Guild Wars 2

Why is Arah Waypoint (the WP in front of Arah dungeon) sometimes uncontested when viewed from outside Cursed Shore?

Aren’t contestable WPs always supposed to show as contested from outside the map?

All WP’s show as uncontested from outside of that map now because of the new megaserver. WP’s will only show as contested once you are inside a map, and if the WP you tried to go to was contested you will be moved to the nearest uncontested one.

^Wrong. Contested waypoints cannot be used from outside the map at all. You simply do not have the option. Second, Anet’s change to waypoints regarding megaservers does not always work. I have in fact been able to take waypoints that should have been shown as contested, but werent.

Aidan Savage.2078:

I have in fact been able to take waypoints that should have been shown as contested, but werent.

Exactly this. This is what the thread is about.

Currently the contested status of waypoints is behaving erratically. It changed from the one mentioned in blog (all contestable waypoints contested from outside) in some of the late bugfixes (though wasn’t mentioned in the notes).

Some waypoints are always contested, some never are, and some do change status. Also, it is again possible to jump to an uncontested waypoint only to arrive to a contested one (perhaps because map was referencing an instance that just got filled up).

I believe this is a result of Anet trying to fix the waypoint problem – and if it’s true, then i hope they will continue to do so. Now at least i don’t need to run from another zone (or double-jump) just to get to AC entrance.