Guild Wars 2

Well like the title says, is it? According to IGN and their latest article on GW2 it is and we’ll be having a break till this fall.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/08/12/guild-wars-2-mid-season-finale-available-today

Does this mean that Season 2 of the living story will be a lot shorter than Season 1?

I think it’s too early to be alarmist, but my biggest concern is the lack of variety weve seen this season. The only two aspects of the game they have touched are open world and storyline instances.

Dungeons, guild missions, fractals, minigames, pve, etc – its been too long on some of these things.

By this point in season one, we had Southsun, a new pvp map (Spirit Watch), the introduction of guild missions (and subsequent new guild bounty targets) and the Molten Facility – in addition to the story activities (which were the equivalent of the instanced stories we have now). What we have now seems lackluster in comparison.

Putting all the living story steps in one basket (the instanced storylines) means fun storylines, but there needs to be a lot more variety at this point.

Again, it’s too early to be alarmist, but I think its worth the discussion now rather than later.

It sure seems that way. I mean…if 4 episodes constitutes mid-season, that would imply that season 2 is only like 8 episodes long. I could hope that they do at least 12 per season, but it doesn’t seem like it. Perhaps they are still adjusting how long a ‘season’ should be, considering there are festivals and such that are supposed to be annual that need slipping in. Not to mention that they did say they would be doing features separately as their own packs, so they have to fit that in somewhere too.

Of course, I would also hope that they aren’t even remotely considering killing Mordi off in season 2 if its that short… (but maybe that lends credence to an expansion in early 2015?)

It’s shorter but I think it’s for the best. Season 1 was so darn long it was hard to see where we were headed. It reminded me of the show 24 where you had 24 episodes a season and you had something like half a dozen unconnected plot lines. I would very much prefer something like Game of Thrones where each season is focused on certain events and slowly builds up to the end.

I also don’t think many players would be willing to go through another season 1 with no gameplay changes. A feature patch during this break would be ideal.

Could also be a break as Anet wants to spend a few months on features and additions to add more content to the game. I would think most MMOs want to have something new on the table with WoW dropping their expansion.

I know GW2 is not exactly the same as WoW as an MMO but I would think most companies understand Blizzard has a way of dragging people away from other games.

I do believe that dungeon additions and the fractals should be part of a feature release unless it has to do with the living story such as the Twilight Arbor dungeon path that was remade. In all honesty I was hoping it would be a bit longer but like you guys were saying 4 episodes leading to a mid season finale kinda means we’re talking about 8-9 episodes maximum 10 i guess. If they’re taking a mid season break to push out a feature patch then I’m all for it honestly. Also I don’t believe they will kill Mordy off this season quite the contrary honestly. I believe they’ll end season 2 with a cataclysmic reveal of Mordremoth in all his glory which will hopefully lead into an expansion that has us going against Mordremoth and ending in his defeat.

Blaeys.3102:

By this point in season one, we had Southsun, a new pvp map (Spirit Watch), the introduction of guild missions (and subsequent new guild bounty targets) and the Molten Facility – in addition to the story activities (which were the equivalent of the instanced stories we have now). What we have now seems lackluster in comparison.

Instead of Southsun, we have Dry Top. I think that’s an improvement.

Guild missions, guild bounties, and related things I’d say they count as features. When they come out, they will be separate from the LS.

As to the Molten Facility? Well….yeah. They’ve kind of dropped the ball on that, BUT we can now replay the LS and the general story and instances are better this time. I can see why we’ve not had a dungeon added in. Plus, if they want to have the dungeon relate to the LS but not be required for it, they may count that as a feature as well.

What worries me is this long wait. The whole point of the LS was to keep people constantly logging in by having something new every two weeks. If the LS is on break half the time, then that kind of kills the very reason they’re going through the effort of making it update every 2 weeks when it IS running.

I’ve heard they’re working on a second feature pack of sorts.
In any case, as much as Dry Top seems very fun to me, i’m really missing the big large-scale events like Scarlet’s End and the Crown Pavilion – things that took (organised) group effort to complete.
Although, i do like the fact we’re getting permanent content that stays after the Living Story now.

Maybe they’re taking a break for a feature pack or something? I’ve also heard rumors about Super Adventure Box. And do note that fall isn’t extremely far away :p.

