+ 1 for the inclusion of troops for BG and CBL.
I am not sure, if this is a new "feature", but the avatars of the quest givers change their colour. They are pale, when appearing and get over a time of nearly 1 sec. their full colour. Today, is the first time, I noticed this here on Beta, as well as on the live servers.
By the way, the event quest giver is not included in this new "feature".