Everyone has a fighting chance
Players have had a long wait for a content update for Guild Wars 2, but the wait is finally over. This long wait is just one of several reasons players feel unsure about the games future. While season 2 of the Living World has made serious improvements, it’s also plagued with it’s own faults. Still, it has helped to keep your hopes up, at least a little bit. Echoes of the Past has been live now for nearly a week, and it seems that hope can grow a bit more.
ArenaNet will be releasing the anticipated "Echoes of the Past" update later today. Guild Wars 2 players will be able to pick up Living World Season 2 where it left off earlier this year and starts players on the road to the finale for the season. No specific time for the update’s release has been revealed so keep an eye on Guild Wars 2 servers.
MMO players come in all levels of ability. We all have our own take on what parts of a game are "too hard" or "too easy." I like to think that I’m reasonably tolerant of new players and am willing to help them along, but even I have my limits as to how much I’m willing to put up with folks who don’t seem to have the capacity to learn some of the most basic aspects of a game.
ArenaNet has announced that the Echoes of the Past update will go live for Guild Wars 2 players on Tuesday, November 4th. To celebrate the announcement about Season 2, Episode 5, ArenaNet has sent out a brand new teaser video. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments.
It’s been about 6 weeks or so since Guild Wars 2 has had a major update. During those 6 weeks, there has been a WvW tournament, followed by a 2 week pause. Now for the next couple of weeks there’s the Halloween event, which is the same as last years. That’s a long time for nothing to be happening in the world of Tyria. The next installment of the Living World, Tyria’s Point of No Return, better be flawless.
This Friday at Noon PST (3pm EST) the Points of Interest crew will be joined by ArenaNet’s Colin Johanson and MMORPG.com’s own Bill Murphy for a special show about the upcoming Season 2, Episode 5.
They say a picture speaks a thousand words and Arenanet is hoping that this one for Guild Wars 2 players does just that as they prepare for the November 4th launch of the Living Story Episode 5, Season 2. What do YOU think it means?
In ArenaNet’s last Points of Interest, the crew talked a lot about Dry Top and how its general design is the direction Guild Wars 2 zones might go in the future. "If you like the stuff in Dry Top, you’re in luck," said Living World Principal Content Designer Teddy Nguyen. "We always look at previous releases to see what worked and what didn’t work. It’s always a process of zeroing in on what you guys really want. It’s one of our more successful maps in terms of, well, everything."
Holidays have become very important for MMOs. It allows the developers and players to breathe a bit and just have some good old fashioned fun. My favorite has always been Halloween, and it’s just right around the corner. Sadly, there isn’t a lot of attention being thrown towards it. The first Halloween for Guild Wars 2 was an amazing event that really set the standard for what to expect from the developers, which is why it may have been too good, as the following year was a serious let down.