Guild Wars 1's 20th Anniversary Update
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- čas přidán 29. 03. 2024
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You'll have to forgive me any little inaccuracies on this one (like the envoy staves are from the Zcoin update, not anniversay I think) - it's been a few years!
lets get a 5€/month subscription for a total revamped GW1. i like the GW1 skills mechanics better than the GW2 weapon/skills mechanic. with a subscription it would be feasible.
@@975mitchell True, but the GW community hates timely fees. Most of us started playing GW instead of WoW because we don't like timely fees. So any other payment model would be preferabele.
I mean context has changed in those twenty years. I know it's very wild but you're telling me you wouldn't spend a 5$ sub to pay for a gw1 live team to return? Anet could also use the model as a testing/proving ground to shake things up for Gw3. I'm sick of my favourite franchise apparently not having the funding it needs.
@@WoodenPotatoes Perhaps, many of use were teenagers when we played GW1 for the first time with the low income that most teenagers have. The community is much older now and probably has quite some more income to spend. I think a mandatory sub fee is still out of the question but an optional sub for premium features could be an option if it is implemented right and in a way that does not just put non-subscribers on a disadvantage. Still, I rather pay for content, features and extra's than for time. But that's just me.
Yeah if u look at GW1 , all it needs , is a New Updated HD models for the playable characters. Even then that should only be a option .
How the hell are we already in our 30s?
Man smh. I was still in high school at my peak time of playing this
For real!
In my head I'm still in first year of university. :(
But our generation will be very different from our parent's I think
I know right.... 37 here. Was 18 when I started playing GW. Haven't stopped since. How did so many years fly by.
Yeah I hate it
There's just something about gw1, a feeling that I can't really articulate, that still has a hold on me after all these years in a way that other games from my childhood simply don't match. Now I'm in my 30s and making adult money, I'd happily throw some of it at Anet for more content.
Inject videos of WoodenPotatoes talking about GW1 for an hour directly into my bloodstream. I'm addicted to this.
This is good, GW1 deserves more love, such fond memories of traveling with my first love through the Shiverpeaks back when we were such noobs one friday night it felt like we were genuine adventurers like the Fellowship of the Ring traveling through the Misty Mountains
That exactly, exploring the shiverpeaks to kryta was my first true moment I knew that I loved GW1. I was aimless in old ascolan and a guy invited me to his group. He knew the way to kryta and invited us, myself and some other random new low level guys to journey with him. He wasnt a runner and we were all somewhat low leveled and had to fight through mobs and dodge around patrols to make our way along the mountain side, occasionally stopping so our leader could swap to his guide map. The game felt so full and vast, and we had a real adventure. What a great and memorable exprience and game as a whole.
alliance battles were the sh*t. kurzick #1. plus random arena was so good.
*Anet adds a Legendary difficulty with Obsidian helmet symbol*
Community gets slapped by a Level 40 gargoyle outside Ascalon
I would pay for this.
@@WoodenPotatoes oh, absolutely
This is actually a marvelous idea, because the remainder of community would once again run 8man teams in PvE
@ReadyDaddy and instead of disabling consumables, they can just disable the rez shrines and double the DP on death...
And if bosses took 33% less damage from skills of their proffession(s)... you wouldn't be able to steamroll everything with a mesmer comp as much...
GW 3 should bring unique systems of GW 1 rather than become missmatch of other mmorpgs and fail miserably.
guild wars 3 is gonna be a guild wars 1 remake with jumping
It shouldn't take too many months to assign a /jump emote macro to the spacebar!
That's literally all I wanted from GW2
We can dream
better than a guild wars 2 remake 😂
@@ryanlowe6753 ya that with improved graphics and new area with skills.. maybe an additional passive skill system for more innovation with builds would be fun too
Greatest pvp game of all time. Nothing ever came slightly close :(
I loved GvG so much. Wish they'd put it into GW2. 10vs10 would totally change up ranked PvP.
