Guild Wars 2

The possible heir is hinted at by Agent Ihan in the Personal Story, in the chapter “Speaker of the Dead”. The dialogue goes like this:

Scholar Josir: "We can’t allow anything to happen to Queen Jennah. She’s the last of the royal line! "

To which Ihan replies: "Perhaps not the last… but you’re right. Without Queen Jennah, we’d lose our treaty with the charr. "

(Quoted from the wiki).

AnthonyOrdon.3926:

The intent of the Renown Heart system was originally to help players find event content. They also provide a decent method for us to give the player some context and awareness of what’s going on in the area. There are probably a few issues in that design which we could discuss. We could also let it suffice to say that hearts do not make the best repeatable content the game has to offer.

On the topic of keeping players engaged with open world content, I think this goal may be for more approachable from a different angle. Consider Dry Top, which has no hearts. Players on that map are participating in events all the time, largely on the premise that each event contributes to both map-level and personal-level goals. This gives me the notion that with a little help at the system level, events can and should be the bulk of repeatable open world content in Tyria.

I’d be very interested in hearing your thoughts on that.

Please don’t make the orginial maps like Dry Top. I love the orginal maps for their organic events, the exploration and the many details I can discover at leisure. They have depth in atmosphere and narrative and feel like an enjoyable sandbox.

Dry Top, to me, feels more like a theme park: find all the coins! Search for hidden chests! Whack the chickenado! Something for everyone, bring the family! It even comes with a schedule and program so you can plan your perfect day in Dry Top.

While I realize that there are players that like and maybe prefer this style, I feel that the new content in LS 2 has become a lot more gimmicky, with minigames and platforming and encounters with complicated, but somewhat tedious mechanics. I prefer the style and flow of the original maps and events, and find my reward more in the experience than in the loot.

As to the hearts, I would actually love to be able to repeat specific hearts, maybe through a dialog option with the heart NPC. I sometimes help friends or people from my guild while leveling and it would be nice if I could do the hearts alongside with them, for a little coin and karma. I enjoy doing most of the hearts anyway.