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Voltaire · Jan 30, 2007, 04:17 AM // 04:17

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Originally Posted by GmrLeon

This isn't my map by any means, but I think it's a good depiction of the world map.

Full Tyria

The link isn't working for me.

Pan Head · Jan 30, 2007, 04:45 AM // 04:45

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Originally Posted by GmrLeon

This isn't my map by any means, but I think it's a good depiction of the world map.

Full Tyria

that map is great. someone is a photo shop god. dont think it could match up any better.

just wish i knew where chapter 4 fit in

Hengis · Jan 30, 2007, 02:57 PM // 14:57

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Originally Posted by GmrLeon

This isn't my map by any means, but I think it's a good depiction of the world map.

Full Tyria

I love the presentation of this map, but to me, Cantha looks far too big.

Cantha looks more in proportion to me in Tinkler's post, but I think it could be even smaller.

Just my opinions of course.

Giga Strike · Jan 30, 2007, 03:04 PM // 15:04

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Originally Posted by TiNkLeR

This is the correct ^^!

Link: http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/1...galleryvw3.jpg

nice photoshopping but where are the battle isles? and is cantha really that small?

Tuner89 · Jan 30, 2007, 03:17 PM // 15:17

The battle Isles are just north of cantha, and yes, Cantha IS that small... Cantha is the smallest Continent, you can figure that out based on the dificulty of achieving 1% of explorer. In cantha, a full aggro bar = 1% about, while in Tyria, its about .5%. Using this as your guide, you can safely assume Tyria is 2x bigger then Cantha

thezed · Jan 30, 2007, 04:09 PM // 16:09

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Originally Posted by GmrLeon

This isn't my map by any means, but I think it's a good depiction of the world map.

Full Tyria

To me, this is the best one yet. Though I still think Cantha should be a bit farther south, thats just my impression though.

Voltaire · Jan 30, 2007, 10:27 PM // 22:27

Well, seems to bee working for me this afternoon...wonder what was up last night. The map GmrLeon posted seems to be the most accurate so far. At the very least its the most detailed. I disagree with the sentiment that Cantha's a bit too close, however. The Battle Isles seem like they should be within reasonable reach of Tyria, like they are depicted.

gilgameshx · Jan 31, 2007, 05:37 AM // 05:37

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Originally Posted by RuudW

I was wondering the other day what the world map of Guild Wars looks like, with the relative position of all the four continents (Tyria, Cantha, Elona and the Battle Isles). A fellow guildie found out in the past already that you can see the big statues in the Tyria Crystal Desert from the Elona Crystal Overlook, hence the continents Tyria and Elona are in fact connected. Two more hints we get in the Guild Wars Nightfall Manuscripts (which comes with the game):

On page 49: "Between the northwest coast of Cantha and the southern rim of Elona, a deadly sea is troubled...".

On page 56: "the Battle Isles north of Cantha...".

So, that would mean that the map looks something like shown below (forgive me the poor quality of the picture - I'm by no means a graphical artist).
If you have more info pertaining to this, leave a post.

Why does everyone tend to ignore this quote "On page 49: "Between the northwest coast of Cantha and the southern rim of Elona, a deadly sea is troubled..."."

If the southern rim of Elona is that area where the corsairs hangout which is southeast of Elona then Cantha is just southeast of Elona. So Cantha should be more towards east and not west.

As for the battle isles, it's hard to figure out where it is exactly located. north of Cantha could mean northwest, north, or northeast. Just like how in the nf manual states of the "northern areas" which could mean that it is not north of Tyria.

divinechancellor · Jan 31, 2007, 06:54 AM // 06:54

the world is a sphere. the north part of tyria very well could be the south part of cantha. but i doubt it, the world of guild wars is pretty small...

Fallen Hunter · Jan 31, 2007, 07:33 AM // 07:33

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Originally Posted by divinechancellor

the world is a sphere. the north part of tyria very well could be the south part of cantha. but i doubt it, the world of guild wars is pretty small...

I doubt it, there is a lot of talk about trading between cantha and tyria that seems to indicate that there is a sea seperating them. Also, if they were joined, they would not be seperate continents.

Tuner89 · Jan 31, 2007, 11:43 PM // 23:43

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Originally Posted by gilgameshx

Why does everyone tend to ignore this quote "On page 49: "Between the northwest coast of Cantha and the southern rim of Elona, a deadly sea is troubled..."."

If the southern rim of Elona is that area where the corsairs hangout which is southeast of Elona then Cantha is just southeast of Elona. So Cantha should be more towards east and not west.

As for the battle isles, it's hard to figure out where it is exactly located. north of Cantha could mean northwest, north, or northeast. Just like how in the nf manual states of the "northern areas" which could mean that it is not north of Tyria.

err, actually, that shows exactly what you are talking about, lol
The southern part of Elona is northeast of cantha This leads me to believe that his map is fairly acurate.

I disagree with his positioning of the Battle Isles though, I feel they should be closer to Tyria then Elona, while still being closest to Cantha

Neriandal Freit · Jan 31, 2007, 11:51 PM // 23:51

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Originally Posted by LordKestrel

That's a very nice map.

Insanely nice map.

