Talk:Crystal Desert

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The Crystal Desert is the opposite of verdant. Shido 18:20, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Not in GW2. Read the movement of the world article. Lord of all tyria 19:02, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Joko dammed the Elon, redirecting its flow to the north into the Crystal Desert, creating a lush, green area where the desert formerly was. Calor (t) 19:30, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Formerly? Technically, it's still a desert. "Desert" is technically defined by how much rainfall a region receives -- you can irrigate a desert to make it as lush as you like, but it's still a desert, regardless of how green it gets. --68.187.144.197 21:08, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

In everyday terms, you're not going to call a lush paradise a "desert", even if it does technically qualify for one. Calor (t) 21:17, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Technical terms pwn everyday terms. You don't call antarctica a desert, generally, but it is. -- Armond Warblade 07:55, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

When using desert here, we're using it in the sense of "Dry Rocky or Sandy area with little plant life", not in the technical rainfall sense. it will still probably be called the crystal desert, though, just because that's the name of the region from the first game. Anyway, the point is the same that the crystal desert has been made much lusher.98.212.211.163 03:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Wasn't it a sea or river to begin with, hence being called the crystal sea in some place?(Zyko Wolfven 19:13, 7 May 2008 (UTC))

Where? Cress Arvein 22:21, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I believe the Margonites reached the Crystal Sea via their ships, but the war between Abaddon and the Five Gods made the sea dry up and become the desert it is now. I think that lore is conflicting though because it says one thing in-game and another thing in the manual. -- pling | ggggg 23:42, 7 May 2008 (UTC)