HeliosMagi.9867 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 There's been far too much negativity in these forums lately, let's try to balance that out by talking about the thing we're excited and happy about the new expansion! For one, the new reward system sounds really cool to me, especially the part about how we'll be able to earn some thing that were previously gen-store exclusive in-game. At least 2 mount skins have been confirmed, 1 each for Skyscale and Griffin. New masteries, always a treat, seems like they're adding mounted combat, which I haven't seen any MMOs really do yet, and flying mounts being able to use updrafts will make griffin flying even more fun (I hope SotO zones will have new Griffin and Skyscale adventures to really put these tot he test.\ New Legendary Armor. The medium set would be perfect for my thief! and no trenchcoats! New weapons for each class! Warrior getting Staff, will Heal Warrior finally be more than just a meme? I for one am super hyped for SotO and already have it pre-purchased on Steam. Who else is hyped? 12 2 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poormany.4507 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) As a GW1 player, finally figuring out what the deal with the Wizard's Tower is since that one quest in Prophecies Skywatch Archipelago sounds really interesting and fun with the multiple alternate universes interacting with each other (I loved that aspect of Jahai) Zojja The Kryptis designs look awesome The Heart of the Obscure mastery sounds fun and I'm optimistic it will bring useful new mechanics. Edited July 21, 2023 by Poormany.4507 9 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen.2907 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 I am curious about the Wizard's Tower, but I should be able to get that tidbit of information without needing to buy the expac. 6 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donari.5237 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) I am excited for pretty much all of it, but I think what's got me the most psyched is the legendary armor. It looks wonderful (at least in the concept paintings, I know it'll be clunkier and stiffer in game, and we don't yet know how it'll animate) and I have hopes I'll actually finally get some armor. edit: I was typing in a hurry before, as the Treasure Hunt was about to start. I am also looking forward to dual sword necromancer. I would have generally been looking forward to the elite weapons going baseline, and still am to some extent, but the beta showed that it can be hard to disentangle them from the elite mechanics and utilities so some of the combinations are clunky. The new skyscale options look great (I got mine old-school while it was still massively time gated and had to grind out the map currencies and I'm -fine- with new people getting theirs more easily, but also fine with getting slightly better mastery skills for doing it both ways). Edited July 21, 2023 by Donari.5237 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen.2907 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Now that you mention it, the heavy and medium legendary armor skins look amazing. I am leery of spending time and effort on legendaries at this point though. 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandal.5621 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Hammer Holo. Honorable mentions: open world legendary armor, relics, Zojja coming back, Shortbow Engi. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungrul.9358 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 The only thing that I'm looking forward to now is open world legendary armour, and seeing the mess they've made of the relic system, I'm sure they'll find a way to screw this up too. 4 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vares.8457 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) Double pistol guardian and double sword Necro. So far the expansion has cool features and I am looking forward to it. Edited July 21, 2023 by vares.8457 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbird.5960 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 I'm most excited for the new lore, map metas, and armor skins! ^^ 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luthan.5236 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Using weapons of the elite spec on other elite-specs or core. And the relics - unlocking stuff there. (The new ones that are expansion-exclusive might be interesting.) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serephen.3420 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) I'm looking forward to losing my 6th set bonuses on all my legendary runes!😁 In all seriousness, I'm at least still kinda interested in the story/lore and new skins. Bit hesitant to think about legendaries for now at least. I was excited about the elite spec weapons being unlocked but now I'm somewhat indifferent about it. Wasn't keen on only mainhand pistol for ele, but that doesn't come at launch and as we have no information about skills yet it'stoo early to make any judgement about it. Edited July 21, 2023 by Serephen.3420 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueJin.4127 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) Open world legendary armors. I got some legendary trinkets and legendary chest pieces for each of the 3 armor types from wvw and pvp, which was enough for me to know that I absolutely hate these two modes in this game. There is no way in hell I’m ever completing the armor sets through these modes, nor do I have any interest in committing myself to a group for raids. Depending on the process for the open world legendary armors, I may buy the next expansion and return to GW2 (I don’t own EoD, nor am I playing right now). Edited July 21, 2023 by BlueJin.4127 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaman.2034 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Open world legendary armor made it an instant buy. It represents a shift in perspective at ArenaNet about who their audience actually is (and has been this whole time). I am so looking forward to leaving ascended armor behind for good! 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeftheWicked.3076 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 To it finally launching. I want to see just how much meat there will be on these bones. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Going somewhere completely new which hasn't been featured in GW2 or GW1 before. (I'm hoping it will include new parts of Tyria and not just the Mists.) Also finally finding out what's going on with the Wizard's Tower. According to the GW1 Wiki The Villainy of Galrath - where you have to stop him getting into the Wizard's Tower - was one of the first quests created, so this mystery is nearly as old as the franchise itself. I'm also interested in the new reward system. It sounds similar to Elder Scrolls Online's endeavours, which I've found surprisingly enjoyable for something that was only implemented to comply with Microsoft's loot box policy. Being able to choose the rewards will be nice, there's things from the login rewards I often want more of and others I rarely or never want. I won't be able to do the achievements every day and will miss some entire weeks as well, so I'll probably have to pick things to prioritise but I'm used to that. I really like that the rewards won't be removed so if there's something I really want I can keep working towards it even if I'm away a lot when it's added. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zok.4956 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 11 hours ago, HeliosMagi.9867 said: talking about the thing we're excited and happy about the new expansion! I like the numerous WvW changes in the new expansion. 5 10 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegated.4132 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) New raids. They said strikes were meant to be a ladder so people could get easier into raids, now we have that ladder completely stabilized, it's time to start giving the players more extra lore like the first 4 raid wings. Edited July 21, 2023 by Renegated.4132 2 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson.4036 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Griffon updraft 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idpersona.3810 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Getting my family their skyscales and playing through the story together. Unlocking additional legendary armor I haven't gotten otherwise yet. The new masteries making flying mounts even better. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighthonor.4061 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 I want more details on the Rifts. I hope that adds long term replay value to the core maps that can be updated with new mechanics over time without breaking the system like the old Core Metas 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante.1508 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 (edited) More story mostly, with the wizard tower in Kessex hills finally revealed it seems great. (I remember looking at that early in GW2 release and thinking what a missed opportunity it was). Zojja, As an Asura main this is great news. New gears and weapons.. Hopefully back to GW2 release style loots would be awesome. New ways to use my weapons and specs would be good. Just ways to casually acquire a legendary Armor set in open world.. Without being forced into hardcore modes i don't enjoy. 16 hours ago, Renegated.4132 said: New raids. They said strikes were meant to be a ladder so people could get easier into raids, now we have that ladder completely stabilized, it's time to start giving the players more extra lore like the first 4 raid wings. Personally found strikes just as hard as raids myself... Edited July 22, 2023 by Dante.1508 5 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Story. 5 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mukizo.1269 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Cm strikes👍🏻 Relics🤭 Op Skyscale😳 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Soaring my griffin through the skies. I hope opportunities will exist a plenty. If the maps are rammed full of content, then that’ll make me happy as well. New, original, interesting places to explore and fun events are what I’m looking forward to. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitmonster.9036 Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 The thing I'm most looking forward to? Probably all the forum whiners finally shutting up about getting their OW legendary armor. You know, until they start to complain it takes "too much time" or "too much grinding" or something. For my real answer though, the talk of these maps in the 'skies over Tyria' make the griffon enjoyer in me cautiously excited. More high altitude places for Griffon zoomies sounds fantastic. I just hope the new flying masteries don't totally ruin stunt flying. 3 4 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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