So if you're playing Guild Wars 2, and I would image that if you're here then you are, then by now you're quite familiar with ArenaNet's experimental, and somewhat controversial methodology of rolling out their content - the Living Story. Personally I'm a huge fan of the attempt, and it has done a pretty good job of keeping me hooked in a game that I otherwise might not have been. But it's not been without it's share of criticism, and a significant amount of the criticism relates to the story itself. People are saying that the story - such as it is - is difficult to follow. It's unclear who the players are, what they're motivations are, and even if you know who they are, they're not doing very much to make you care.
Now I for one have been enjoying the story itself. I'm not talking about the mechanics of the changes - which could be the subject of an entirely other blog, but the actual lore itself. And the reason is - it's about ordinary people. The story isn't about extraordinary characters destined at birth to do amazing things, and then fulfilling that destiny. It's about people like you and I - ordinary folks, tasked with some unpleasant tasks, and making the best of it that they can. The other reason that I'm enjoying it so far is that it is, for the most part, a
human story. That's not to say that is has only humans in it - far from that. But that it is based on human interactions. Greed, deceit, betrayal, and of course, some politics for good measure - these are the notions upon which the story is being built so far.
But I will agree that the story itself has been somewhat hard to follow so far. So to that end, I thought I'd start putting together some recaps. A summarization, if you will, of each chapter of the Living Story, as it unfolds.
