Expansion 4 wish-list

[Lord Krilik.3692]

Here are some features I would like to see in the next expansion.

 

1. Playable Tengu. 

 

Now that effort has been put into creating varied Tengu appearances in EoD I think we have a good base of faces and styles to expand on and make them playable. I understand that making them playable in past story content would be a challenge but given we have now wrapped up the dragon story I think expansion 4 is a lerfect time to bring then to the game with the caveat that their story starts in that expansion and a Tengu character either cannot play past content or must "play through the eyes of the commander" and Arenanet can simply have us choose from a premade character appearance of another race who will be considered the Canonical Commander as if we are playing through a flashback sequence (I.e  you select a female sylvari when starting the story chapter for living world season 2 and you play as a pre designed female svlvari for that chapter but with all your gear and skills etc). You can select the pre designed character when starting each chapter so you can change it if you want between chapters. This way all the voice lines etc dont have to be redone for the Tengu either as it will just play the voice of the character you chose.

 

2. Player housing

 

Update the guild decorations to be housing decorations as well and let us build our own homes. It's a staple feature in MMOs and the community has been gagging for it for years. 

 

3. Naval combat and guild ships

 

We have Skiffs now. Let's bring in Naval combat. Large ships built and owned by guilds, piloted by guilds, with weaponry and tasks for guild members to do to keep the boat intact and moving during the fight. Have us face off against other guilds, against big sea monsters, etc. Let's hit the open waters and see what undiscovered lands lie beyond.

 

4. Reinvestment in existing features/QoL

 

Specifically:

- guild missions need more love and investment

- add more adventures around the world. EoD and Core could use a few sprinkled in.

- clean up of the achievement panel

- fractals are hard to level up because people only want to do the dailies. Make this simpler to encourage people back in.

- More mount races

- improved UI for guilds, squads, lfg, etc

 

5. New weapons

 

If we go to a new land then it's a perfect time to add new weapons that Fyria s might not have known about. This way it also gets around the issue of having less skins for it initially. You also don't need to grant every weapon to every class. If just 2 or 3 weapons  types are added then perhaps one or two core classes could get a new weapon and a few elite specs as well. These can be granted strategically so as to manage the resource investment in adding them.

 

6. Elite specs

 

It's a no brainer but I still want to say it. More Elite specs!!

 

Specifically though:

- Revenant caster archetype. I really wanted Togo for EoD but it didn't happen :(. Give us a scepter and/or focus.

- Thief spec that is tankier and relies on staying I  combat more than fleeing and plays with the revealed mechanic more so than stealth (risk vs reward of inflicting revealed on yourself which will mean no stealth but will grant other benefits). Off-and torch please!

- Bard/Paragon archetype. Either Warrior or mesmer. The Elite will play a series of chants and after a combination of 3 of them it will produce an "echo" which is like a final effect based on the order the chants were strung together. Playing chants in a different order will produce different effects. If warrior then land spear or scepter (think "drum sticks"). If mesmer then shortbow or Mace (again, think "drumsticks").

 

That's all I can think of for now.

 

Keen to hear any other ideas people have!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 26, 2022 by Lord Krilik.3692

[Fromageophage.6934]

I love these ideas!

[Terra.9506]

And Henchmen with Mastery.

[Tatwi.3562]

On 3/25/2022 at 8:00 PM, Lord Krilik.3692 said:

2. Player housing

 

Update the guild decorations to be housing decorations as well and let us build our own homes. It's a staple feature in MMOs and the community has been gagging for it for years. 

 

3. Naval combat and guild ships

 

We have Skiffs now. Let's bring in Naval combat. Large ships built and owned by guilds, piloted by guilds, with weaponry and tasks for guild members to do to keep the boat intact and moving during the fight. Have us face off against other guilds, against big sea monsters, etc. Let's hit the open waters and see what undiscovered lands lie beyond.

 

4. Reinvestment in existing features/QoL

 

Specifically:

- guild missions need more love and investment

- add more adventures around the world. EoD and Core could use a few sprinkled in.

- clean up of the achievement panel

- More mount races

Yes to this, but I 100% do not care about the other stuff, at all.

Edited March 27, 2022 by Tatwi.3562

[Izzy.2951]

new race.

[Randin.5701]

I'd like a new race. Tengu are the obvious ones, but largos and kodan would also be cool. Hell, let's toss in the krait as a dark horse candidate; sure, they're uniformly evil, but they look cool.

 

Housing is the last of the big obvious MMO features that are missing, and seem like an eventual inevitability. And hey, I've been known to enjoy playing decorator. 

 

In terms of elite specs, I just want necro to get a mechanist-esque pet spec. Ideally with a pet that doesn't look as doofy as regular necro minions.

[Serephen.3420]

I'm not sure how they'd implement it if they did but Tengu is a race I'd like too. Honestly the only non human race I'd be interested in playing. Even though I have a character of each of the races I don't enjoy the others as much😅 (possible gw1 bias?)

I would still like an underwater revamp and a region underwater to explore be it caverns, seas or lakes. 

Expanding on mounted combat even if kept simplistic could be interesting too.

I'm unsure about adding new elite specs at this point. Adding more weapons to core and revamping/updating older skills and such would probably be easier to fit, balance and such. Maybe they could make it work but gameplay wise would be running tight on variation. 

A new region to explore would be nice, whether it is on the current visible map(preferable depending on post eod stories) or outside of the currently visible map. 

 

That's what I can think of for now at least.

Edited March 28, 2022 by Serephen.3420

[morsdood.1987]

12 hours ago, Terra.9506 said:

And Henchmen with Mastery.

With this game's AI?

