User:Relyk/update

Reddit thread

Mechanic	State	Type	Description
Black Lion Trading Post	Existing mechanic	Quality of life	Trading Post was fixed in the first couple weeks. We still need search filters and it occasionally bugs out for players.
Fractals of the Mists	New mechanic	Gameplay	Dungeon with unique mechanics and interface for endgame, introduce ascended equipment and infusions as unique mechanics for the dungeon. Serves as a "gear treadmill" for players with a mechanic similar to generic MMOs.
Ascended equipment and infusions	New mechanic	Gameplay	New mechanic tied to Fractals of the Mists, later expanded to other content such as WvW infusions
sPvP tournaments	Existing mechanic	Gameplay	Add tournaments to the game months after release
Diving Goggles	Existing mechanic	Activity	take the Diving Goggles object in Lion's Arch, attach an achievement to it and place the object in various places in the world.
Enemy armor dye color in sPvP and WvW	Existing mechanic	Gameplay	Allows players to visually differentiate friend from foe
Sigils and stats effect bundles	Existing mechanic	Gameplay	Elementalists and engineers couldn't benefit from weapon swap.
Makeover kits and name change contracts	New mechanic	Quality of life	Standard cash shop items for purely visual aesthetics, should have been available at the start
Laurels	Existing mechanic	Reward	currency tied to Daily rewards because the karma bonus wasn't enough, provides access to ascended gear.
Rotating Daily / Monthly achievements	Existing mechanic	Quality of life	Make daily and monthly achievements more varied and interesting, tied Living World content later
Increased variety in Daily/Monthly	Existing mechanic	Quality of life	Address players who play PvE or WvW or somewhere in between
Guesting	Existing mechanic	Quality of life	Temporary transfer known before the game was released
Continuous event scaling improvement	Existing mechanic	Gameplay	Constant modifications and fixes to event mechanics
Previewing wielded and weapon only	Existing mechanic	Quality of life	Remove character model from preview, desired by players
Previewing items from the Trading Post	Existing mechanic	Quality of life	Instead of chat links, allow preview in the TP, desired by players
Guild missions	Existing mechanic	Gameplay	Give guild activities to participate in tied to a new currency, guild commendation
Costume Brawl	New mechanic	Activity	With achievements; add a new set of skills tied to toys and transforms with a unique set of combat mechanics that can be initiated anywhere
Group dances	New mechanic	Activity	Let people make spontaneous dance parties
Musical instrument	New mechanic	Activity	Adds a new set of skills tied to gizmos to play music.
World rank	New mechanic	Gameplay	Progression for World versus World play, mostly as a grind for trivially beneficial effects, aimed towards hardcore WvW players
Removal of WvW Culling	Existing mechanic	Quality of life	Players no longer pop in and out during combat, includes bugs fixed
Leaderboards	New mechanic	Quality of life	The game gets leaderboards months after the game comes out
API	New mechanic	Gameplay, quality of life	Allow applications to pull information form the game in real time, desired by players especially for events
Spectator mode	Existing mechanic	Quality of life	Observer mode from the first game months after game came out
Custom sPvP arenas	Existing mechanic	Gameplay	Allow custom matches in sPvP with customization, months after the game comes out
sPvP specific balancing for conditions and traits	Existing mechanic	Gameplay	I would think the developers would balance the metagame just like the first game...
WvW reward chests	Existing mechanic	Reward	Mechanic tied to World rank, give players a couple of crappy greens every time they rank
WvW traps	Existing mechanic	Gameplay	Added new siege equipment and fight against stealth mechanic instead of fixing it
AoE Looting	Existing mechanic	Quality of life	No more mashing the loot button
Account based achievement rewards	Existing mechanic	Reward	Give players a bunch of godly crap for grinding achievements while casuals despair
New achievement panel UI	Existing mechanic	Quality of life	Improve the achievement interaction
Wallet	Existing mechanic	Quality of life	Turn all the tokens introduced at the start and tied as rewards to new game mechanic and move to the other currencies because it made no sense
Champion loot	Existing mechanic	Reward	Introduced due to champions having massive hitpoints and giving crap, reward players for farming events with champion mobs in high level areas and replace dungeon boss rewards
sPvP Solo queue	Existing mechanic	Gameplay	Allow plays to fight 1v1, which they were doing for months in WvW
Permanent finishers	Existing mechanic	Quality of life	Remove stupid time-based boost finishers for permanent flashy finishers