<s>
Guild	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
2	I-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
Path	I-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Fire	I-Protocol
is	O
the	O
second	O
expansion	O
pack	O
for	O
Guild	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
2	I-Protocol
,	O
a	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
ArenaNet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
on	O
September	O
22	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
pre-purchase	O
on	O
August	O
1	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
expansion	O
introduces	O
new	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
mounts	O
,	O
additional	O
elite	O
specializations	O
for	O
each	O
profession	O
,	O
a	O
bounty	O
system	O
for	O
defeating	O
certain	O
enemies	O
,	O
and	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
Crystal	O
Desert	O
and	O
Elona	O
(	O
first	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
's	O
Guild	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Nightfall	I-Application
expansion	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elona	O
is	O
an	O
area	O
which	O
players	O
have	O
had	O
access	O
to	O
before	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Guild	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
,	O
the	O
precursor	O
to	O
Guild	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
2	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
expansion	O
takes	O
place	O
~	O
250	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Guild	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
 '	O
story	O
,	O
and	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Guild	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
2	I-Protocol
's	O
first	O
expansion	O
,	O
Heart	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Thorns	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
Living	O
World	O
Season	O
3	O
"	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Guild	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
2	I-Protocol
Wiki:The	O
function	O
of	O
the	O
Elder	O
Dragons	O
is	O
to	O
keep	O
this	O
magic	O
balanced	O
by	O
periodically	O
awakening	O
and	O
drawing	O
the	O
magic	O
into	O
themselves	O
,	O
thereby	O
reducing	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
magic	O
flowing	O
through	O
the	O
ley	O
lines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
positives	O
do	O
just	O
barely	O
outweigh	O
the	O
negatives	O
,	O
though	O
,	O
making	O
Path	O
of	O
Fire	O
easily	O
the	O
best	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
entire	O
Guild	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
series	O
that	O
ArenaNet	O
has	O
created.	O
"	O
</s>