Alliance battles and HoH were also absolutely amazing
The feel when you held the HoH multiple times… Like your guild would be famous. Even the random arenas were so much fun. Class/skill and unique build variety is just unmatched. EoE bomb, Ranger Spike, IWAY, KD/AS.. Even its minimap was the best :(
@@omercora the IWAY era was the golden time of GW 😍
Offline Mode, and allow the modding community keep the game alive forever!
Despite talking about this in the remaster video, I legit didn't even consider it for this one. Hah! I think I'm just stuck on the idea of "This game can go on"
offline mode has been recently declined by gw1s makers
I would have a concern about this potentially opening up security issues in both gw1 and 2. Though... a remake could strip away a lot and be built from the groundup
this actually amazing idea. for once someone is talking sense instead of demanding pointless shyt like remasters or remakes.
if they come out with an offline mode i can die a happy man
As a co-founder of Legacy, thanks for the shout out 💙
Dude it's great stuff!
@WoodenPotatoes thanks dude, glad to hear it. I may not be as active anymore on the site and the discords but I really love how far it's come and how much people still love to use it years later.
I've found many good threads on there, really. It's much better for google crawling than discords or reddit, and more visible than the wiki discussion pages. It has a lot of real value imo.
Personally, if they ever put out new content, I'd be thrilled to see 2/4 party zones. Running around with 8 characters is fine, but i loved the intimacy of the smaller groups!
A fun challenge and a fun way to work as a team.
I want a proper sequel with the systems from 1.
and? you will never get it! because you are powerless. and poor. nobody cares, bro. gw1 is long gone. forget about it
the only thing gw1 needs is an offline mode (with 12 heroes and adding your other characters as mercenaries), so the game can still be played and preserved for future generations.
I'm amazed nobody has made private GW1 servers and clients yet IMO
Nah we can already do this. We need things we cant do.
What about pvp though
@@thebigbucktheory5488 in every mmo that has both pve and pvp sooner or later pvpers become an extremely loud minority. 90% of players played the game almost exclusively for pve. then the other 9% played a bit of both, and only around 1% were hardcore pvpers. pve outgrown pvp
@@velDANTe I agree but guild wars sort of addressed it with pve/pvp skills speration but that's just what I like.
Would like to see an auction house, all remaining mini pets and discontinued items reintroduced into the game as well as numerous QoL updates
GW1 has given me so many memories. I absolutely loved playing this game and loved coming back to it.
Me too!
Loving the GW1 content! (music is quite loud though)
I can drop it a few dbs going forward, i've been slowly raising it till i get a message about it, and you're the first!
@@WoodenPotatoes It's quite loud. It's actually hard for me to hear what you are saying sometimes. Still great content!
It's a tough balancing act because the OST is just so damn good haha@@WoodenPotatoes
I was thinking the same thing but its hard to complain when it's Jeremy Soule lol
add the "deposit mats to material storage". Also have various vendors take from the bank. Inless they already did this. I just remember finding it super jarring going back
Only thing I need: guarantee that servers stay online for as long as GW2/GW3 are supported
they already said that servers will be up indefinitely. Multiple times.
I'm old enough to have gamed on the commodore 64 ...
GW will always hold a special place in my heart. To this day it is just still so unique.
GW2 is great. But just didn't quite hold me like GW..
Imagine they invent a time machine and bring old arenanet back to release a proper GW1 sequel.
Might be as realistic as the other suggestions.
I dare to hope so
If GW1 gets a faithful remaster, I’d probably revisit it again (fingers crossed it would be playable on Mac tho)
Personally, I want a HM mode and all it's implications to be added to pre searing only available to level 20's. Currently there's not much to do when you hit level 20 in pre-searing, sure you can do the charr boss run for the 200th time but by this point you basically 1-2 shot the bosses so it's not exactly difficult or interesting content. Add an HM mode, crank the enemies levels way up so you are forced to team up with another person to be able to beat the charr bosses.
HM mode means different drop tables for enemies, which includes tomes, sure make the drop chance lower, but imagine how cool it would be to once you hit level 20 you can start making an actual build in pre searing by slowing farming out tome, how you could join a party but because you have Power Spike you can interrupt a crucial skill being used by the enemy. The charr bosses would then also have a low chance of dropping elite tomes, but as level 24's (with all the patrols of level 23's with monks nearby) it would be super difficult to even reach them let alone kill them.
