ArenaNet Staff Stephane Lo Presti.7258 Posted September 30, 2019 ArenaNet Staff Share Posted September 30, 2019 Hi everyone, We have a Guild Chat preview tomorrow about the Templates feature. You can read more about it in this blog post: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/learn-all-about-build-and-equipment-templates/ If you have questions about the feature, drop them here and we'll answer as many as we can tomorrow. Our developer guests are Amy Giannetti and Clayton Kisko! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inoki.6048 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 The link in the post about a forum thread doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wwefan.4982 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Because this is such a big feature is it possible we could get a chance to test these before they release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrigginPaco.4178 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 I'm very disappointed, but not surprised, to see that additional templates will need to be purchased via gemstore. People who play a higher number of build variations and game modes are ironically the ones hit hardest by this decision. I play across PvE, WvW, and PvP. Even if you get a new set of fresh templates per game mode that's an astonishing amount of locking done by this marketing decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shocky.7356 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 i like it can we expect the template system in PvP this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aechidna.3084 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Less of a question, more of a request: *PLEASE* don't make them horribly expensive... You realise that the way your classes are made, a single character can run a LOT of builds. I have 16 builds on 3 of my characters alone atm :( Please, please, please don't lock this stuff behind huge paywalls... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gop.8713 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 'can be swapped out of combat with limitations in competitive modes.' How is swapping limited in competitive modes . . ? As for the gem cost, ofc it costs gems. It's exactly the kind of convenience feature that should cost gems, consistent with more storage and extra toon slots. I say kudos to anet for finding a new revenue stream that doesn't involve selling us new content instead of giving it to us for free :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justine.6351 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 > @"FrigginPaco.4178" said: > I'm very disappointed, but not surprised, to see that additional templates will need to be purchased via gemstore. People who play a higher number of build variations and game modes are ironically the ones hit hardest by this decision. I play across PvE, WvW, and PvP. Even if you get a new set of fresh templates per game mode that's an astonishing amount of locking done by this marketing decision. "For a limited time after release, you’ll be able to pick up a free pack in the Gem Store for a total of six free Build Storage Spaces." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyronight.6370 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 its 3 per account or 3 per character? if its 3 per account thats a massive slap in the face for a feature that was free in gw1 and that we were supposed to get 7 years ago.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrigginPaco.4178 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 > @"Justine.6351" said: > > @"FrigginPaco.4178" said: > > I'm very disappointed, but not surprised, to see that additional templates will need to be purchased via gemstore. People who play a higher number of build variations and game modes are ironically the ones hit hardest by this decision. I play across PvE, WvW, and PvP. Even if you get a new set of fresh templates per game mode that's an astonishing amount of locking done by this marketing decision. > > "For a limited time after release, you’ll be able to pick up a free pack in the Gem Store for a total of six free Build Storage Spaces." I'm not sure how this is supposed to negate the rest of my observation or alleviate the fact that this sale won't be available for people going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feeh.1720 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 only 3 slots ? omg We're going a good way lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quirin.1076 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 > Your account will have access to three Build Storage Spaces for free. To obtain more, you can purchase them in packs of three in the Gem Store. For a limited time after release, you’ll be able to pick up a free pack in the Gem Store for a total of six free Build Storage Spaces. Do you get 3 per account or 3 per character? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMANG.1903 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 I just came to say that the fact that additional equipments won't take room in the inventory anymore is absolutely amazing. Questions I had have already been asked by others people. Thanks for making it! But... Why does it have to wait a whole month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justine.6351 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 > @"FrigginPaco.4178" said: > > @"Justine.6351" said: > > > @"FrigginPaco.4178" said: > > > I'm very disappointed, but not surprised, to see that additional templates will need to be purchased via gemstore. People who play a higher number of build variations and game modes are ironically the ones hit hardest by this decision. I play across PvE, WvW, and PvP. Even if you get a new set of fresh templates per game mode that's an astonishing amount of locking done by this marketing decision. > > > > "For a limited time after release, you’ll be able to pick up a free pack in the Gem Store for a total of six free Build Storage Spaces." > > I'm not sure how this is supposed to negate the rest of my observation or alleviate the fact that this sale won't be available for people going forward. I guess it goes along with something like people running a lot of alts, they have to buy more character slots. This is a utility thing not a necessity, even saying that, they are meeting you halfway by giving access to some slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanessa.1906 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Can you make it so that we could post a code from our build templates and share it to other people, so they can easily get our build just by pasting the code? That way much more would use template who usually don't look up builds and bother with proper builds for the specific content they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthelm.6427 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Will the templates be purchasable per character or account similarly how inventory bags and shared invetory slots work? Additionally, Please reconsider lowering the price of both build and especially equipment templates massively or adding more templates in the bundle of whatever price you have in mind. Most people that do WvW, raid, or do fractals have multiple templates per character they use in those game mode. On top of that people with legendaries have x2 or 3 more than them. As an example I have over 30 templates spread across 9 characters that are fully geared for raids, and most are for fractals too. How much would these 30 and more templates cost me in gems? 6,000? 