Guild Wars 2

With the new xpack on the horizon does anyone know if we will be receiving another of 80 boost with the purchase. Also does anyone know about when we will be seeing official details on the xpack?

You will get some of the details when they announce it.

Ayuruk.3980:

With the new xpack on the horizon does anyone know if we will be receiving another of 80 boost with the purchase. Also does anyone know about when we will be seeing official details on the xpack?

Still too early to speculate about the level 80 boost if it will be available or not,

as for the details of the Expac you can expect it in a couple of months after the last chapter of the current living world.

@Ayuruk: We don’t know (no one, except for the devs, has any such info at this point). Since there won’t be a new profession, it’s a 50/50 chance.

I would not mind seeing a full unlock to 1 elite spec with the expansion though. Right now wvw players are more then able to get an full elite spec the sec the expansion comes out and more then likely so are a lot of pve players too. So for a new player giving them a full unlock for 1 elite spec dose not seem so bad.

I’d say it’s a lot less than a 50/50 chance.

The boost didn’t actually launch with HoT, remember. It was just as much a promo/teaser for the Shared Inventory Slot as an incentive to buy HoT, so one question is “do they need to market those more?”
Probably not to existing players…

we have zero details on the expac, anyone’s guess is as good as mine. But I think it’s somewhat likely.. not very likely, but regular likely. One argument for it being unlikely is the lack of a new class, meaning the 80 booster might not have the same value

Amaimon.7823:

we have zero details on the expac, anyone’s guess is as good as mine. But I think it’s somewhat likely.. not very likely, but regular likely. One argument for it being unlikely is the lack of a new class, meaning the 80 booster might not have the same value

lol

Tanner Blackfeather.6509:

I’d say it’s a lot less than a 50/50 chance.

The boost didn’t actually launch with HoT, remember.

That’s right! I had forgotten.

Then again, keep in mind that many new players might pick up GW2 with the release of the new expansion, so adding a Lvl 80 boost could be added as an additional bait to buy the game.

I’m sure that we’ll get another level 80-booster, just like we did get in HoT exp. Not because we did get a new profession, but as you wanted to play with a profession whom you haven’t leveled up or an alt yet to explore Magus Falls and Maguuma Wastes.

Tanner Blackfeather.6509:

I’d say it’s a lot less than a 50/50 chance.

The boost didn’t actually launch with HoT, remember. It was just as much a promo/teaser for the Shared Inventory Slot as an incentive to buy HoT, so one question is "do they need to market those more?"
Probably not to existing players...

Wait, what?

Didn’t all of the edtions, no matter which one you bought, you did received one level-80 booster at the launch?

Alga.6498:

I’m sure that we’ll get another level 80-booster, just like we did get in HoT exp. Not because we did get a new profession, but as you wanted to play with a profession whom you haven’t leveled up or an alt yet to explore Magus Falls and Maguuma Wastes.

Tanner Blackfeather.6509:

I’d say it’s a lot less than a 50/50 chance.

The boost didn’t actually launch with HoT, remember. It was just as much a promo/teaser for the Shared Inventory Slot as an incentive to buy HoT, so one question is “do they need to market those more?”
Probably not to existing players…

Wait, what?

Didn’t all of the edtions, no matter which one you bought, you did received one level-80 booster at the launch?

No. It was not at launch (got introduced much later), and it was given only to accounts with HoT.

There was a bug that resulted in some non-HoT accounts obtaining it, but it lasted only for a short time before it got fixed.

L80 Boost – Introduced ~ April 19, 2016

Heart of Thorns – Launched October 23, 2015

Those who know aren’t telling. Those who tell aren’t knowing.

The next expansion will most likely share the same booster with HoT. It’s very unlikely that they’d give another one to new accounts, so the only chance of getting another one with the expansion would be as an upgrade bonus.

Ayuruk.3980:

With the new xpack on the horizon does anyone know if we will be receiving another of 80 boost with the purchase. ?

When I remember correctly the Level-80-boost with/after HoT was, so that new players could insta-80 and start playing with their friends in HoT maps without having to level in “old” Tyria first. And “veteran” players got it also to prevent trouble.

Because there is no increased level with the next expac I think that one 80-boost will do also for the xpac-2 and will be available for new players that start GW2 with the xpac-2.

What I am more thinking about: What about elite-specialisation and the (HoT)masteries? Will they be relevant in the xpac-2 maps and if yes will there be a fast way for new players to aquire them?

One example:

The original idea of masteries was, that HoT masteries only matter in HoT maps. So players with and without HoT-masteries would start in the xpac-2 maps the same and have the same abilities.

But with the success of gliding that mastery was expanded to core tyria.

So, will gliding be available in the xpac-2 maps? If yes than “new” players have a disadvantage and need to play HoT first to max out their gliding mastery if they do not get a kind of “HoT-gliding-instant-mastery-scroll”.

Or will gliding not be available in the xpac-2 maps and the “hot-masteries” and the “xpac-2-masteries” a really separated? That maybe could make players sad that really like gliding.

The 80 boost was not much help to vets. Even if you do not have a mess of tomes it does not take long to level a new char once you have been through the process. The whole point was to promote the shared inventory slot.