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Posted by: Fenom.9457

Fenom.9457

I just want to ask why you do this. Add items and events and an entire SEASON OF STORY that goes away forever (or some of it), preventing players who began after it has left from ever getting most of the items. Punishing new players for not even knowing what Guild Wars 2 IS!! For example, myself, I didn’t play because I had no IDEA this game existed, not because I hated it or because I took a break from it or anything. The thing that bothers me the most is the achievements. huge amount, if not even more than half of achievement points are locked from me forever because they’re tied to events that have left. I may not be ABLE to get some gear I really really really want from achieve chests because of this. And then for LW S1, sure I can read it on the wiki, but how does that make you money Anet? Or get players to be together? How does it make me want to play the game? Not because I enjoyed playing it, because of oh yea… I CAN’T! This is from the company that wants players to work together SO BADLY that they give NEW players the base game for FREE with the xpac while VETERANS initially got NOTHING. I get the lore prevents some of the events from recurring, but if the lore can change once, it can change again. I ask that these events please be brought back every now and then to give new players a chance at the items, achievements, and experience. Thank you for listening to my rant! :P

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niea.7504

Mini wall of text, but the words scattered about in all caps give it appeal.

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Posted by: Fenom.9457

Fenom.9457

Mini wall of text, but the words scattered about in all caps give it appeal.

lol

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Posted by: Just a flesh wound.3589

Just a flesh wound.3589

As to the main part of your post, they were trying out a new way of being an MMO where it’s a living world and it changes and moves on. Like the real world, if you missed the event it’s gone forever. Since a lot of people objected they are abandoning that approach for the story line. They said they will try to rework season one so that new people can do it, but since it had a lot of large sized group events it will take some time to rescale it to fit the solo player.

Be careful what you ask for
ANet may give it to you.

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Posted by: Narrrz.7532

Narrrz.7532

Mini wall of text, but the words scattered about in all caps give it appeal.

+1
would +2 if i could be certain you were sarcastic.

OP: LS is short for living story. Can you go back and revisit earlier times in your life?

…wait? you can? how? YOU MUST TELL ME! I COMMAND YOU TO TELL ME!

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Posted by: Fenom.9457

Fenom.9457

As to the main part of your post, they were trying out a new way of being an MMO where it’s a living world and it changes and moves on. Like the real world, if you missed the event it’s gone forever. Since a lot of people objected they are abandoning that approach for the story line. They said they will try to rework season one so that new people can do it, but since it had a lot of large sized group events it will take some time to rescale it to fit the solo player.

I appreciate the living world and change like LA destruction, especially if it goes back to normal someday, it’s mostly the rewards we can never get that bothers me. The LW story can ultimately be watched online, and while I wanted to point that out, it’s the least concerning part in my opinion.

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Posted by: Fenom.9457

Fenom.9457

Mini wall of text, but the words scattered about in all caps give it appeal.

+1
would +2 if i could be certain you were sarcastic.

OP: LS is short for living story. Can you go back and revisit earlier times in your life?

…wait? you can? how? YOU MUST TELL ME! I COMMAND YOU TO TELL ME!

Then why can I still play season two?

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Posted by: Endless Soul.5178

Endless Soul.5178

Mini wall of text, but the words scattered about in all caps give it appeal.

+1
would +2 if i could be certain you were sarcastic.

OP: LS is short for living story. Can you go back and revisit earlier times in your life?

…wait? you can? how? YOU MUST TELL ME! I COMMAND YOU TO TELL ME!

Magic, duh!

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Posted by: Qugi.2653

Qugi.2653

Funny not so long ago there was huge threads in HoT forum about how veteran player treated unfair because new player get game free with expansion. I guess not every person can always be treated fair all time.

;)

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Posted by: Narrrz.7532

Narrrz.7532

Then why can I still play season two?

Because you are not the first person to post something like this.

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Posted by: Morfedel.4165

Morfedel.4165

Mini wall of text, but the words scattered about in all caps give it appeal.

+1
would +2 if i could be certain you were sarcastic.

