I don't mind zone walls; zones cannot expand in all directions forever, but I would like to know if there are many artificial "invisible walls".  Stuff like not being able to jump off the ramp of a tree in the Sylvari Forest.  Any of that?  Or is it more like early EQ's Kelethin, where you can fall off the edge?

Hmm interesting question.. nothing ive thought about but it would be kewl if someone had an answer :)

Originally posted by Mrlogic

Hmm interesting question.. nothing ive thought about but it would be kewl if someone had an answer :)

It sure made the high up places feel more "high up there".  Plus, was amusing if someone was tipsy from drinking (in game); made things precarious.

And lastly, just adds immersion in the world, the more interactive the world is.

Originally posted by ReallyNow10

I don't mind zone walls; zones cannot expand in all directions forever, but I would like to know if there are many artificial "invisible walls".  Stuff like not being able to jump off the ramp of a tree in the Sylvari Forest.  Any of that?  Or is it more like early EQ's Kelethin, where you can fall off the edge?

 I've fallen to my death in all the OTHER cities, not the Sylvari or Asura cities yet, so I don't see why not.  There's one giant hole in the human city you can't jump into, but I assume it's because there's some sort of huge story thing behind the Great Collapse.  It's probably where an expansion starts. :P

Originally posted by ReallyNow10

Originally posted by Mrlogic

Hmm interesting question.. nothing ive thought about but it would be kewl if someone had an answer :)

It sure made the high up places feel more "high up there".  Plus, was amusing if someone was tipsy from drinking (in game); made things precarious.

And lastly, just adds immersion in the world, the more interactive the world is.

Hmm something to try out for the next BWE? :-D

the area around the collapse in Divinity's Reach and in the Black Citadel to keep you out of Haunted Nolani under the city... even though I got past it anyways and went running around in there for fun. But they were the only 2 I found.

Originally posted by ReallyNow10

I don't mind zone walls; zones cannot expand in all directions forever, but I would like to know if there are many artificial "invisible walls".  Stuff like not being able to jump off the ramp of a tree in the Sylvari Forest.  Any of that?  Or is it more like early EQ's Kelethin, where you can fall off the edge?

I haven't come across any invisible walls, all walls were real. The hole another poster was talking about has a fence to stop you falling off, so its not an invisible wall.

Originally posted by evilastro

Originally posted by ReallyNow10

I don't mind zone walls; zones cannot expand in all directions forever, but I would like to know if there are many artificial "invisible walls".  Stuff like not being able to jump off the ramp of a tree in the Sylvari Forest.  Any of that?  Or is it more like early EQ's Kelethin, where you can fall off the edge?

I haven't come across any invisible walls, all walls were real. The hole another poster was talking about has a fence to stop you falling off, so its not an invisible wall.

Good.  In TERA, I found a beautiful waterfall and drop off in the starting area.  But, you cannot jump into the water and swim to it; so it might as well be a painting.  Hoping GW2 is more "real" and it sounds like it might be.

Originally posted by evilastro

I haven't come across any invisible walls, all walls were real. The hole another poster was talking about has a fence to stop you falling off, so its not an invisible wall.

 There is, or at least was, some places where you should have been able to jump in but couldn't.  Though apparently you could jump in them ANYWAY, just needed to work harder. :)

Originally posted by ReallyNow10

Originally posted by evilastro

Originally posted by ReallyNow10

I don't mind zone walls; zones cannot expand in all directions forever, but I would like to know if there are many artificial "invisible walls".  Stuff like not being able to jump off the ramp of a tree in the Sylvari Forest.  Any of that?  Or is it more like early EQ's Kelethin, where you can fall off the edge?

I haven't come across any invisible walls, all walls were real. The hole another poster was talking about has a fence to stop you falling off, so its not an invisible wall.

Good.  In TERA, I found a beautiful waterfall and drop off in the starting area.  But, you cannot jump into the water and swim to it; so it might as well be a painting.  Hoping GW2 is more "real" and it sounds like it might be.

While I am not a fan of TERA, to be fair that was only in the starter zone. Once you got past there the invisible walls went away.

The world is really open feeling, no stupid invisible walls all over like a lot of MMOs use to be cheap. There might be some but I didn't notice them if there were, and it's usually one of the first things I notice, being an explorer type.

dunno why but i at one point was focused on  getting up a 90 degree hill. i did it where i met an invisible wall.  but it was a pain to ever get there

in related news i aldo found a wall missing its textures, in beta 1 in WvWvW you can say thats invisible

There's a few areas where there are walls preventing you from falling, but they are few and far between.

I also found one in when I jumped into a bay and tried to swim out to sea. Generally though, few walls.

I saw a castle floating on air with nothing but sea underneath. How interesting?

I found a single invisible wall....it was in the BWE...during which I was standing at a castle wall we just destroyed and the enemy built the wall while I was standing there. It made the wall around me, invisible.  I was stuck inside.  Clearly to everyone outside the wall it was normal, but to me it was invisble because I was inside it.  I did report the bug, which I think it was, but it was funny.

Originally posted by ReallyNow10

I don't mind zone walls; zones cannot expand in all directions forever, but I would like to know if there are many artificial "invisible walls".  Stuff like not being able to jump off the ramp of a tree in the Sylvari Forest.  Any of that?  Or is it more like early EQ's Kelethin, where you can fall off the edge?

You can fall off just about anything...In towns I was actually running around on the rooftops way high about most of the city (I'm not going to spoil the city or how to get up there for you explorers out there) during last BWE ;) and then i jumped the whole way down with a splat! very wicked.

Remember: the Anet teams are implementing jumping puzzles all over the place...im sure they have a few easter egg jumping puzzles that they have added or would like to add for people to stumble upon :)

Originally posted by ReallyNow10

I don't mind zone walls; zones cannot expand in all directions forever, but I would like to know if there are many artificial "invisible walls".  Stuff like not being able to jump off the ramp of a tree in the Sylvari Forest.  Any of that?  Or is it more like early EQ's Kelethin, where you can fall off the edge?

Not only are there no Player Clips (invisible walls) in areas they wouldn't realistically be in.... there's some missing from certain areas that SHOULD HAVE HAD THEM.  ...you can get up on rock ledges and other places you have no business being up on if you can jump just right and find the Geometry holes.   I found quite a few in Beta myself and recorded a good half hour of them (that I've been too lazy to go back and Encode/Upload).

Originally posted by terrant

There's a few areas where there are walls preventing you from falling, but they are few and far between.

 

I also found one in when I jumped into a bay and tried to swim out to sea. Generally though, few walls.

I hadnt tried swimming out to sea as I had only played Charr and Norn. They should use the Age of Conan barrier where you get eaten by sharks if you swim too far.

There are definitely artifical bounds in the game, but they are used sparingly.  You can definitely fall to your death...I have done it multiple times.

But as other posters said, there are artificial bounds in Divinity's Reach that don't let you go into the Great Collapse.  But for the most part...there aren't really many artificial bounds.

They exist but are almost always very well concealed.