Guild Wars 2

So today I decided to do some research about the mad king. More specifically about
the possible reason of his disappearance. But then I found something else:
The present day in guild wars 2 should be 1325 AE, know the last appearance of the mad king was “more than 250” years ago. This means he last appeared before 1075 AE, if we presume no years have passed since launch.

BUT salma regained the thrown in 1079 AE breaking the first seal of the mad king’s curse.
We have seen him after that, his servants told us the first seal was broken during his celebration.

Does this mean we already did a time jump of at least 4 years?
EDIT:the latest possible appearance is 246 years from the current date

You’re just looking into it too much. They probably said “more than 250 years ago” because it sounds better than “more than 254 years ago”.
On the other hand, I doubt the war against Zhaitan lasted for less than a couple of years. It moves pretty fast in the game, but pushing to Arah from Fort Trinity and establishing all of those camps should have taken a while

Most things in game refer to events as having occurred 250 years after GW1, so…

Arenanet LOVES to estimate numbers. They LOVE round numbers.

This is why Guild Wars 2 is said to take place “250 years after GW1” – despite it being only 250 years after Nightfall. This is why the Elder Dragons are said to have awaken 50 years apart. This is why the sylvari are said to be 25 years old (according to the novel timelines, they’re 23 years old). This is also why the Ghosts of Ascalon summary says that the Foefire was 250 years ago (it was 234 years prior to GoA).

@Odoakar: I’d doubt that from Claw Island to killing Zhaitan was more than a year. Each GW1 campaign (sans the 2 year intermission seen in Prophecies) takes place within a year. GW2’s likely the same. The game seems to begin in spring/summer, so it likely ends in about winter.

You can probably expect some “Zhaitan is dead” dialogue in Halloween content – if not Wintersday content.

I was gonna say the same thing. Honestly 250 years just means he hasn’t been seen between Guild Wars 1 and Guild Wars 2. I wouldn’t take things any further than that.