i played it since day1 or should I say night 1. Stayed up, put blankets over my monitor (totally not a fire hazard) so my parents couldn't see as easily that I was awake and was playing as soon as the servers opened. I never really got into gw2, I played it a bit at launch and a bit more when path of fire came out but for some reason it just never stuck with me. I think it was the overly focus on achievement hunting.

The new quests are apparently focused on doing missions from the campaigns and the rewards are miniatures that were previously only available from exclusive events (preorder in different countries, winning tournies that kinda stuff). I think 5 years back or so they also released a bunch of new weapons for each class, I think a hammer for necromancers, sword for elementalists and the list goes on, which you can only get during the anniversary each year, combined with some new elite skills.