Palador.2170:

What worries me is this long wait. The whole point of the LS was to keep people constantly logging in by having something new every two weeks. If the LS is on break half the time, then that kind of kills the very reason they’re going through the effort of making it update every 2 weeks when it IS running.

Unless of course they do take this break to push out a feature update with some balance changes then that really shouldn’t be a problem. People are also forgetting that not everyone at Arenanet is working on the living story and it was also hinted previously that they are working at something bigger, an expansion perhaps.

@Spyritdragon: Yes fall isn’t that far away, but nothing also says that they’ll return at the start of fall. After all Fall is 3 months long and they could be returning anytime during those 3 months

I think a new feature pack is coming because in one of the last couple of Ready-Ups (or it might have been POI 17) they were talking about a number of changes to skills.

Since I didn’t start playing until Feb 2014, I also really hope they have some of the fun events again, because I missed a lot last year!

Xukavi.4320:

Unless of course they do take this break to push out a feature update with some balance changes then that really shouldn’t be a problem. People are also forgetting that not everyone at Arenanet is working on the living story and it was also hinted previously that they are working at something bigger, an expansion perhaps.

Oh, I’m not forgetting it.

Here’s how I’m looking at it: Currently they seem to be doing a LS update every 2 weeks when the LS is going, but the LS is “on break” about half the time. During that time, people that were being kept here by the frequent LS updates will drift away. (Preventing that is the entire reason for the 2 week pace, as ANet themselves stated long ago.)

Wouldn’t it be better to have the updates happen every month (4 weeks), and have no long breaks? Yes, people will have more time to get bored with the last update, but there also won’t be a 2 or 3 month stretch with no LS updates.

But… meh. It’s their game, and their jobs on the line, not mine. I’m sure they’re doing what some guy above them who’s job isn’t on the line (and can pass the blame off onto them) has decided is best.

While I’m a bit worried about such prolonged absence of new content, it will give everybody time to farm mats for Mysterious Vine Backpacks. If in addition they use that time to improve Necro’s minion AI I’m in favor

Palador.2170:

Xukavi.4320:

Unless of course they do take this break to push out a feature update with some balance changes then that really shouldn’t be a problem. People are also forgetting that not everyone at Arenanet is working on the living story and it was also hinted previously that they are working at something bigger, an expansion perhaps.

Oh, I’m not forgetting it.

Here’s how I’m looking at it: Currently they seem to be doing a LS update every 2 weeks when the LS is going, but the LS is “on break” about half the time. During that time, people that were being kept here by the frequent LS updates will drift away. (Preventing that is the entire reason for the 2 week pace, as ANet themselves stated long ago.)

Wouldn’t it be better to have the updates happen every month (4 weeks), and have no long breaks? Yes, people will have more time to get bored with the last update, but there also won’t be a 2 or 3 month stretch with no LS updates.

But… meh. It’s their game, and their jobs on the line, not mine. I’m sure they’re doing what some guy above them who’s job isn’t on the line (and can pass the blame off onto them) has decided is best.

I doubt it’ll be a 2-3 month break. After all, fall is jut a couple of weeks away. I say they’ll take maybe a 1-1.5 month break in which they put the feature updates which does count as something new for people to stick around for. Possibly also add a new sPvP map or maybe a new mode entirely. There was talks about a new GvG mode a while back.

Well, they’ve (Ready Up)highlighted 4 professions so far, so you’ll probably find out within the next month what changes necros will get to look forward to. And then the feature patch will hit. I don’t foresee any additional LS episodes until November, with maybe one or two episodes thru the end of the year, then 3 during the first quarter of 2015. I agree with the Palador and fully expect alot of players to stop playing for awhile.

I’m kind of curious about where Halloween and Wintersday will be, hopefully not in the husk of a burnt, destroyed LA LOL

To be honest, a mid-season break is needed.

A “Living Story” model is very difficult conceptually. The amount of work and imagination that goes into it is both stressful and complicated. The ArenaNet staff have to constantly be at their AAA best to ensure that their audience (have to have an audience to tell a story) remains interested in their storyline.

Additionally, ArenaNet have been quoted* saying that they have other plans besides the Living Story in 2014. So, in order for those plans to come to fruition, more development time needs to be allocated for this, something which a mid-season break is perfect for.

To conclude, ArenaNet are taking this game in the right direction. The playerbase simply needs to look beyond the ends of their noses and check out the bigger picture.

