Guild Wars 2

After Season2 of LS i knew devs are busy working on expansion. I was excited with every single news about the story, mechanics, classes and areas. I knew we are going to get a brand new story and i was happy to think the release schedule would be similar to core game LS releases. We had halloween – nothing new except for a grindy shoulder skin, but i never cared, i was busy with HoT story. Then we had a break until wintersday… no lost shores-like update between… sad but still, i never complained – Anet was working hard on expansion so now they need some rest. Wintersday ended, and i remember when we got first Flame&Frost missions introduced in january. And yet, nothing happened except for some Chinese new year celebrations…

Now it’s february 23 – 4 month passed since HoT release. I was telling everyone i met that i purchased HoT because it will bring new living story chapter shortly after release, i and was so happy that i will finally get to enjoy discovering all the answers to the questions from HoT story. And yet, nothing happened. 4 months after core game release we had 4 big updates that expanded the world experience. After HoT release i feel like we all have been thrown away… Here, go grind some more of these activities you already know from previous years, no word about living story, instead we get news that Anet is working on another expansion. Does it mean we won’t get any story unless we pay for it ? No new content for a year and BAM – here is the expansion for 40$ ?

I used to love the free story from the beginning of the game. I purchased gemstore items for real cash many times because i knew it was the way for the game to expand. Now i dont feel like i’m going to spend anything else than gold for anything. It just feels like ArenaNet team abandoned everything the community loved about their game.
Some of the people who will read this will probably think that im just whining and complaining, but i just can’t keep silent about it.

I’m really disapointed in HoT so far. I was playing for 3 years without being bored, now i’m forcing myself to grind some gatherings and i’m done. My big hope for today’s patch just… vanished.

Since Anet does little more than say things like ‘eventually’ – just come back and check the release notes every few weeks to see if something new shows up.

Anet has terrible communication. Always has and there is nothing to indicate that it’ll get any better. You just have to periodically check in on your own.

OanSur.4590:

Does it mean we won’t get any story unless we pay for it ? No new content for a year and BAM – here is the expansion for 40$ ?

We already know we are getting a third season of the living story, we are getting it this year in fact. However, it won’t be starting before the end of march.

Yes, I too was expecting it to come sooner but with them working on the second expansion and on everything else (such as the WvW revamp, polishing HoT, more raid wings, balance updates and so on) I can’t really say that I blame them.

PvP season is out, that means mission accomplished in the eyes of Anet for at least another month probably. Then there is also the looming redheaded stepchild called wvw, and a whole host of stuff for the trading post. Does not look too good for ls3 to be honest…

Diovid.9506:

OanSur.4590:

Does it mean we won’t get any story unless we pay for it ? No new content for a year and BAM – here is the expansion for 40$ ?

We already know we are getting a third season of the living story, we are getting it this year in fact. However, it won’t be starting before the end of march.

Yes, I too was expecting it to come sooner but with them working on the second expansion and on everything else (such as the WvW revamp, polishing HoT, more raid wings, balance updates and so on) I can’t really say that I blame them.

There is a saying about having too many irons in the fire. Maybe Anet should focus on finishing the task at hand (HOT) before spending too many resources on the next expansion. I know thwy wanted money from us, but they could at least give us the rest of the expansion rather than continuing to drag it out. How many new legendary weapons have been released so far? Three…

Daniel.4763:

Diovid.9506:

OanSur.4590:

Does it mean we won’t get any story unless we pay for it ? No new content for a year and BAM – here is the expansion for 40$ ?

We already know we are getting a third season of the living story, we are getting it this year in fact. However, it won’t be starting before the end of march.

Yes, I too was expecting it to come sooner but with them working on the second expansion and on everything else (such as the WvW revamp, polishing HoT, more raid wings, balance updates and so on) I can’t really say that I blame them.

There is a saying about having too many irons in the fire. Maybe Anet should focus on finishing the task at hand (HOT) before spending too many resources on the next expansion. I know thwy wanted money from us, but they could at least give us the rest of the expansion rather than continuing to drag it out. How many new legendary weapons have been released so far? Three…

I agree with this.

I also agree with this. Can we have what was promised for HoT … the stuff that we BOUGHT ALREADY … before the next expansion? o.o

If it’s promised again in the next expansion, then wouldn’t it be paying for things twice?

OanSur.4590:

After Season2 of LS i knew devs are busy working on expansion. I was excited with every single news about the story, mechanics, classes and areas……………….

I’m really disapointed in HoT so far. .

You must be new to the computer games industry and what they do.