Guild Wars 2

I was lucky enough to get to play some of the LW, but seeing as I had a new baby at the time it kept me from being able to experience all of the new content every two weeks (especially completing all of the achievements). I would LOVE to see this come back, and I definitely think it would be worth the devs’ time to do so.

Here are my thoughts on talk of previous ways to implement this. People have talked about instances, and I do not think that is a good way to go about it. One, it would take WAY too much time to do. Two, I think that removes SO much that was part of the LW, and that has been talked about in depth above in other replies (mainly the open map items). I also think just simply having a map copy to replay the content is also not a good idea, much for the same reason above.

Here is the way I can see going about this that would make it worth it:
Have separate servers that house the original maps that people can access in order to replay the content. This should be done via a portal in LA or through a button click like entering the PvP Lobby (perhaps a button you click within the Story Journal?). But instead of making it complicated by everybody replaying the content at different times, it would fantastic to simply take the content and release it on a steady two week schedule just as they did originally. This way everybody is on the same map at the same time, it will still have all of the open world greatness as it originally did, all the content and maps will change all at the same time, and it will be replayable on a set schedule. If you miss that two week slot, better luck next year! BUT at least it WILL BE replayable! By doing this, it will also knock out some of the “grind” of just working through a season quickly. You will also be limited in time that you can acquire the achievements related to each part of the story, so it will keep us in the game (as a whole) more often because we HAVE to be there for the content or risk not being able to replay for over a year.

Not only is this possible, but it will take a HUGE stress off of ANet in more than one way. They will finally have people off of their backs about making the LW replayable, and they will have a significantly less amount of work to do in order to get that up and running. All of the code still exists in an archive, even though it was meant to be “temporary,” so it would (more or less) just be a matter of making a way to access those servers with the old content and figuring out a release schedule that complies with that content.

Thoughts?