Guild Wars 2

Anet is experienced in trying my patience over the years. I’m still waiting for some story archs to be closed from Prophecies, and now we have some B.S. Living Story elements that will take even longer to resolve yet don’t matter at all. Who ever cared about how Lion’s Arch was governed? This new Q&A gives us answers to something that wasn’t even canon until a few weeks ago and it’s only purpose is to sell the new book “Sea of Sorrows”.
The Bazaar of the Four Winds was the only LS chapter we’ve seen so far that hints at real lore like Glint, the Brotherhood of the Dragons and the Crystal Desert.
Get back on track Anet.
The only good to come of this LS chapter is The Fall of Abaddon, but that might not happen seeing as Gnashblade doesn’t seem to have much of a following.

My complaints over recent Living Story elements is done. Sorry for spreading negative vibes everyone but I’m still waiting for the day we see a real GW story progression again.

How does everyone feel about where the Living Story has been going (with all its dead-end characters) and who will you vote for and why?

I feel I should counter on a point that lore doesn’t have to have originated in GW1 to be ‘real lore’. Yeah the Q&A comes of mainly as an ad (though it does give some small lore clarifications at least for me), but the LS does have solid lore behind it. Just because its not referencing things in the distant history of Tyria doenst mean its not valid lore.

They are working to build new lore, relivant to the current Tyria. The Flame and Frost, the Sky Pirates and the upcoming election are all part of that.

As for the story, part of the issue many people may be having is how much of it they can currently see. If we saw the living world appoach applyed in the context of prophecies then the PS we had at launch may have been the exodus from Ascalon and the LS would have kicked off with us running around helping the White Mantle. In that context you would be having people complaining ‘why are we running around with these boring WM when we should be going back and fighting the charr?!?’.

The story is still playing out. Groundwork needs to be set. They have been doing alot of it. Now it may not play out well in the end but Im inclined to actually see what the story is before I say its boring. Im not saying that it doenst have flaws or issues but I would suggest giving it a chance. You might be suprised in the long run.

As for who I will vote for, probably Kiel because thats what I feel my character would vote for. Someone he knows and somewhat trusts over a stranger. Also I have a feeling that Kiel is more likely to make decisions that I agree with.