Guild Wars 2

I’m not sure if I’m posting this in the right place but I can’t find what I’m looking for. I apologize for inappropriate placement.

I had been talking with one of my guilds in Guild wars 2, while playing through the main story, in one part, Trahearne begins to explain what happens between Guild wars 1 and guild wars 2, I know it would be a big hit, even if it is in the books and in writing, that people would love to play through the story. That being said, I think it would benefit Arenanet to either Create a new Guildwars game taking place with in the 250 year span between gw1 and gw2 or, create an expansion in the fractals or Main missions that would take a player backwards in time to experience the events of Guildwars 1(from a possibly different perspective) or the major life changing events between the games, such as the searing cauldron attacks from the charr or the curse on Orr. I, myself, like many other players am a visual type of player, I prefer to Play through the story rather than read it, the books themselves are great, no doubt, but to turn them into a purchasable expansion or playable missions/Fractals. Either way, (expansions would be better((more profitable)) from my point of view) I believe the current Player base would either increase or become more satisfied with the current standing of this already lovable game. I enjoy the game very much as it is but I have heard from many players (Guildwars 1 and 2) that they have grown bored of guildwars, while they love the game, they are still bored, I understand and Ive been thinking this over and over and over again, and I just believe that if you take my idea at least as an idea itself (not saying you must implement it) just think about it and the possible positive outcome and revenue it could generate for Arenanet. Please and thank you for your time and consideration. – John

I think you’re onto something there. Four years later the vast majority of the playerbase is here for the story – wow.

Also I for one would happy to pay money for additional fractals. Maybe they should implement a pay-to-play system. Everytime you want to do a fractal, you pay Anet money; like pay-per-view except for fractals. That idea is mine buddy and please Anet give it some consideration I think it would be great for the playerbase.

I love the idea, but instead of a new game why not just incorporate it into their current one.

Fractals are a great method to do this as it can already deal with past events, and quite a few could be a great way to introduce solo fractals.
I have thought about how cool it would doing some of the Guild War event in this game, such as taking down Shiro, beating the titans again, the rise and fall of the white mantel and taking down a god.
Some of my favorite parts of this game are areas that were covered back in the original, like ascalon, glint and now the fire islands.

One of my favorite addition to guild wars was the Bonus Mission Pack as this was a way we could see past events and claim unique rewards.

Could also include the Rise of the dragons, sinking of Orr, Fall of Ascalon, the turning of the jade sea, list goes on with so much lore to choose.

I’m not saying make a entire game, it would be one of many ideas, I just think they should expand visually on the story, missions, fractals, anything. I would pay for an expansion, I would not pay for fractals. Hell, I’d pay for a new game if that’t what they do. I’m just saying, a majority of the player base is here for the story, but I’m willing to bet if asked about expansions on the story, consisting of the previously stated, they would agree. Librascythe.3152 is right, Fractals already have a few that take you into Ascalon during the siege. I’d love to expand more on that. For people who love guildwars 2 play style, it would be amazing to have missions/fractals that tell the story of guild wars 1 and beyond. Say a Historian NPC that hands out a “mission” or quest or such that takes you or your character back to experience the Events that shaped the world they now know. Maybe they take on a person already from that time period. Make it a Solo mission or mission series, or take a party with you. Just saying its an idea..

While it would be fun and interesting to see what happened between then and ‘now’, I can’t imagine how ANet could manage it. We already see that they are having trouble delivering content to players with just the one MMO and the current level of game modes. Given the current shareholder attitudes, I can’t imagine that they’d be able to hire more staff for this initiative. So from which game modes would you like ANet to pull staff to work on this?

ANet’s already at work on the 2nd expac. If that goes well, they won’t need more “revenue-generating content”. If it goes poorly, they aren’t likely to be in a better position to afford this.

tl;dr fun idea; I can’t imagine that it’s feasible.