GW2 November Content Details

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MMORPG hosted a live stream chat with ArenaNet’s Game Designer Colin Johanson about November and future updates. If you don’t have enough time to listen to the whole interview, here’s a short version written by Rytlock:
 
PvE

  1. Wintersday confirmed for December.
  2. November weekend one time event that will change the world and introduce the new island map.
  3. On the new map… a new dungeon! Really big, gets harder to farther you get in
  4. The new island is not a full-sized map, it’s a medium small map that will play out a storyline. Not intended for big end-game expansion. Island is meant for more fun content. The Dungeon is meant to be added to expand end-game.
  5. New rewards not seen before will be available on island.
  6. They will be adding lots of things to do (they want a good variety) at max level so you can log in and say “Oh I feel like doing X, Y, and Z today)
  7. Dungeon rewards are being actively worked on right now, and are also trying to make dungeons more fun to play.

 

Guilds

  1. They are not actively working on Guild Halls, but they will keep this promise and it will come sometime down the line.
  2. They are not working on housing right now, but they love housing and think it’s fun.

 
sPvP

  1. New sPvP map to be put in “beta” mode. Will be put in official tourney line-up if people like it.
  2. They are working on (in somewhat near future): more incentive awards beyond cosmetic (but he’s not talking more about that right now), and other mandatory things for sPvP (I assume spectator, ladder, etc)
  3. They have an entire team dedicated to sPvP working on content.
  4. (Devpost on forum) A new sPvP Blog Post will come with the patch.

 
WvWvW

  1. Not from interview, but Orbs will be removed

 
Other notes

  1. Halloween events next year may use a small amount of stuff from this year as a baseline to build on. There will not be the same holiday festival every year.
  2. The November Update will be much bigger than the Halloween Update
  3. Teasers for the November Update may show up as early as today
  4. Improve on messaging: getting word out to people (ex. notify people on events, etc)
  5. (From Devpost on forum): Next balance patch is mid-November
  6. They’re constantly evaluating sPvP, WvWvW, PvE to make sure they’re rewarding and enough to do in the game.
Source: Mmorpg