Curse

Lourens · Mar 18, 2009, 01:53 PM // 13:53

This doesnt change anything of the current Title just adding a map you can complete and its optional means that you dont have to carry around a map and pencil to get grandmaster cartographer

The Life of Cartographer

If you carry a blanco map and a pencil (Bought from any merchant 500g map 250g pencil) everytime you go out and explore lands your character makes a little piece of a map(tyrian,cantha,elona).

there are a few completion points of the cartographer map :

60%,70%,80,90%,95% and 100% completed

now i got this idea you can turn maps in for money (money depends on completion)

60% = 2,5k for cantha and elona and 5k for prophecies
70% = 5k for cantha and elona and 7,5k for prophecies
80% = 10k for cantha and elona and 20k for prophecies
90% = 25k for cantha and elona and 35k for prophecies
95% =35k for cantha and elona and 50k for prophecies
100% = 50k for cantha and elona and 75k for prophecies

If you already completed some of the map before anet adds this content then you can buy areas for 10g each (Only once per area)

You can repeat this as much as you want

I got this idea from the Hero and Dungeon Handbooks of Eotn

Its especially for people who dont like farming and like to chill and explore (AKA rollplaying) and still get their money for 15k/10k armor

If you leave the map into the storage and go out nothing will happen to the map but you will still get % towards the title

Any Opinions and Advices are welcome

Quote:

Originally Posted by Missmelady

I would love free money while using texmod. Would make me feel young again!

texmod doesnt make it any quicker you still will need to hug the walls in all areas

Quote:

Originally Posted by MagmaRed

XTH isn't enough? We now need MORE ways to get FREE money?

/unsigned

Adding more junk to carry around just to get more free money is a waste of time.

Its not free
are completed eotn books free?
No they are not
as i said you still need to visit every spot and put time in it

Missmelady · Mar 18, 2009, 02:02 PM // 14:02

I would love free money while using texmod. Would make me feel young again!

MagmaRed · Mar 18, 2009, 02:10 PM // 14:10

XTH isn't enough? We now need MORE ways to get FREE money?

/unsigned

Adding more junk to carry around just to get more free money is a waste of time.

Skyy High · Mar 18, 2009, 02:57 PM // 14:57

Don't really see the issue. Think about how long it would take to get even 60% map completion from scratch (ie, when you pick the map up from the merchant). 2.5k for that is a pittance compared to what you can get if you spent that time farming, likewise for 100% completion. Maybe 50k/75k is a bit much, but there could be some value in there that's reasonable.

That said, I doubt there's any easy way they could code this.

Kinlo · Mar 18, 2009, 02:59 PM // 14:59

It's a good idea, and I don't think people will use it everyday for a free 50k. You will need quite some work before you can actually get the money. Only problem is I need to explore the continents again...

~Kinlo

SkekSister · Mar 18, 2009, 03:12 PM // 15:12

Nice idea sits nicely alongside the EotN style books. I think the cash amounts a a bit out, but yeah it works for me.

Proff · Mar 18, 2009, 03:17 PM // 15:17

Get something other than a title for completing one of if not the most useless achievements in the game? Sure.

iVendetta · Mar 18, 2009, 03:51 PM // 15:51

Do you lose the amount of progress you've made to the buyer though?

Proff · Mar 18, 2009, 04:03 PM // 16:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by iVendetta

Do you lose the amount of progress you've made to the buyer though?

The buyer would be an npc not requiring advancement in cartography.

Anduin · Mar 18, 2009, 04:08 PM // 16:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by MagmaRed

XTH isn't enough? We now need MORE ways to get FREE money?

/unsigned

Adding more junk to carry around just to get more free money is a waste of time.

What part of remapping the WHOLE FREAKING GAME is not WORK???

Are you actually that daft?

Lourens · Mar 18, 2009, 04:33 PM // 16:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by iVendetta

Do you lose the amount of progress you've made to the buyer though?

Grandmaster Cartographer = You are a grandmaster cartographer AKA remapping the whole thing would be a piece of cake for you

fires element · Mar 18, 2009, 04:35 PM // 16:35

since i already have legendary cartographer would i get 1 free filled in map or would i have to go remap to get the first one done?

Lourens · Mar 18, 2009, 04:38 PM // 16:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by fires element

since i already have legendary cartographer would i get 1 free filled in map or would i have to go remap to get the first one done?

Like Eotn Books 100g per page

Lets say 10g per area sounds fair right?

Hailey Anne · Mar 18, 2009, 04:55 PM // 16:55

I can remake a char and have 60% of map within a couple hours.
Cartography is not hard 100% can be achieved in a matter of a few hours I know ive done it.
/notsigned.

JASON626 · Mar 18, 2009, 05:05 PM // 17:05

well i have legendary cartographer myself i wouldn't mind money for my work. After all the books offer gold upon completion as well.

I wouldn't remap the campaign again myself for a long while if ever.

edit: Well the problem may arise now that there are perma sins you can rerun some things pretty fast so you could run a campiagn with ease.

Lourens · Mar 18, 2009, 05:26 PM // 17:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by JASON626

well i have legendary cartographer myself i wouldn't mind money for my work. After all the books offer gold upon completion as well.

I wouldn't remap the campaign again myself for a long while if ever.

edit: Well the problem may arise now that there are perma sins you can rerun some things pretty fast so you could run a campiagn with ease.

Back in the days (AKA 2006) I was mapping with shadow form ..

GWEXTREEMFAN · Mar 18, 2009, 05:30 PM // 17:30

so basicly for paying round about 15k for all areas, i get 200k in return, cmon XTH is enaugh already.
/notsigned

and a waste of 2 inventory slots xD

TheodenKing · Mar 18, 2009, 06:21 PM // 18:21

/unsigned

Yeah, just what we need... a pencil and a map to carry around next to our books.
Btw, you already get paid for cartographer if you vanquish while you are doing it.

Eragon Zarroc · Mar 18, 2009, 07:20 PM // 19:20

it just seems like this would inflate the economy with more gold. no thank you. just find out ways to farm =).

Skyy High · Mar 18, 2009, 07:33 PM // 19:33

You could make far, far more gold farming in the hours it would take you to map up to 60% than you would by just running around mapping as fast as you can.