Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons: Release, Content, Specializations

At the beginning of 2022, the MMORPGGUILD WARS 2 gets its new extension "End of Dragons". In this article we reveal from Meinmmo, which has so far been known about the release, the setting and generally the new contents.

What is in End of Dragons? The new extension to Guild Wars 2 should appear in early 2022 and will bring some innovations:

• It goes to the region Cantha, which is already known from Guild Wars 1. Echowald and Shing Jea have already been confirmed as playable regions.
• We meet in the story on the Kuunavang kuunavang, also known from Guild Wars Fibrants. In addition, the ether blades from Guild Wars 2 should play a role and the synchronizing vote of May Trin has already been presented.
• There will be new elite specializations for the classes that every class gets a new property line.
• New features are: a 2-player riding, fishing, sailing.
• There will be new attack missions that also contain with new rewards and one challenge mode.
• There will be a new guild hall.
• Although the name implies it, the extension will not be the end of the story in Guild Wars 2.

In the course of the article, we arrive at all announced innovations again and also reveal more about the pre-order bonuses and the upcoming beta events.

A little taste of the story of End of Dragons you get in the first trailer for extension:

Where the info comes from? The info comes from the short trailer, a blog post by Guild Wars 2 and various statements that the developers have made in Livestreams. There was also a detailed live stream, which introduced first innovations.

The article originally appeared on April 20, 2021 and was supplemented on 27 July with current information from the LiveStream.

Release Date from End of Dragons

* When will end of dragons appear? *

Officially the release is announced for February 2022. Until then, there should be many beta events.

When will we learn more about End of Dragons?

During the coming weeks and months, all new features are to be presented in detail in blog posts and videos. We from Meinmmo will keep the article keep up to date.

What happens to the release of End of Dragons?

Already on 17 August, the first beta should take place to the elite specializations. These should follow 3 more events. In addition, beta events are planned for alliances in the WVW and for the new DirectX 11 update.

Can you pre-order End of Dragons and which bonuses are there?

Yes, the presale started on 27 July: - normal version (29.99 euros) - brings pre-ordering bonuses in the form of a flame snake weapon chest, a "shing jea" mosaic cape, the special title "shing jea wunderkind" for characters, a common inventory area and a character appreciation Level 80. - Deluxe Edition (54.99 euros) - also includes a SHING JEA-KLACHEBOX SHINGING SKIN, a CANTHA RAPTOR Skin for Raptor Rivers, an additional character space and an identity repair kit. - The Ultimate Edition (79.99 euros) - contains the exclusive objects of the standard and Deluxe Edition and 4,000 gems.

The Story of End of Dragons

What happens in the story? In the history of Guild Wars 2 it is about finishing the 6 old dragons. These devour the magic of the world in a regular cycle and destroy the world Tyria, and it always comes to eradication of breeds and cultures.

How to see the trailer, we meet the Dragon Lady Kuunavang in the course of extension. She has already helped the players in Guild Wars 1 Factage to proceed against the threat to the local threat. Although it is not directly related to the old dragons, it could play a crucial role in fight against them.

Currently, it is speculated that in Cantha - the new continent of enlargement - or on the way there is the deep-sea area. These are the currently unknown old dragon. Well possible so that we will somehow fight against him in the extension.

Interesting in connection with the trailer is that the second mysterious voice is neither the player's character nor belonging to the Drachin Aurene. Who is exactly behind, is unknown so far. In addition, the developers who are to dissolve some story questions from GW2 promised. It is already known that we will meet on the ether blades.

In Cantha, technology also plays an important role. In the trailer is repeatedly "progress" the speech and the other cultures "live in the past". Somehow, this technology seems to have to do with the topic of dragons.

Maps and gameplay innovations in End of Dragons

What do we know about the new cards? In the LiveStream, the first two cards were presented by End of Dragons:

• Shing Jea
• Echowald

The cards should feel completely new and like a holiday island. You should be peaceful, but also dangerous, depending on the part of the card you are located. A large lake and the huge trees should play an important role. Verticality is available, as well as "general freedom" in the movement, whatever may mean ending.

Kappas, Nagas and other well-known creatures from Guild Wars 1 should be found again in Cantha. In general, the cards should have developed, but there will be striking points that are to recognize veterans immediately.

