Unknown Area West of the Crystal Desert

Sharrigian Lotus

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Dec 2005

Houston

????

N/Me

11 Mar 2006 at 10:52 - 1

Well After playing Guild wars Beating every single Misson and beating everySingle Misson I realize theres alot of SPace that isnt used on this Game Espcially The Pensula west of the Crystal Desert

Look Here

As you can see thats a big area DO you think there going to Add anything there or leave it blank or is it a buiness stradegy to make it were when people buy The PLain Guild wars Expansion pack that they will want to buy The original to because there adding quests

Yanman.be

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

[ROSE]

11 Mar 2006 at 10:59 - 2

and south of ascalon, and west of the jungle, and between shiverpeak and ascalon..lot's of open area indeed

snikerz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Rt/A

11 Mar 2006 at 10:59 - 3

i think thats kingdom of orr

Xenrath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Me

11 Mar 2006 at 11:04 - 4

It could be used for new content in the future, not unheard of. Sorrow's Furnace is an example of a previously unreachable area being added later on.

They've shown they can change the map as well. The old pre-searing map you could scroll around but it got changed a while back to be a single screen, so I suppose in future if need be Anet could change/add to the maps as well.

Raxxman

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

TEOC

W/N

11 Mar 2006 at 16:00 - 5

Thats Orr, and I think it would be an awsome place to lookat, but prob kinda like the desert.

Sharrigian Lotus

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Dec 2005

Houston

????

N/Me

11 Mar 2006 at 19:34 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raxxman

Thats Orr, and I think it would be an awsome place to lookat, but prob kinda like the desert.
Maybe But when i first played i thought the Magmaa Jungle Was Nothing But a desert It was A red fog but when i went there it ended up being Well A Jungle lol.

Lambentviper

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

Noobs Just Took Halls [WTF]

Mo/E

17 Mar 2006 at 00:58 - 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by snikerz

i think thats kingdom of orr yes, that is the remains of where Orr once was. If you bought GW in a box in real life and not through Paypal you can read in the handy manual/booklet that Orr was west of the desert, and was destroyed in 1 cataclysmic blast.

Owen

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Mo/Me

17 Mar 2006 at 01:44 - 8

Their are seveal nice large areas on the map that could be expanded into, all of which were mentioned.

Unfortunately they seem pretty well finished with Phophecies, but you never know.

Knido

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

in exile

17 Mar 2006 at 02:15 - 9

mabye reopened as a Fow/UW like area? would be more like UW i would imagine since it would be seething with malignant, dead spirits.

Sergio Leone

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Dallas, TX

The International Terrorists [USA]

W/Mo

17 Mar 2006 at 02:19 - 10

Well they did make SF and junk. I don't know if that was added territory or already existing territory that they made better. As for the other stuff I think it has great potential to become a great new spot for missions or quests.

Tsunami Rain

mmmmmmmm pie.

Join Date: Aug 2005

Honolulu, Hawaii

Favorable Winds [Gust]

Mo/

17 Mar 2006 at 02:36 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lambentviper

yes, that is the remains of where Orr once was. If you bought GW in a box in real life and not through Paypal you can read in the handy manual/booklet that Orr was west of the desert, and was destroyed in 1 cataclysmic blast. If I remember correctly, Orr was indeed west of the desert, however, wasnt there something about it being blown up and it sunk into the sea? Therefore it would be west of the peninsula where those desert island looking things are?..I think that was right..

Warrior Of Morgoth

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

SCG

W/Mo

17 Mar 2006 at 14:53 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain

those desert island looking things I presume you mean The Ring Of Fire Island Chain?

jet_striker

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

Canada

Protectors

W/Mo

17 Mar 2006 at 21:52 - 13

Its pre-searing... its been blow all the way accross the map bc of those blasted chars......

(maybe....) (maybe not.....lol)

ori

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

17 Mar 2006 at 22:04 - 14

There are a lot of places that they could make updates for (like they did with SF) but with Factions coming out they probably wont do such things to the original map

(just my opinion i dont know for sure)

tommarrow

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Shyft Machine [MYTH]

17 Mar 2006 at 22:16 - 15

There are some towns where you can see a portal on the map but are unable to reach it.

