In my experience with gw2, the story up till around level 50 was the most fun and enjoyable part of the story for me, here is what i’d like to see in expansions to come.
Upon logging in with your character with a new expansion, have the game pull you back into the character creation process.. with a new series of questions about what you have done in the time since you defeated Zhaitan.. a few different questions leveled at the player to kickstart the new story (and give players that feeling of controlling there own story) would be awesome.
Perhaps let some of the choices players made in the orignal game have more impact, like the question about gods for the humans.
I am hoping it doesn’t just go straight into the next ‘build an army > kill dragon’ kinda story, all of the earlier stuff in the game told us so much more about the world and the type of characters who live within it.. and for me that was way more interesting then dealing with Zhaitan himself.
Actually I’m expecting Anet to continue the background part of the story in Act 2 but it just a guess so I won’t hold my breath.
For example:
(street rat Human in Act 2)
If you chosen to save Quinn in Act 2 story you get to see what he and Riot Alice been up to while you were gone. However, if you chosen to stop the poison you will visit Quinn’s grave with Riot Alice and learn more of what happened because you stopped the poison.
(Lost sister in Act 2)
You visit your sister to see how she is doing now and you discover more about the conspiracy that Caudecus started and hopefully put a end to it.
Chapter is over, you came back and stopped Caudecus and the separatist plot in CM. Moving backwards into your small time story, instead of moving forward and doing things that actually matter in the world seems a little backwards to me.
How far that little candle throws its beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
- William Shakespear
Caudecus story does not end with CM story mode nor explorer mode. Caudecus is still not found guilty of his crimes yet and what worse now is that he is right near the Queen now despite she does this to keep a close eye on him. Explorer mode is just the after math of story mode and there have been no involvement with Caudecus in that mode.
Agree with these ideas! In future expansions I’d like to also see optional repeatable Cooperative Story chapters that occur between Personal Story levels. Really missing Cooperative Missions from GW1 in this game and they wouldn’t be that hard to add back. I guess you could argue “Dungeons” provide this. A dungeon like CM story is pretty much exactly what I’m envisioning here. But dungeons should remain unique in that they can be unlocked into an explorable mode.
Or maybe the choices you made in your personal story would affect the next steps? Like which race you chose to “recruit” with the Vigil, the approach you took to certain campaigns, etc.