HM mode also means the enemies are level 20 and thus max gold weapons are now a possible drop. The golds should use the OS system so you can't extract insignia's on them which will mean there's still a huge demand for the "perfect" weapon, this would also allow for gold armor drops with stuff like +3 fire magic, or super vigor on them which would also be very valuable.
If it's not too off the table add new HM daily quests like vanguard dailies to incentive people to go out and quest together in HM, again if it's not off the table you could even add something like a proto zaishen coin system where the reward gives you a trophy and if you collect 10 of them you can use it to increase your bag space or buy a bigger equipment pack. The bag space in pre is never enough I feel like. To go a step even further add in some prestige armor to pre searing but instead of rare mats it uses this HM quest currency there's unimplemented armors like on Elementalist Aziure that'd be really cool to see back in the game but if that's not an option just adding elite charr hide armor would be cool stretch goal for people to work toward.
In a perfect world the HM daily quests would be quite difficult and require different sorts of 2 man party comps to beat so you can't just tome 8 of the best meta skills and never have to engage with it again or at very least require you to take along someone who could do it. I'm talking about quests like maybe one where you have to defend an NPC, or one that is time based requiring a speed boost, or one that is mostly casters so it's important to have interrupts, or a quest where the enemies have lots of damage mitigation but no healing so you need to bring condi skills, or a quest where the enemies have a crucial enchantment to strip , make quests that really play strongly to the "build craft" part of this game, sure maybe you can't beat the quest now but if you just get "1" more tome drop you can unlock a skill you think will help. It's just a shame that in pre searing you have so many worthless skills and then you hit level 20 and now it doesn't even matter because you 2 shot every enemy. Since you can't profession swap either this would mean your secondary choice is suddenly WAY MORE important in a 2 man party so you can now bring some crucial skills to completing missions.
Just my thoughts on whole thing I understand your opinions on the whole tranquil aspect of pre-searing WP, but I feel like there's a lot they could do that wouldn't take too many resources for them to accomplish to make pre-searing fun and engaging to play with.
My wishlist for balance patches:
Nerf's
1) Nerf mesmer untyped damage, or give it chaos damage type
2) Nerf splinter weapon so it doesn't scale so hard with channeling magic
3) Nerf UA it's simply too good of an instant choice for a monk to run
Buff's
1) Buff paragon especially spear/motivation lines
2) Buff warrior, maybe make strength increase armor penetration by 1.5% or 2% rather than 1, warrior doesn't stand out vs derv or assassin very well currently.
3) Reduce the cooldown of every assassin dagger skill except the spammer trio, feel like this would give better flavor into dagger spammer builds if other skills could be more effectively spammed.
Dude this presearing stuff is a cool idea and you have opened my eyes!
I agree with your nerfs, too. I would give death blossoms aoe slashing damage, too.
Food for thought. I'm highly sceptical about any future for gw1 but these are strange times in the video game industry - big studios are spending huge amounts of money on games that people are less and less impressed by and indie studios are getting more and more attention, remakes and remasters are coming out left and right, paying for gaming is becoming subscription-based instead of retail - the whole landscape of what gaming looks like has gone through so many evolutions now that it starts to feel like history is repeating itself, in more ways than one.
Oh, and when it comes to Z coins, bag expansion is definitely 1# on my list of things to buy. I just like how loot and farming feels in gw1 and better inventory and bank space is a part of that. I mean I still reminisce about the hours of silly green weapon farming - it wasn't even that the stuff I was farming was that valuable, I just liked the experience of getting rare, unique drops. gw2 lacks that aspect in a severe way.
Totally! I've found the inability to skin and auto-customise all my gear (gw2 legendary style) has made the items feel very "real" to me. Not sure what that's about, but I like it.
+100% 👍
The War In Kryta and Winds of change getting npcs added with quest that let you replay any quest you've already finished so that you can do the gw beyond content endlessly would be cool. It really sucks how some of the content you can never go back to unless you make a new character. I know there are quest to change the mobs, but there are things like the defense of LA and the final conflict at Shing Jea Arena you can never repeat without doing it all over again on a new character.
