[2020] “One Path Ends” devs here – ask us anything!

Originally posted by [deleted]

Can you share/hint something about the legendary accessory, please? As in will it have any effect in game, what is it and so on.

Thank you in advance.

Originally posted by ZC321

Any plans to do a core trait/skill update again any time soon ?

The last few were nice but there is still tons of repetitive, mechanically disappointing or just plain sub par stuff in game (Looks at spirit weapons & hollowed ground)

Originally posted by DrPeckers

Can we expect Legendary Trinkets as possible rewards for other parts of the game such as fractals, WvW, SPvP, and raids? Or will they be tied specifically to future Living Story Seasons?

Originally posted by dracoisms

Brilliant end to season 3 to everyone responsible <3

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Originally posted by XTheMaskedGamerX

To anyone who's in charge of the story. I really got to ask about Rytlock and his story development and of course issues with the revenant I have from an RP and lore perspective.

1. When someone says "Rytlock is the first Revenant," does that mean he is the originator/creator of the profession, or is it that he's the first "known Revenant" or the one that made the Revenant popular within Tyrian Society? Now depending on the answers, leads to an inconsistency which needs to be addressed.

2. With Rytlock keeping his mouth shut through this season about how he obtained his powers (even getting arrested for keeping secrets) how does the Tyrian population come across such knowledge if he's being silent? Wouldn't that mean from a lore standpoint any other Revenant that exists technically shouldn't exist?

This is coming from a fan who loves RP and lore, and I want to respect your narrative as much as possible to further create my own stories around what happens without breaking anything. I hope you can answer some of these concerns of mine.

Extra question: Will he be a prominent character for the next expansion seeing that we didn't get to see him in the last episode?

Originally posted by Arlann

Hi ANet folks, I returned to GW2 about 2 months ago after being away for a few years. I really like the Living World content and have played through season 2, HOT and season 3 since returning. From perusing the internet it looks like season 1 was quite epic and I'm disappointed it's not playable now.

All living world content since season 1 can be purchased and played. Will season 1 ever be playable? There are players like me who would love to play it and even pay for it.

Thanks.

Originally posted by dunnot

After finishing the living season 3 and wrapping up Heart of Thornes, what would be the most insightful things you guys have learned during all those months compared to developing the Core game (for those who have been around for so long)?

Originally posted by Drewbawb

Hi Arenanet! You guys have mentioned before that you split the Living World team into three groups, and each got their own bit of the story to produce. My question is: how was the cooperation between teams? Was there a lot of communication between each team, or did they mostly keep to themselves when working on their parts of the story?

Originally posted by Poobsi

Who is behind that jumping puzzle?! Whoever it is, I love you. Can we expect more jumping puzzles with a checkpoint system like this one in the future?

Originally posted by Sorenyth

Hello! Wonderful work this season! I was curious if you guys will have a presences at PAX West {Prime, whatever you crazy kids want to call it} this year? Or if it would be just the community party? I know people want to purchase tickets but are waiting to hear from you guys. And if you cannot answer it outright you can just tell if it would be in our best interest to plan our time wisely at PAX

Originally posted by werdernator

Hey Mo, thanks for the nice patch (to all of you). Please hand out special thanks to whoever is responsible for the sounds in the final instance. Those attacks' sound design was on spot and felt very impactful and high in quality.

Originally posted by Lishtenbird

I do like the "maps frozen in time" concept, but I'm sure it can be confusing to players outside online communities (:

So, have you considered putting timestamps along with fun lore onto map loading screens, like "Lake Doric, 1234 A.E. - The human capital city gets attacked by the White Mantle, an organization which..."?

Originally posted by Keorl

(SPOILERS)

Lore question. A book in the Shining Blade HQ says that Livia retired from her Master Exemplar role, then spent the rest of her life in said HQ before dieing in 1157. The same book lists a few Masters Exemplar, starting with Laurelai in ... 1157.

Question : how much time passed between Livia's retirement and her supposed death ? Several years (in this case there must be another Master Exemplar between her and Laurelai) ? A few weeks/months (in this case there is no other Master Exemplar) ?

Also, Bartholos' book says it was written in 1089AE, but it also says he gave it to the Shining Blade in 1088AE. Which year is correct ?

I need to know so I make sure I didn't write wrong stuff on the wiki page

Originally posted by Delsea

I loved the story in One Path Ends, and I also liked the variety in rewards, both short term and long term. Big success! I look forward to exploring the new map further! (And beyond!)

