cesmode.4257 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 So, with the unfortunate personnel changes at Arenanet, and the seemingly concrete position of no more expansions...do we only have another living story to look forward to? And are Living Stories the only new content we have to look forward to? Considering everything that has happened in the last 6 months, as unfortunate as it is/was, do we have any hope for new classes/races, expansion level content and continents, etc? Im beginning to feel that the only additions to the game will be piece meal living story updates every few months that take a few hours to complete. Which leads me to believe that the game is heading toward the dreaded 'maintenance' mode I don't mean to be a debby downer here but from what Ive read, I don't see much more than living story and holiday-esq event style content for the future of GW2. Has me a bit sad is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Theyve said they hope to include elites snd expac style stuff more in the seasons. No word on expacs, but ill be surprised if they stop doing them. Thats all the info there is. Believe me when i say there has have many threads on this. It is Anet, they will tell us if and when they want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illconceived Was Na.9781 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 LS 5 is confirmed. Since that will conservatively last 18 months after LS4 ends, that's a long time to before we have to wonder how ANet is going to introduce new content, new features, draw in enough new players to keep the game lively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derd.6413 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 new classes and races were never going to happen but no, the game isn't going into maintenance mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coso.9173 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 If the game is getting new story content often, it's not in maintenance mode, by definition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 > @"Randulf.7614" said: > Theyve said they hope to include elites snd expac style stuff more in the seasons. No word on expacs, but ill be surprised if they stop doing them. > > Thats all the info there is. Believe me when i say there has have many threads on this. It is Anet, they will tell us if and when they want to. They never specified elite specs only expac style stuff what ever they might mean with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Then, you've not read enough. Especially, the Dev posts, interviews, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 > @"Linken.6345" said: > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > Theyve said they hope to include elites snd expac style stuff more in the seasons. No word on expacs, but ill be surprised if they stop doing them. > > > > Thats all the info there is. Believe me when i say there has have many threads on this. It is Anet, they will tell us if and when they want to. > > They never specified elite specs only expac style stuff what ever they might mean with that. See Cedos reply above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glider.5792 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 > @"cesmode.4257" said: > Im beginning to feel that the only additions to the game will be piece meal living story updates every few months that take a few hours to complete. Which leads me to believe that the game is heading toward the dreaded 'maintenance' mode Well... the game was "kind of" in "maintenance" mode for the past year, not anymore now luckily it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexxxDelta.1806 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > @"Linken.6345" said: > > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > Theyve said they hope to include elites snd expac style stuff more in the seasons. No word on expacs, but ill be surprised if they stop doing them. > > > > > > Thats all the info there is. Believe me when i say there has have many threads on this. It is Anet, they will tell us if and when they want to. > > > > They never specified elite specs only expac style stuff what ever they might mean with that. > > See Cedos reply above Any source on the elite specs through LS thing? I try to keep up with GW2 news but I haven't seen any specific mention to elite specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 > @"AlexxxDelta.1806" said: > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > @"Linken.6345" said: > > > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > > Theyve said they hope to include elites snd expac style stuff more in the seasons. No word on expacs, but ill be surprised if they stop doing them. > > > > > > > > Thats all the info there is. Believe me when i say there has have many threads on this. It is Anet, they will tell us if and when they want to. > > > > > > They never specified elite specs only expac style stuff what ever they might mean with that. > > > > See Cedos reply above > > Any source on the elite specs through LS thing? I try to keep up with GW2 news but I haven't seen any specific mention to elite specs. If I get a chance later I’ll find it. I’m sure one of the usuals with links to every dev quote ever made will have posted it by then though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safandula.8723 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 > @"AlexxxDelta.1806" said: > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > @"Linken.6345" said: > > > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > > Theyve said they hope to include elites snd expac style stuff more in the seasons. No word on expacs, but ill be surprised if they stop doing them. > > > > > > > > Thats all the info there is. Believe me when i say there has have many threads on this. It is Anet, they will tell us if and when they want to. > > > > > > They never specified elite specs only expac style stuff what ever they might mean with that. > > > > See Cedos reply above > > Any source on the elite specs