I admit it: I’d given up on the Living Story. I’d put up with Southsun which was ultimately made unliveable by a psychotic Sylvari. I put up with every antic on the planet from Scarlet, the great Mary Sue of psychotic Sylvari. I even tolerated being forced into doing jump puzzles with incredibly awkward Zephyr controls in order to save the leader of the Zephyrs from...a psychotic Sylvari. But then -I realized Short Round- err, Taimi wasn’t going to stop rhapsodizing about the achievements of Sylvari Sue, that I knew how Fort Salma was going to end before I started the instance, and got sick of having a level 80 character with optimal armor, weapons and buffs killed by Mordrem (a term that showed up because… Kasmeer said) that are the only things that apparently don’t scale for zone.
Meanwhile, Lion’s Arch remained a wreck, as did Orr, and the Treaty Negotiations in the Iron Marches appeared to be on the same schedule as the Middle East. And you guys have faced every criticism in the world because of that, and because the living story wouldn’t stop being about...psychotic Sylvari who appear to be servants of Mordramoth whenever they have the gall to question the Ventari Tablets. when what veteran players wanted was a cleansed Orr, a new LA, etc. And I just couldn’t comprehend the disconnect between the writers and the audience.
So I decided to make an RP character to salvage some enjoyment from the game. Her backstory requires Kessex Hills map completion, so there I’ve spent the last day in there. And funny thing: the Lion Guard have...made a treaty with the centaurs to protect their caravans and get supplies into LA quicker, and the Seraph and some residents are not pleased. I asked my soon-to-be GM, fellow lore-binger, and friend who follows the LS with a magnifying glass when that happened and he said that he hadn’t known about it — and he’d predicted Mordramoth in two months into the game. There are also...migrant caravans of people from Divinity's Reach headed for LA because they're unhappy not just with the Queen, but with the nobility and class system in general. In LA, you can be what you make of yourself,one new NPC says. And every non-Krait species in Kessex Hills, be they loyal to Seraph, Lionsguard, or Pale Tree, is angry — not because...of Mordrem roots in the ground, but because the Krait have unchallenged control of the lake,and no one’s doing anything about it.
So I guess my question is: you guys are getting all the crap in the world right now. The last “feature pack” didn’t do much to help, and meanwhile, the constant complaints about Orr, LA, etc. are met with silence. Except you've...quietly laid the background for all of that to change but you haven’t told anyone, why in the name of Dwayna aren’t you telling anyone? I only noticed because hey, that’s a named NPC who I don’t remember in Kessex Hills, which is not the most popular map ever. I’m going to go comb other maps to look for similar clues. But searching for this stuff doesn’t give me any kind of reward, which is nearly as rewarding as the publicized Living Story where the rewards aren’t worth the frustration. So please: give us and yourselves a break. Highlight the Living Story you’ve put together that everyone wants but hasn’t noticed yet. Surprises are nice and all, but you guys deserve better, and people who love the lore deserve in-game rewards for finding all these clues to the next chapter early instead of getting dominated by Mordrem wolves all day.
Can you please fix this so that I can get the vista and the map completion. Thank you.