Thank you ANET for SOTO!

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Im late to the party as i just picked this up maybe 6 weeks ago, but having played through the story, I wanted to thank you and lay out a little bit of praise.

1.  STORYLINE

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 While i know some people will always criticize the story, I actually really liked the story line!  I liked going back to core tyria, finding out about the Tower moving.  Not knowing if the group outside lionsarch was good or bad was a great addition.  Then the Demonic POP was a great introduction to the new story line.  I really like how the voice kept speaking to you and then actually materialized into a huge part of the plot!  I like the “how much do i trust them” vibe to the story now.  

2.  CONTINUITY/ SECOND BEGINNING.  I like how SOTO is a clean break, and a new start without requiring a bunch of knowledge of the old expansions. I’m glad you made the addition of the Drake much easier to acquire, even though I already have my own Skyscale.  This has been great, and especially for my daughter who I got playing.  I have played through the personal story with her, and even though jumping to SOTO, won’t be perfect, at least it’s not a crazy abrupt entrance to the story, and she’ll be able to play on a Skyscale with me!

3.  MAPS.  The beginning map with the islands is really fun to fly around on and Chase events down. I also like inner Nayos a lot… gives me that Orrian vibe with a heavy dose of demonic/Metroid feel.  
 

4.  PROFESSIONS.  The elite weapon crossover is a welcome feature, though I would’ve preferred a much bigger investment in re-upping the core weapons that are under performing. I am bummed that the new weapons were not available on release, and this is part of where I did not buy out of the gate. I hope you really double down on old traits, old weapons, and old utilities.

OVERALL - 8/10

I really like what you guys have done with the story and think you’ve done a great job at setting it up for taking Guild Wars 2 into its next era of play. Keep it up!