End of Dragons Expansion is Great!

 So yesterday, the End of Dragons expansion in Guild Wars 2 launched, and I spent a solid 9 to 10 hours playing just the new content. So far it is great. The new maps are huge and feel similar enough to old ones in how you do it that it isn't overwhelming, but different enough to feel fresh and exciting, while the actually look and theme of them is very enchanting and interesting. They took traditional themes and made them so much more creative. 

I played Virtuoso and I LOVE IT. The new specc is so fun and something that mesmer didn't already have, being a pure dmg build. Really feels good. On top of that, the new elite specc weapon skins and collections are also awesome and very fitting. 

The story is good so far, and they have sure come a long way in story telling, with emotions done on people's faces so much better than every before, in cutscenes that have much more engaging camera angles and less standing around on one side while your allies talk on the other. 

Cantha is huge, and the meta I did yesterday also was huge, spanning almost the entire map up to a big boss who gave what felt like good rewards for the effort.

The upgrade to DirectX11 is felt. I lagged once. ONE SINGLE TIME on a game's launch day. It was during the afore mentioned meta, on a completely full map, fighting that very boss, but I have all graphics and players showing on max. If I turned down my player count a littler, prob wouldn't have lagged even that tiny bit. 

The game had a few updates that took almost no time throughout the day fixing a few things, and we found a couple bugs, the main one being a bugged Hero Point, but honestly, it was almost all smooth and running as it should be. Which is amazing by itself, cuz most games, when they launch an expansion, it is a partially done, super messed up mess of a game, and hard to play. GW2 does expansion launches better than any mmorpg company I have ever seen. I mean, compared to the shit shows I see in other mmorpgs when they drop an expansion, this is almost flawless. Ashes of Creation, take note.

Anyhoo, I am having a blast, loving everything so far, and actually super happy, already, with my purchase. And I am only just at the very start of ACT III of the story. I haven't fully map completed a map yet, and fished twice. I also still haven't even touched the new guild hall, the other new elite speccs, nor the new legendary crafting, the new ranger pets, or any of the new collections/items. I almost have one mastery set maxed, and none actually maxed out yet, and already, I LOVE IT. So glad I got it and am playing it. :)

Rawr!