Bol.com states HoT released December 2015

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Posted by: NoisyBoy.4218

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Can anyone including developers / staff confirm wether this is true or false ? I am really eager to see if there will be a Collector’s Edition for the Expansion

Cleo’s quote “All beings have the right to live, to die and to die again.”

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Posted by: BrotherBelial.3094

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I think they are guessing. Seeing ANet hav not yet said a date, I don’t know how they would know, when ANet is not 100% yet.

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Posted by: lordkrall.7241

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I seems to recall Bol.com having been completely useless at guessing release dates before.

Until you have a release date on www.guildwars2.com all release dates going around are basically assumptions.

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Posted by: Malthurius.6870

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You can’t confirm or deny something you don’t know… and I don’t believe that ArenaNet even know yet. It’s a shot in the dark date just so there is a date to the game….

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Posted by: Scoobaniec.9561

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Imagine this game without updates for the whole year.. Yeah..My guessing is april 28.

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Posted by: lordkrall.7241

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Imagine this game without updates for the whole year.. Yeah..My guessing is april 28.

There have been no information whatsoever that there will be no updates between now and release of the expansion.

In fact I believe it to be completely opposite and that they have actually said that there WILL be updates between now and release (I’ll see if I can find it).

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Posted by: Lazaar.9123

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I doubt ArenaNet even know a fixed release date, because it needs to be beta-tested first.

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Posted by: Scoobaniec.9561

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Imagine this game without updates for the whole year.. Yeah..My guessing is april 28.

There have been no information whatsoever that there will be no updates between now and release of the expansion.

In fact I believe it to be completely opposite and that they have actually said that there WILL be updates between now and release (I’ll see if I can find it).

And what updates will it be? Pavilon? SAB? Dragon Bash? LS is dead.

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Posted by: lordkrall.7241

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Aye, all of those three can happen. (And based on some audio-files added to the dat with the latest update it seems like one of them is rather likely)

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Posted by: BrotherBelial.3094

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Imagine this game without updates for the whole year.. Yeah..My guessing is april 28.

There have been no information whatsoever that there will be no updates between now and release of the expansion.

In fact I believe it to be completely opposite and that they have actually said that there WILL be updates between now and release (I’ll see if I can find it).

And what updates will it be? Pavilon? SAB? Dragon Bash? LS is dead.

Not really. There is plent they could do. LS wise. But it not be LS so to speak. They could have us going around rallying people to join the pact after the heavy losses they just took. Fighting the Sylvai that have turned and getting them out of the grove. Trying to find a way to free them from Mordi’s grip. There are plenty of things that could be done before we go into the jungle after Mordi.

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Posted by: lordkrall.7241

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Not really. There is plent they could do. LS wise. But it not be LS so to speak. They could have us going around rallying people to join the pact after the heavy losses they just took. Fighting the Sylvai that have turned and getting them out of the grove. Trying to find a way to free them from Mordi’s grip. There are plenty of things that could be done before we go into the jungle after Mordi.

To be fair we do know that HoT starts very soon (as in minutes) after the end of Episode 8, so I am not sure how of that would actually be possible.

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Posted by: Scoobaniec.9561

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Imagine this game without updates for the whole year.. Yeah..My guessing is april 28.

There have been no information whatsoever that there will be no updates between now and release of the expansion.

In fact I believe it to be completely opposite and that they have actually said that there WILL be updates between now and release (I’ll see if I can find it).

And what updates will it be? Pavilon? SAB? Dragon Bash? LS is dead.

Not really. There is plent they could do. LS wise. But it not be LS so to speak. They could have us going around rallying people to join the pact after the heavy losses they just took. Fighting the Sylvai that have turned and getting them out of the grove. Trying to find a way to free them from Mordi’s grip. There are plenty of things that could be done before we go into the jungle after Mordi.

LS wise its going to be in a expansion. Nuff said

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Posted by: Ardenwolfe.8590

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Wouldn’t it be funny if that date was accurate?

Gone to Reddit.

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Posted by: ZeftheWicked.3076

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They would have to be suicidal to cut off LS till december, given LS was the only source of updates so far. HoT is coming way sooner then that. Just look at what A-net is doing – lotsa promotions in cash shop, sales of old skins, perma harvesting tools on perm sale…

They do this stuff right before realease, their last push to scrounge up more cash for the upcoming costs. I’m not saying that it won’t happen in december 100%, but what i’m saying that all tell signs are there, that this is not a-net’s plan and only way for HoT to lauch so late is a result of disastrous fail, like a mountain of newfound gamebreaking bugs.

HoT launching later then spring/early summer can be deemed as delayed at best, major fail at worst, since mmos live with stream of new content and we’re not getting any till HoT itself.

