Gw2 Classic

Dont know if its a terrible idea but what is GW2 realeased a Gw2 classic would be just the core game. I feel lot of the wvw and pvp would have possitive responce. I havent really given PvE a thought. WoW classic and huge reponce thought I would throw it out there. I enjoy wvw and pvp lot more when gw2 didnt have all the expansions.

WoW is a game with massive, massive nostalgia factor. It was a cultural phenomenon and formed a core part of many people's childhoods, teens, and early 20s. GW2 is a wonderful game but it doesn't have the cultural power to warrant such a project.

Because of how horizontal progression works in GW2, you can pretty much play it in its launch condition if you want to.

Couldn't really do WvW anyway. It's not sustainable to have population for a trio of classic on top of the existing non classic WvW servers

As for pve, wouldn't that just be the free version anyway?

I can play (for the most part) launch content using launch builds, etc.

All that a Classic GW2 would do is remove auto-loot, shared inventory packages, many dye colors, many armor and weapon skins, veteran rewards, AP rewards, etc.

People don't know what they are asking for.

u/Lishtenbird published a list of just how much has changed for the game since launch. Even if ANet had the code, just how many of these changes do you think people would be willing to give up?

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@Ashen.2907 said:I can play (for the most part) launch content using launch builds, etc.

All that a Classic GW2 would do is remove auto-loot, shared inventory packages, many dye colors, many armor and weapon skins, veteran rewards, AP rewards, etc.

People don't know what they are asking for.

If we're talking launch, then we can also thrown away champ bags, wardrobe, reward tracks, map rewards, Guild halls, guild missions and Tequatl reverted to original version as well. They'd prob keep fractals, but remove the tiering system and back to random 3 again.

Oh and character bound gold

@GenerationX.9178 said:Dont know if its a terrible idea

It is, unless you mean a GW1 remake. ;)

@Randulf.7614 said:

@Ashen.2907 said:I can play (for the most part) launch content using launch builds, etc.

All that a Classic GW2 would do is remove auto-loot, shared inventory packages, many dye colors, many armor and weapon skins, veteran rewards, AP rewards, etc.

People don't know what they are asking for.

Yeah, I didnt want to spend the time on an exhaustive list, just mentioned the first few that came to mind. I really doubt that people making the title request put much thought into it.

I believe it would only have very few advantages/selling points.The only things that come to my mind are the cozy old Lions Arch, not as much eye cancer from stupid auras/backpacks/colors/etc., and maybe not seeing mounts in old zones where they don't fit would be nice.
Basically, more immersion, but I guess few people care about that.

I don't do WvW or PvP, can you explain what used to be better about it? I imagine it was slower due to very different builds.

@Randulf.7614 said:

@Ashen.2907 said:I can play (for the most part) launch content using launch builds, etc.

All that a Classic GW2 would do is remove auto-loot, shared inventory packages, many dye colors, many armor and weapon skins, veteran rewards, AP rewards, etc.

People don't know what they are asking for.

Since the OP mentioned WvW and PvP this would also mean removing skirmish rewards and world rank chests from WvW and reward tracks from both modes. Plus removing the World abilities and the PvP build menu and reinstituting the system where a large chunk of your stats were tied to the trait lines you chose (meaning you often had to choose between the best stats for your build or the best traits) and you had to buy trait manuals to unlock each tier of traits. Not to mention character-bound world rank and commander tags, no squad markers, and probably lots of other things I'm sure I'm missing.

I kind-of understand the nostalgia factor with WoW Classic (although lets not forget WoW has also been going longer than GW2) but with this game I feel like the result would be almost entirely taking things away. There's not a lot we've lost along the way since all the old content remains relevant, even for higher level characters.

one word, NO!

Why not just make it possible to visit old lions arch and maybe replay LS1 for those of us that missed it?

@SinisterSlay.6973 said:Why not just make it possible to visit old lions arch and maybe replay LS1 for those of us that missed it?

That would be nice. It would be a huge amount of work to make it happen, but I know a lot of people would love to see Season 1 back, preferably as permanent content like the later seasons.

@Danikat.8537 said:

@SinisterSlay.6973 said:Why not just make it possible to visit old lions arch and maybe replay LS1 for those of us that missed it?

Yeah season 1 would be very hard to do. It would be pretty much going through your source control, grabbing old maps, updating them, and making a quest chain to give you instanced access. That would be a huge job for something that would earn them no money.

Old Lions arch however should be trivial since the map is clearly navigable in personal story. So the map still exists in its entirety. Just need a way to jump into the instance without the borders on it. If this takes more than 20 minutes of coding then their code base is garabge and they have bigger things to worry about.

@Ashantara.8731 said:

@GenerationX.9178 said:Dont know if its a terrible idea

yes please! gw1 was the best

Oh please no. Update GW1 with GW2 engine maybe, but please dont try to emulate WoW. That's literally every MMo's downfall. WoW has the benefit of having customers who visibly dont mind paying every month regardless of how often they play, and they're Extremely loyal. That's the only Reason this classic version is successful at the moment.

@SinisterSlay.6973 said:Why not just make it possible to visit old lions arch and maybe replay LS1 for those of us that missed it?

Cuz at this point unless you haven't noticed, no one cares anymore. & trying to band-aid it with nostalgia instead of dealing with the real issues is just going to get under ppl skin.

@"Naxos.2503" said:Oh please no. Update GW1 with GW2 engine maybe, but please dont try to emulate WoW.

You don't really believe this will ever happen, do you? There will never be a remake of GW1, nor will there be "GW2 Classic". Those are both crazy ideas fans came up with. ;)

Weren't t Legendary weapons soul-bound before? If so then no, no gw2 classic.

@Hesacon.8735 said:Because of how horizontal progression works in GW2, you can pretty much play it in its launch condition if you want to.

Unfortunately, you cannot force others into doing so.

There's absolutely no denying the expansions fundamentally broke this game's PvP formats.

@GenerationX.9178 said:Dont know if its a terrible idea but what is GW2 realeased a Gw2 classic would be just the core game. I feel lot of the wvw and pvp would have possitive responce. I havent really given PvE a thought. WoW classic and huge reponce thought I would throw it out there. I enjoy wvw and pvp lot more when gw2 didnt have all the expansions.

No just no. Nothing changed really about gameplay in GW2 Vanilla zones unlike in WoW which old content became useless as they don't provide progression. We didnt get that since all low level areas still provide progression in the form of mats and small chance at Purples and Exotic.

What about the first and last Guild Wars?

-take a look-

@SinisterSlay.6973 said:Why not just make it possible to visit old lions arch and maybe replay LS1 for those of us that missed it?

Reintegrating S1 should be more of a priority for them IMO. Even as a series of instances.

Maybe not Gw2 Classic but I would like to see in wvw and spvp only core professions. No specializations. For sure it would be easier for devs to balance and new players to get into pvp.