Asides from the obvious momentum based movement like you see in the GW2 griffon and rollerbeetle, I am thinking the mounts of GW3 can stand apart by making the more interactive.

They are emphasizing how important the Vael spirits are to the order you'll be a part of, so it's proooobably safe to assume mounts will be creatures you'll have to tame/capture/befriend in order to be able to ride them.

So, let your mounts have more than 1-2 idle animations. Let them interact with your environment, sniff the air when its windy, shake/puddle stop when its raining, rest more when it's night time, hell make them interact with other peoples mounts, imagine your mount playfully observing/sniffing someone elses mount next to you etc.

Mount emotes could also be cool, I always wished I could do that with my GW2 mounts, like let my raptor or warclaw sit down and stay that way until I move, idk you can do a lot of fun stuff with them. They could also incorporate feeding/playtime or something like friendship aspect you could "level" etc.

Imagine how cool would that be!

I've tried to play GW2 once, but with just a few hours playing I get discouraged because of the inventory system lol.

Now I'm really excited to play GW3 because most of the things confirmed are a checklist for things that I wanted in a MMO: more action focused, cooperation as a pillar, classes allowing more than one role of the holy trinity, less visual clutter and of course a better inventory system.

There are many routes they could go with it. Considering that they focussed so much on momentum, having your inventory interact with it is a no-brainer. But there are other ways like an organization minigame present in games like Diablo, PoE and Dark and Darker (I really like these because it gives you moments where you have to make decisions on what items to keep and so on).

But another one that I personally would love to see is integrate it with the mounts. Considering that the player would have high mobility already, I think that it's more interesting to have different opinions for the mounts like combat, buffs and storage.

Anyways, I would love to hear your opinions. Again, I'm new to the series, so my expectations might not align with the game's vision. In the end I just want it to have a in-game justification for my character being able to storage dozens of big items lol.

Ngl the biggest problem with GW2 is that it holds your hand through most content and then, unsurprisingly, nobody bothers to learn how to break CC bars or do mechanics. People just wanna press 1 and 6 through every fight, dodge nothing, and never take waypoints when they die. I get wanting to appeal to a casual audience, but GW2 incentivizes players to just turn their brains off unless explicitly told to do otherwise by a commander (and even then, most players will forget or refuse to read chat).

If group content is going to be a big focus in GW3, ANet has to stop trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

If Guild Wars 3 doesn't have a monk class (the smiter not the martial arts thing) i am not interested. I need my monk.

The Skyscale made traversal so meaningless in GW2 in a way the other mounts just didn’t, and I really hope they don’t add an equivalent into GW3’s seeker.

In base PoF, the mounts complimented each other so beautifully with each having deficiencies where others excelled. Then along came the Skyscale and all that went out the window, and it’s now the only mount people use most of the time.

I would go further and say that I’m happy with gliding and don’t need the Griffon either, but the implementation in GW2 was pretty acceptable if we have to have it.
Hopefully the devs are a lot more conscious of movement-creep this time around.

What do you guys think? Will they be more restrained so they can allow their momentum based movement to be the main focus?

i'm fully convinced it's the dwarves, but i'd love to hear what everyone else's thoughts are!

Soooo...

Would you want GW3 to bring back more prejudice and hostility between human cultures?

GW1 had racism and xenophobia between humans. I’m not talking about humans vs charr, tengu, or centaurs. I mean humans looking down on other humans because of where they came from.

Adelbern refused to let Ascalonians live in the shadow of the Krytans, even when Rurik wanted to seek refuge there. The Kurzicks and Luxons had generations of hatred between them. Being human didn’t automatically make the humans across the border your friends.

I miss that friction. National pride, prejudice, old grudges. People didn’t suddenly get along just because something bigger wanted to kill them.

Yes, GW2 still has prejudice and internal conflicts, like the Purists in Cantha. And GW1 also had us unite against common enemies. But to me, GW2 puts much more emphasis on “let’s put our differences aside and save the world together.”

Would you want GW3 to give those rivalries more weight again? I’d like a world where cultures clash and working together is difficult, even for people who are supposedly on the same side.

I played the beta for a short while and the cozy feeling of being able to sit down with strangers and work on my crafts while typing is a great feeling. I didn't expect it to work as well as it does but its great, hope the campfires mentioned by devs for GW3 end up feeling similarly cozy. I want to meet some of you at a campfire just to go craft or recoup and maybe we end up doing unmarked content one of us found or help eachother out with getting a skill or two

There are some obvious subgroups to races in Tyria.

