Guild Wars 2

Map exploration is a fun activity to do to see wonderful sites, different challenges and of course gives us interesting information or its history and meaning behind its existence.

Unfortunately, the part of gaining information and history is not currently present within Guild Wars 2.

In Map completion there are things to look out for: Waypoints, Skill Points, Vistas and Points of Interest.

Waypoints gives us EXP and unlocks a fast travel point to get to places quickly.

Skill Points are small challenges or locations that gives us EXP and a Skill Point to unlock our character’s skills.

Vistas give us EXP while we watch and enjoy a cinematic shot of the wonderful world of Tyria.

Points of Interests…..just gives us EXP.

It also brings up questions every time I find one are: What makes these points interesting? What significance does it have? How is this place important enough to be a PoI? What history does this place have? Should I even care?

Unfortunately, none of these questions are answered. (And yes before you reply, I am well aware that some players may recognize certain places if they played the original Guild Wars. But there are just as many players like myself that may have never played the previous game, won’t be able to understand the significance or reference of the place in question)

But I do have a remedy for this problem. The Points of Interest should have an update similar to the Renown Hearts, where as you find the Point, you get an icon on top of your map. If you click on it, it will open a window that looks similar to the Story Journal entries in its design, with a concept art style picture of the place at the top and a page or 2’s worth of historical information of the place. The information can then be reviewed at anytime as many times as a player would like within the Journal itself.

This could be a great opportunity to add some lore that the game really needs to further add some definition and character to the world we play in. Gives us a few reasons to possibly care for Tyria in the long run.

I hope that ArenaNet can consider this idea for future updates, patches and such for later development of the game. Thank you.