while doing my ranger insignia i opened up the mini map and noticed these symbols on the map, it did not show them while the minimap is opened in town, sorry if this has been posted before, i just thought it was interesting as i have never seen it before....
Unfinished update?
Blind Rage
Silent Kitty
Since you are standing in the festival area, I think this is a left-over of it.
Kaguya
Wow, that's new.. I gotta log in and seeeeee
edit: Bleh, I don't have those. Looks like a neat feature, but why is it enabled only when you aren't in town?
edit+: Went to do an Instructor Ng-course at the Monastary Outlook, and now I see the icons too. One pointing out where the Henchmen are, and another pointing out the storage. Nothing for merchants tho. Some feature that isn't finished/patched in globally yet?
edit++: not festival-area-proof-foo
edit: Bleh, I don't have those. Looks like a neat feature, but why is it enabled only when you aren't in town?
edit+: Went to do an Instructor Ng-course at the Monastary Outlook, and now I see the icons too. One pointing out where the Henchmen are, and another pointing out the storage. Nothing for merchants tho. Some feature that isn't finished/patched in globally yet?
edit++: not festival-area-proof-foo
Seef II
I noticed that too on my mesmer. Strange, since you can't actually reach the "Storage" and "Henchmen" while in the dojo.
kimahri
How did you do that? I can't do that 
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Blind Rage
yeah, it has nothing to do with the festival IMO as it seemed familier from when i did on my assasin, and thats where you do the insignia tests
moko
that looks pretty nice
(oh, and i dont have it either:P)
(oh, and i dont have it either:P)
Rathcail
That would have been nice feature for the newbies when in their first town. But I suppose they should have gone and added those markers to every town then.
Kaguya
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That would have been nice feature for the newbies when in their first town. But I suppose they should have gone and added those markers to every town then.
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Post #1000, whee :P
Blind Rage
i tried it in kaineng, zoning and looking and without zoning, nothing...
RTSFirebat
hmmm Interesting, it seems to be part of a soon to be added in feature maybe? I hope that is the case as this would be useful for everyone. Sometimes remembering the location of the henchies and Storage is a pain.
Hate having to run about with CTRL and ALT held down to find them both.
Hate having to run about with CTRL and ALT held down to find them both.
lyra_song
Maybe they will have the icons in your mini radar o.o
that would REALLY help
that would REALLY help
Stockholm
It seams to be a feature to explain things to new players( festival place is PRE-Sear normally)
Blind Rage
Arena net please dont abandon the update, keep it going this would be awesome, it gets quite annoying when you have to tell people where storage and etc is...
unholy guardian
that would be a very cool update
Doomlord_Slayermann
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Arena net please dont abandon the update, keep it going this would be awesome, it gets quite annoying when you have to tell people where storage and etc is...
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arcanemacabre
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Originally Posted by Doomlord_Slayermann
This would be an excellent update... but if the people that ask those questions are too stupid to hold down the Alt button, what makes you think they can read a map?
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This update would most definately kick ass. Bring it, Anet!
Blind Rage
thats true... 
natuxatu
yeah i think it would be a handy update too. I mean why not it only helps. A friend of mine was in Asclaon (then comes the question as to if prophices will get this too but lets not go there ) and couldn't find armor, also was unaware that there was such things a material trader...
so yeah mainly for newbies but i'm sure like someone posted above if i was in a bigger city i'd probably just open my mini map to get a general idea of how everything is set up.
) and couldn't find armor, also was unaware that there was such things a material trader... so yeah mainly for newbies but i'm sure like someone posted above if i was in a bigger city i'd probably just open my mini map to get a general idea of how everything is set up.
titan0987
Personally I think it would be a bad idea, it would just clutter up the map with all of those NPC's. That's what alt is for, and you will learn where things are after a very short time. And if youre sick of telling people where npc's are, then just ignore them if they ask, not that hard.
