Guild Wars 2

I have a question about the Story Journal. According to the news post, it says that I’ll have to pay 200 gems to “purchase” an episode that was in the past (should I of missed it). Will this be for all of Season 1 if I only recently joined the game?

The gold->gem ratio is way too high for a new player like me, and I was disappointed that I didn’t get to experience the 1st season of the Living Story… until I saw the Story Journal, but my question still remains.

If a person never participated in the Living Story of Season 1, will they be required to pay gems to unlock the episodes? (If the answer is yes, that’ll be disappointing to hear)

First – Season 1 will not be available via the journal right away. It was done before the concept for the journal, and as such they need to retrofit it, which they want to do, but have not started / do not know when such will happen. There are higher priorities.

Second – We do not know, and likely won’t know until Anet retrofits it and has it set to be added. That’s probably not a decision they will make until that time, so they probably don’t even have a concrete answer. My best guess would be that those that played it will probably get it free, and those that didn’t will have to purchase it if they desire to have it.

Third – If season 1 works similarly to how they have described season 2 to work, (after they finally add it) you may not need to purchase it yourself to experience it. It was explained during the twitch stream of the journal that someone that does not have the content can tag along with someone that does, and experience the story that way. You simply wouldn’t get any progression, rewards, or achievements. But that has yet to be seen one way or the other.

Thank you for the answer. I must of missed that part in the news post.

Bristingr.5034:

Thank you for the answer. I must of missed that part in the news post.

A lot of it wasn’t in the news post. They had a Twitch stream about the journal that Friday were they explained it a little better.

Edit: http://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2/c/4412034