racial slur'

I don't see how supporting having Obama in the White House is a 'racial slur' tbh. Napalm Flame 18:28, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

...You do know this is the talk page for the ANet community relations manager, right? --Mme. Donelle 21:50, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Well no fucking shit, sherlock. I just don't see how saying that could count to a 'racial slur' so I ask for a view of an ANet member of staff. Napalm Flame 00:34, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I'd recommend Gaile for an issue liek this. — Wolf 00:35, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Tbh, at least that horse actually did something :> Napalm Flame 00:37, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I dropped a note about this on Gaile's page. I recommend you carry the rest of the discussion there. — Wolf 00:38, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Napalm, Think you could provid us with some context as to how this came up? — Wolf 00:44, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Presumably someone ingame got all pissed at him for some comment he made and he got in trouble for it? Took me a while to realise that was the case, though, heh. At first this section looked seriously random. --Mme. Donelle 02:23, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Napalm Flame, could you please explain to me the situation you are complaining about? Were you reported in-game? If so, this is a Customer Support issue. Any insight would be useful so that I know where to direct your inquiry. --Regina Buenaobra 00:44, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I was, for basically saying 'black guys in the white house is right, it's how it should be.' I don't agree with any of the white supremacists ingame. The idea is, we all know that politics is more like a game of chess, except everyone's baed chess players. Bit like GWs at the minute, there's less than 50 good players left. I don't care about being week b&, it means I have a week to grind to lvl 72+ in Air Rivals, but I still think it's a bit silly to ban for that. Napalm Flame 16:43, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Errr.... pardon? I think the general lumping of obama in as just a "black guy in the white house" could be seen as quite dismissive and offensive. -- Salome 18:26, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

It's dismissive and offensive if you're an idiot. It's an honor to be the first black PotUS. Napalm Flame 22:46, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

I wouldn't consider that a racial slur, but you could offend someone. Be careful how you say it, it could easily be twisted into a different meaning. — Wolf 23:41, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Errr...maybe you got banned as your argument style is as it is? -- Salome 23:55, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Still not a really valid reason. Give me a clear cut definition of a racial slur, and try to figure out if anything I have said is a slur. Napalm Flame 01:52, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

As Gaile mentioned, asking this on the wiki or Regina does absolutely nothing. The only person you can argue with and have any chance of the ban being lifted is the support staff who banned you. So raise a support ticket and see how it goes. Bear in mind that whoever you were arguing with might also have gotten a ban just to defuse perhaps a rather hot argument. Regardless, this is a support issue, so if there's anything else, talk to Gaile. -- ab.er.rant 02:15, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Just needed an opinion, kthxbai Napalm Flame 15:08, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

This is definitely a customer support issue. As you apparently are already in the ticketing system, you should communicate with the person who is dealing with your case. I don't think I can intelligently comment on what you said you said in the game, because I don't have all the information. All I can really do is surmise that your comment may have been received poorly by the person who reported you. Words in text can easily be misinterpreted and the meaning you intended may not be the meaning that came across to the person reading it. --Regina Buenaobra 01:38, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

xfire

→ moved from User talk:Brains12#xfire

hi brains it kinda s*cks that guildwars doesn't support x-fire ....

will we ever be able to use x-fire ingame :( ?? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.147.172.55 (talk • contribs) at 18:07, 5 November 2008 (UTC).

I use x-fire in game all the time, as do many of my friends. — Wolf 15:14, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

If you're having problems using Xfire with Guild Wars, this is a question that should be directed to Xfire customer support. (BTW, even if I was working at Xfire and you asked that, I would still direct you to the Xfire customer support department.) Thanks. --Regina Buenaobra 21:16, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Here ya go ;) -- WoB 02:22, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Cant reset password

A teriblle thing happend, i lost my account and now i cant reset my password because it keeps sending me to ncsofts website,and ive never been there before. so i made a acoount then i tried to add acces keys (cant) etc.... all the stuff it tells you to do. and therefore i cant get my account back. so can anyone help me and regina,why not make it so its just normal. and yes,i have reset my password before nad it went right to my email like a charm. and i havent lost my password, i guy scammed and took my account, but we have to think forward,not what has happend.Simpaklimp 19:03, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

You probably have an ncsoft account without knowing (like I did). This is created when logging in for the first time in d In-Game Store. If you can't remember the details when created that account, you can send a ticket along with your name, address, access keys and a scan of the access keys (there may be more but I forgot what are they) to d support team. Oh you may want to ask Gaile for more details about d ticket. She is d support gal. :) --MageMontu 19:44, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

I think they also ask for an activation code you were sent when you created your GW account (which I must note I never got) and some other things. You may also need to sell your soul before you get an answer. I had to go through this process myself and it was hell before I got an answer. I hope it's easier for you, so good luck! -- Elv 11:06, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

I got my account back but ive got a 2 week ban! I think thats pretty hard on a noob...Simpaklimp 10:48, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Compass

