Join Us for a Special Live Event TOMORROW (Friday August 30)
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It’s almost time for you to set out on your next adventure. Are you ready to catch the very first look at an all-new chapter in Guild Wars 2‘s Living World story?
Join us at the Moore Theatre in Seattle, Washington, on Friday, August 30 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) and be a part of the excitement live. If you can’t attend in person, we’ll livestream the announcement with a developer presentation and more on our official Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook channels.
The event will run for approximately forty-five minutes, so you can kick off your PAX West weekend with all your Guild Wars 2 friends!
Attendance is first come, first served, with no entry fee or ticket required. Grab your seat early—the first five hundred attendees will get a Guild Wars 2 swag bag with fun surprises inside. We’ll see you there!
We will be taking questions in advance and we will answer as many as we can over the course of the event. So share below what you’d like to know from the team about the newest chapter of Guild Wars 2 Living World.
Announcement Event Details
- Date and Time: August 30, 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7)
- Location: Moore Theater in Seattle, WA
- Watch Live: Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook
Edit: updated the title!
Stéphane Lo Presti
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Will it be more expansion sized content, or the usual smaller releases we're used to.
Looks like a September launch is likely then
What sleep is here? What dreams there are in the unctuous coiling of the snakes mortal shuffling. weapon in my hand. My hand the arcing deathblow at the end of all things. The horror. The horror. I embrace it. . .
The announcement is on a Friday. I guess they could release it the next tuesday, which is september 3, but I get the feeling it'll be the 10th. Still, it's nice to know that in a little over a month we'll get an announcement. Kind of sad things are taking so long, but at least something is happening.
I'm too hyped to think off any good questions right now!
^W^
Yep, my bad. Calendar reading failure on my part - I've edited my post
What sleep is here? What dreams there are in the unctuous coiling of the snakes mortal shuffling. weapon in my hand. My hand the arcing deathblow at the end of all things. The horror. The horror. I embrace it. . .
Can we expect for leggings?
kitten for a moment I was thinking July 30 and we only had to wait a few days for information! More than a whole month? That’s way less cool... still, wondering why they’re doing something like this for a living world season
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I can see Primordus and Jormag are rising... Doom
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I hope this topic will appear during the PAX, or maybe sooner: who will take over Maclaine Diemer's place as a composer, as he went freelancer?
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
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really hard to think of a question without a little hint? tiny teaser maybe?
This, will there be a male line of sweatpants as well.
The logo "appears" to confirm no dragons this Season as they sorta indicated already
What sleep is here? What dreams there are in the unctuous coiling of the snakes mortal shuffling. weapon in my hand. My hand the arcing deathblow at the end of all things. The horror. The horror. I embrace it. . .
Please for the love of god make it an expansion sized content.
Oh boy! Can't wait for the announcment about the new upcoming mobile gaming for Guild Wars 2! doyouguysnothavephones.gif
Do the Devs have, and will they share with us, an expected release cadence for Living World Season 5?
1 - 2 month intervals?
2 - 3 month intervals?
3 - 4 month intervals?
4+ month intervals?
Are there still 3 Living World Teams? More? Less?
Are there any other Guild Wars 2 projects being worked on?
This information has already been told to us - there are 4 living world teams and they are still aiming for the 2-3 month release cadence.
Oh, really? Last I heard there were 3 Living World Teams, and last announcement Mike Z. said they were adjusting release cadences, and no specific time between was, at that time, stated.
Not including the alliance system will there be any new content such as new maps , tactics, packable siege, or new siege weaponry?
Any status in shorter matches and server links?
Any plans to make the Edge of the Mists viable?
Any plans to make events like no down state and core swap come around more frequently and are there more plans in the mix to add to that list?
My first mmo I ever played had an Order and Chaos system in it. It allowed guilds to join one faction or the other an allowed them to fight freely in the open world. Is this totally out of the realm of possibilities of doing something similar so players can battle out in the open world?
When did they say this? Since this years restructuring?
What sleep is here? What dreams there are in the unctuous coiling of the snakes mortal shuffling. weapon in my hand. My hand the arcing deathblow at the end of all things. The horror. The horror. I embrace it. . .
If there were 4 Living World Teams, is one a floater? Because 6 (Episodes) is not evenly divisible by 4 (Living World Teams).
The 4 Content Teams were mentioned in the April update by Gamer Director Mike Zadorojny: https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/72842/what-s-next-for-guild-wars-2/
Stéphane Lo Presti
Content Marketing Manager
Oh, are 'Content Teams' the same as Living World Teams? Are there then 4 (Content Team = Living World Team) Teams plus the Current Activities Team (which I thought, perhaps mistakenly, was a 'Content Team').
If so, then I change my question to: How many Teams work on Living World, and how many other Teams are there, and what do they work on (generally)?
Will we see some others greatly animated cutscene with our character within them like the one with joko in episode 3? Also more stunning mechanics like passing over kralkatorrik and chasing it in the sky? (Episode 5 and 6) was really awesome, great job.
Now about season 5 itself:
-Will it be composed of one main threat/goal or each episode have one story each by themselves?
-Does extanding an old map means adding a portal leading to a new map next to it?
