Talk:Guild Wars 2

Edit the page

• Hello, I was planning to make this article on the Simple English wikipedia by taking the information from this article and post it there with more simple words and sentences. However I can't do this because i can't see the code on the page as it is protected (which i need to add the sources on the simple english wikipedia). Anyone got any ideas? --Gelbrekt (talk) 11:46, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

can't you just use 'View Source' ? 202.72.135.193 (talk) 09:15, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Official release date

http://www.webpronews.com/guild-wars-2-finally-gets-a-release-date-2012-06

http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/6/28/3123033/guild-wars-2-release-date

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/guild-warsr-2-launches-august-28-2012-2012-06-28 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 20.132.68.149 (talk) 14:29, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

"On the back foot"

"Although humans begin Guild Wars 2 on the back foot, significant technological advances have taken place in the years since Guild Wars."

This is the caption under a screenshot in the plot section. What in the world does "on the back foot" mean? It sounds like an idiom or colloquialism to me and isn't appropriate for an encyclopedia. 14.53.183.65 (talk) 01:12, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

It's fairly common as an expression to mean "at a disadvantage" or more literally "off balance", but you're right, there are better ways to phrase it for wikipedia. 121.45.199.20 (talk) 23:24, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

This is still saying "on the back foot", and I am having trouble figuring out what the fact that humans start at a disadvantage has to do with the technological advances that have occurred. This entire caption is confusing and needs to be reworked. Xela Yrag (talk) 19:42, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

I just changed "on the back foot" to "at a disadvantage." I feel that the original phrase was far too colloquial and that many people would not understand it. In fact, I used to teach English and I'd never heard that phrase before reading this page. - Seanr451 (talk) 15:11, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 31 August 2012

I want to add a recently controversial mass ban for exploiting a price error. Wulinhao (talk) 15:44, 31 August 2012 (UTC) http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-31-guild-wars-2-bans-for-first-widespread-exploit-game-sales-suspended-status-update http://www.gamezone.com/products/guild-wars-2/news/arenanet-bans-3-000-guild-wars-2-accounts-for-karma-weapons-exploit http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/28/arenanet-offers-clarification-on-guild-wars-2-bans/ http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/08/28/guild-wars-2-banned-gamer_n_1836425.html?utm_hp_ref=uk http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/57556-permanently-banned/

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 17:46, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

What happened was that some rare items sold by an npc that were supposed to be very expensive could be bought at a very low price, which resulted in some players buying hundreds of them, which led to arenanet banning them (and later unbanning the players/shortening the ban to a few days) but with a warning. I don't think it's important enough for the article though, people often exploit game mechanics, or at least too often for us to mention it, in my opinion. Dhuum (talk) 11:48, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

there's nothing controversial about it. The only people complaining are the lying idiots who exploited and the people who mistakenly believe that those people only bought "a couple" when in reality each and every single one of the banned(now with the possibility of ban being lifted) people bought hundreds. 180.216.41.4 (talk) 13:09, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Reception

Does anyone think its time to start adding the reception since some reviews are already in? | Metacritic | Forbes | PC Gamer | CVG etc Dusty Hayes (talk) 17:44, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Do it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.96.182.122 (talk) 04:16, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

I can't the article is locked =/ Dusty Hayes (talk) 00:44, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Added reviews from GamesRadar GameSpy Computer and Video Games & GameSpot =) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dusty Hayes (talk • contribs) 18:26, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Cider

It should noticed in the artile that the os x version is a cider port. See: guilwars2.com/en: Announcing Guild Wars 2 for Mac --Thaodan (talk) 11:17, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

crafting

crafting is in the game. I don't understand why that says that crafting is being added? 180.216.41.4 (talk) 13:10, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Done - [1] - I have added a small explanation of the game's crafting. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 14:37, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Edit request 24 September 2012

The minimum system requirements for windows for this game in an Intel i3 not an i5 http://en.support.guildwars2.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1119/session/L3RpbWUvMTM0ODU0NzY5My9zaWQvVUNpc1I1N2w%3D Anytyme23 (talk) 04:39, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Done. The wikilink in that table already pointed to i3; not sure why it was piped to display i5 but it has been corrected. Let me know if I have missed any other mentions of the i5 requirement. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 13:52, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Playable Races?

There's no list of the playable races for this game.  :(

-Double J. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.226.155.231 (talk) 01:56, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes there is. Second paragraph of the Gameplay section:

^{"Guild Wars 2 will allow a player to create a character from a combination of five races and eight professions, the five races being the humans and charr, introduced in Prophecies, the asura and norn, introduced in Eye of the North, and the sylvari, a race exclusive to Guild Wars 2."}

Seriously, did you even look? _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 02:09, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Spelling error

There is a spelling error in the article's main body (in "Reception")

"Other critic's such as..." should read as "Other critics such as..."

Game Rankings

... has an average ranking of 90.40% now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.5.106.171 (talk) 13:39, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Add request: gamespot.com declared it has top game of 2012.

gamespot.com declared it has top game of 2012 source:http://asia.gamespot.com/shows/best-of-2012-videos/?event=pc_winner20121217. Ram nareshji (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 09:03, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Looking to get permission to edit and keep the Post Launch Development section up to date.

