Guild Wars 2

Verrrrrry interesting. They do have a habit of crashing celebrations…

Ashen.2907:

Sartharina.3542:

Actually, ANet’s the one with the control over releasing content to GW2 – they’re the developers, and the ones making the game. NCSoft is the one that publishes the game, but not the content in the game.

NCSoft is not only ANet’s publisher, but also its owner. I am not saying that NCSoft is exercising hands on influence in GW2 but, as they own the game in its entirety, they could.

And they have! If my memory serves me correctly, NCSoft is the reason we don’t have Cantha.

Suddenly I’m happy I didn’t throw that thing out!

Snowmoon.1758:

Is Season 1 worth paying 50usd for?

Wait to completely ignore the point of the thread.

Anyways, looks like a lot of viable options posted here! I agree that it’s a lot of fun to command an NPC army, and that may be the only way to implement a lot of the content without completely reworking the mechanics.

rincewind.9528:

Well, now my top great expentation is:

- The season one get implemented in the New Story Journal System.
- I still want more of Kas and Jory.
- And Taimi, don’t forget Taimi.
- Still want the swinsuits, school uniforms and miko outfits.

Don’t forget the cat ears, and tentacles, and lingerie, and bare feet!

*shudder *

juno.1840:

So totally confused on the 200 gems to buy old episodes. This one doesn’t make sense to me.

Either a Living Story episode is worth 200 gems, or it isn’t. I hope it is — so why not just change the business model so ALL Season 2 Episodes cost 200 gems each!

Now you’d be delivering content that has value (at least 200 gems of value). You’d be funded by content and not cash shop trash. In short, it’s the B2P model (not the F2P with cash shop).

In the long run that preserves the longevity of the game by putting investment into content and therefore content into the game.

Don’t know why I’m wasting my time typing this as it’ll be buried in a 1000+ response super-thread. Good job moderators (<— sarcasm).

Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 are B2P games. I swear I’m not trying to flame you personally, but we should know they couldn’t get away with completely altering the payment model that drew their player base in the first place, any more than a car dealer could get away with coming back and charging you every couple weeks for a vehicle you’ve already purchased. They’re just doing their best to appease everyone, since everyone seems to hate this game they play so much. Free content on a bi-weekly basis so no one can accuse them of a lack of updates, permanent content so people stop whining about the dynamic world they outlined from the very beginning, available for purchase to placate the folks too busy to log in for fifteen seconds who continually raise hell as if Anet is responsible for their personal schedule. They are bending over backwards to make this game enjoyable and fair for everyone, while still trying to hold on to the tiniest part of their vision of an evolving world.

/rant.

Basically, I think it boils down to judging how many people would be driven into a blind, self-entitled rage by “paid content” versus “free content but pay for missed content,” and choosing the lesser evil.

6 chances.
6 tokens.

…Yup.

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

Einlanzer.1627:

No. Nobody wants all temporary content, and it’s bad for the game. This news is awesome.

Speak for yourself, sir. While I agree that this news is overall good, I’ve always loved the temporary model. I was initially really unhappy about this. I’m warming to the idea now, though. As long as they keep the updates flowing and don’t sacrifice forward movement for permanence.

That’s okay! Some rewards return each year, and generally some are exclusive to the year they were released. I would try to get whatever you can during the holiday, because there is no guarantee it will return. There’s no way to know until the next time the holiday comes.

Test.8734:

HyruleanHyroe.1473:

$50 to buy season 1.

EXACTLY.

$50 = MORE than the price of a MMORPG’s EXPANSION.

Do you REALLY think that the instanced living world content of SEASON 1 was AS MUCH content as an EXPANSION?

So THAT’s how good ArenaNet’s new PRICING model is.

I think WE should COUNT ourselves LUCKY that THEY’RE even CONSIDERING releasing SEASON one AS a PERMANENT unlock-able, AS this WASN’T the ORIGINAL plan. PLUS, as LOLINDIR said, IT wouldn’t BE surprising IF they UNLOCKED episodes FOR players WHO have ALREADY completed THEM, perhaps BASED on META-ACHIEVEMENTS. That MAKES an EPISODE-by-EPISODE price MODEL ideal.

IT also SEEMS silly TO rant ABOUT how TERRIBLE season ONE was AND demand IT be MADE more EASILY available IN the SAME post. DO you WANT it OR not?

Let me clarify. $50 to buy season 1. People really need to get it through their heads that going forward EVERYTHING IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE IF YOU JUST LOG IN. Let’s see, that’s a double-click to open up the .exe, another click to log in and one to start the game. One last click to start playing a character….. carry the seven…. five mouse clicks! Can you all click your mouse five times every two weeks? Can you ask a friend to do it? I’m confident in my ability to do so.

