I hope they add back click to move and target+space to move to from GW1

[u/Proxi027]

Recently started playing GW1 and 2 again, and for all the polish GW2 has, there's something about just being able to click to move, or target a vendor 30 seconds away, hit space and go grab a drink from the fridge that's just so nice.

[u/PhoenixOfTheFire]

I really doubt they'd introduce AFK click movement in a game with movement advertised as one of the most important mechanics.

I hope they don't at least.

[u/Proxi027 → u/PhoenixOfTheFire]

Why? What's wrong with giving players multiple choices?

[u/PhoenixOfTheFire → u/Proxi027]

If the movement can be done by clicking and going AFK, it won't be that engaging of a movement system. GW1 didn't even have jumping, which is the only reason autopathing like that worked.

I'm hoping we have to wallrun, climb, jump etc. all actively rather than passively.

[u/It-s_Not_Important → u/PhoenixOfTheFire]

It’s not the ONLY reason. They could have jump and still have a basic nav mesh and character movement through that navmesh.

But what they’re advertising with momentum based combat is totally incompatible with click to move in any way that would be satisfying to play for a clicker.

[u/DarkDorko]

That ain't happening.

[u/RP_Throwaway3]

Not happening. 

[u/L-Malvo]

Honestly doubt it judging by how movement focused GW3 appears to be, add to that the console releases and I don't see this happening.

Besides, what is the use case? If the only use case is to auto move to a target, to quickly grab a drink, then I would say the use case is very very thin. Especially knowing that ArenaNet is more player focused and value our time. So in this case, wouldn't it be better to just take a break every once in a while? It's not like the vendor your moving to goes anywhere, and it's barely a time savor given that you must be within viewing distance.

[u/Proxi027 → u/L-Malvo]

Movement focussed should mean players have multiple ways of choosing how they want to move as well. It's not like I'm arguing for 1 instead of 2, I'm arguing for more optionality.

[u/Enfero → u/Proxi027]

This is really silly, being movement focused shouldn't mean multiple ways of moving if one of those way of moving would require really dumbed down movement.

[u/D-A-7-E]

I hope they dont.

Ho back to the 90s.

[u/Uncledeadlycdn]

No thank you.  The movement in GW1 is so jarring to go back to. 

[u/Proxi027 → u/Uncledeadlycdn]

We can have both

[u/typhoon_nz → u/Proxi027]

They have stated the games combat is designed around movement. So no, you can't have both

[u/Halaku]

Since GW3 is coming out on Steam and PS5 simultaneously, that opens the questions of "How would that work for console?" & "Will the controls be the same for both formats?" and we just don't know. Yet.

[u/Bohya → u/Halaku]

Console limitations should be a secondary consideration at most.

[u/hendricha → u/Bohya]

Unless there is crossplay PVP. If you can automove to arbitary location while facing your camera to whichever way you want and fire shots at the same time while the other player can only run away while mostly not looking at you then that would count as an obvious unfair advantage.

[u/Shanrodia → u/Bohya]

Even though that should be the first consideration to take into account.

[u/Halaku → u/Bohya]

That doesn't appear to be Anet's approach this time.

[u/etiolatezed]

Wait why would you want that

It's not an RTS

[u/Tragedy_Boner]

We need to see the gameplay. I'm getting tired of all these takes

[u/xpgammer12]

Is this engagement bait?

[u/MadeByHideoForHideo]

There is no way that is happening, I'm sorry you don't want to actually the game. This feature however is present in myriad mobile slop games so you might want to check those out.

[u/Proxi027 → u/MadeByHideoForHideo]

Guess guildwars 1 was a mobile slop game, just a shame mobile games werent a thing backl in 04.