Hi I have noticed there is no disable ping or drawings option only to shut off your compass as an answer to a player abusing its use I was wondering if you could look into that I apologize if this has any flaws to the post I just realy wanted to throw this topic up for discussion as I've had a few eye sores looking over the battle to have someone mess up the map on me.--Tim the Ranger 02:23, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Regina, I'm not sure if I was suppose to adress your name to get your attention on this matter or not I'm new to using wiki chat but I realy would like a response on the matter I typed above this let me know if someone who is able to do this is busy and will get on it or if there may be disagreement on what I asked for what my point was leading to is the compass is my user interface it should be my option whether I allow another to put things on my interface or not especialy when what they are doing is helpfull or disruptfull to what I am using it for. I will apreciate the time of yours. --Tim the Ranger 02:23, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

My previous posts will say same day because I wasnt aware or given an option to sign them the days they were I'm still learning as I said.--Tim the Ranger 02:23, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

It's unlikely such a feature will be ever implemented into GW. If it's so much trouble for you, perhaps you'd be better off removing the compass from your UI and using the "U" map instead. 75.146.48.190 20:59, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Everyones entitled to their own oppinions I respect yours however, to do so means I would be going blind on sense of direction as well as where my enemies are I have spoken to fellow guildies on the matter and they too are quite sick of this problem of having others abuse authority just by drawing where they please making it very difficult to see or plan where you were working towards on your own goals several even refuse to pvp at all and would rather use heroes in pve than put up with it as it also occurs there as well, now I realy would prefer to be replied to by facts of why it cant be done, will not be done, or will be quite some time before anyone can get around to it rather than being ignored and responded to by oppinions of fellow players. I have been a player of over 3 years and have frankly got tired of putting up with it. There has been many interface changes just why cant this one also occur?--Tim the Ranger 07:38, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

scaming?

is it scamming if you don't pay some one for a run? ie can you get banned for it? now with the /report scam feature?75.165.119.176 00:37, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

If I remember correctly the answer would be no. Running and getting run are on a at-your-own-risk basis. Scamming would be something like selling an item intentionally as another or something along those lines. I could be wrong tho, so I'd wait for Regina's word on this. — Wolf 00:40, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

yea that was my thought as well, mainly because anet would rather have you play though the game then get runs everywhere but if that truly was the case then they would have closed down a lot of areas or put gates and stuff like that. 75.165.119.176 01:05, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Well, they don't promote runs, but neither do they frown upon them. — Wolf 01:07, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I think at some point Gaile mentioned that it DOES count as a scam if you agree to pay for the run, and then don't pay in the end, in the same way that asking to get paid and then going off with the money counts as a scam. If people get reported for this they do risk being banned, although I'm not sure first offense would merit one. You'd be better off asking Gaile the specifics, though. As Support guru she probably knows better than Regina, and certainly knows better than I do. :) -- Elv 13:03, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Last time I saw this issue being brought up on Gaile's talk page, she said not paying for a run when you have agreed to pay is scamming, and you can be banned for it. In the same topic however, a user brought up that he had been scammed that way, and sent his ticket to support. The answer support gave him was something along the lines of "sorry, we can't do very much about that". Gaile went to look into it, but I can't quite remember the outcome. — Why 19:37, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Honesty is always the best policy. — Wolf 23:13, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

You have to give proof enough. If no one says clearly in the Chat the service give and the price and you don't take screenshots, you can't prove much. MithTalk 00:06, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

yea but the same could be said about verbal abuse. but yet you can get /reported for that. also if some one could dig up that response from gaile that would be awesome.75.165.123.205 04:04, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_talk:Gaile_Gray/Archive_Support_Issues/Apr_-_Jun_2008#reporting_people 69.19.14.24 17:51, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

GW 2 News

Hello :)

GW2 was announced ages back, and so far I have seen very little news on it. Is ArenaNet unable to give information regarding development because you dont want to let other companies in on how you are doing, or is there no actual information for you to tell the community?

OR!

Have you as an employee been told you cant give us any information, so the company can be all covert and ninja like ;)?

Cheers!

Deathlike 17:45, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

this may be of some interest to you :) -- Wandering Traveler 17:47, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, but the question about whether ArenaNet staff have been told not to give information on GW2 remains ... :o Deathlike 17:55, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

As Regina said last week, they are working on GW2, but they aren't announcing things yet for several reasons (competativeness included). Check the archives if it's not on this page anymore if you want her full explanation. -- Lord Ehzed 18:15, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Ok thanks, I didnt check the archives because they are so large but I'll trawl through them and find that :).Deathlike 18:40, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

(Reset indent) I'll paraphrase a lot of comments for you, and give you a little input of my own. Idk about you, but I find archive digging a little unpleasent. GW2 simply isn't ready yet. Games are normaly under developement for 2-3 years before they are even announced, and then it's usualy atleast another month or two before they give out any more. GW2 is no exception. Anet does not want to give out any GW2 info until they have something highly polished and high quality to show everyone. The idea is esscentialy to make as grand an entrence as possible, and catch and hold everyone's attention. Think for a minute, how many games have you lost interest in before they where released that had plenty of screen-shots and cool game-play video's and such out just about the time it was announced? How many people did you then go on to saying how awesome it was, and had them check the game out? They are realy going to be playing off those first impressions, and want to make the best one they can. GW1 was pretty successful, but GW2 will be aimed not only at the returning player mass, but expanding it's player-base.

