Talk:The Battle Isles

Should the Zaishen challenges be added to this page? They're most certainly on the island :O --AkumaZ 00:05, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes. should be a fully explored map (including challenges). Still everything in the very first steps of becomming an article. --Xeeron 04:57, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Will Battle Isles still be available after the PvP Weekend? If not, how will people get into the tournament (Heroes Ascent/old Tombs) without purchasing Factions? Kidburla 12:33, 22 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Ok sticking my neck out here (the weekend has ended, yet I havent played since), but I am *very* sure the battle isles will stay. --Xeeron 05:32, 23 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Can you access Battle Isles if you haven't unlocked Lion's Arch as a location on the map? As the boat is next to LA, I thought maybe you had to have it on your map. Kidburla 13:34, 26 January 2006 (UTC)


 * In the article it says you have to have LA. However that brings me to another question, maybe someone with a low level char can check that quickly: Are the Yaks bend and Ascalon Arenas still there and playable? --Xeeron 09:43, 27 January 2006 (UTC)


 * According to the Team Arenas article, Shiverpeak Arena (the arena next to Yak's Bend) is one of the maps on Team Arenas. However it also appears as part of Battle Isles - so can people entering it from BI end up in a fight with people who have used the Yak's Bend entrance? Also is there any way to access Ascalon Arena from BI? Kidburla 10:06, 27 January 2006 (UTC)


 * (Moved from my user page, in response to "can people entering it from BI end up in a fight with people who have used the Yak's Bend entrance?") I am pretty sure they cant. --Xeeron 02:26, 14 March 2006 (CST)


 * Now confirmed by ANet: The majority of PvP encounters take place on a new continent: Battle Isles. All players from Guild Wars and Guild Wars Factions will engage in combat on the Battle Isles, although two lower-level PvP areas—the Ascalon Arena and the Shiverpeak Arena—will remain in Tyria and will be accessible on that continent rather than on Battle Isles. Kidburla 19:47, 10 February 2006 (CST)

Is Heroes' Crypt what used to be called The Crag, or does The Crag still exist? Kidburla 10:09, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * It's not the same. The Crag had a volcano theme, Heroes' Crypt has a crypt/tomb theme. No idea if The Crag is still accessable somehow. -- 10:45, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The Crag was still accessable (as part of the team arenas on the BI) after the patch. --Xeeron 11:43, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Is it odd that I was able to access the Team Arenas and Hero's Ascent before I even competed in the Random Arenas? They just showed up about 5 minutes after I unlocked travel. o.O -- Aldrenean 5:22 April 04

Continentality
While the Real World definition of "Continent" requires a large land mass, Guild Wars treats the term differently.

From the press release: "They will also be able to get familiar with the new PvP continent, Battle Isles."

I think it the simplest to define a "Continent" as area encompassed by a "world" map, and make Battle Isles a continent. This is mostly relavent to the Tyria article. -PanSola 22:22, 10 February 2006 (CST)


 * Well, what constitutes "large" is a matter of taste. Australia is small compared to asia, but still a continent. Lets just go with whatever ANet writes. --Xeeron 23:34, 10 February 2006 (CST)

Gladiator's Arena?
In my Collector's Edition instruction booklet, a small map indicates that the Gladiator's Arena is on the south-east island of the Battles Isles, yet it is not mentioned in our article or present in our picture (or available for me to travel to in-game). Is this some kind of area too elite for me, or is it for guilds, or does it not actually exist, despite having an article which I did not create? If it it exists, it should be in the article. If it does not exist, the Gladiator's Arena article should probably mention that. -- Dashface 09:08, 10 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Perhaps it is an elite Random Area? based on titles. If not then it could be a Competitive Arena with random teams like Dragon's Throat in that you have tonnes and tonnes of monsters coming at you like in roman gladiator times, either is logical but the 2nd could be more likely as it would fill the void that PvP only characters can not access. --Jamie 09:12, 10 May 2006 (CDT)