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Posted by: spoj.9672

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Imagine this game without updates for the whole year.. Yeah..My guessing is april 28.

There have been no information whatsoever that there will be no updates between now and release of the expansion.

In fact I believe it to be completely opposite and that they have actually said that there WILL be updates between now and release (I’ll see if I can find it).

I believe you misheard. They said there wouldnt be anymore LS and they would just focus on HoT for now. And they dodged the question of other patches by saying theres a balance patch coming on the 27th of Jan. So we will most likely just get minor balance patches until release and if we are lucky a festival. But I wouldnt bet on it.

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Posted by: Malthurius.6870

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And what updates will it be? Pavilon? SAB? Dragon Bash? LS is dead.

My guesses are:
Super Adventure Box makes a lot of sense. Low development cost on their part and very popular with the player base.

A new world boss revamp in the same vein as Tequatl could be a possibility. Perhaps the Claw of Jormag or the Shatterer.

Replayable Season 1 of the Living Story is still on the to do list; maybe they’re finishing that up, but that’s probably quite a bit of work so maybe not.

Touching up the Zhaitan fight would be a very minor update but very much welcomed in my opinion.

Feature Pack… most likely right before or on the day of HoT launch containing the features that will be available to all players regardless of purchase.

I don’t see Pavilion or Dragon Bash happening seeing as what just happened in the story… not exactly the time for a celebration.

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Not really. There is plent they could do. LS wise. But it not be LS so to speak. They could have us going around rallying people to join the pact after the heavy losses they just took. Fighting the Sylvai that have turned and getting them out of the grove. Trying to find a way to free them from Mordi’s grip. There are plenty of things that could be done before we go into the jungle after Mordi.

To be fair we do know that HoT starts very soon (as in minutes) after the end of Episode 8, so I am not sure how of that would actually be possible.

This is partly why I am sceptical of any festival events. It wouldn’t fit their in game timeline if they wanted to stick with it.

SAB they could get away with I guess though, but I suspect we will see features/balances/wvw seasons and maybe some sprucing up of core zones and their DE’s. Maybe.

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Posted by: BrotherBelial.3094

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Not really. There is plent they could do. LS wise. But it not be LS so to speak. They could have us going around rallying people to join the pact after the heavy losses they just took. Fighting the Sylvai that have turned and getting them out of the grove. Trying to find a way to free them from Mordi’s grip. There are plenty of things that could be done before we go into the jungle after Mordi.

To be fair we do know that HoT starts very soon (as in minutes) after the end of Episode 8, so I am not sure how of that would actually be possible.

That said the story of what glint left in the jungle picks up in HoT. I’m not saying that the LS is going to continue before HoT launches. I was just saying that if they wanted to, they could do story driven content like what I said if they wanted to. It would not be a continuation of “the story” but rather of what the world has been doing since news of what happened to the fleet reached the rest of the world. How the world has reacted. Are people all “the sky is falling! We are all doomed!” Or are they forming lines to take the fight to Mordi? That dose not have to take place after HoT comes out.

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Not really. There is plent they could do. LS wise. But it not be LS so to speak. They could have us going around rallying people to join the pact after the heavy losses they just took. Fighting the Sylvai that have turned and getting them out of the grove. Trying to find a way to free them from Mordi’s grip. There are plenty of things that could be done before we go into the jungle after Mordi.

To be fair we do know that HoT starts very soon (as in minutes) after the end of Episode 8, so I am not sure how of that would actually be possible.

That said the story of what glint left in the jungle picks up in HoT. I’m not saying that the LS is going to continue before HoT launches. I was just saying that if they wanted to, they could do story driven content like what I said if they wanted to. It would not be a continuation of “the story” but rather of what the world has been doing since news of what happened to the fleet reached the rest of the world. How the world has reacted. Are people all “the sky is falling! We are all doomed!” Or are they forming lines to take the fight to Mordi? That dose not have to take place after HoT comes out.

Our character doesnt know yet what happened. On top of that..meh nvm. Too lazy to write

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Posted by: lordkrall.7241

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But that is just the thing: If the expansion starts up just minutes after the destruction of the Pact, there would not really be any logic in having the whole world knowing about it and reacting to it already.

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Posted by: butch.8136

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Release date depends on how beta goes. Beta starts ‘soon’ after pax east/rezzed (14-16march?). I’d say we’ll get it sooner than december.

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Posted by: Scoobaniec.9561

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Release date depends on how beta goes. Beta starts ‘soon’ after pax east/rezzed (14-16march?). I’d say we’ll get it sooner than december.

