HnRkLnXqZ.1870 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 _I was there Gandalf. I was there, ~~3000 years ago~~ in 2016._ Highpass Haven, waiting for Seis Burnheart to show up. Yep. Been there, done that. Cya next tuesday o/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloc Freidon.5692 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 When they said Champions was in four chapters, it sounded like there were four whole episodes worth of at least story content across the next several months. We didn't think they would literally split up a single episode across half a year. This is actually the worst case scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solanum.6983 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 > @"radda.8920" said: > as expected, there are 7 DRMs left so surely 3 for the January update and 4 for the March update > With the final episode which may have a little more content > 6 months of horror, thank you arena I highly doubt that's the case, They said there would be content released in the weeks between episodes and maps for the other missions are already in the game files with some story related assets so we'll be getting some story progress with them. I think they might be doing an update every 2 weeks. Hopefully these mission either get interesting or we can be done with them by January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenom.9457 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 I know its disappointing and the lack of communication on how this works is garbage, but to be fair it's been _one week._ That really isn't all too long, it's most likely we'll be getting updates every two weeks (except late december maybe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugo.4705 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 > @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said: > > @"hugo.4705" said: > > So sensed to wait for january? So big disapointment; don't see how the pace is faster... Next missions in 2 months.... god, was hyping so much for today! Thought there would be a content drop every 2 weeks... u_u well dunnno what I expected. But not gonna redo again and again those three missions until january. It a new content named Chapters and I already hate it. > > > > https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-icebrood-saga-champions/ > > > > In the weeks between releases, each chapter will continue to evolve with new content and ways to play. => LIES ?! > > > > Now the treachery you uncovered in the north has left your allies shaken, and you’ll need to rely on the bonds of trust between you to survive what’s coming. > > => Everyone is now dumb, jormag is life, jormag is love. > > > > Dragon Response Missions, which can be tackled solo or in a group of up to five players. In these encounters, you’ll head to invasion points to shore up defenses and protect the area from rampaging dragon minions. Work together with allied reinforcements to neutralize powerful dragon champions—the ultimate threat at the heart of the assaults. => Ultimate threat? Lol > > > > What all the promises of stunning events implying the community and remembering the era of LS1? No big community votes like the election of kiel. Smaller and smaller rushed, unfinished nourishing and content rich releases... The downfall is so big now. God what happens since the orriginal beautiful universe with the core maps, skippable artwork dialogues, dungeons and real living story? It just can't be serious, letting the players with nothing until next update two month later? Is it that, the cost of making Cantha expansion? If that is chapter 1. I'm scared of the 3 other chapters. > > > > AND SO, if I understand well, WE CAN'T PROGRESS THE MASTERY UNTIL JANUARY?!! still no dragon crystal 2 OH BOI > > It's not been 2 weeks, so....perhaps there will be a change next Tuesday. I do hope so next thuesday, if not, another thing like the chaotic speak to bangar achievement, that thing wasn't even regular. For the last dialogues I don't even remember how much time we waited for it. But the next episode is when, january 2021? so it is likely to come mid-way in december. It came the 17th november if i assume next episode is 17th january, so 17th december. And next week is the 1... so dunno I'm doubtful about next week too now -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg.7086 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Same as everyone else here, was expecting today as well. I guess now its January 2021 we'll get the next update: https://www.guildwars2.com/en-gb/news/the-icebrood-saga-champions/ ^^ Perhaps clever game design by Anet: Maybe their plan is to "disguise": ONE x Chapter/Story/Saga/Update/Epsiode worth of NEW CONTENT into 4 different sections ( Truce, Power, Balance, Judgement), with the assmuption that they can say and/or make players think they are getting 4 different full updates! In my humble opinion, it seems they are just drip feeding us 25% worth of New Content on each of the 4 releases ( if you can call what we have had so far exciting new content ? ) over a staggering 7 MONTH PERIOD !!! - Chuck a few "ready-made" festivals inbetween and its a cheap, easy role out of content from here until May 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radda.8920 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 > @"Solanum.6983" said: > > @"radda.8920" said: > > as expected, there are 7 DRMs left