OP: LS is short for living story. Can you go back and revisit earlier times in your life?

…wait? you can? how? YOU MUST TELL ME! I COMMAND YOU TO TELL ME!

Then why can I still play season two?

As was pointed out, they were trying something new. They weren’t entirely sure where they were going with the entire thing over the course of the years, and they later on decided that going back to replay things would be great, essentially in living Story season 2.

Once they decided that, it was too late to go back to season 1. Especially considering the fact that season 1 saw Lion’s Arch destroyed and season 2 having it rebuilt, it would be exceptionally difficult to simply insert all of that back in. A lot of LS1 was open world content and not instanced content

In other words, what you’re asking it is very far from trivial. That being the case, they have already said they would like to be able to make that happen if possible. They’re just not sure if it will be.

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Posted by: Fenom.9457

Fenom.9457

Mini wall of text, but the words scattered about in all caps give it appeal.

+1
would +2 if i could be certain you were sarcastic.

OP: LS is short for living story. Can you go back and revisit earlier times in your life?

…wait? you can? how? YOU MUST TELL ME! I COMMAND YOU TO TELL ME!

Then why can I still play season two?

As was pointed out, they were trying something new. They weren’t entirely sure where they were going with the entire thing over the course of the years, and they later on decided that going back to replay things would be great, essentially in living Story season 2.

Once they decided that, it was too late to go back to season 1. Especially considering the fact that season 1 saw Lion’s Arch destroyed and season 2 having it rebuilt, it would be exceptionally difficult to simply insert all of that back in. A lot of LS1 was open world content and not instanced content

In other words, what you’re asking it is very far from trivial. That being the case, they have already said they would like to be able to make that happen if possible. They’re just not sure if it will be.

I understand I’m mainly asking to show my support of the idea and to properly word the unfairness.

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Posted by: Zev.3407

Zev.3407

It’s not arenanet’s fault you didnt buy the game 3 years ago and played it activily

and this is coming from someone who got the game at launch and only played for a month(personal stuff) then hasnt played till about 2 months ago. I’m not complaining about all the skins, sales, and living seasons i missed(just bought LS2). I understand it’s my own fault for not playing.

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Posted by: Morfedel.4165

Morfedel.4165

Mini wall of text, but the words scattered about in all caps give it appeal.

+1
would +2 if i could be certain you were sarcastic.

OP: LS is short for living story. Can you go back and revisit earlier times in your life?

…wait? you can? how? YOU MUST TELL ME! I COMMAND YOU TO TELL ME!

Then why can I still play season two?

As was pointed out, they were trying something new. They weren’t entirely sure where they were going with the entire thing over the course of the years, and they later on decided that going back to replay things would be great, essentially in living Story season 2.

Once they decided that, it was too late to go back to season 1. Especially considering the fact that season 1 saw Lion’s Arch destroyed and season 2 having it rebuilt, it would be exceptionally difficult to simply insert all of that back in. A lot of LS1 was open world content and not instanced content

In other words, what you’re asking it is very far from trivial. That being the case, they have already said they would like to be able to make that happen if possible. They’re just not sure if it will be.

I understand I’m mainly asking to show my support of the idea and to properly word the unfairness.

The word unfair is thrown around a lot around these forums, and it’s really unrealistic to do so. First of all many mmo will have events or content that will be lost to players coming along later. That’s life.

And if they put out LS1 somehow for that group, another could just as easily then starts screaming about how it’s now unfair to them.

Just accept that you just can’t please everyone, and some people are just going to end up being in a situation they consider unfair. Again, that’s life.

If they find a way to somehow make living story one available to new players, that’s awesome, but if I were a new player, I would not consider it unfair, just bad timing on my part that I didn’t to join the game at an earlier date. I would regret that, but I wouldn’t be sitting here howling about how unfair it is. Because I understand that is life.

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Posted by: Corran.4957

Corran.4957

You are not being punished as a new player. Anyone that missed it is in the same position but it was literally a part of the actual world and did not run on instances like LS2. They were developing how they were going to do things as the game grew which meant that sometimes they would do something and would be unable to go back to it.

