Tine & Friends

Been wanting to do more grayscale stuff again and even though I might have picked the wrong month 🌈 for it, I think I chose a fitting character!

Like, I remember when Heart of Thorns first came out but that's not too crazy

Do y'all remember profession trainers? And skill and trait points instead of hero points?

Do y'all remember when you needed to have an item with the skin to transmute another item before skins were an account-wide unlock?

Happy Pride Month

I had to draw something for this month to celebrate love and different sexualities, so I drew Rila and Naramei 🧡🤍🩷

Guild Wars 2 OC headshots

Returning to annual expansions for GW2. This will begin after an 18 month break.

They're going to use the Hall of Monuments as an excuse to go back and revisit the entirety of the game in these 18 months.

Will use this time before GW3 release to address and clean up longstanding issues.

Colin specifically wants to fix the Zhaitan fight.

Players are worried that they won't be able to deliver on everything they've announced. However, they've already been working on GW3 for years so they're confident.

Anet have separate teams working on GW2 and GW3. They will not be sharing staff between teams so they will have resources for both.

Hall of Monuments will both reward you for achievements you've already completed as well as new ones.

Hall of Monuments achievements will be added as part of the refreshed areas of the game to encourage people to play through those areas.

Rolling out the core game changes in two releases. Followed by updates to the current expansions at a month and a half to two months pace.

GW Reforged will not be connected to the new Hall of Monuments.

Considering ways they may be able to honor GWAMM from GW1 in GW3

Concerns from the community about the upcoming physically based rendering (PBR) updates. They're working hard to make sure that PBR changes won't feel weird against older assets.

Anet are generally working to optimize the game going forward. They will make the updates optional where possible.

They're using lessons they've learned from the Desert Borderlands WvW map to help guide decisions about the new map. They'll have betas for the new map to gather feedback from players.

Concerns about GW2 maps becoming empty. However, they've seen a 40% increase of daily players in GW2 since the announcement.

GW2 will not be able to be ported to console. The game would have to be changed too much for that to be possible.

Anet's goal is to create MMO experiences that tackle issues players are having at that time with other MMOs. It feels like the right time for them to make another GW game because the genre is ready for it.

They want to continue to support all three games because they're very different experiences and have players that enjoy each game.

Anet very intentionally chose the timeline for GW3 for its lack of technological advances that are common in GW2. Hoping for a more grounded, high fantasy experience.

They feel a responsibility to keep GW2 as game that people will return to again and again.

VS Art Party June 26

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One of your charr* has returned to / is visiting the Black Citadel. Unbeknownst to them, while they were away it was decided unanimously that they would become the new Khan-ur to unite the Legions.

How do they do? What do they do?

*If you have a non-charr who was raised by charr, they are also eligible.

My answer: Aikarico is immediately corrupted by power and spends a week lazing around in her office being waited on hand and paw. After that first week she gets bored and tries to do actual administrative stuff, full of hubris that she alone can fix every problem the charr have.

She cannot.

Highlights!

-Confirmed continued development on the first and second Guild Wars

-Reforged moving to mobile devices

I put a few thoughts on the new forum sections about adjusting dungeon story modes to scale down and be soloable under-leveled and under-geared, using them as a space to teach new players mechanics rather than being a stat check. My dream would be clearer tutorials that are more accessible through a companion npc or a constantly available menu so players can learn about boons, combos, stealth, and so on before they even reach max level. A future update to the end of Icebrood Saga is pie in the sky, but if we're dreaming, I would be very happy to see done for the game's final finished state.

It sounds like there aren't other gw2 expansions planned and that suits me fine. I still haven't bought VoE and didn't feel discontented without new maps or story over the last year. Whether I buy VoE on sale now or continue to wait for it to be fully finished, I'm not sure.

Hello all! It has been...a heck of a few months. But happy pride!! Please celebrate being weird, being gay, being different, and know that no matter where under the LGBTQIA+ label you fall, you deserve to be proud of your identity.

It's also my birthday today! (June 6) So happy birthday to meeee!

For my birthday I would love nothing more than to fulfill some gay chibi YCH commissions for you 💖 (info in pinned post)

Aside from that, money is incredibly tight. I have been unemployed apart from commissions for a long while due to health reasons and my partner and I are both in the process of trying to secure Canadian citizenship as we are both trans and I am from Texas originally.

Any support of my art - commissioning me, sharing it with friends, etc...is always a much bigger help than you realize. So thank you to those who have continued to support me through the years, yall are amazing. If you have a couple extra bucks to spare, my partner and I are currently in the process of raising money for citizenship fees and if you feel like you can donate you can send your support to my Kofi OR to my Partner's Kofi donation goal.