Do i really need to finish my Personal Story?
If you’re only interested in the rewards and don’t care about the story then no, there’s no reason to finish it.
I think the only unique reward is a Pact Weapon chest, but the weapons themselves are tradable, so if you wanted one (or more) and didn’t want to complete the story you could just buy them.
“Life’s a journey, not a destination.”
No, you don’t have to do it in case you didn’t care about the story
As for the rewards, there are some, the Heart of Thorns Story give you a Broken Caladbolg at the end which you can restore to become a Ascended Weapon of your choice (5 type and you can re-choose the weapon with 1k unbound magic)
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Sword_Regrown
* Event Timer (including HoT Meta), Daily, WvW, Pact Supply, Account. Trading Post, etc:
* Google Playstore Link
Ok, thank you very much guys .)
Edit: same question for Map exploration: what do i get for exploring 100% of the maps? I am at 60% at the moment.
100% exploration gives you 2 Gifts of Exploration, used in crafting Legendary’s. If you aren’t interested in that or won’t be doing it for years then you really don’t need it now.
Running around to open up the waypoints is still handy though, just leave all the hearts, POI and vistas. That way you can travel quickly where and when you want.
I’m doing the quest for HOPE, the legendary pistol, and at one step it required me to pick up and item from Anise in the throne room. I know you have to do the personal story to get access to it, don’t remember how far into the story though. If I hadn’t done the personal story, I would be stuck here. I can imagine that they put such requirements into other quests for legendary weapons, so it’s possible that if you want to get one at some point, you have to proceed in the personal story to unlock some area.
I’m pretty sure there’s no story requirement to enter the throne room.