How easy is Cartography made easy?

Obrien Xp

Obrien Xp

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2009

Canada

The First Dragon Slayers [FDS]

I've downloaded the cartography made easy mod and was wondering if I can rely on it to get me to 100% without wondering where I need to go?

aspi

aspi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2010

eeew

N/Rt

Well it is that easy, but you will still need to figure out some bits of the map. The mod won't tell you where to go for that last bit of map but it will make your GW life so much easier.

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

It makes getting the cartography title very easy. There are a few areas that you'll have to figure out how to approach them, but for the most part, uncovering the foggy areas is a pretty straight-forward process.

tcratty

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2008

6 feet under

forever angels

E/

all you really need to do is scrape all the edges while vanquishing and missions and for cantha you need to do jade quarry and fort aspenwood thats what i did and i got 100% in all 4 games no extra mods are needed

Lady Kaguya

Lady Kaguya

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2007

D/

It really isn't hard at all. You may have those moments where you're scraping the edges and getting frustrated at it, but it works well. Heaven forbid not using the mod--it saves so much time.

kaiss sigma

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2008

Destiny Redux

D/W

Using Cartography Made Easy and this thread from guru on tips for getting the last bits of the map uncovered really alleviate the pain the cartography titles can cause

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/c...t=cartographer

chuckles79

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2009

FILA

P/

It's not mindless. Some spots are still very tricky. For instance if you have a rounded corner, the best way to uncover it isn't always straight in at 45 deg.
There are many areas that can only be uncovered by watching cinematics.

Patience is your best trait here. Uncover the entire map surrounding an explorable area before leaving. If uncovering a mission area (applies especially to Tyria) try to ignore the mission objectives as much and as long as possible. Bring running skills if it's a timed mission.

Also if the area is not too difficult to explore and are not trying to VQ at the same time, I recommend bringing faster moving heroes and henchies for economy. A MM for instance can slow things up a lot.

Chthon

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Apr 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Obrien Xp View Post
I've downloaded the cartography made easy mod and was wondering if I can rely on it to get me to 100% without wondering where I need to go?
No, you can't. It will tell you what is uncovered/uncoverable/non-uncoverable, but it does NOT tell you where you have to stand to uncover a particular spot. Many times you will be scratching your head wondering exactly which part of the wall you have to hump to get some tiny patch outside the zone boundary to turn uncovered.

The brilliant thing the mod does do for you is tell you when you've already gotten everything there is to get from a particular area. Knowing which zones actually have unexplored space to uncover is a big time saver.

Divine Ashes

Divine Ashes

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Chicago

LFG

R/

I highly recommend it...it's VERY useful. but, as others have said, the mod allows you to see all of the spots that are able to be uncovered, but it is up to you to find out HOW to uncover them.