When is the catacombs update?

I know there was some heavy interest from the devs in possibly updating the catacombs as new PvE content for prophecies a little while ago. Anyone heard anything from anyone about this project?

Has it been scrapped? its it gonna keep going? Are we still interested? And who stole one of my socks?! >.<

There was never any plans toupdate the catacombs. It cannot be scrapped if it does not exist.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...22#post1210722

This was the thread in sardelac. It met massive approval from forum members and Alex Weeke's acknowledgement that some ideas have been passed on.

I want official word if it is being used/forgotten/whatever.

the official word is a definite maybe as Alex is customer rep NCSoft (Europe) and not a decision maker.

the one thing that was officially stated was that there was no new content for chapter one. (maybe they could lure some people back to chapter one with it though)

a revamped catacombs would be big time new content.

maybe in a future chapter.

or as a nice addition to the Factions map from a hidden sewer passage maybe.(just my opinion on that last)

Sorrows Furnace is big time new content...

Lyra, if anything, the official word will be 'soon'. Meaning as soon as we've sent out an update for Armour

ANet will be busy working on Chapters 3 and 4, doubt they'll have time to do a major update like this, even with their cascaded/pipelined development schedule.

Lol, i think armor is "soon" something like this would be "later"

The Catacombs were the coolest thing about Pre-Searing, eh? *wistful sigh*

Anyway, I think it might be hard for them to justify the Catacombs still standing after the Searing, but putting in something like it would be really nifty. It could be more of an homage than a replication, but capture that same sort of creepy spelunking and happening upon a subterranean eco-system with undead, giant spiders and gargoyles from lost civilizations worshiping dead gods vibe going on.

Then there is the Devinty Coast teleporter.

i think the official world is

cool idea , we will put this idea on the last slot of "idea we might implement but not now , maybe not ever"

I would expect anything like this to come AFTER Trade Improvements, Storage Improvements, and our Upgrade NPC... all of which will probably be "streamed" in-game with chapter 7 in 2008.

Don't you think that's an awfully optimistic time frame?

IMO they should work out all the problems with current content before introducing (the possibility of) new ones.

So it would be accessible from Sardelac then? That'd be strange forming groups for a high lvl dungeon with a bunch of lvl 3s running around O.o

I would be hard pressed to buy any more chapters if the things that they lied about including in factions are not included before the next game release.

So I'm the only one who thought the Catacombs were pretty meh?

linkie to the GW site showing that they promised any of the things at any specific time or chapter specifically Factions please

since they didnt say they would be in Factions but streamed in to the whole game when they were done and tested your lies comment is pure Bandini Mountain

Yeh....forming a PUG for LDD is sorta like that

I dont think many major updates will occur anytime soon...ANet is rushing themselves. They have 5 months to make Nightfall, when theres still many needed updates. Eventually, GW will have 175395 chapters and 84085430958496 major updates that are needed.

never even heard of that but the idea is awsome. Screw armor updates, screw storage expansion, id rather have this!

BTW: You can always buy new armor, easier then waiting

It won't happen. Arenanet have said in interviews that once a new chapter is released, the previous chapters won't be getting any new content, only the features they add which apply to every chapter.