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Guild Wars 2: What's Next - MMORPG.com

This week there was a blog post from Mike Z, Game Director, to let all of us know a bit more about what ArenaNet’s plan moving forward after the recent layoffs and to give us some idea of what we have to look forward to in Guild Wars 2 moving forward. If you haven’t read it yet you really should because aside from there being some specific things on the horizon there’s also a lot of exciting potentials set forth here.

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Greatsword

Sounds like premium maintenance mode

mallettjt

Anet shill "No more expansions and here's why that's a good thing."

Pher0cious

Here's what's next:

Guild Wars 3, full progress wipe.

Warlyx

so no new classes nor elite specs ever?

Scot

"Some people might decry this as a terrible thing as expansions hype the game up and create larger influxes of cash all at once, but I think no more expansions might be the better long-term call here."

In other news the government announces there will be no expansions of existing services be they social services or defence and every business in the country announces no new expansions be they of staff, premises or new business locations.

'But I think no more expansions might be the better long-term call here as well' said Scott clearly as off his head as Mr Baird.

Aeander

If we still get new elite specs, I'm fine with no expansions. They could roll them out one at a time. If we do not get new elite specs, I am done. "Balance" is not a valid reason to not add new skills to a game that has too few skills. 

Arlee

Warlyx said:

so no new classes nor elite specs ever?

I don’t think no new ones ever is likely but letting the new ones settle a bit is probably not a bad choice. Also, I’d really prefer them to stick to only adding them when they’ll add something meaningful to the profession rather than falling into the trap of adding them because “ermg the players expect it”.

alkarionlog

mallettjt said:

Anet shill "No more expansions and here's why that's a good thing."

well its kinda true both expansion bring nothing really new, they just did because 2 reasons, people asked so they could give then money(idiots), and to test how stupid would be the player base to support this

but what they really did? dumbed down system and put it on rail so people are forced to play in a way they want, and all living story was on halt for more then 6 months till they launch the expansion in a bulk.

serious the way expansion was made was a money grab, what was worse is players asked. so not having a expansion now would be a good thing, problem is the damage is already done and no one who did leave will return, and with is worse they ahve nothing good going on for then to even try to gather new people

APThug

When I read Mike Z's post, I didnt get the impression that they wouldn't release any more expansions.

I dont think they originally wanted to release expansions, but instead just improve the game with more updates and steady content.

Expansions though, do have a lot of weight behind them. And not just in their content but also in their reach to people. Even people who dont even play the game, when they hear expansion they all become interested to see what it could be about. Updates or living story isn't much of a buzz word to most people regardless or not if the update was a game changer or improved things.

I also remember them saying they would start releasing updates/content that would normally be left up to expansions, but released in living world updates.

drumchannell

All ANET has to do was to continue creating expansions for the original Guild Wars. Instead, they chose to remove everything that made the original Guild Wars so amazing and turned the second into a theme park experience with no purpose.

Asch126

Anet truly has no idea what they're doing anymore. This is prime damage control at its finest.

Lokero

Anyone remember The Flintstones when the aliens cloned Fred?  The alien clones ran around only ever saying one thing -- "Yabba Dabba Doo" "Yabba Dabba Doo" "Yabba Dabba Doo"

I picture Anet's management running around doing the exact same thing.  Only, they are running around saying: "Living World Story" "Living World Story" "Living World Story" "Living World Story"

GeezerGamer

Warlyx said:

so no new classes nor elite specs ever?

Elite Specs only intensified cookie cutter builds.

What they should do from here, is to work on balancing the specs they have to create more viable and diverse builds for what players want to do.

So instead of having 1 build that is best for raiding, one build that is best for PVP, 1 for WVW and another for OW. They should have several optional play styles for each. So you can play your profession in more possible ways in your intended path.

Truvidien88

So.. Should I continue to invest time into learning this game or look at my other options? :P

Lokero

Truvidien88 said:

So.. Should I continue to invest time into learning this game or look at my other options? :P

If you like the combat or the classes, etc., it can keep you busy for a while.  Just don't expect a really deep game waiting for you.

