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Announcement of an up and coming 3rd Expansion
botrytis
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in Guild Wars 2
Yes, you are reading it right. A.Net, on the GW2 web page, announced they are working on a 3rd expansion for the game. THe artwork shown was 'Cantha-like'. Could it be?
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In fact, I have not even bothered to unlock the living stories I have missed while away, and I used to love doing that.. just.. not feeling this game much anymore, it's just a window to play with old friends that live a long way away from me.
So unless they put in some stupid Elite Spec that I need to unlock to remain viable in WvW, or my static pulls an OMFS! We must Play this Expansion! I don't see myself plunking down the coin for this.
To each his own. At least they are thinking/planning. With all the layoffs, etc. it says something about the company.
So this is not, in any way, something I am in fact happy to see happen, not that my happiness with the game matters, but, it's just another spin and back tracking on what they say their plans are vs what they end up doing, and how little anyone can really believe or trust them at what they say.
https://www.geekwire.com/2019/guild-wars-2-developer-arenanet-confirms-layoffs-canceled-projects/
Just thinking out loud.
Oh, really? How was that the downfall of GW1?
I even remember the Thunderhead Keep Monk strike, 3 months after game release.
https://massivelyop.com/2020/03/13/ncsoft-arenanet-vp-of-marketing-left-guild-wars-2-for-wargaming/
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Form your own groups using the group finder, don't try to join the ones that are up. (Since those won't show up on the group finder when they fill up, so it is harder to find them) There are plenty of people playing, but most of them are already grouped. It also depends on content, Dungeons are all but dead for example. (They are not really supported anyways) People do Fractals all the time. I think maybe an issue with Fractals could be finding lower tier groups though as most people are probably doing the higher stuff.
dont think we will see Cantha anytime before summer 2021
this gives me time to hunt vampires in Skyrim
and after that visit the afterlife in WoW
while playing GW2 on the side
Best MMO experiences : EQ(PvE), DAoC(PvP), WoW(total package) LOTRO (worldfeel) GW2 (Artstyle and animations and worlddesign) SWTOR (Story immersion) TSW (story) ESO (character advancement)
I think everyone that says what you just said.. really misses that bandwagon.
Meanwhile, I'm a sad panda over in Age of Conan land where "new content" is just old content rearranged.
For instance, players were getting bored of running the Tier 4 dungeons introduced in 2010, so they finally came out with Tier 5 raids in 2016!!
... which were just the Tier 1 raid bosses with more HP and rearranged effects.
Best MMO experiences : EQ(PvE), DAoC(PvP), WoW(total package) LOTRO (worldfeel) GW2 (Artstyle and animations and worlddesign) SWTOR (Story immersion) TSW (story) ESO (character advancement)
There aren't enough Group-oriented content corners in the game. It feels more like Diablo III than an actual MMORPG. I think ESO is a similar game that actually got that part of the game right. There are tons of dungeons and tons of group-oriented things to do.
This is the problem I continuously run into with GW2. There is more to do in the game than the average ARPG, but at the same time less... because a lot of the extra stuff in GW2 is functionaly worthless and nothing more than a literal waste of your time (Collections, Map Completion, etc.).
Raid Content is thin. Older dungeons are obsolete, though there are fractals. Most overland content is easily soloable by any class. Just spend $5 getting a bit of gold through their marketplace and buy Exotic Gear off the TP.
In addition to that, the game is almost unplayable if you prefer ranged caster classes. Almost 90% of the decent specs in the game are melee ranged, or so close to it that there isn't any functional difference. For group play, many Condition Builds are either weak, or have been nerfed into the ground because they were strong when introduced (i.e. Scourge).
I can't speak of the PvP, but I'd probably prefer to play something like ESO or even WoW for RBGs and Arena than play GW2 for PvP (personal preference).
Also, the game doesn't seem to be "thriving," per se. Definitely a lot less players than they used to have. Hard AF to find groups, and you can barely find a decent guild, anymore, even if you ask. Many are filled with inactives, though there are a few active guilds left (but I'm not that into the game that I'd want to join those even if they asked, anyways).
There are plenty of people and guil.ds out there. They are just being more choosy in guild members. I would never pickup a player that spams in map chat 'LFG' sorry.