Guild Wars 2

I am doing the main Sylvari storyline, part 5 “Helping Hands”, first mission “Rat-Tastrophe”. When I am in the Divinity Reach or in the connected areas (like Queensdale or Lion’s Arch), the green marker on the minimap (compass) directs me to the portal near the Lyssa Waypoint in Divinity Reach. This is a portal to the Lake Doric area, which has been added not long ago. In theory, the character might enter this area, cross it and go to Harathi Hinterlands, because the entry point to the story mission is near Arca Waypoint, so it’s a shortest route from Divinity Reach. However, the problem is, this portal is unavailable for my character (Lieutenant Fores near the portal explains why). It is still not available for any other character on my account because nobody of them have started the Living World Season 3 storyline and unlocked this area. In my case, correct route should direct me to Queensdale, then to portal to Gendarran Fields, then to Harathi Hinterlands. (Of course, I can use the waypoint travel instead of run, but it’s my own decision.)

The navigation service should take into account the unavailable portals and direct only to the available route, no matter whether it is shortest or not.

Maybe it should, but it never has. The computer (program) just isn’t that smart. It’s programmed to find the shortest direct route, and it does. /shrug

Maybe…some day…improving its ‘AI’ will move up on the importance list.

Good luck.

Sorry, Inculpatus cedo, your reply has no practical value. Please read [How-To]:
“2. Only post bugs: this forum is not for feedback, discussions, or questions about particular gameplay aspects…”
If you have a similar issue in different situation, or can show a way to reproduce it independently, or have a suggestion how it can be solved, then welcome. Otherwise, please don’t reply.

You are assuming this is a bug, rather than working as intended.

If you so desire, you can use Google to find the Dev response addressing this issue.

Good luck.