Guild Wars 2

Living story is boring….. shouldnt anet be working on something a bit more epic…. like pawel joko or another elder dragon to fight by this time. As it stands, this shallow content lasts me a day or two.

Please release “campaigns” of more epic nature as mini xpacs… hell i would pay for them. The personal story mechanic is already in place to create a gw1 style campaign that is more lore heavy etc.

Otherwise, ill cya guys in two weeks after i finish what I am sure will be another super lame patch with the queens speech.

I would suggest waiting an hour or two until this patch is live.

lordkrall.7241:

I would suggest waiting an hour or two until this patch is live.

Point is, whatever they release, it wont be epic….. for example you cant really use living story to kill and elder dragon. Like what is the dragon going to be available for 2 weeks only etc.

I have measured expectation for the actual content. Im assuming it will probably be more meh achievement point grinding.

As far as the actual story or lore, Im certain it will be lame, since it cant be epic.

Why can’t it be epic?
For all we know they are destroying Divinity’s Reach. Or at least having a massive battle (there is one sometime in the future, this might be it) and so on.

Stuff can be epic without requiring big dragons.

lordkrall.7241:

Why can’t it be epic?
For all we know they are destroying Divinity’s Reach. Or at least having a massive battle (there is one sometime in the future, this might be it) and so on.

Stuff can be epic without requiring big dragons.

hahaha good one! I guess we will see, but its going to be a silly one time instance. Im hoping they would atleast add a dungeon to rescue jennah or something.

‘epic’ is a boring and shallow buzzword

GrandmaFunk.3052:

‘epic’ is a boring and shallow buzzword

Have fun with your crazy vegetable lady…..

It would be better if there was no story. The “story” reminds me of a bad episode of the power rangers , Scarlet being Rita Repulsa.

I’ve got to agree. There was so much potential in these updates and every new patch is another disappointment. New skins, new achievements and now you even have muddle your way through some timed events to get back into the Crown Pavillion.

I would be more than happy to pay for new areas that could bring back the thing that made the game interesting for me in the first place: exploration.

Squirrelfanatic.5679:

I would be more than happy to pay for new areas that could bring back the thing that made the game interesting for me in the first place: exploration.

+1

Can’t help but agree with this post.

LS stories and characters are shallow, new contents are plagued by bugs, as well as mind numbing and boring.

Sure there are occasional brilliant things but they are few and far in between. And the bug that you are sure to encounter in the next 5 mins smothers any appreciation for the designers.

ANet’s got this amazing art team that’s imo best in the industry. But everything else is second or even third rated. Shame.

I enjoy the first half-hour or so of the new updates, then it starts to feel like a zergy grind just to get some new kind of loot bag or whatever. It all seems about getting a new armor or weapon skin rather than some kind of epic overarching plot.

Regular updates seem great in theory. But I would really like to see a significant expansion so I will feel like rolling a new character and really get more deeply involved with the world again. And I’d gladly pay for that.

quickthorn.4918:

I enjoy the first half-hour or so of the new updates, then it starts to feel like a zergy grind just to get some new kind of loot bag or whatever. It all seems about getting a new armor or weapon skin rather than some kind of epic overarching plot.

Regular updates seem great in theory. But I would really like to see a significant expansion so I will feel like rolling a new character and really get more deeply involved with the world again. And I’d gladly pay for that.

+1

I totally agree that the theory behind these updates is to keep the game feeling new and fresh but often times they feel more half baked then anything. While they are mostly still worth the time to play after a few hours they just get repetitive.

Sadly I don’t think we will be getting any kind of big update anytime soon. I would love to go back to elona and win it back from Palawa or break through Cantha’s isolationism to see what is going on there but from what several higher ups have said the game is supported completely by mini transactions and they really have no need to release new payed content, so they will continue focusing on these little LS updates in an attempt to keep the micro transactions happening (hence the whole black lion ticket scrap bullkitten). bet people are wishing they got the key discount instead of the wp discount now :-P