Guild Wars 2

Working through this storyline quest as an Asura, chosen Priory.

When I got to the “meet with the Durmon Priory’s Scholars” step, I went to the marked location in the Lion’s Arch map (which was at the Trading Post by trader’s Forum for some reason) and entered the instance.

The instance is still the old version of Lion’s Arch before it got destroyed – looks like someone forgot to update instanced questlines in LA after the rebuild.

Intentional, as the personal story takes place in the past.

If you have post-processing turned on in the graphics options, you will notice a sepia tone in parts of the story taking place in LA, which is another indication that the story is taking place in the past. They didn’t just “forget” to change the instance; they made a special effort NOT to use the current map.

You will notice the same thing when you get to the fort in Timberline Falls. It never made any sense that the PS was taking place in a fort full of tentacles from a dragon that was not yet awake at the time the Pact was forming and advancing on Zhaitan. Now the story takes place in the original Ft. Concordia, before it was ruined by Mordremoth, as it should.