First and foremost, I'd LOVE new vendors for mods. It might also be interesting if they added a 'hero-only' type of skill, elite or not. Kind of like PvE skills, but for heroes. Regardless, I continue to enjoy and regularly play GW1 alongside GW2. It's so hard to believe it's been 20 years. Go GW!
I agree that giving people henchman heroes too early would be a bit of a problem. but considering the game is in maintenance mode... I don't think it's that big of an issue. I agree about it just being the iconics though, there's just way too many henchman. I'd love having unlock quests for the henchman heroes, but that's probably asking way too much.
Honestly, if they sold a prophecies heroes pack and a factions heroes pack, I'd buy them. That'd also take care of any complaints about mercenary heroes.
Oh that's a really good idea! Sell heroes of prophecies and heroes of factions as their own things, and have it all together in a complete collection edition that the new players will buy (on website/steam)
man, the music on your narrative is spot on. Some old Prophecies tunes ❤ I'm turning very melancholic
Agree so much on the balance aspect. For the past 10 years the meta has been to just dump as many mesmers as possible into your team, and the fact that Ritualists have completely outclassed monk healers tells you all you need to know about the state of balance.
Shaking up PvE might honestly be as easy as taking away the armor penetration from mesmer skills. Just do it.
E: ah, nvm you mentioned it later
Beautiful video. GW1 is an absolute gem.
This music is so nostalgic for me its cazy, it's this music and DAoC soundtrack no other game makes me feel like it... maybe its just with age.
both games are my favorites !
@@clementguitard6653 Yup Guild wars and DAoC are in my top 3 games of all time.
damn you made me install it again..... :D owwww the good times ive had in this game.Pre searing player here ...i feeeeeel old.
I would pay for an easier difficulty mode in GW1 just so I can experience the story easily.
Like nothing even needs to drop, maybe basic gear. As much as I love WPs walkthroughs it'd be nice to easily do it myself and I SUUUUUUCK at GW1.
Good builds, hero’s and consumables are all you need.
@@dcostin84 True, but none of these are easily accessible when you just start out.
Just start in Elona and ask for some gear in kamadan. People love giving noobs stuff that helps them.
You can also make a mesmer/monk which is probably the easiest character to get through the game with
20th sounds like something you should give some special attention. But I doubt we well get anything.
I think it's fair to expect something given both the 10th and 15th had special attention.
they should make it where whenever you complete a quest that gives you skills, you get the skills unlocked for all the other classes that also get skills from the same exact quest. it's upsetting in prophecies when you go through the whole campaign doing all the side quests for skills and finally can change your secondary and none of the options have any skills despite doing dozens of quests before that time.
I think a new Dragon sword like the Vampiric one, but with the Zealous prefix maybe, and its green or purple maybe instead of red would be cool.
Also letting weapon mod items (of the same value ofc) stack would be a HUGE QoL update
WP, id love for you to sit down with guys like Peter Kadar and GuildWarsReborn and have a podcast style discussion on the 20th anniversary and beyond for GW1 and continue this topic! Im actually excited to see what GW1 has to offer going forward
Somehow even more so than GW2.
On that point, like you stated in the video, I dont blame you for wanting to spend your hard earned cash on GW1 more than what GW2 has to offer. It isnt because it's classic, its because its proven itself to be worthwhile even beyond its time. Something that Guild Wars 2 has done, yet let us down many times more than GW1. But thats another topic altogether
Welcome back, good sir. Missed this type of content from you. Exciting times ahead for the franchise if the recent news is true. Glad you are doing well!
wayfarer's reverie is already 10 years old?!
Some years ago, I went back and played some gw1 to get the heritage light armor. Such a great skin. During my brief time in gw, I got lots of help and ended up playing with someone who had mained the game since launch ahaha wild stuff. I ended up going right back to gw2 bc I figured if I was going for things might as well be in the main game. I might go for a full playthrough for lore… if not I’ll rewatch your videos while playing gw2. AND yes gw3, def needs a video of concepts, ideas, hopes and dreams. Glad be here with you.
