Guild Wars 2

On The WvW map Eternal Battlegrounds I witnessed a rare sight. The Sun and Moon both in the same position in the sky. The Sun is rising in the West, which is clearly backwards, while the Moon was setting also in the west.

Well after observing different maps it would seem this is a limitation of the game engine. In fact, I haven’t seen the Sun in the eastern sky at all or even directly overhead. Looks like no matter where you are the Sun is always in the Western sky.

I have added an additional Gif from atop Stonemist Castle in WvW showing the Sun rising in the West again. You can see the flat nature of the sky if you look long enough. It took me almost an hour of watching the sky to notice this. Game showing it’s age.

Knight In Shining Armor.1708:

On The WvW map Eternal Battlegrounds I witnessed a rare sight. The Sun and Moon both in the same position in the sky. The sun is rising in the West, which is clearly backwards, while the Moon was setting also in the west.

How do you know maybe in tyria the world rotate around the moon but the sun rotate counter around tyria?

The reason the sun and the moon rise and set is due to the planet’s rotation. It’s not possible for one to be rising and one falling on the same side of the sky. A moon’s revolution around its primary affects the time of day it rises and sets; it’s not the main reason it does so.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

It’s not possible for one to be rising and one falling on the same side of the sky.

Go to EB, face west, watch and see.

Eternal Battlegrounds isn’t on Tyria, it’s in the mists. It may not even be on a planet, given the state of the mists in other places, so the usual rules may not apply.

If this was taking place on Tyria, though, you would be right – if both were on the same horizon, it would be a new moon, with the moon’s illuminated side facing away from us and therefore not visible.

Knight In Shining Armor.1708:

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

It’s not possible for one to be rising and one falling on the same side of the sky.

Go to EB, face west, watch and see.

Yes, I’m agreeing with you that this is contrary to our rules of astronomy; I was explaining to someone else why that was so: daily rises & sets are due to local planetary rotation.

Hmmm, from Lion’s Arch in the water near the lighthouse the Sun does seem to move in the generally correct direction. The Sun never seems to dip below the horizon, just kinda slides behind the terrain. Still the Moon And Sun do crisscross each other, not parallel like in EB.

So this would mean that LA is on top of the world where the Sun just circles, or if it does set it’s behind the mountains so the axis of Tyria would be very extreme.

See in this Gif I made the Sun slides South as it sets, and the Moon Rises from the South and moves Northeast across the sky.