Guild Wars 2

So, I recently got a new character to level 80 and finished the personal story. On completion, I was excited to see that the living world story started up immediately, as if it was a continuation of the personal story, and I really liked that idea. However, it started me on episode 8 or season 2 instead of episode 1.

This is a relatively minor thing, but it felt a bit strange that the living world story would automatically start, but not at the beginning. Just posting this here in case it wasn’t known. :P

Do you have the earlier episodes unlocked?

I would also assume it simply have to do with the fact that Point of No Return is the currently active chapter and thus characters automatically starts on that.

That being said, is there a way for those of us who went from Personal Story, straight into Point of No Return, to access and play the preceding Season 2 Chapters?

If so, can someone give detailed steps to accomplish this please?

Thanks,

Shane

The living story is like watching a TV show. The personal story was like watching a season on DVD. The living story however is the current season, so when you went to watch it on TV, you’re watching the latest episode. If you want to see past episode, you must purchase them. Eventually, I suspect that they’ll sell season 2 as a complete package and maybe even give it away for free in the same way TV does reruns years later.

sigshane.4571:

That being said, is there a way for those of us who went from Personal Story, straight into Point of No Return, to access and play the preceding Season 2 Chapters?

Open the Hero panel (H) and select the story journal. You should see a living world season 2 section. You should be able to cancel your current episode and then start the first one, assuming it’s unlocked. If it’s not unlocked, you have to purchase it. If you don’t want to purchase it but want to see the story, you can however join someone else’s instance.

Great – thanks!

Just for your interest – that’s the case even if you have all 8 parts unlocked.
I too think that this should be somehow, somewhen changed. It may be a logical thing when part 8 was out, but it’s already gone now for some weeks or months and at this point it would make more sense to start with part 1 after finishing the PS.

Thanathos.2063:

Just for your interest – that’s the case even if you have all 8 parts unlocked.
I too think that this should be somehow, somewhen changed. It may be a logical thing when part 8 was out, but it’s already gone now for some weeks or months and at this point it would make more sense to start with part 1 after finishing the PS.

Actually it went away with yesterdays update.