LS1 is not the only case of this. Super Adventure Box was a great addition but they literally were bugging their own game in order to be able to release that. Now that they made so many changes to the engine they are unable to bring it back without significant re-working. Do you think they would have done it this way (with the promise that it will return thus selling infinate coin on Gem store), if they had the foresight to realise that in the future they would make it completely inaccessable without major reworks?

Nope, they wouldnt. There be huge work to get LS1 in a manner that it can be played. Hell some of it required more then a group to get through some areas of the real world.

EVERY mmorpg has events that last only a period and had rewards that were only available for that period… are you bitter about the halloween and christmas events not being available now as well? It the same thing. Rewards and Achievements and story available only for a limited period.

Sorry you missed out, and sorry you cant get what you want. But it like this in all games and will never change. Just be thankful they decided to make season 2 different (and imo less impactful in many ways), in order to allow it to be replayed.

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Posted by: Fenom.9457

Fenom.9457

You are not being punished as a new player. Anyone that missed it is in the same position but it was literally a part of the actual world and did not run on instances like LS2. They were developing how they were going to do things as the game grew which meant that sometimes they would do something and would be unable to go back to it.

LS1 is not the only case of this. Super Adventure Box was a great addition but they literally were bugging their own game in order to be able to release that. Now that they made so many changes to the engine they are unable to bring it back without significant re-working. Do you think they would have done it this way (with the promise that it will return thus selling infinate coin on Gem store), if they had the foresight to realise that in the future they would make it completely inaccessable without major reworks?

Nope, they wouldnt. There be huge work to get LS1 in a manner that it can be played. Hell some of it required more then a group to get through some areas of the real world.

EVERY mmorpg has events that last only a period and had rewards that were only available for that period… are you bitter about the halloween and christmas events not being available now as well? It the same thing. Rewards and Achievements and story available only for a limited period.

Sorry you missed out, and sorry you cant get what you want. But it like this in all games and will never change. Just be thankful they decided to make season 2 different (and imo less impactful in many ways), in order to allow it to be replayed.

I’m not bitter about the holiday ones because they’re coming back

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Posted by: Sandpit.3467

Sandpit.3467

Season 2 is instanced so can still exist, season 1 was genuinely living world so can’t as it’s content will affect the world today. Even if they instanced it it would not work because most of the content was large full map wide content requiring hundreds of players. I am sure they would like to if they could but it’s just the nature of how it was done, they have made changes to how they design and bring new content to us,

Plus given that the changes they made also coincides with them giving the whole game away free with the new expansion I don’t think any new player has any right to complain.

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Posted by: Fenom.9457

Fenom.9457

It’s not arenanet’s fault you didnt buy the game 3 years ago and played it activily

and this is coming from someone who got the game at launch and only played for a month(personal stuff) then hasnt played till about 2 months ago. I’m not complaining about all the skins, sales, and living seasons i missed(just bought LS2). I understand it’s my own fault for not playing.

Yea it’s your fault for not playing because you used to play is it my fault for not searching for a new game? was it my fault for not hearing about this game AND deciding to play it?

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Posted by: Morfedel.4165

Morfedel.4165

It’s not arenanet’s fault you didnt buy the game 3 years ago and played it activily

and this is coming from someone who got the game at launch and only played for a month(personal stuff) then hasnt played till about 2 months ago. I’m not complaining about all the skins, sales, and living seasons i missed(just bought LS2). I understand it’s my own fault for not playing.

Amen. If new player chose not to buy the game whenever it came out 3 years ago it’s their fault not arena nets and therefore is completely and utterly fair.

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Posted by: Jermoe Morrow.9501

Jermoe Morrow.9501

Anet knows season 1 was a mistake. They admitted this by making season 2 instanced &replayable.

Devs have said before that they would like to bring back season 1, but it would obviously need to be reworked, and they have all been apparently working on expansion since presumably the end of season 1. So while right now they aren’t actively working on its return, I wouldn’t be surprised to see it come back once the HoT dust settles.

