Celeste and Allona fall in love the new Lion's Arch! And there's other stuff they talk about too, oh yes, LOTS of other stuff! LOTS…
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What We Did This Week
 

Allona

Made Hunter sad and frown in disapproval again (but neither of us can remember why “To be fair, I disapprove of most of how you play this game.”)
Fungeons (Crucible) and Fractals! There may have been some ‘good-natured’ arguing (cough M cough Hunter cough)
Guild Missions! I didn’t come in last for the Rush, but it was close and my heart was POUNDING I was so worried! Also I beat Hunter.
Killed the Spider Queen in Kessex a bunch of time with Panther and Celeste; it is only notable because Celeste was stuck in a ‘treading water’ animation for a long time and it was hilarious!
Power levelled my Guardian with Tomes the night before the patch.
Toured New LA … and ooh’ed and aah’ed
Trying to work out builds for my characters
Got 32/50 of the Karka hatchlings
Got ripped off by the damn ecto skritt

Celeste

Fungeoned and fractal’d this week; I tried to Leroy Jenkins but Hunter stopped me. I was a sad panda. (M had to tweet a pic of her wallet to prove she hadn’t previously done a path)
Almost 80 on my necro, who has levelled almost exclusively through crafting and tomes, when I do take her out to PvE I really enjoy it!
Explored Lion’s Arch
Did the Troll’s Revenge… kinda….
Finished the dragonite ore eater
Started working on new builds for my characters (cue: the meta is changing at an alarming rate)

 

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Report from Lion’s Arch
 
THERE WAS A PATCH AND THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF IN IT. LION’S ARCH IS PRETTY AGAIN. GO PLAY THE GAME. GO HOME. BYE!
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-June-23-2015

Lion’s arch!
Hunter’s Impression of the New LA https://huntersinsight.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/lions-architecture/

“Lion’s Arch in the original Guild Wars left something to be desired. I could never imagine that people actually lived and worked there. It was a settlement at best, but never felt like a city to me. 250 years later Lion’s Arch felt much improved in the sense of feeling lived in, and it certainly had a pirate aesthetic, something straight out of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney World. But I always felt it lacked something more. Here was the central city of the Tyrian continent, a megapolis that took in all comers, no matter the race, the creed, or guild. Yet there was little splendour, little wonder. A charming pirate shanty town that reminded me of Bree in middle earth, but not Minas Tirith.”

C: Conversely, a lot of folks have told me that the piratical, dirty LA was much more fitting to realistic expectations. I don’t agree with them but it is an opinion.

“Amazing how little real content Arenanet can put into a patch to whip up my hunger to play Guild Wars 2. The last 6 months have been pretty dead, but I’ve played for hours on end the past two days.”

Verene Shares Her Thoughts on the renovations
http://thepaletree.net/2015/06/24/everlasting/

“Luckily, with the rebuild of Lion’s Arch, both of these things are gone. It feels like a proper city that would be a trade hub for five races. It feels like the grand, wealthy city that such a place would be. And it has recovered a lot of the feel that GW1 LA had – the palm trees, the white stucco buildings, the decoration on everything – it has that flavor back again.”

“If you have not fully explored the rebuilt and reborn Lion’s Arch yet, do make sure to do so. It is a completely different city from how it was before, and there are so many great little details. Sure, play with builds and fix any junk ascended gear you have…but make sure to explore L