I want to update the article on current events such as Bazaar of the Four Winds update and Cutthroat Politics. Also, while NCSoft did say that an expansion was in the works, Arena Net (Mike Z and Colin Johanson) have both stated that a expansion is not in the works, and while not off the table, Living Story would likely be the main vehicle of content.

I've updated post-launch since I was the one who created the section. I am concerned however that due to their update frequency, that section will quickly balloon in size. I'm wonder if maybe it's best to to shorten this section to a summary and create a new page for Guild Wars 2 updates? I don't know if there's any precedent for that though or if GW2 would be considered notable for that. Or if it's even something Wikipedia does. I just don't want the Post-launch development section to be 90% of the article.IndigoAK200 (talk) 10:38, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Not done: please make your request in a "change X to Y" format. -- TOW  talk  19:10, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Clarification in regards to Expansions and the update frequency for the game.

"Guild Wars 2 receives content updates every three weeks, with updates every two weeks being planned in the future.[40]"

This is now incorrect with the now two week update cadence as of May 2013.

Source:

Expansion

I"n a May 2013 earnings call, Guild Wars 2 publisher NCsoft revealed that an expansion for Guild Wars 2 was in development. A release date date for the upcoming expansion was not revealed, nor were any details regarding its story or content.[55]"

This is also incorrect and has been clarified by Lead Designer Mike Z and Game Director Colin Johanson. Expansions aren't even really being planned right now and may not even happen at all if the Living Story pans out how they want it to.

Source: — Preceding unsigned comment added by Omlech (talk • contribs) 23:45, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

I've removed the expansion bit and updated the update cadence info, but on a personal note I find it highly unlikely there will never be any expansions. I don't think that Anet will be able to maintain interest in the game if they continue with their current rate of introducing news zones and story content. I think Mike and Colin were simply trying to keep the player base focused on living story content after an NCsoft exec unknowingly spilled the beans on plans they didn't want public.IndigoAK200 (talk) 01:47, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, IndigoAK200, for removing that section from the article, this greatly improved the reader's impressions of the developers' plans. But if you don't object, I would allow myself to reproduce the deleted text here:

Expansion

In a May 2013 earnings call, Guild Wars 2 publisher NCsoft revealed that an expansion for Guild Wars 2 was in development. A release date date for the upcoming expansion was not revealed, nor were any details regarding its story or content. Source: Guild Wars 2 expansion pack is being 'prepared,' says NCsoft --46.138.255.66 (talk) 12:24, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Elder-Dragons

There seems to be a 6th elder-dragon, referred by Johanson as "Swamp-Dragon"
Source Bulletfight2 (talk) 13:41, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Lack of critical perspective

The article contains essentially one-sided marketing information about the various significant updates to the game after first release, yet it discusses "reception" only to that first release. This ignores intense criticism and debate that has followed most of those updates, with the company itself acknowledging the validity of some complaints. (See, as a summary example: https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Thoughtful-criticism-of-the-game) The regular content updates are a crucial aspect of the game that make it unusual in the genre, so it is a valid topic for the article to discuss in detail; but it is lack of critical context makes it profoundly misleading about the current state of the game.Jtcarpet (talk) 08:34, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

More updates?

This article is missing updates past the Bazaar of the Four Winds. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirpinguman (talk • contribs) 03:05, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Updated and added everything needed. Maridiem (talk) 14:37, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

San Diego comic con photo

Even though Guild Wars 2 is being promoted in the background, the main focus of this photo seems to be the hired cosplayer who was promoting City of Heroes/Villains last expansion pack Going Rogue and a character named Desdemona.

Surely there must be a better picture from that promotional time period that doesn't give the impression that the CoH cosplayer as the main focus? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.105.193.232 (talk) 13:21, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 December 2014

Please change "By August 2013 the sales have shifted 35 million copies," to "By August 2013 the sales have shifted 3.5 million copies," because the number of units sold is listed incorrectly. It should be 3.5 million units, not 35 millions. Zaidedit (talk) 15:05, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Done Avono (talk) 15:11, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 February 2015

Small date error in section 3.2
"Heart of Thorns"

It currently says the announcement date was "January 24, 2014"
Should be 2015.

Source: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/announcing-the-first-guildwars2-expansion/ 24.246.22.70 (talk) 00:01, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Done, thank you. —Nizolan ^(talk) 00:05, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Elder Dragons =/= Lovecraftian

Any comparison between the Elder Dragons and Lovecraft's monsters are extremely superficial at best. Take a look at one Lovecraftian entity and notice that they don't resemble anything conventional. The Elder Dragons are conventional dragons(no matter how big or "different" they look)which are bent on very direct approaches to the world compared with Lovecraftian creatures who just revel in chaos and don't care one bit about Earth or humanity. I can't edit the page but the Lovecraftian comparison should be taken away for it is incorrect. Duly Grateful Sands (talk) 22:47, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

I'm not sure if Lovecraftian fits or not; it seems to me they check some of the boxes, but it's not like it's something that's stated in any of the material from or about the game. Does anyone have a suggestion for an alternate adjective? I feel like "species" alone doesn't quite cut it. -- ATOMSORSYSTEMS ^(TALK) 04:00, 16 February 2015 (UTC)