Livingston's Guide to becoming a Grandmaster Canthan Cartographer! (No Map Checks)

Ghryphon

Ghryphon

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2007

Iowa, United States

LOD

Mo/

Thanks for all the help so far..I am nearly done Ill post any problem spots shortly..but everyones has helped me out.

Many thanks again.

-Tiki

xzychux

xzychux

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2007

Poland

Jade Reapers [ JD ]

E/

I'm stuck at 97.5%...

my map


Can someone help me?

SnipiousMax

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

*****IMPORTANT NOTE*****
This thread is now closed for Map requests.

If there is someone who is interested in doing map checks, please pm me and we'll see if we can't do something else. But there are so many map requests that legitimate questions are getting drowned out. In the meantime, if you want to get a map check, you'll have to read up on how to do it yourself, or pay someone who's running a service (check ventari's). But this is a notice that all further map requests will be deleted (in this thread specifically and more so in a separate thread.)

*****EVEN MORE EDIT*****

To Clarify, I'm not doing map checks. Don't PM me with map checks.

NND

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2007

[Lord]

E/

anyone know how can i get there?!



it has to be simple... but i cant find how to go there :/

{IceFire}

{IceFire}

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/

Enter the Altrumm Ruins challenge mission.

NND

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2007

[Lord]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by {IceFire}
Enter the Altrumm Ruins challenge mission. it was so simple :P

thx

Ghryphon

Ghryphon

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2007

Iowa, United States

LOD

Mo/

Just wanted to say thanks to all help / suggestions in this thread. My gf and I are proud to be grandmaster cartographers of cantha Onto tyria we go!

-Tiki

Id post screenies but I am @ work.

TrankiTronko

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2007

Dark Manowar

W/A

ThX Livingstone.At finally i can see my Legendary Cart. on my Hall of Mon.
I am very surprised, because with the help of your mapas,I managed to move from 98 to 99.8 without having explored Shing Jea Arenas and only 0.2 Jade Quarry.

I Add photo tonight

Darkside

Darkside

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Chantry of Secrets

[Angl]

D/


Been working on my cantha map title for a little bit now and am missing this huge area between raisu palace and imperial sanctum. I've done the raisu palace mission several times but can't seem to get the area...looks to be almost 1% up there. Can someone give me some suggestions?

Cassandra Tanacel

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

Wolf Brotherhood

W/

Thanks to the guides and tips in here i manged to get my last.6% without Jade Arena (Shing Jea arena did the most part) with my Tyria born character.


Cheers everyone!

Asrial

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Centurion Guard

Mo/E

Darkside, that's the exploreable area AFTER the Raisu Palace mission. Go out the portal in Imperial Sanctum.

Darkside

Darkside

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Chantry of Secrets

[Angl]

D/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Asrial
Darkside, that's the exploreable area AFTER the Raisu Palace mission. Go out the portal in Imperial Sanctum. I didn't even know there was an explorable area there lol. I feel pretty stupid now! A big thank you either way ... finally got 100%.

Vulkanyaz

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Awesome, I got 100%
Thx for this thread!

Hermos

Hermos

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2007

Forever in Demand [FiD]

A/

Urgh, problem... just north of Zen Daijun, I've gotten to the small island suggested, and i've thoroughly mapped it - and yet I can't get the SMALLEST bit to clear. =/

Click for a Screenshot.

Any help would really be appretiated, thanks.

Edit: Now on 99.9%... so close - done FA, JQ, Banishing and Eradon Terrace glitch - I think that last bit might be my ticket to grandmaster. D:

Necro Quink

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Belgium

Trinity Of The Ascended [ToA]

N/

I also had some troubles to find my last 0.1% in cantha. I found it just left outside of the marketplace on the docks. I didn't see my map chance or anything. I assume i mapped a little bit of water away

Asrial

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Centurion Guard

Mo/E

Hermos, it actually looks to me like YOU have that area unmapped but the texmod does not.