Riceboi

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

17 Mar 2006 at 22:56 - 16

That area west of the desert is where all the Anet employees have secret meetings.

awesome sauce

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

17 Mar 2006 at 23:08 - 17

the manuscript does say orr sank, so that cant be it.

The portals in some towns are from back when they used to have the random arenas all seperated, so you could pick which one you wanted to go to (which was a much better setup). For some reason they never removed them.

Warcheif_Jonval

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

Defending the gates of the Ascalon Settlement

E/Me

18 Mar 2006 at 03:07 - 18

The manuscript may say that Orr sank, but as many stories from antiquity in real life, sinking islands usualy mean really nasty volcanos. Volcanos with the temperment of Atomic Anne...

Also, when I read the discriptions of The Cataclysim from ingame npcs, it sounds more and more like a massive blast than a simple case of land sinking beneath the waves.

On the subject of the penninsula in game, It would probobly be used regardless of Factions. from what im hearing, Factions is going to be less story based than profecies, more on Co-op and the story will change as the power between alligences shift.

Or, i could just be dreaming about more undead smashing. I most certainly do like killing undead

awesome sauce

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

18 Mar 2006 at 23:43 - 19

From http://www.guildwars.com/theworld/re...slandchain.php
Quote:

Just south of the Tarnished Coast lies the volcanic islands that together make up the Ring of Fire. The large volcano at the center of the ring is where the gods reportedly dropped the Bloodstones before leaving Tyria for good. I dont think the islands were formed in the blast

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

19 Mar 2006 at 03:38 - 20

1) The Ring of Fire has been there for ages. Orr was destroyed in the Cataclysm around the time the searing occured. The Gods dropped the bloodstones into the volcano of the Ring Of Fire long before the searing, like during King Doric's reign.

2) Orr was blasted into the sea, but note the peninsula there is a tad scorched and barren. Perhaps the blast had also destroyed the nearby landscape, or that is a portion of Orr that was not blasted into the sea?

As quoted by some Canthan in Lion's Arch...
Quote:

Cantha lies south, across the ocean...past the ruins of Orr, past the islands of fire1, past the crystal lands of burning sun2, and beyond the clashing seas. Only the greatest sailors dare such a journey, I assure you. 1 - Ring Of Fire
2 - Crystal Desert

Thusly, if Cantha is down there past the currently southernmost areas, then the ruins of Orr are most likely near, or some of it even on, that scorched peninsula.

Tsunami Rain

mmmmmmmm pie.

Join Date: Aug 2005

Honolulu, Hawaii

Favorable Winds [Gust]

Mo/

19 Mar 2006 at 11:10 - 21

by the islands i ment the HUGE ones just west of the large blank area..not the ring of fire islands. Notice that there is a circular area in the middle of those huge islands...thats where I'm guessing Orr was before the blast.

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Here let me get a screen shot (in a sec)

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Ok here it is:

The BLACK area is the ring of fire islands (which is not what I'm talking about).

The RED area is the area that I was talking about.

THe GREEN area is the area I believe was once Orr (makes sense since it was whiped off the map due to the blast).

=HT=Ingram

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2005

Anchorage Alaska

Haz Team [HT]

R/W

19 Mar 2006 at 13:24 - 22

It also happens to be the area of the new login screen... Take a look sometime.. Straight down from login... Your on top of a pillar of Orr.

Empire of Orr, Ruins of Arah, The Sea of Sorrows, and to the north the The City of Drascir and the Academy of the Arcane Arts (IE: Finger of Chaos, Spectral Agony, Soul Vortex, Claim Resource, Chimera of Intensity , and ect might be learned from here for creature characters.) are all expected to make appearances in future chapters. Possibility as a way of reinvigorating areas in Tyria once future chapters start pulling people away from original areas... This is actually quite a smart ploy on Arenanets part. For example... Imagine say around Chapter 5... They decide to go back and make it so the Charr or the Mursatt are playable races. And they adjust the story to allow for people to play as those races in game in all the previous content that came before. giving access to new areas of the map, and new abilities, but ultimately... still the same map...

