Brisban wilds …. hash tag so i guess its a anticlimatic announcement that s2 beginning will just be brisban with giant thorns copy and pasted into the map everywhere instead of brand new maguuma waste being unvailed it’ll probably be a map revamp like LA was… A new map without a new map
Perhaps that was an indication of where one would enter the new map. I’m not sure it’s positively indicative of anything…one way or the other. Either way, it will be new content, and the new map will likely come either next week, or shortly after.
Just went back and realized the other 2 are also tagged as brisban…. I myself thought we’d see maguuma in all its glory but all the concept art are pointing to a edited brisban like the many edits they did to LA im almost positive they are doing the same thing to brisban that they did to lions arch, im not really against it… But id much rather have the ability to explore maguuma, i’ve always questioned if anet had a big enough team to actually add a new map (theres a lack of expansions for a reason) wish anet could speak up on what they can and cant deliever so that we are on the same level with them in what we really want to see in the game. IE: if they say they dont have the resources for a brand spanking new entire map atm we (the player base) will be able to voice our other wants. Unlike a company like lets say for example Blizzard, Anet is VERY much limited on what they can do due to the size of the team.
Anet, just how big of a limit is it? Will we MAYBE see new zones in the future, or should we dream smaller and work with yall to make what we already have even better than what it currently is??? Would LOVE an answer no matter how simple it is!!!!
The first release is called the gates of maguuma, so we may only get bits of and hints of the broader maguuma area in the first release. The teaser videos shows new environments and weather effects, however, I wonder if the teaser is more of a season 2 teaser than it is a teaser for just this release.
The way Anet seems to like to trickle things in, I don’t think they will just open up a whole map at once. I wonder how they will handle the release of new areas when they get around to doing that.
Brisban wilds …. hash tag so i guess its a anticlimatic announcement that s2 beginning will just be brisban with giant thorns copy and pasted into the map everywhere instead of brand new maguuma waste being unvailed it’ll probably be a map revamp like LA was… A new map without a new map
I think it’s just because the launch pad is in brisban. I wouldn’t reading too much into hashtags.
i took a nice walk through skrittsburg and brisban recently.. i never really explored it.. i can see the inquest, nightmare, bandit triad.. and it’s interesting how asurans go out there to tweak their experiments.. this is really what the game has been heavily lacking for a long time.. a Reason to go out to areas that have been there since Launch.. “new” content vs “altered” content.. i really think arena net is done trying to reinvent the wheel and i’m gritting my teeth actually anticipating season 2..
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It makes logical sense that the first episode of the new season will be in Brisban Wildlands rather than a new zone. I would wager we’ll have something from Jory about her sister being missing or needing help, plus reports of new enemies in the zone, or increased activity by the Bandit / Nightmare / Inquest alliance we need to look into. Once they’ve set the stage, then we’ll have to head into the new territory in hopefully the second Episode. I don’t expect a new zone on Day 1 of Living Story 2 (I would love to be proven wrong).
As long as the new content ramps up much faster than Living Story 1’s does I’ll be satisfied. Anyone remember the weeks and weeks of steam explosions and refugees before the Molten Alliance actually showed up?
I actually hate this map. It is harderthan most maps (besides orr) to solo and too large and boring. I would be glad even if they change this map for the better.
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Brisban wilds …. hash tag so i guess its a anticlimatic announcement that s2 beginning will just be brisban with giant thorns copy and pasted into the map everywhere instead of brand new maguuma waste being unvailed it’ll probably be a map revamp like LA was… A new map without a new map
Now, now… it won’t just be Brisban with giant throns copy and pasted everywhere…it will be Brisban with giant thorns copy and pasted everywhere and lots of zerg events.
To be fair, the story would probably suffer if they opened Maguuma right away. Letting us get a sense of what’s going on in familiar territory is the better way to go.
I’m surprised, no one noticed that at the back of the art, it looks like the thorns are covering a portal… so yes, hash tagged brisban wilds, hoever, it could very well be the border of brisban, or more specifically, the enterence to the new map.
They wouldn’t post a portal if there wasn’t a new map. It really depends more on what kind of map and how they integrate it into the game, also, how many new zones we might see. I think if it’s just one, there might be some disappointed people, 2 years is a long time to wait for only a couple new zones. After 2 years GW had an entire campaign added to it, not to mention SF and Tomb…
I remember hearing that Brisban Wildlands is getting a new area put in (yes, completely new and not overlapping anything else in Brisban) with a portal inside. If this is true, chances are we are getting that first then maybe later on we will get to go through the portal.