Source: * Eurogamer’s article on Guild Wars 2, January 2014

DISCLAIMER: The views outlined in this post are the personal opinions of the author. All facts provided are taken from sources involving interviews with members of the ArenaNet team.

I’m thinking the break now opens the door for their birthday festival, which I expect they’ll do something. It’s right around back to school time, so now would be a good time to see SAB return actually.

I could see LS starting back up mid to late September, early October, prior to the Halloween festivities. My best guess is that they may run Halloween and Wintersday festivals concurrently with LS, if they haven’t actually wrapped it up by the time Wintersday rolls around.

That’s my forecast… we’ll see what happens.

Ok … so we might get the bazar back, then SAB, perhaps at that point a feature update, sit one out, continue the LS, halloween interim, heading into christmas … by that time we will be done until next summer? Mh, I’m not so sure what to expect at the moment.

Xukavi.4320:

There was talks about a new GvG mode a while back.

I think we all know by now that talk about something being added to the game counts for very little when the time comes.

And yes, I do believe some kind of feature and/or rebalance patch is incoming during the break. I’m just not going to hold any expectations as to what it will have, or how well it will hold players’ interests. I’m trying to focus on the LS only. Any gains from the feature patch will be a bonus.

Rouven.7409:

Ok … so we might get the bazar back,

/me looks around Dry Top.

Yeah…. I wouldn’t count on the Bazaar of the Four Winds returning anytime soon. Unless it’s “Some Assembly Required”.

Palador.2170:

Rouven.7409:

Ok … so we might get the bazar back,

/me looks around Dry Top.

Yeah…. I wouldn’t count on the Bazaar of the Four Winds returning anytime soon. Unless it’s “Some Assembly Required”.

The other motherships come back to pick up the survivors and party with us to thank us for our help? Remember it was not the whole fleet that crashed.

@ Palador: If we’re gonna talk about LS update exclusively then yes, I’m with you we’re in for some pretty dry times ahead.

We just had the Festival of the Four Winds on May 20th of this year, so I’d imagine when they rebuild they’ll be back next year around the same time.

dkspins.4670:

We just had the Festival of the Four Winds on May 20th of this year, so I’d imagine when they rebuild they’ll be back next year around the same time.

Mh, yeah, too early. So straight to SAB maybe.

Mid doesn’t necessarily mean ‘middle’. There may be more than one ‘mid-season’ break. I mean, how else to label a break that happens amid/during the Season?

I would expect a break about this time because of the Anniversary coming at the end of this month.

And, yes, Fall isn’t far off…about 6 weeks away (in the Northern Hemisphere, anyway).

Who knows, save ArenaNet what their all-encompassing plans are? I’m sure we will find out sooner or later. =)

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Mid doesn’t necessarily mean ‘middle’. There may be more than one ‘mid-season’ break. I mean, how else to label a break that happens amid/during the Season?

I would expect a break about this time because of the Anniversary coming at the end of this month.

And, yes, Fall isn’t far off…about 6 weeks away (in the Northern Hemisphere, anyway).

Who knows, save ArenaNet what their all-encompassing plans are? I’m sure we will find out sooner or later. =)

This is the kind of attitude I like.

You, Sir, get +1 internet for today!

Xukavi.4320:

@ Palador: If we’re gonna talk about LS update exclusively then yes, I’m with you we’re in for some pretty dry times ahead.

Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to say I’m expecting some other fun things to be coming during the break. I’m just trying REALLY hard to avoid holding ANet to any “promises” of things to come. So, if it’s not announced with a specific date and details, then it doesn’t exist. Even if they’ve been working on it for months, plans can change and we may never see it.

It’s a bit depressing, actually. How many things that we’d LOVE to see have they started working on, only to have it all scrapped and thrown back to the end of the list? I’d rather not think about it too much.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

It sure seems that way. I mean…if 4 episodes constitutes mid-season, that would imply that season 2 is only like 8 episodes long. I could hope that they do at least 12 per season, but it doesn’t seem like it. Perhaps they are still adjusting how long a ‘season’ should be, considering there are festivals and such that are supposed to be annual that need slipping in. Not to mention that they did say they would be doing features separately as their own packs, so they have to fit that in somewhere too.

Of course, I would also hope that they aren’t even remotely considering killing Mordi off in season 2 if its that short… (but maybe that lends credence to an expansion in early 2015?)

I wouldn’t mind it being it being 8 episodes if they offered a balance patch and feature pack in the mid season break and just after.