It's not like the game is going to shut down in the next year or anything.  And, the world is gorgeous, so fun to explore and travel through.

It's shallow, casual fun.

Honestly, my favorite part of the game is the Christmas mini-games.  That Snowball PVP mini-game is the best thing the game has to offer, imho

I also like the jumping puzzles, though, so I often go back just during the holidays and then don't play for like another year since I've already explored the world.

I only ever completed 1 or 2 legendaries, and they are so not worth the grind involved.  But, for the most part the game is pretty much all about grinding gold/materials/currencies/pvp ranks, etc.  They add a new currency with every new zone/LW update just to keep people grinding more ridiculous garbage.

There's enough storyline to keep you busy for a while, but it is tiered by level, so a lot of it isn't available early on.

dekkion1

well whatever they are gonna do...they better figure it out fast!!
cause FF14's new  class  is lookin mighty good these days.

SplitStream13

It'd be awesome if they move their lazy asses and implement DIrectX 12 without telling me shit that it won't change much. The fucking community implemented Dx12 on their own without access to the game's source code and it's boosts framerate with up to 30%.

This is just sad.

Ungood

Truvidien88 said:

So.. Should I continue to invest time into learning this game or look at my other options? :P

Well it's a 7 year old game, with a lot of, let's call it "trial and error" development in it, and it shows.

But the real answer is, If you are having fun, keep playing, if you are not having fun, it's time to move on.

Scellow

> we could focus on expanding the boundaries and content of an existing map if that would provide a better experience than creating a new one

Ohh after many years they finally understand
That's the only good thing about this blog post...

Scorchien

They need to go full out F2P and offer all exp content , and up there Cosmetic shop game , or they will find themselves in trouble by end of 19 , with no expansions on the horizon a depleted staff they still must show NC something , the bottom of NCSoft stable is not a place anyone stays long , one way or another..

Ungood

Making Core F2P was a huge mistake for them. They should have kept the B2P model.

maskedweasel

Ungood said:

Making Core F2P was a huge mistake for them. They should have kept the B2P model.

What they needed to do is keep the old model and take out all the living world nonsense. It should have been their plan from the start.  Package everything in a yearly release, new classes, new specializations, 1 box price, just like GW1.  

Belt out the holiday junk like they do, but make any real content an expansion, one with a focus.

They are where they are because there's just not much to spend money on. Players that play the game religiously... yeah they have enough gold to convert to gems.  People who only come in every few months? Yeah, they aren't going to spend money on frivolous cosmetics.  

They are creating content.. they just aren't creating compelling content. If they compiled everything into a single release and sold it periodically, maybe they wouldn't have had to lay off so many people.

APThug

Apparently everyone's an expert on what Anet should and should not have done. And most of them have either barely played or haven't played long enough. Kappa 

mallettjt

APThug said:

Apparently everyone's an expert on what Anet should and should not have done. And most of them have either barely played or haven't played long enough. Kappa 

Oh dang I didn't even know this site showed your play time in gw2. When did they add that feature?

Alders

maskedweasel said:

Ungood said:

Making Core F2P was a huge mistake for them. They should have kept the B2P model.

What they needed to do is keep the old model and take out all the living world nonsense. It should have been their plan from the start.  Package everything in a yearly release, new classes, new specializations, 1 box price, just like GW1.  

Belt out the holiday junk like they do, but make any real content an expansion, one with a focus.

They are where they are because there's just not much to spend money on. Players that play the game religiously... yeah they have enough gold to convert to gems.  People who only come in every few months? Yeah, they aren't going to spend money on frivolous cosmetics.  

They are creating content.. they just aren't creating compelling content. If they compiled everything into a single release and sold it periodically, maybe they wouldn't have had to lay off so many people.

Completely agree with this. I want expansions. They excite me. The Living World not so much.