Guild Wars 2

It was promised after HoT release, what happened to that?

There’s a blog post saying that some stuff is right on the horizon, that it would have been released for HoT, but that it needed some finessing. So apparently there’s some new stuff coming soon.

Personally I’m crossing my fingers that they decide to ditch the laser

It’s only been just over 2 weeks since release so expecting results now would be a bit unreasonable.

However, I did expect some sort of communication in the forums with their general plan of action for this by now. Something like “in the next couple of months we’ll be looking at this, that and these other things but we’ll have a delay of a month to make sure the expansions release is running smoothly”.

Here you go:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/They-haven-t-forgotten-wvw-it-seems/first#post5709457

Jayne.9251:

Here you go:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/They-haven-t-forgotten-wvw-it-seems/first#post5709457

Yeah, read that when it was posted here. Props to the interviewer for being blunt in saying it’s a bit dead for some people.

But I don’t think we should really need to go to third party sources for snippets of information, but I’m being a little pedantic.

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Jayne.9251:

There’s a blog post saying that some stuff is right on the horizon, that it would have been released for HoT, but that it needed some finessing. So apparently there’s some new stuff coming soon.

Personally I’m crossing my fingers that they decide to ditch the laser

I really wouldn’t keep your hopes up. They’ve already stated that they’ll work on WvW when, “work on Heart of Thorns wraps up”. But, what really qualifies as said work? Will they start when the core issues with HoT are resolved, will they start when the raids are out, will they start when all the wings of the raids are out, will they start when the next season that ties in with HoT is done?

If that’s not foreboding enough, nothing suggests that their work into WvW is really that well conceived yet. In the post that you linked Colin flat out states, “As always we don’t discuss features in development until they are far enough along to share meaningful details”. And when you look at one of ANet’s recent blog statements on the future (The Road Ahead for 2015), the only mention of WvW they even make is a passing comment when referencing their work on combat visibility. None of this to me suggests that this big game changer content to WvW is going to be anytime in the near future.

Every 6 months they make a WvW blog post/announcement, and nothing comes.
They just released HoT, so they will wait for the dust to settle down first. Then there’s the PvE raids coming. When it settles down, PvP leagues. After that, Wintersday and the next Living World update. And after 5 months after HoT, no one will remember about this supposed WvW update.

Firelysm.4967:

It was promised after HoT release, what happened to that?

Your being dishonest here.

I do not see the word “promise” or any indication of a promise or garuntee. This type of word twisting, in my opinion, is precisely why they post as little as possible, when it comes to WvW. All they did was state an intended desire to try to focus on WvW.

lmperdigao.2567:

Every 6 months they make a WvW blog post/announcement, and nothing comes.

You mean like new maps, new keep mechanics, new upgrade mechanics, new events, guild arenas, and new upgrade mechanics?

There is no WvW, only PvE.

coglin.1867:

lmperdigao.2567:

Every 6 months they make a WvW blog post/announcement, and nothing comes.

You mean like new maps, new keep mechanics, new upgrade mechanics, new events, guild arenas, and new upgrade mechanics?

We got new maps, mechanics, upgrades, events arenas and upgrade mechanic every 6 months?!
Please coglin, please point out these twice yearly updates!
Oh wait, we had to wait 3 whole kittening years for them! And even though they invited some people to test the map, and most said it was too big, and need changes, they yet again ignored us. And now the new BLs are empty on most servers.
Oh and I am still waiting for you to link the 64 bit client news you claim anet posted on facebook, twitter, etc as I can only find a link on dulfy.

coglin.1867:

Firelysm.4967:

It was promised after HoT release, what happened to that?

Your being dishonest here.

I do not see the word “promise” or any indication of a promise or garuntee. This type of word twisting, in my opinion, is precisely why they post as little as possible, when it comes to WvW. All they did was state an intended desire to try to focus on WvW.

I’d hardly call it word twisting. What was stated was;

“As work on Heart of Thorns wraps up, we’ll be treating resolving the remaining core areas in WvW as our #1 live development feature priority for the game to ensure we deliver on making World vs. World not just the great experience it is today – but the incredible experience we know it can be.”

This was said by John Corpening in a video and reposted by Stephane Lo Presti. And while yes, it doesn’t specifically say promise or guarantee, them saying that WvW will be their, “#1 live development feature priority for the game” does hold a certain amount of weight to it. If I were to fault the OP for anything, it would be assuming that it would be right after launch. But even then, I can’t really blame the OP because, “work on Heart of Thorns” is so broad of a meaning that it’s debatable.

As for your little assumptions on why the WvW community is ignored, I’ll just point out that this same exact thing goes on in every single game mode. Don’t believe me, then go look at old topics like legendary precursor crafting or even newer ones on grinding compared to ANet’s launch manifesto.

After all the fails we’ve seen: bloodlust ruins —> EotM —> new BL. They haven’t learned anything about WvW.

I think it might be better if they didn’t work on WvW anymore at all.

coglin.1867:

Firelysm.4967:

It was promised after HoT release, what happened to that?

Your being dishonest here.

I do not see the word “promise” or any indication of a promise or garuntee. This type of word twisting, in my opinion, is precisely why they post as little as possible, when it comes to WvW. All they did was state an intended desire to try to focus on WvW.

lmperdigao.2567:

Every 6 months they make a WvW blog post/announcement, and nothing comes.

You mean like new maps, new keep mechanics, new upgrade mechanics, new events, guild arenas, and new upgrade mechanics?

If some one says “we will focus on wvw to sort this things out” that means.. a promise, if you want to play a “word wars” then do it, to me this is going very low on personal trust and agreement.