(Please no angry posts, just what you liked: the old adage goes for THIS topic, if you don’t have something nice to say.. don’t say it at all)
Here are the things that I enjoyed and am enjoying about the content update with the Lost Shores.
First Fractals. I love Fractals for several reasons: shorter than a normal dungeon without losing the difficulty of one, gives you a glimpse of events and places in the history or future of Tyria (loved the charr battle!), and sometimes just makes you laugh (crazy asura with hello kitty robots). Overall, I’ve had a lot of fun with pugging these and felt challenged figuring out the puzzle or boss mechanic, and even more challenged as it gets more difficult and the mechanics change.
Second the Karka. They seem to increase their AI/add new abilities when you fight them depending on how many people/how much damage you do without getting downed. For example, I saw a large veteran karka start by standing still and spitting at players until it eventually progressed to rolling over them over and over (I don’t think it had killed enough players before rolling). Overall very challenging even in single combat. Although I’ll never forget the sight of the ancient karka in lava, looking way too much like a lobster dinner (mmm, makes a charr happy).
Finally I enjoyed the scavenger hunt, which gave some more teasers on the karka and possibly.. the deepsea dragon and/or places we have yet to see. I’m a lore buff you see.