Guild Wars 2

With Southsun Cove being heavily developed by NPCs, I find it weird that the map doesn’t have POIs and vistas.

There wouldn’t have to be many of them, but as of right now the map is inconsistent with the rest of Tyria and for some reason that bothers me.

Things such as the karka hive, the sand wurm pit, the research camp and other distinct parts of the landscape are definitely points of interest to me.

There are some awesome spots which would be perfect for vistas:
- the steam vent thing where you find one of the samples
- the dinner table up the stairs
- Little ledge halfway up skipping stones – perfect practice for if you consider one day going the full length of it
etc.

I don’t really care about skill challenges but for consistency’s sake, a brawl with a settler or a particularly vicious drake in the drake cave would have been good.

I think if they aren’t in the map right now, they’re probably not going to be added later either, so the whole thing looks like a conscious decision to me that I just don’t understand. I would be able to sleep easier if I knew why these weren’t added to the map when it got its overhaul.

I get the impression that the addition of more vistas, skill points, etc may be an outcome of this month’s events. More locations and features are being constructed throughout.

It seems like this is sound from a development perspective:

1. Open the zone with “low stakes,” as an add-on
2. Wait several months to collect user experience data and bug reports
3. Fix the bugs
4. Use overall user experience and reactions to bridge that final gap into real content

That way, by the time the zone “counts,” it has already been thoroughly vetted by your users. The last thing they’d want is to have untested content required for world completion.

There are poi’s. It’s still technically not a real map since it’s only like 25% of all of the others.

heymermaid.9560:

That way, by the time the zone “counts,” it has already been thoroughly vetted by your users. The last thing they’d want is to have untested content required for world completion.

That makes sense to me. Thank you.

heymermaid.9560:

I get the impression that the addition of more vistas, skill points, etc may be an outcome of this month’s events. More locations and features are being constructed throughout.

I really hope so!