An insight into the game world gave first game scenes shown in the presentation livestream:

2-player riding: siege turtle

What will the new riding? With End of Dragons, the new siege turtle comes into play. This is a riding of which two players can sit on. The render is unlocked over a new control and should be well suited to bring beginners and show them the game world. Because even players with low levels can jump directly on the mount.

The developers also betrayed that both players can do something with the riding. While the owner manages it, the second player may be able to fight from the riding.

Fishing and ships

What new masteries are there still? In addition to the siege turtle, there should be 4 more controls that come into play with End of Dragons. Two we already know, two more are still unknown.

The first highlight is fishing. So it should give over 200 different fish species that you can fish in the world Tyria. There are goldfish, carp but also catfish and other animals. Fishing is not limited to Cantha, but can be performed in all waters.

The second innovation is the shipping. Exact details are not available here yet. So we do not know how many ship types there are and whether you can build them yourself. However, shipping should play an important role in End of Dragons.

New Attack Missions and Challenge Modes

For fans of instantiated content, new attack missions were announced. There are 10 players in a small instance in which a stronger boss is usually a stronger boss. These bosses are intended to remove strongly with the history of End of Dragons in the new attack missions.

With the new attack missions new rewards and challenge modes should come. Any new attack mission should get such a challenge fashion, through which the bosses should not only live more and damage, but new skills. These challenges should then be aimed at experienced player groups.

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The new guild hall

Together with End of Dragons comes a new guild hall, which is located in the old Shing Jea Arena from Guild Wars 1. The conquest should take place as usual, but the scaling was adjusted. You should first meet for bigger enemies and less on small mobs.

The focus of the new hall is the many water surfaces and the very open style, through which guilds should let out with their decorations.

The new elite specializations

There are new elite specializations? Yes, every class will get a new elite specialization with End of Dragons. So far, only the Mesmer was introduced:

• Elite specialization is named "The Virtuoso"
• The Mesmer loses its clones and gets new "F" skills
• The new weapon is the dagger used in ranging. The first attack is a thrown dagger. The second skill causes damage and stacks dagges high, which can be used later by the "F" capability. The third attack is a dagger tower that moves to enemies.

When will we learn more about the other classes? In the coming weeks, blog posts, videos and beta events should follow the elite specializations. There we will also learn more about the other classes. However, there was already a short teaser image that invites you to speculate:

What are elite specializations? Each class has since the basic game 5 specializations, of which 3 can always be selected at the same time. For example, a forest runner has the choice:

• Schiegkunst (for attacks with the sheet)
• Fighting control (commonly good for attack capabilities)
• Survival in the wild (versatile skills)
• Nature magic (defensive and survival)
• Animal control (for dealing with animals)

The first elite specialization came with Hearth of Thorns. As a druidge, the forest runner became a healer. With Path of Fire, in turn, the forest runners learned to merge with the animal to become stronger.

However, only one elite specialization with 2 normal specializations can be connected. So you can not use druids, soul transformers and the new elite specialization from End of Dragons.

New legendary weapons

What do we know about the legendary weapons? With the start of End of Dragons, all 16 weapons types will get a new legendary. These are to be operated thematically on the adult aurene. The precursor, on the other hand, are based on Baby Aurene.

How the weapons will look like has already been indicated in the stream. There was the picture of the legendary sword to see. However, many players are rather disappointed by the new design of the weapons.

That happens to the release of the extension

What happens 2021? To the release of End of Dragons, there should be 4 events in which the elite specializations can be tried in a beta.

• The first beta starts in 3 weeks, on the 17th of August
• Each event should bring 3 specializations and there is all 9 at the last event
• Each player should be able to participate in the betas

In addition, there will be a beta for the Alliances in the WVW in summer. Players should be able to give feedback to the changes before it is permanently implemented.

Also for the conversion from DirectX9 to DirectX11 it should give a beta during the year.

When do we get more info? In the coming weeks and months, further videos and blog posts have already been promised, in which the contents of End of Dragons will be explained in more detail. In addition, the beta events are on the program.

I myself have already created an article in April 2020, where I think about Features, the End of Dragons needs. At least the elite specializations have already been confirmed:

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