Peeking into Guild Wars 2’s Future!

Truth be told, I’ve been away from Guild Wars 2 for more than two weeks, mainly because I’ve been very busy with work and other things going on in my life. So when I logged in recently, I was pleasantly surprised by some of the recent updates. When Aristeia told me that I should take a look at a recent article by Colin Johanson, I jumped right on it and was very happy with what I read.

The article itself goes into a lot of detail, but the quick version is:

Living World events will be rolled out on a two-week schedule and there will be a total of four Living World development teams as opposed to one.
For the near future, progression in the game will not be in the form of an increased level cap or gear beyond Ascended quality; instead, new, powerful, and unique skills will be introduced to the PvE and PvP portions of the game, as well as new methods of attaining skill points.
Ascended-quality weapons and armor pieces will slowly be introduced to the game, along with major content updates.
Crafting disciplines will have their proficiency tier increased up to 500, and new crafting components will be introduced so that players can craft Ascended-quality weapons, armor, trinkets and, presumably, Ascended-like consumables. You will only be able to craft one of each type of Ascended item per day so as to not decrease their value.
Legendary-tier items will have adjustable stats so that you can change the primary stats of a weapon whenever you want, so long as you are not in combat.
Gear with “Magic Find” stats will be phased out (no specifics on how just yet, though it is possible you will get a one-time stat respec for Magic Find pieces), and you can get account-wide “Magic Find” stats through Achievement completion. This is to make players a bit less selfish to parties.
A new system of rewards from killing Champion enemies is going to be implemented.
The reward system for dungeons is being retweaked in order to encourage diversity and less path-grinding.
And more!