This living story for once is good, it actually connects to GW1 and makes the game a sequel instead of trying to distance itself from source material as much as possible as past GW2 content has done.
The dialogue and storytelling was done much better than in prior Living story installments too.
Past lore is what keeps a world feeling tangible and alive, that it has a real history to it and people lived and died in this world and they did things that have effects on the world even today. Past LS has seemingly wanted to spurn all of that. This chapter brings it back into perspective.
It really feels like some changes were made in the writing team, and if so, they were good changes.
Zapp – 80 Asura Afromancer