so surely 3 for the January update and 4 for the March update > > With the final episode which may have a little more content > > 6 months of horror, thank you arena > > I highly doubt that's the case, They said there would be content released in the weeks between episodes and maps for the other missions are already in the game files with some story related assets so we'll be getting some story progress with them. I think they might be doing an update every 2 weeks. > Hopefully these mission either get interesting or we can be done with them by January. **Upcoming chapters feature (1:09)** and we can see, thunderhead peaks, fields of ruin, bloodtide coast and snowden drifts DRM during this sentence. So we will have at least 4 DRM after the January update. And '' Upcoming chapter**s** '' mean more than one chapter, So I can see them adding lots of other DRM until the end. Everything is predictable about the content that will be added. It's just that people watched the trailer too quickly and didn't understand his meaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliamRationem.5172 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 > @"Jilora.9524" said: > Like I don't care that there wasn't new content or was announced every 2 weeks but not telling us what the eff is going on leads to speculation. And I speculated that an effing count down would lead to something more then nothing. This is so...ANet. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaralyna.3104 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 > @"radda.8920" said: > > @"Solanum.6983" said: > > > @"radda.8920" said: > > > as expected, there are 7 DRMs left so surely 3 for the January update and 4 for the March update > > > With the final episode which may have a little more content > > > 6 months of horror, thank you arena > > > > I highly doubt that's the case, They said there would be content released in the weeks between episodes and maps for the other missions are already in the game files with some story related assets so we'll be getting some story progress with them. I think they might be doing an update every 2 weeks. > > Hopefully these mission either get interesting or we can be done with them by January. > > > > **Upcoming chapters feature (1:09)** > and we can see, thunderhead peaks, fields of ruin, bloodtide coast and snowden drifts DRM during this sentence. So we will have at least 4 DRM after the January update. > > And '' Upcoming chapter**s** '' mean more than one chapter, So I can see them adding lots of other DRM until the end. > Everything is predictable about the content that will be added. It's just that people watched the trailer too quickly and didn't understand his meaning. > > By the looks of this, what we have currently is all we will get for this episode "Champions". Except they do mention Ebon Vanguard as allies at 0.48 (did we get these npcs around?) . As for the achievements, the living world that came is called "Champions" and not "Champions: Truce" on the story overview in game... So I fear this is gonna be all we get till expansion (the other parts of the Champions to be added on 2 month interval not being more than what we got this time) :/ Am still waiting on "expansion like features" and build loadouts ain't one of them. That's a gem store thing, not a feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury ranique.2170 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 I know we are not allowed to talk about datamined content (see the forum rules), but it seems the next parts are allready in game and do not require another patch. I hope Arenanet clears up how it works and what to expect and when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josiah.2967 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Wait..so the timer was just for the event that was to mind numbing to participate in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coso.9173 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 if only we could get some clarification by ANET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilora.9524 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 The fear becomes if nothing next Tue we are done then Jan we get 3 drm and march 3 drm then may is the big drm vs Primordus which adds up to 10 and we only unlock 1 or 2 masteries per chapter. So yeah anet tell us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadi.6025 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 > @"coso.9173" said: > if only we could get some clarification by ANET > They're on holiday break so check back in January. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voltaicbore.8012 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 > @"Fueki.4753" said: > It's nothing but a major disappointment. > > Why did they even bother with the big announcement? > > Making the trailer probably was more expensive than making this shallow content droplet of recycled assets. Exactly. Remember the huge deal they made out of the IBS launch, making it sound like we were really going to see expansion-like content in a LW release schedule. We all know that was absolute kitten at this point, but they had a nonsensically big announcement about it. Turns out the Champions marketing fanfare is more of the same nonsense. I find it hard to blame ANet at this point for how utterly stupid marketing turns out to be. The truth seems to be that their standards for the finale of Champions