That said, all MMOs change over time. At least the stuff GW2 keeps stays relevant.

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imsoenthused.1634

Yea it’s your fault for not playing because you used to play is it my fault for not searching for a new game? was it my fault for not hearing about this game AND deciding to play it?

Is it supposed to magically be someone else’s fault? Their were (bad) ads for it on TV. There was tons of hyping on all the gaming news sites. There are dedicated MMO sites that were talking about it for months, even years before release. There were huge pre-order campaigns at game stores around the world. The fact that the game existed was easy to come by, so why didn’t you? Was there a conspiracy to deny you the joy and wonder that is Guild Wars 2?

Not trying to be a total jerk here, but yes, in as much as it is anyone’s fault, it is definitely your fault.

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Posted by: Gaviston Hawkington.9647

Gaviston Hawkington.9647

Dear Securities and Exchange Commission:

I missed out on investing in Apple, Coca-Cola and AT&T at their IPO. I don’t feel I should be punished. Please allow me to invest in these companies at their IPO price and immediately gain the benefits and value of historic stock appreciation.

XOXO

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Posted by: Just a flesh wound.3589

Just a flesh wound.3589

As said above. People are not being punished for being a new player or a player who stopped playing for a long time. Anet wanted to try out something new. To make a game world that was like a real world with events that appeared and disappeared, just like in real life.

It didn’t work out so season 2 and onward was made with permanent content. Season one can’t be easily remade for single players as it had many mass player events covering entire maps. At best they will be able to give the story line behind it but there is no way to truly recreate the map invasions or the fall of Lions Arch for a single player.

Be careful what you ask for
ANet may give it to you.

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Posted by: Fenom.9457

Fenom.9457

It’s not arenanet’s fault you didnt buy the game 3 years ago and played it activily

and this is coming from someone who got the game at launch and only played for a month(personal stuff) then hasnt played till about 2 months ago. I’m not complaining about all the skins, sales, and living seasons i missed(just bought LS2). I understand it’s my own fault for not playing.

Amen. If new player chose not to buy the game whenever it came out 3 years ago it’s their fault not arena nets and therefore is completely and utterly fair.

What if new player didn’t KNOW the game was out?

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Posted by: Fenom.9457

Fenom.9457

Dear Securities and Exchange Commission:

I missed out on investing in Apple, Coca-Cola and AT&T at their IPO. I don’t feel I should be punished. Please allow me to invest in these companies at their IPO price and immediately gain the benefits and value of historic stock appreciation.

XOXO

I’m not asking for an invest with Anet I just want another chance at this stuff

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Posted by: Fenom.9457

Fenom.9457

Yea it’s your fault for not playing because you used to play is it my fault for not searching for a new game? was it my fault for not hearing about this game AND deciding to play it?

Is it supposed to magically be someone else’s fault? Their were (bad) ads for it on TV. There was tons of hyping on all the gaming news sites. There are dedicated MMO sites that were talking about it for months, even years before release. There were huge pre-order campaigns at game stores around the world. The fact that the game existed was easy to come by, so why didn’t you? Was there a conspiracy to deny you the joy and wonder that is Guild Wars 2?

Not trying to be a total jerk here, but yes, in as much as it is anyone’s fault, it is definitely your fault.

Sorry I was a game hermit a few years ago. The only conspiracy was I had the best game ever but it shut down and I’m old enough to play this now.

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Posted by: Zev.3407

Zev.3407

Yea it’s your fault for not playing because you used to play is it my fault for not searching for a new game? was it my fault for not hearing about this game AND deciding to play it?

Is it supposed to magically be someone else’s fault? Their were (bad) ads for it on TV. There was tons of hyping on all the gaming news sites. There are dedicated MMO sites that were talking about it for months, even years before release. There were huge pre-order campaigns at game stores around the world. The fact that the game existed was easy to come by, so why didn’t you? Was there a conspiracy to deny you the joy and wonder that is Guild Wars 2?

