The Hidden Explorable

Thorin

Thorin

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Nomad

House Of Flying Drunkards [Lush]

N/Me

I wanted to share this little pic with you all. Now, I'm sure this has been found before, but I wanted to post it anyway. A friend of mine showed me this today. He has to run 3D Analyze because his PC just uses integrated graphics. It allows him to turn off shades and textures so the game won't crash. Using it, he noticed this little area one day in Elona....






I thought this was interesting. Is it something that Anet removed from the game? Can anyone shed some light on it?

Karuro

Karuro

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2008

The Netherlands, Europe

Mystic Spiral [MYST]

W/

It's a removed pvp map, to sum it all up. You can dig into it more on the wiki.
Still wonder why it was removed.

Sarevok Thordin

Sarevok Thordin

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

Scotland

W/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Thorin
I wanted to share this little pic with you all. Now, I'm sure this has been found before, but I wanted to post it anyway. A friend of mine showed me this today. He has to run 3D Analyze because his PC just uses integrated graphics. It allows him to turn off shades and textures so the game won't crash. Using it, he noticed this little area one day in Elona....






I thought this was interesting. Is it something that Anet removed from the game? Can anyone shed some light on it?
.................a possible unfinished area?

MisterT69

MisterT69

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2007

Scions of Carver [SCAR]

E/

oooo, any chance of seeing what it looks like in game?

DarkNecrid

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

It's a removed PvP arena.

Here you go: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Ahmtur_Arena

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

Like other PvP maps, it would show up on the real map if you have some external programme, such as Texmod using it.

I know I've seen them show up somewhere anyway. I think they do in a HB game if you maximise your "U" map.

obsidian ectoplasm

obsidian ectoplasm

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

interesting...

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Wow, that would be a beautiful arena. Too bad it didn't make it into the PvP circuit (like the Amnoon Oasis arena did).

aapo

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

I love those mysterious remote locations that were once in the game but got removed.

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Perhaps make a suggestion to throw it into RA/TA?

On second thought, maybe not, considering how much TAers QQ'd over having to do point capping.

Issac

Issac

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Earthrealm

W/A

Does look really nice, wonder why they took it out.

Songbringer

Songbringer

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

EastCoast

E/Me

Very interesting. My first guess was O maybe it was one of those towns that were supposed to be closed except to the gm's. After reading the other posts I went. O that makes so much more sense then my dumb idea. MMMMM throw it into the HA circuit. Not like it could screw it up anymore

fenix

fenix

Major-General Awesome

Join Date: Aug 2005

Aussie Trolling Crew HQ - Event Organiser and IRC Tiger

Ex Talionis [Law], Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] ????????????????&#

W/

Old. Was an arena, now is just an RA map.

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

old news, been talked about before....people say it was a pvp area....yada yada yada...

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by cosyfiep
old news, been talked about before....people say it was a pvp area....yada yada yada...
There was bug when it was actually part of RA/TA map rotation on live servers for a while

There are screen shots of people having RA matches in it.

Shame that particular bug was fixed, i wonder what internal QA description was - "Too much RA Content"?

Tender Wolf

Tender Wolf

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2007

All over Tyria, Cantha, & Elona

The Eternal Night Vanguard [TEN]

R/

Ooo neat. Thanks for the link too. I haven't see this area show up on my map, but then again I wasn't really looking. Wonder why they removed it, the King of the Hill thing sounded cool.

Selket

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Grand Court of Selket/Sebelkeh

What If You Had An Outpost Named After You [slkt]

W/

You could like super-crit people from the top of it with a bow.

Yeye.

Holly Herro

Holly Herro

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Kangaroo-land.

Blades of the Dingo [AUST]

I hope they open it up. It looks pretty ;D

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

They should bring it back as a Prophecies challenge that can be entered from both sides:
- The Arid Sea
- The Hidden Citty of Adhashim
As long as you have both Nightfall and Prophecies.