Guild Wars 2

Has anyone else noticed that the portals being built in the Eastern Ward are now completely finished? The workers are standing around and the gates are sound with no glitches or signs of fractures. Did this just recently happen and mean new areas will possibly be opened up? Or am I slow to noticing things….?

they were still being worked on just a few patches ago
actually i took a screenshot of the krewe leader for the wiki jan 19
and the portals were not completed
uploaded the image but forget to edit the page z_z

You will also notice that their orientation has changed slightly, and the loose-lipped foreman has a little bit more to say than he did this time last year. Apparently the Queen is involved somehow.

I hope this actually goes somewhere. Possibly a map extension? That would be almost too awesome to wish for…

Sunwave.4039:

I hope this actually goes somewhere. Possibly a map extension? That would be almost too awesome to wish for…

New race? Thus far the LA portals only head to racial capitals.

Not true, there are portals in LA to all of the WvW maps as well as to FoTM.
If they had put a new Asura Gate in the area where the current city portals are then I would agree, but they aren’t.

It’s commonly agreed, both by players and NPC’s, that Lions Arch is going to be attacked.
- In one of the trailers we see two destroyed Asura Gates.

I think it’s possible that the current Asura Gates that lead to the capital cities will be destroyed – and the ones in the Eastern Ward will be used as replacements during the cleanup process – possible with additional portals to a new area.

It could just be that having new portals there will allow the current gate plaza (which is very close to Scarlet’s probe) get blown up during an attack on Lion’s Arch without making it hard to get there.

FlamingFoxx.1305:

Not true, there are portals in LA to all of the WvW maps as well as to FoTM.
If they had put a new Asura Gate in the area where the current city portals are then I would agree, but they aren’t.

It’s commonly agreed, both by players and NPC’s, that Lions Arch is going to be attacked.
- In one of the trailers we see two destroyed Asura Gates.

I think it’s possible that the current Asura Gates that lead to the capital cities will be destroyed – and the ones in the Eastern Ward will be used as replacements during the cleanup process – possible with additional portals to a new area.

And one to Southsun Cove. Don’t forget that one.

Unfortunately I also think that the current portals will be destroyed and the ones in the plaza will be used as replacements.

To note though, there is one extra portal in the eastern ward plaza than the current used ones.