For this reason:
I spent 50 minutes looking for that last guy, and didnt find him so i just quit.....As you can see ive been everywhere
I hate vanquishing
Voltaic Annihilator
I pwnd U
That sucks. Must have been a patrol that you just kept missing.
sph0nz
Yeah.. That's exactly why I hate vanquishing too. I don't do it often because of that.
credit
The vanquishing title means a lot.
obsidian ectoplasm
Yeah I've had this happen to me a couple of times
but i always find the guy takes about 30 mins though
but i always find the guy takes about 30 mins though
Phoenix Tears
I personally can see enough little spots where you weren't, where such a single creepy thign could have been hiding from you XD
And in this area are mostly absolutely no patrols. All monsters there don't move very far away from some spots. There is no monster there, that likes to marsh from 1 point to another. all creatures there have mostly fix areas, where they stand around.
Uhm, you know, that you can see Monsters and NPC's, when pressing alt+contrl? When not, use it ever, it will drastically reduce the chance, that you will oversee a creature next time and change in the options menu the setting so, that you wil see the names ever with full color, regardless how far they are away from you.
And in this area are mostly absolutely no patrols. All monsters there don't move very far away from some spots. There is no monster there, that likes to marsh from 1 point to another. all creatures there have mostly fix areas, where they stand around.
Uhm, you know, that you can see Monsters and NPC's, when pressing alt+contrl? When not, use it ever, it will drastically reduce the chance, that you will oversee a creature next time and change in the options menu the setting so, that you wil see the names ever with full color, regardless how far they are away from you.
Shayne Hawke
lol, I see it.
Near the lower-left portal to the next city, you can see a small passage from the portal to the body of water directly above it. It looks like an "L".
Ctrl + Alt + good eyes help.
Near the lower-left portal to the next city, you can see a small passage from the portal to the body of water directly above it. It looks like an "L".
Ctrl + Alt + good eyes help.
kev read
^^ where he said
yea i almost missed that guy too...
yea i almost missed that guy too...
natural_Causes
Thats why when I vanquish, I try to map the whole area, so I know I've seen everything.
Kyomi Tachibana
Hehe yeah, I had to run around this map for an extra 15 minutes to find the last bugger. :x
For me it was a guy wandering around the upper left corner of the Sunspear Great Hall.
Ctrl+Alt <3<3
For me it was a guy wandering around the upper left corner of the Sunspear Great Hall.
Ctrl+Alt <3<3
Siadena
I wish vanquishing - and mapping for that matter - had a small %age or allowance of missed enemies/areas. Like 5-10 and 1% - give or take - would make those title tracks soooo less frustrating - and pointlessly so since again, you're missing like 3-4 enemies. Every other vanquish run I do I have to go on a 20-40 minute hunt for the last one or two, gets sooooo old.
Xirno
You haven't been everywhere.
I remember searching for my last enemy as well on that vanquish, with the Iboga being in the area you missed. Luckilly I found it after 5 minutes. Always hold CTRL when searching for that final enemy.
I remember searching for my last enemy as well on that vanquish, with the Iboga being in the area you missed. Luckilly I found it after 5 minutes. Always hold CTRL when searching for that final enemy.
Marty Silverblade
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Originally Posted by Siadena
I wish vanquishing - and mapping for that matter - had a small %age or allowance of missed enemies/areas. Like 5-10 and 1% - give or take - would make those title tracks soooo less frustrating - and pointlessly so since again, you're missing like 3-4 enemies. Every other vanquish run I do I have to go on a 20-40 minute hunt for the last one or two, gets sooooo old.
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A better idea is to have something like the quest marker thing that selects the closest enemy once you've killed 90% of the enemies. Make it orange or something.
ivan.alicard
wtb monster tracker!
yeah those last few monster always annoy me when vanguishing too >.<
yeah those last few monster always annoy me when vanguishing too >.<
cokecan77
i love vanquishing because of this exact thing, you scream and shout, sometimes spit, but never quit, leave the comp on over night with it minimized , when you find that ba**ard, wooooo
Celllllllabration time.....come on! Lets celebrate, ........wooooo hooooo!
Celllllllabration time.....come on! Lets celebrate, ........wooooo hooooo!
Leonhart
It's times like these that you wish Zho's personal skills actually came useful...Zho the great tracker, I sense a disturbence in the soil...to EAST!
Angelus...
Don't forget the Mandragors, I see a little spot where you could have missed some.
Pleikki
Happened me few times. but i never quit. once one area in tyria took 5 and half hours because didnt faind last enemies
Voltaic Annihilator
I went to the spot you showed me, during the that vanquish, i already took out that patrol...you dont need to go all the way in to get to them
psycore
worse when GW bugs out and you fail a vanq cause of an anet coding error.
RedStar
Funny thing is that this was the zone that I first vanquished, and I had the same problem : it took me a lot of time to find that one little monster, but after searching every little places, I found him.
Also another zone on this island made me go trough the same thing...
After that I decided to stop vanquishing. But one day my friend forced me to vanquish Tyria with her, and I discovered something : Elona is the most annoying place in all of Tyria (the same applies for skill hunter/mission/cartography) xD.
Also another zone on this island made me go trough the same thing...
After that I decided to stop vanquishing. But one day my friend forced me to vanquish Tyria with her, and I discovered something : Elona is the most annoying place in all of Tyria (the same applies for skill hunter/mission/cartography) xD.
