I remember similar thing happening with Public Quests in WAR - the problem was that it didn't last past the first few months, when most players migrated from lower level zones into higher levels. Is there an incentive for me, for example, being level 80 in GW2 to come back to starter zone to do random events with newbies? I KNOW there is a possibility to do that, with level scaling and all, but is there an incentive? Because if there isn't, it might lead to low level zones being just as deserted as WoW as soon as initial wave passes and population thins a bit.
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I found heart quests to be every bit as boring and grindy as events.
By the way, as for scouts, yes I do use scouts, and the two lines that they give me is not enough for any kind of immersion.
And also, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying GW2 is a bad game - not even close. For a price of a single player game with no subs, it's nothing short of amazing.