Kaguya
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Personally I think it would be a bad idea, it would just clutter up the map with all of those NPC's. That's what alt is for, and you will learn where things are after a very short time. And if youre sick of telling people where npc's are, then just ignore them if they ask, not that hard.
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I still get disoriented in big cities, like Droknar's, after a year. And minimap doesn't have that much use in cities anyways, so I wouldn't find additional icons "cluttering" it up.
Mr_T_bot
The problem with alt is that it only goes so far and if you try to move your mouse over them, it clutters up with idiotic people.
Sjeng
Yeah, thats really annoying. When pressing ALT, or CTRL for that matter, the names shouldn't jump around so much. It's SO annoying trying to click that one name you're looking for, when it jumps all over your screen...
*NO I didn't want YOU in my party, I'm trying to click on Talon overthere!! AARGH*
*NO I didn't want YOU in my party, I'm trying to click on Talon overthere!! AARGH*
majoho
Would be nice to have that in towns for sure
RTSFirebat
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Personally I think it would be a bad idea, it would just clutter up the map with all of those NPC's. That's what alt is for, and you will learn where things are after a very short time. And if youre sick of telling people where npc's are, then just ignore them if they ask, not that hard.
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ALT is handy for close range, but map icons would do wonders if massive cities like K-Centre.
Oh and I like helping newbies if are lost, maybe you should try being nice and maybe the game will be a little less annoying and a lot more rewarding
Jetdoc
I think it's a good idea, but for people like Titan that like a "clean" map maybe you could make it to where these symbols/text only appear when you press alt down as well?
eudas
It could be helpful to newbies, but it's probably just clutter to everybody else. Seriously, once you've found it, how often do you forget where the Xunlai/henchmen are? :/ Sounds like a forthcoming update for people who couldn't find their ass with both hands and a map...
eudas
eudas
Clone
If only one of thoes icons were labeled "Auction House"...
RTSFirebat
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Sounds like a forthcoming update for people who couldn't find their ass with both hands and a map...
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I'm sure if they added this in it be toggle, and again I'm sure the map would most likely only show the Henchmen and storage location, and maybe the merchant NPC, not everything!
I've been playing both GW games since release, and I sometimes forget where the storage is.
I'll never understand why people complain about anything added to this game?
How would this update (If it is added) be a bad thing? lol
Silent Kitty
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It could be helpful to newbies, but it's probably just clutter to everybody else. Seriously, once you've found it, how often do you forget where the Xunlai/henchmen are? :/ Sounds like a forthcoming update for people who couldn't find their ass with both hands and a map...
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SnipiousMax
^ As it's been mentioned, I don't see how this is a bad thing. It's really not going to be that much clutter. Holding down ALT only works when close to what your looking for, and big towns like K-Center have largely repeating landscapes. It's very easy to spend a frustrating minute trying to get your bearings. I'd don't spend much time in town, so why would I have every location of every storage and merchant memorized? Again, I really don't see why people are shooting down the idea. Never look at improved or additional content with disdain.
Rathcail
I would love to have those locations shown on the map with the ability of clicking the spot to make your character walk there.
CyberNigma
simple, for the people that think it clutters up their map, allow a tick-box in the UI editor to turn it off, like the helpful hints tipbox. it is a good idea...
arcanemacabre
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Originally Posted by CyberNigma
simple, for the people that think it clutters up their map, allow a tick-box in the UI editor to turn it off, like the helpful hints tipbox. it is a good idea...
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Skyy High
Oh leave off Eudas and titan. Y'all act like you play the game solely to help new players, and I'm not buying it. Yeah sure, you can come on a forum and pretend to be a saint, and put down people who don't share your enlightened opinion, because no one can verify your in-game actions one way or another...but does it really matter that much?
Jetdoc
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simple, for the people that think it clutters up their map, allow a tick-box in the UI editor to turn it off, like the helpful hints tipbox. it is a good idea...
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