[12:10] PAX CHAT LEADER (paxchats): Welcome everyone!
[12:11] PAX CHAT LEADER (paxchats): We have the English-language Guild Wars Community Manager with us today!
[12:11] PAX CHAT LEADER (paxchats): everyone give Regina a big WELCOME and THANKS for coming to chat with us today! ^^
[12:12] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Hi everyone. Sorry I am late. A Guild Wars fan asked me to sign her trousers! O_o
[12:20] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): I'm back!
[12:20] PAX CHAT LEADER (paxchats): YAY! Welce Regina!
[12:20] PAX CHAT LEADER (paxchats): Welcome*
[12:22] PAX CHAT LEADER (paxchats): For those of you don't know, Regina was our USA Community Manager at Xfire before she moved to Seattle. We MISS you, Regina!! ^^
[12:22] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Question: Do you personally play Guild Wars and if so, what is your character? If not then do you wish that you played?
I do personally play Guild Wars. I have multiple characters on my personal account: Necro, Paragon, Warrior, Mesmer, ... I have a Mesmer on my work account.
[12:24] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): RX-Rose (irosei): Question: Is there going to be more content for pre-searing?
We have no plans for additional content for Pre-Searing at this time.
[12:25] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Nightmare (nightmaric): Question: Can you give us a hint on when the Guild Wars 2 beta will start, and what the requirments to play will be?
When we are ready to release information, you will be able to find it on our official website.
[12:26] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): DacrioS.PSombra (dacrios): QUESTION: Will be anything added to GW on september? (not M.O.X., i mean something more)
MOX is the main thing planned for September, apart from the regular skill balances and bug fixes
[12:26] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Riobux (lostchances): Question: Do you plan to shut down the servers for GW1 soon after GW2 is released?
No. We will continue to support GW1.
[12:27] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): _woLf (starwolfdx): Question: Are the Hall of Monuments changes coming next month?
No. Before we implement the HoM changes, we will let you know.
[12:28] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Gummy Joe (gummyjoe100): Question: About what time next month can we expect the M.O.X update?
Next week.
[12:29] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): toastwalrus: Question: What would you say is the teams favorite creature/ your favorite creature?
That's difficult to answer, as I'm sure everyone has different favorite creatures. I don't have a favorite myself. I suppose I like the dragons, Glint and Kuunavang.
[12:31] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Ravious (spugnation): Will ANet release some of their long term plans for GW1?
We generally release plans if we are very confident that they will be implemented, since so many things can be subject to change, and we wouldn't what to disappoint people if we decide to change our plans. For example, we are sure that the HoM changes will be coming in the next few months. Again, we will let you know before those changes take place.
[12:32] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Free Runner (dak926): Question: Any plans to add more heroes for the Mesmer,Paragon, Ritualist and Assassin professions? or was M.O.X a one off?
We currently do now have plans for adding more Heroes, but you never know what the future holds.
[12:33] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Moo (themastermoo): Question: Why do you have pve only and pvp only things? They are really seperating the entire gameplay.
The developmen team decided to separate a few key skills between PvP and PvE so that they could balance the PvP game without having an adverse effect on PvE and vice versa. It's something they do very selectively.
[12:38] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): _woLf (starwolfdx): Question: are there any plans for any more in game events this year other than halloween and wintersday?
Not currently.
[12:41] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Ravious (spugnation): Recently you posted on a forum about the community needing realistic views about GW1 development with 1 dev, 1 coder, and 1 rotating dev/coder. Can you give us examples of what are realistic requests?
The massive update that took place in early August was a lot of work for our two-person Live Team, plus the additional staff that took time away from GW2 to help with this update. It's taken a lot of preparation for Linsey, John, Joe, and the others to prepare and test Mox. We have a schedule for what we have planned in the coming months, and it's keeping Linsey and Joe pretty busy. Realistically, for anything to be added to the game, such as Mox, it takes months of preparation. I wrote somewhere on the forums that Mox was conceived of in June. It's taken this long to get it ready for release.
