after VoE wraps up we'll be getting a year of polishing and improving the existing game before gw3 releases and then we'll keep getting major content updates to gw2. "gw2 is dead" is dead.
Using the default sickle while harvesting finally has its own unique animation!
Previously, it was the same interaction used across many purposes; such as reviving your fallen companions by kneeling and rubbing the ground (just with the sickle in hand).
Now we have a full swipe with the sickle in hand!!
I know it's a tiny thing but seeing that made me so giddy!!
I figured I'd share this here, for the people who supported me ages ago and made Guild Wars 2 a delight for me.
How would people like an RP Profile addon built as an addon for Blish HUD? I've been slowly working on one and I might have the first version of this done soon.
I'm calling it SPARK - Simple Profile and Roleplay Kit.
The name also is derived from the first legendary I crafted, Incinerator. It's precursor is Spark. I thought it was a good fit.
Here's some sneak peek images so far:
There's support for you to add multiple profiles to a single character. You then choose which one to actively broadcast when using the module for others to see.
All profiles are tied to your Account and Character Name. This wouldn't be something you manually type in and is retrieved from GW2 via Blish to prevent impersonation.
The tabs on the left allow you to edit your profile details, set your RP preferences/style, and add in a 'Currently' and 'OOC Info' sections if you want.
Here's the WIP of the profile editing section. Unfortunately, no word-wrap support on the box (Blish HUD has a pull request to add this though, so hopefully soon!), but it works decently. The 'At a Glance' allows you to set icons plus a title and description. I don't have a built-in icon picker though, so you need to find the strings yourself for now until I figure that out.
An example of the profile when viewed by someone else.
I do have privacy settings for your status and location, and I will implement a block list so if you don't want someone to see you through this addon, it wouldn't broadcast that info to them ever.
Profile viewer is currently working decently. I've built a presence module that captures some info from your profile + other things as you've configured it to broadcast and update periodically.
Since this isn't hooked up to be online yet, I'm just duplicating my profile 200 times in the UI while I build it out.
For those who don't know, I actively work on my own game these days (after 10+ years in game dev and growing tired of corporate), but I figured this was a fun little side project to build in the meantime.
There is no ETA on when I'll have this finished. It's all sort of based on when I have extra time to work on it. But I hope to have a rough working version soon for people to test out!
what if vloxx and the commander did meet up to try and talk their ideologies out then its just accidentally the most romantically charged exchange ever
in the way that sky cotl is the only game i've played that understands what i want flight to feel like, gw2 is the one of the few games i've played that understands what i want animal mounts to feel like and be in the world. even outside of their mechanics, there's a little latency and weight to their movements but not enough to be inconvenient. with raptors you're really just throwing yourself around, lurching at sudden stops. there are boss fights where you get on one of your ground mounts and throw a chain at the giant enemy's legs and run in a circle and you can actually see the chain tangling around and around the enemy's legs until they're incapacitated. THIS is being an animal rider in a fantasy world. when you mount up inside a quest, all the NPCs mount up too, and their mounts have colors tailored by character, so they're not all getting on a generic brown journeykin warclaw. you're riding out with your crew and they've all got their own mounts. which is what i wanted
something small i've been thinking about lately that isn't connected to anything in particular: i think the icon for curious mursaat currency is supposed to resemble Chinese knife money. compare
been sitting on these for a while and I think they're as done as they're gonna get! trying to simplify isgarren's whole wardrobe deal is about to make me start throwing things
some rambling/thoughts/etc. below the cut
idk I seem to be in the minority here but I do actually genuinely like isgarren. lol. lmao.
BUT most of the criticism I've read about him is all very valid. he's a character with a ton of potential that just isn't being used for some reason.
he doesn't exactly learn from his mistakes. he just kind of immediately shuts himself down emotionally and puts every bad experience into a box that he hasn't opened for centuries. that avoidance and weird selective amnesia makes him very compelling, but at some point, something has to happen. isgarren deflects every attempt to converse about the aforementioned Box, and at this point, it's starting to sound more like lazy writing rather than good characterization. I think voe is starting to tilt in an awkward-heart-to-heart-discussion direction, I hope, and I'm BEGGING anet to let us have an honest, genuine conversation with Isgarren about EVERYTHING.
I think isgarren's strongest characterization came in soto. his possessed monologue on top of the spire is something I think about often. we meet him at his absolute most vulnerable; possessed, at the mercy of cerus, and at the mercy of the commander who he's actively needling in all the wrong (right) ways. it's such a fascinating character introduction.
isgarren is a wonderful pragmatic/impersonal contrast to the commander's selfless/"i'd save the farm" mentality and I NEED them to yell at each other about it more.
I'm not a fan of how easily the commander came to heel next to Isgarren's side, and I wish they'd both tug at the leash a bit more, so to speak.
(again, I feel like voe is heading in this direction, ie. Isgarren can't touch ancora and the comm now knows about his exile. for once, it seems like the commander has a bit of power over him; both physically and emotionally)
(this is just me hoping that we get to see isgarren break in the next story update. he's got so much stacked against him right now, and as stoic and unmovable as he is, the Recent Events and Revelations are bound to get heavier and heavier to bolster by himself. I need him to either get really pathetic about it or just completely shut down. both would Cause Problems, and that's what I'm looking for.)
uhhhhhh this is absolutely just me, but I want the comm and isgarren's relationship to be a little more erotically charged. idk. I think the commander and isgarren are currently the two most powerful beings in tyria and that's a sexy and fun little relationship. I want them to fight. I want them to argue. I want them to stubbornly disobey their orders/a-previously-agreed-upon-plan bc they think they know more than the other. I want them to be in awe of each other. I want them to begrudgingly respect the other's power, authority, experience, and knowledge. I want them to kind of hate it. I want them to kind of love it.
I think isgarren is a voracious reader. that man reads everything (canonically including smut involving himself, to my absolute delight). I like to think that he's always in the middle of reading something, whether that be a tome, relic, history book, or Goldclaw's latest release.
he's also messy as hell, and is a little bit of a gossip hound. he likes To Know(tm).
I'm so enamored with the concept of a punk-ish, recently exiled isgarren deciding to take up residence in a floating tower. the unnecessary theatrical drama of that whole little number is so endearing to me.
I love that his all-knowing, all-powerful, holier-than-thou outward projection is occasionally rubbed away just enough to catch glimpses of his child-like petulance underneath. he's such a difficult person to get along with. he's just the worst.
I think he's a person who is obsessed with aesthetics, and, by extension, art. yes, it's good to be armed with knowledge and ability, but presentation is just as important. he's clearly given the astral ward a recognizable and concise aesthetic, and he's not even subtle about it. he likes all his little soldiers to be lined up just so in freshly pressed linens and newly polished weapons.
isgarren is a very good gift giver. I don't think he's handing out presents left and right, but he has an extensive collection (he's not called Isgarren the Curator for nothing, I'm sure) and knowledge of all sorts of artifacts, books, jewelry, weaponry, etc etc to know exactly what to present someone in the rare event that a gift is necessary.
Now that he's Out And About again, I think he probably gets mistaken for a djinn a lot
(I'm a little disappointed that the nickname given to him by those who are familiar with him is "Ren" and not "Izzy")
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