Guild Wars 2

I did not feel any existing thread with complaints about the LS break viewed the topic the way I intend to now, but my apologies if there is already a very similar thread.

I am a bit disappointed with the current break of living story updates. Of course, I would like new content faster, but that’s nothing new. I find it especially frustrating that we get a break after an episode that ended in a cliffhanger. I did not intend to write a post about this until I realised that the last break came at a moment that made a lot more sense. After Dragon’s Reach part 2, the build-up of the story to the summit at the grove was done, so it made sense to take a break after this.
This time however, it feels like we just stopped right in the middle of the action. An analogy would be the Dragon’s Reach episode not ending after the events at the summit, but right when the disturbances start.
Of course, you could argue that a break makes sense since information about how to open the wall needs to be gathered at the priory, but that is clearly just a way to forcefully stop the episode. We might as well have found out how to open it through Caithe’s memories and proceed accordingly.

This ending with a cliffhanger might have been intentional, or due to circumstances. Perhaps the idea is that ending on cliffhangers will make more people come back. I was coming back anyhow, but I can only speak for myself. Perhaps the schedule ended up being too tight do deliver a relatively rounded story in time before the holidays and this was the best compromise. Whatever the case, I would personally really appreciate it if this could be avoided in the future.

If you feel this is reasonable, feel free to give this thread your support. If you do not, feel free to state why. If you happen work for Arenanet and think you can give some more insight in the reasons, feel free to do so. Either way, thanks for reading.

Agreed. Two cliffhangers and yet no answers towards either of them. Disappointing.

^This
Less cliffhangers, more meaningful story.

WTF is going on with Rytlock!?

I don’t mind the cliffhangers but I do hate the constant breaks.

Ayrilana.1396:

I don’t mind the cliffhangers but I do hate the constant breaks.

Oh the cliffhangers in themselves don’t bother me as much as they seem to bother other people on this forum, it’s really the combination with the break that does it for me.

Galespark.7835:

Ayrilana.1396:

I don’t mind the cliffhangers but I do hate the constant breaks.

Oh the cliffhangers in themselves don’t bother me as much as they seem to bother other people on this forum, it’s really the combination with the break that does it for me.

Yeah. Cliffhangers thought the season are okay so long as you don’t have long breaks during that season. I’m thinking that a lot of the complaibts about thee cliffhangers would not have existed had the entire season been released at once.