Right then I thought I’d give my own opinion on HoT, the good bits and the bad bits:
The Good:
New Class, really love the Revenant and looking forward to getting it geared out as soon as possible. Love the skills this class has and will make mapping even more enjoyable than ever!
Guild Halls: WOW! Bigger and better than I expected! I just wish I had more of the stuff our guild needed to get things quicker! I have to give a HUGE shout out to our Guild Leader as she has been absolutely fantastic in researching and getting it all set up! Was fun exploring it too!
Crafting Discipline on char select screen: how many times I’ve had to go through all my chats to find my armorsmith lol not anymore! A great touch by Anet that I think has gone unnoticed on the forums.
More items now in material bank: for me this was another plus as I have stuff taking up guild space! No more mystic clovers in the bank!
The Bad:
The Story Gate. I really enjoyed the first 2 parts of the story and was quite disappointed that I needed to do other stuff before being able to continue. I liked how stories worked before where you only needed to grind if you were doing story achievements, but could access each chapter after completing the previous.
The Ugly:
Masteries. If I was disappointed with having to do other stuff just to continue story then the time it took me to get to 0.68% of glider mastery really disappointed me. I kind of expected to get to use a glider straight away, albeit a basic one, but that was my mistake to think that. Glad I didn’t buy a glider skin to find I had to grind to be able to use it.
So there it is. Pick it apart or agree as you so wish, this is my opinion and that is how I currently feel about HoT. I am completely put off by the new map with all the gates it brings. An informative starter area would have helped to alleviate some of the negative experience I had but alas that wasn’t to be.
The worst thing I know will happen, is that when the people who enjoy wvw and pvp have got their specialisations, I won’t be able to compete on a level playing field. I fully understand and accept this is my choice, but I won’t let that force me to have to go through all of in the new maps. It’s not the way I’ve played guild wars before and I know some people don’t like change but I didn’t expect such a big change to the gameplay in the expansion.
There has never been a good war, or a bad peace.