Let’s be real here. This page is filled with “Leveling sux” madness. Honestly, how anyone can feel like that is the main issue with this patch is silly. Because it isn’t that bad and it really doesn’t affect vets as much as they seem to claim.
Leaving that aside, I’d like to list the details of problems that are not just present but also gamebreaking.
The most obvious is of course the Arah p2 bug, that prevents Belka from becoming initiated, and thus blocks progress. This has been reported, but I believe that it’s one of the biggest things that should be talked about. It is obvious that there needs to be some changes to how QA works and how things are tested. Anet, that’s an issue you need to address internally and fix the problem externally.
There is also the bug in the Uncategorized Fractal that full defeats you and destroys your armor if you fall. This should be fixed or at least acknowledged immediately. But thank you for fixing the Cliffside bug. I still feel like you owe me 4 fractal weapons from the 4 that broke at that stupid fractal since the last patch!
Edit: Thaumanova fractal no longer teleports you to the chest.
Another issue that I find extremely distressing is the absence of Tonn (and Apatia if i recall correctly) Tonn is the Asura who dies planting explosives and then you have to inform his wife. This needs to be fixed immediately, why? Well because it is one part of the PS that actually touches your “feels” (similar to the Mentor dying.
Crafting overhaul was very nice, but someone didn’t do their homework. Jewelcrafting cannot make bronze! or a lot of the other things involved in their backpiece (which are very nice btw). So switch the recipes to copper, silver, gold, and platinum, and we should be good!
There are problems with guiding new characters to difficult content, like a level 2 Norn to Frostgorge, and other such things. So you need to mess with those parameters a tad, it seems like the idea was not fleshed out entirely and probably not tested on any race besides human.
This is my list. Let me know if I missed anything major.