‘Tower Talk’ Interview with Martin Kerstein | Wartower.de
The guys over at Wartower have put up a 27 minute audio interview with ArenaNet’s Martin Kerstein. The interview is in German, but courtesy of Desert Rose we have the main points hashed out:
- The number of skills in GW2 will be reduced because many players were crushed by the sheer number of skills and possible builds.
- The entrance into PvP is to high in GW1, they will to try to make it easier in GW2.
- In GW2 the number of PvP formats will be reduced.
- Balancing will never stop.
- There will be new content for GW1, but the definition of “content” may varies from player to player. Mainly new content will expend the story of GW1 and will build a bridge to GW2.
- There will be something special for the 5th birthday.
- HoM will be account based in GW2. One GW2 account will be abled to linked to another GW1 accont. With a special item you will be able to enter a instance of the HoM. There are no informations what the bonuses are at this point.
- They seriously consider to enable player organized tournaments. It hasn’t made clear if they also consider if players will be able to make custom maps.
- There isn’t a easy way to show who is online in the alliance guilds, so it’s very unlikely it will be implemented in GW1.
- The build system in GW2 will be similar to GW1; you can make a build out of different possibilities
If you want to listen to the original interview, check that out here. If you want to discuss the interview or check for clarifications of the translation, check out our forum thread here.
