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D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/

05 May 2006 at 07:28 - 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leighwyn

In reply to Carinae, it isn't exactly secret, thats what the quotes were for

It's the path that lets you get the section between Talus Chute and Ice Caves, where you walk up random hills you shouldn't be able to and can see a vast sea of ice when you look east (since the game doesnt render anything outside the zone). I attached two pics showing the area.

And heres an easy guide to help anyone to get there ^^

Heres my Build... ftw I died once and used a -20hp focii for 13health (sup heal helm)

With SpellBreaker up and Rush recharging everytime they keep attacking you, you'll get up n outta those nasty imps fast

Well once spellbreaker is fading out you use balance stance so that snagin water trident doesnt bother you.
now down that path I marked on the lil nav map... and then turn and find this hill slope and go up up up! (clicking and auto run are fine)

with this last picture we can see ice dome from here! (you can go father north but I couldnt see the gates)

ty for the .1%! 96.8% and counting...

Buzzer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Australia

05 May 2006 at 12:26 - 42

Leighwyn, you've missed some spots.

1)In the extreme north-west corner of Talmark Wilderness.
2)In Stingray Strand, see the odd-shaped green bit halfway between Sanctum Cay and Fishermans? You can get more of it revealed.
3)It looks like you've missed a bit in the far east of Riverside. Walk onto the jetty jutting out of the sandy bit.
4)Go out the exit from Copperhammer to the Frozen Forest and head west immediately.

Thanks again.

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

05 May 2006 at 12:55 - 43

I suggest going to check Nolani Academy again. From what i can tell, this is the complete Nolani.

From what i can see i have every single square inch of that map in the OP revealed, and obviously a few bits more, yet i'm still 1.1% off!

Leighwyn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Seattle

Limbo

Mo/E

05 May 2006 at 18:26 - 44

Thanks buzzer & Evilsod, I'll get those fixed up soon as I can! I love getting closer to the completel reveal

Didn't realize (though I had presumed) I was missing so much of Nolani, thanks again.

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

05 May 2006 at 18:32 - 45

Well i guess i was wrong. I found a few areas i missed. the very end of Surmia i missed a tiny bit at the end of the lake

along with a few other areas.

Upto 99.5% now and i've gone over the OP's map VERY closely and there isn't a single frigging bit left to get. I even found a few more areas that aren't on the OP map and STILL i'm not close enough. I have the old arenas too!

Whats annoying me most is theres so frigging much left off on that map yet he has 100%! Just go look at Hells Precipice and Abaddons Mouth. Not even close to completion. Theres about 0.1% behind the last group of Portal Wraths he doesn't have and an area south east of the bonus area not uncovered too. So how the hell am i not at 100%!

The Herbalizer

<3 Ecto

Join Date: Jul 2005

05 May 2006 at 18:39 - 46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilsod

Well i guess i was wrong. I found a few areas i missed. the very end of Surmia i missed a tiny bit at the end of the lake

along with a few other areas.

Upto 99.5% now and i've gone over the OP's map VERY closely and there isn't a single frigging bit left to get. I even found a few more areas that aren't on the OP map and STILL i'm not close enough. I have the old arenas too!

Whats annoying me most is theres so frigging much left off on that map yet he has 100%! Just go look at Hells Precipice and Abaddons Mouth. Not even close to completion. Theres about 0.1% behind the last group of Portal Wraths he doesn't have and an area south east of the bonus area not uncovered too. So how the hell am i not at 100%!

personally i think it is bugged. a guildie is in the same situation as you his map is more complete than 100% people's yet he is stuck on 98.8%

Leighwyn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Seattle

Limbo

Mo/E

05 May 2006 at 20:22 - 47

Updated Nolani, Talmark, Stingray, Sanctum (via Riverside), Hell's/Abaddon, Frozen Forest, and a spot I noticed on the Wilds.

I wouldn't have described my Hell's and Abaddons as "not even close to completion"

But hey, now they are both done.

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

05 May 2006 at 22:49 - 48

Ok well heres my maps for Crystal Desert, Fire Islands and Shiverpeaks.

