Guild Wars 2

The estimation is around 10 gig, since the system requirements have 10 gig more HD space required when compared to vanilla.

https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/94582027-Heart-of-Thorns-Pre-Purchase-FAQ

I don’t see why a game can’t cater to both audiences.
Sure, they are adding raids, but the game has always, and will surely in the future cater to the more casual audience as well.
With a new personal story, tons of open world content, a new wvw map and the upcoming living world season 3 there should be plenty for both audiences.

Lots of skills is against the design strategy of gw2. Skill acces is based mostly on cooldown, so adding lots of skills would break the game. Now you make the argument that adding just situational utilities is an option, but that might allow a certain class to fill too much of a role, and would reduce the already limited amount of teamplay required due to the lack of a trinity. The limited number of skills was a clear design decision made by the devs very early on and is an intigral part of the way gw2 plays.

That being said, it looks like the revenant leans a bit more to the system you seem to desire, so maybe give that a go once the expansion comes out

If you don’t mind me asking, what is the source of the ele sword.
I know there was a guardian with a longbow in the wvw footage, but I don’t recall seeing an elementalist wielding a sword.
Not saying you’re wrong, I may have missed it.

meeeh, dont care
With the current state of actual endgame content in the game I think the developers can spend their time better than this.

I think this thread is rather pathetic.
Begging for beta invites like a bunch of hobo’s.

That being said….. please picke me

Not a bad idea.
There are however a lot of cool possible legends and only so many utility slots the revenant can get.
We’ll have to wait and see

I think there is room for tinkering 500 in the form of ascended infusion.
And maybe cooking 500 in the form of ascended dyes? (some nice dye effects maybe?)
Dont think theyll add food with better stats, since its probably against their idea of game progression.

long story short, there are possibilities here, but probably not for HoT

A way to find your mouse would be sooooo helpful.
Maybe put a hotkey in the options menu that focusses the arrow in the center of the screen?

Donari.5237:

Labeling those would help! First one you linked is BogOtter’s Masteries video. Second is his run through of the Stronghold PvP. Third I closed fast because it’s the first Story instance in HoT and I do NOT want spoilers on story.

Done!
And no major spoilers in the story, mostly stuff we already knew

Now several people were invited to preview HoT
Bogotter just posted his vids.
Add vids here as they are being released

So far:
BogOtter masteries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhOLYMveY0U
BogOtter stronghold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-4fMA4HB-s
Aurora Peachy personal story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010AedkzQiY
MattVisual PVE stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO1yFFeMU8s
MMORPG demo footage: http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/473/view/videos/play/4082/Heart-of-Thorns-Gameplay-Demo.html
Jebro stronghold footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpculA4g5Lk
Shinryuku demo footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nku3zmTOQ4M&feature=youtu.be&a

articles:
http://www.pcgamer.com/guild-wars-2-heart-of-thorns-hands-on-entering-the-jungle/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/03/03/first-look-guild-wars-2-heart-of-thorns/
http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=35785
http://massivelyop.net/2015/03/03/hands-on-with-guild-wars-2s-revenant/

More emblem options would be pretty sweet.
Don’t know how dificult this would be to implement, but can’t imagine its too much work.

Dueling does exist in some way in some of the hotjoin pvp maps.
Not a top priority to add it as a seperate feature right now though in my opinion

I think runes already are pretty usfeful, although mostly the major ones.
Players already make money putting them in the mystic forge.
A better way to store them could be in order though, but is not a top priority imho

since gw2 endgame progression is so focussed on cosmetic improvements:
my guess would be no….
In reality i find exotics too easy to obtain if anything and most skinned exotics dont cost more than a few gold on the trading post.
Don’t really see the problem myself, but maybe there are a few specific skins i’m missing

Soooo,…. am I the only one who liked the stream?
Am I the only one who apreciates the open attitude of the developers and the constant updates so shortly after the expansion anouncement.
I personally find half the posts in this thread far more insulting than anything said in the twitch chatbox that evening.
Learn to have some patience people, more information will come soon.

And great job on the livestream, Big fan of PoI format

More steampunk medium armor for my engineer!!
And give me some cool steampunk hammers!!

Norn for sure.
They already have a link to spirits, and their huge bodies make heavy armor look amazing.
This class has norn all over it imho