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Guild Wars 2: The Origin of the Super Adventure Box
SBFord
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I played GW1 for 2 years but at this rate have about 2 months left here. Sad
yet the game has hardly been enhanced since release, outside of smallish content updates for high levels and seasonal BS. Featurewise, GW2 is seriously lacking.
eveyone month some stupid comeing from anet.
this is y i quit i see no future for gw2
What? the game has been vastly updated since release. The amount of additions and changes even to core systems have been very big. From guild content, engine fixes, new pve features and many more. How can anybody say the game had smallish content updates. it's plain ignorance.
Im having a blast with this super box dungeon, omg its FUNN
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Right? I don't understand how ANYONE can say the updates were small.
First and foremost, the game is a one time purchase. If you spent any additional cash on anything, it was either purely cosmetic or just plain random tid bits.
Secondly, the majority of the team is probably working on an expansion (or some type of major additional content.) Probably, don't take my word for it.
Between having the team do LIVE content, new guild missions, new PvP maps, re-balancing skills, re-balancing events, even adding new features and core mechanics as a whole... I think it's ok if they spare a few developers to make a fun mini-adventure.
Let me know when any other P2P celebrates holidays as big Guild Wars 2. If you didn't play any of the events, they're more than double what we had with WoW, SWtoR, Rift, APB, and likely some other MMO's that I didn't play for the holidays.
Agreed. The new content every month has been fun, but April's SAB really tops the rest. Kudos to ANet!
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Super Adventure Box is one hell of a great mini game. It's a very nice homage to platform gaming from the earlier years. Additionally, it's a wonderful side attraction for when you're tired of doing whatever it was in the world, just some mindless platforming fun. Everyone has their opinions on it, but fluff content is something that has been seriously lacking in mmos over the years, and SAB is filling the fluff void pretty darn well.
E and very creative. GW2 is still the best MMO out there.
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*Leaves earth for the third time*
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It's just an April Fools throwback. Plenty games have little easter eggs here and there that represent older games (such as Link in WoW). I don't see why they chose the graphics, but it's better than having to look for in-game eggs on Easter.
Puzzles and side-activities ARE a part of Guild Wars 2's core mechanic.
I know it's shocking, how could a game have combat AND non-combat activities! Who could have thought a game could be created for fun instead of grind...
can i get a source for this, cause that sounds more like a high budget game team that is makeing a game rather then one that is mainting one, i dont think even WoW has that many people on its regular team.
dont mean to argue on it but most companies dont have this many people working ona a MMO once its out., especilly NCsoft. they tend to concentrate on the next big game or paid for expansion instead.
F2P may be the way of the future, but ya know they dont make them like they used to
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http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/ArenaNet
From the official wiki
AAA titles could easily have that many people working on it. Not all of them are developers, but a staff of 100+ is rather common, so 250 is very possible after release.
There isn't a "right" or "wrong" way to play, if you want to use a screwdriver to put nails into wood, have at it, simply don't complain when the guy next to you with the hammer is doing it much better and easier. - Allein
"Graphics are often supplied by Engines that (some) MMORPG's are built in" - Spuffyre
Agreed.
I havn't logged in over a week now and have no plans to do so. Sorry but I personally see this as fluff when in all actuality GW2 is missing meat. The time spent developing that could of been spent focusing on Endgame content like:
Sandbox means open world, non-linear gaming PERIOD!
Subscription Gaming, especially MMO gaming is a Cash grab bigger then the most P2W cash shop!
Bring Back Exploration and lengthy progression times. RPG's have always been about the Journey not the destination!!!
Actually, just to emphasize this, most AAA studios have AT LEAST this many people working on it. For comparison, look at Blizzard Entertainment. Blizzard has a reported ~4700 employee count as of 2012. You can even find reports of them laying over more than double the number of employees Anet has during downsizes (they had over 5000 employes at one point).