New LS Journal. Replayable LS stuff in S2

#1 - June 5, 2014, 7:16 a.m.

And heres the actual Anet released article: http://www.guildmag.com/guild-wars-2-living-story-journal/

Hopefully this is the correct forum (only other one I could think was general discussion)

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.9lives.be/games/guild-wars-2/nieuws/guild-wars-2-krijgt-opnamefunctie-om-tijdelijke-content-te-kunnen-herspelen&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.9lives.be/games/guild-wars-2/nieuws/guild-wars-2-krijgt-opnamefunctie-om-tijdelijke-content-te-kunnen-herspelen%26biw%3D1920%26bih%3D886

Found this tweeted by Dragonseasoncom.

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Does that mean that we replay living story whenever we want? ~Tilion

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Guild Wars 2 will see a Journal feature that will be enabled starting Season 2. ~Tilion

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Apparently, you’ll be able to unlock each episode of the living story by simply logging in at the time it’s active. ~Tilion

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When you have unlocked an episode you’ll be able to replay it whenever you like. ~Tilion

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If you missed unlocking an episode you’ll be able to pay a small fee in game in order to do so. ~Tilion

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Lots of stuff is currently undetermined. Perhaps we’ll get to know more when the embargo is lifted in half an hour. ~Tilion

If this is true, I wonder how it will work with the open world stuff, like the different LA stuff. Unless this is only for instances/dungeon thing like the Molten Facility/Aetherblade fortress/place.

Edit: More article(s):
http://www.guildmag.com/guild-wars-2-living-story-journal/ (though its only referencing the first article)
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/introducing-the-story-journal/
http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/06/05/guild-wars-2-introduces-dvr-like-functionality-to-the-living-wor/

BobbyStein

#27 - June 5, 2014, 9:39 a.m.

Malchior.5042:
skullmount.1758:
Hmm, so if LS is going to be using the green star like the PS, what happens to those of us who haven’t completed the PS? Do we just select that in the story panel and it basically hides the PS one/step?

Going from what Colin described, that seems to be the case.

Colin Johanson
To go along with this change, we’re modifying the story Journal in your character’s Hero Panel so it will track all of your character’s story steps. From that panel, characters who are level 80 will be able to select between playing their personal story and the Living World story. For the Living World story, you’ll be able to select which unlocked episode you’d like to play. Characters under level 80 will be able to see the available episodes, but will not be able to play them until they reach level 80. Think of the Living World story as the constantly expanding continuation of your character’s storyline once they reach level 80.

Once you hit level 80 you can switch between your Personal Story and your unlocked episodes of Season 2.

BobbyStein

#42 - June 5, 2014, 12:49 p.m.

DoctorOverlord.8620:
One of the strengths of ArenaNet has been they’re ability to recognize holes or failings and take steps to fill them. People have been complaining about missing the past story lore and it’s cool to see them implementing a system to address that.

Heck, I might even try to finish those post-Claw Island missions on my PS now.

We’re also trying to put a little more info in the Story Journal once you’ve completed a Living World story instance, like a slightly more detailed recap that not only includes the plot and action details, but also touches upon the character moments.