yea, if a new player plays the game and,(understandably) wants to get into the story since that's one of the biggest focus' of the game, they have to:1.Play through the Slog that is Core.1.Understand what the heck is going on with Core, since multiple playthroughs is almost required to fully understand.2.Get confused by the lack of season 1, read up on outside sources3.Buy the underwhelming season 2.4.Buy the expacs and play HoT,5.Buy Season 3, this is where things finally gets good for a player and they can start to enjoying the story. Guild wars 2's problem is that it puts it's worst foot forward. Gw2 has some great story patches, but all of the are really far down the line for a new player.