They are easily the best open world random feature from the Living Story chapters so far. An actual dynamic event tied into them is a lot more fun than the generic ‘press f key’ stuff we’re used to and the structure itself looks pretty cool. The chest loot isn’t bad either. It’s like a win in all areas. They help tell the story of the Emissary’s travelling to Divinity’s Reach, they sell the conflict with the Aetherblades, they involve real gameplay (I was in Caledon Forest with three other people and we fought actual veterans) and they have bonus loot in the end.
This is a huge improvement from Holograms and all the Living Story interaction objects in the open world. I was actually immersed in the story by this rather than seeing them in the world as objects which felt like they were put there to sell a festival. Good job on this one.