Ohoni.6057:

If I can’t get an achievement like that after a few tries, I have no interest to keep trying over and over for no reward.

My problem with this attitude is that you’re not the only player in the game. Unfortunately, one of the prevailing attitudes among players is that GW2 is turning too casual. There are those of us who do enjoy a challenge, and have been throughout the history of gaming. Why shouldn’t we get content to suit our tastes as well? If you ask me, achievements are an ideal way to deliver. Casual players such as yourself will not miss any story content, and can still get all rewards associated with the story. If you run out of things to do, you could always come back and take a swing at the more difficult tasks. Meanwhile, “hardcore” players will have a more challenging target to hit with a worthwhile reward. That was really the whole idea behind game achievements in the first place, before they turned into the modern world’s “log in for 5 points!” crap.

Charak.9761:

Zaxares.5419:

The Gauntlet is a perfect example of this; no single build is capable of defeating every single opponent.

what.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/fotfw/Guardian-Three-Tiers-of-Gauntlet-Achieve/first#post4081518

Ummm, dude. That’s two builds.

1.) Possibly. IF they do eventually add LS season 1 to the journal it is implied that the associated rewards and achievements would be available as well. Going forward into season 2, they will be.

2.) Again, IF season 1 is eventually added it should all be available.

3.) The cost is ONLY for missed content. During season 2, just log in during an event and it will be unlocked for you.

4.) While Anet’s history with economic balancing isn’t spotless, they do pay attention and surely will find a way to balance this. There will have to be some tradeable rewards, or else players looking to make money won’t be interested in content. On the other hand, there should be some bound rewards to serve as visible proof of completion.

5.) Holiday events are the only remaining true temporary content. They will still come around every year, but when they’re done, they’re done. There are no plans to add them to the journal.

nexxe.7081:

That’s 20 × 200, which equals 4000 gems.

That’s very unreasonable for a new player just starting out.

That’s $50 US. For a whole season worth of infinitely re-playable content (essentially an expansion) that is totally reasonable. It’s just like any other MMO with expansions. If you want to be up-to-date on the story, you need to purchase all expansions released thus far.

Gotta say, this news had me up in arms at first. I’ve been a staunch advocate of temporary content and a world moving forward permanently. However, the blurb about more difficult achievements certainly helps. At least we’ll still have to earn our rewards. I have now gone from knee-jerk against to cautiously hopeful, and steadily warming to the idea. I’ve been happy with almost all of Anet’s moves thus far, and I’m sure this’ll turn out great.

Wethospu.6437:

Let’s assume I do 50% more damage than they do on average (probably more).

Why on earth would we assume that?

FearedbytheGods.8617:

MauricioCezar.2673:

no, for all the thing I don’t care that ante bring back

I’m beat down.

While I agree with you 100% this update screwed any sense of pride I had in previous rewards.

For example the Fervid Censer was specific to the Secret of Southsun. While it wasn’t particularly challenging or involving it was a mark that I was there and I participated.

That moment is gone now.

I don’t care for the horns/halo because to care is to be only disappointed. Rather I’m hopeful that SAB weapons make a return and I can get the ones I missed last time and don’t have to pay the TP for them.

This is my new attitude.

This has been me throughout. I gotta say, I’m a bit disappointed that all these items have been made available again, and just for a bunch of freaking tokens. They were badges of honor, and now they don’t mean anything more than “I did a small amount of grinding during a month long festival.”

As far as I can tell, there is no specific lore within the game referring to the “Four Winds.” Generally, the term “Four Winds” refers to wind blowing from the four cardinal directions (North, South, East and West). It’s most likely a nod to the fact that the Zephyrites live on a flying ship powered both by kites catching naturally occurring wind and by the three aspects of air magic they have developed. They are, in general, very air-themed. That’s probably why both events including them (Bazaar and Festival of the Four Winds) use the phrase.

It would be like a seafaring race having a “Festival of the seven seas.”

~Snap, ninja’d.~

That is AWESOME! What’s your medium?

Thanathos.2063:

…Maybe that clears things up a bit.

Yes it certainly does! Though I’ve got to say, I much prefer “Kralkatoik” and “Mothermooth.”

3 days in, and Season 2 is boring as hell. It’s like nothing’s even changed!

VergilDeZaniah.3295:

Last year, Dragon Bash lasted for a month, from June 11 to July 9. Yet this year they could throw some kind of Dragon Bash from, let’s say, next week or within two weeks, and the party could be crashed by Mordy on July 2

That’s what I said!

These posts make me sad. :’(

I feel like I’m the only one left who loves the game. Stick to your guns, Anet! I’m sure season 2 will be awesome!

Offworld.3986:

Easier said than done when one lacks an active guild.

There are an awful lot of guilds out there. It should be a pretty simple matter to find one that’s active in WvWvW.

