The thing I would like to suggest runs as follows:
Add an ultra cool unique meta reward for this season’s last LS (will happen anyway).
Add all previous meta rewards from all previous LS.
Let people choose a single reward from the list – either a previous one or a new one.
Why this idea is good:
Many new players have missed the original LS that gave specific items not because they failed to make achievements, but simply because they joined too late. Some people may need a place of power to charge their crystals, others (like me) – a shattered wings cover, but unlike tradeable rewards that can be bought and may drop during this LS, there is no chance for us to get these items. Adding this choice would be a nice gesture to new players.
Giving a choice of a single item only instead of the new reward will keep the scarcity of these items and will not induce too much of anxiety from older players who like to feel unique.
So,
as a new player, would you trade the final reward of the season for some of the old meta rewards?
as an old player, would you oppose letting new players choose a reward from previous LS?
I think that it would be great to let players choose one past meta achievement that they may have not had time for. Limiting it to a single choice keeps the past accolades from being devalued significantly, while giving players who missed that one thing that they really regret not being able to go after at the time a way to ‘catch up’.
I agree with this, players have real lives believe it or not (It was quite shocking to me when I discovered the news for the first time as well). And I think we all take the occasional break from gw2 (it’s what makes it that much better when you come back to it). So needless to say, certain events will be missed by players, and certain event items will then no longer be available to those players, no matter how hard they are willing to work. In gw1, it was more a system of "the item will always be available if you’re willing to work your kitten off within the game to get it (obsidian armour for example).