Loved listening to every single minute of this video. Even just the speculation about changes to GW is super exciting.
Thanks, that means a lot!
@@WoodenPotatoes You're welcome! As a massive GW1 fan (I'm online right now opening Zchest with >7k hours invested) I really do enjoy listening to your commentary. It's very well considered not least because you clearly have a very detailed knowledge of the game. I think for a die hard fan like me the most appealing updates would be the legendary hard mode, and access to discontinued collectibles. I still haven't got my hands on a collectible edition of prophecies and access to the bonus items from that would be a dream.
I came back to listen a second time
Two elites on enemies would be freakin' awesome. Also I just love seeing gw1 content in this year.
i hope duplicate mhenlo's are called Headmaster Monk
Brilliant video. So many great ideas!
I don't want new, but I'd love some balance! How amazing would it be to have some obviously underpowered stuff or early game content that wasn't iterated on much because of Anet needing to move onto new content. As for new items and weird stuff, I'd love for it to not be completely broken and obligatory (the fast casting shield, for example). Personally, I sure hope it isn't all connected to GW2. The whole point of this is that these games are different and Anet has opportunities to embrace both alongside each other.
I think the success of Classic Era in WoW and OSRS runescape has proven you can run multiple versions of a game at once and it doesn't take away players - it gives them more options to play the same game they love in different ways when one version is sort of finished with content for a while you switch to another.
Thank you for the blessed guild wars 1 content!
I would love to see something like a draft set for your profession as you go through a dungeon where you start with maybe 4 skills (3 from your main profession and 1 from your secondary) and then as you go further through the dungeon you get the chance to add a skill to your bar maybe have there be like 6 levels to the dungeon 3 with main profession skills 1 with a secondary, the penultimate level being an elite skill choice to replace a previous skill from a selection of skills from either your primary or secondary profession and then the final level being a boss level. Make it que something like random arenas where you get matched with random players, personally I would love to see parties of 6 rather than 8 as well (if the rewards are at the very end it would make botting the area invalid). Would add a ton of replayability and they could create some cool rewards with it as well (I like the idea of adding more off profession weapon sets to the game personally like the anniversary weapons).
The esthetic of GW1 was sooo much better than GW2
Hey WP, as someone who has created a successful remake/remaster of an old game (Black Mesa), the work needed to redo GW1 would be monumental (large team, multiple years). We can but dream though. Fond memories of Mehtani Keys, I was sad they didn't add those areas in the Istan map way back.
Oh shit I played your game and loved it!
@@WoodenPotatoeshah that's awesome, maybe one day a play through XD. I developed some of Xen whilst watching your GW1 playthroughs in the background :D
Love the idea regarding an armor update/rework!! Eles, Monks, and to some extent, warriors and paragons, need some love
They could add in an update to be able to "buy back" from merchants. Helps with accidental sell. Would be a nice feature to have.
I think new profession would be great surprise. Revenant for example even fits if you consider the lore of it.
I’d love to see GW 1 classic. With some gameplay, bug fixes, to not copy first release mistakes. Fresh start, fresh guilds. No bilion of cons. Just a solid difficult gameplay with another players.
Man I got to go back and play through The game again.
exactly the same feeling !
okok, I re-installed it. The -image took 30 mins! Changed the guild message to reply to your question. So many birthday vouchers.... You suggest a lot of good ways to add life to the game that requires little work on Arenanet's part. The weapon mod trader is the one I think is the most required. I think all my heroes use bonus items from the pre-order of eye of the north... remember the /reward thing that I would spawn them in your inventory?
Haha nice with the reinstall! It kept auto demoting but now that you've been online I think it'll stick when I next swap it. And yeah those bonus items were a godsend, my assassin still has a bunch.
Edit:
If you spend the vouchers on year 7 (with the new exclusives) good luck!
Officially starting this game again Friday! Arenanet, listen to this guy!!!
GW3 should be based on MTG spells and lore but with GW1 mechanics. It would make sense, because GW1 was officially based on MTG.
Since lats week I have been continuing my GW1 journey, and it is actually soo nice as a GW2 player, to experience the past of Tyria
Did anyone think the music update to the login screen was interesting? Do you think this might be a pre-update to login screen selection? Or a failed attempt?
