Craywulf

madmaxII, on 12 May 2013 - 11:50 PM, said:

Umm... that's not an expansion, that's something they should be doing anyway. Wouldn't be surprised if they introduce it with an expansion, but charging you for an armor clipping bugfix would be eyeroll.

This looks very little like the death knight from WoW, but it does look like a mish-mash of guardian, thief, and necromancer from GW2.  You have some really neat ideas for skills, but you may want to work on them more to differentiate the skills and playstyles from what we already have.  Is this a dark knight or a death knight?  Lots of the skills you listed have to do with death/undeath and not so much darkness or shadow.

It's like mix of Guardian/Thief and Necro. Feels repetitive and reductive.

Zylo, on 25 February 2013 - 03:08 AM, said:

This.

The game does not need death knights.

What the game needs in terms of new professions is

1: Some type of shamanistic/druid architype that takes on aspects of different animals for different tasks. (the base ideas are already in the game used by different NPC's & used in different quests that have you transform.

2: A monk - far eastern style.  By this I mean shaolin monk that combines martial arts & use of chi not monks as they were in GW1.

3: A Samuri, Heavy armor wearer, does not use shields but can use all swords, 2 handed weapons & bows. Specializes in control (IE cripples, weakness/stuns etc...) for the set up & burst for quick kills.

I like the idea, Death knight in WoW was the only class I really cared to play. But I honestly don't feel that this particular class has room in the Guild wars Lore. The big thing when Guardian was announced was arena net tried to make it neutral as possible, that the power of the guardian is not from a divine source, and not of the holy nature (such as a monk in gw1 or a Paladin/Cleric) generally when the "Dark knight" concept is brought up it's represented in an Evil manor or an Antihero, who eventually comes to fight on the Good side (in this case against the Dragons)

Another issue with your concept is the "aura's" thing, it's all ready on the Elementalist, they have many "aura" abilities.

Finally, from what I've seen of arena net when they try and come up with a concept of a class they want it to be original, not "well it's a mix of x and x" I'm not saying it's going to be 100% original, but they don't want 3000 classes with different names and similar play experiences. I'm personally working on a concept of a 3rd heavy armor class as well because you know, it's just fair to have 3 of each armor class >.>

keep working on yours :]

Just sort of reminds me of a necro concept in heavy armor. With Guardian weapons.

You are missing the Throw Batarang skill, Summon the Tumbler ability, and a utility belt.

Sounds an awful lot like a Death Knight... maybe go back to WoW?

Sounds like a guardian with warrior damage and stealth....

Sounds OP..

Arcade Fire, on 09 May 2013 - 05:33 AM, said:

He said - People exploiting the games mechanics for profit (MF leaching, Event Exploiting, Karma exploits etc.) I have nothing short of utter contempt for though.

Exploiting.
That's not playing the game.

It bothers him and me as well probably because we possess a certain basic degree of ethics and morals towards even something as seemingly insignificant as games and entertainment.

El Duderino, on 07 May 2013 - 08:56 PM, said:

You're right.

So far, the cash shop in GW2 relies on cosmetic items and slight boosts.  

GW1 actually sold content not available any other way in their store! (Bonus missions, which had unique stories of defining GW1 characters).  Pissed off a lot of people....

Mordakai, on 07 May 2013 - 09:06 PM, said:

AND you also didn't have a chance to pay for it by playing the game, but you rather HAD to pay with real money.

Simple solution if people want stuff to disappear off of the store:  don't buy it.  I doubt Anet would keep making town clothes if no one bought any..


And, again, those NOT buying these things should be grateful somebody is.  Even if you hate all the Holiday stuff, fractals, new PvP map, Super Adventure Box, and Frost & Flame:  they still exist, in part b/c of people buying stuff with cash.

I have more money than time, so I have no problem spending real money on virtual goods...  I've had a meal out that cost more than all of my GW2 expenses total.  When it costs $10 to see a 3 hour movie, complaining about $60 for a game you can play for years seems silly to me.

MazingerZ, on 02 May 2013 - 07:54 PM, said:

No need for it not to be scripted. I prefer it is scripted actually because the devs can focus on developing a better event and story/world evolution. If the players can actually have an effect, the devs have to plan for both scenarios which would increase the chance of a mediocre event.

Interesting idea that is being poorly executed.

The living story would be amazing if it really changed the game and stuck. If players had stories to tell after it was over. If outposts/towns/forts were destroyed by the story and then stayed destroyed or if he landscape was visibly scarred from the effects for good then the world would evolve. Old players would be able to say "Yea, I remember when there was a town here. The dredge came and wiped it off the map with a big drill. Everyone tried to work together to save the town, but we failed." New players would be all "Man that really sounds cool, I can't wait till something happens again so that I can be a part of the world."