9,000? I'd have to compromise until I could accumulate the gold to convert to gems just to get back the same functionality I have right now with 3rd party templates. As for irl money to gem conversion look further down. Delta's arcdps templates are currently the most important QoL feature that is available to me, and your implementation at the moment will severely reduce the QoL your templates bring, if your price them wrong. Currently 2400 gems cost 30€. That's the price of an expansion, an expansion that should have templates included in it as ONE of the many features in the expansion. These templates should not be locked to 2 or 3 per character. It would have to come with option to create dozen and dozen of templates as the player wishes. You cannot price the templates at more than 30€ in order for us to have something we already have with 3rd party add on. The templates shouldn't cost thousand and thousands of gems or hundred of dollars/euros just so that we can have 10 templates per character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maultasche.4082 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 So we crafted legendary armor to be restricted to 2 stat combinations now? Raiders had perfect build templates for the past years thanks to arcdps. Now we get a downgrade provided from Anet. I don't see the advantage of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrigginPaco.4178 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 > @"Justine.6351" said: > > @"FrigginPaco.4178" said: > > > @"Justine.6351" said: > > > > @"FrigginPaco.4178" said: > > > > I'm very disappointed, but not surprised, to see that additional templates will need to be purchased via gemstore. People who play a higher number of build variations and game modes are ironically the ones hit hardest by this decision. I play across PvE, WvW, and PvP. Even if you get a new set of fresh templates per game mode that's an astonishing amount of locking done by this marketing decision. > > > > > > "For a limited time after release, you’ll be able to pick up a free pack in the Gem Store for a total of six free Build Storage Spaces." > > > > I'm not sure how this is supposed to negate the rest of my observation or alleviate the fact that this sale won't be available for people going forward. > > I guess it goes along with something like people running a lot of alts, they have to buy more character slots. This is a utility thing not a necessity, even saying that, they are meeting you halfway by giving access to some slots. Just as much as any other QoL item is not a "necessity" as the game moves forward and more builds become more numerous - and hopefully they add more content in the game - we will see the average player making good use of this feature. It feels rough that we didn't have to pay for build templates in GW1, and I know people will attack the comparison to the old game, but man.... It doesn't feel good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowestTruth.2635 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Each **character** will have 3 build template tabs. Each **character** will have 2 equipment template tabs. Each **account** will have 3 build storage spaces. For a limited time after launch people will get 3 additional storage spaces for free. Additional tabs will be sold in the gem store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZDragon.3046 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 I cant wait to free up my inventory by like... a lot of slots actually lol I couldn't believe it when some one told me about this so apparently thats a real thing i must say im very impressed and 6 slots free on launch :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donari.5237 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 > @"Vanessa.1906" said: > Can you make it so that we could post a code from our build templates and share it to other people, so they can easily get our build just by pasting the code? > > That way much more would use template who usually don't look up builds and bother with proper builds for the specific content they do. From the blog post: > Build Templates can also be copied as a chat link in the game. You can send them to friends to help them prepare for a raid—or to your enemies to boast of your superior build. These chat links can also be copied and pasted out of the game and back into it from your clipboard, making trying a new build from another player or an external website a breeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanakocz.5697 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 My question is: When new elite specializations arrive, will we get one more template slot for free tied to the purchase made to get that specialization? (let's say expansion) It would make quite good selling point for that expansion on top of the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booey Bubblehead.4890 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Sooooooooooo let me see if I have this right. After SEVEN YEARS, you are finally going to add the build templates that we should have had all along. and you're being so kind as to give us two but expect us to buy more if we want more than two. Does this mean that it took seven years to develop this ability or that it took seven years to figure out how to monitize it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justine.6351 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 > @"FrigginPaco.4178" said: > > @"Justine.6351" said: > > > @"FrigginPaco.4178" said: > > > > @"Justine.6351" said: > > > > > @"FrigginPaco.4178" said: > > > > > I'm very disappointed, but not surprised, to see that additional templates will need to be purchased via gemstore. People who play a higher number of build variations and game modes are ironically the ones hit hardest by this decision. I play across PvE, WvW, and PvP. Even if you get a new set of fresh templates per game mode that's an astonishing amount of locking done by this marketing decision. > > > > > > > > "For a limited time after release, you’ll be able to pick up a free pack in the Gem Store for a total of six free Build Storage Spaces." > > > > > > I'm not sure how this is supposed to negate the rest of my observation or alleviate the fact that this sale won't be available for people going forward. > > > > I guess it goes along with something like people running a lot of alts, they have to buy more character slots. This is a utility thing not a necessity, even saying that, they are meeting you halfway by giving access to some slots. > > as the game moves forward and more builds become more numerous - are we playing the same game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanessa.1906 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 If i have 6 slots total and i made 5 builds on one of my guards, do i only have 1 remaining for guards or can i make another 6 builds for my other guards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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