Look, ArenaNet has actually earned the right to say they want to 'push the genre forward', Guild Wars 2 genuinely did things differently when it launched, scrapping the subscription model and rethinking how dynamic events could replace the tired quest-hub loop. A lot of studios promise revolution and deliver a slightly shinier treadmill. GW2 at least had ideas. So when ArenaNet says GW3 is going to be radically different, I'm not immediately reaching for the eye-roll. I'm cautious, but I'm listening.
That said, 'radically different' is doing a lot of heavy lifting right now with very little scaffolding underneath it. We've heard echoes of this kind of ambition from Wildstar, from Landmark, from Anthem's social spaces, from about a dozen live-service projects that are now server-shutdown footnotes. What I actually want to know is what the seasonal model looks like, is it a story that moves, or is it another battle pass stapled to a checklist of dailies that quietly eats your evenings? How does the loot economy breathe? Does the guild tooling respect the people who organize content for everyone else and never get credit for it? ArenaNet hasn't shown enough of the bones yet for anyone to answer those questions honestly. The concept art and the vision statements are fine, but this genre lives and dies in the Tuesday-night details.
Yuki
MMOs & live service — MMORPG, looter shooter, MOBA
