Talk:The Long Way Around

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I don't know if it was intended or not, but you can also just swim through a hole in the rock up and left of the forcefield to get through and get the achievement. Simooshy 23:31, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Lol, Maybe the title is a clue to the hole?

was covered in corruption and could use that shortcut without problems with the achievement, chest or anything [[80.137.10.199 19:00, 28 October 2013 (UTC)]]

Anybody know if you get anything special if you take the real long way around? I just happened to find the shortcut by chance since I was having trouble due to being alone. I'm guessing if it's anything at all it's just a bit of dialogue from Explorer Camelia, and it didn't seem like Fryxx acknowledged my shortcut. Pjwned (talk) 22:47, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Well, now the shortcut is ruined, so if you want to do this now you have to do it the long, annoying, hard way.
Thanks ANet.Pjwned (talk) 07:50, 29 December 2014 (UTC)


I just did this last night (5/28/14) with a guildie and the short way around seemed to be blocked save for a small impassible peephole. We did it legit and I went to backtrack from Fryxx's room, and I could see the peephole from the opposite side and no other path through. So the shortcut is, from what I saw, no longer doable.

I can confirm this is indeed the case, after spending a progressively-more-anxious hour looking for what used to be an easy chest and vein. Way to troll, anet! Now the description, which used to be a funny bit of sarcasm, makes no sense at all. Or at least, has nothing to reference anymore. Because games should make you cry, I guess. Best of all, any poor new player now has to get the achieve the super-annoying way, not the insultingly easy way the rest of us old-timers did. Another big win for the Managerial Decisions Dept. Ridiculous. Imperator Nox 09:13, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Looks like the portal stays open for about 5 min.



Is this achieveable by: Going in with 6 ppl, don't care about contamination, position each on a pad, let the contamination wear off, open the pad ur at and opening the chest after? Or do all pads have to be opened by the same person? ~ Mindbender1981

No it doesn't need to be done all by the same person, however the contamination doesn't wear off. - Doodleplex 21:25, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
Yeah, it does after 10 minutes or so. ~Mindbender1981

Tip: You can do this more easily with the Prototype Position Rewinder. Go to each asuran pad, ignoring contamination. Press 1 to set your location. Race back to Camelia, get cleaned, press 2 to teleport back. Shut down pad. Rinse and repeat. It helps to have skimmer with diving ability. Cheers.