Guild Wars 2

There’s been a lot of people reminding us that there will be more living story updates that add on to HoT at some future point after the expansions launch. Previously, we had to log on during a living story release to unlock it on our account for future use, or pay to unlock it afteward.

How will this work with Heart of Thorns? On subsequent LS updates, will I have to have HoT purchased and log on to make sure I can play those chapters in the future, or will it be sufficient to log on a vanilla GW2 player to make sure those updates are unlocked whenever I purchase HoT?

Hypothetical: I wait one year to buy HoT. During that time ArenaNet releases six new LS chapters advancing the story past HoT. If I faithfully logged on to GW2 daily between HoT launch and when I bought it, would I find that all those living story chapters were unlocked and ready to play when I finally purchase HoT, or would I then also have to put down additional money to get those chapters?

I don’t know for sure, but I do think that you will be able to get the LS, but you will need HoT to actually access it, seeing as the next part will kind of be in the HoT map.

Thanks Matazeruz. Yes, it’s clear that future LS updates will require HoT to experience. I could see the login unlocks going either way, though. It’s entirely within the realm of possibility that they will code it in such a way that you only get login credit toward LS chapters if you have purchased HoT.

I’m not seeing anyone else ask this question, but I think it’s a pretty signficant one. If we wait to purchase HoT, are we potentially going to get charged for any LS updates post-HoT that we logged in during, but couldn’t play because we didn’t have the expansion?