Does anyone know when Anet plans on releasing information on all the contents for the upcoming HoT expansion? Or how much they plan on charging for it?
What they have released so far worries me that it is not going to offer much.
-New zones
-New Dungeons?
-Each class is now able to use one other type of weapon
-Guild Halls
-New Class
-New Masteries
-1 new pvp map
-1 new wvw map
What worries me:
- How many zones are going to be released.
If the expansion pack costs around 50-60$ then i’d expect there to be a good amount of new zones added. If they only give us 2-3 then they will have to compensate for it with the other additions the expansion gives.
-Dungeons.
Are there going to be any added dungeons? It seems like a slap in the face to the PVE portion of this game if they release an expansion pack with no new dungeons. The “open – world” experience is not the only thing PVE relies on.
-New pvp maps.
Are these maps going to be accessible exclusively to players who purchase the expansion pack or will they be available to others? If anet makes them exclusive then there is going to be some major issues with wvw. Making a wvw map exclusive means that unless a large part of your server purchases the HoT expansion; your not going to be successful or possibly even be able to participate on the new wvw map due to the limited players participating for your side.
- Future paywalls
Will purchasing this expansion exempt players from future paywalls? Or are we going to expect to have to pay for more quests / zones / etc? With their greedy approach on their season 2 living world story quests i’m left assuming there will be some other paywall they try to force on players that should of just been included as part of the expansion purchase.
The good:
-Guild Halls
Guild wars 2 is unarguably beginning to become outdated. In another year or two there will be too many games offering better content. This doesnt mean that it is going to die or become deserted, it only means there will other games out there offering more. However with the addition of guild halls it seems that Anet plans on trying to keep up with all the newer games being released. If you pay attention to a lot of the recent mmo’s that have been released within the past year you’ll see that a lot offer some type of player housing whether it be for personal use or for mass players. And now guild wars will be recieving this feature. This is a solid addition to be included in the expansion as long as it performs well.
-New Class
Its sometimes expected for early expansion packs (the first couple for a game) to contain a new class. I’m happy to see gw2 adding one but hope that it is not a gimmik and plays the same as any other class. This is good small addition to be included in the expansion.
-New Masteries / New weapon
Its nice to see that we will be getting new masteries and a new weapon to use. However these feel very minor and do not do much for the expansion.
So in the end i’m worried that there is not going to be nearly enough content for how much they charge for this expansion (60$ to purchase the game. If its 50-60$ for the expansion then it better be offering close to as much content as the original game provides). PVP problems if the wvw map becomes exclusive. More paywalls after purchasing the expansion. And that there might not be any new dungeons added.
(edited by States.6387)