Say goodbye to the Living World, and hello to more frequent expansions.
Guild Wars 2 had a good 2022. Its tenth year brought a new expansion, the return of the first season of its Living World story, a Steam launch, and quality-of-life improvements that addressed some long-standing gripes lingering in its ageing code. It also brought renewed hope for the future, with the announcement—shortly after End of Dragons' release—of a fourth expansion. It was such a good year that we named it ourNow, for 2023, ArenaNet is preparing us for that expansion's release.
Future expansions will initially release with two new open-world maps, two Strike Missions,"new gameplay and combat features", and new progression in the form of new Masteries and rewards. For comparison, End of Dragons released with four open-world maps and four Strike Missions, along with the usual selection of new features and associated Masteries.
A lot will depend on the quality of the next expansion, but roughly I'm on board with this change. After years of inconsistent releases, just having regular, scheduled content updates should make a huge difference to how alive and active the game feels. We've seen this across the last year on the balance side of things. Since the balance team moved to regular updates, it's made a big difference seeing old weapons and traits get some new life.
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