Ashen.2907 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 46 minutes ago, Randulf.7614 said: My book backlog is running close to 2000, so it’ll be fond memories and “so long and thanks for all the fish”. I suspect the game will outlast me though! Solid suggestion. Ive been meaning to reread the Black Company novels but struggle to find time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxez.7361 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Even if GW2 shut down there would still be other games. The real question is what would you do if they shut down the Black Lion Trading Post as that would actually effect your gameplay. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, Xerxez.7361 said: Even if GW2 shut down there would still be other games. The real question is what would you do if they shut down the Black Lion Trading Post as that would actually effect your gameplay. Evon would keep the Black Lion Company going far beyond GW2’s lifetime 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chips.7968 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, Arnox.5128 said: "What if GW2 were to shut down?" Honestly? Wouldn't care. Play it out of habit rather than enjoyment. It'd force me to actually do something meaningful instead of waste time on a nothing. Edited July 8, 2022 by Chips.7968 3 2 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosrorav.4703 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 mmos tend to just shut down servers but i remember anet devs said gw1 can be made off-line if needed i imagine theyd do same for gw2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayHog.3280 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Could probably end up trying FF14 online. Got another friend that keeps insisting to give it a try. One MMO is enough time murder, so might as well finish one thing off that's interesting before I go for any other. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen.2907 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Randulf.7614 said: Evon would keep the Black Lion Company going far beyond GW2’s lifetime He would start crowdfunding GW3 by selling plots of land and massive ships, castles, etc ala Star Citizen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubbymitts.2839 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 time spent doing what you love isn't time wasted!! besides, i really don't think gw2 will shut down anytime soon, anyway. isnt it on a bit of an upswing recently? im excited to see it get more popular... and powerful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Red Arachnid.2493 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Something else. That's really all I can say about it. There's no shortage of circus in the first world. I don't know what will catch my fancy, or what opportunities will present themselves. All I know is that if I weren't here, I'd be somewhere else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solvar.7953 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 GW1 was basically a single player game that you could team up with other players, but could also do almost all of the content with henchmen & heroes. So an offline (single player) mode would work fine for that. But for GW2, an offline version would mean a huge amount of content just would not be playable - dungeons, fractals, strikes, raids, world bosses. I suppose in some cases, a player could just buff themselves/debuff enemies (since it is now effectively single player, no one else would care). But a bit of that multiplayer content has mechanics which a single player, even if infinite HP, would not be able to complete. Now conceivably, that content could be changed, or cheat modes added, but that would require actual development effort which would seem unlikely to happen if there is not enough demand to keep the game running. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khisanth.2948 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 10 hours ago, Xerxez.7361 said: Even if GW2 shut down there would still be other games. The real question is what would you do if they shut down the Black Lion Trading Post as that would actually effect your gameplay. For people who started playing at launch we already experienced more than enough of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante.1508 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 21 hours ago, SinisterSlay.6973 said: As a useless person I probably wouldn't have accomplished anything in those 10 years. But I could have ... Not sure why I never travelled. I'm going to be one of those people that is born, lives and dies in a tiny corner of the world never seeing anything else. You traveled all over Tyria instead. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labjax.2465 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 I would hope for historical record purposes they have the moral fortitude to push for release of source code. Beyond that, much of this game's experience relies on high population organically finding each other. Without that, it's not the same game. So it would be nice to see its components preserved, but I'm not sure the experience can be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnox.5128 Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) On 7/8/2022 at 5:05 PM, JayHog.3280 said: Could probably end up trying FF14 online. Got another friend that keeps insisting to give it a try. It's a good game from what I can tell... IF, that is, you like the WoW style of gameplay. If you want something more GW2 style though then stay away. Also, they're charging a sub fee. Edited July 12, 2022 by Arnox.5128 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayHog.3280 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, Arnox.5128 said: It's a good game from what I can tell... IF, that is, you like the WoW style of gameplay. If you want something more GW2 style though then stay away. Also, they're charging a sub fee. From what I heard, you can have 1 free year of gameplay, doubt I'll need more than that to be able to experience it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kharmin.7683 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 10 hours ago, JayHog.3280 said: From what I heard, you can have 1 free year of gameplay, doubt I'll need more than that to be able to experience it. Took me a lot less than a year to tell it wasn't for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artemis.8034 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) Cant stand playing FF14 anymore, maybe go to Tera or some other action combat gameplay game. I have a specific type of gameworld and combat system I enjoy, and most games leave both flat. People say Lost Ark is good come check it out. So i did ,not for me no thanks. I absolutely hate the movement in that game and the lack of free world camera, and all the spells look the same. GW2 is def unique , just hope the devs do more with it. Edited July 12, 2022 by Artemis.8034 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PzTnT.7198 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Seeing that arenanet is owned by ncsoft the likely scenario if they decide that they aren't bringing in enough profits is similar to what happened to wildstar and city of heroes. Basically the studio gets nuked from orbit on very short notice. Nothing comes out as open source (because there is no time) and ncsoft hordes the IP rights forever. Which means everything done in this game just goes poof. Some years down the line a private server that has been reverse engineered to work with the client will probably pop up. It will be extremely limited and kind of niche at that point as most people will have moved on to other games. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekro.3096 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 It wouldn't matter too much for me. I only play for WvW, everything else I can get from other titles. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susy.7529 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 In the case of GW2 shutting down, I'm not feeling forced to embrace another mmorpg, there are a ton of single player games I like the same or even more. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloc Freidon.5692 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Consider this. I am already back to playing a formerly full time MMO, thanks to this lull in content from the end of Icebrood and post-EoD. GW2 closing would be a loss. But I would move on. I am already dedicated to the plan that if they make GW3 (abandoning GW2 in the process) or they shut down servers entirely, I would never look back at Anet or NCSoft. Both City of Heroes and GW2 would be enough for me to treat NCSoft and anything it has a part in a hostile entity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 45 minutes ago, PzTnT.7198 said: Seeing that arenanet is owned by ncsoft the likely scenario if they decide that they aren't bringing in enough profits is similar to what happened to wildstar and city of heroes. Basically the studio gets nuked from orbit on very short notice. Nothing comes out as open source (because there is no time) and ncsoft hordes the IP rights forever. Which means everything done in this game just goes poof. Some years down the line a private server that has been reverse engineered to work with the client will probably pop up. It will be extremely limited and kind of niche at that point as most people will have moved on to other games. You do know that city of heroes is back right? Search for city of heroes homecoming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PzTnT.7198 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 31 minutes ago, Linken.6345 said: You do know that city of heroes is back right? Search for city of heroes homecoming I know about it, yes. There is also a work in progress wildstar private server around. But it has taken years for these to pop up since the games were shut down along with their studios. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen.2907 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 To be honest, the more I think about the balance changes, and apparent philosophy behind them, the more my response to the OP's query tends towards, "why should I care?" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tukaram.8256 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 7:16 PM, SinisterSlay.6973 said: Sometimes it's tough to think about the years spent and literally wasted. If you had fun - was the time really wasted? An eventual shutdown is inevitable, but not the end of the world (well... it would be the end of this world ha ha). Initially I would just spend more time on my private Ultima Online server (it is more fun to code than to play). Eventually I would probably find another game, I guess. I have been playing MMORPGs since 1997 and kind of getting tired of the repetition. I would love to see something new, but even I have no idea what that would entail. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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