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In Guild Wars, we are all familiar with the quest system and the giant green exclamation point. As development progressed and the focus on group play and casual grouping became clearer, the team decided that the system was not necessary.
In such an immersive and beautiful world, it's admittedly a bit jarring when an NPC has that strange floaty thing that sticks out like a sore thumb - or like a giant lime-green exclamation point about Mabinogi Gold.
Filling your field of vision with a big black rectangle with a few paragraphs of text and a check yes or no acceptance option did not exactly alleviate the problem to make Guild Wars 2 Gold. ArenaNet's been on the ball, keeping a close eye on the buzz and compiling a list of the most asked questions. Today, those questions were answered, thanks to GW 2 Gold Lead Designer Eric Flannum.
As Johanson points out, if a villager is asking you to kill 10 ogres who are about to ravage his village, they shouldn't be standing around picking daisies. Possibly the most significant piece of news was the confirmation that the companion system is in fact dead.