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The constant talk about wanting an expansion is fine, but me being a curious person, I'd like to know from people what things they'd want in a third expansion. Like where to travel, new modes, event ideas, new mounts, masteries, or anything. It's just something to talk about, and people can go wild.

 

I'd just want anything with good replay value in the maps. There are many historical zones we can go to, or even new ones. New Elites would be cool, but aren't a must. I'd like a new form of PvE content. I just want simply anything I guess *shrug*

 

Does anyone else have ideas?

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I'd love to have an underworld expansion that leads you to cantha but when you get there you realize the current problems have removed cantha entirely and brought some other landmass there instead. Although the game has to survive long enough for them to even start making an expansion.

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> @"Klypto.1703" said:

> I'd love to have an *underworld* expansion that leads you to cantha but when you get there you realize the current problems have removed cantha entirely and brought some other landmass there instead. Although the game has to survive long enough for them to even start making an expansion.

 

do you mean an underground xpac?

 

stop buying the hysteria, it's annoying at this point

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> @"Kam.4092" said:

 

> I'd just want anything with good replay value in the maps.

 

Herein lies the problem. What you may consider good replay value, others might not and vice versa. This, to me, is what makes these discussions difficult and why the devs have a hard time producing content that meets everybody's expectations.

 

I think that if we want Anet to listen to calls of "good replay value", then we ought to be more definitive as to what that really means. Just saying "give us replayability" isn't enough.

 

For example, I think that ANet tried to do this by implementing repeatable hearts but for me, this is not replay value because I don't find them satisfactory for the time invested to do them again and again. Others, though, might.

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-10/20/40/80 man battlegrounds/Arena's for sPvP/GvG

-40 man/side WvWvWvWvW Battleground

-7 man Dungeons and old dungeons re-tuned

-20/40 man instanced raid bosses

-Good replay value story instances/ world maps

-townclothing armor pieces

-personal home instance we can decorate

-medium armor that isnt trenchcoat

-PvE mist zones and 1-2 underwater maps with some islands

-9 new elite specializations

-double jump mastery (RIP jumping puzzles I guess)

-spears -> 2h sword skins, trident -> staff skins, speargun -> rifle skins

 

sPvP and WvW needs love, and a GvG mode is nearly 7 years late now.

 

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> @"Kam.4092" said:

> The constant talk about wanting an expansion is fine, but me being a curious person, I'd like to know from people what things they'd want in a third expansion. Like where to travel, new modes, event ideas, new mounts, masteries, or anything. It's just something to talk about, and people can go wild.

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> I'd just want anything with good replay value in the maps. There are many historical zones we can go to, or even new ones. New Elites would be cool, but aren't a must. I'd like a new form of PvE content. I just want simply anything I guess *shrug*

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> Does anyone else have ideas?

 

Unlike Living world, which only offers a day or two of content (unless you are a completionist maybe), expansions come with weeks of content at a time to really dig into. Not only that, but they usually also provide a vast amount of new assets, not only giving the expansion itself a fresh and new feel, but they can also can be used for future endgame content, such as Fractals and Raids, providing much needed fresh air there as well.

 

The biggest factor for me personally is Elite Specs.

Nothing provides as much "content" for me, as the ability to experience all the already existing content in the game with new tools, coming with new mechanical interactions and just general theorycrafting that can be done.

New specialisations, expansion or not, are an absolute must for me at some point, sooner rather than later.

 

As for a new expansion feature, such as gliding and mounts, I'm not really sure.

I'm not interested in player housing, fishing etc. at all, but also don't really have anything better in mind at this point.

Just a large amount of content with new environments and assets as well as new tools to explore new and old content with would be enough for me tbh.

 

An overhaul of core systems, be it Traits, Utilities or something like vast additions the the Guild System, with new missions and reasons to actually form communities, really would sell an expansion for me too though.

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HoT brought lots of verticality and Gliding, and I loved it. I still love it. PoF brought Mounts and I love those even more. I am now actually enjoying map completion, something I hated without mounts. So much fun doing difficult jumps with your raptor, like landing on some spire with only inches to spare. :) So I am hoping the next expansion will bring another feature that will broaden and enhance my gaming experience.

 

 

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I ask something crazy now but why not

 

An armor design creator / with sliders to change sizes of shoulders and the length of spikes or buttcapes.

 

Like the character creation at the start of the game (which I also want vastly improved) u can choose from a variety of armors u already own and more and can redesign them.

 

As well add special effects like flames/ smoke/ electric flashes and so on.

 

This would solve anets problem that armor design is to expensive for them since it’s we who design the armor ourself only buying effects and skin pattern from the gem shop.

 

Those self made armors can be sold in the gem shop and Anet gets a %of the money and the player get gold.

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> @"derd.6413" said:

> > @"Klypto.1703" said:

> > I'd love to have an *underworld* expansion that leads you to cantha but when you get there you realize the current problems have removed cantha entirely and brought some other landmass there instead. Although the game has to survive long enough for them to even start making an expansion.

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> do you mean an underground xpac?

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> stop buying the hysteria, it's annoying at this point

 

No go back turn around and read again.

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Maybe I'm in the minority but I don't really want a new expansion. I liked Anet's original vision of living world story and the first two seasons were very good. Unfortunately I found any season released after HoT to be lacking in both quality and quantity. It doesn't help that HoT was a glorified mechanics overhaul costing 60$ and PoF while sensibly priced, was simply too short on the content side. On the slim chance they do a new one, I 'd like to see a new region with multiple biomes (not just jungle or desert) and a new race introduced with it.

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New dungeons, new weapon types or some updates to the weapon skill system to make it more flexible, wvw upgrades, and explorable cantha.

 

Ideally a new set of races with a new PS, or a new class or two, but not holding out much hope there.

 

I actually think that they're doing harm to the game by over-focusing on the living world without the addition of features like a companion system or new dungeons.

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> @"AlexxxDelta.1806" said:

> Maybe I'm in the minority but I don't really want a new expansion. I liked Anet's original vision of living world story and the first two seasons were very good. Unfortunately I found any season released after HoT to be lacking in both quality and quantity. It doesn't help that HoT was a glorified mechanics overhaul costing 60$ and PoF while sensibly priced, was simply too short on the content side. On the slim chance they do a new one, I 'd like to see a new region with multiple biomes (not just jungle or desert) and a new race introduced with it.

 

I agree I don’t really want an xpact as well very curious for the future if they stop x pacts

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What I expect:

 

* One specializations for each profession, of course

* No new weapon (as in, no new weapon type, the specializations will just use currently available weapons)

* A new big feature that ArenaNet will be able to monetize for a long time. I think this time it will be player housing, with a very detailed system of inside decorations. In game we will get a shack with wooden mobiliary, but ArenaNet will sell multiple styles of mansions, plus individual pieces of decoration - tables, chairs, wall decorations, window frames, armories, weapon stands, and so on.

* More about Taimi being an eternal Deus ex Machinae that solves everything

 

What I would like to see:

 

* Cantha. It would be perfect with the amount of verticality we have in the game

* A new profession: the Dervish

* A storyline with an entire new cast (the current one had to stay in central Tyria because of some random reason, so it's up to us and the Canthan citzens to save the continent)

* The return of the Five Gods, as allies

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