So I just got the Q2 update e-mail
There are some changes, mostly for the better These aren’t cursory changes, they’re deep rooted changes, everything from clearing out mob density on more traveled roads to frontloading rewards so you don’t have to play through the meta, to uncontesting the waypoints and adventures as often as they can.
For example, most of the waypoints in VB now are open all the time, and the two that aren’t are only contested when there’s an event on them.
The grind is a lot less, because you accumlate loot much faster.
There are more veteran events and less champion events.
And while skill points still require more than one person, adjustements have been made to some of the more difficult ones.
There are 15,000 words of patch notes. This isn’t a minor change.
Here is the Patch Notes to peruse thru:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-April-19-2016/first#post6105851
Have fun reading all 15,000 words …. comes out to about 10 pages of updates.