What?! When was that?
@@windingtwilight Feb 15th Update, mentions it's for 6 years of no downtime but seems suspicious
The only reason i would go back would be if they made it facepalm simple to get last 14 HoM points for gw2
For the most part i agree with you on this WP.
The minis should be left alone tbh.
UI Scaling update for 4k.
Lower Favor Cap / increase favor Length
Id pay premium for a road map of Content, QoL, Asset updates to gw1 for the next 10 years.
There are so many cool things that could be done... just NO Jumping or Mounts EVER.
22:20 I always hated that instead. The game is so old at this point, that grouping with other players is extremely rare. When it happens, is only on content where heroes natively works far worse than a human player would. (like in the urgoz's last room)
If they allowed heroes to use pve skills , we would get a whole new world of build crafting and team comps.
By the way, by personal experience, If you're a paragon, you really don't want to play with other human players.
They never stay in your earshot range and so they lose heroic refrain all the time. Keep that skill up on the party, even with toolbox active is the most frustrating thing you can ever do in the game at the moment.
Appreciate your time. Thanks😊
All it needs is a new expansion and maybe some updated graphics (and mobile support if possible) to bring back a large part of the OGs
I wish they'd add a Piken Square or great wall in pre but the guard will only let you in if you are level 20. Once you have access you can form a 12 man party and there is a Charr dungeon.
Only game I would come back to play games again..
The biggest/best change that could be made to GW is reverting back the change that took away the ability to add heroes instead of henchmen to PvP arenas. It would bring so much more variety to HA if we could play with our own hero builds. And surely it wouldn't be a difficult change to implement.
What if it creates super bot teams?
@WoodenPotatoes at least it would be more fun to play solo. I'd rather try to theorycraft a super bot team than the current state.
overcast should not be removed from the GW1 elementalist 15th anniversary elite skill. Make a build around having overcast.
Edit: also +1 on the weapon upgrade vendor, I have too many upgrades in my inventory to have on the ready.
Also +1 on having overcast grant armor pen (or doing something to give the ele armor pen).
Second Wind is a really fun ele elite that's all about maintaining a lot of overcast. Another good take on that concept would be cool, though I think we'd also need even more regular ele spells that benefit from overcast somehow, the selection is slightly limited currently.
Or the enemies got a second class :D
On the topic of a “Legendary” difficulty. Adding a second elite to mobs would be fun but how about limiting player skill bar to 7 or 6 skills but allowing the second elite as well. Could make for some interesting new build options while keeping things from getting over the top?
Agree slightly on the minis - the TOP-END ones that are iconic and ultra rare are impossible to get now without RMT. There's inactive accounts with those minis on there that will never see the light of day again.
Would be amazing at this point to put them into the game via some method; there's no ruining an economy that's 20 years old and already blasted to shit lol
I say this as someone who has an abundance of old-school items in game; open it up a bit
I would pay for an expansion to GWs 1 and also for the new elite area or god realm that is talked about here. I would be so happy if that come out.
I also do buy the costumes and am very much into the cosmetics.
What I really want is a costume that gives all characters a mask similar to the standard ranger or sin. I would buy that immediately, which for me means dropping a lot of $ for my many accounts because I'd want all my characters to have access to it. I also love all of the ideas in this video!
Would you be up to do some kind of new player guide for gw1? I've tried to get into it a few times, but I always feel a little overwhelmed by it. And searching for any information on it just seems to get me all kinds of advanced info that I can't really figure out how to properly apply as a mostly new player.
Just logged back in, mannnn! The nostalgia. There is still 4 Districts in Kamadan though!!
And embark beach, gtob, pre searing all have lots too!
Thanks for your video, Imo they should add inscription like +10 creatures or shields, like they do with +10 charr armor shields in eotn
I'd like that as well, all the weird mods and things.
Mod Trader is the only thing that I disagree with. It's a major facet of gathering wealth in order to get what you want later. Farming mods is how I've garnered my wealth + gives me something to do once I'm done with a campaign.