That particular texmod is based on someone's 100% map, which I found (at least for Tyria) is full of little areas not yet explored.

For 99.9%, I recommend using my method of mapping.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...&postcount=350

Mellik Bash

Mellik Bash

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Southern California

LaZy

N/Me

So is anyone doing map checks?

SnipiousMax

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mellik Bash
So is anyone doing map checks?
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...&postcount=403

and

Livingston's Guide to becoming a Grandmaster Canthan Cartographer! (No Map Checks)

Until it's posted otherwise.

Copperthorn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2007

Bad Wolf Corporation

N/Me

Just to give some encouragement to anyone frustrated by the areas that require special circumstances to get into, I can confirm (having done it myself) that it IS possible to get 100% on Cantha without doing ANY of the following:
The starter area in Shing Jea Getting banished by Shiro Jade Quarry

shure

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

I'm on my way to grandmaster cartographer (99.2% right now), but I think I'll need to get banished by Shiro to get 100% (i'm a monk). So if anyone has time and is ready to help fellow cartographer on getting this title, my ign is Missy Healer. I'll be forever gratefull

idicious

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2006

Holland

LoD

P/W

Just some words of encouragement for those going for title, keep at it Got 100% cantha and with it Legendary Cart recently so just a few words of advice I found helpfull.

Tyria took me ages because I had to redo every single map I'd ever been through, and some area's several times because I wasn't thurough enough.

With Elona and Cantha my method has been choose an area you want to map out completely (say kaineng city, starter island) and go and map that area out entirely, every single map in it around the edges till you reach the portal you started from. This way it cuts down the huge task of GMC into smaller chunks, and keeps it more manageble and less frustrating for you (I went from 80 to 100% elona in 1 day, 90% cantha to 100% in 1 day) You know you've had the area's so don't have to redo them, by the time your done you should have 100%.

Elona I did this way in 1 go, didn't have to redo anything, Cantha I got lucky at 99.2% to get into a JQ mapping group which got me to 99.8, and last I did with the 0.5% glitch at that one town, never got banished by Shiro.

So just be thurough, take the time for it and turn away from the wall to enjoy the view every so often

Ralena~

Ralena~

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

E/A

I just finished my legendary cart title by finishing up Cantha, some tips for Tyrian-born Characters:

- Uncover every single piece of land you can find, if you use carto made easy, there are some foggy spots left over if you use the virtualdub comparision posted by Asrial here
.

- Generally hugging Canthan areas can take years because there are multiple levels, I would do one entire region using carto made easy, then switch up and compare using the VirtualDub method mentioned above and unfog the missed areas if there were any.

- Some of the corners of the Xaquang Skyway are not accessible anymore so don't hug the same wall for 3 hours trying to unfog it, just move on. Generally NE and SW corners.

Places I did not completely unfog:
- Monastery Overlook (not accessible)
- Some corners of Xaquang Skyway (not accessible anymore due to change to undercity)
- NE of Dragon's Throat (same deal as Skyway)
- Jade Quarry
- Shiro Banishment Area

After completely unfogging all areas including Fort Aspenwood with the exception of the ones listed above I was at 99.9% and finished it off with Eredon Terrace.

Good luck.

torsken

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2007

Watchers of the Shadows

E/Mo

my only Tyrianborn char got 100% today yeahyeah i know i am in elona:P

Ralena~

Ralena~

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

E/A

I have attached my comparision map, unfogged except the following areas:

- Monastery Overlook (not accessible)
- Some corners of Xaquang Skyway (not accessible anymore due to change to undercity)
- NE of Dragon's Throat (same deal as Skyway)
- Jade Quarry
- Shiro Banishment Area

Also attached, my other maps if anyone wants them.

For the Tyrian map, I'm missing the Henge Arena and the field of the Ascalon Arena.

Asrial's method.

SnipiousMax

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

Please refer all your questions here:

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...44839&posted=1