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Interview with NCNet's Game Director Josh Davis

2y 5mon ago in guildwars2@lemmy.wtf from wccftech.com

Yep, that's what I'm saying all along. The GW2 code has become a nightmare to maintain and ArenaNet desperately wanted to start from scratch with a new game (not sure that it actually was GW3), but they weren't allowed by NCSoft.

  • Our current team size is roughly what it was during the development of Living World Season 4 and about 15% larger than it was at the release of End of Dragons in 2022.
  • From our experiences with Secrets of the Obscure alone, we’ve adjusted development schedules, review processes, dev resource allocations, documentation and communication practices, and more. All of these contribute, to some degree, to improving the quality of what we deliver.

TL;DR: The code is already a proper mess, We are now inflating administrative overhead to further decrease efficiency. Our goal is for every new line of code to produce at least one new bug and involve at least 100 members of staff.

I've completed my bullshit bingo card not even half through the interview ...

What are you currently working towards?

2y 6mon ago in guildwars2@lemmy.wtf

I'm working on no longer caring about being efficient.
Ignore daily tasks and the vault while listening to Bob Marley's Redemption Song ...

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds ... 🎶

SDF's lemmy instance does not even sync lemmy user profile changes to their own mastodon instance (mastodon.sdf.org).

A theme song suggestion for this lemmy instance

2y 6mon ago in sdfpubnix@lemmy.sdf.org from www.youtube.com

Can't remember and probably by accident, because it's a travel hub I avoid, because it removes the Jade Bot Offensive/Defensive Protocol Buffs and Battery Charges I usually stack on my open world characters.

I didn't even know I had one or rather I could get one. Thanks, now I have a new Mini.

What's your least favorite GW2 Vault Daily Task?

2y 6mon ago in guildwars2@lemmy.wtf from lemmy.sdf.org

According to the GW2Wiki the Participate in 1 Defense Event is still in the list of WvW Daily Tasks. And with only 9 tasks total the chance to get this as 1 of 4 WvW dailies is still about 45% (1 - 8/9 * 7/8 * 6/7 * 5/6).

Well, at least we can skip 1 task now (as opposed to SotO launch).

Yeah, it would really help, if the people selecting those tasks would play their own game. The old daily system was the reason, why I tried out WvW afterall as a non-PvPer. I used to be there pretty much every day at least for the dailies and sometimes a lot longer, e. g. if I bumped into a friendly squad. I'm still a pretty terrible WvW player, but I learned a lot about a game mode I otherwise wouldn't know at all.

I also wish there was more variety and that the tasks were more balanced effort-wise, e. g. Spirit Vestibule is an extreme outlier in the daily category.

Last but not least I wish that Anet would stop treating Events like Quests/Tasks. The old daily system did that, too. And even worse, they abused them again for the New Hero Jump Start. I can not overstate, how much I hate this. I want to bump into events by accident and not (desperately) look for them.

When a Vault Daily is a Heart ...

2y 6mon ago in guildwars2@lemmy.wtf from lemmy.sdf.org

As long as I still have a character which does not have map/heart completion everywhere I don't mind some actual progress while doing the daily.

By the way, the GW2Wiki maintains a list of easy daily/weekly objectives. Of course it does. 😄

Engineer - Weapon | Kit Swap Keybinds

2y 6mon ago in guildwars2@lemmy.wtf from lemmy.sdf.org

NCSOFT - Q3 2023 Earnings Release

2y 7mon ago in guildwars2@lemmy.wtf from lemmy.sdf.org

PSA: Legendary Starter Kit - Set 2 - BUGGED False Alarm

2y 7mon ago in guildwars2@lemmy.wtf from lemmy.sdf.org

PSA: Don't move Commander to separate Subgroup in large LFG Squads

2y 7mon ago in guildwars2@lemmy.wtf from lemmy.sdf.org

Metal Legion: Ballad of Soulkeeper Music Video (2023)

2y 7mon ago in guildwars2@lemmy.wtf from youtu.be

Krytan Rogue Chestpiece (500 Gems)

2y 7mon ago in guildwars2@lemmy.wtf from www.guildwars2.com