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tmr819

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

W/Mo

04 Mar 2008 at 20:34 - 1

I have only vanquished a couple of areas, but I find one of the most time-consuming aspects to it is just finding all of the mobs in a given area.

As an example, I cleared out North Kryta Province the other day almost totally but was having a terrible time finding the last couple of guys, including the Caromi Tengu boss Nav Sharpquill, as it turned out. I finally found him located off in a "side pocket" of the region.

My question for people who have done a lot of vanquishing is this:

How do you manage to find everything you're supposed to kill?

I must have run around that entire, cleared region a couple of times before those last couple of red dots showed up on my "radar," which was pretty frustrating.

I am just wondering if there are any good systems people might have for making sure you cover an entire area.

Reaper

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

We Drink Tequila

Mo/N

04 Mar 2008 at 20:47 - 2

I guess at the end of the day it calls for being thorough in your searching. I generally like to pick a wall and follow it around, and then clean up any voids I may have missed in the middle of the map. I am sure there are more effective ways, but this system has served me well.

The only caveat would be if you know an area of the map has pop-ups. In that case, I tend to avoid it at all costs, saving the area for last.

Usurp

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2008

The burbs of Atlanta

04 Mar 2008 at 20:49 - 3

On the same vein...how do you know when you have vanquished all of the mobs in an area? Are you notified etc.? Thanks.

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

04 Mar 2008 at 20:53 - 4

Think about the route you take - it's not 100%, but usually works - and yes, you get notified when you've killed'em all.

KennyC

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

W/Mo

04 Mar 2008 at 20:56 - 5

I found it easiest with my mini map open all the time and moved to the middle lsft of my screen(widescreen) You can see where youve been and aint been that way. Also as Reaper suggested - do the outside first, then the voids in the middle.

Good Luck.

Covah

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Ontario, Canada

Catching Jellyfish With [소N트T ]

Me/Rt

04 Mar 2008 at 21:03 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Usurp

On the same vein...how do you know when you have vanquished all of the mobs in an area? Are you notified etc.? Thanks.

It would look like this
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Wirt

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

Conscripts of Ascalon

W/

04 Mar 2008 at 21:06 - 7

Usurp, when you finish the game you will have the option for hardmode. When you are in the explorable area, in hardmode, there is a red helmet icon in the top left of the screen with a small number (# of kills) and a progress bar.

Ive found that if there is one pop-up missing, and you happen to be with a real person group, split up everyone in all directions. When a guy gets dead, youve found him. If you are Hero/Henching it, then do the outskirts, then the back and forth lawn mow the area.

tmr819

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

W/Mo

04 Mar 2008 at 21:07 - 8

Thanks. I generally go right (hugging the right wall, as it were), and then move counterclockwise through a region in ever-decreasing circles. Usually that works out OK, but sometimes it's easy to miss some little side area or cave or something.

If nothing else, I have gained new appreciation for just how intricate and detailed these regions can be

. You sure don't notice all that's actually there if you just play through the primary quests, even if you do a lot of the secondary quests.

Songbringer

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

EastCoast

E/Me

04 Mar 2008 at 21:09 - 9

I cut the area into sections. I do an entire section then move on to the next one. Usually 2 sections for smaller area 4 for larger.

Or if I need to catrograph the area I will clear the edges out while I scrape. Then i clear the middle out.

Edit: Go to wiki and look at a cleared out map of the section so you can tell where the little passages and places that are easy to miss are

majikmajikmajik

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

SATown~Tx

Guild Hopper!

R/

04 Mar 2008 at 21:22 - 10

i follow the outer border of the area then work my way in, lookin at maps on wiki for mob patrols and such, vanquish and explore titles both at once.

The Way Out

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

In my peanut brain

Zomg Zombies [OMG]

Mo/E

04 Mar 2008 at 21:25 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by majikmajikmajik

i follow the outer border of the area then work my way in, lookin at maps on wiki for mob patrols and such, vanquish and explore titles both at once.

I was going to suggest the same thing. It takes a lot longer than just a vanquish, however, it saves you time in the end. Hug the walls and kill everything in your map, and then circle back again. I also like bringing at least one running skill that will allow you faster travel. Vanquishing suck when you can't find that one mob... or one person that travels all over the place.

joshuarodger

Unbanned

Join Date: Jan 2008

Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] -- IGN: Swirly

Mo/

04 Mar 2008 at 21:38 - 12

If i'm having trouble finding that last group, i pull up the big map of the region and see if there are any fairly large areas that my trail doesn't cut across or pathways i may have missed, those are the first places i check. I also start out by scraping the borders of the region though.

FXCW

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2008

London,UK

Passionate Kiss of Nosferatu

R/

04 Mar 2008 at 22:34 - 13

I just tend to hug the wall and work my way round, I find that I am missing one or two mobs much more often in Tyria than when I vanquished Elona or Cantha.

Tokar Terrius

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

England

STOP VIRGIN MEDIA!

Mo/E

04 Mar 2008 at 23:21 - 14

I'd agree with these guys. Work ya way around the outskirts of the zone then fill in the middle.

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

05 Mar 2008 at 00:14 - 15

Yep, do the perimeter first and work your way to the center. In the case of patrols, spread out and look that way. When I'm H/Hing, I'll send my henchies out in different directions, paying close attention to where I send them. When one dies, I know where the mob is