My favorite part of Guild Wars is Ascalon City (Pre Searing). Now that Guild Wars 2 has been delayed, I think it's important that ArenaNet release new content for the original series. Expanding the Pre Searing area is a great way to do that. With very little development time, ArenaNet could have a product that many players would enjoy.

Here's what I suggest...

• Guild Hall Zone - accessable by Pre Searing Characters. (There are lots of doors in Ascalon City, what if you could walk inside - into your own Guild Hall?)
• Defend the Wall mission - Kill High Level Charr for bonuses, rank guilds with the longest duration. Make it a group mission with 16 or more players. (This will allow players to reach level 20 - honorably - a true Defender of Ascalon.)
• Add Level 20 Pre-Searing Armor Sets - Defending the wall will let you get better gear as rewards.
• Add Two New Charr Killing Missions - We don't have to rewrite history, but I think there's room for more missions to the north of Ascalon City.
• Exclusive Ascalon City Expansion Emote - Add an emote for players that buy this expansion... like "Blow Kiss" or "Shrug".

Now, there are obviously going to be some complaints.

Problem #1 - Hey, I don't own Prophecies. I can't play.
Solution #1 - Offer the Original Guild Wars as part of the package. Say the Ascalon City expansion is $10, Exisiting Nightfall or Faction players could get Propecies and the bonus for $20 at the online store.

Problem #2 - Hey, I got my title. I worked hard for it. Why do you want to cheapen it?
Solution #2 - It was stupid of ArenaNet to reward players for exploiting the system. Death Leveling is an exploit. They should not have a title. However, they do - so ArenaNet should not go backwards. Players who reach level 20 in pre-searing - without the expansion - should get a special effect, similiar to divine aura. For players in the middle of death leveling, they simply wait until they're finished before buying the Pre-Searing expansion... or ArenaNet could simply post a deadline.

The Logic - This is a minimal amount of development time. ArenaNet probably has some spare artwork around. It shouldn't be too hard for them to come up with two emotes, a new guild hall, six new armor sets, and three maps. A small team could turn around such content in a few months. Yet, the expansion could easily make a million dollars. It would add life to the newbie zone, encouraging new players and giving incentive for other players to return to Guild Wars. This would create a surge, allowing old and new Guild Wars players to grind out titles together.

Do you like the idea? Sign the petition!

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Michael Garofalo
Webmaster - http://photics.com

I love this idea, I've always been a fan of pre searing and would love to see some more missions.

I love this idea, it would be great to have more things to do in pre-searing ascalon and defend the wall sounds like a lot of fun. This would help balance out the end-game content for people who don't really have enough time to make it to that content and for those who are only interested in playing for brief periods of time. Protect the Wall would be perfect for this.

Signed.

Great idea : )

It would be quite cool to see some updates to the presearing area, as it is also one of my personal favourites.. No other area quite catches the feel of presearing ascalon

So, i sign it xD

This is a great idea presearing is my favorite area but it could use some more content