Well color me impressed again. Anet is actually returning to the respectable company they were during Guild Wars 1’s run, and I applaud them for that.

A shorter season, but with more content in each episode, means that those that miss the full season won’t be paying out the wazoo for it when it’s all over as they wuold if it had as many episodes as Season 1, the breaks give Anet ample time to work on a polished release of the next half of the season and beyond, and it just seems to work out well over all for both developer and consumer.

Now, don’t get me wrong, there’s still some things I feel they need to take a long, hard look at (the heavy monitziation of the wardrobe feature, for example), but Season 2 is proving that Anet is going back on the right track, so I’m crossing my fingers and staying cautiously optimistic that they may yet make up for all the damage they did from the game’s launch and throughout Season 1 to their integrity as a developer.

If this is the mid season break coming up and it’s correct they are coming back sometime in the fall, then it probably means we have 4 episodes left. Considering we still have Halloween and Wintersday which both last about a month themselves. That is not even including a feature patch if we do get one. However maybe it will give them ample time to plan out season 3 for next year. I still have to see how season 2 ends to really judge the content we get compared to season 1.

EDIT: On a side note someone needs to ask at gamescom if Reaper’s Rumble is coming back this Halloween. Also why it never returned last year.

What annoys me most is that we had to hear this from some random article out there. Shouldn’t this have been announced like last week or a week before so we had an idea it was coming? Not to mention I can hardly believe this season is only going to be 8 episodes long.. After how last season literally lasted what felt like 9 months, this would be shockingly short.

Aside from that, I’m okay with a short break (though too long will be kind of buzz-kill). But I would assume this break is so that they can start hashing out Halloween.

It’s also possible that they decided to divorce new dungeons from the story.

Like, perhaps they implement a new dungeon for each new complete zone, dry top being the first, but the dungeon doesn’t have much to do with the main storyline. Say, for instance, the dry top dungeon focuses on helping the magumma centaurs deal with some inquest or something.

They could also use dungeons to build unimportant characters, like maybe going with job-o-tron to save bloomanoo and peneloopee from the skritt queen or something (which would be the most adorable dungeon ever)

The EOTN dungeons mostly worked this way, in that each dungeon was its own self contained story that wasn’t necessary to enjoy or understand the main storyline, but was still related in some way to the world around it. The GW2 main dungeons are kinda similar in that they tell a separate side story of DE (until you have to do arah for the personal story, which a lot of people don’t agree with)

Rainin.9812:

What annoys me most is that we had to hear this from some random article out there. Shouldn’t this have been announced like last week or a week before so we had an idea it was coming? Not to mention I can hardly believe this season is only going to be 8 episodes long.. After how last season literally lasted what felt like 9 months, this would be shockingly short.

Aside from that, I’m okay with a short break (though too long will be kind of buzz-kill). But I would assume this break is so that they can start hashing out Halloween.

We did hear it from a random article but to be honest, it is stated on the release page of the new episode. I guess they should’ve just released that page sooner before the other gaming websites released their articles.

@Palador: I share your feeling, I wouldn’t wanna set myself up for disappointment either seeing as how the game has been since release. But this season seems more promising than the previous one.

There’s a Feature Pack coming September 9, and LS will continue after that.

Dante Stormwind.3794:

There’s a Feature Pack coming September 9, and LS will continue after that.

Yea just read the blog post on it. Seems like they’re doing as I thought. Taking a break to push out the feature updates and then continuing the living story.

Hmmm… they say they’ll announce when LS2 will continue after the Feature Pack arrives.

Before the last feature pack the released the last LS1 chapter on Mar 18, then 4 weeks later they launched the feature pack on 15 April, then there was an 11 week wait before LS2 began on June 24th.

I’m hoping the down time won’t be anything near as long this time around (although to be fair, they’re not going to be releasing in China again), we’ve only had 4 episodes and I feel it’s just starting to take off, it’d be a shame for it to “stall” again so quickly.

Until I see news for some substantial content ill be trying out other things, and I have no intent of pouring more money into the game when we don’t have a clue what is planned for the future. All we have seen for months is speculation and no official news of any major additional content as described in the article back in January so why would I continue to support it through in game purchases? Its like throwing money into a wishing well and hoping at this stage. If Anet wants my money they need to step up to the plate and tell me what they are planning so I have a reason to keep backing them, if not I’m not going to keep tossing cash at them and hoping it all works out for the best lol!

