Guild Wars 2

My apologies if this has been answered before, but searching this section of the forum for “POI” or “Point of Interest” came up blank.

Does anybody know if there are plans to add lore text to Points of Interest on the map? We have all of these little points that we discover and are individually named, but I haven’t seen where it tells the player what the significance of the location is. It seems like it wouldn’t be that crazy of a feature addition (with regards to the work required to add them) and would greatly add to the history and lore of the game. I suppose the PoI names could just be “made up”, but with the detail I’ve heard some of the story designers go into, I would have to believe there are specific events behind each one.

Any info out there?

Thanks and see you around Tyria!

I guess it would be nice, but really most of them are just camps, and the ones that really have a meaning, you usually find the info around either by talking with NPCs, or with the heart quests, or by other sources.

Adding explicative text to 722 points of interest would take too much time when most of them really are just camps.

Most PoI have some lore behind them shown in the game in one form or another, a good number do not. There are no plans to add text to PoI name pop ups on the map though, none announced at least.

Thanks for the replies!

I probably need to pay a lot more attention to the NPCs… especially the heart quest versions. Most of the time I tend to finish the heart quests “by accident” by simply killing mobs while moving through the area and should maybe make it a point to seek them out first.

My original comment about the amount of work to add lore to the PoI locations wasn’t taking into consideration the number of actual points, but rather the programming work for a tip-style pop up when you hover (similar to hovering over a skill). However, you are correct in that entering 722 individual descriptions (and more being added – Dead End for instance) would be quite an undertaking. I hereby volunteer my data entry skills for the cause!

Thanks again for the tip of talking to NPCs.

Take care all!