That being said, I agree that a buyback option would be great to have. Other vendors have it. The only problem I could see would be using the consumable equipment packs you get as currency, since it’d have to take that back out of your inventory. Still, that doesn’t seem at all outside the realm of feasibility.

This is just too good.

Louveepine.7630:

talking about something important:
  is that the map will remain? = 3

what? why look at me like that?

• cough *

ok. ok. * be hidden *

I love posts like this.

IrishPotato.6327:

I disagree as well with the OP. A city that’s been central for centuries and in game couldn’t possibly be abandoned. Characters in game have their lives in that city, and they won’t just up and leave without trying to rebuild. It’s like Alpha said it’s about changing the world we play in and seeing it change

I like change, too. I just feel like rebuilding right away takes away some of the impact of losing it. I was hoping they’d at least hold off for a while.

As long as the layout/appearance is SIGNIFICANTLY changed when it’s finished I won’t complain too awful much. If they just restore the same city with a couple of reskins, that’s just a cop-out.

I agree with OP, never wanted to see LA rebuilt. Honestly, I was hoping the miasma would be a permanent addition or it’d be Mordy’s new home and they’d convert it to an elite zone. They could build a new hub elsewhere because LA has become too dangerous.

Malganis.7468:

Mark Katzbach.9084:

Maaaamaaaaaa! Just killed a warband! Put my hammer against their heads, took a swing and now their dead.

they’re*

Norn male and human female:
[img]http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4e413eeb69bedd8f0b00000c/shaquille-oneal.jpg[/img]

PERFECT.

The Zephyrites always had various Asian influences. I really doubt this is any indication of Canthan content, since last I heard that were effectively forbidden from releasing Canthan content.

panzer.6034:

Kurrilino.2706:

Beside that i can guarantee you that the maps are already created and they just appear blurry to us.
No company would be stupid enough to leave everyhting empty just to figure out what to do later

Are you serious?

IKR? This isn’t just well-crafted trolling, is it?

Why don’t we just skip adding Squirrels and go straight to separate Redwall MMO? Any takers?

kitten, I’ve been pulling for keeping LA rubble, maybe building a new city elsewhere. Ah, well.

Psyched! I’ve been holding on to 50-odd gauntlet tickets just in case. Zephyr sanctum was one of my all time favorite releases, so excited to revisit. I usually fight for permanence and temporary content, so I’m glad they chose the events they did to bring back since they can actually make some canonical sense.

Also, DEFINITELY expecting blade shard merchant here. Sanctum has collectors of every other random trinket lying around, so it seems obvious.

I get them from map completion probably 2 times out of 5.

LamaFc.4269:

The Lion’s Arch that I have known for over a decade is gone… And I wasn’t there to see it. Mega sad-face emotes abound

The Lion’s Arch you had known was gone at the release of GW2, destroyed by the awakening of Zhaitan.

Kurrilino.2706:

This is exactly what destroys GW2 for so many people.
Instead an open mind or creativity people have to listen to what is not possible only.

Imma get in on this too.

I think a large part of why you’re suggestions are being shot down are because they show an inconsistent or incomplete understanding of the events of GW1 and GW2. It is important to maintain canon within a fictional setting as much as possible in order to create any sense of realism or permanence in the world. Wanting to preserve that is not being “closed-minded.” I truly doubt that protecting the integrity of the lore is “destroying” the game.

The idea of introducing a story arc involving the dwarves is a good one. As another poster suggested, they will almost certainly be involved in the battle against Primordius when it rolls around. However, Anet is currently very occupied with the China release. New content takes time and resources, and this would be new content. The idea that they could simply drag-and-drop maps and models from GW1 to a totally separate game is simply wrong. An existing concept does not mean existing resources. A new map would have to be built from the ground up, new story written, new voice acting recorded, new models built and animated, new events coded; the list goes on and on. It’s would be great as an eventual future release, but you really are trivializing the amount of work required for any new content.

Trouble.3859:

Could it be that the first update we’ll get is the aftermath of Mordremoth’s awakening ? Possibly some really big destruction in Maguuma ?

Again any information you may have on this is welcome

Between your observations, this thread, and this thread, the potential for Mordremoth’s crashing the Dragon Festival seems too delicious to pass up.

“Yay Tyria, boo dragons, we will never— OH KITTEN WHAT IS THAT?!”

It’ll be part of next Halloween’s content. Dump 100 candy corn cobs into the thing to cause it tooth decay, then smash it with a limited edition TP-ing finisher.

I’d be fine with keeping ascended gear account bound if only we could buy/sell the kitten materials.

Tuomir.1830:

And if you’re not referring to magic, please do cite a source.

My guess is he means the humans skills.

