Upcoming changes and features
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Content updates[edit]
The following features have been mentioned by ArenaNet staff and are expected to be part of future game updates and releases.
Forthcoming[edit]
- Living World
- The Icebrood Saga: Champions — multi-chapter finale of The Icebrood Saga
- Additional releases of content and ways to play between the chapters.[1]
- Chapter 2: Power — February 16 an additional faction joins the Dragon Response Missions, new upgrade options for Dragon Slayer weapons.
- Chapter 3: Balance — planned for March 2021.
- Chapter 4: Judgment — planned for launch in late April 2021. [2]
Mentioned[edit]
These changes have been mentioned by ArenaNet, but lack specific details and/or a release date.
- General content
- Possibility of Jeweler level 500. [6]
- "We continually have conversations about how best we can bring Living World Season One back." [7]
- More Strike Missions as a ramp for Raids.[8][3]
- Bonus PvE events[3]
- Special Tournaments [9][10]
- On Demand Tournaments [9]
- Spirit Watch revisions [11]
- Different ratings for different PvP modes [12]
- Deathmatch custom arena map intended for larger teams. [13]
- Large PvP map: 15 on 15[12]
- Possibility of PvP / WvW Festival [6]
- Matchup information made available ahead of time is looked into, but complicated. [14]
- WvW World Restructuring of servers. [15][16][17][10]
- Scaling objective rewards[6]
- Re-balance of siege [18]
- Possibility of PvP / WvW Festival[6]
- More raids. [7][19][8]
- Possibility of story difficulty option. [7]
- Difficulty aimed to be "more back in line with Spirit Vale when compared to Bastion of the Penitent. [20]
- Will not include new raid-specific masteries. [21]
- Possibility of repeatable Challenge Motes in Raids. [22]
- Kraitkin may be given nighttime effects. [23]
- "Legendary armory" — Any legendary item that is added to the Legendary Armory will become available for use by all the characters across your entire account at the same time. [24]
- World 3 and World 4 are unlikely to be added within the next year or two (as of 2020), but ANet are "chipping away at it behind the scenes". [25]
- Other
- Guild Wars 2 coming to Steam, players won't be able to transfer an existing account to Steam. [26] Launch has been put on hold for the time being. [27]
Automated changes[edit]
- Primary article: Server reset
Daily reset occurs at 00:00.
Weekly resets occur at:
- Monday 07:30
- Weekly limit on gold transfer via mail or guild bank is reset.
- Guild mission rewards reset and new random missions are given to guilds.
- Raid rewards and progress reset.
- Weekly Fractals achievements rewarding Fractal Fighter's Caches are reset.
- Emissary Chests in Eye of the North.
- A Black Lion Chest Key may only be obtained from the level 10 personal story once per account per week.
- Weekly Festival Merchants reset their inventory.
- Monday 23:30 — The three weekly Bjora Marches strike missions rotate.
- Thursday 20:00 — Map bonus rewards reset.
- Friday 18:00 (roughly) — World versus World reset for EU servers. (The exact time varies from week to week.)
- Saturday 02:00 (roughly) — World versus World reset for NA servers. (The exact time varies from week to week.)
References[edit]
- ^ "In the weeks between releases, each chapter will continue to evolve with new content and ways to play.", Guildwars2.com
- ^ Watch the Trailer for The Icebrood Saga: Champions Chapter 2, Guildwars2.com
- ^ a b c Looking Ahead to Spring, Summer, and the Future
- ^ Guild Wars 2 Anniversary Livestream
- ^ Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons, Official Guild Wars 2 website
- ^ a b c d What’s Next for Guild Wars 2
- ^ a b c The future of Guild Wars 2: “This is a statement: we’re not done”
- ^ a b c A Message from Andrew Gray
- ^ a b PvP Features in Progress, Official Forum Post by Gaile Gray
- ^ a b Future Plans: Competitive
- ^ PvP Features in Progress
- ^ a b Comment by Ben Phongluangtham
- ^ Comment by Ben Phongluangtham, official Guild Wars 2 forums
- ^ Comment by Devon Carver
- ^ World Restructuring, Official Forum Post by Gaile Gray
- ^ World Restructuring Update 1, Update 1
- ^ World Restructuring Update 2, Update 2
- ^ WvW Work In Progress
- ^ a b [1], Full English translation for the german interview with Mike Z
- ^ [2], Post by Crystal Reid on the official forums
- ^ [3], Post by anet_ianim on Reddit
- ^ [4], post by DeltaxHunter on Reddit, Full English translation for the German interview with Mike Z.
- ^ [5], Post by mattp on Reddit
- ^ https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/100933/legendary-equipment-and-templates
- ^ Comment by Laevateinn.6289, official Guild Wars 2 forums
- ^ Guild Wars 2 coming to Steam
- ^ [6], Guild Wars 2 Steam Release News, Guildwars2.com