Empire of Orr and the Charr are linked in the lore "King Reza was the last king of Orr, before it was attacked by the Charr and then destroyed by the king's personal advisor Vizier Khilbron in the Cataclysm. " So it would be logical to include Charr Regions if we ever get access to Orr, stoyline wise. I can see tremendous potential here for such things... Heck even the searing itself (2 year gap) could be revisited as a Charr campaign.

Its not unheard of... remember a hit game called City of Villains???

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

19 Mar 2006 at 14:01 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by =HT=Ingram

It also happens to be the area of the new login screen... Take a look sometime.. Straight down from login... Your on top of a pillar of Orr.
The small islands and rock formations surrounding the pillar at the login screen seem to be Kryta-ish, this login screen is probably somewhere near the Battle Isles, Kryta, or even Cantha. I cannot compare the lush rock formations to the deadened remnants of the peninsula. Still, one large island has lava on it...who knows? But if the map isn't lying color-wise, Orr would be more like a mix of the Crystal Desert and post-searing's landscape.

Tsunami Rain

mmmmmmmm pie.

Join Date: Aug 2005

Honolulu, Hawaii

Favorable Winds [Gust]

Mo/

21 Mar 2006 at 11:13 - 24

Quote:

Originally Posted by =HT=Ingram

Xenrath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Me

21 Mar 2006 at 11:39 - 25

Map and info here - http://www.guildwiki.org/wiki/Orr

Jakerius

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Marhan's Grotto, reminiscing about the good old days when it had more than two people.

Children of Orion [CoO]

R/Mo

21 Mar 2006 at 11:49 - 26

Clearly the Ring of Fire.

I took some more pictures just to make sure, and the islands surrounding your character match the locations of the Arran broken islands.

Ado

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Den Haag

[cute]

Mo/Me

21 Mar 2006 at 12:04 - 27

Tsunami Rain

mmmmmmmm pie.

Join Date: Aug 2005

Honolulu, Hawaii

Favorable Winds [Gust]

Mo/

21 Mar 2006 at 21:54 - 28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jakerius

Clearly the Ring of Fire.

I took some more pictures just to make sure, and the islands surrounding your character match the locations of the Arran broken islands. note also there is a greenish plot of land. So im guessing both of off in a distance.

if you were standing where the pininsula of orr is (lets disregard distance) you should be able to see the islands near kryta and the ring of fire islands.

Neriandal Freit

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Spiral of The Red Rose, Kryta (Columbus, IN)

Heros of Titans Realm [HotR]

22 Mar 2006 at 00:24 - 29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ado

Don't forget that Anet will release a new chapter every 6 months. With Factions they might not update the map of Tyria, but in later chapters the unreachable places might be unlocked.

And that could be very likely, cause in my opinion, when you finished the game, the story of Tyria feels a bit unfinished. (what happened to the char, the white mantle etc) Which is why like the other poster said we could have a "Pre" like Chapter. Where we vist the time span during something (IE: Presear and two year gap to Post sear) where like the game starts seeing a Charr Leader talking to blahblah and then we make our away around to another area.

I like that idea lol.

pappayaponta

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Europian Comando force

W/Mo

22 Mar 2006 at 13:54 - 30

Heard some rumors about chapter 3 (ot some chapter) would mainly be about the Orr, so maybe they will use it.

$pIrIt $aMan

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

at my pc

Greeklords

R/Mo

22 Mar 2006 at 19:00 - 31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lambentviper

yes, that is the remains of where Orr once was. If you bought GW in a box in real life and not through Paypal you can read in the handy manual/booklet that Orr was west of the desert, and was destroyed in 1 cataclysmic blast. right what you suppose to see there dust,ruins,rocks,dune lizards............ghosts with super ultra great items crystaline 15>50% 10/10 +30?

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

22 Mar 2006 at 19:04 - 32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ado

Don't forget that Anet will release a new chapter every 6 months. With Factions they might not update the map of Tyria, but in later chapters the unreachable places might be unlocked.

And that could be very likely, cause in my opinion, when you finished the game, the story of Tyria feels a bit unfinished. (what happened to the char, the white mantle etc) It would have to be a new chapter, Jeff (co-founder) in the audio interview stated (when asked about adding to c1 stuff) that there not doing anything with the quests / mission only minor updates and special events (halloween, winterfest, etc). Pretty much leaving the content as it is.