whats with the inaccessible landmarks in Tyria?

Varsel

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2009

W/Mo

far up in the NW corner of Tyria there's a massive black ominous looking island. when i first noticed it i thought "must be some high-lvl zone, cant wait to explore it!!". except.. you cant! does this island have any lore/backstory at all?? or is it just decoration

lewis91

lewis91

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Join Date: Jul 2008

Wales

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lol @ ignoring the EotN map. there's a ring-of-fire-looking island in the NW on it.
Oh yeah, completely forgot about EoTN.

Ok then, no theres no lore i think of. But obviously im not a credible source

Rhamia Darigaz

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2008

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Is this place your talking about on the map?

http://files.warriornation.net/Guild...yria%20Map.jpg

I see no black island to the north west on there :S

Unless you mean the South west, black island called Perdition Rock.

Where you would be correct, can be explored towards the end of the story line.
lol @ ignoring the EotN map. there's a ring-of-fire-looking island in the NW on it.

Shayne Hawke

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Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

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ANet is saving special tidbits of the map in case they ever decide to release new areas/content and need places to put it.

Or so I would think.

ajc2123

ajc2123

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Join Date: Jan 2007

North of the wall

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ANet is saving special tidbits of the map in case they ever decide to release new areas/content and need places to put it.

Or so I would think.
I always thought if they added new areas it would be an underground type not requiring a map.

Also always figured they were setting the scene for GW2. No actual Lore is released as of yet for that area, but my guess is its where one of the dragons are residing, if it isn't flooded out like LA is. (Or destroyed, whatever happened to part of kryta)

Lyonette

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Join Date: Feb 2006

Australia

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I always thought if they added new areas it would be an underground type not requiring a map.

Also always figured they were setting the scene for GW2. No actual Lore is released as of yet for that area, but my guess is its where one of the dragons are residing, if it isn't flooded out like LA is. (Or destroyed, whatever happened to part of kryta)
QFT. This is what I thought soon after they released the extended EOTN map of Tyria.

glacialphoenix

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Singapore

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I always thought if they added new areas it would be an underground type not requiring a map.
Same here, really - imagine the screams if it played havoc with Cartography titles...

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

Ooo, pretty flower

Join Date: Jan 2008

Citadel of the Decayed

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Nothing known on that island.

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Originally Posted by ajc2123 View Post
my guess is its where one of the dragons are residing, if it isn't flooded out like LA is. (Or destroyed, whatever happened to part of kryta)
I still find it doubtful that 5 (or 6) highly powerful large ancient creatures are all together on the same continent. I wouldn't expand the number. As for the "flooded out like LA is" - the island is on the other side of Kryta. Southern Kryta gets flooded, not the Northern.

Obrien Xp

Obrien Xp

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2009

Canada

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I would like to know whats with the following.

Tyria:
north of everything
west of maguuma
east of everything
the northwest sectors (i assume for eotn addons)

Cantha:
south of everything
the western slope of the mainland (I see it as mostly city though)

Elona:
north of vabbi (I think this is these are the same places east of the crystal desert)
east of everything

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

Ooo, pretty flower

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Originally Posted by Obrien Xp View Post
I would like to know whats with the following.

Tyria:
north of everything
west of maguuma
east of everything
the northwest sectors (i assume for eotn addons)

Cantha:
south of everything
the western slope of the mainland (I see it as mostly city though)

Elona:
north of vabbi (I think this is these are the same places east of the crystal desert)
east of everything
Just ask for the whole globe... >_>

We do know what is east of Elona (at least east of Vabbi) that would be Dzalana. Though we do not know what it looks like.

Obrien Xp

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Just ask for the whole globe... >_>

We do know what is east of Elona (at least east of Vabbi) that would be Dzalana. Though we do not know what it looks like.
I should have I guess sorry it was late and my mind was rushing

Dzalana seems to be empty expanses of inhospitable empty plains and sand.
And harpies.

Sirius-NZ

Sirius-NZ

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Join Date: Oct 2007

Bellevue, WA (I know ... but I moved out of NZ)

Xen of Onslaught

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It's kind of like those archaic maps of the world, with their unexplored regions... "here there be dragons"...

...oh dear. That is unusually appropriate.

Konig Des Todes

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I should have I guess sorry it was late and my mind was rushing

Dzalana seems to be empty expanses of inhospitable empty plains and sand.
And harpies.
I'd say it's more of a cliff-covered area. And if harpies live there, it's not inhospitable. Also, I think Hekets live there too. :P

draxynnic

draxynnic

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Join Date: Nov 2005

[CRFH]

Regarding the black ominous island to the north...

I've actually been wondering if that might be the Hrangmer volcano where the Burnt Warband first contacted the Titans. It seems like it would be much more accessible to the Charr than the Ring of Fire.

That begs the question of why there was a Titan so far from the Door of Komalie in the first place - but likely through a similar means to how Terick and the Fortune Teller (and, possibly, whoever was ultimately responsible for turning Kahyet) got into the world. Whatever that was.

Konig Des Todes

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I think that Hrangmar is north, east, or northeast of the Charr Homelands. While possible that island is where Hrangmar is, I think it is just a tad more likely for the Burnt Warband to not have crossed Norn and Tengu territory.

As for "That begs the question of why there was a Titan so far from the Door of Komalie in the first place" - two words, Odran's portals.

Obrien Xp

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Originally Posted by Konig Des Todes View Post
I think that Hrangmar is north, east, or northeast of the Charr Homelands. While possible that island is where Hrangmar is, I think it is just a tad more likely for the Burnt Warband to not have crossed Norn and Tengu territory.

As for "That begs the question of why there was a Titan so far from the Door of Komalie in the first place" - two words, Odran's portals.
I'd agree totally on the portals, Titans seem to use them as the Shirokin used spirit rifts to move about quickly.

draxynnic

draxynnic

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[CRFH]

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Originally Posted by Konig Des Todes View Post
I think that Hrangmar is north, east, or northeast of the Charr Homelands. While possible that island is where Hrangmar is, I think it is just a tad more likely for the Burnt Warband to not have crossed Norn and Tengu territory.
It doesn't seem that unlikely to me - it's already established that they cross Norn territory freely as long as they don't cause trouble, and we don't know for sure that there were Tengu there then (or the Burnt Warband could simply have fought their way through them).

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As for "That begs the question of why there was a Titan so far from the Door of Komalie in the first place" - two words, Odran's portals.
Given the timing, there is strong circumstantial evidence that the portals had something to do with it...