Guild Wars 2

Anet, not sure if this has been suggested or not, and if it has, apologies for the repeat, but…

Since LS season 2 is so integral to the plot of the xpac is it in your plan to also package unlocks for the entirety of LS season 2 for newcomers to the game so they don’t have to pay additional gems/money to “get on the same page” with the rest of the people that have been playing this game through the free updates?

If so, are you going to also wrap that cost up into the xpac or offer it for free as part of the xpac?

i ask because if the cost is going to be wrapped up into the xpac, it might be good to get ahead of that horse as people who have played (and gotten it for free) probably won’t enjoy getting charged for it, and as i stated those that are completely new might want to see the road that got them there should they get into the game now.

So basically what you want is for people who haven’t unlocked season 2 yet to get more from buying the expansion than those who have unlocked season 2?

Diovid.9506:

So basically what you want is for people who haven’t unlocked season 2 yet to get more from buying the expansion than those who have unlocked season 2?

This is pretty much the reason they probably won’t include it.

Not everyone got season 2 for free, some purchased episode later so if they released HoT with it included then there would likely be a bit of an outcry where people would most likely ask for refunds for season 2 and ultimately cost Anet money.

I could see them adding it in with a potential Digital Deluxe edition of the expansion, but for the standard one it is quite unlikely, simply due to the fact that people would find it rather unfair that some that missed it had to pay while others would get it for free by simply buying the expansion.

Yes, but by the same token it can be argued that its a value add for bridge the gap between original content and new content. Perhaps splitting the difference so the cost is a part of the xpac, but it won’t amount to whatever the full cost would have been.

PookieDaWombat.6209:

Yes, but by the same token it can be argued that its a value add for bridge the gap between original content and new content. Perhaps splitting the difference so the cost is a part of the xpac, but it won’t amount to whatever the full cost would have been.

But then people who have already played season 2, which will be the majority of players, would be paying more for content they already have so that other, less dedicated(sorry but in this case it’d be true) players get it for free.

It’s a nice idea, but I couldn’t see it happen, nor would I happy about it.

lordkrall.7241:

I could see them adding it in with a potential Digital Deluxe edition of the expansion, but for the standard one it is quite unlikely, simply due to the fact that people would find it rather unfair that some that missed it had to pay while others would get it for free by simply buying the expansion.

I think this is pretty much they way they should go with it.