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Since when was a screenshot of the official gw2 tumblr speculation? Lol im stating that so many threads are spammed with “i heards” but when asked for linked proof of anet having anything to do with it the “i heards” cant ever back up what they heard soreading rumors with zero truth to them…. Truth is any concept art anet is providing us is tagged under brisban
If anyone ACTUALLY hears something thats factually backed up i have no problem with it, YOU sir is trying to troll and thats not needed in this thread either i was polite about it so go derail someone elses thread
Anyways back to it shall we, can anyone figure out where the art could actially be respresenting in brisban? Ive never watched the vid of jumping into vandel so i dont know much about the portal inside could the 2 portals be the same?
I just think it’s art of either the square area in the bottom corner of Brisban that isn’t open or the outside of the portal into the new zone. Either we get the corner of Brisban and some story with a zone in 2 weeks or we get it all with a zone on Tuesday. All I know is if we don’t get a zone added into the game on Tuesday Anet deserves to be slapped upside the head for doing nothing the last 2 months.
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Brisban wilds …. hash tag so i guess its a anticlimatic announcement that s2 beginning will just be brisban with giant thorns copy and pasted into the map everywhere instead of brand new maguuma waste being unvailed it’ll probably be a map revamp like LA was… A new map without a new map
Sounds like speculation to me. We have no facts on what the hashtag might mean, nor anything but speculation (at this time) of what the impending release will bring.
Assuming is never a good thing….as in referring to me as ‘sir’. Lol.
I just think it’s art of either the square area in the bottom corner of Brisban that isn’t open or the outside of the portal into the new zone. Either we get the corner of Brisban and some story with a zone in 2 weeks or we get it all with a zone on Tuesday. All I know is if we don’t get a zone added into the game on Tuesday Anet deserves to be slapped upside the head for doing nothing the last 2 months.
Please dont post “i heard”s on my thread unless you provide a LEGIT link to back it up thank you!
Seriously? this entire thread is based off of speculation, what exact “legit” evidence and links do you have to back up what you THINK the hash tag wildlands means?
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But in all fairness, no I dont think we will be getting a specific new map on the first patch. I would lose serious respect for Anet if we did, no good story gives you anything in the beginning other then teases. I fully expect a revamped wildland or at the very most a new small section added to wildlands that will lead to magumma like some are thinking. Really though, that wouldnt make much sense, just redesign the map.
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But in all fairness, no I dont think we will be getting a specific new map on the first patch. I would lose serious respect for Anet if we did, no good story gives you anything in the beginning other then teases. I fully expect a revamped wildland or at the very most a new small section added to wildlands that will lead to magumma like some are thinking. Really though, that wouldnt make much sense, just redesign the map.
Where would u place that new chunk of small section if you were anet? :P
But in all fairness, no I dont think we will be getting a specific new map on the first patch. I would lose serious respect for Anet if we did, no good story gives you anything in the beginning other then teases. I fully expect a revamped wildland or at the very most a new small section added to wildlands that will lead to magumma like some are thinking. Really though, that wouldnt make much sense, just redesign the map.
Where would u place that new chunk of small section if you were anet? :P
No clue, I was not the one that stated that idea. I even specificlly said in the post what some others think. I even said that I myself see that as very unlikely and even more so unrealistic. A revamped wildlands is needed and very appropiate as a “new map” for this first patch.
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Like noted, I guess we’re starting S2 in a new section of the Brisban map and that it’s not until ep. 2 that we do get access thru the portal to a new map. Wouldn’t mind being proven wrong but for a build up of S2 story and scene it makes sense to start up this way. We already know the Seraph are there to investigate black market traders/bandit reports so it’s only natural something occurs in Brisban first.
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But in all fairness, no I dont think we will be getting a specific new map on the first patch. I would lose serious respect for Anet if we did, no good story gives you anything in the beginning other then teases. I fully expect a revamped wildland or at the very most a new small section added to wildlands that will lead to magumma like some are thinking. Really though, that wouldnt make much sense, just redesign the map.
Where would u place that new chunk of small section if you were anet? :P
No clue, I was not the one that stated that idea. I even specificlly said in the post what some others think. I even said that I myself see that as very unlikely and even more so unrealistic. A revamped wildlands is needed and very appropiate as a “new map” for this first patch.
Maybe you read it wrong? I meant where would you put what you said (in bold)? Do you see anet expanding brisbands borders or do you see them squishing in something somewhere already existed?