[12:42] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): €¢hu¢h€€ (echuchee): Questionoes arenanet plan on changing any big skills?(like how they completely changed glimmering mark and a few more?
I don't think it's out of the question, depending on the judgment of our designers.
[12:43] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): €¢hu¢h€€ (echuchee): Question: Will there be any future guild wars events in xfire
Who knows? If you like events like this, maybe you can let us know in the fansite forums. =)
[12:44] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Gigaman The Sinner (gigamanpl): Question: Who makes decision about changing skills? Is this person or group watch GvG battles?
[12:44] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Multiple people work on skills and skill balancing and they all keep abreast of the metagame.
[12:46] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): toastwalrus: Question: What do you consider the funniest in-game reference to an outside source?
The ones that are popping into my head right now are the Paragon shouts, like, "You Can't Touch This!"
[12:46] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): darknecridgw: Q: do people call izzy izzy or stephen at work
We call him "Izzy" or "Isaiah" -- he answers to both.
[12:48] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Stu (stuart444): question, Would you guys make a blog that details what you along with the devs do each day in terms of work/meetings/schedules etc to show people how busy you guys can get
If we do have a blog, it would probably never get that detailed.
[12:49] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Timppa (timeexa): Question: Are you planning to add more storages to xunlai, like Dye storages?
There are no plans currently, but we know they are frequently requested features.
[12:50] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Moo (themastermoo): Question: Will you ever visit the smaller more tight knit fansites, like Photics.com, or that presearing site?
I have and I do. I regularly post on the Presearing Community and communicate with their moderation staff frequently as well.
[12:52] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): €¢hu¢h€€ (echuchee): Question: Will there by any Guild Wars books?
You never know what the future will hold.
[12:53] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): ,.*eS*.,StRiFe* (mastastrife): Question: Would you guys ever consider a Guild Wars Movie? cos that would be awesome
A lot of fans have asked about this as well. It's something we know that you all want, but any project like this would have to be done to a very high standard that our fans have come to expect. We don't currently have plans for this at the moment.
[12:54] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Donnaness (empressdonna): Question: Would you ever make Guild Warss figurines?
Like the movie and book question, we would want to do these things right. We have high standards and our players do as well. So I can only say, you never know
[12:55] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Sven @RIT (balkothlordofdeath): What is your current desktop background? and is it Guild Wars related?
My current desktop background is from an anime called "Maria-sama ga Miteru".
[12:56] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): [FS]Tornex (tornex): Question : The new tonics have become very popular. Any future tonics represting already known gw2 races or characters?
No.
[12:56] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Gummy Joe (gummyjoe100): Question: How has your time at PAX been so far?
Busy. Tiring. Hectic. Fun.
[12:57] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): ExplodiE (explodie): Question: Regina you said you watch Anime, what kinda of anime do you watch?
I prefer more serious anime. My faves include Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell, Now and Then Here and There, Marimite, Brother Dear Brother, ....
[12:57] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Free Runner (dak926): Question: Which out of the five known playable Races for GW2 (Sylvari,Charr,Asura,Norn and Humans) is your favourte?
I like the Asura.
[12:59] PAX CHAT LEADER (paxchats): OK guys! Regina will brb and then we'll wrap this up!
[13:00] PAX CHAT LEADER (paxchats): You've been great, and I think Regina has some rare Grawl minipets and some skillpins to give away!
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[13:03] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): And our Twitter update feed: http://twitter.com/arenanet for impressions and observations right from the show floor
[13:06] PAX CHAT LEADER (paxchats): we're blogging transcripts onto Xfire page
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[13:16] PAX CHAT LEADER (paxchats): OK! Prizes!
[13:21] [ArenaNet] Brinstar (brin5t4r): Thank you all for coming to the chat.
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[13:22] PAX CHAT LEADER (paxchats): thanks guys!
[13:22] PAX CHAT LEADER (paxchats): cya again at 2pm for Telltale games chat!
[13:22] PAX CHAT LEADER (paxchats): we're getting logged off, but don't go anywhere!