Guild Wars 2

Hey peeps,

It could have been asked or asnwered before but i could not find it, if so please redirect me.

Chapter 7 will release on December 2nd, 2 weeks after the last chapter 8 should release on 16th of December.

Wintersday was released on 14 december 2012 and 10 december 2013. Are these patches not going to interfere? or how is this going to work out?

Thank you,

I would say it is very likely that ArenaNet were fully aware when they planned for Season 2 that Winterday would happen in December and as such they have most likely planned it around that.

Either Wintersday comes later this year, or Wintersday will be released with a Living Story update, seeing as it will most likely be the same as last year.

As long as living story is not delayed i am happy with anything.

To be fair it can’t really be delayed since we don’t actually have specific dates for any of the episodes.

It can of course take a planned pause, but that is not really a delay.

You are right, though it would feel like a ferm kick in the nuts

They likely planned it out and the last episode will coincide with Wintersday. They can always extend out how long Wintersday will last as there will likely be a long wait for the next season. Expect WvW Season 4 soon after that.

If they do it like they did last year, Wintersday will be released mid December (following the 2 week schedule it would be Dec 16th) with a month break for the holidays and the living story picked back up in mid January (Jan 13 following the 2 week schedule). But with only one episode left in this season after Wintersday, it doesn’t make sense to make us wait a month for the last episode.

Brave Mallyki.1563:

If they do it like they did last year, Wintersday will be released mid December (following the 2 week schedule it would be Dec 16th) with a month break for the holidays and the living story picked back up in mid January (Jan 13 following the 2 week schedule). But with only one episode left in this season, it doesn’t make sense to make us wait a month for the last episode.

Where did you get that there’s only one more left?

Ayrilana.1396:

Brave Mallyki.1563:

If they do it like they did last year, Wintersday will be released mid December (following the 2 week schedule it would be Dec 16th) with a month break for the holidays and the living story picked back up in mid January (Jan 13 following the 2 week schedule). But with only one episode left in this season after Wintersday, it doesn’t make sense to make us wait a month for the last episode.

Where did you get that there’s only one more left?

I left out apart of my response out. It was supposed to be only one left after Wintersday. But, there could be more than episode 7 and 8.

Brave Mallyki.1563:

Ayrilana.1396:

Brave Mallyki.1563:

If they do it like they did last year, Wintersday will be released mid December (following the 2 week schedule it would be Dec 16th) with a month break for the holidays and the living story picked back up in mid January (Jan 13 following the 2 week schedule). But with only one episode left in this season after Wintersday, it doesn’t make sense to make us wait a month for the last episode.

Where did you get that there’s only one more left?

I left out apart of my response out. It was supposed to be only one left after Wintersday. But, there could be more than episode 7 and 8.

Wintersday isn’t part of the season’s story arc. Episodes 7 and 8 would occur whether there was a Wintersday or not. They may add Wintersday with episode 8 but it’s not replacing anything.

This subject keeps coming up so I will add this here as well:
“Therefore he (Meelad Sadat, Head of PR at Anet) didn’t want to say how many episodes are going to be left in the season, but did say that starting with the Halloween episode they are back on their two-week cadence up through Wintersday on December 16th before going on holiday break. As to what is going to happen after that, Meelad said that they will keep players informed of when there will or won’t be a patch, like how they announced the Halloween and start of each half of Season 2 well in advance.”

Ayrilana.1396:

Brave Mallyki.1563:

Ayrilana.1396:

Brave Mallyki.1563:

If they do it like they did last year, Wintersday will be released mid December (following the 2 week schedule it would be Dec 16th) with a month break for the holidays and the living story picked back up in mid January (Jan 13 following the 2 week schedule). But with only one episode left in this season after Wintersday, it doesn’t make sense to make us wait a month for the last episode.

Where did you get that there’s only one more left?

I left out apart of my response out. It was supposed to be only one left after Wintersday. But, there could be more than episode 7 and 8.

Wintersday isn’t part of the season’s story arc. Episodes 7 and 8 would occur whether there was a Wintersday or not. They may add Wintersday with episode 8 but it’s not replacing anything.

Yeah, I know holiday events aren’t part of the Living Story. It didn’t stop them from hitting pause on the living story last season for the Wintersday event, that lasted about a month to start the Living Story back up after the real life holiday season was over. Do you not remember all the energy probes scattered across Tyria with no explanation about what they were during Wintersday last year?

They haven’t released a schedule as to when any of these patched will be released. I’m just going off on how it was done last year. I honestly don’t see them releasing Episode 8 and Wintersday at the same time for them to compete with each other.

Ayrilana.1396:

Brave Mallyki.1563:

Ayrilana.1396:

Brave Mallyki.1563:

If they do it like they did last year, Wintersday will be released mid December (following the 2 week schedule it would be Dec 16th) with a month break for the holidays and the living story picked back up in mid January (Jan 13 following the 2 week schedule). But with only one episode left in this season after Wintersday, it doesn’t make sense to make us wait a month for the last episode.