Very good job on working on the trade routes, the name of the routes and the paths they are logically likely to take.

drakun01 · Feb 01, 2007, 03:00 AM // 03:00

Yes it is. It is quite amazing.

therangereminem · Feb 02, 2007, 12:10 PM // 12:10

i really like the last map that is posted but with two changes cantha is alot small and more to the east fo rit to make sence with On page 49: "Between the northwest coast of Cantha and the southern rim of Elona, a deadly sea is troubled..."."

and also with everything with how it looks it will be to my mind that 4th chapter wil be south west of cantha but mostly western as it comes north abit on the far west side

we dont know if the guild wars mapping is a globe or if they will just keep adding on but if they want to make a world it would have to be round and to show that you woul d have to make a globe of all 3 maps and add some shape to make it look more like it should be

veryl mikagoh · Feb 02, 2007, 01:45 PM // 13:45

awsome, i reealy think a world map should come, maybe it comes when a new chapter will come out (hopely with no new proffesions) to make the world map more square, then its more sphere like, now the map is like an maybe a snowy chapter :P named, southpole xD i love the idea of worldmap!

Symeon · Feb 04, 2007, 09:15 PM // 21:15

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Originally Posted by RuudW

Tinkler,
Maybe you're right, but I don't think your map is consistent with:

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Between the northwest coast of Cantha and the southern rim of Elona, a deadly sea is...

On your map the Cantha northwest coast is west from the southern rim of Elona, instead of east. But maybe I'm mistaking.

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Originally Posted by gilgameshx

Why does everyone tend to ignore this quote "On page 49: "Between the northwest coast of Cantha and the southern rim of Elona, a deadly sea is troubled..."."

If the southern rim of Elona is that area where the corsairs hangout which is southeast of Elona then Cantha is just southeast of Elona. So Cantha should be more towards east and not west.

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Originally Posted by therangereminem

i really like the last map that is posted but with two changes cantha is alot small and more to the east fo rit to make sence with On page 49: "Between the northwest coast of Cantha and the southern rim of Elona, a deadly sea is troubled..."."

I've seriously had enough of people pointing to this statement and claiming that Cantha is southeast of Elona. Here's why you're wrong:

Jatoro Musagi, located in Kodlonu Hamlet, Istan: I believe "ahai" is the appropriate greeting, yes? Well, ahai, (character name)! I am Jatoro Musagi. I hail from the southwest, where the great island of Shing Jea rests upon clear cool shores. Cantha is home to the great Dragon Empire."

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Jatoro_Musagi

See this post of mine for further details on why Cantha is definitely southwest of Elona (and south of Tyria):

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Originally Posted by King Symeon

Jiaju Tai (Canthan NPC in Lion's Arch) describes Cantha as 'south, across the ocean... past the ruins of Orr, past the islands of fire, past the crystal lands of burning sun, and beyond the clashing seas.' There is no mention of passing Elona there, only the southern lands of Tyria, and then you head out into the clashing seas. Besides, don't you think we would have noticed we were passing Elona as we were on the ship to Cantha?

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"Between the northwest coast of Cantha and the southern rim of Elona, a deadly sea is troubled by sudden storms and cyclones, hidden reefs and dangerous sea creatures."

This sentence does not place Cantha southeast of Elona. Look at it like this:

(not to scale - the distance between Elona and Cantha is probably a lot greater, so these 'deadly seas' would cover a much larger area)

The red line goes from 'the southern rim of Elona' to 'the northwest coast of Cantha', and the 'deadly seas' are between those two points. So, I think that sentence just means 'from this corner to this corner'.

Sorry if I came across as a bit aggressive, I'm just a little tired of seeing the misuse of that manual reference over and over again.

On another note, I don't think we'll ever know whether the world is flat or if it is a sphere, because of this:

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175 BE | Margonite settlements appear along coastlines north and west of Elona. Margonite vessels rule the Unending Ocean.

Tide to Go · Feb 04, 2007, 10:46 PM // 22:46

this is a possible outline of how chapter 4 would look like....if it was north....does it fit on the map?

http://www.ipl.org/div/cquest/antarctica/anflag.gif

btw you know where the theory of where orr is on tyrias map?.......to the east on the same land theres a mountain, well opening..... the explosion could have caused that mountain, well more than just a mountian, an opening from tyria....to the Uw(INVASION!!!!!!)

draxynnic · Feb 05, 2007, 02:25 AM // 02:25

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Originally Posted by King Symeon

Sorry if I came across as a bit aggressive, I'm just a little tired of seeing the misuse of that manual reference over and over again.

Bravo!

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On another note, I don't think we'll ever know whether the world is flat or if it is a sphere, because of this: (quote from manual about the Unending Sea)

Not necassarily. I suspect most of Europe probably had a similar idea about the Atlantic before Columbus. We can conclude that no ships have crossed it yet and returned to tell the tale, but that's not to say it can't happen.

There's no guarantee that it will, of course. But it could.

Lord-UWR · Feb 07, 2007, 06:13 AM // 06:13

Ok here is the BEST GW TYRIA MAP EVER, TYRIA AS IN THE WORLD NOT CONTINENT:

http://www.spark72.com/aus/downloads...yria_clean.jpg

And here is the same version with some trade routes:

http://www.spark72.com/aus/downloads/full_tyria.jpg

PLEASE CHECK THEM CAREFULLY

Yanman.be · Feb 07, 2007, 07:04 AM // 07:04

You posted the same link twice.