I apologise for the sheer awfulness of the copy/pasting

bishless

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

Tucson, AZ

CREW

Me/Mo

05 May 2006 at 23:26 - 49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilsod

I suggest going to check Ruins of Surmia again. From what i can tell, this is the complete Surmia.

From what i can see i have every single square inch of that map in the OP revealed, and obviously a few bits more, yet i'm still 1.1% off!

Um, that, is the Nolani Academy mission area... not Surmia.

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

05 May 2006 at 23:47 - 50

Quote:

Originally Posted by bishless

Um, that, is the Nolani Academy mission area... not Surmia.

I seem to have a problem with those 2 missions.... thats the 3rd time in 24hours i've got them mixed up

Pi_Numurian

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Numurian Vanguard

Me/R

06 May 2006 at 00:08 - 51

Ive foound it hard to achieve

Leighwyn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Seattle

Limbo

Mo/E

06 May 2006 at 00:10 - 52

Ok Evilsod, I did notice a few things. Also, it might be easier at your stage of mapping to post the zoomed-out view...sometimes comparing those rapidly back and forth lets you clearly see a corner or edge piece that's missing.

From looking at the full-res that you posted, here's a list of things to check:

1) The Ice Tooth Cave area, northern edge. Appears to be somewhat cloudier than what I've got.

2) Talus Chute north edge I THINK is foggier on yours than mine in places, but it might be an artifact of your collaged image. Still worth looking at closely in-game.

3) Far NE corner of Whitman's Folly seems to have a bit of ghosting in the blacker areas.

4) Far Easter edge (roughly middle of the zone) of the Marhans Grotto explorable area. Part of the "coastline" is what caught my eye

5) My Frozen Forest northern edge looks more solid than yours, but again it could be an image artifact. I'd check it on your map to be sure.

6) In Tasca's Demise, I notice a dot in the far north-middle.

7) In Mineral Springs, roughly middle of the northern edge there is this icy lake area thing (aqua in color on the map). I see more revealed on mine to the north of that than on yours.

8) Check your Iron Mines East and West edges. They both are missing parts at roughly the same horizontal position, around where the first icy lake is

9) Lastly, i hate to say it but....you need to do Thunderhead again lol. The black area on the north-western part of the map is missing some.

That's all I could glean from what you posted, but please give an update on your percentage after you hit all those

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

06 May 2006 at 02:52 - 53

Hehehe, well i couldn't find anything in Tascas Demise. And when i read this post i was just running around the end of THK too

Although everyone was just about to die.

The rest of them i found, Upto 99.9% now. Thanks

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

06 May 2006 at 03:00 - 54

As for THK i have this:

The red arrow is the bit i uncovered on the last trip.

Is the blue circle revealed on your map or will i have to do it again?

0siris

Riding the Gravy Train

Join Date: Oct 2005

Chicago Area

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

W/

06 May 2006 at 03:47 - 55

Awesome job Leighwyn, I'll definetly be using this as a reference when I go out to get my grandmaster cartographer title

Thanks!

Leighwyn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Seattle

Limbo

Mo/E

06 May 2006 at 04:02 - 56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilsod

As for THK i have this:

The red arrow is the bit i uncovered on the last trip.

Is the blue circle revealed on your map or will i have to do it again?

Sadly, yes...the blue circle is revealed heh. Another reason to love THK.

And about Tasca's, I attached what I thought was different, though it may just have been cloud cover or a shadow or something on the pic you posted. It's the "Face" feature that I've pointed to.

Buzzer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Australia

06 May 2006 at 09:24 - 57

Leighwyn, how did you uncover the fog in the south-west corner of Dunes?

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

06 May 2006 at 12:17 - 58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leighwyn

Sadly, yes...the blue circle is revealed heh. Another reason to love THK.

And about Tasca's, I attached what I thought was different, though it may just have been cloud cover or a shadow or something on the pic you posted. It's the "Face" feature that I've pointed to.

Oh well, i've henched it about 8 times in the 2 weeks now. Does get slightly annoying though when your not paying attention to Jalis in the fort and he dies.... while standing in the middle of 3 heretics and a herder that you didn't even agro!