Where did you get that there’s only one more left?

I left out apart of my response out. It was supposed to be only one left after Wintersday. But, there could be more than episode 7 and 8.

Wintersday isn’t part of the season’s story arc. Episodes 7 and 8 would occur whether there was a Wintersday or not. They may add Wintersday with episode 8 but it’s not replacing anything.

Still, you’re making a kittenumption about the specific number of episodes in the season. Your tally wouldn’t even be enough episodes to get all the carapace armor skins out.

Gulesave.5073:

Ayrilana.1396:

Brave Mallyki.1563:

Ayrilana.1396:

Brave Mallyki.1563:

If they do it like they did last year, Wintersday will be released mid December (following the 2 week schedule it would be Dec 16th) with a month break for the holidays and the living story picked back up in mid January (Jan 13 following the 2 week schedule). But with only one episode left in this season after Wintersday, it doesn’t make sense to make us wait a month for the last episode.

Where did you get that there’s only one more left?

I left out apart of my response out. It was supposed to be only one left after Wintersday. But, there could be more than episode 7 and 8.

Wintersday isn’t part of the season’s story arc. Episodes 7 and 8 would occur whether there was a Wintersday or not. They may add Wintersday with episode 8 but it’s not replacing anything.

Still, you’re making a kittenumption about the specific number of episodes in the season. Your tally wouldn’t even be enough episodes to get all the carapace armor skins out.

Maybe if you looked at the Luminescent collection achievement you would know that episode 7 will give the boots and legs and episode 8 will give the chest and helm. Just saying.

Gulesave.5073:

Ayrilana.1396:

Brave Mallyki.1563:

Ayrilana.1396:

Brave Mallyki.1563:

If they do it like they did last year, Wintersday will be released mid December (following the 2 week schedule it would be Dec 16th) with a month break for the holidays and the living story picked back up in mid January (Jan 13 following the 2 week schedule). But with only one episode left in this season after Wintersday, it doesn’t make sense to make us wait a month for the last episode.

Where did you get that there’s only one more left?

I left out apart of my response out. It was supposed to be only one left after Wintersday. But, there could be more than episode 7 and 8.

Wintersday isn’t part of the season’s story arc. Episodes 7 and 8 would occur whether there was a Wintersday or not. They may add Wintersday with episode 8 but it’s not replacing anything.

Still, you’re making a kittenumption about the specific number of episodes in the season. Your tally wouldn’t even be enough episodes to get all the carapace armor skins out.

Look at the collection achievements and previous comments that there would be a break mid season which happened after 4 episodes.

or there might be more episodes than 8? or even episode 8 might be split into a 2 part finale? we dont know until were told :P

gereden.6983:

or there might be more episodes than 8? or even episode 8 might be split into a 2 part finale? we dont know until were told :P

They’re not Hollywood. They don’t gain anything from milking the last episode into two parts. :P

GscGunner.2419:

Hey peeps,

It could have been asked or asnwered before but i could not find it, if so please redirect me.

Chapter 7 will release on December 2nd, 2 weeks after the last chapter 8 should release on 16th of December.

Wintersday was released on 14 december 2012 and 10 december 2013. Are these patches not going to interfere? or how is this going to work out?

Thank you,

Last year, the final release of Tower of Nightmares (“The Nightmare is Finally Over”) which included the tower’s destruction, coincided with the release of Wintersday (“A Very Merry Wintersday”).

So no, there will be no interfering, most likely. I cannot see them taking a break from S2 for Wintersday when there’d be only one episode left – because if they did, it would mean the final episode, Episode 8, would be released in January at the earliest due to holiday breaks that Anet always takes.

gereden.6983:

or there might be more episodes than 8? or even episode 8 might be split into a 2 part finale? we dont know until were told :P

I do believe it’s been explicitly stated on Points of Interest that Episode 5 would begin the second half of Season 2.

Meaning 8 episodes.

I know, it’s weird given that 1) we’re nowhere near completing the plot of Mordremoth, and 2) Season 1 lasted “20 episodes” (according to Anet, though they count Tequatl Rising, Bazaar of the Four Winds, and The Lost Shores as “Special Events” rather than episodes, and compared to everything else, the four Flame and Frost installments are easily a single episode – and then there was how the second Wintersday also included some LW S1 plot stuff like the ToN’s final instance, its explosion, and a celebration of its destruction at The Dead End – so really, it was 21 Episodes in 24 releases, unless you wanna combine others which is entirely plausible in regards of comparing S1 release sizes to S2 release sizes – otherwise they’d all appear the size of E6, which is very very small).

So yeah, Season 2 – and likely all future seasons – seems to be 8 episodes. Though this means we may from now on see 2 seasons a year (a single season taking 4 months with 4 months break between and in the middle of, overall). I expect 2015 to conclude with Season 4’s ending.