June 24th, 2006 - Gaile Visit - Quick Summary

[Vallen Frostweaver]

This is for those of you that want to know what Gaile said but don't want to read through multiple pages of purple. Remember, these are my summaries from Gaile's "best guesses" and are not "official statements" from GW or ANet.

Here's the link to the original post by Mal: http://forums.gwonline.net/showpost.php?p=4194360&postcount=1

-No news on the glowing chests yet.
-Dragon Festival event item uses are not being told yet.
-Dragon Festival celebrates a special day in Canthan history.
-New official website design.
-Guild cape emblems are taking longer than expected - still a few more weeks.
-Gaile is taking down the following suggestions or asking about them: New ranks, Guild recruiting process, RAoK nominations, Guild assignable roles, death title, cartographer title errors, dragon festival mask customization, mouse-overs on skills, fansite communication, Factions trial key, character respec and the mini-pet disappears problem, beta events, etc.
-No date yet for purchasable character slots.
-Only C3 info willing to be shared is that the theme is 'North African' based.
-Leipzig Game Conference can be attended by anyone as it is a public event and the big day is Sunday (also Gaile will be there).
-Random Acts of Kindness is witnessed (RAoK).
-Storage and reconnects still working w/no timeline yet.
-Froggie may have a new location in Shing Jea Monastery.
-Trade improvements and Auction Houses are being looked into still but no timeline yet.
-Fansites that keep up will be receiving 'gifts'. (This is probably not posters but the site itself so don't think Gaile is gonna give you a candybar or a cookie!:rolleyes:)
-No news on hairstylists yet.
-Dragon Festival starts on the 30th. See official site for details.
-Please do not spam questions to Gaile. Especially if it was previously mentioned or asked about as that is rude.
-Random Gaile quote out of nowhere: "I want unicorns. :D"

Not too much this time and obviously she has a lot that has already been communicated that we won't hear about until well after the Dragon Festival as that will probably monopolize their time. So until then, keep your hat on and don't get your knickers in a twist. :wink:

[Findariel]

Funny how someone is still "inverstigating" storage for one year and a half now .. shouldn't he get fired by now? :grin:

[SteveLord]

no....certain other priorities for designers/artists come up all the time.

[mbourgon]

Yes, but what are they? That's what I'm curious about. What are the C2 dev team spending their days doing? C4, or bugfixes?

[ultimastrike]

I'm glad someone asked about the skill hunter title.

[Vallen Frostweaver]

Yes, but what are they? That's what I'm curious about. What are the C2 dev team spending their days doing? C4, or bugfixes?I think you meant C3. There is no 'or'. It's been said in the past that they have split their dev team to work on both. I think they may have split it further actually (Prophecies, Factions, C3, bots, fansites, etc.).

[DrD]

I'm glad someone asked about the skill hunter title.

Where? I don't see it

[Jarreth Tal]

Where? I don't see it

I think he meant the cartographer title.

Jarreth Tal.

[Ju Smurph]

Thats funny, cause i want a unicorn too, but i want mine for commercial reasons :grin:

Thanks for the summary!

[sandbenders]

Ok, all we need is 'in the working w/no timeline yet'...as always.
Maybe they will come with chapter 12. I have an hunch.

[Fates Monk]

Here's a much shorter summary.

I'm here to promote the Dragon Festival, I have no other news

[Seyfert]

good job with the summary but im going to have to agree with fate...

[Vallen Frostweaver]

good job with the summary but im going to have to agree with fate...It's true that she didn't have much to offer as in the past 2 visits but any company in their right mind would advertise special events. This was an easy way to do this. I'm not holding anything against her for visiting just to promote the Dragon Festival. But then again, you all have to remember that Gaile is there to get input as well and not just tell us stuff. It's a 2 way street. So if she's visiting without much info for us then be sure to supply her with info. :wink:

[False Visage]

Gaile's fun to hang out with, so I wouldn't care if she had anything important to say or not!

[Zamyle]

Its funny how the frog comes on, gives some maddingly cryptic description of upcoming events and he's gone that fast leaving everyone baffled and intriged. Reminds me of Allen Greenspan in a way...hmmmm, he's not doing anything atm, maybe?

Gaile comes on, all full of energy and humor and speaks to us in clear terms. I enjoy that just as much as finding out about the next big 'thing' in GW. Gailisms ftw

[Cerulean Niteshadow]

Gaile, I knwo you look over these threads so here is an idea that might help a little with your in-game meatings:

Have the devs give you the ability with your Gaile char to form a party say of 20-30 people. Go into town and invite those people and then step out of town or travel to a special guild hall that you can then have a meeting with just those people.

This will allow for a clamer quiter time and you will only have to deal with those people asking questions.

I know it is not perfect, but might make your visits a little more plesent for you.

[ultimastrike]

I think the idea is to get the word out to as many people as possible, and addressing 100 people as opposed to 10 is preferable. It's a nice idea though, Cerulean.

[mbourgon]

I think you meant C3. There is no 'or'. It's been said in the past that they have split their dev team to work on both. I think they may have split it further actually (Prophecies, Factions, C3, bots, fansites, etc.).
Ah - I hadn't heard that. Last I'd heard, there were two teams - essentially, fall and spring. The spring team did C1 and C2, and will be writing C4. The fall team built Sorrow's Furnace, and are working on C3.