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Croco Clouds · Jan 27, 2008, 07:52 PM // 19:52

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Please write your favorite Explorable Area in GW, this is for theme/environment exclusively (i.e. the mob/ quest difficulty should not influence the "quality" of the area)

My favorite is the Fissure of Woe!

Why?

*The sky looks beautiful, it feels so exotic to me no matter how many time I spawn to FoW

*Also I like the music theme lol

EDIT: Grammar

Stranger The Ranger · Jan 27, 2008, 07:59 PM // 19:59

Tyria: Pre Searing :>
Cantha: Wajjun Bazaar (great athmosphere)
Elona: Barbarous Shore (<3 the Corsair Hideout)

Malice Black · Jan 27, 2008, 08:02 PM // 20:02

Tyria - FoW
Cantha - Fail
Nightfall - Fail

Turtle222 · Jan 27, 2008, 08:03 PM // 20:03

Traveler's Vale...is that right?

StormDragonZ · Jan 27, 2008, 08:05 PM // 20:05

Prophecies - North Kryta Province
Factions - Pongmei Valley
Nightfall - The Mirror of Lyss
EyeNorth - Drakkar Lake

Kusandaa · Jan 27, 2008, 08:10 PM // 20:10

I've got more than one so... not exactly easy for me to chose x]. Added some.

Tyria: North Kryta Province - awesome lighting in there... and the beach. Oh and Snake Dance.
Cantha: Pogmei Valley, so peaceful. The other one would be Jaya Bluffs, the snow and grass contrast plus the awesome lighting.
Elona: The explorable after doing Abbadon's Gate. Really love the glowing columns.
EotN: Ice Cliff Chasm and some parts of Bjora Marches. The sky is so, so, so pretty.

Bryant Again · Jan 27, 2008, 08:21 PM // 20:21

Any area in the Jade Sea. Beautiful atmosphere, soothing music.

DarkWasp · Jan 27, 2008, 08:21 PM // 20:21

Tyria, Nebo Terrace
Cantha, Gyala Hatcery
Elona, that place just outside Kodash to the right (just for looks)
EN, Riven Earth

Overall, Riven Earth

Diddy bow · Jan 27, 2008, 08:42 PM // 20:42

Pongmei Valley

It has a bit of every area of cantha in it and some great scenery of its own

makosi · Jan 27, 2008, 08:54 PM // 20:54

1) The Northlands in pre. It turns an autumnal orange whe you approach the boss shrine.

2) The Arid Sea. It's so desolate, quiet and sits alone at the bottom of the Crystal Desert.

3) Naphui Quarter because of the Celestial sky and rooftop hopping.

4) Pongmei Valley (as Diddy says). It has to be the most diverse explorable area ever with loads of species like Am Fah people, Yetis, Wallows, Wardens, Jade Brotherhood and Kirins. It's the heart of Cantha because you can see Kaineng City, The Echoval Forest and The Jade Sea from it.

5) Raisu Palace because of the golden and red tiles on the floors. Koosun looks amazing, too.

6) Turai's Procession because of the Oasis-like environment.

7) All of Vabbi. I love the luxury holiday resort theme. Fountains, floating fauna, waterfalls, golden rooftops on blue buildings. My jaw dropped the first time I reached the Kodash Bazaar.

Horus · Jan 27, 2008, 08:58 PM // 20:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malice Black

Tyria - FoW
Cantha - Fail
Nightfall - Fail

lol, but FoW is in all 3 chapters... why is FoW cool in tyria and not in cantha + NF?

anyway, my fave area is... dunno if it counts, but its last chamber at Frostmaw's Burrows

Longasc · Jan 27, 2008, 09:07 PM // 21:07

I liked Ettin Farming in North Kryta a lot.

Songbringer · Jan 27, 2008, 09:22 PM // 21:22

kessex peak because of verta and all his followers when you fight them in hard mode=halariously easy but fun at the same time

Necrosity · Jan 27, 2008, 09:32 PM // 21:32

Tyria - Scoundrel's Rise - My jaw dropped when I first saw the lush beaches and great tropical scenery of Kryta.
Cantha - Pongmei Valley - It was awesome seeing some green grass and mountains after seeing the urban browns and reds of Kaineng for months.
All of Echovald Forest and Jade Sea - beautiful
Elona - Mehtani Keys - Absolutely loved the beaches here. Just wanted to get a surfboard out.
Gandara, Mahnkelon - Loved the structures in these two
All of Vabbi - absolutely astonishing

EotN - Ice Cliff Chasms - love the sky
Grothmar Wardowns - Loved feeling like I was back in pre
All of Tarnished Coast - Loved the atmosphere

Croco Clouds · Jan 27, 2008, 09:44 PM // 21:44

I totally forgot about this place:

If this explorable area is Kodash Bazaar, I am sure it will be the current Spamadan/LA...

Šiljo · Jan 27, 2008, 09:47 PM // 21:47

Ice Flow-snow and mursaat <3
and FoW ofc

the rest just isn't pretty

xD

Celestial_Kitsune · Jan 27, 2008, 09:56 PM // 21:56

Sorrow's Furnace is my favorite area because the designers managed to implement a great sense of scale there.

Other areas I like:

Ice Tooth Cave
Frostmaw's Burrows
Underworld

Sorrow's Furnace Landscapes:

Mahanaxar · Jan 27, 2008, 10:05 PM // 22:05

Mount Qinkai, love the landscape.

BenjZee · Jan 27, 2008, 10:06 PM // 22:06

to be honest with you there is actually not one area in the game i dont like

Operative 14 · Jan 27, 2008, 10:07 PM // 22:07

Tyria - North Kryta Province. I just love the beach and the Ascalonian Settlement there. I have a friend where when we have nothing to do we just go to the beach and play around (After clearing the mergoyles of course

).

Factions - Sunqua Vale. That area is so diverse, you can travel from the coastline to the mountains in only a few minutes. Plus, I just love the atmosphere. Like the secluded monestary in the mountains, or the dam at Lake Puang, or even the ministers courtyard.

Nightfall - It all sort of ran together, the entire game looked alike so it's hard to figure out one specific place I favor. Probably I'd have to say the Garden of Seborhin.

EotN - I love the area around the EotN and the Charr territory. It always takes my breath away when I come around the corner and see the Eye after coming from Boreal Station, plus I like Gwen's little garden around the corner. And the Charr lands are just so nice to be in, beautiful autumn forests, nice green grass, and such well maintained roads.

My favorite I'd have to say is North Kryta though. It's fun to go to the beach then visit the peeps at the settlement.