Also, Hard+ Mode would be cool if you 'complete all 3 campaigns Hard+ and choose an item to switch it's inherent req.'
Imagine; once, per character, per full clear, you can create any weapon/shield/staff/bow/etc with fast casting, or expertise or whatever you want. Wanna waste it and put swordsmanship on an wand? Why not! It's yours to do. Not too many people are gonna do it, realistically aside from the extremely dedicated (because Hard+ will already be an absolute slog).
Wait, they're releasing a prequel to Guild Wars 2!? How will the game survive this!
Okay, more seriously this is a great time to point out that anniversary releases to an otherwise very much "maintenance mode" game ought to garner LOADS of brand loyalty.
I just want a 50% run speed bonus while out of combat, or a mount (which is effectively the same). That way I don’t need to use Charge! and Fall Back! all the time.
The amount of walking is just so high 😩
Utopia or remaster would be great.
A mode with good rewards that can only be played with other players instead of heroes/merc would also be great.
I would only reinject minipets that can't be bought without RMT at the moment (and maybe yeti and grawl that are taking this path). The other rares ones can be easily found without RMT and aren't that expensive considering that the inflation made it so a beginner/returning player can just farm nick sets for a few weeks/months to get them
Here is my top x of things I wish they do for the 20th aniversary (also inlcuding how likely they are to occur):
1. New Skills
1a) new PVE skills (tied to factions
Nice! glad you like the tying skills to factions idea as well! I also wonder how many devs they would need to pull this stuff off.
@@WoodenPotatoesMy hope would be that if they have people already familiar with the code all the stuff above would be a matter of weaks (?) for one or two people to add. What appears "complicated" to us players might be quite simple to add for programmers, given they know their code.
It's just everything regarding balance that I think is a huge amount of work. THis comes from two sources: if they want to implement "new effects" this will be almost impossible. But as long as they stick to using mechanisms already implementet it's almost as simple as "coppy & paste" + "change the numbers". But to get everything right they need the support of the community: 1. for ideas. 2. for sorting out bad ideas 3. for playtesting that they did not suddenly break something.
But I'm hopefull that this effort would be worth and could be done, if they are willing.
However I also think, if we'll see more than one point implemented, they almost surely have to add something to monetize.
Otherwise it makes no sense from a busines perspective. So whatever they do, is either the equivalent of at max 1 months pay for one person, or they need a way to compensate for the equivalent of about 1 years worth of payment for one person - as this would enable them to asign one to three people for a more significant amount of time. (but for that to work out, they would need around 2k players to be willing to pay at least 20$. More likely 3k players... Not sure if that is realistic...)
Just normal non-elite skills would be my favorite. No single overpowered elite skill will make Water Magic or Motivation or Deadly Arts playable, but 2-3 regular skills would. They shouldn’t count against the 3-PvE-only limit though, normal skills can’t and shouldn’t be balanced to compete against the likes of Save Yourselves.
Okay should have continued listening before commenting. Balance would be better! But I think this would be easier. Fewer skills to look at and no impact on mobs-those low-level Corsair Mesmers in Plains of Jarin are scary! Also no risk of completely obliterating somebody’s favorite build.
add in more god realms as paid content and i would for sure buy it
Anniversary elite skill made paragon relevant. Change my mind.
What about ZM/ZV dailies/weeklies but it's like codex arena where it's a bunch of rotating limited skills so players have to theorycraft to get builds together for the mission. One for fun thing would be for your level to extrapolate above 20 based off your exp. I.e. it does nothing except show how seasoned your character is, and maybe a title track that goes along with it? Idk.
The real question is why Anet haven't hired you yet WP to be a Guild Wars consultant???your ideas are radical, i love it!!!!
I would LOVE to see a few new armor sets. Specifically lux/kurz for dervish and paragon.
Hard Mode+ feels a bit redundant and it's just a way to bypass the actual issue. Hard Mode IS hard. It's just that the Mesmers and the ST Rit are so strong that you're able to faceroll most of the HM content. Nerf some skills and I'm sure people wouldn't be clamoring for HM+ anymore. I do like the idea of a no-consumable mode though!
