Guild Wars 2

Alright so to break all of this down and provide some constructive feedback.

For us as customers its important that the product we pay for is worth the money. Therefore it’s important, Anet, that these episodes hold their money’s worth. This is however abstract and will differ from customer to customer. Therefore i suggest that that we as experienced customers provide great and constructive feedback on these episodes via forums, ingame and other relevant medias.

Also i don’t see this “log in now and get it for free” as something negative. Honestly i feel appreciated by A-net for my active participation. This is in my point of view similiar to a customer rewards program which is something other mmos play around with aswell.

Lastly i think it’s important for all of us to respect eachother. Every person has their own point of view, based on alot of different variables that affect their preferences. How wierd something may actually sound, this “something” is actually most likely a reality for the person conveying it. Try stay open minded, and that goes for all sides!

Have a great day/night everybody!

somsom.5201:

lordkrall.7241:

Enokitake.1742:

If someone buys the game after the end of living story 2, they’d have to pay to unlock living story 2.

If I buy lets say Lord of the Rings Online today, I have to pay to unlock a kitten-ton of expansions. How is this different?

Are you kidding?

Because for someone who logged in during that 2 week span…they got it for free! Have fun being a new player and having to buy:

• base game
• S1
• S2
• S#

Each season is ~$60…

Well this is you speculating and making assumptions that arent proven legitimate. You dont know if old seasons will cost the same as new ones. Most likely older seasons will, as older expansions, sell for a lower price. Maybe even the customers buying Gw2 during S3 will get their box package with the free S2, just as you today can buy alot of box package mmos complete with older expansions.

Again this is me speculating and none of what i have stated above is proven true.

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

Turin.6921:

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

I like that they are going to make this material permanent but I’m really not impressed that the story line is monetized in any way. In my opinion that is a step in the wrong direction.

If you remeber to just login it does not cost a thing. Only players that bought the game after these releases will have an issue. And 200 are even easily made with gold too if you are an 80 LvL player…So as far as monetizing is concerned its pretty friendly..

If you’re at home and not on vacation, it does not cost a thing. Returning players will be kitten outta luck, and will have to pony up to play. That wont exactly encourage players to return. Like I said, it’s a step in the wrong direction.

Whether or not the price is “friendly” is debatable. I would note that game gold to gem prices have never gone down.

In all it’s not a bad idea, but there is a fly in the soup.

However Arena net is a company, and their product or labor isnt free. Customers always want free stuff but objectivily i dont see that being possible. Somebody stated earlier, i believe, that the cost for the entire season will be close to the cost of an expansion pack. I belive Living Story is Gw2’s substitute for Expansions. So lets hope that they make a great and worthy Season 2.

“With this addition to the story Journal, content from Living World episodes will be a mix of new story steps and open world content. Story steps will work just like existing story steps in the game today by taking you on a journey specific to your selected episode, which ties into a broader narrative from the season’s continual story progress.

Open world content additions to Living World updates will permanently expand or change the world of Tyria and will tie to the theme and story of the episode. This means you can play the open world content and the story content (if you’ve unlocked that episode) anytime you want, on every character you ever make on your account! You’re no longer limited to completing the episode during its two-week release window. This means that going forward, all of the content and all of the rewards for Living World will be permanent."

We will most likely be able to replay the story missions in each episode. However the Open world content is replayable aswell (or atleast permanent), and fights like the Marionette would fall into this category.

I guess we will find out how all of this will work in just a months time. However i think we should all be grateful for the fact that Arena-net has actually developed features based on the wishes of its community.

I see where your going with this and i think its a really cool idea. Its always nice to see these unique suggestions come up. However in this case i believe there might exist some complications.

This mainly from the time it takes to develop content. We know that the AN crew have multiple teams working on different LS content at the same time, and that the making of this content takes multiple months. This means that it would be very problematic to launch LS content and register how it plays out, and then in just a couple of weeks create new LS content that reflects the actions players took in the previous content.

However if AN would approach it in a way that gives them the time to properly develop such content it could work out. But the time gap between those launches will then most likely be significantly increased.

Still this is a very good idea, and i think AN would agree. We can already see some of this in previous content aswell, as when we elected Ellen Kiel and that reflected on future LS releases.