Clear.8512:

Could also be a break as Anet wants to spend a few months on features and additions to add more content to the game. I would think most MMOs want to have something new on the table with WoW dropping their expansion.

I know GW2 is not exactly the same as WoW as an MMO but I would think most companies understand Blizzard has a way of dragging people away from other games.

Although I do think Blizz may have screwed the pooch this time, with no flying, lack of communication, taking things away that they promised at Blizzcon, they have been really messing up of late and the expac is morelike a “compac” taking stuff away, I do not think many will go back. Altho Anet REALLY need to fix traits and other areas of GW2 to RETAIN and maybe draw back people that they may have lost .

I still say that there are not enough areas for lvl 80’s and I do not mean the slow releasing Dry Top, I refer to the rest of the huge map that is greyed out, that you see whenever you pull up the map.

They REALLY need to uncover more, at least people exploring could stay longer…. and also need to work on WvWvW to make a lil more balanced and make travel easier, spending most of your time running to find others, and 1% ( if lucky) actually doing WvWvW is not conducive to retaining players……..

Spyritdragon.6048:

I’ve heard they’re working on a second feature pack of sorts.

Well unless a break in the LW also means holiday for all ANet employees, this is probably a good bet.

sAdam.5876:

While I’m a bit worried about such prolonged absence of new content

Meh, most MMOs have tend to have content droughts. It’s an opportunity for players to grind for something, or level a couple of alts, or even take a break (you know to prevent burn out).

Donutdude.9582:

A “Living Story” model is very difficult conceptually. The amount of work and imagination that goes into it is both stressful and complicated. The ArenaNet staff have to constantly be at their AAA best to ensure that their audience (have to have an audience to tell a story) remains interested in their storyline.

True, true.

Donutdude.9582:

Additionally, ArenaNet have been quoted* saying that they have other plans besides the Living Story in 2014.

They’ve been saying that since a few months after launch. Since they never reveal what they’re planning, it’s hard for (well me at least) to really know if these plans ever come to fruition. I guess the feature pack was one of these plans, or maybe it wasn’t…

Blade Syphon.4325:

Well color me impressed again. Anet is actually returning to the respectable company they were during Guild Wars 1’s run, and I applaud them for that.

A shorter season, but with more content in each episode, means that those that miss the full season won’t be paying out the wazoo for it when it’s all over as they wuold if it had as many episodes as Season 1, the breaks give Anet ample time to work on a polished release of the next half of the season and beyond, and it just seems to work out well over all for both developer and consumer.

Now, don’t get me wrong, there’s still some things I feel they need to take a long, hard look at (the heavy monitziation of the wardrobe feature, for example), but Season 2 is proving that Anet is going back on the right track, so I’m crossing my fingers and staying cautiously optimistic that they may yet make up for all the damage they did from the game’s launch and throughout Season 1 to their integrity as a developer.

Absolutely. I have enjoyed Season 2 immensely more than the shallow zerg fest that was Season 1. As a Guild Wars 1 veteran, the lack of a real story heavily entrenched in the deep, rich lore of the world was my biggest gripe with Guild Wars 2 when it originally released and in the subsequent Season 1. Season 2 on the other hand is really going to right direction to take advantage of the rich lore they created for Tyria. For that, I applaud ANET.

If this is the mid-season finale, it does make me wonder. I mean, in the grand scheme of things, the actual scope has been smaller. We’ve gotten one map of a proposed Maguuma Wastes region, and I don’t think its realistic to say we’ll be killing one or two elder dragons within 4 more episodes, considering the scope the previous ones have been. Considering that, and timing (2 year anniversary of the game), I almost wonder if ANET is gearing up for an expansion announcement. Almost as if Season 2 is the prelude.

Since they separated the feature patches from the LS ones, there will probably be a mid-season break every four to five months. Not to say that the mid-season break is actually the middle of the season, and that we are half way through the season already, but it’s just a break that happens sometime during an active season.

Stramatus.5219:

If this is the mid-season finale, it does make me wonder. I mean, in the grand scheme of things, the actual scope has been smaller. We’ve gotten one map of a proposed Maguuma Wastes region, and I don’t think its realistic to say we’ll be killing one or two elder dragons within 4 more episodes, considering the scope the previous ones have been. Considering that, and timing (2 year anniversary of the game), I almost wonder if ANET is gearing up for an expansion announcement. Almost as if Season 2 is the prelude.

