Guild Wars 2

Kal.9760:

In terms of a solution, I’ve read of several ways people would like to see this done.

• A “Storybook” feature(perhaps purchasable from a scribe/historian) . This would allow players to visit past content. (Apparently something like this exists in the original GW).
• Re-introduce the content on an anniversary date(annually?). This way the content is still “temporary”, but players can rest assured that even if they miss something, it will eventually return at a later date.
• Expansions. Allow players to purchase earlier content that they’ve missed.

Either way I think the option should be there. Players new to GW2/players with busy schedules just feel excluded knowing that they’ve missed out on great content/earning achievements and players who have actually had the chance to play the temporary content will want to do so again. I speak for all my friends when I say we dislike the constant “Play it while you can because it won’t be here for long” mentality.

Any of those great options would work! I hope Anet will really consider doing something like that soon:)

Dustfinger.9510:

I like the living world. A-net has already said that every temporary thing they put in is possible future content so everyone already gets what they want because they will be recycling what works while keeping things fresh.

Does it mean these currently temporary events might be repeated some day again, or perhaps, become a part of a new DLC, expansion pack or a quest series with corresponding achievements that currently are open? I hope A-Net will do it…

Duke Nukem.6783:

perhaps much of it isnt temporary contant, gw2 hasnt been out long enough for us to see but alot of the stuff in gw1 was seasonal and always returned the same time next year.

Yes ,you’re right, there was the same event going every year over and over again, for example Chinese New Year, it just had different pets as a present every year in GW1. But in GW2 events like Flame and Frost don’t look like they will be ever repeated again. I can see Halloween event being the same or at least similar to the previous one, but not Flame and Frost, Southsun or Karka event.

I totally agree with the author of the topic. I missed just a few months while events like Flame & Frost, Southsun and Wintersday 2012 were up runing, and now I am left with an unfinished stories and a bunch of open achievements that will follow me everywhere. I don’t think I will ever play GW2 after that…

Don’t get me wrong, GW is a great game, probably the best MMORPG ever made, but this temporary BS is leaving causal players behind and in an aesthetic disadvantage to regular players.

“Great” job, Arenanet…

So events like Flame and Frost aren’t replayable for good? I just didn’t have a chance to play them from the beginning, I was off GW2 for few months now, but I kinda want to catch up and recover whatever I missed in that time…

And I can see that I still have open achievements for F&F in my log. Now it’s just gonna be a nasty reminder for me for what I’ve missed…:( I hope Arenanet will make them available once again some day.

Kinda off the topic’s question, but are these Living Story’s missions and achievements temporary and available only during certain period of time? Or I can still get them all, even if I haven’t played GW2 for months?