4 for the announcement itself, it was exactly what they announced they were going to announce (a concept I still find strange): the new Living World season, or saga or whatever we call the episodes now. (A) new map(s), a new mastery, more lore - all the things we've come to expect from a Living World season are there.
Mildly irritated by the merch announcements in the middle of the whole thing, minor stuff like that belongs towards the end and not smack in the middle of your big announcement.
Problem is, that's _all_ they announced. They had the communitys attention and pretty much only told us about things we knew were coming (though it's nice to have Swiss tournaments somewhat confirmed). What we needed to hear was something, however vague, about where GW2 is headed beyond Season 5.
Are there plans to do another expansion? If not, does "expansion-like" content for the LW include new elite specs?
What, if anything, are they intending to do for dungeons, fractals, raids and WvW in the future or can we at least get confirmation development for these areas is done for good? What _**about**_ Alliances?
I wasn't exactly expecting any solid answers but something along the lines of "we are _currently planning_ to release a new expansion after Season 5 is finished" or "going forward we are _planning_ to release all our content as part of the Living World formula" would have done a lot to let the community know where we're headed and stop the wild speculating we're not doing ourselves any favors with. Even if we would not have liked what their plans are it's better than the uncertainty we're left with.
On the whole it feels like they completely failed to acknowledge the situation the community is in so my overall satisfaction sits where it was before the announcement: firmly at 3.
[POLL] How satisfied are you about the August 30th announcement regarding the future of GW2?
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4 for the announcement itself, it was exactly what they announced they were going to announce (a concept I still find strange): the new Living World season, or saga or whatever we call the episodes now. (A) new map(s), a new mastery, more lore - all the things we've come to expect from a Living World season are there.
Mildly irritated by the merch announcements in the middle of the whole thing, minor stuff like that belongs towards the end and not smack in the middle of your big announcement.
Problem is, that's _all_ they announced. They had the communitys attention and pretty much only told us about things we knew were coming (though it's nice to have Swiss tournaments somewhat confirmed). What we needed to hear was something, however vague, about where GW2 is headed beyond Season 5.
Are there plans to do another expansion? If not, does "expansion-like" content for the LW include new elite specs?
What, if anything, are they intending to do for dungeons, fractals, raids and WvW in the future or can we at least get confirmation development for these areas is done for good? What _**about**_ Alliances?
I wasn't exactly expecting any solid answers but something along the lines of "we are _currently planning_ to release a new expansion after Season 5 is finished" or "going forward we are _planning_ to release all our content as part of the Living World formula" would have done a lot to let the community know where we're headed and stop the wild speculating we're not doing ourselves any favors with. Even if we would not have liked what their plans are it's better than the uncertainty we're left with.
On the whole it feels like they completely failed to acknowledge the situation the community is in so my overall satisfaction sits where it was before the announcement: firmly at 3.