Hounds of Balthazar
Prayer to Dwayna
Prayer to Lyssa
Prayer to Kormir
Avatar of Melandru
Reaper of Grenth

Logically, the 6 Gods must have some power within Tyria to be able to fulfill prayers and transform heroes like that.

Lil Puppy.5216:

And I believe his love’s descendant Eda owns an apple orchard in Queensdale that’s plagued by spiders.

Perfect! Bring back the traveler, and work in some crazy predestined romantic epic while you’re at it.

Kurrilino.2706:

HyruleanHyroe.1473:

RedTurtle.7048:

They have lost the majority of their player base for a reason. The game needs an expansion if they want those players back, that I can guarantee.

Where the hell do people keep pulling this statistic from? Is Anet emailing you with their demographic numbers every week? Seriously, speak for yourself and let others agree or disagree with you. The fact that you are unhappy with a feature does not mean GW2 has lost over half of their players. That would be ludicrous.

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I guess there are going by an gaming industries financial interview of a NC-Soft guys last year if i remember right.
He was asked that F2P is still a good idea.
The answer was kinda we can pay our bills but it could be better and that it dropped.
Of course dropping is relative to having all the cash flow coming in after the release.
Anyways… it was mentioned that there are a lot of dead accounts.

Of course it was never said something like half of the players are gone.
But many GW1 vets are just not pleased how stuff is handled and the direction the game is going.

But all that is just a guess why people say something like that

Well at least there’s a starting point, even if it’s clearly been exaggerated. I’m totally fine with wanting new content, etc. I do, too. I just HATE unsubstantiated claims like that.

Dragonax.6487:

Tequati’s fight is something the Zhaitan’s fight should have been like. Even if he is weakened he is still a being equal to God man, getting destroyed by a big baloon with laser cannon is ridiculous.

I think this touches on my real issue. These Elder Dragons are supposed to be incredible, supernatural, God-Slaying forces of planetary extinction. “Press big red button to fire magic laser,” while a valid means of killing a dragon, is hardly the best fodder for a climactic battle in an epic fantasy game. I love this game, but Zhaitan could be soooooooo much better. Even if they just copped out with a “magically get real big and punch him like the Megazord” deal, it would have been preferable.

oloap.9765:

I really like the Largos- as cliche as the dark and mysterious angel of death theme is
An underwater city would be very interesting and I find the little that we know of their society very intriguing.

I vote for lagros too, of all the races they are the only one theat would persuade me to make a new char..

i’m surprised nobody is voucing for them!

Why stop at a city? Underwater dungeon, underwater World Bosses, underwater zones… Talk about room for expansion!

Chewablesleeptablet.3185:

The living story keeps the game alive. I know the devs needed time off from making content on a bi-weekly basis , but the game gets really stagnant if there isn’t new content being thrown at us.

Season 2 will obviously be better than Season 1 because the devs now have a good idea of how to present content and lore. I personally would like to see more detailed cutscenes similar to the crown pavilion(Lord Faren’s fall :P) , marjory’s entrance, scarlet’s death. All of these cutscenes should be replayable even after that living story sequence is over. Yes you can find these on youtube somewhere but they should be in the game.

So far it feels there is really nothing to do in PvE except the ever so boring train. Spvp has definitely improved with the feature patch but I am getting burnt out.

I wish Anet would give us a bite of something that is soon to come. I am hungry.

I would certainly also like to see the start of LS2, but I think we need to be patient. It has been about a month and a half since the end of season one, and just the term ‘season’ should imply a significant gap between them. As much as I want new content, I don’t think flaming Anet will help.

Not that you are, OP! This is actually one of the more kindly and reasonably worded rants on the forums.

SweetPotato.7456:

Absence makes the heart grows fonder NOT
Hearts on the map, if you do not maintain your relationship with these “heart” people for too long, like never going to a map for too long (not necessary visiting each heart merchant), those hearts are going to fade off. Off course, you will still have your “been there done that” title, but the heart merchants will not remember you much if you do not visits them. If you constant helping out in one map, they just might give you extra discounts or something better.

I actually am interested in this idea (or an interpretation of it) myself. It could make for a neat mechanic, add a little bit of replay to certain areas, and possibly enhance realism. Curious.

As for the rest, sorry, it just sounds like you want to be a farmer. Facebook’s the place for that, lol.

RedTurtle.7048:

They have lost the majority of their player base for a reason. The game needs an expansion if they want those players back, that I can guarantee.

Where the hell do people keep pulling this statistic from? Is Anet emailing you with their demographic numbers every week? Seriously, speak for yourself and let others agree or disagree with you. The fact that you are unhappy with a feature does not mean GW2 has lost over half of their players. That would be ludicrous.

This is really interesting and exciting! Looking forward to cutting down devourers in the jungle again.