When this game first launched, the spectacle that was the Coriolis Plaza always brought me great excitement.
In addition to the five Asura gates to the capital cities of the five playable races that players could access at the Gate Hub Plaza, Five new Asura gates were being built in the Coriolis Plaza.
That meant to me that we are going to get to go to five new places at some point.
When players were then given access to Southsun Cove though a Living Story update, an additional Asura gate was added to Lion’s Arch, and it was not even placed in the Coriolis Plaza.
To me, that meant that these gates were being constructed for something important. Something more important than a Living Story update, like an expansion.
I’m sure everyone is aware that the Gate Hub Plaza was destroyed during The Battle for Lion’s Arch, and that the Asura gates at the Coriolis Plaza were all set to do once again what the gates at the Gate Hub Plaza once did; take players to the capital cities of the five playable races.
Although I have never really given it much thought until now, I strongly believe that these gates were destroyed and relocated for one purpose.
To silently and discreetly destroy the hopes players had for visiting these “five new areas,” and to let players know that there are no expansions coming.
I sadly believe we are never going to see an expansion to this game.
Arenanet always stated that they would be taking a different approach with Guild Wars 2, and that they will go as far as they can with Living Story and the Gem Store to keep players playing and keep up their revenue.
The sad reality of this system is that when placed on a timeline, the small content packets we receive have nowhere near an equal amount of content to what we would receive from expansions released at a yearly interval (as Arenanet did with the original Guild Wars).
It has been over two years since the game has launched, and Arenanet still does not have any incentive to ever create an expansion for players.
As long as players continue to support the game though micro-transactions, Arenanet will continue to deliver its small content packets and turn a profit.
Micro-transactions supporting a game that is Free to Play is wonderful.
Wonderful that is…. if you enjoy playing the same game for three years, with minimal content additions.
This game is long overdue with its content delivery.
It simply is not enough to keep players entertained.
The game is, without a doubt, close to dead. The megaserver system was added to make players feel as if they are not alone in the world, and maps are often times still barren of other players.
The only people who started playing at launch that still playing the game are those of us who wish to believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel. We are hoping you are going to do something Arenanet.
A lot of us are holding on here, because we are huge Guild Wars fans…. waiting for something…. anything.
Some are like me, and have played Guild Wars for seven years and worked hard to fill our Hall of Monuments so that we could proudly display that we have been with the franchise since the beginning in Guild Wars 2.
Please do something Arenanet.
Don’t let this game die.
