*This forum thread, and the dates listed in this chart, are how I'm expecting this will work, based on the information given below. Please let me know if there is a better, or more official schedule somewhere that differs from my guestimation.*
Proposed time: Every Tuesday - 8pm EDT / 5pm PDT (12:00am GMT)
Guild Wars 2 is having a "Live Summer 2021" event where they will be opening up one living world chapter, for free, each week;
Starting May 25, Living World episodes will be in the spotlight chronologically. Episodes are free to unlock during their spotlight week, and we’ll update them with new achievements. Complete all the new Living World Season 2 and 3 achievements to earn a voucher for a Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons precursor weapon. When the expansion launches, you can redeem it and begin crafting your very own third-generation legendary weapon.
After completing the new meta-achievement for all three playable Living World seasons and The Icebrood Saga, you’ll receive a legendary amulet as a powerful reminder of your role in shaping Tyria’s destiny.
The new achievements and their rewards will be available permanently, so you can always complete them even if you miss the spotlight weeks. - Guild Wars 2 Live: Summer 2021
Living World episodes unlock new area's on the map, host new open world Hearts and Meta Events, as well as Story Instances that fill in some gaps between the expansions. The story instances are limited to 4-players (for reasons? Don't get me started... ). I'm not sure you're required to be level 80, but this is end-game content, and everything hurts like HELL, even if you're level 80, so you'll probably want to be level 80, and topped up on Exotic (orange) gear, minimum (Make sure it's level 80, and not the cheesy level 72-78 "almost exotics, but not really" gear). Living World Season 2 is the build up to the first expansion "Heart of Thorns", while Living World Season 3 bridges the gap between HoT and the second expansion; "Path of Fire".
If you're not level 80, yet, there is no rush to jump in immediately. LWS2 offers the fewest rewards of any Living World, so unless you're interested in the story, you won't gain much from it in the long term. Any missed Living World chapters can be purchased off the gem store, at any time, for 200 gems each (and of course there are sales and bundles to watch out for, too).
Since the stories release on Tuesday, would everyone be okay with setting aside Tuesday nights ~8pm EDT / 5pm PDT to get through the story? That way we can blast through the story together (well... at least in groups of up to 4........ ) and then we'll have the rest of the week to branch out and do World Completion, Achievements, and Meta's.
Proposed time: Every Tuesday - 8pm EDT / 5pm PDT (12:00am GMT)
Guild Wars 2 is having a "Live Summer 2021" event where they will be opening up one living world chapter, for free, each week;
Starting May 25, Living World episodes will be in the spotlight chronologically. Episodes are free to unlock during their spotlight week, and we’ll update them with new achievements. Complete all the new Living World Season 2 and 3 achievements to earn a voucher for a Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons precursor weapon. When the expansion launches, you can redeem it and begin crafting your very own third-generation legendary weapon.
After completing the new meta-achievement for all three playable Living World seasons and The Icebrood Saga, you’ll receive a legendary amulet as a powerful reminder of your role in shaping Tyria’s destiny.
The new achievements and their rewards will be available permanently, so you can always complete them even if you miss the spotlight weeks. - Guild Wars 2 Live: Summer 2021
Living World episodes unlock new area's on the map, host new open world Hearts and Meta Events, as well as Story Instances that fill in some gaps between the expansions. The story instances are limited to 4-players (for reasons? Don't get me started... ). I'm not sure you're required to be level 80, but this is end-game content, and everything hurts like HELL, even if you're level 80, so you'll probably want to be level 80, and topped up on Exotic (orange) gear, minimum (Make sure it's level 80, and not the cheesy level 72-78 "almost exotics, but not really" gear). Living World Season 2 is the build up to the first expansion "Heart of Thorns", while Living World Season 3 bridges the gap between HoT and the second expansion; "Path of Fire".
If you're not level 80, yet, there is no rush to jump in immediately. LWS2 offers the fewest rewards of any Living World, so unless you're interested in the story, you won't gain much from it in the long term. Any missed Living World chapters can be purchased off the gem store, at any time, for 200 gems each (and of course there are sales and bundles to watch out for, too).
Since the stories release on Tuesday, would everyone be okay with setting aside Tuesday nights ~8pm EDT / 5pm PDT to get through the story? That way we can blast through the story together (well... at least in groups of up to 4........ ) and then we'll have the rest of the week to branch out and do World Completion, Achievements, and Meta's.
