Guild Wars 2

First time on the forum but I have been playing since beta.
But this feature pack has really frustrated me.
I started a character and I kinda felt insulted by the simplicity of the starter world. I mean, I can’t even help anyone get out of down till a certain level. I can’t even be downed until a certain level. I can’t go collect skill points anymore until I am a certain level. This doesn’t give me any challenge. There is no fun in following around a little pointer instead of actually exploring the world. The world is also to simple. The world of Guild Wars 2 used to have little, fun hearts to do and interesting places to get to.
I also don’t understand why they changed the story system. That is what made me love this game. I don’t even feel motivated to play my mid-level characters because of this. I have a level 45 that can’t start the next chapter of the story until level 60. Why would this make the game easier to learn? By taking away one of the best aspects of the game?
The first thing that that got me on my new character was the weapon skills. I don’t feel like I’m being rewarded when I level. I felt rewarded when I actually had to learn my skills. I actually liked going out and learning all the weapons for my class. Plus the levels to unlock the other skills are ridiculous.
I haven’t fully explored these new features this because these that I mentioned has turned me off from the game. I mean, I like the other updates, you know the trading post and the wardrobe, but the new player experience and the chapter stories are making veteran players angry.
I have been trying to get my friends to play Guild Wars 2, but now I wouldn’t recommend it to them. They would probably think it is boring like I do.

Sorry if it sounds like I am ranting but this really frustrates me. I don’t want to stop playing the game I love because of this.
Thank you