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Huh, the Moore Theatre, that's... right in the middle of downtown...
Urge to take a day off. Rising.
Excited, logo looks different also! Cant wait!
Will the cool story boss encounters get repeatable fractal/dungeon/raid mode?
Previous bosses feel like they could have been great as a raid(Balthazar, both Kralkatorik fights , Mordremoth) or fractal( corrupted Aurene, Joko, Scruffy) but are left one and done .
As many said, I like a lot the new logo.
~May misinterpret but it means for me no more dragons (none in the logo) the whole tyria seems to be peaceful again (blue color), but they are still threats (red color).
-Second hypothesis, fire and water/ice. Primordy and jormag are associated to asuras and norns. Now that they sleep, we can ecplore more icy mountain/underground.
-Finally blue and red are the two main colors used by asuran golems. Blue=Peacemaker, Red=Inquest
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Well, I find it difficult to come up with questions as we know so little. It's just an announcement of an announcement that will occur in a month.
So basically my questions are: what is it? What kind of content does it contain? When will it arrive? How frequent will the updates be?
Will the new Living World primarily be focused on adding new maps first and doing smaller modifications to older Core Tyria maps?
Wasn't it already confirmed that LWS5 will spare us of an Elder Dragon storyline?
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No more LW episodes, only Expansions and Side Stories, please!
How many hours per week your balance team plays this game?
What is current progress on WvW Alliances system announced 1,5(?) year ago?
What is the theme of new WvW map to replace one of the Alpine borderlands?
Can't think of any questions right now, but am looking forward to this!
I am very excited for Season 5, but it's hard to come up with questions given how little we know. This feels different than Season 4, but.... how?
Anyway, looking forward to the reveal!
I really, really love the Guild Wars 2 Living World graphic used in this thread. Can you please track down the person(s) responsible for it and give them a high five? If not, finger guns would also be an acceptable expression of appreciation.
How far in the future do you have "already planned" content updates?
E.g. we plan to release build templates in one month, LS in 2 months, raid update in 4 months, alliances in 18 months, etc....
I am not looking for any specifics but more or less "we know we at least have this much in the works that we plan on releasing before working on another possible project" type of answer.
Thanks
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Curious what the big reveal will be, given live event for living world.
Must be something huge like mounts or similar kind of game changing content.
Extreme speculation - first implementation of dual classing for core builds? New elite specs - maybe pay for access through gemstore? Henchmen? ... No idea what it could be, gonna be a long month of speculations.
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I find the newsletter's image even better:
So much for "no elder dragons", I guess.
Or this could be a general reference to crossing the ocean to Cantha - who knows?
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No more LW episodes, only Expansions and Side Stories, please!
A live event to promote living world 5..
That definitely raises questions as to just what the skritt is going on over there at Anet HQ.
In a good way though of course ^^
I don't recall a live event for Path of Fire but I do remember Pajama's of Thorns.. uhh I mean Heart of Thorns did get one
What are you guys planning?.. why a live event for Living world?
It seems really excessive to promote free content with a live event.. unless Living World 5 is going to be something crazy that just utterly defies all our current expectations and theories.
Maybe there's a content roadmap you guys are gonna reveal.. announce new features which will be coming during season 5 (build templates?, alliances?) and confirm a new expansion that will follow straight after season 5 concludes or something..
Could see a live event being justified for something like that but I guess we'll just have to wait till next month to find out.
Suffice to say i'm excited to find out what's coming next.
I do so hope it's Cantha and finally leading upto the Sea Dragon ^^
Oh! My first impression was that it showed a snowy landscape, but after this post, perhaps it is tumultuous waves and water spray.
Interesting!
Definitely is!
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Particle are more like snow, will stay on my hypothesis of ice and fire.
After Heart of Thorns and Path of Fire it's now time for Frozen Ember. Will see.
Far shiverpeaks is my guess.
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I'm just not sure; it could be either one.
Looks like snow to me given the snow in the air and the two footprint like marks
What sleep is here? What dreams there are in the unctuous coiling of the snakes mortal shuffling. weapon in my hand. My hand the arcing deathblow at the end of all things. The horror. The horror. I embrace it. . .
Yeah, no. I don't think those are footprints, even if it is snow. If it is snow, I think that's a landscape quite far away.
Quite possibly. The spiky mountain like shadows in the rear (Poss caused by the images border or actual mountains)the darkness, the snow - they conjure up a Mountains of Madness feel. If it’s meant to be the sea, it’s a bit of a naff looking graphic and that would be very unlike Anets artists
What sleep is here? What dreams there are in the unctuous coiling of the snakes mortal shuffling. weapon in my hand. My hand the arcing deathblow at the end of all things. The horror. The horror. I embrace it. . .
I have a question. Who will be presenting the event from anet?
Well looking forward to the stream. Lots of fun to all who are able to attend in person. Let's see where the story takes us.
I don't know but I do see kind of a face here. But I'm not sure if this is water or a snowy landscape.
Kinda funny that people see the logo and go "Oh, nice - no more dragons" - first thing i thought of after seeing the colorful logo was Aurene
I can't decide if that's a stormy seascape or an approaching wintry blast.
Either way, we should probably start keeping a lookout in-game for clues.