Guild Wars 2 Reveals Beautiful Expansion Capital: "Looks Like Venice in a Cyberpunk World"

With the new expansion End of Dragons, Guild Wars 2 gets some new areas, including the city of New Kaineng. This was the capital of the area in the previous Guild Wars Factions. Now details about Kaineng have finally been shared and many players are very fond of the city.

What is this city? In Guild Wars 1, the center of Kaineng was a city with tall, rather ugly buildings and slums right on the doorstep. But that gave Kaineng a special atmosphere, because here you were not traveling in a rich, colorful area of ​​the world, but also saw the dark side of civilization.

Accordingly, many were excited about the implementation of Kaineng in the new expansion End of Dragons - this time in Guild Wars 2.

Rebuilt a little further south after a tidal wave, New Kaineng has undergone some changes due to technological advances. The city is much more colorful now, criss-crossed by water and planted with trees. At the same time, there are still the isolated tall buildings and the jade technology gives the city a cyberpunk flair.

This is also the opinion of the user Chris_7941, who described the city in the trailer as a kind of "Venice in cyberpunk" (via reddit).

You can get a first impression in this trailer:

Power outages and aggressive robots keep the city in suspense

What can you see in the trailer? The port of Kaineng is shown in the first few seconds. A few styles already meet here:

In the next pictures you can see the first trees and drive one of the new skiffs through the city's canals. Here, too, there are different images of traditional lanterns and street vendors, but at the same time robots that roam or fly through the streets.

You can also enter some buildings from the inside and walk up to the top, as the trailer shows. This was one of the great hopes of Guild Wars 1 players.

The appearance of the residents of Kaineng also gets a lot of praise in the comments. The user skirtsan writes in reddit: “The citizens look so beautiful! I absolutely adore their designs and outfits!”

Is everything good in town? From about 30 seconds, however, the image of the city changes somewhat. The lights are flickering, there seems to be a power problem.

Jade robots run amok, battles break out in the streets.

While the capital cities in most MMORPGs tend to be quiet places to relax and craft, New Kaineng also seems to host events and battles on a regular basis. Many players on reddit like that.

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End of Dragons launches at the end of February

When will there be more about Kaineng? As early as today, February 4th, the developers will be holding a live stream and presenting Kaineng and the new jade technology in more detail. You can also follow the official Guild Wars 2 Twitch channel starting at 9:00 p.m.

From February 28th, you can then explore New Kaineng for yourself. That's when the End of Dragons expansion starts. Incidentally, the developers themselves had leaked the release date in advance, which was very strange:

Guild Wars 2 Accidentally Leaks Expansion Release Date Itself - Disappointing Fans