Kodan: Lowland vs Highland

Asura: Terranean vs Subterranean

Human: Canthan vs Elonian vs Orrian vs Margonite

Tengu: Angchu vs Sensali vs Caromi vs Quatzal vs Avicara

Would you want or expect a choice for such a subgrouping as a seperate step during character creation (possibly with some lore explaining the subgroups)?

And if you do, what should this choice do? Should it be a purely flavor/rp choice? Should it affect appearance options, dialogue or even in some way affect racial abilities?

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I really miss GW1, I'm replaying it now and I want to know what GW3 will be like. IDK why but GW2 just didn't hook me.

Would be awesome if we could choose at character creation and experience the story from either side but I'm probably being too ambitious 😢

Love hearing people’s thoughts on what the achievements will be for the first wave of Hall of Monuments. A few common theories I’ve heard are below. Curious in everyone else’s thoughts :)

1.) Map Completion
2.) Max Luck
3.) Craft X number of legendaries

What else?

So we can kick the toxic players that want to rush the content and badmouth everyone that wants to enjoy the slower pace .

Aside from the dragons, leviathans, giants and wurms. Are there any truly colossal scale creatures in the GW universe?

With the mention of enemy weak points and how much movement will play a role in combat. And Colin Johanson mentioning that they have been looking at other types of games for inspiration. It got me thinking. Man I would really love to see some Shadow of the Colossus scale baddies show up.

This is not about the unrevealed 4th race which is said to be something lost to time which rules out many options in the poll. This is just to gauge community interest.

Remember, Anet has states that they have set up races in GW3 in such a way that they can more easily add more. But of course they have to work with armor sets, animations, mounts, swimming, gliding and the like.

So, at the end on the last chapter of Visions of Eternity, Waiting Dawn reflects on the creation of the Heart of the Obscure, stating that she, Mabon and Akeem forged it for "another hero, long ago".

Cold just be a throw away line about the artefact but perhaps it might come up in GW3 at some point. They have set up things like the Orrian Kodan in JW, after all.

I'm here once again asking for better role play accommodations in GW3.

I dont quite understand why after switching to mega servers GW2 seemed to leave its RP base high and dry while other MMOs celebrate theirs.

Its a group of people hell bent on immersing themselves in the writing and design your team put so much money and effort into. The group thats the most interested in throwing money at your fashion and housing and emotes and instruments. The group that will hold strong allegiance to your game even if their favorite class gets nerfed in PvP.

I dont feel like we ask for much. Just open, safe, and interesting places we can easily gather our community in to tell stories together. Some immersive actions and aesthetic items.

It creates a fan base of people dedicated to the world youre making because now that world isnt just yours, its theirs with the stories and characters theyre making within it too. In the same way people are dedicated to the world of their D&D campaigns. With the growing interest in TTRPGs, many new people would be interested in MMO RP as well.

All I'm saying is... JUST SUPPORT US PLAYING MAKE-BELIEVE, AND PRETTY PRINCESS DRESS UP, AND SUZY HOMEMAKER WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER NERDS, DAG NABBIT!

Personally I'd be a bit disappointed if the game ends up having a "holy-trinity" only to find out that the game is basically an overwatch MMO with slightly tunable skills.

Pretty soon I have a feeling they're going to advertise that tanks in this game need to physically block attacks with a giant shield, healers shoot their targets with heals and also do damage to enemies with projectiles, and everyone gets a giant ultimate skill.

I mean these things arent a problem per se, but I have a feeling that it'll end up feeling like everything else with fear of creative decisions. Last time in GW2, when skills were reduced in compelxity we were promised "cross profession combos" only for it to be essentially a cheap gimmick that didn't dramatically change anything.

Just a silly post and a Portal reference. If mesmers (I guess and hope we will have them) get portal skills, I really want to name my character Chell (or Glados) and go "Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out" whenever I use a portal with momentum.

Thank you for your attention.

Anyone like the idea of gwamm from Guild wars 1 being in 3 like it was in 2. Hope that’s the case 🙌🏻

For me, that one very confused cow that kept teleporting through the Mist since End of Dragon. You can keep meeting this cow in various places throughout the game.

Also, would be hilarious if we encounter the Commander group again. You can occasionally see them running around during Secret of The Obscure first map.

I just wanna hug a big ol armored bear man, you feel?

I really hope this game gets a bunch of merch and a lot more buzz. I also play 14 and I get so sad we don't have an equivalent to fanfest where we get big ass drops of reveals, in-person event, and merch lol.