Guild Wars 1 is a really cool challenge. The builds that give you ability to solo or low man areas is great fun and so rewarding.
I think the game is tough a shame it was abandoned. Considering how much content they put out with a smaller dev team and short period of time was incredible. If only they went back on their decision and started updating the game again with new content.
An Expansion.
Guild Wars: Reborn
Similar to EOTN, but in the sea of the Luxon and the forest of the Kruzicks.
Thanks WP ❤️
Community should engage in more of this kind of content which inspire public debates about GW1
There so many low hanging fruit out there which at little effort for ANet team, could result in hype, in new social medial content and in new engagement. Isn’t this what every IP holder wants in entertainment world ?
It’s a pure business sense that GW1 and GW2 have remained connected over the years and are still valid for each other.
It’s such a lost opportunity for ANet to keep ignoring all those “low-hanging-fruit” opportunities which would NOT cost a lot in development but would result in so much value for the community and their IP longevity !
Reworking some of the anniversary skills which no one uses OR adding new skills would be a great start.
I actually went back to GW1 after many years of pause only because I was excited to capture those new anniversary skills and had tons of fun with it 3-4 years ago.
All the ideas you propose here WP are great and they should be heard by ANet team !
Let’s keep this discussion ongoing in GW community !
Thank you again WP
Thanks man I'd love to read more discussion! Maybe there can be a good post on the GW legacy forums or the subreddit too. As much as I would like it to be true, I doubt YT comments have much interest of validity to the powers that be.
Henchmen as heroes would be cool to unlock along the way. Or even as you ascend. Honestly, after ascension in Prophecies and Factions, being provided 7 heroes of your choice would be awesome. Then having the ability to unlock the rest would be cool.
A consumables seller (for pcons) would be great and add a plat/ecto sink.
I'd love to see a return for Miniatures for the 20th anniversary.
Proofs of Legend can be traded for a Proof of Triumph or decade weapons for those who don't have them.
Maybe the devs can incorporate a "Proof of Memory", which can be achieved through specific missions/Elite areas or PvP arena games, which could be traded for currently unavailable minis (Panda, Kanaxai, Ghosts, etc..)
That way, they're not ABUNDANTLY available, still very limited, and only available during this time of year...
Personally I wish they would add a new dungeon. They can simply recycle one layer of an eye of the north dungeon and fill it with alot of real strong enemies. Have lots of rangers with choking gas and stuff like that just to make it a challenge and not just have a standard sin tank with sf balling everything up like its a walk in the park. Maybe throw in 1-2 new weapon skins and the playerbase would be happy and have something new to farm. They could also add some benefits for GW2, so have a quest that ties both games together and give a title or cosmetic in gw2. This would lead to people come back to the first game just like HoM does for some player, which helps gw1 to sustain a decent playerbase
This is a nice idea! I think AI that doesn't auto ball would be very useful too.
Just casually ID's a superior vigor rune at the end there. How much are those gonna be worth now? Bonkers.
Anyway some fun ideas, in particular some reason to get me back to playing GW1 seriously would be nice. In practice, I don't really know what would, but some of these things could. In particular, earning the henchmen as heroes would be fun - even if they were just skins for the current heroes. I mean, I did spend all that time before earning their primeval armor sets, so I could see it being incentive.
I really loved getting armour for the heroes, but eh... it's art so maybe a non starter.
Dream: graphics improvement update settings, new PvE mission content, new profession, new skills, PvP revamp, let's go!!!
Heroes really helped with playing in general but it really made the game somewhat harder to play in other ways. I'd like a little look at Hero AI. I'm nott saying overhaul it, but maybe improve it a little. That is really all I want. Anything else is a bonus
I would pay $200 and a monthly sub for a guild wars remaster. I would come back and make it my main MMO I play if it happens 😂
New weapons that break requirement conventions: Strength req sword, axe, hammer. Expertise req bow. Leadership req spear. Basically make weapons that req main attributes for non Mage weapons to match the existing Mage weapons.
Then since mages already have weapons that run on their main attributes, they could start making things like a sword of flames which requires Fire attribute points n such. I'd pay for it at least.