Guild Wars 2

I am curious about how long a LS arc like Dragon Bash or Sky Pirates is in development.

How long before the actual release of that arc does the planning start, how many of them are in development concurrently?

The underlying question is how quickly can you change course due to player feedback? Is the November update already in the works or does the work on it start in late august?

Did Sky Pirates or Four Winds take into account feedback we gave during Southsun?

Answers to this would help me and probably others manage their expectations better, because to be honest right now the Living Story seems disjointed, probably because each team has their own approach. I wonder if each team works in a vacuum mechanics-wise or if there is someone overseeing it all in that regard?

If I had to guess, I would say Sky Pirates is done by the same team that did F&F, because of the similarities. Southsun and Dragon bash felt different, in sometimes negative, sometimes positive ways.

A dev have said in several interviews already that there are four teams, each team have 4 months development time before releasing their arc.
He also said that the team that made Dragon Bash already is in the work for what is to come in october!

Looks more like they get 2 months each, according to this video.

It’s 4 months. Each team does 1 month of content (which is split into 2, 2 week releases).

GoldenTruth.2853:

It’s 4 months. Each team does 1 month of content (which is split into 2, 2 week releases).

Ah, I understand now. They do one month of content… Oh… Okay… Now I get it… I was thinking each team only put out 2 weeks of content.