Just saw this post from John Stumme in Guru's Winds Of Change Preview thread (Post #118):

John Stumme wrote:

...That being said, people should see Winds of Change before I leave for vacation.

This is an extension of what he wrote in the 'Random Thoughts' section on his Official GW Wiki user page:

John Stumme wrote:

Oh, and to answer a point I keep seeing come up - the number of quests I threw out includes their Hard Mode versions. But the quests aren't just things like the bounty quests (go here and kill a boss, that's it.) They're all pretty fleshed out experiences, and a lot of them have an impact on the world (changing base spawns for zones after their completion, in some cases more than once.) There's also (non-mandatory) scenes hidden all over Cantha that come up after the completion of quests to help fill out the world, to make it feel more alive and reactive to the things you're doing. It's also something for the explorer types, without necessitating that you need to go to obscure locations to advance. I really want it to feel like we're putting out a significant piece of content, one that has its own story arc, and gets people really invested for the two parts to follow. That's basically it for now, I wanted to make sure I'd expressed a proper appreciation to our fans. These are hectic times for me, in trying to coordinate the projects we're working on, supporting my team, and planning a wedding at the same time. I am thankful for every break and bit of sanity/fun that I can get. The big day is coming up on July 9th, and after that I'll be gone for two weeks - in someplace far, far sunnier than Washington. Over that honeymoon, I'll also be hitting my 6 year anniversary with ArenaNet - and I'm looking forward to many more. Maybe by then, we'll have fixed Shadowform!

So, Stumme is getting married on July 9th and then a two-week honeymoon. This weekend is the Dragon Festival, so pretty confident that next week will be the rollout of the first part of Winds Of Change. (Part 1 - of 3 total - has 42 quests including hard mode variants, and not just simplistic 'bounty' style quests either.)

...And most likely a week or two after the WoC unveiling will be the Wintersday In July bonus weekend. Basically, at the very least we're about to have some stuff to do in-game, so hopefully that will spur on some sort of guild activity.

SHADOW FORM?! NOOOOOOOOOOO

prolly just means the bug with how dmg reduction works.

bleh still only concerned about gw2

Legit. I'm very excited to play through it at least once. New free content is always good.


And if all they do is remove the damage reduction bug, it'll be fine. If I can terra with no damage reduction (Obby Flesh) I can terra with a little less damage reduction.

WINDS OF PENISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

that makes sense zephy

winds of penis makes scents

I only care if I get to ride and control a siege turtle...