is the lowest for any GW2 content we've seen thus far, but that's not really something they can come out and say. There'd be just as large an outcry (and many people would likely stop playing) if they straight up told us, "so guys, we don't have the juice to make this any better, it's just one lackluster chapter trickled out over 6 months. Sorry." On the other hand, the result of hyping up something that's clearly not that good is what we're seeing now. The middle ground of a smaller announcement is also nonexistent in this case, I think. If they had told us very little about it, and we got content of this quality, I think we'd be just as pissed that they were hiding the thin-ness of the content from us. **The entire marketing problem starts with the fact that the underlying product being marketed, Champions, is just plain awful.** There's just no way to win the marketing battle there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psientist.6437 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 To understand the plan you must forget the plan. This is some 5th dimensional kitten wrangling. The community event timer makes sense if you embrace it not having to make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocki.4931 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Stop assuming the absolute worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astralporing.1957 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 > @"Blocki.4931" said: > Stop assuming the absolute worst. We're not. If you think it is an absolute worst, you are a true optimist. Trust me, it can _always_ get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radda.8920 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 > @"Astralporing.1957" said: > > @"Blocki.4931" said: > > Stop assuming the absolute worst. > Trust me, it can _always_ get worse. > Don't tell me scarlet will resurrect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 > @"radda.8920" said: > > @"Astralporing.1957" said: > > > @"Blocki.4931" said: > > > Stop assuming the absolute worst. > > > Trust me, it can _always_ get worse. > > > Don't tell me scarlet will resurrect? > They did say EoD was the culmination of what was started in ls1 ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitarskee.5738 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I didn't expect them to add more of DRMs in chapter 1 to be honest. It was kinda logical how's it gonna play out with that knowing the amount of episodes and DRMs kinda match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven Star Stalker.1740 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 this is pure speculation but: I want to baselessly believe the patches are deliberately uneven. In that this one will be small, the next one might be similar sized, but then after that we'll get maybe a new map, and the other patches will unlock sections of the map that culminate in the ending or lead-in to EoD. It's pretty unlikely though given they said they were aiming for that S1 feel. But I also think the whole dynamic of fire vs ice doesn't work in any of the maps the game currently has, unless they actually revamp one to have destroyers in it, which I guess thematically gives incentive? Though this makes the countdown seem unnecessarily confusing and bizzare given it literally lad to nothing. They should've just made it longer, or limitless, with maybe some bonuses for how quickly you reach it or something to that effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voidek.5738 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Was asking here and there and the answers were all different and in the end there is no official word. I was expecting we get something (additional drm?) next week and it seems right now, but im not sure anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylthan.1693 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 The main problem is as usual the total lack of comunication by anet... Was the countdown bugged ? Was it intended to work that way and lead to absolutly nothing ? Today all business companies (especialy in the gaming domain) do have some sort of social media com or reddit com or god forgive me for asking that official forums com' but here we got nothing. We're kinda used to that i mean in the big "gemgate" or the "templategate" we had to wait for days before we get any kind of answers but here it's breaking some records that makes me strongly reconsider my purchase of EoD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliamRationem.5172 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 > @"Ylthan.1693" said: > The main problem is as usual the total lack of comunication by anet... > Was the countdown bugged ? > Was it intended to work that way and lead to absolutly nothing ? > Today all business companies (especialy in the gaming domain) do have some sort of social media com or reddit com or god forgive me for asking that official forums com' but here we got nothing. > We're kinda used to that i mean in the big "gemgate" or the "templategate" we had to wait for days before we get any kind of answers but here it's breaking some records that makes me strongly reconsider my purchase of EoD. Everyone's racking their brains trying to come up with some explanation for it. It can't be this stupid. It just can't be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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