The issue with opening up Cantha and Elona is that it would draw players away from existing content in Tyria and detract focus from the dragons that we already know about. Arguably Mordremoth does the same thing, but I think it’s quite likely that Mordremoth was the answer to bringing in a new dragon that could be defeated without creating discontinuities on the existing maps.
Yes you can go on about the DSD – but the reality is that we don’t know WHERE in the ocean it is, there is absolutely nothing indicating that it is between Tyria and Cantha. The reason we couldn’t sail to Cantha is because of Zhaitan’s dead ships. Yes Zhaitan has been defeated and his minions numbers reduced, but his minions aren’t gone and presumably that means the dead ships are still there as well (and the lore suggests that his power is leaching out into the world and making his leftover minions stronger). And sure you could take some airships and go over to Cantha. But as lordkrall has pointed out there is no substantial reason to do so.
Last we knew Cantha was completely xenophobic, so if you were hoping for their help in defeating the Elder Dragons then you’re probably out of like. There is zero chance of them working with the other races. And yeah, we could march off down into Elona – but Kralk is in the way (I suspect that when they eventually decide to let us go after Kralk parts of Elona will open up), and Palawa Joko pretty much has the entire area enslaved. So on top of fighting the Elder Dragons that are already terrorising Tyria, you want us to go off and add another incredibly powerful enemy to our list of things to deal with?
I know people really want Cantha and Elona, I REALLY want them as well. But Arenanet hasn’t been doing so great with the storytelling in GW2 (in my opinion), and rushing off out to other continents when we have threats here that already need immediate attention is just going to turn the story into even more of a clusterkitten than it already is. So guys, can we just be patient. All signs point to them eventually wanting to open up Cantha and Elona, but there’s plenty of content for them to release between this point and a time when that is going to make sense.
(Also connecting with a xenophobic group of humans isn’t going to strengthen humanity. The humans of Tyria have strong and invaluable bonds that have been forged over a large period of time with all of the other races – even the Charr; encountering humans who completely disagree with those bonds is more likely to start a war, at the very least Canthans wouldn’t want the other races coming anywhere near Tyria, and they probably wouldn’t want to go there either. So what are you going to do? Open up an entire continent that has gameplay that only human characters can play? I don’t think so. Also what on earth makes you think that Cantha has technology that exceeds anything on Tyria. I would actually say it could be quite likely that the opposite is true. The Kurzicks and Luxons were dissolved and had their culture oppressed and eradicated by the Canthan ruler, so any technology they had is gone. And the Charr and Asura are incredibly adept scientists and engineers; there is absolutely nothing that points to Cantha having superior technology to Tyria. Your point is completely baseless)