Honestly I hope you aren’t proven wrong. Considering one of the largest complaints in season 1 was poor story writing, a brand new map would be a very bad sign that they didnt learn their lesson on that point.
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But in all fairness, no I dont think we will be getting a specific new map on the first patch. I would lose serious respect for Anet if we did, no good story gives you anything in the beginning other then teases. I fully expect a revamped wildland or at the very most a new small section added to wildlands that will lead to magumma like some are thinking. Really though, that wouldnt make much sense, just redesign the map.
Where would u place that new chunk of small section if you were anet? :P
No clue, I was not the one that stated that idea. I even specificlly said in the post what some others think. I even said that I myself see that as very unlikely and even more so unrealistic. A revamped wildlands is needed and very appropiate as a “new map” for this first patch.
Maybe you read it wrong? I meant where would you put what you said (in bold)? Do you see anet expanding brisbands borders or do you see them squishing in something somewhere already existed?
Neither, I only see them revamping the map in general. There are already 2 portals on 2 different borders that seem to obviously lead to 2 different new maps.
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But in all fairness, no I dont think we will be getting a specific new map on the first patch. I would lose serious respect for Anet if we did, no good story gives you anything in the beginning other then teases. I fully expect a revamped wildland or at the very most a new small section added to wildlands that will lead to magumma like some are thinking. Really though, that wouldnt make much sense, just redesign the map.
Where would u place that new chunk of small section if you were anet? :P
No clue, I was not the one that stated that idea. I even specificlly said in the post what some others think. I even said that I myself see that as very unlikely and even more so unrealistic. A revamped wildlands is needed and very appropiate as a “new map” for this first patch.
Maybe you read it wrong? I meant where would you put what you said (in bold)? Do you see anet expanding brisbands borders or do you see them squishing in something somewhere already existed?
Neither, I only see them revamping the map in general. There are already 2 portals on 2 different borders that seem to obviously lead to 2 different new maps.
Really? So every indication they have revealed point to a new map (at least one, i’m betting more) makes you think they will just revamp brisbane? That seems not only disappointing, but extremely unlikely.
But in all fairness, no I dont think we will be getting a specific new map on the first patch. I would lose serious respect for Anet if we did, no good story gives you anything in the beginning other then teases. I fully expect a revamped wildland or at the very most a new small section added to wildlands that will lead to magumma like some are thinking. Really though, that wouldnt make much sense, just redesign the map.
Where would u place that new chunk of small section if you were anet? :P
No clue, I was not the one that stated that idea. I even specificlly said in the post what some others think. I even said that I myself see that as very unlikely and even more so unrealistic. A revamped wildlands is needed and very appropiate as a “new map” for this first patch.
Maybe you read it wrong? I meant where would you put what you said (in bold)? Do you see anet expanding brisbands borders or do you see them squishing in something somewhere already existed?
Neither, I only see them revamping the map in general. There are already 2 portals on 2 different borders that seem to obviously lead to 2 different new maps.
Really? So every indication they have revealed point to a new map (at least one, i’m betting more) makes you think they will just revamp brisbane? That seems not only disappointing, but extremely unlikely.
La was techniquelly a new map revamped from the normal one (which was a HUUUUUUGE effort for anet to do [requiring overtime by most if not all of the team] the concept arts especially with the brisban hash tags points to brisban getting a revamp for the start of s2 introducing mordys corruption. Just revamping a zone takes HUGE effort for anet to pull off so if they have to pull crazy hours including massive overtime why would you think a map the size of maguuma wastes would be possible in such a short period of time and NO its not anets fault they just don’t have the team and ncsoft doesnt want such a sized team to exist, they are making money off their (VERY lame imho) items in the gem store, new maps cost a fortune which is why they are paid for as expansions… Nc_soft will make zero money off anet releasing a brand spanking new map, ncsoft gives anet a budget for small updates to keep us here for as long as possible and when we get tired of it nc_soft pulls anet out to the side and tells them to develop them GW3 so that we can pay another $60-70 to fill their pockets, nc_soft is in it for the profit, in a Free content game new maps arent profit so just keep buying all the fuzzy hats and u’ll eventually get to pay for yet another gw or dont and if nc_soft loses enough profit they pull guild wars plug and money farm Wild Star sequals
You’re making a drastic assumption that this isn’t something they’ve been working on for 2 years. I’m fully inclined to believe there are several projects running now that we will seem a year from now.