[Terra.9506]

36 minutes ago, morsdood.1987 said:

With this game's AI?

Yes but maybe only available in specific place like dungeons.

Edited March 28, 2022 by Terra.9506

[Dawdler.8521]

Imagine if the main feature of the 4th expansion was making the invisible DBL garri cornerstone that's been broken for 5+ years visible again.

I mean they could even make a whole story line about how the Inquest stole it and the Commander need to get it back, all out war in Tyria over the cornerstone yet no one knows where it is because no one can see it. The Inquest think it's theirs, but then the Quaggans claim to have and worship it by just worshipping in any direction and location it could be, then Cantha gets involved and try to push a slab of jade as the real cornerstone.

Then when they finally find it and make it visible... we'll have 4 LS worth of content because it turns out the textures is totally kittened as well.

Just saying.

Lots of possibilities.

[Randulf.7614]

At this point I’d just take content over features. I want the best of HoT content (unique maps, high replayability) combined with the best of PoF (beautiful, natural, organic maps with plenty of variety for the explorer and solo roamer). Then shove all that in at least half a dozen new maps and really go crazy with them. I’m still a little surprised how desolate EoD is in terms of content.

I am in no way against a new race, but it brings nothing but a new skin. Player housing vaguely interests me, but I’d prefer better guild support first and I’d not want housing at the expense of more map content.

Mines of Moria in lotro remains prob the best expansion I’ve ever played because it added a huge play area that was a time sink of months, a long story, somehow managed to make an interesting and varied set of underground maps, threw in instances of all difficulties and sizes and added a few extra things to keep players going for a year or two.

That’s the philosophy I want to see in expac 4

[Sajuuk Khar.1509]

Generally I think new races, classes, or weapons, is off the table. There's just way too much baggage associated with trying to introduce these sorts of things this late in the game to make them worth the investment on Anet's part IMO.

Player housing is possible, though I doubt we will build our own homes. More likely everyone gets access to something akin to Caudecus' manor, and get to fill it how they want. The game engine doesn't seem particularly built to "build your own home from the ground up" ala Fallout 4/76 or something.

In terms of content design I would prefer the EoD style maps. More events then PoF, but it isn't just one big "follow the arrow" meta like HoT. EoD is, in general, a nice balance between the two.

Setting/plot. Probably bring back the old Utopia concepts to round out the world of Tyira. With Tyria proper representing Europe and the Middle East, Cantha being Asia, and Elona being Africa, we need an "Americas" setting. So using the Aztec/Maya/Inca designs from Utopia would be a good fit. Plot would involve the Mists, and secrets of the gods.

New elite specs are fine, but I think this is as far as elite specs should go, if we get a 5th expansion in the future I would rather them not try to add new elite specs because its just becoming a huge balance issue/gameplay issue trying to add so many elite specs into the game.

Edited March 28, 2022 by Sajuuk Khar.1509

[Kreejaffa.3682]

I've mentioned this a couple of times over the years, but I would really love to see a storyline where we head underground to retake the Asura homelands that were overrun by destroyers. I think there is a lot of potential there. Rediscovering old Asuran tech. New possible enemies that have evolved in the centuries the Asurans have been gone. Maybe even a new mount that can dig through tunnels for fast travel or access to secret areas.

[Kichwas.7152]

There's one last piece of the core GW1 game that we're missing: The Monk class.

 

Top of my list for a new expansion would be a few new classes. Not just elite specs - actual classes / professions.

 

I'm sure everyone would want to see the Dervish again. Maybe also the Ritualist. And I seem to recall one other class too that 5 people might miss, the Paragon.

 

Concepts that recreate parts of these are all present in GW2 elite specs. But not the actual theme of theme. Of them all, the Monk is the only one that DOES appear regularly on core GW2 NPCs. "Maybe" there are a few Dervishes in PoF, but there are actual Monks running around as NPCs so... "I'd like my class back".

 

Yeah, I was a monk main back in GW1 and I really miss the class. The main argument against it was not wanting healers. But elite specs have given us just that multiple times now, and the Monk wasn't just a healer.

 

 

Outside of that, Expansion 4 needs to go to the next continent that GW1 was originally planning to go to before they sidetracked up to Eye of the North when the creative team switched who was in charge.

 

[Arnox.5128]

Guild feature overhaul

Guild vs. guild

Literally anything guild-related because holy hell, ANet

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And also, to make everyone in this thread really angry... Duels.

Edited March 29, 2022 by Arnox.5128

[Bookah pls.9352]

Tropical paradise themed zones with pirates

Underwater combat rework

New weapon types 

Give pls

[Linken.6345]

22 hours ago, Izzy.2951 said:

new race.

Beetle, skiff or skyscale?

[SinisterSlay.6973]

For fashion wars.

Let's get some character customizations. Cantha added like what, 4 hair styles?  Let's get a body sculpture tool. Get some more skin textures. Hair textures. Hair models. Helmets that don't make you bald.  Add accessories. All this stuff could even be sellable in the black Lion store.

 

If I'm going to stand around looking defeated in the EoD meta I should look good doing it.

Edited March 29, 2022 by SinisterSlay.6973

[Tukaram.8256]

On 3/28/2022 at 4:35 AM, Terra.9506 said:

And Henchmen with Mastery.

I would love to have henchmen.  

Mostly I want a new profession. I have 2 empty slots, 1 lvl 80 boost, and nothing to use it on. EoD should have had at least 1 new profession (ninja? samurai?).  I hope the next expansion has a new profession, I do not care if there is a new race. 😎

[Gibson.4036]

10 hours ago, Linken.6345 said:

Beetle, skiff or skyscale?

Griffon