If they’re going to announce an expansion we can probably hope to hear something at gamescon.
I fully agree with you that 4 episodes isn’t enough for us to properly get our dragon killing on, and I’ve never felt that LW should be the primary content delivery method (more like snack during main meals). The LW can serve a very useful purpose in telling small, meaningful, character-driven stories but it get’s a bit iffy when trying to directly tackle world wide threats. Expansion packs can be where the big stuff occurs, while the LW can be a means of exploring the world and it’s lore, perhaps opening a new zone or two but primarily telling the story of DE2.0 and their adventures through Tyria.
Although that being said, ANet hasn’t given any indication that they’re working on a expansion (it’s mostly been players going on about it), and if they did announce an expansion pack we’d probably only see it coming out in a year or more likely 2 years. Well I guess ANet could have secretly been working on it in the background (they’ve been talking about these secret projects of there’s) but it would be odd not to announce anything sooner especially when so many players have been going on and on about it.

CureForLiving.5360:

If they’re going to announce an expansion we can probably hope to hear something at gamescon.
I fully agree with you that 4 episodes isn’t enough for us to properly get our dragon killing on, and I’ve never felt that LW should be the primary content delivery method (more like snack during main meals). The LW can serve a very useful purpose in telling small, meaningful, character-driven stories but it get’s a bit iffy when trying to directly tackle world wide threats. Expansion packs can be where the big stuff occurs, while the LW can be a means of exploring the world and it’s lore, perhaps opening a new zone or two but primarily telling the story of DE2.0 and their adventures through Tyria.
Although that being said, ANet hasn’t given any indication that they’re working on a expansion (it’s mostly been players going on about it), and if they did announce an expansion pack we’d probably only see it coming out in a year or more likely 2 years. Well I guess ANet could have secretly been working on it in the background (they’ve been talking about these secret projects of there’s) but it would be odd not to announce anything sooner especially when so many players have been going on and on about it.

Absolutely. I mean, zerging events aside, we can break down the first 2 seasons’ contribution to the overall story pretty easily.

Season 1: The buildup to and awakening of the next Elder Dragon (Mordremoth)
Season 2: The threat spreading, the uniting of the races of Tyria, the buildup to full blown war.
Expansion: Rest of the Maguuma Wastes region, possibly a small part of Crystal Desert. The war against Mordremoth.

Well I have to think that the game is now 2 years old and it would be pretty bad if it was another 1-2 years to really get a huge update to the game instead of the small updates we’ve been getting.

I have to believe something bigger is closer. And I absolutely believe ANET could have been secretly working on it. I always go back to the example of when GW2 was first announced at the release of the Eye of the North in 2007. By 2008 we were supposed to have alphas and betas and as such expected to know a lot more by that point. We didn’t. And we didn’t really hear anything about GW2 until a couple trailers released in 2009. But before that, people were starting to think the game was vaporware.

But here we are today.

I think they’ve been working on something larger scale and have just been doing a good job of keeping it under wraps.

I mean let’s jsut have this discussion for a moment. Living story has been fantastic in providing small updates that keep giving us something to do every 2 weeks, but when you put it all together, it is not even close to being an expansion pack’s worth of new story and content. So I mean, they really have to put out something bigger at some point.

It’s true they are getting a break, if it is mid season I doub it.

A balance patch is comming and then a tournament, there’s a limit of what ANet can do. Maybe in the next chapter we are going into a new area and they need time to polish.

Stramatus.5219:

Season 1: The buildup to and awakening of the next Elder Dragon (Mordremoth)
Season 2: The threat spreading, the uniting of the races of Tyria, the buildup to full blown war.
Expansion: Rest of the Maguuma Wastes region, possibly a small part of Crystal Desert. The war against Mordremoth.

That’s an interesting reflexion. Would be awesome to introduce an expansion with LS2 story. I hope you are right!

Honestly since the start of the living story thats how I felt about its purpose. To me the the living wirld is here to ahow you how the world progresses before an expansion. Its like every time yoy have a game put out an expansion its just this stuff happened and now we have this. But they show it all at the release of the expansion. Take wow cataclysm for example, you have deathwing come out and destroy half the world but you have nothing showing you how any of that happened except the trailer. Imo the living story shows you what happened leading to the expansion.