The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 has announced a live event for August, where the Living World Season 5 will be discussed. You can participate in this event either directly in Seattle or via livestream.
When will the event take place? ArenaNet has booked the Moore Theatre in Seattle for August 30, 2019, at 6:00 PM German time. There, the upcoming fifth season of the Living World will be discussed.
What will the event be like? The event is expected to last 45 minutes and is free of charge. Fans will get seats in the theater on a first-come, first-served basis. The first 500 will even receive Guild Wars 2 goodie bags.
For those who cannot be there in person, there will be livestreams on Twitch and Facebook to follow the event.
The live event for Guild Wars 2 will take place parallel to PAX Prime in Seattle. Anyone who wanted to visit the fair can also stop by the Moon Theatre.
The Living World Season 5 will be crucial
Why is the event so important? Guild Wars 2 is currently in a difficult phase. Many players find the system of the Living World good, but the patches are sometimes too small, and there are too long gaps between them.
Moreover, especially PvP players and fans of World vs. World feel neglected. Both game modes have received little attention and few innovations from the developers lately.
Last but not least, hardcore fans are also rebelling because raids and fractals are released too infrequently, and the last ones have been too easy.
Almost every player faction currently has issues and expectations from the developers. Fulfilling these will be challenging. That’s why there is a migration of players to other MMORPGs.
What can the Living World Season 5 bring? ArenaNet has already promised in a small roadmap that work will be done on some of these points. Additionally, the new Living World Season 5 is supposed to include features that would normally be used for an expansion.
The new season must therefore be a success for Guild Wars 2 to maintain or potentially even increase player numbers. This is particularly important because in February of this year, almost a third of the studio had to leave.
A lot also depends on the live event in August. It will be especially interesting to see how long it takes until the first episode is released. The expansion Path of Fire was announced by ArenaNet on August 1, and the release was just a few weeks later, on September 22.
What can be experienced until the livestream? Guild Wars 2 is currently filling the time between patches with many small events. In addition, the Dragon Mayhem took place from late June to mid-July.
On July 30, a patch will be released, bringing legendary runes and sigils. It will also see the return of the Festival of the Four Winds. Overall, there will likely be no major differences from the previous year.
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