“After the Brandstorm engulfs the free city of Amnoon, the Commander receives a mysterious vision, revealing that an encounter in ancient Elonian ruins might determine the fate of Tyria. The Commander embarks on a search for a secretive order of warriors who guard the way into that ancient city, just as the consequences of past choices come home to roost. In addition to Guild Wars 2’s signature storytelling, Episode 1 delivers further delights:
- New Legendary Focus: A relic shrouded in mystery.
- New Fractal – Twilight Oasis: Journey to the past and witness events that shaped Elona.
- New Raid – Hall of Chains: An influx of murderous undead relentlessly hunt innocent worshipers of Grenth. Infiltrate the Underworld and join the struggle for control over the fates of the living and the dead.
- A notable and much-asked-for quality of life improvement: A new keys category has been added to the account wallet, which contains a currency version of several existing items which are used to unlock caches of treasure. These items can be consumed to convert them into the new currencies.”
Do remember that any account can unlock the episode for free (until the second episode arrives), but you will need to own Path of Fire to actually play it. We’ll have our detailed hands-on with the episode just as soon as our columnist Tina zips through it! Stuck at work a while longer? Check out our final recap on the POF storyline as it leads into this one and then the trailer, which is the same one from last week.
Source: Press release, patch notes