I never said anet wouldnt eventually do everything they set out to do,, content trickles in nonstop i think anet is doing a absolutely amazing job with what little they have to work with, anet def get their props!!!! I just wish nc_soft had more faith and deliever the funds for expansions so that cash is flowing and the universe isnt suffering on a budget based off the sales of fuzzy hats and minis….
Last i heard, anet employs a bit over 350 people, which is nothing to sneeze at. I actually think they had every intention (possibly before release) to add the new map(s) to brisban, given the portals have been there since beta. I believe it was said that it take 6+ months to develop a map. So in 2 years time, it’s quite feasible to expect at least a couple new maps in this release.
The Blizzard development team size for WoW as of 2009 was around 900 (excluding customer support and billing) anets size is tiny compared to blizzard and blizzard spitfires expansins BUT each expansion has still taken them a while to develop so a team of 350 vs a team of over 900… I have no clue why people try to compare the games
The Blizzard development team size for WoW as of 2009 was around 900 (excluding customer support and billing) anets size is tiny compared to blizzard and blizzard spitfires expansins BUT each expansion has still taken them a while to develop so a team of 350 vs a team of over 900… I have no clue why people try to compare the games
The Blizzard development team size for WoW as of 2009 was around 900 (excluding customer support and billing) anets size is tiny compared to blizzard and blizzard spitfires expansins BUT each expansion has still taken them a while to develop so a team of 350 vs a team of over 900… I have no clue why people try to compare the games
Where did you get these numbers?
You can probably google it.
I think what anet has released over the past 2 years is pretty substantial as well. But, i also think LS has held back some other things in the game that need attention too. WvW is in pretty bad shape from what i can tell.
So because of the art and trailer, can we rule out edge 2.0 using vandel as a base of operations?
Honestly, there isnt anything in either the art or the trailer that can tell us anything is ruled out or confirmed other than we will be seeing new magumma jungle maps at some point in the new season.
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But in all fairness, no I dont think we will be getting a specific new map on the first patch. I would lose serious respect for Anet if we did, no good story gives you anything in the beginning other then teases. I fully expect a revamped wildland or at the very most a new small section added to wildlands that will lead to magumma like some are thinking. Really though, that wouldnt make much sense, just redesign the map.
Where would u place that new chunk of small section if you were anet? :P
No clue, I was not the one that stated that idea. I even specificlly said in the post what some others think. I even said that I myself see that as very unlikely and even more so unrealistic. A revamped wildlands is needed and very appropiate as a “new map” for this first patch.
Maybe you read it wrong? I meant where would you put what you said (in bold)? Do you see anet expanding brisbands borders or do you see them squishing in something somewhere already existed?
Neither, I only see them revamping the map in general. There are already 2 portals on 2 different borders that seem to obviously lead to 2 different new maps.
Really? So every indication they have revealed point to a new map (at least one, i’m betting more) makes you think they will just revamp brisbane? That seems not only disappointing, but extremely unlikely.
La was techniquelly a new map revamped from the normal one (which was a HUUUUUUGE effort for anet to do [requiring overtime by most if not all of the team] the concept arts especially with the brisban hash tags points to brisban getting a revamp for the start of s2 introducing mordys corruption. Just revamping a zone takes HUGE effort for anet to pull off so if they have to pull crazy hours including massive overtime why would you think a map the size of maguuma wastes would be possible in such a short period of time and NO its not anets fault they just don’t have the team and ncsoft doesnt want such a sized team to exist, they are making money off their (VERY lame imho) items in the gem store, new maps cost a fortune which is why they are paid for as expansions… Nc_soft will make zero money off anet releasing a brand spanking new map, ncsoft gives anet a budget for small updates to keep us here for as long as possible and when we get tired of it nc_soft pulls anet out to the side and tells them to develop them GW3 so that we can pay another $60-70 to fill their pockets, nc_soft is in it for the profit, in a Free content game new maps arent profit so just keep buying all the fuzzy hats and u’ll eventually get to pay for yet another gw or dont and if nc_soft loses enough profit they pull guild wars plug and money farm Wild Star sequals
Ok, yes maybe it does take a lot of effort to redisgn a map, but not a HUGE amount, it is all just cosmetics after all. Although they have most likely already been working on that map and all other new maps for at least most likely a few months now, probably more than that.
