Screenshots: Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns ontvangt grote update

Inmiddels is Guild Wars 2 bijna 4 jaar oud, maar dit weerhoudt ontwikkelaar ArenaNet er niet van updates uit te brengen. De volgende update voor de MMO en bijbehorende DLC-pakket Heart of Thorns is overigens flink. Voor de patch notes heeft Mike O'Brien, ArenaNet president en game director, maar liefst 16.000 woorden nodig. Gelukkig is er ook een korte samenvatting.

- Easier exploration in Heart of Thorns maps: Today's patch updates the Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns maps to make exploration more fun whether players prefer solo or group play. Crucial waypoints are now uncontested making the map and adventures more accessible. New events have been added, and event scaling adjusted. Several map-wide events reward players more often and give them more control over how they spend their time in the jungle.
- New dailies & achievements: Today's update brings new Heart of Thorns dailies and achievements, and players now earn two gold for completing daily meta-achievements.
- New reward tracks and world linking for World vs. World: WvW now features reward tracks, where players can make strategic choices to earn either tomes of knowledge, crafting materials and skins, including a new WvW-exclusive Triumphant armor set. Today's update creates alliances between low-population worlds, giving them the necessary numbers to go head-to-head with existing high-population worlds.
- New raid lobby: A brand new raid lobby helps players join up with friends, organize their squad, hone their raiding skills and enjoy convenient access to raid portals at the Lion's Arch Aerodrome.
- Free level-80 boost: All Heart of Thorns players can use a free level-80 boost to max out their main character or to test out new professions before taking the fight straight to the elder dragon Mordremoth. More about the max-level boost can be found here.

Daarnaast deelt de ontwikkelaar een aantal screenshots waarin een deel van de veranderingen worden weergegeven. Overigens is de patch vanaf vandaag te downloaden.