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 Return
- The Icebrood Saga — October 19, 2021 - November 30, 2021[1]
- Prologue: Bound by Blood — October 19, 2021 - October 26, 2021
- Whisper in the Dark — October 26, 2021 - November 2, 2021
- Shadow in the Ice — November 2, 2021 - November 9, 2021
- Visions of the Past: Steel and Fire — November 9, 2021 - November 16, 2021
- No Quarter — November 16, 2021 - November 23, 2021
- Jormag Rising — November 23, 2021 - November 30, 2021
- Champions — November 30, 2021 - December 7, 2021
- The Icebrood Saga — October 19, 2021 - November 30, 2021[1]
- Wintersday — December 14, 2021 – January 4, 2022[1]
- Lunar New Year — January 25, 2022[1]
- Bonus events[1]:
- November 5, 2021 – November 12, 2021
- December 10, 2021 – December 17, 2021
- The third Guild Wars 2 expansion, in active development and planned to be released in (late[2]) February 2022[3][4][5][6]
- Livestreams with expansion info throughout 2021[6]
- October and November[2]
- October 22, 2021 — Elite Specialization Beta 3 Preview
- November 12, 2021 — Echovald Wilds Map Tour
- November 19, 2021 — Jade Sea Map Tour
- November 24, 2021 — Siege Turtle Preview
- December through February 2022[2]
- December 3, 2021 — Expansion Gameplay Overview
- New Story Characters
- New Guild Hall
- Arborstone Revitalization Mastery Track
- January 28, 2022 — New Kaineng City Map Tour
- Late February 2022 — Launch Day Celebration
- December 3, 2021 — Expansion Gameplay Overview
- October and November[2]
- Beta access events will be available to all players, including free to play players. During each beta event, players will be able to create three fully equipped level 80 beta characters and play a selection of elite specializations in existing PvE, World vs. World, Player vs. Player, and open-world content.[7][8]
- Beta Event 3: October 26, 2021 — October 30, 2021: the remaining three elite specializations.
- Beta Event 4: November 30, 2021 — December 4, 2021: all elite specializations and the Siege Turtle.
- Other
- Extra Life 2021 — November 5, 2021[1]
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. [9]
- "We continually have conversations about how best we can bring Living World Season One back." [10]
- More Strike Missions as a ramp for Raids.[11][3]
- Bonus PvE events[3]
- Special Tournaments [12][13]
- On Demand Tournaments [12]
- Spirit Watch revisions [14]
- Different ratings for different PvP modes [15]
- Deathmatch custom arena map intended for larger teams. [16]
- Large PvP map: 15 on 15[15]
- Possibility of PvP / WvW Festival [9]
- Matchup information made available ahead of time is looked into, but complicated. [17]
- Scaling objective rewards[9]
- Re-balance of siege [18]
- Possibility of PvP / WvW Festival[9]
- More raids. [10][19][11]
- Possibility of story difficulty option. [10]
- Will not include new raid-specific masteries. [20]
- World 3 and World 4 are unlikely to be added within the next year or two (as of 2020), but ArenaNet are "chipping away at it behind the scenes". [22]
- Other
- Guild Wars 2 coming to Steam, players won't be able to transfer an existing account to Steam. [23] Launch has been put on hold for the time being. [24]
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]
- ^ a b c d e Guild Wars 2 Live: Fall and Winter 2021, GuildWars2.com
- ^ a b c Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons Winter Livestream Broadcast Schedule, 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 ArenaNet Studio Update: July 2021, GuildWars2.com
- ^ Prepurchase Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons, GuildWars2.com
- ^ End of Dragons First Look
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ WvW Work In Progress
- ^ a b [1], Full English translation for the german interview with Mike Z
- ^ [2], Post by anet_ianim on Reddit
- ^ [3], Post by mattp on Reddit
- ^ Comment by Laevateinn.6289, official Guild Wars 2 forums
- ^ Guild Wars 2 coming to Steam
- ^ [4], Guild Wars 2 Steam Release News, Guildwars2.com
