Guild Wars 2

While looking through an art book that simply showcases popular science fiction artwork, I noticed a particular piece of art by Kekai Kotaki called Riven Earth, which was commissioned for Arenanet for Guild Wars 2.

In the original Guild Wars, Riven Earth was an area directly to the east of Rata Sum.

Confirmed as a new map for HoT?

That would technically put it in the gap between the grove and rata sum—which happens to be low level starting areas. What is currently known about HoT is that the maps will be in the Magumma Wastes/Jungle.

I don’t think Anet is going to add a high level map in between two low level maps.

DanteZero.9736:

That would technically put it in the gap between the grove and rata sum—which happens to be low level starting areas. What is currently known about HoT is that the maps will be in the Magumma Wastes/Jungle.

I don’t think Anet is going to add a high level map in between two low level maps.

The Tarnished Coast is, simply put, the coast of the Maguuma Jungle.

Also…. I don’t see a problem putting the zone between the two main cities.
There could be guards at the door that don’t let you enter unless you meet certain requirements.

Uhhh Riven Earth is already in the game. The bottom half of Metrica Province is Riven Earth.

The area between Rata Sum and The Grove is called Alcazia Tangle.

Mada.5319:

Uhhh Riven Earth is already in the game. The bottom half of Metrica Province is Riven Earth.

The area between Rata Sum and The Grove is called Alcazia Tangle.

The bottom slice of Metrica Province could be the top of Guild Wars’s Riven Earth…. but all of Riven Earth is certainly not the bottom half of Metrica.

It almost certainly extends east from the New Rata Sum

TheBlackLeech.9360:

Mada.5319:

Uhhh Riven Earth is already in the game. The bottom half of Metrica Province is Riven Earth.

The area between Rata Sum and The Grove is called Alcazia Tangle.

The bottom slice of Metrica Province could be the top of Guild Wars’s Riven Earth…. but all of Riven Earth is certainly not the bottom half of Metrica.

It almost certainly extends east from the New Rata Sum

Those two red circles aren’t the same thing.
Here is the gw2 map and gw1 map overlaid over each other: http://thatshaman.blogspot.co.nz/p/historical-guide.html

Notice the river running diagonally from top left to bottom right?

Mada.5319:

TheBlackLeech.9360:

Mada.5319:

Uhhh Riven Earth is already in the game. The bottom half of Metrica Province is Riven Earth.

The area between Rata Sum and The Grove is called Alcazia Tangle.

The bottom slice of Metrica Province could be the top of Guild Wars’s Riven Earth…. but all of Riven Earth is certainly not the bottom half of Metrica.

It almost certainly extends east from the New Rata Sum

Those two red circles aren’t the same thing.
Here is the gw2 map and gw1 map overlaid over each other: http://thatshaman.blogspot.co.nz/p/historical-guide.html

Notice the river running diagonally from top left to bottom right?

That map is anomalous at best. …and all It does it prove that the maps don’t match up exactly unless altered and stretched or details are ignored.

Alcazia would be the bottom most part of the area we would potentially get as an explorable zone…. and it would be more than half under water.

There’s also no reason why both those zones gw1 zones couldn’t comprise one gw2 map like Kessex peak + Tears of the Fallen etc. = Kessex Hills

DanteZero.9736:

That would technically put it in the gap between the grove and rata sum—which happens to be low level starting areas. What is currently known about HoT is that the maps will be in the Magumma Wastes/Jungle.

I don’t think Anet is going to add a high level map in between two low level maps.

Why not? Frostgorge Sound has a portal to Wayfarerer’s and a level 40-50 map has a portal to Hoelbrak, as my low level Norn has found out.

If they need a passage way through a high level map for low level chars, they can always remove all red mobs and put in yellow ones along a path between the two portals or put in a separate portal linking the 2 areas directly.

TheBlackLeech.9360:

Mada.5319:

TheBlackLeech.9360:

Mada.5319:

Uhhh Riven Earth is already in the game. The bottom half of Metrica Province is Riven Earth.

The area between Rata Sum and The Grove is called Alcazia Tangle.

The bottom slice of Metrica Province could be the top of Guild Wars’s Riven Earth…. but all of Riven Earth is certainly not the bottom half of Metrica.

It almost certainly extends east from the New Rata Sum

Those two red circles aren’t the same thing.
Here is the gw2 map and gw1 map overlaid over each other: http://thatshaman.blogspot.co.nz/p/historical-guide.html

Notice the river running diagonally from top left to bottom right?

That map is anomalous at best. …and all It does it prove that the maps don’t match up exactly unless altered and stretched or details are ignored.

Alcazia would be the bottom most part of the area we would potentially get as an explorable zone…. and it would be more than half under water.

There’s also no reason why both those zones gw1 zones couldn’t comprise one gw2 map like Kessex peak + Tears of the Fallen etc. = Kessex Hills

If that makes you feel better, sure.

This map is more accurate: http://zoom.it/cw31d

Basically, yes a large chunk of Riven Earth would be in the bottom part of Metrica Province, and the other half would be in the foggy area below it.

THe odds of you looking at an art book noticing something and reading it is for a game you live and it could be content no one outside of the devs has seen yet is so slim that even if you are wrong on locations it is still one hell of a find mate. and thanks for sharing

I think Anet had a ton of concept art made that ended up not being used (yet), as most big game companies often do. It could be that this is concept art for an area that was supposed to be in the original game, rather than in the new expansion.

I hope we get to see it eventually, because it looks amazing.

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

I think Anet had a ton of concept are made that ended up not being used (yet), as most big game companies often do. It could be that this is concept art for an area that was supposed to be in the original game, rather than in the new expansion.

I hope we get to see it eventually, because it looks amazing.

You are right…. now that I look at it the book was published in 2011.

That means this artwork was created for the original guild wars game….

I assumed it was for HoT because the overgrown heads of the waterfall covered in plant life.

In Caledon forest, if you’re in the area that you fight the jungle wurm, the large wall to the West, has a few over grown stone heads.