ManaPotato.3279 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 So now that the idealization honeymoon phase is waning, I am curious if this new expansion Living Story season is worth buying? What would be the real price of this content? What would be pros and what cons of it in your opinion? Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endilbiach.4132 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Little early to ask this imo, but it's absolutely an expansion. The only thing it's missing is new elite specs, but considering the fact that it's bringing us the option to use any of the elite spec weapons on a character regardless of their current elite spec, I consider that a fair tradeoff. Also class balance has got to be getting hard. Pros: New stuff! Also legendary armor and legendary relics coming soon as part of it. Ley line and updraft on skyscales and griffons is gonna be awesome. Cons: Fix the friggin daily login system. Only having 3 things we can do and being screwed if we don't like/can't do any of them is awful. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmatic.3576 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 It's not anywhere near on par with the value we got from the previous two expansions but I was entertained enough that I don't have any regrets from buying it. 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerberlyfe.9736 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 34 minutes ago, Endilbiach.4132 said: Little early to ask this imo, but it's absolutely an expansion. The only thing it's missing is new elite specs, but considering the fact that it's bringing us the option to use any of the elite spec weapons on a character regardless of their current elite spec, I consider that a fair tradeoff. Also class balance has got to be getting hard. Pros: New stuff! Also legendary armor and legendary relics coming soon as part of it. Ley line and updraft on skyscales and griffons is gonna be awesome. Cons: Fix the friggin daily login system. Only having 3 things we can do and being screwed if we don't like/can't do any of them is awful. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:GW2-mastery-regions.jpg Uh, bro. People forget that HoT and PoF had like 14 full size maps for $40. Plus full elite specs. The Living World was free if you logged in and got them. Now for SoTo it's like 1.5 maps for $25 . And I say 1.5 because the Skywatch map is shameless asset harvesting and Amnytas is essentially one wall texture and one pillar copy pasted into lazy cubes. It continues the laziness and decline of EoD which gave us like 5 maps for $40, but at least we got the specs which added substantially to core systems. If you actually consider $ per map, SoTo is ridiculously, like 2x or more more expensive. And we aren't even getting any core system upgrades, in fact they are uprooting and simplying and reducing if you consider Relics and Login changes as actually sort of a backwards step like most people do. I guess I will be generous and say SoTo is 2.5 maps because they felt gracious to give us a single one later... I don't blame Arenanet for raising their prices in Joe Biden's collapsing economy but still, the decline in their output is undeniable. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcelo.4210 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Yeah, it it's worth it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManaPotato.3279 Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 2 hours ago, gkoogz.3089 said: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:GW2-mastery-regions.jpg Uh, bro. People forget that HoT and PoF had like 14 full size maps for $40. Plus full elite specs. The Living World was free if you logged in and got them. Now for SoTo it's like 1.5 maps for $25 . And I say 1.5 because the Skywatch map is shameless asset harvesting and Amnytas is essentially one wall texture and one pillar copy pasted into lazy cubes. It continues the laziness and decline of EoD which gave us like 5 maps for $40, but at least we got the specs which added substantially to core systems. If you actually consider $ per map, SoTo is ridiculously, like 2x or more more expensive. And we aren't even getting any core system upgrades, in fact they are uprooting and simplying and reducing if you consider Relics and Login changes as actually sort of a backwards step like most people do. I guess I will be generous and say SoTo is 2.5 maps because they felt gracious to give us a single one later... I don't blame Arenanet for raising their prices in Joe Biden's collapsing economy but still, the decline in their output is undeniable. Yeah thanks, I'll pass. From what you told me, realistically its worth 15 bucks max. Seems this "expac" is filled with reused assets anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illuminati.8453 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 If you play GW2, of course it is worth it. Many people, myself included, want tweaks, but this is the game I login to when I get off work so there is no reason not to buy it and do my best to enjoy it. That being said, I agree with others, they *must* fix the daily selection - it has made it so my wife and I have different tasks which is just annoying as can be. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto.5684 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 (edited) I do not regret buying it, but no, compared to all previous expansions you are getting no where close to value we got. Edited August 23, 2023 by otto.5684 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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