Guild Wars 2

With regard to quest navigation markers, the game seems to display the shortest path. This sometimes takes the player through an inappropriate zone. For one example, I was working on the quest “Fixing the Blame” and on the way to see Ignavus in Fireheart Rise. This is a level 66 quest. The optimal path for this level is to travel via Iron Marches. However, the (absolute) shortest path is via Frostgorge Sound. To reach Fireheart Rise from Frostgorge, one must run through a gauntlet of level 80 mobs. The navigation markers are not showing the intended paths that players should take, only the absolute shortest paths. This is especially problematic when the optimal path is unintuitive. On the map, it seems like the shortest path would be from Black Citadel to Diessa Plateau, only the latter does not connect north to Fireheart Rise as one would expect. In this case one must go from Black Citadel, east to Plains of Ashford, northeast to Iron Marches, northwest to Fireheart Rise.