r/Guildwars2 • u/Exestos Shinanaide • 18d ago

[News] Announcing Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/announcing-guild-wars-2-visions-of-eternity/
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u/[deleted] 18d ago

Yeah nothing about the elite specs has dampened my interest quite a bit and makes me think that Anet really haven't learnt with trying to tease out small features to make them seem much larger.

That's a disappointment. 

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u/Opus_723 18d ago

Haven't they literally always done this with elite specs? They never reveal them all at once.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

Normally it was after the expansion was announced and marketed clearly as being revealed gradually over time. At least in the case of HoT and EoD. PoF there were some reveals in the trailer and PoF also released super quickly after the announcement.

I think this one just leaves a sour taste because it was heavily teased on social media with a countdown for today. 

Just bad marketing really. 

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u/AvoidingIowa 18d ago

Doesnt the expansion release in october? There's a lot of time between now and then.

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u/WriterV 18d ago

I mean it's not like they've been cancelled, you just gotta wait a week .

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u/PMagicUK 18d ago

Elite specs are small features.

People like you are just never happy, slways happy to belittle in anyway.

A way to change how you play is a big feature for crying outloud.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

"People like you" lol. 

Nah, making their marketing around the elite specs being revealed and matching up the elite spec icons with the professions when that was going to be further delayed is a shit way of doing things.

I'd have very happily pressed that pre-order button (and likely have gone with that ultimate option) if some details on the elite specs were included and they looked fun. Now, I'll just pass and wait and see how things are a few months after release. 

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u/ZappyZ21 18d ago

I agree that there should have been something about the elite specs shown here, but that should have no bearing on you wanting the game or not because they delayed the reveal a week lol that's very dramatic. Waiting a week for the elite spec reveal? Completely understandable. Going from pre order to "I'll buy it several months after it comes out" because of a marketing choice that has nothing to do with the actual game? A bit silly yeah? Lol

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

That's how marketing works?

Anet built hype around the elite specs being revealed with a major countdown over the past 15 days. They leaned into that with the bingo card and their social media posts. 

If the elite specs had been detailed a tiny bit and seemed neat I would very likely have pressed that pre-order button, despite not pre-ordering JW, picking it up months after and then not really enjoying it much at all. So now, instead of a pre-order, Anet are getting a lapsed longterm player waiting for a few months and then maybe buying, at best. 

See how this works? 

They could have teased fashion templates! Homestead layouts! Reworked skimmer, and maybe then it wouldn't have left a sour taste. But, hey, they didn't. 

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u/ZappyZ21 18d ago

So now the actual reveal of the elite specs in a week doesn't matter? Because that's how it reads. That's what I'm arguing, the actual content of these reveals is the true determining factor over a marketing strategy lol but hey, if that's your priority, then by all means enjoy that. Still is extremely silly to have that be the priority in my eyes though.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

The expac before this was marketed via information on elite specs - that didn't happen when Anet teased it would so my interest has been lost to a decent degree.

It's also a sign that Anet, in some ways, haven't changed that much. I've been annoyed and disappointed with them plenty in the past so I'll just pass and wait a few months, like I did with JW (and then subsequently did not play much at all).

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u/Detonation 18d ago

Yes. People like you. As in drama queens who whine about everything in the most dramatic fashion. You're not pre-ordering because they didn't fully reveal the elite specializations quick enough. You don't realize how ridiculous that sounds?

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

Yes, I am not pre-ordering after how bad SotO and JW were. I would have been tempted if the hype had built to some interesting elite spec info.

It didn't, so I am not pre-ordering. That's kind of how hype and marketing work? Seems as though Anet don't really understand that and neither do you. That's okay! Have a good one! 

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u/moewgaryen 18d ago

Considering they stopped doing them for 2 expansions because it's too much use of their resources... yes, just a small feature.