Talk:The Battle Isles

Zaishen challenges
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)

Availability
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)

Heroes' Crypt same as The Crag?
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)

Access to areas beyond Random Arenas?
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

firstly that was because you guild wars account existed before factions was released, also i correct the statement saying that you have to win random areans 10 times in a row to unlock heors ascent, it is five after the fifth win it says unlocked team areans.

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)

How do you get to the battle isles from Cantha?
Anyone know?
 * You take the ship. Most likely need to have been to Kaineng City first, the equivalent of Lion's Arch in Tyria. -PanSola, Table of The Lyssa Advocacy Front (sing) 09:24, 17 May 2006 (CDT)

Had the game for several months, I've never set foot in the Random Arenas, yet today I notice I can enter Team Arenas and Hero's Ascent. New change or new bug? --24.197.250.42 12:26, 14 June 2006 (CDT)

Gladiator Arena

 * i was just wondering if the fact that Gladiator once exsited in this area should be added.--Tark Alkerk 05:04, 29 July 2006 (CDT)
 * As a general rule of thumb, we dont' care about "once upon a times". - 05:33, 29 July 2006 (CDT)

Article Intro
Should the introductory paragraph be edited to reflect Nightfall, Chapter 3? Ninjatek 17:34, 6 December 2006 (CST)Ninjatek

Fully Explored Map?
How does one uncover the Battles Isles map as thoroughly as in the image in the article? Mine (as uncovered with a PvE character) is missing a lot of edges that appear to be revealed in that map. --Bonjela 06:47, 6 May 2007 (CDT)
 * I think the map was taken directly from the game as opposed to simply screenshotting. You can try asking the uploader by clicking on the image and then the link to his talk page.  --Fyren 13:40, 6 May 2007 (CDT)