Suddenly, Guild Wars 2 is on very shaky ground, indeed. In-game, that is.
Players are reporting that they’re encountering strong rumbles and earthquakes inside the game since this week’s patch. So far, there’s no consensus on whether these quakes are happening at scheduled times or randomly, but they seem to be indicating an upcoming event or – more likely – a precursor to the Truce chapter launching in the game next week.
Players have noted that ArenaNet used this tactic to introduce Eye of the North back in the Guild Wars 1 era, while prominent GW2 players documented and recorded the quakes for Twitter. It’s certainly a great way to hint at large events to come and get the community talking!
Have you encountered the Guild Wars 2 quakes yet?
Can confirm the #GuildWars2 earthquakes myself now! Happened at exactly 19:00 Tyrian time (roughly 19:36:30 server time) will check back later if this is set to a fixed interval pic.twitter.com/oUiGZlcDvB
— that_shaman (@that_shaman) November 11, 2020
One full day night cycle later:
– This time the quake happened at exactly 18:48 Tyrian time (so almost at the exact same time)
– It did not happen on my alt account that hasn't completed the story yet and was standing at the exact same spotdata! pic.twitter.com/4KGPiKl6Ww
— that_shaman (@that_shaman) November 11, 2020
Managed to witness the earthquakes we apparently have now on some maps. I was in Harathi, so here is your earthquake @that_shaman ! It has sound as well pic.twitter.com/0O17xBEJpA
— Noxxi Greenrose 🏳️⚧️ (@The_Noxxi) November 11, 2020