I think i have got that part of Tasca's. Was probably just the cloud cover, i didn't notice anything reveal when i headed into Mineral.

D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/

06 May 2006 at 13:18 - 59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilsod

Does get slightly annoying though when your not paying attention to Jalis in the fort and he dies.... while standing in the middle of 3 heretics and a herder that you didn't even agro!

they should REALLY fix him from rushing to that throne so quickly, he use to never do that, only untill recently(two~three months).

also give us that door glitch back

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

06 May 2006 at 14:00 - 60

I never really understood the use of that door glitch. People did it... killed the groups at the side and the back. Then went back in to do the cut scene.
The thing is weren't those groups part of the bonus.... the ones at the back never seem to move at all (i had a look after i did the bonus) but the ones at the sides we're gone.

Also i've done the mission yet again and revealed that small area that was cloudy.... and i'm still at 99.9%

D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/

06 May 2006 at 14:55 - 61

Oh I need to reveal the sides, door glitch would help me clear the areas up there without mursaat and other baddies attacking king while I was out(normally)

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

06 May 2006 at 15:04 - 62

Oh yeah

Its not much of a problem anyway, if you do it with henchman you have all the time in the world to run around after you do it since you talk to the king to activate the cut scene. And you get a few minutes to walk around even if you don't, the king is surprisingly hardy when not facing Mursaat, he seems to have a VERY good natural regen, definatly long enough for you to hug the wall for almost all of the area. The bonus area where the Dwarfs are is a problem as theres usually 2 groups there, but you can do them last and sacrifice henchman

nickthemenace

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

PT Psycho Titans

W/N

06 May 2006 at 17:53 - 63

@Leighwyn, you've missed a bit to the south of Amnoon Oasis, Sort of north west of the green line ..

If you don't work out what i mean just say and I'll upload a picture

And thanks for the map, slowly getting the last 10%

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

06 May 2006 at 18:16 - 64

He means directly south of the 'city' symbol of Amnoon Oasis and level with the teleporters. I did get a corner that you were missing somewhere too, i just forgot where

Edit: Found it again, its the very south east corner of The Arid Sea. I would double check your picture to make sure you don't actually have it but my pc doesn't like it and keeps crashing

Leighwyn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Seattle

Limbo

Mo/E

06 May 2006 at 19:38 - 65

Thanks for the spots, desert is so hard to see fog on :\ Updated with the two spots mentioned.

To Buzzer: You get the SW corner by entering the fort there. I glitched the mission so the counter wouldn't start (do a forum search if curious), killed the 6 or so archers guarding the drawbridge, and then walked across it (even though it didnt lower, I could walk on air...fun stuff, see image attached.

D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/

07 May 2006 at 06:11 - 66

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilsod

Oh yeah

Its not much of a problem anyway, if you do it with henchman you have all the time in the world to run around after you do it since you talk to the king to activate the cut scene. And you get a few minutes to walk around even if you don't, the king is surprisingly hardy when not facing Mursaat, he seems to have a VERY good natural regen, definatly long enough for you to hug the wall for almost all of the area. The bonus area where the Dwarfs are is a problem as theres usually 2 groups there, but you can do them last and sacrifice henchman

/doh I havnt really "done" the mission in so long, I usally just heal and let the other guy I'm helpin lead.

Kong

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

07 May 2006 at 08:30 - 67

I'm curious as to how you cleared the circled section of the Frost Gate mission (see attached pic). I can't find anyway to get to it.

I'm at 98.5% and there has to be .1% or .2%, so I'd love to get in there.

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

07 May 2006 at 09:20 - 68

Quote:

Originally Posted by D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E

/doh I havnt really "done" the mission in so long, I usally just heal and let the other guy I'm helpin lead.

Hehe, i just wish they'd infuse the sodding King. I was trying to bonus w/ hench yesterday on my warrior (who in comparison to my ranger, sucked) and the Perfected Armour turned up YET AGAIN. Then while defending the king from a couple of jades on the other side, the frigging king got hit with Spectral Agony and dropped dead, talk about a cheap shot. Didn't matter though, we'd lost 3 hench already, damn that Armour!

