Permanent Changes after Living Story?
Once a story arc ends and is wrapped up, will it -permanently- change the landscape? (i.e, loss of hearts and some DE’s, map changes and the likes?)
I think that the Living Story after completing will arc back right to the start and run again.
Well, I’d say Southsun Cove will receive new settlements and DEs since the refugees have been talking about moving there for a while now.
They mentioned already that some changes will be permanently like the destroyed lighthouse in LA or the changes o south sun cove during the event. I guess we will see some permanent destruction of the zones. Maybe the new Building in wayfarer hills will also stay. Frost & Flame would furthermore give the great opportunity to introduce new permanent DEs and replace some Hearts by new ones.
Well there’s the two new villages in Wayfarers and Diessa and all the ugly steam vents.
But if you meant anything meaningful than probably not.
I think whether or not any particular narrative arc leaves permanent changes depends on the particular arc. One of the challenges the developers/marketers are facing is how to brand a recurring something when the form of the something must be plastic.
They’re special! They got aspirations.”
Finn the human
I think that by the end of this story Southsun Cove will be updated with more npcs, quests, vistas etc. And probably it will be added to the map completion, just like the other areas.
Maybe theyll also nerf the karka so theyre not so hard to kill alone 1 on 1
I certainly hope the landscapes change after the living story stuff. Otherwise all the story stuff would be for nothing. For instance, make those refugees set up some fighting force like Ebon Vanguard, and introduce those used-to-be refugees around when they add new maps to the game.
Removing exploration-related stuff like hearts would make a mess of player stats and whatnot, but I suppose new dungeons or portals to new places (e.g. that currently unused transfer chamber in Lion’s Arch) would be great.
Resetting the maps completely would be wrong – at least leave a few grave stones or the crater where a Dredge transport came up.