Guild Wars 2

Am I missing something?

Do players that started the living world get barred off from completing it if they dont complete it within a timeframe?

I started the living story some time back when it 1st came out, then i took a break, and since then the rest was released. I come back and continue where i left off… Except it doesn’t advance me to the next part, so i completed 1/2/3 and am giving the option to do the last one 8 (point of no return) so I complete that one, but it doesnt let me to 4/5/6/7 without paying gems, so i reluctantly payed the gems to do 4 to see it changed anything… nope… (only 200 mind you so not too bad?)

But should i really have to pay to finish a story I already started? What if the devs didnt complete the personal story on release, but would release the rest in due time when they do finish it, and if you dont complete those parts within a timeframe of them releasing it, your barred from completion until you pay up…

This has to be a bug right? would they really stop people completing something they already started?

June 5th, 2014

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/introducing-the-story-journal/

Not a bug.

If you just came back, and noticed this, the fact that you were able to unlock Episode 8 at no cost in Gems would be the bug.

ooooooook

Welp, i guess Im headed to youtube to see what happened in between

That, or ask another player to let you join their instance and experience it for yourself at no cost. (No achievements or reward, of course, but you get the story.)

Good luck.

And as mentioned by ArenaNet: “(Don’t forget you can earn gold and purchase gems to unlock the episode for your account).”

So that’s about 28~30 gold per chapter atm. I know that you still have to pay, but then it’s gold instead of real money.