through LS thing? I try to keep up with GW2 news but I haven't seen any specific mention to elite specs. They didn't mention anything. But imo they need to add some new fresh stuff in upcoming ls, or ppl will just get bored from playing same shit for next 1,5 year. I hope they are aware of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 As well as living story there's regular raid releases and new Fractals get released every so often as well (I don't follow that closely enough to know the schedule but I'm sure the info is out there). And of course there's the on-going plans for WvW, mainly changing from servers to 'worlds' made up of guild alliances and other people which should shake things up a lot. Not sure about PvP, but mainly because I pay absolutely no attention to PvP so it would have to be a really, really big announcement for me to know anything about it. From my perspective it seems like business as usual, but all releases are free periodic updates instead of stuff being held back so it can be released as a paid expansion, but I realise most people don't think of it that way. It's a long way from 'maintenance mode' however, which is the position GW1 is in where I think it's had 2 updates in about 5 years, and both of those were just bug fixes with no new content of any kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexxxDelta.1806 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 > @"Danikat.8537" said: > From my perspective it seems like business as usual, but all releases are free periodic updates instead of stuff being held back so it can be released as a paid expansion, but I realise most people don't think of it that way. Releasing in bulk vs periodic is far from the only difference between an xpac and LS. The quality of content is also higher. Even if we disregard all the other features, the amount of brand new assets that come into the game through an expansion is incomparable to LS releases. That's not to say a LS can't possibly have xpac-like quality, it's just not what we 've been getting so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kharmin.7683 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 > @"Safandula.8723" said: > > @"AlexxxDelta.1806" said: > > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > > @"Linken.6345" said: > > > > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > > > Theyve said they hope to include elites snd expac style stuff more in the seasons. No word on expacs, but ill be surprised if they stop doing them. > > > > > > > > > > Thats all the info there is. Believe me when i say there has have many threads on this. It is Anet, they will tell us if and when they want to. > > > > > > > > They never specified elite specs only expac style stuff what ever they might mean with that. > > > > > > See Cedos reply above > > > > Any source on the elite specs through LS thing? I try to keep up with GW2 news but I haven't seen any specific mention to elite specs. > > They didn't mention anything. But imo they need to add some new fresh stuff in upcoming ls, or ppl will just get bored from playing same kitten for next 1,5 year. I hope they are aware of that Here's the best information that I could find: [https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/72842/what-s-next-for-guild-wars-2/p1](https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/72842/what-s-next-for-guild-wars-2/p1 "https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/72842/what-s-next-for-guild-wars-2/p1") I think that they are trying to let us know what's in the works without committing to anything so that we don't scream about potential promises being broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astralporing.1957 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 > @"Linken.6345" said: > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > Theyve said they hope to include elites snd expac style stuff more in the seasons. No word on expacs, but ill be surprised if they stop doing them. > > > > Thats all the info there is. Believe me when i say there has have many threads on this. It is Anet, they will tell us if and when they want to. > > They never specified elite specs only expac style stuff what ever they might mean with that. Remember, according to some of their older statements, **LS2** is an example of what they consider an "expac-equivalent" type of content. So, they aren't actually telling us much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil.1580 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 > @"cesmode.4257" said: > and the seemingly concrete position of no more expansions... > Source? I mean they have said that after LS4 comes LS5. There may be LS6 after LS5 but I can't find concrete position of ANET saying "no more expansions ever". IMO 3rd expansion should and will come sooner or later. If one of the best MMORPG in the last 10 years is going to maintenance mode what will be the fate of the rest of the games in this genre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury ranique.2170 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 there is a lot of confusion as to what teminology means to Arenanet and what it means to each individual player and the playerbase. With expansion packs and living world, we have two terms that hold a value. With expansion packs, you often see people that want to compare it to content from other games, but in effect it means. - About 4-5 new maps - 14-16 story chapters - New elite specialisations - new movement mechanics - 1-2 new guild halls - etc This is paid content for all players. it costs about 30 USD Living world content is a term made up by Arenanet and is not set in solid concrete. This works confusing as we tend to look at the most recent content to see what we can expect. However, so far it has been subject to a lot of changes. No season has been the same., but looking at the last 2 - 6 new maps per season - 30-37 story chapters - a few new movement mechanics - new legendary weapons. This is free content for active players and cost about 10 USD for others Important is to note