Guild Wars 2

Just now during the TOGA event on Desolation EU we had a trivia question pop up on the in-game year. There seemed to be misconceptions of wether the year is 1327 AE or 1328 AE:

-The official timeline on the wiki says the year is 1327 AE
-In Lion’s Arch there are certain interactables stating the year is 1327 AE

-There is a plaque in Bloodtide Coast that notes down the Three-headed junglewurm kill as 1328 AE (However, it took place before the events of The Battle for Lion’s Arch)

Is this a typo/slipup or are we to assume that the Three headed Junglewurm kill (In the game’s timeline) happened AFTER the battle for Lion’s Arch?

It’s likely jut a typo.

/tinfoil hat

That said, it could simply be to hint that the event takes place over a much longer time then we the players experience due to gameplay functions; ie, the Wurm appears in 1327, but isn’t finally killed until the year after, which would make 1328 the present day.

/tinfoil hat

Never seen that plaque, but by ArenaNet’s timeline syncing, the year is 1327 AE. It would only be 1328 if they dropped the syncing… however, it should also be noted that Scarlet’s stated to have been a threat for a year in-universely, rather than 2 (as she entered being a threat in 1326 AE, for certain).

Though there is the possibility that it is canonically still alive and will be for another year by the calendar syncing function.

IIRC, wasn’t that plaque datamined and found as a cool reference to players?

I don’t recall it ever actually being placed ingame yet.

Well, according to wiki timeline, 1325 is personal story and the very begining of the living story. 1327 is when she attacks LA (I think all the events after that one break, so Marionette on IIRC.)

So if Battle of LA, in canon takes place early 1327, one could say it’s only been a year since she first appeared at the Jubilee.

Wasn’t it 1327 ingame when the game launched and it’s been a year since then so now it’s 1328?

Personal story 1325 a.E.

living story part I 1326 a.E. (1326 to early 1327)

today 1327

It was 1325 AE when the game launched, 1327 AE is the present day, the awakening of Mordy