Curse

Vandal2k6 · Nov 28, 2006, 11:23 PM // 23:23

I'm already there. Doing both Prophs and Factions with a guildy aswell as NF on my own. Just about to ascend with my new char (this'll be the 3rd one) and can't wait. Factions has less of a pull but still giving it a go.

As for getting others back? Dunno. As mentioned, unless it's commercially viable for Anet, I doubt they'd put to much into it. Would be cool if the next GW actually gets us to see Tyria after Prophecies. To see the outcome of our work, so to speak. Not exactly getting people back but still would think it cool.

FexFX · Nov 28, 2006, 11:46 PM // 23:46

As most of the people here have said, I never left! I have all three and regularly hop around! I love all three areas (Factions comes in third tho)...

From a marketing strategy point of view and from a financial point of view...If ANet were really smart about it, they would make some new chapters for each old area and make it so these new chapters require ownership of the old ones...

Chapter 4 set in Tyria requires chapter 1 and then has cross chapter 1 &4 content as well as allowing continuation of the story beyond the ending of Prophecies...What happened AFTER the Lich was defeated in Tyria?

Chapter 5 set in Cantha would be so linked to chapter 2
...and Chapter 6 would link to chapter 3...

Each of these three chapters could fill in many of the holes in the maps (Tyria has LOADS of room left to fill in...) and cross chapter content would allow old areas to be re-used in new ways...You get a quest from X in new area Y whcih takes place in old Area Z...when you get to Old area Z it has a new set of Mobs, and some new questy content to fill it out...

This would maximize the value of existing areas as well as boosting sales on older chapters by making them a requirement for the newer ones...

Now I would also reccomend that they only do this sort of thing with every other set of three...

1-3 ALL NEW 4-6 revisit 1-3
7-9 ALL NEW 10-12 Revisit 7-9

In this way they could generate constant sales for the prior 3 chapters with the addition of the second set of three in each set...

wilebill · Nov 29, 2006, 01:38 AM // 01:38

I go back all the time. I've got 6 fully leveled chars from Prophecies, all of whom have finished Factions. Plus an Assassin who has mostly finished Prophecies too. I fully intend to do Prophecies with my Paragon, and then later my Dervish.

However, I agree that more needs to be done to link the games together. Cross campaign quests sounds like a great idea.