Total lore scrub here. Like many players, my history with Tyria started in Gw2, not the first game, which I regret. Playing though the entire game, I could care less about the fate of the world, Destiny’s Edge, or what happened to the Elder Dragons. I leveled to 80 and started WvW’ing like many others.
I kept this mindset until I discovered WoodenPotatoes’ YouTube channel. He showed me how rich and in-depth Guild Wars lore is, how I actually cared about the story and little bits of info NPC’s would say, and PvE and exploration was fun again. Listening to his crazy theories and him reading the short stories made me care about the world. It made me care about the Living Story.
So why is it some random guy on YouTube presented the PvE aspect of the game better than Anet’s developement team? Why is Gw2 lore so unfriendly to new players?