Edit: Kong, to reach that area you have to reach the very end where the Gear Mechanisms are for opening the Frost Gate. Once you activate 1 of them a gate to the side opens up (with a load of Crushers on the other side). Go through that gate and theres a winding icy path going into that corner. Could be easier using henchman, but i just ran it and killed what i needed

Kong

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

07 May 2006 at 18:13 - 69

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilsod

Kong, to reach that area you have to reach the very end where the Gear Mechanisms are for opening the Frost Gate. Once you activate 1 of them a gate to the side opens up (with a load of Crushers on the other side). Go through that gate and theres a winding icy path going into that corner. Could be easier using henchman, but i just ran it and killed what i needed

I just don't remember a path that went that far down south on the east side. I've cleared as much as i could back there quite a while back, but I have fog in the circled area of the pic I attached.

I'll have to go back and look again. Thanks for info.

Kong

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

07 May 2006 at 21:03 - 70

Found it, not sure why it wasn't clear. :P

arilink

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

08 May 2006 at 21:35 - 71

I was wondering how you could make screenshots of the map without those clouds covering it?
Are you using the In-Scene Map [U]?
thanks already.

Leighwyn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Seattle

Limbo

Mo/E

08 May 2006 at 23:34 - 72

Quote:

Originally Posted by arilink

I was wondering how you could make screenshots of the map without those clouds covering it?
Are you using the In-Scene Map [U]?
thanks already.

Correct. I felt clarity would outweigh having the labeled pins present on the map, since the point here is to be able to see fog. So I maximized the U map and took the screens, cropped, pasted.

arilink

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

09 May 2006 at 00:39 - 73

Alright than here it is:
The unlabeled 100% Map of Cantha, enjoy...

sinisters chaos

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

ATLANTA

No Clue [emt]

W/R

09 May 2006 at 01:42 - 74

wow perfect job.. ty

Kong

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

09 May 2006 at 06:48 - 75

Very nice.

This will come in handy, I've been trying to clear everything with my Assassin as I go through the game, but there have been a few areas inside explorable areas I couldn't seem to gain access to and clear. I'm glad to see they aren't clear on yours either.

With any luck I'll be 100% Tyria tomorrow on my main character. At the moment he's at 99.8%, it's going to be a pain in the ass finding .2% but I'm sure I'll do it.

Chystae

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2005

malta

Megalodon Riders

R/Mo

09 May 2006 at 15:24 - 76

hey guys, great work on the maps, i'll take a VERY close look at them tonight^^ that damn 1.7% has gotta be in there somewhere :S

just wanted to share with u that when i was exploring ice caves again - just to check the bit directly east of where u enter the mission (where the mursaat patrol), my map was the tiniest bit foggy, but i thought i'd give it a try. the map didn't clear up when i was exploring there, but for some very odd reason another 0.2% was added to my total percentage O_O i have no idea how or why, but i'm certainly not complaining

maybe it's a glitch or maybe i was just plain lucky, it may work for u guys too^^

Kong

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

09 May 2006 at 19:53 - 77

Ya I know what you mean Chystae, you can never be too careful. I got .2% clearing area in Frost Gate mission that I already had clear, and another .2% for 2 areas that weren't clear.

I've been going everywhere, redoing all missions, all explorable areas. Everything.

Kong

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

09 May 2006 at 21:30 - 78

Just got 100% explored on my main character.

Brutaniu Mason

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

W/Mo

10 May 2006 at 02:40 - 79

Finally got that last 1.8% ball rolling and cleared it up pretty quickly.

Had all the zones, which is 95% of the battle (I was at 98.2% when titles were added). When striving for 100%: "Think Borders". Large chunks of essentially un-exporable land is un-fogged when hugging the walls. This is really tough for me (kinda lame), because I get nauseous when speeding along the walls. If anyone has heard of someone getting sick from playing FPS's--same thing. I'm glad it's done with

Thanks for all the tips.

And for the record--dang that Canthan map is small! *mutters something about anet*

{IceFire}

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/

10 May 2006 at 03:43 - 80

nice job mason.

I'm on like 74% heh. Gotta keep working