does it matter ? you can all ways change it
It matters if this is somehow a bug I should be reporting, as that's what we're here for. I'm confused as to whether this is a bug that needs to be fixed (the default tile was somehow inverted and the team didn't notice) or a deliberate change in the established default world state.
It also makes a significant difference to the intention of the default world state as declared so far, too - until now it has been explained as a world state made primarily for players new to the franchise, thus keeping the possibility for returning characters as low as possible to avoid confusing these new players with information dumps and cameos with no context. There's a solid possibility that Anders will not appear in DAI at all, if his voice actor's tweets are anything to go by, but what if he does appear in some other form, say, as a husk/carcass taken over by Justice, in example? In such a case, leaving Anders alive in the default world state leaves room for a very confusing cameo to new players, who will have no context to go with such a character. Which again makes me wonder whether this is a bug, or an intentional change - and if it was intentional, that makes me wonder why this particular choice has been changed so late into it.
It makes no difference for my world states, but it makes all the difference for those who will be playing default.
I asked the same question a couple of weeks back, since I was also surprised to find Anders not dead when both David Gaider & Mark Darrah said Anders was dead in the default world state. Someone answered me by saying that 'New World State' and the default aren't necessarily the same, but a lot of the choices line up with what we know is default (like the Female Dalish Elf who sacrifices herself) so I'm not really sure what to believe.
Interesting, but I agree, a little handwavy. Two such very similar default world states with just this one difference sounds.... unlikely.
I honestly don't know if this is something that should be reported or left alone.