Please make season 2 free.
Think about this for a little while, Season 1 is core now, it's free, that's great!
Silverwastes (The lead up to Heart of Thorns) is a free to access area for anyone who has an account.
Lets think about this from a new player perspective.
They download GW2 on Steam, they grind to level 80, bam! Great! What's next? Finish the core story? Great, done. They've now got this kind of limbo state where they're between the base game and the first expansion and they don't really know what to do.
In order to even get up to speed with the story leading up the HoT they have to pay gems with money, or grind an insane amount of gold for a new player to grind to get enough gems and buy the season, that's before they even think about getting the expansion. I could imagine this could be a huge TURN OFF.
The team should at the very LEAST make season 2 free, this could in-fact improve expansion sales beyond what they are already, by giving the new player a taste of what the expansion could be they're left on the very edge. The cliffhanger of season 2 was pretty decent, it leaves you wanting to dive in and catch you know who with that egg.
Listen, there's a hundred other changes they should make before releasing it on steam, as well as the obvious "Let us continue with our existing accounts" and such.
I personally think that there's never been a more disappointing approach to that side of things. Knowing that I won't even play the Steam release because of that problem. However I'm putting that aside to think of the new player experience.
In an ideal world Anet would also give a fresh coat of paint on the tech behind the core Tyria story as the mechanics are blegh. I couldn't go back and re-do the story after seeing Anet flex their technical prowess in their most recent expansion.
They've raised the bar, so we should do.
Always strive for more.
Please make season 2 free. Think about this for a little while, Season 1 is core now, it's free, that's great! Silverwastes (The lead up to Heart of Thorns) is a free to access area for anyone who has an account. Lets think about this from a new player perspective. They download GW2 on Steam, they grind to level 80, bam! Great! What's next? Finish the core story? Great, done. They've now got this kind of limbo state where they're between the base game and the first expansion and they don't really know what to do. In order to even get up to speed with the story leading up the HoT they have to pay gems with money, or grind an insane amount of gold for a new player to grind to get enough gems and buy the season, that's before they even think about getting the expansion. I could imagine this could be a huge TURN OFF. The team should at the very LEAST make season 2 free, this could in-fact improve expansion sales beyond what they are already, by giving the new player a taste of what the expansion could be they're left on the very edge. The cliffhanger of season 2 was pretty decent, it leaves you wanting to dive in and catch you know who with that egg. Listen, there's a hundred other changes they should make before releasing it on steam, as well as the obvious "Let us continue with our existing accounts" and such. I personally think that there's never been a more disappointing approach to that side of things. Knowing that I won't even play the Steam release because of that problem. However I'm putting that aside to think of the new player experience. In an ideal world Anet would also give a fresh coat of paint on the tech behind the core Tyria story as the mechanics are blegh. I couldn't go back and re-do the story after seeing Anet flex their technical prowess in their most recent expansion. They've raised the bar, so we should do. Always strive for more.
