Guild Wars 2

So far living story updates have been free for everyone who logs in during each episode. But once the expansion hits and the story starts taking place in the maguuma jungle, this may no longer be the case, which is worrying.

Will they lock LS updates behind expansion paywall when the story takes place in the maguuma jungle? Or will they charge a 200 gem fee instead of requiring you to own the full xpac?

Bear in mind that at this point LS updates take huge majority of live PvE updates. Owners of the core game won’t get almost any content updates, just because an expansion is being added if this is the case.

So far the living story has been a way to set up the story of the expansion pack, so if they keep with this, then the new living story won’t necessarily play part in the new areas. It may be that when they pick the living story back up and use it to set up the next expansion, they set it in the already existing maps leading up to the place where the next expansion will take place. (ex. If we’re going after jormag, they’ll have lots of stuff for the shiverpeaks and maybe some new zones simlar to drytop and sw)

But really, we can only wait and see how they will handle this.

The most likely story system they will use for the expansion is the personal story system, so the LS itself will not be part of it. Though in an interview, it has been indicated that they may be planning to continue LS after the expansion, using it to lead up to new expansions.