Summary: Chris and Celeste digest the AMA with Chris Whiteside, total makeover kits, the possibilities for fractals and much more. What We Did This Week Celeste: Plague and children wrangling meta-game Logged in long enough to invite someone to collegium and that’s it -_- Chris: Ding 80! Orr is hard! Trying to continue my story, but I have to get to it first! Lion’s Arch Report Wintersday Approaches https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/december-2012/ December 14 - January 3 Every major city will be decorated massive golem-shaped airship interesting departure from the dwayna/grenth heavy wintersday of gw1 Optimus Maleficus Analysis of AMA with Chris Whiteside http://maleficincantations.com/2012/11/26/opt-out-chris-whiteside-ama/ treadmill - I’m not sure who decided there needed to be a “gap” item above exotic but as long as the legendary remains best in slot, I’m happy. ownership - I think it’s important that he communicates the poor handling of information to the playerbase, haven’t they learned that leaking small bits of PR to sites that repeatedly break embargoes doesn’t work? They’ve been through this for at least 2 years! one time events - I don’t think the community would be averse to having one time events happen 3 times occurring 4 or 5 hours apart so that everyone would be able to participate based on their schedules Email: “Hi guy's great job on the podcast. I appreciate your enthusiasum about GW2, and I was wondering what you guys thought about the Gw2 AMA, I don't know if i'm being naive, but i believe Anet when they say they don't plan to turn the game, into a gear treadmill, and they they are working on ways to evolve the game horizontally, They also mention that they are trying to please both the crowds of people who want cosemetic gear progression, and stat gear progression. I feel torn because i really love the world of Tyria, and for some reason i have an optomistic feeling that in a year of course they'll be all new complaints, but that the game will really be flushed out and more like what they wanted to release with. I really love gw2, but i definitely think they were forced to put it out ahead of the time they wanted and still playing catch up. So i was curious what's your opinions on the things that were answered in the AMA, and what are your opinions on GW2 future? Do you think it will have to cater to one crowd or the other, or can they find that illusive possibly non-existent middle ground. -mizuken” Down In Fractal Rock http://dwpgaming.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/gw2-fractals-as-mash-ups-in-play-space.html this is something we’ll likely be talking about in our predictions show, but I feel like this does highlight that they are trying to establish a longevity in the game as early as a few months post release establishes the fractals as a playground for introducing random lore, exploring older or lesser known events, and having completely random dungeons (“swimming without water”) Make Yourself Over https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/makeovers-and-more-in-the-gem-store-now/ Self Style - 250 Gems - Hair style and color, horns and facial hair Total Makeover - 350 Gems - gender and most settings from character creation no new varieties or colors Incoming: Name Change Option https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/Possible-Name-Change-Item-in-Black-Lion has been found in data mining as a new item but hasn’t been released for one reason or another Ask An Asuran How do combos start, finish, and interact? http://youtu.be/j6i04HGTHCI Trusty Turkey does an amazing job demonstrating how the 9 combo fields (fire, dark, ice, poison, smoke, lightning, ethereal, light and water) interact when players shoot projectiles, whirl or leap through them while attacking the enemy. This video is certainly not to be missed for people who are even remotely curious about what their combo fields actually do. Tales of Tyria
