Guild Wars 2

New map?https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/6/68/Ruins_of_Orr_map.jpg

Look at the map near Cursed Shore. What’s that map? Could it be the new map?

Personally I hope the new map will be placed on eastern Orr- near Arah and near the pass between Arah and Cantha. (If the xpack is going to be there.)

You mean Elona, not Cantha – there is no land connection between the continent of Tyria/Elona and Cantha.

Isn’t that part of the Personal Story?

Here it is: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Dragontooth_Defense
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Ruined_City_of_Arah_
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:The_Ruined_City_of_Arah_(story)_map.jpg

According to the file history on the wiki that map was uploaded in September 2014 so it seems unlikely it’s the new map. It also says it was datamined, which explains why the full dungeon map is visible – normally that only shows up when you’re in the dungeon.

I think it’s the map for the Story dungeon/personal story Arah path. It certainly looks right.

Lake Doric was in the game data for years before it was made accessible so that alone doesn’t mean it isn’t going to be the next LS map.

Of course, it doesn’t mean it will be the next LS map either.

Pifil.5193:

Lake Doric was in the game data for years before it was made accessible so that alone doesn’t mean it isn’t going to be the next LS map.

Of course, it doesn’t mean it will be the next LS map either.

In name only. It was never a playable section like the parts of the Orr map we see now that are a part of the dungeon and personal story.

That’s just part of the Victory or Death unique map (formerly Arah story mode) where you fight the Mouth of Zhaitan. That_shaman added it (as well as Zhaitan’s spire and Citadel of Flames, Labyrinthine Cliffs, Sanctum Sprint, and Aetherblade Retreat) to his maps and that got uploaded to the wiki.

Ayrilana.1396:

Pifil.5193:

Lake Doric was in the game data for years before it was made accessible so that alone doesn’t mean it isn’t going to be the next LS map.

Of course, it doesn’t mean it will be the next LS map either.

In name only. It was never a playable section like the parts of the Orr map we see now that are a part of the dungeon and personal story.

It wasn’t playable alright but the map data was in the game for ages, WoodenPotatoes did a couple of videos on it a while back, someone (I think that shaman) had software that allowed a fly through. The final version was different of course, they drained the lake, and a few other things.

Pifil.5193:

Ayrilana.1396:

Pifil.5193:

Lake Doric was in the game data for years before it was made accessible so that alone doesn’t mean it isn’t going to be the next LS map.

Of course, it doesn’t mean it will be the next LS map either.

In name only. It was never a playable section like the parts of the Orr map we see now that are a part of the dungeon and personal story.

It wasn’t playable alright but the map data was in the game for ages, WoodenPotatoes did a couple of videos on it a while back, someone (I think that shaman) had software that allowed a fly through. The final version was different of course, they drained the lake, and a few other things.

Unfinished map data that looked nothing like what we got for Episode 4. Much different from something that is in the game and accessible.

That map is the Ruined City of Arah, where the last chapter of the personal story and the 4 explorable dungeon paths take place. If you look at Cursed Shore, the Promenade of the Gods leads right up to it.

I personally think we might get the portion south of Malchor’s Leap as a new map. Based on the trailer it looks like there’s greenery in the map and that portion actually has a body of water, which is important for life to flourish. And similar as with Arah, the Artesian Waters (where we cleansed Orr with Trahearne and Caladbolg) are right before it. Go beyond the Artesian Waters and you’d end up in that map portion south of Malchor’s Leap. One would think that the cleansing effect radiates out from the source, or at the least goes in a certain direction starting at the source.

Another theory, which I find much more unlikely but not impossible, is that they’re turning the portion south of Arah into a new map. Technically it’s part of the map for Victory Or Death, where you fight against Zhaitan (the part with the circular structure surrounded by water is the Dragontooth Defense, and the smaller part northeast of it (with dragonlike wings protruding from it) is the Elder Dragon’s Lair). It might be that the magic contained in Zhaitan’s body after his fall was released (similar to Glint’s body still containing magic after her death, which was harvested by the Zephyrites), and that is causing the place to come back to life again. But considering it is already an existing (albeit instanced) map, I find this the more unlikely of the 2 options.