Not trying to be a total jerk here, but yes, in as much as it is anyone’s fault, it is definitely your fault.

Sorry I was a game hermit a few years ago. The only conspiracy was I had the best game ever but it shut down and I’m old enough to play this now.

If your just now old enough to play a game rated T(for teens), getting stuff in a virtual world is your least concern. Go out and live life and not worry about missing out on stuff.

Edit: Oh and work hard in school XD

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Posted by: Fenom.9457

Fenom.9457

Yea it’s your fault for not playing because you used to play is it my fault for not searching for a new game? was it my fault for not hearing about this game AND deciding to play it?

Is it supposed to magically be someone else’s fault? Their were (bad) ads for it on TV. There was tons of hyping on all the gaming news sites. There are dedicated MMO sites that were talking about it for months, even years before release. There were huge pre-order campaigns at game stores around the world. The fact that the game existed was easy to come by, so why didn’t you? Was there a conspiracy to deny you the joy and wonder that is Guild Wars 2?

Not trying to be a total jerk here, but yes, in as much as it is anyone’s fault, it is definitely your fault.

Sorry I was a game hermit a few years ago. The only conspiracy was I had the best game ever but it shut down and I’m old enough to play this now.

If your just now old enough to play a game rated T(for teens), getting stuff in a virtual world is your least concern. Go out and live life and not worry about missing out on stuff.

Edit: Oh and work hard in school XD

I know lol but when I do play I don’t want to be depressed by the thought that no matter how hard I try I can never get this or that. It’s simply depressing, somewhat even if I don’t want the item, just that kind of thinking

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Posted by: LanfearShadowflame.3189

LanfearShadowflame.3189

TLDR “I’m kittened off that I can’t the shinies because I wasn’t here”

Is that what I’m getting from this mini rant? Cause it sure sounds that way.

Yes, some of those rewards are gone “forever*”, and as such they do sort of mean a tad bit more for those that were here to get them. Sentimental value more than anything else really. Certain other rewards were added to the laurel vendor and are still obtainable with time – like the fuzed guantlet ticket, the gifts of candy corn/quartz/sprockets, many of the minis, tonics, etc. Just depends on what you are looking for….

  • *forever is a very loose term with Anet, considering they do love reusing content. It would not surprise me in the lease if we saw some of those things come back at some point down the road as rewards for other content.
Don’t look at me like that. Whatever you’ve heard, it’s probably not true.

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Posted by: TJgalon.5012

TJgalon.5012

I only started a few month back my self, but there still tons of stuff for you to do. A lot of the achievements are still there to do. You can also see a recap to season 1, to do before season 2, and just lots to explore. Take your time, and don’t be in a rush to see it all at once.

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Posted by: zxstanyxz.8769

zxstanyxz.8769

Yea it’s your fault for not playing because you used to play is it my fault for not searching for a new game? was it my fault for not hearing about this game AND deciding to play it?

Is it supposed to magically be someone else’s fault? Their were (bad) ads for it on TV. There was tons of hyping on all the gaming news sites. There are dedicated MMO sites that were talking about it for months, even years before release. There were huge pre-order campaigns at game stores around the world. The fact that the game existed was easy to come by, so why didn’t you? Was there a conspiracy to deny you the joy and wonder that is Guild Wars 2?

Not trying to be a total jerk here, but yes, in as much as it is anyone’s fault, it is definitely your fault.

Sorry I was a game hermit a few years ago. The only conspiracy was I had the best game ever but it shut down and I’m old enough to play this now.

If your just now old enough to play a game rated T(for teens), getting stuff in a virtual world is your least concern. Go out and live life and not worry about missing out on stuff.

Edit: Oh and work hard in school XD

I know lol but when I do play I don’t want to be depressed by the thought that no matter how hard I try I can never get this or that. It’s simply depressing, somewhat even if I don’t want the item, just that kind of thinking

you can buy all the living story 1 rewards from the laurel vendor you know… you just can’t get the AP until they manage to figure out a way to make LS1 replayable (if they ever can)

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Posted by: Misguided.5139

Misguided.5139

So spend some gems to buy season 2. That what I did. And considering that the core game has been readily available for far less than the original price for some time now, it is still a bargain in the long run. You aren’t being punished for being new, you simply aren’t entitled to having years worth of stuff for free.