Q: With the increased attention that has been given to rewards, particularly since late Season 2, why are achievement points distributed so sparingly now? For example, story steps in Seasons 2 & 3 have granted zero achievement points, and many other difficult achievements in Season 3 have granted fewer than 5 each. The point values have been so low in some categories that they almost feel like placeholders, waiting for the real values to be assigned. (A more recent of healthier point values can be found with the Shatterer achievements.)

Some examples:

• Gold in Adventures — 1 AP each
• I'm Rubber; You're Destroyer (Kill forty Destroyers with their own pustule bombs in the Dragon Vigil Story instance) — 1 AP
• Most Season 3 Mastery Points — 1 AP each
• Honorary Crew Member (difficult Lake Doric ship defense event) — 1 AP
• Where Exalted Dare (Auric Basic Herta) — 1 AP
• The Spirit Vale achievements — almost all under 5 AP

Originally posted by riddlemore

Can you describe the new episode in a haiku, without spoilers?

Originally posted by Despada_

To the Living World Team: With regards to the new maps that have been introduced with Season 3, what were some of the mechanics introduced, or reintroduced, to open world content that you saw was the most well received?

To Everyone: If you could watch a movie with any of the recurring characters in the story; who would it be, and what movie would you watch?

Originally posted by MakubeC

One feature I remember asking for long ago were Lore Books, which we now have and I personally love. I also remember one of the writers saying a long time ago that they have the tech for them themselves to do that kind of stuff, so I would like to thank you guys for that feature, for pouring more of the incredible lore of this for us to read and at the same time encourage you to create many more book/dairies/recording collections cause the players that asked for it are really happy, definitely reading and collecting them!

Originally posted by silmarilen

What was the most unexpected/weird/interesting source of a bug you encountered so far?

Originally posted by EvilProgram

I noticed that you've done some 'testing' with new engine features, most noticeably the Blessing of Dwayna(I think it was) that is present on the gliding section of the story with toxic clouds, and of course the Ley-Line creature skills. Those felt like little experiments with new features, is it safe to assume that these are little tests for what's to come in the expansion and how we, the playerbase, would react to these new mechanics?

Originally posted by HowYouMineFish

Can I just say thank you for this wonderful game. I know this isn't EP6 related, but I've not been able to play GW2 until the last few months and now that I have it has blown me away. It really is one of the best games I've played, and I've been playing games since 3D Monster Maze on the Spectrum.

I'm still catching up with everything - HoT, LW, etc - but I'm so chuffed to be playing at this exciting time and cannot wait to see how things develop during the next expansion.

Cheers!

Originally posted by Kolz

I guess I wish I had a really good question for you guys but I don't. I just wanna say I really feel like you guys hit it out of the park with this release. New fractal with a challenge mode, new (cool!) story episode and a pretty sweet zone (love the Dwayna reliquary). Two legendary weapons instead of one, I honestly haven't even looked at the hammer properly but I'm head over heels for the sword. A surprise legendary* trinket too! The materials storage changes, the book of teleport scrolls, the updates to the old legendaries. Absolutely awesome.

Originally posted by [deleted]

It was a bit weird that two particular people didn't recognise us from the human personal story. And a bit of a slap that person didn't trust us, considering her last interaction with us was telling the PC how their parents would be proud of them. Is there just not enough time to tie in things from the personal story when writing Living World episodes? Also you'd think spoiler I'm just curious as to why these weren't included.

EDIT: I really enjoyed the episode btw! This is a writing/prioritisation question, not a complaint!

Originally posted by Poobsi

Who is behind that jumping puzzle?! Whoever it is, I love you. Can we expect more jumping puzzles with a checkpoint system like this one in the future?

Originally posted by RisingDusk

/u/Mike-OBrien-ArenaNet or /u/Anet_AndrewM maybe you can help answer this. When legendary armor was released, there was talk about legendary weapons allowing players to swap sigils like legendary armor. This would be one of the most enormously important QOL updates for these weapons since we currently can't recover sigils from our legendaries. Is there any movement being made in bringing this functionality over to weapons? Thank you in advance.

Originally posted by Zadah

tickets are basicly gone at this point :(

Originally posted by Zadah

I was refering to Pax tickets, but it doesn't look like you'll be on the Pax floor?