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The metas they added in this new zone are great. The fact that there's even more than one makes me happy, but I just thought I'd point out why I like these ones in particular and why this is my favorite zone since Silverwastes when it comes to metas:
The great hall meta is not bound to any timer, only a cooldown and cannot be done at night until Paladawan is done, allowing players to pop in and nab it.
The metas don't require a lot of coordination and preparation. Meaning you don't have to get there 20 minutes before the meta pre begins to successfully complete it(looking at you, Tangled Depths)
The aesthetics of the meta areas are really cool. I really enjoy taking down the entire city defenses of Paladawan, destroying the statue, fighting off Corsair reinforcements, etc. The great hall is kinda small, but it does feel like you're attacking an outpost.
Good loot! This one's important. I was kinda lukewarm on Trade Contracts with PoF as they didn't have any really good dumps outside of keys and recipes. The new volatile magic can be spent on various crafting mats in decent amount. I don't even mind that there aren't any ascended pieces available for volatile magic (yet).
Even if the great hall isn't up yet, you can do the Brandstone events or some of the other events around the island which are rewarding.
The Supply Chests are slightly abuse-able. I'm not sure if they've been fully fixed yet but I know there is at least a character cap. If we look back on the popular metas like SW chestfarm and AB MM, both of those were abuse-able in their own way. I consider this a plus tbh.
All-in-all I'm excited that anet is still willing to put out these fun, rewarding metas. I was kinda disappointed by the lack or reliable or good metas in core PoF. I'm interested to see if we'll get any more in LS4. Fingers are definitely crossed.
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