GW was announced VERY earl in it;s developement cycle for a game, it's life numbering only a few months. They went ahead, choose the lesser of the two evils, and announced GW2 then and there, so we would know why GW1 was recieving so little attention, and to put things into perspective for us players. Back to what I said earlier, GW2 simply is nto ready yet. Hang in there, I'm sure we will all be well rewarded for our patience. Regina, please correct me if I missed anything or got anything wrong XD — Wolf 21:40, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

aNet staff are the neo-ninjas with 1337 shuriken throwing skillz. 203.160.168.116 17:55, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Stuff you might want to know

Corsair Prisoner --> Sunspear Volunteer? What about Corsair Torturer?

Also, giving people a massive influx of gold due to retroactive book rewards would drive prices up, which would kinda be a good thing. (I'm willing to bet you guys aren't willing to completely redesign the loot system, so this is probably the next best solution.)

207.192.29.42 00:31, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Corsair Torturer is ok because he is a baddy and you kill him. Learn to understand overly sensitive complaints please. Misery 00:32, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I noticed this change, too. No offense towards anyone, but why did the Corsair Prisoner need to become a Sunspear Volunteer in the Chabek zone...?--Trailsong 15:30, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Someone complained about depicting the good guys torturing prisoners, and because it was an easy thing to change, they changed it. ¬ Wizårdbõÿ777(talk) 19:09, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Unauthorized Account Access

Let's say someone managed to gain access to your account. Predictably, they relieved you of your gold and precious items. After all is said and done, and they move on to shinier accounts to loot, what can you do? Of course, report the incident to Support. But what can they do? Most developers will not replace lost items or gold, and I'm quite sure that Arena.net does not either. But will they go so far as to ban the accounts that your items were traded to during the theft? 74.227.209.204 01:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

If the other account belonged to a knowing accomplice, I'm pretty sure their involvement would violate some part of the EULA or ToS, although I haven't read them recently. -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 04:14, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

I found something under conduct breaches and outcomes that might cover it. Specifically this line: "Taking advantage of another player ("scamming") in order to take his/her items or account.". It's not scamming, but it is taking advantage of another player in order to take his/her items. -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 04:38, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

So does that cover the accounts that get stolen items traded to them from a compromised account?74.227.204.6 07:00, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't work at ArenaNet so I can't provide an official answer, I'm just providing my own interpretations of the EULA, ToS and other rules. IMO If the other person is an accomplice who knows it's a stolen / hacked account then it is technically taking advantage of another player in order to take his/her items. If they don't know they're trading with or receiving items from a stolen or compromised account, they're innocent and IMO it wouldn't make sense to ban them. You could read through guildwars.com's Rules of Conduct, Conduct Breaches and Outcomes, User Agreement and Terms of Use pages while you wait for an official answer. -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 09:24, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Holiday promotion: gifts

Regina, I wanted to ask why Anet does not offer the option to purchase campaigns through the plaync or in-game store as gifts for other people. It seems rather a silly idea to have a "holiday" promotion in which you can't buy gifts. For most people, holiday shopping is mainly done for other people. Only allowing the promotion to take effect on buying something for yourself is rather counter-intuitive. Ashes Of Doom 23:02, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

That sounds like a great idea, actually... but I think it may take too much work to implement at this point, so close to the holidays. It would be nice to be able to have a purchase count for an account other than your own. 72.155.5.9 23:40, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

This has been suggested many times before, and even when Gaile was doing Regina's job I don't think there was ever a solid answer to it. I think it was mostly "being considered" and "being looked into", but I don't recall ever seeing any definite answers. I'd like to know, though... being able to buy presents for friends would be great. :) -- Elv 18:13, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Well with all the stuff ANET is working on right now, I doubt they have time to recode the ingame store, and their transactions system to handle this idea. And certainly not in time for Christmas. They simply dont have the manpower to spare on such a (comparatively) trivial project. At least not enough manpower to get it done in time. Cross our fingers for next year, I suppose. 74.227.197.12 18:54, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

(as a coder, I do doubt they'd have to recode anything, more of just add code on top of other code) (just saying)Vael Victus 07:04, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

As a coder you should know to never make assumptions regarding code you've never seen before :) 85.225.61.189 18:41, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Heh, my favorite response for whenever someone says "but that _____ would be so easy to code"  :) Dargon 21:39, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

I'll keep that in mind for my discussions with Shard. Anyway, what would be a great way to sell something, is to offer a new minipet/generic armor piece/etc. through the online store. Guess how much money they would make, if each player paid hem $2.50 or something. And it would be really cool for us to have. 145.94.74.23 08:13, 27 November 2008 (UTC)