Demo will be playable in about 5 weeks now? At pax anyway. So i guess they already have closed beta tests in. Shorty after they release open beta for masses. If there wont be any gamebreaking bugs, then im pretty sure it will hit in april 28. Ofc thats olny speculations

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Posted by: Vizardlorde.8243

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I Doubt we will get pavillion this early after doing it last year, what I think is possible is a return of Dragonbash, SAB or a WvW tournament.

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Posted by: BrotherBelial.3094

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I Doubt we will get pavillion this early after doing it last year, what I think is possible is a return of Dragonbash, SAB or a WvW tournament.

WvW before the others.

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Posted by: Xander.9024

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Imagine this game without updates for the whole year.. Yeah..My guessing is april 28.

There have been no information whatsoever that there will be no updates between now and release of the expansion.

In fact I believe it to be completely opposite and that they have actually said that there WILL be updates between now and release (I’ll see if I can find it).

I believe you misheard. They said there wouldnt be anymore LS and they would just focus on HoT for now. And they dodged the question of other patches by saying theres a balance patch coming on the 27th of Jan. So we will most likely just get minor balance patches until release and if we are lucky a festival. But I wouldnt bet on it.

Collin said LS is done until expansion, but other things will be happening. He didn’t specify though.

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Posted by: Astralporing.1957

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You can’t confirm or deny something you don’t know… and I don’t believe that ArenaNet even know yet.

They clearly said they don’t know. They are planning to start the betas, and then run them as long as necessary. Which might be a month, or a year, depending on the number and magnitude of problems they will run into during that testing phase. Remember, they are not going to test only for bugs, but also for people’s reactions to implementations of some features. They said they are ready to redo some of them if they meet with unfavorable reactions.

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Posted by: judgementryu.9531

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Bol.com is a Dutch Amazon. They’ve never guessed release dates before so I’m doubtful where this really came from.

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Posted by: Curunen.8729

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Betas surely should start by April sometime – just my guess, but I would be very surprised if it’s held back till the second half of the year.

Maybe it won’t be final till the end of the year.

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Posted by: BrunoBRS.5178

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it’s not guessing. the release comes in 2015, but there’s no date, so the placeholder date for that is “december 31 2015”. it doesn’t mean it will actually take that long to release the game.

come on, guys, this is a common practice :/

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Posted by: Shirogatsu.3150

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Sigh It just a placeholder. They can’t select “No release date”, so they select last day of the year.

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Posted by: Nick.7259

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My guess is release of expansion when GW2 turns 3 years old. (still too far away in my opinion but it’s not like Anet has a history of speedy releases)

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When it’s ready!

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Posted by: Moldur.6275

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Can anyone including developers / staff confirm wether this is true or false ? I am really eager to see if there will be a Collector’s Edition for the Expansion

If they “state” it to be in December, ignore that website and never use it again.
If they “speculate” about it to be in December, just sigh at them for being naive.

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Posted by: Berelious.3290

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Always play it safe. Unless it’s announced by ANet themselves, don’t believe it.

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Posted by: Nike.2631

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HoT will represent a physical box → which means shelf space → which means retailers WILL know with precision 4 months in advance and they aren’t in the habit of keeping that information to themselves.

The retailers don’t know yet. So its still somewhere between 4 months from now and the end of the year. Don’t expect to know with any more precision than that until its announced.

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Posted by: BammBamm.6719

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Imagine this game without updates for the whole year.. Yeah..My guessing is april 28.

There have been no information whatsoever that there will be no updates between now and release of the expansion.

In fact I believe it to be completely opposite and that they have actually said that there WILL be updates between now and release (I’ll see if I can find it).

And what updates will it be? Pavilon? SAB? Dragon Bash? LS is dead.

rebuilding of lions arch would be the perfect filler

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Posted by: draxynnic.3719

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Touching up the Zhaitan fight would be a very minor update but very much welcomed in my opinion.

I’m not sure doing a proper job of it would be ‘minor’…

On the other hand, if people’s shiny new revenants are going to be going through the established Personal Story, they may well want to fix the Zhaitan fight at a time where people are more likely to be revisiting Zhaitan.

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Posted by: Toran.4230

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Haven’t read the whole thread but yesterday i spoke with an ANet employee (not a Dev) and he told some people that the beta testing is partly there to figure out a release date. So no way anybody knows something and best they can do is guessing…unless he lied to people which i doubt because there would be no point.

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Posted by: Garambola.2461

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Bol.com has concluded that HoT will launch this year and picked the last month for safety reasons.

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Posted by: Goatjugsoup.8637

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might not necessarily be a fake date, i think its more likely its a placeholder for preorder purposes. seems like a safe bet it will be out some time this year to me

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Posted by: Mishee.5719

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They are saying it will come out 31/12-15…so no, that’s fake.