new race or profession?
Personally, I’d love to see new professions or races added, as they would if they took the traditional expansion route. And they’ve been saying they’ll add “expansion worth content via LS” which leads us to assume they would add new professions or races. Well, real shallow proof for anything really, but I’d like to think they will.
However, I don’t want to see an update with new profession unlock at gemstore for 800 gems that doesn’t give you additional character slot. Because expansions are usually worth 20€ or so (depending on the company of course) but there is always a ton of content to go along with those new professions. If you need to pay 20€ just to get that new profession and to be able to create a character for it, that’s kinda… Not really worth it.
And “Oh, you can spend 200 gold instead” is cool and all, but that’s still a lot, and I’d much rather paid 20€ (or 30€ or even 40€) for a decent expansion.
I guess I could also live with (limited 1 time per account) profession-unlock + free character slot for 800 gems. Or everyone getting that profession unlock by completing a LS step and then just paying 800 for the character slot.
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From what I have experienced, I sincerely doubt that there will be any new professions or classes, or races in the " expansion worth of content through LS"
Living Story is about Introducing dynamic elements, new names giving to arch-enemy type mobs, and a plot device. What it is not, is new Professions, new playable races, new skills,…etc.
When I think Expansion, I think it will expand HOW I play the game think " New Professions : Assassin … Ritualist, New maps: Cantha"
For me,. that is an expansion… adding a new villain " let’s Name her Xylophone Queen, and she made a deal with Sub-almost elder Dragon Quobrummbrumm, and she has it in for all the Sylvari" is a plot device to get people to care about some drama that some people Just cannot be bothered about. And more importantly for me…. does NOT expand how I…Play the game. Does Not have new professions, new skills, etc…
The Anet focus on Living Story, and their centering monetization on the gem store, for me, makes it unlikely we will get any " real expansion", we will simply get " expansion-like content through the Living Story" releases, that some people would equate with an expansion, and which some players Like Myself… would never equate with an expansion.
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Does anybody think anything completely new will be added to spice the game up a bit? Just wanting to know what others are thinking.
No, I don’t. I’ve got the distinct impression they’re not real concerned with expanding the classes they’ve already got in the game, and that’s got to be easier than adding a new class altogether. So no go on new classes.
With new races, they’re expensive to add. They’ve got to write Personal Story from level 1 to level 80 and they’ve got to play voice actors to voice them. Since most people have already finished the PS and AN as a whole has moved on to the LS, they’re probably viewing that as wasted money. I also can’t help but feel they don’t want to spend the resources creating a new city, getting voice actors for its citizens, ensuring armor doesn’t clip, etc. So no go on new races either.
Does anybody think anything completely new will be added to spice the game up a bit? Just wanting to know what others are thinking.
No, I don’t. I’ve got the distinct impression they’re not real concerned with expanding the classes they’ve already got in the game, and that’s got to be easier than adding a new class altogether. So no go on new classes.
With new races, they’re expensive to add. They’ve got to write Personal Story from level 1 to level 80 and they’ve got to play voice actors to voice them. Since most people have already finished the PS and AN as a whole has moved on to the LS, they’re probably viewing that as wasted money. I also can’t help but feel they don’t want to spend the resources creating a new city, getting voice actors for its citizens, ensuring armor doesn’t clip, etc. So no go on new races either.
I am getting the feeling that if they can avoid spending resources outside the gem store they will. It’s all " Living Story". Someone came up with this idea that players will be content with " Living Story" Instead of actual , real expensions. And while many people may, i get the impression all this does is satisfy them for a little while… eventually…players either get a real expansion or move on.
Someone is really in love with the idea of Living Story they came up with, and keeps pushing it, hoping it satisfies as much as a real expansion would.
I can only speak for myself. Living Story is not an expansion. For me it just feels Like a cheap knock off.
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