Guild Wars 2

Hello,

curious about where the LS3 might go on, I decided to have a look on the new activity. Surprisingly it was a closed map without any connection to central tyria, so I placed a personal marker.

I did that method several times in the past. The wintersday last year or two years ago revealed something east of brisbane wildlands (snowball mayhem instance). Or the SAB which was surprisingly also located at the magus falls. The last SAB location I checked was somewhere arround the bay of janthir. So I thought the new activity would also be arround that location. … Not exactly.

Here is a screenshot of where the star indicates the activities location and I have no clue what is there.

http://imgur.com/a/yQmB5

When I asked a friend about that area, he mentioned Marhan’s Grotto. So I searched the article in the GW wiki, but it is a bit short. Any ideas?

You have to remember that basket brawl has actually been part of the dat for 3 years (I think that was what dataminers said at least) so I don’t take it to be a hint for anything.

Unless I’m very much mistaken, that’s the same spot as Labyrinthine Cliffs. Marhan’s Grotto would be more to the northeast, on the edge of the snowy mountains.

Thank you very much, you helped me a lot. Both of you ^^

That place is indeed Labyrinthine Cliffs

IIRC, Basket Brawl’s map was added at the same time that Bazaar of the Four Winds was being developed/released, and had a themed design to the map similar to those maps.

Still wish they kept that area permanent…

On SAB being near Janthir – Players in PvE in a party with people in PvP/WvW used to (not sure if still true) see the blue dots in Janthir Bay. It’s likely that the SAB maps got placed in the same situation.

Anet tends to put the activity maps in relation to the world map just a place that has no map currently – it’s more likely to be pure coincidence that Snowball Mayhem – which first came out in 2012 – would show folks east of Brisban, or SAB would show folks east/northeast/whereever of Rata Sum. Usually though, special maps get placed dead center of the world map at first, placing them ‘underneath’ Dredgehaunt Cliffs.

I’ve read the answers, especially yours, again and again. The more I think about it, the more I beleive it was coincidence only. I gonna stop my attempts and focus on normal gameplay again.

Thanks for the map. the thread can be closed.

It’s a possibility that are you marked is reserved space for future expansions. However, with the latest LS update, it looks like a split between the Mursaat and Primordus.

The area marked by the star seems to have a stretch of coastline and a lot of water, making me think if that area was used for future expansions, it would be the Deep Sea Dragon.

Going back to the previously mentioned, I think the next LS is going to include more areas being revealed in the Maguuma Jungle (Mursaat) or perhaps a trip across the sea to the Ring of Fire (Primordus). Okay, I’ll admit the bit about the Ring of Fire is probably just wishful thinking.

Stepping back to GW1 expansion, Eye of the North, Primordus was located in the deep subterranean levels of Tyria. My bet is that the future LS is going to build up with a chase further into the Maguuma Jungle after the Mursaat and it will eventually lead underground to where Primordus will most likely be fought.

MoI.8543:

Going back to the previously mentioned, I think the next LS is going to include more areas being revealed in the Maguuma Jungle (Mursaat) or perhaps a trip across the sea to the Ring of Fire (Primordus). Okay, I’ll admit the bit about the Ring of Fire is probably just wishful thinking.

Primordus has zero association with the Rings of Fire, thats where the Gate of Komalie (keeping the titans sealed) was.
Primordus was until now a statue sleeping next to the Central Transfer Chamber almost right next to Yak’s Bend, only deep below the ground. Destroyers can be found all through the depths of the shiverpeaks, possibly competing with the Icebrood at some points, tunneling all the way to the Maelstrom. In fact, there’s even a possibly he’ll emerge in the far north to compete with Jormag directly

Amaimon.7823:

MoI.8543:

Going back to the previously mentioned, I think the next LS is going to include more areas being revealed in the Maguuma Jungle (Mursaat) or perhaps a trip across the sea to the Ring of Fire (Primordus). Okay, I’ll admit the bit about the Ring of Fire is probably just wishful thinking.

Primordus has zero association with the Rings of Fire, thats where the Gate of Komalie (keeping the titans sealed) was.
Primordus was until now a statue sleeping next to the Central Transfer Chamber almost right next to Yak’s Bend, only deep below the ground. Destroyers can be found all through the depths of the shiverpeaks, possibly competing with the Icebrood at some points, tunneling all the way to the Maelstrom. In fact, there’s even a possibly he’ll emerge in the far north to compete with Jormag directly

There is also zero reason to assume he’s anywhere close to the Shiverpeaks though. Primordus has been moving around for over 200 years. His minions are seen as far away as Brisban Wildlands (in GW2) and Elona/Cantha (in GW1). So he really could be anywhere.

In fact, thinking about it, before the game launched we learned that the northern part of the maguuma jungle dried out for unexplained reasons. That might well be Primy doing who knows what.

Amaimon.7823:

Primordus has zero association with the Rings of Fire, thats where the Gate of Komalie (keeping the titans sealed) was.
Primordus was until now a statue sleeping next to the Central Transfer Chamber almost right next to Yak’s Bend, only deep below the ground. Destroyers can be found all through the depths of the shiverpeaks, possibly competing with the Icebrood at some points, tunneling all the way to the Maelstrom. In fact, there’s even a possibly he’ll emerge in the far north to compete with Jormag directly

If by “until now” you mean “200 years ago”. Technically, we don’t know where in Tyria Primordus is, except that he’s been moving around for all that time, and in that moving around has pushed his destroyer minions from Brisban to Maelstrom to eastern Ascalon.

Diovid.9506:

There is also zero reason to assume he’s anywhere close to the Shiverpeaks though. Primordus has been moving around for over 200 years. His minions are seen as far away as Brisban Wildlands (in GW2) and Elona/Cantha (in GW1). So he really could be anywhere.

Destroyer presence in Elona/Cantha is dubious at best because the campaign transfer quests were largely non-canon. Particularly speaking the Factions→Prophecies and Nightfall→Factions and Nightfall→Prophecies ones are confirmed non-canon. It’s impossible for Vekk and Ogden to be underneath LA, Kaineng, and Kamadan at the same time, or for the few caverns under Kaineng City or Kamadan to stretch to under LA; and only the gate underneath LA has been mentioned underneath LA indicating that the Factions→EotN and Nightfall→EotN quests are of unlikely canonocity.

Further, it seems that Taimi has managed to monitor/locate Primordus to some degree, and her ley line maps were all centered around central/northern-western Tyria – indicating Primordus is likely closer to Brisban than the Ring of Fire.