Guild Wars 2

OK. So, here’s the thing. I know it has been said over and over that you all won’t communicate about things that are not 100% for sure about to be released. That being said, I think its safe to say that you know the road map for the remainder of season 2 LS, and so to that end I’d like to know if you are going to either:

A- Piece meal open one more map over the course of bite sized new content (like Drytop)

B- Actually give us one or 2 new maps to explore in Maguuma with all the stuff we can expect from a proper map opening in level 80 zones

C- Get a bit more than travel to waypoint A and listen to 5 minute convo B before repeating 5 more times around Tyria before fighting something for 5 minutes

I just want to know if it will be worth my time playing out each part of the story as it releases or wait until all of it is released (and deal with spoilers) just so the content feels substantial or is this next part going to be more robust than the last.

I think what they have going now is fine. Whats wrong with a map being opened up bit by bit as the story takes us through it? A new bit of map every 2 weeks is better than 1 whole map right away but nothing new for the rest of the season.

And what more do you want out of story missions? There is dialogue, and then there is fighting, and the end of each episode has a boss fight. I think the LS is going great. The only thing they could improve on is the speed at which they are working. 2 maps total and 8 releases over isn’t enough. They should be able to keep up with their biweekly release schedule especially with breaks in between each season to prepare for the next.

We SHOULD be getting 12 episodes and 3 maps in this season. I couldn’t ask for any more than that

Except we didn’t really get 2 maps. We got one map. Drytop. And any content that takes 2 weeks to deliver and 15-20 minutes to get through where 80-90% of it is reading and errand work isn’t really what I had in mind when they talked about adding new content.

I want a full map at once. I want the ability to explore it AND have things happen with the LS on that map that help encourage that map opening. I want the content to be something that I have to come back to through out the 2 weeks because I can’t blow through it in one sitting while waiting for my dinner to cook.

But we will be having 2 maps by the end of it. 2 maps and 8 episodes. I can understand your opinion about having it all up at once, that is just personal preference, but come on, man. it takes way longer than 20 minutes to finish an episode of LS. Especially the first time through when you are actually reading all the stuff.

Actually no, the thing that took me the longest (especially by the last update to the LS) was the final fight with the dragon, but the text did not take me long to read, nor did the jumping around the map. maybe the first part of this living story took me a bit longer to explore through, but that part had way more fights and dialog to get through. The subsequent parts were not very long and only seemed to feel shorter in their delivery.

As it stands now i’m thinking I will have to deal with spoilers that will come up in map or the forums and just wait until they’ve delivered all of the content of the rest of the story before playing it through so it feels substantial.

If you aren’t interested in the game that much to want to play then just log in for each releases then play them all once LS2 is done.

I’d just play. It’s episodic and their achievements give you a reason to go in twice or more, familiarizing yourself with the story and getting some AP.

But please, nothing like the garden party again.

I do not like dry top because it feels like a farm because its just so crammed with events it doesn’t have the same more natural feel as every other map in the game. So if the add another map I hope its bigger and is not like dry top.