Guild Wars 2

I have as much loathing for marshal tree-boy as anyone else on these boards, but lately I’ve been thinking he is just a symptom, the real problem is Anet.

Anet thought their story of building up your character only to pull a bait and switch was alright. Marshal Tree boy doesn’t exist in a vacuum, Anet’s entire story suddenly turns on your character in a clearly deliberate fashion. They MEANT for you to be the loyal lackey, that is what they had planned all along.

Wether “lackeyfying” your character was due to a lack of time, lack of cash, or even both is made largely irrelevant because they have yet to even acknowledge anything is wrong.

Its a little sad really, GW2 was my introduction to the lore and as far as I’m concerned lore stops the moment my mentor walks through the doorway to fight Zhaitan. For the rest of the “story” I’m forced to rely on headcanon.

It is not entirely his fault, but the part he plays in the story. True. However, the fact that he is such a horrible character doesn’t exactly elevate the problem.

Oh, the problem isn’t him personally.

It’s the fact he’s at the center of what is simply poor story-writing.
ANet could have done better, and I’m sure plenty of people agree that it would be nice for a future expansion or patch to update the possible personal story routes to make it better.