This thread is speculative and for speculative purposes only
Premise: What would it look like if Anet chose to supplement or expand on the existing GuildWars 2 MMO with a mobile app? This thread will explore two options for what that might look like; than comb through them from gamer stand point.
Case 1:
Examining the rapid fire success of “Pok’e’mon go” Case 1 would seek to adpat a basic idea to supplement Guildwars 2. In this case, it is done by re-imagining resource harvesting in Guildwars, adopting it to a “go” style mobile app that encourages physical movement in order to gather wood,metal and plant materials for use in game.
Case 1 would be a simplified idea of the system, sticking to simple principle of awarding physical exercise with in-game content. The app could work by tracking walking movement and generating daily reward chests at “mile markers” or randomly generate them like nodes. Resource gathering would be done at nodes which generate with a similar logic to how “stops” are aligned; indeed Ingress and Pokemon have done a good bit of refining this system already and will probably continue to do so. An app of this style would be a re-imagining of how resource gathering in a desktop MMO could work.
Case 2:
Case 2 is a lighter weight concept of a mobile app that stands for daily activity with a logic-puzzle based app-game. Taking inspiration from some already pretty well done logic puzzle games, “case 2” would have the gaming intensity of “J.U.L.I.A” and provide a way for engaging players who can’t be at a desktop on a daily basis. Expanding this a bit, simpler elements of movement based app-gaming could be introduced as a daily that simply needs you to move around a little to retrieve pieces of something or another. This stands more as a way to re-imagine the daily system. Introducing a more thoughtful approach with logic puzzles or simply a light-weight way to keep players with more responsibilities engaged in the game while they are away.