Guild Wars 2

Waypoints in Plains of Ashford (at minimum) are being shown as contested on the world map when they plainly aren’t. (The problem may apply to other areas as well; PoA is the only place I’ve spotted it to date.)

Yesterday evening, and again this morning, I have had cause to want to move a character to a suitable waypoint in Plains of Ashford for the first time since logging on. On both occasions, according to the world map, all of the waypoints known to me (on the second occasion that was all of them) were shown as contested, with the exceptions of Feritas and Smokestead waypoints. On the first, I took a portal to Black Citadel and exited to Plains of Ashford, taking maybe a minute; on the second I ported directly to Feritas. On both occasions, on looking at the map again immediately after arrival, all or nearly all waypoints were now shown as available. On subsequent occasions when I looked at the map, I didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary. I’ve attached a screen capture from the first occurrence.

See the April 15 patch notes. This is a ‘feature’ of the megaserver.

AerosAtar.3198:

See the April 15 patch notes. This is a ‘feature’ of the megaserver.

Oh… …joy

It’s supposed to only contest waypoints that actually become, you know, contested. However, it is affecting virtually all the waypoints there.

Lunacy Solacio.6514:

It’s supposed to only contest waypoints that actually become, you know, contested. However, it is affecting virtually all the waypoints there.

There are a few I’m not positive about, but certainly most of those are actually contestable. PoA just happens to be hit very, very hard by this implementation decision.

I know not all become contested, that are now always shown as contested. Others do have just one little event that ends fast and doesn’t contest it for long, those would be always contested under megaserver. I understand those, although it’s an extreme nuisance, but not all those that are contested.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/all-waypoints-contested-when-on-megaserver