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GW2 Core now F2P + HoT Release Date + Meeting Summary
10 years ago
Ferocious Aspects [FER] Greetings from Tyria, we've a few announcements to share!
---HoT Release Date
We finally have a release date for Heart of Thorns! The expansion is going live on October 23rd of 2015.
---GW2 Core Free to Play!
That's right, the current game in it's entirety is now free to play, right now! There is however a lot of restrictions for free users, the vast majority designed for anti-botting and RMT (Real Money Trading).
ANet's new model will only have players pay for the newest content, at current being HoT being released on Oct 23rd, with all previous content being accessible to free accounts. Yes, this means that if you wait long enough you'll be able to play HoT free too when the next expansion comes out, however there's the disadvantage that you'd miss out on the content while it's current, and you'll miss out on a lot of the Living Story updates that will be picking up again once the expansion is out.
They will also not be directly monetizing Free accounts, as the gem store will remain as it is, and there is no pay walls to enjoy the Vanilla game (With exception of LS2).
---August 22nd FER Guild Meeting Summary
Most of the discussion centered around the creation of a WvW Raid, and the logistics of people needing to be on Sea of Sorrows to do so. If you are not on Sea of Sorrows the server is currently labelled as HIGH, meaning the cost of a transfer is only 1000 gems (~230G).
Someone asked about which Guild Hall we'll pick, and our answer to that is we'll make a decision once the expansion is actually released and we can see for ourselves. We can freely switch between the two without loss of Hall progress.
With the announcement of Raids we will likely move our WvW Raid to another time so that we can do Raids on Saturday nights after missions. Until then, we'll hold our WvW Raid during that time slot.
---HoT Release Date
We finally have a release date for Heart of Thorns! The expansion is going live on October 23rd of 2015.
---GW2 Core Free to Play!
That's right, the current game in it's entirety is now free to play, right now! There is however a lot of restrictions for free users, the vast majority designed for anti-botting and RMT (Real Money Trading).
ANet's new model will only have players pay for the newest content, at current being HoT being released on Oct 23rd, with all previous content being accessible to free accounts. Yes, this means that if you wait long enough you'll be able to play HoT free too when the next expansion comes out, however there's the disadvantage that you'd miss out on the content while it's current, and you'll miss out on a lot of the Living Story updates that will be picking up again once the expansion is out.
They will also not be directly monetizing Free accounts, as the gem store will remain as it is, and there is no pay walls to enjoy the Vanilla game (With exception of LS2).
---August 22nd FER Guild Meeting Summary
Most of the discussion centered around the creation of a WvW Raid, and the logistics of people needing to be on Sea of Sorrows to do so. If you are not on Sea of Sorrows the server is currently labelled as HIGH, meaning the cost of a transfer is only 1000 gems (~230G).
Someone asked about which Guild Hall we'll pick, and our answer to that is we'll make a decision once the expansion is actually released and we can see for ourselves. We can freely switch between the two without loss of Hall progress.
With the announcement of Raids we will likely move our WvW Raid to another time so that we can do Raids on Saturday nights after missions. Until then, we'll hold our WvW Raid during that time slot.
Leaders:
Slyther.1297, Chocofox.9503
Guild missions every Saturday at 5PM Pacific, 8PM Eastern
We have a Discord server! You can find the link in the GMotD 
Zaphael
~zaphael
I'm hoping to get the expansion this week.
GuildWars2Furs
~guildwars2furs
OP
Release is not until Oct 23rd, so there's no real need to rush a purchase.
