Guild Wars 2

Warning: Spoilers ahead for anyone who hasn’t finished the personal story.

After reading about the modifications to the end of the personal story, I decided to take a level 80 I have that was before Claw Island in the story all the way to Arah to see what’s changed.

For those not aware, the story has been rejiggered so that the level 70 arc is helping Trahearne finish his Wyld Hunt to cleanse Orr, while the level 80 arc is defeating Zhaitan.

To fit this new structure, three story steps were moved earlier in the sequence. As well, the “greatest fear” story steps have been entirely removed. The removed steps involved Tonn / Apatia / Labwan. Which is unfortunate, since they were some of the best done episodes.

The last three steps in the level 70 arc take place in a level 80 zone; to get around this, you are automatically transported back and forth from Fort Trinity in an airship. In practice, this just means you enter the quest marker in Fort Trinity and then appear at the destination.

As far as I can tell, no dialogue has been modified in the story. This leaves vestiges of the original format which have not been corrected. The worst offender is the last quest in the level 70 arc, The Source of Orr. Characters appear who haven’t been introduced yet, events which haven’t yet happened are mentioned, and you still fight an Eye of Zhaitan, with reference to defeating earlier eyes. In the level 80 arc you then discover and investigate eyes.

The level 80 arc covers going to the Temple of Abbadon, researching and fighting Eyes and Mouths of Zhaitan, cutting off the supply of corpses and following one order’s plan for the invasion of Orr. You then are left to do the Arah story dungeon.

I farm mobs in Frostgorge sound, killing a few veterans mixed in with the normal mobs.

Pre-patch, the veterans would typically drop a blue item, rarely a grey or nothing.

Post-patch, their drop rate seems to match normal mobs, usually a grey or nothing.