that the size of the maps varies a lot, but they seem to be getting bigger. Now let's look at what Arenanet actually said about the future. - No new expansion packs. - We will be focussing on living world season 5 - The scope of what a living world chapter can be and what content it can hold is possibly gonna change again. This reads to me that they will release less paid content and more free content. The quality might be somewhat lesser then to be expacted, but it seems that Arenanet is no longer working on any unknown side projects or content for GW2, the main four teams are working on season 5 So I expect (and demand as an demanding customer) that this season 5 will be richer in content then earlier seasons and will sattisfy my need for new enjoyable content. We can have a lot of expectations, but instead of filling in the blanks, I like to challenge the teams. Sattisfy my need for enjoyable content! Surprise me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasoka.3460 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Whoah, whoah, whoah. Who said no more expansions? I distinctly remember some dev saying that "before the NEXT EXPANSION, where will be LS 5". That pretty much means there will be a next xpac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 > @"Vasoka.3460" said: > Whoah, whoah, whoah. Who said no more expansions? I distinctly remember some dev saying that "before the NEXT EXPANSION, where will be LS 5". That pretty much means there will be a next xpac. They have never stated there will be another expac, but nor have they stated there wont be. All they've said is ls5 is next which may or may not include expansion like features. After that, they have been silent on the issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo.8759 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Game will not go into maintenance mode yet, GW2 is the only profitable project for Anet, if they do, Anet will close down. I am pretty sure that there will be expansion 3 in the future. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexxxDelta.1806 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 > @"Astralporing.1957" said: > > @"Linken.6345" said: > > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > Theyve said they hope to include elites snd expac style stuff more in the seasons. No word on expacs, but ill be surprised if they stop doing them. > > > > > > Thats all the info there is. Believe me when i say there has have many threads on this. It is Anet, they will tell us if and when they want to. > > > > They never specified elite specs only expac style stuff what ever they might mean with that. > Remember, according to some of their older statements, **LS2** is an example of what they consider an "expac-equivalent" type of content. > So, they aren't actually telling us much. > I'd be worried if that's the case. Were those quotes from pre-HoT era? After HoT and PoF we have a pretty good idea of the type of content expansions offer. These days we don't need Anet to "tell" us what they consider to be expansion-like, we can just log into HoT or PoF and see for ourselves what a GW2 expansion is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zealex.9410 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 > @"kharmin.7683" said: > > @"Safandula.8723" said: > > > @"AlexxxDelta.1806" said: > > > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > > > @"Linken.6345" said: > > > > > > @"Randulf.7614" said: > > > > > > Theyve said they hope to include elites snd expac style stuff more in the seasons. No word on expacs, but ill be surprised if they stop doing them. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thats all the info there is. Believe me when i say there has have many threads on this. It is Anet, they will tell us if and when they want to. > > > > > > > > > > They never specified elite specs only expac style stuff what ever they might mean with that. > > > > > > > > See Cedos reply above > > > > > > Any source on the elite specs through LS thing? I try to keep up with GW2 news but I haven't seen any specific mention to elite specs. > > > > They didn't mention anything. But imo they need to add some new fresh stuff in upcoming ls, or ppl will just get bored from playing same kitten for next 1,5 year. I hope they are aware of that > > Here's the best information that I could find: [https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/72842/what-s-next-for-guild-wars-2/p1](https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/72842/what-s-next-for-guild-wars-2/p1 "https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/72842/what-s-next-for-guild-wars-2/p1") > > I think that they are trying to let us know what's in the works without committing to anything so that we don't scream about potential promises being broken. All this tells me is no expansion is been worked on or if it is its gonna be a whiiiiiiiiile before we get to hear anything about it. To the Op's question, yes what you mostly have to look forward to is lw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trise.2865 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 The only _announced_ content being worked on is Living World, Season 5. We do know there will not be an expansion between the end of Season 4 and the start of Season 5. That's it. No more, no less. You want more details? [Get a job there](https://www.arena.net/en/careers "Get a job there"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenom.9457 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 > @"Randulf.7614" said: > Theyve said they hope to include elites snd expac style stuff more in the seasons. No word on expacs, but ill be surprised if they stop doing them. > > Thats all the info there is. Believe me when i say there has have many threads on this. It is Anet, they will tell us if and when they want to. Did the specifically say elite specializations would come in living world? I would assume that’s saved for expansions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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