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Posted by: Loading.4503

Loading.4503

I was born in the 80s but I want to do events in the eras before argggghhh

Now I’m stuck with Justin Beiber achievements only

Anets fault

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Posted by: Vayne.8563

Vayne.8563

It’s unfair, that I discovered a specific rock band no longer performing concerts. I wish I’d found them sooner, but I didn’t.

The fact is, many veterans are complaining that Anet has more loyalty to new players than they do to veterans. There have been far more posts by veterans claiming this than there are by experienced players.

Some simple examples are that you guys get to do world complete without having to world complete WvW. The base Guild Wars 2 package comes with more stuff than mine came with when I bought it for less money. The entire new player experience was revamped making the game (in some people’s opinions) better/easier for new players but worse for veteran players. New players who buy Heart of Thorns get the core game included free. New players get better leveling and personal story rewards than we ever did. New players can solo the Arah story mode dungeon, most of us had to struggle through it with pugs, or wait for people to help us.

There are many things that veteran players went through that you won’t have to, including months of having to rush to get achievements before they disappeared forever, which was pretty stressful to some people.

When you start a game late, it’s logical you’ll miss some things, but there’s no prejudice here. This is just a perspective you have from not knowing what has happened before you got here. In fact, if you really want to see some kittened off players, talk to players who liked town clothes when they were in the game. lol

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Posted by: Ashen.2907

Ashen.2907

Anet set a prerequisite for accessing the content and rewards mentioned. Every one who played the content and/or has the rewards had to meet the prerequisite.

You are asking to not have to fulfill that prerequisite but still have access to the rewards/content.

This means that you are asking for something that others could not have.

The only thing unfair in this situation is your request.

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Posted by: Vayne.8563

Vayne.8563

Anet set a prerequisite for accessing the content and rewards mentioned. Every one who played the content and/or has the rewards had to meet the prerequisite.

You are asking to not have to fulfill that prerequisite but still have access to the rewards/content.

This means that you are asking for something that others could not have.

The only thing unfair in this situation is your request.

Not to mention some of those rewards can now be bought with Laurels and gold from the Laurel vendor, like the skill point, sprockets, quartz and candy corn nodes for your home instance.

This was already done for new players.

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Posted by: Lucius.2140

Lucius.2140

Personally i understand theres some ingame events that will be unique, but i still think they made a mistake making all the LS1 that way, specially since a not “small” part of the LS2 was based in the LS1, plus the characters presentations.

Most of the rewards are available for laurels or in the trading post.

I understand your frustraition but its something that happened and doesnt seem like they will be able to deliver LS1 soon. Theres information about it in the wiki and the lore forum and the living story forums seems to be good places to get more informed.

After saying that if you “get over it”, GW2 have alot to offer to you and the next chapters of its history arent so difficult to follow, just a litle weird of your “new group of friends”.

Its a shame that some of the commentaries you got as an answer were fairly bad, none informative, trolly and even out of context, but well most forums are like that, still you got some good posts as answers like he ones from Morfedel and Just a flesh wound.

Have fun in game!!!

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Posted by: maddoctor.2738

maddoctor.2738

The devs said they want to bring S1 back at some point in the future. There is still hope just don’t ask for anything until HoT is out, or you can ask but don’t expect anything. HoT is their top priority as it should be

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Posted by: Durzlla.6295

Durzlla.6295

Why has no one told the guy that he can get pretty much every single LS1 item from the laurel vendor? They all cost 25 laurels and 15g each, so they’re not necessarily cheap or easy (time wise) to get, but hey, you missed the event, but at least you can still get them.

Here’s a link to the laurel vendor page on the wiki, the Season 1 stuff is at the bottom:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Laurel_Merchant

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