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But in all fairness, no I dont think we will be getting a specific new map on the first patch. I would lose serious respect for Anet if we did, no good story gives you anything in the beginning other then teases. I fully expect a revamped wildland or at the very most a new small section added to wildlands that will lead to magumma like some are thinking. Really though, that wouldnt make much sense, just redesign the map.
Where would u place that new chunk of small section if you were anet? :P
No clue, I was not the one that stated that idea. I even specificlly said in the post what some others think. I even said that I myself see that as very unlikely and even more so unrealistic. A revamped wildlands is needed and very appropiate as a “new map” for this first patch.
Maybe you read it wrong? I meant where would you put what you said (in bold)? Do you see anet expanding brisbands borders or do you see them squishing in something somewhere already existed?
Neither, I only see them revamping the map in general. There are already 2 portals on 2 different borders that seem to obviously lead to 2 different new maps.
Really? So every indication they have revealed point to a new map (at least one, i’m betting more) makes you think they will just revamp brisbane? That seems not only disappointing, but extremely unlikely.
There are at least 2 that are known of, one in the vandal fort and another across the broken bridge on the northern border of the map. And yes, this is exactly what tells me that they will just revamp the map INSTEAD of adding a whole new square to the already existing map as a gate to magumma. Redesigning the map is much easier than changing the borders and adding a new section. That is what is highly likely to happen, and would not even be close to disappointing but very appropriate. Like I said above in another post, a new map on day 1 would be a bad sign that they didnt learn from their mistakes in the first season. Build up to the new maps and give us story development and character depth first. All good stories start out with nothing but teases in the first chapter. The most we will get is a look at some of the new main characters and a hint into what the story will be. Anything more would be extremely disappointing.
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Lol, ok yes maybe I was being a bit dramatic, I would be more than excited if I had a new map to explore. I guess I would be more disappointed at what I thought it meant if we did, I just want to see that they at least addressed some of the main complaints players had of season 1.
Also for what it’s worth, I was not part of the group that was disappointed with that last season. I felt it was a good story – considering it was the first season after all – I did not feel the story and scarlet as a villian was no where near as bad as players made it out to be. I mean yes it did need some work, but was for the most part real good, I also realize though that I am part of the minority on that one.
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Lol, ok yes maybe I was being a bit dramatic, I would be more than excited if I had a new map to explore. I guess I would be more disappointed at what I thought it meant if we did, I just want to see that they at least addressed some of the main complaints players had of season 1.
Also for what it’s worth, I was not part of the group that was disappointed with that last season. I felt it was a good story – considering it was the first season after all – I did not feel the story and scarlet as a villian was no where near as bad as players made it out to be. I mean yes it did need some work, but was for the most part real good, I also realize though that I am part of the minority on that one.
Ha no worries, i want it to be successful as much as anyone. I’m still really peeved over how much time and money i’ve spent on giving our server community a place to share info and work together, only to have it quashed by megaserver. Most players i know are pretty fed up with the change.
I still enjoy the game, and i do want S2 to be successful. But, if they start out with sign repair and chasing ghost without a real visible protagonist, i’m leaving and not looking back. Borderlands pre-sequel is coming out, then destiny. So i’ll have my hands full of goodies to play, then come back to GW2 at some later point, maybe. Which will likely hurt the server community we’ve built even more.
I too enjoyed parts of S1 and overall, looking back anet can still tell a decent story, but the delivery of S1 was painful.
This seems like a paranoid post to me. There will definitely be new areas to explore. Hashtags are poor evidence against the new zones displayed in the promo video, and the portal image given us. Obviously, Brisban will see changes, and Brisban is where we’ll initially begin the new Living Story—so of course it would be hashtagged, since it plays a role.
Arenanet has been heavily hinting at opening Maguuma to us ever since we killed Scarlet. Despite what some may argue, the company isn’t stupid. They know what the players expect, and they know the impact their pre-S2 information has had. They’ll deliver.
And, let’s be honest, we’re moving on to fight Dragon no.2. From a story perspective, Mordremoth is going to need its own corrupted zones, just as Zhaitan had Orr.
At the end of the day, I know it’s popular to speculate on what horrible thing the devs will do next, what corners they’ll cut out of soulless greed—but they do care about lore, and they do want to expand the Guild Wars 2 world.
If you work under the assumption that there will be a new zone and that the new zone name will be Gates of Maguuma, then absolutely everything makes sense.
I might have to eat these words, but it seems like the only way you can think that there won’t be a new zone is if you assume the idea that we are not getting a new zone is a foregone conclusion. All the evidence points to the contrary.
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