What I love:
- New Lion’s Arch: I have been exploring this place for about an hour now. And I’ve already taken a screenshot of the lighthouse at night. I’m still not done exploring, either. This city is so beautiful and has been re-built in the best way possible. Great job, Anet!
- The Trait system (overall): I like that I can have THREE traitlines instead of 2 and 1/5 traitlines, and that I can max out all the traitlines, so I can make different builds at any time. My thief currently has all her traitlines maxed because of the huge amount of skill points she had before the patch (I think she had like 148 skill points. XD)
- Thief’s F2 button: Stealing is a lot easier, and more fun to do now.
- The Mystic Forge: I’m not going to say exactly why for those who don’t know. Only, that they should try jumping into the forge.
- Personal Story re-fix: After nine months of waiting, I can finally continue my character’s personal story, and not miss anything. Yay!
What I disliked:
-The loss of two traits: The “remove cripple upon dodging” trait for thieves is something I very much miss, and loved dearly. And the second was modified. “Feline Grace” no longer gives me endurance when I dodge in general. :/ I liked that in the older version.
- Shadow’s Embrace Nerf: Shadow’s Embrace no longer gets rid of all the conditions, but only a select few. This makes the trait much less useful. I recommend reverting it.
Anyway, those are my impressions so far.
Overall, this patch has pleased me.