Guild Wars 2

So recently, Anet specified that there will not be any expansion soon because they want to see how the living story plays out.

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/05/14/ncsoft-clarifies-stance-on-guild-wars-2-expansion/

However, I’ve been thinking on how we define expansion. They made note that the expansion would be another thing you have to buy/download. A traditional expansion that you can buy in stores. One thing that I think players don’t realize is the amount of areas that can be opened up in game from the living story. I think Anet may be thinking about doing this. There are so many areas in game that are currently blocked by something that looks out of place (A rock, a gate, ice, etc) as if they may be moved and opened up the zone. Some people have been able to get around these barriers and in one instance find a portal as if you were going into a new zone (though it didn’t work).

So while we all may let out a sigh of frustration that we think there may be no new race or no new zones, I think they may introduce these with the living story FOR FREE…hopefully.

Here are a few zones you can find entrys too but are blocked by something such as a random rock, invisible wall, broken bridges, or weird looking ice

Southsun Cove Area/Sparkfly area- road leading into it blocked by a huge rock
Northern Shiverpeaks- looks like a start of a cave blocked by ice
Maguuma Wastes- Blocked by a broken bridge, portal on the otherside that doesn’t work
Elona- Blocked by a gate with Queen Jennahs guards

So I think before we all immediately think there wont be expansions, I think they may just expand on the map into the zones they’ve already established. Like there are going to be expansions, but not in the traditional sense.

What do yall think?

The game needs work before an expansion is worked on. It released too early and many features haven’t been added yet, including the much waited for LFG tool. Until the quality of life issues are dealt with, including balance and more viable builds for certain professions, I’m not sure I’d want to see a new zone.

Every game needs a firm foundation upon which to build the future. Guild Wars 2 has a tremendous amount of potential but if the foundation isn’t improved, it will eventually crumple.

Let’s hope the devs think this way and shore up the game before adding new zones.

Vayne.8563:

The game needs work before an expansion is worked on. It released too early and many features haven’t been added yet, including the much waited for LFG tool. Until the quality of life issues are dealt with, including balance and more viable builds for certain professions, I’m not sure I’d want to see a new zone.

Every game needs a firm foundation upon which to build the future. Guild Wars 2 has a tremendous amount of potential but if the foundation isn’t improved, it will eventually crumple.

Let’s hope the devs think this way and shore up the game before adding new zones.

Well on that note I think they have people assigned to certain aspects of the game. Just as there two developers to deal with balancing and PvP, I’m sure there is a team that does the LS and a team that is working on the LFG tool and similar features. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if they had already planned out most of the LS and are going to still push out updates no matter what.