Gun Pierson
I don't like vanquishing either, not that it's too hard but just because it's so annoying when you miss a group somewhere.
Not to mention the gold reward sux big time.
Not to mention the gold reward sux big time.
FengShuiDove
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Elona is the most annoying place in all of Tyria (the same applies for skill hunter/mission/cartography) xD.
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Anyway, on topic:
Vanquishing does suck at first, but you'll develop a technique that you can stick to once you kind of figure out what you're looking for and what kind of gaps you need to revisit and if you see moving groups to get them while you see them. I suggest doing cartography along with vanquishing. It's longer but in my experience more efficient to go around the outside of the area scraping and killing every group you see then make "pinch" points where you can segment off the area into what you've seen and what you haven't.
Sorry about your first experience being a crap one though.
odly
Vanquishing should be about killing enemies, not finding them.
Maybe when there's only 5% left they should show up on the map or something like that.
Maybe when there's only 5% left they should show up on the map or something like that.
~ Dan ~
I've never missed a few monsters after searching the whole area.
As others have said, you've missed quite alot of spots. I can see 3 parts you've missed. Learn to cover the whole area before you come moaning on here.
As others have said, you've missed quite alot of spots. I can see 3 parts you've missed. Learn to cover the whole area before you come moaning on here.
pumpkin pie
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Funny thing is that this was the zone that I first vanquished, and I had the same problem : it took me a lot of time to find that one little monster, but after searching every little places, I found him.
Also another zone on this island made me go trough the same thing... After that I decided to stop vanquishing. But one day my friend forced me to vanquish Tyria with her, and I discovered something : Elona is the most annoying place in all of Tyria (the same applies for skill hunter/mission/cartography) xD. |
just trying to see waht you are saying, because in my game elona is: voice that sould like james earl jones: land of the rising sun.
and tyria is well across ocean over ----------> there...
pointer for vanquishing map: wall hugs then criss cross.
before i forget, i like to vanquish
mwahahahaha its fun, you try a couple of times can't do it, change build, try again, repeat, and then one day you find, OMG I AM VERY GOOD AT THIS , and you've become a bulldozer, crushing everything in your path. 
tmakinen
Well, there could be a similar kind of pointing system as with quests (only red arrow and star) that would always indicate the location of the closest (unlurked) enemy on the map while vanquishing. Would be quite helpful without spoiling the challenge.
When I started VQing I encountered the problem quite often but towards the end I learned to sweep diligently enough to get everything on the first go.
When I started VQing I encountered the problem quite often but towards the end I learned to sweep diligently enough to get everything on the first go.
BlackSephir
That's why I'm not vanquishing anything. If I had to run ~30 minutes and search for one red dot my heart would pop.
Though ironically out of boredom I've vanquished this area in Elona ~~
Though ironically out of boredom I've vanquished this area in Elona ~~
N1ghtstalker
ctrl key ftw
really easy to find enemies that way
really easy to find enemies that way
Div
Patrols are the worst part of vanquishing 
wraithe
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Originally Posted by pumpkin pie
What do you mean Elona is the most annoying playce in tyria?
just trying to see waht you are saying, because in my game elona is: voice that sould like james earl jones: land of the rising sun. and tyria is well across ocean over ----------> there... |
http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tyria
and btw...its frustrating but never quit...take a break then come back.
NeHoMaR
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Originally Posted by Voltaic Annihilator
I spent 50 minutes looking for that last guy, and didnt find him so i just quit.....As you can see ive been everywhere
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The only problem I remember when vanquishing, is cleaning everything and not being able to kill the last few monsters because death penalty or because my build is not right for that last monsters.
BTW, I see you aren't a noob, because you use 3 necros, GG!
pumpkin pie
oooooo, nice, i've never picture it like that before. should have guess since we can arrive in ports on shops ey! thanks wraithe
should have guess since we can arrive in ports on shops ey! thanks wraithe
Kook~NBK~
I had a similar problem with Iron Horse Mines. One stupid patrol that took forever to find. I thought I'd just wait for them to come along on their patrol route. Then I thought I wasn't on their patrol route, so I went searching. I wasn't wrong about their route, they were hung up on the scenery.
P.S. Finding those "lost" groups goes a lot faster with guildies/friends.
P.S. Finding those "lost" groups goes a lot faster with guildies/friends.
miskav
why does everyone complain about this? o.O
It's LOGIC where the last patroll/guy is >_> Come on...
Just look at the map, think logically and go to where he is.
It's LOGIC where the last patroll/guy is >_> Come on...
Just look at the map, think logically and go to where he is.
Witchblade
finding the missing guy/patrol taking as much time as VQ the rest of the map is pretty commonplace 
I D E L E T E D I
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Patrols are the worst part of vanquishing
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And yeah it sucks when you miss one last bugger in a vanquish but i am usually pretty good and walk along the walls and fight my way in cirlces slowly closing in towards the centre, works nearly every time.
deya
Simple answer:
Stop vanquishing.
Stop vanquishing.
Solas
yeah that sucks but i was there plenty of times
Tarkin
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Originally Posted by holymasamune
Patrols are the worst part of vanquishing
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Tips
Ctrl key ftw
Be metodic... i walk and made all borders first, and for the last walk in the center, dont go for any team try to be systemic, but kill any "walking team" of foes, some patrols walk all area...
Kown the area this make things go faster... the OP, say i go to eveyplace, but its untrue, first time i see the map i see the part he forget...
This tips dont be areas easyer, its just to avoid the lost patrols or foes...