Dentayz.3961 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 😁 jade techs/ green things are in other maps everywhere so i think it would be great to have a real ancient chinese city without these green stuff . 3 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faridah.8431 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 It was basically Kowloon Walled City in Factions. I wonder what New Kaineng City is. Did they burn the whole place down and start over or what. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 It's probably too late to change whatever it is now, don't you think? 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kossage.9072 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) Well, the last time old Kaineng City was seen was during Cobiah Marriner's last visit to Cantha on the eve of Zhaitan's awakening and the Rising of Orr that created the Great Tsunami as depicted in the Sea of Sorrows novel. Given how that tsunami killed a lot of the Olmakhan and forced them to rebuild Atholma all the way southeast at Dajkah which had been transformed into an archipelago as a result (as revealed in the Atholma lore books), and how the tsunami flooded old Lion's Arch and much of Krytan land even more north of it (leading to Krytans abandoning their old capital Lion's Arch, fleeing north and eventually building Divinity's Reach on a safe hill), it wouldn't surprise me if the tsunami and the earthquakes on the sea floor managed to reach all the way south to the northern tip of Cantha too and damaged Old Kaineng significantly while simultaneously leading to the nation's forced isolation via the Risen Dead Ship blockade etc. Curiously the flooding of northern Cantha was even teased in the Priory world map (which also depicted heretofore unknown naval trade routes from the Battle Isles to the so-called Sunken Islands and Arid/Wetland of Sunrise Crest) although the map has some outdated ideas by now such as Shing Jea being a peninsula and the Desolation having a huge lake in the middle of it. If the old city suffered as much as Lion's Arch and Atholma did (despite Cantha's distance to Orr being far greater than those other two examples), it'd make sense for Canthans to build a new city in a safer area in the aftermath. Whether Old Kaineng is fully submerged over a century after the tsunami, in ruins, or slowly being rebuilt is unknown, but I imagine we'll get some answers to this mystery as the developers have mentioned writing a timeline of how big events have affected Cantha since the Winds of Change story. 🙂 Edited December 18, 2021 by Kossage.9072 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazer.2157 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) My reply was idiotic and off topic. So sorry about that Edited December 18, 2021 by Tazer.2157 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fueki.4753 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 As much as I hate the idea, New Kaining City will likely be one big fetid pile of toxic green goo lights with modern-looking structures. Maybe there'll be a few slightly less toxic-looking slums, but I wouldn't count on that. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Yes, I just saw it, and that was my shocked reaction: 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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