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netniwk · Mar 23, 2008, 11:20 PM // 23:20

I am in need of one last title for PKM,and decided I should give explorer a try.
Which one is the easiest/fastest?
I have Cantha 85% and elona 82%(also Tyria @80% but I don't think that one will be very easy)
Ty in advance

Kattar · Mar 23, 2008, 11:22 PM // 23:22

I find Elona annoying because of the Remains of Sahljalar (sp) mission.

Cantha is moving quicker for me. Seen a few people get that one in a day with Texmod.

Tyria is the biggest with mission-specific areas, so that seems like it would take the longest amount of time.

So I'd go with Cantha probably.

Numa Pompilius · Mar 23, 2008, 11:24 PM // 23:24

Cantha is easiest by far.
However, even that requires that you get in to Jade Quarry and Fort Aspenwood, which in turn pretty much requires the help of your guild or that you team up with a bunch of other cartographers.

Oh, and do yourself a favor and get TexMod and Cantha Cartography Made Easy mod. It'll save you a ton of aggravation when it comes to finding the last 0.5% of the map.

netniwk · Mar 23, 2008, 11:31 PM // 23:31

Ty for the advice
And I already have texmod loaded(awesome tool)

Ghostcell · Mar 23, 2008, 11:51 PM // 23:51

ya i would say Cantha.
Tyria isn't really that hard because for the majority of the it the monsters a piece of p1ss so you can run passed them.
but just because you can run past them doesn't mean it won't take a long time to complete.

JONO51 · Mar 23, 2008, 11:51 PM // 23:51

I just did Cantha with tex mod today for PKM. It is very easy, a bit tricky getting the last .5% or so, but I guess thats a given for all Cartographers.

Oleg · Mar 24, 2008, 01:06 AM // 01:06

I found Elona the easiest. Texmod seems to match it exactly. When the cloloured bit changes you know you have that area. I hit 100% in Cantha without mapping every single little bit (although it was only a tiny bit).

There are more than a few people who are stuck with 0.1% in Cantha because they don't have Jade Quarry. Factions has confusingly windy areas. Elona, for some reason, struck me as more interesting too. The only annoying part is the solo quest with the wurm. Just make sure you kill enemies outside a door of an area you haven't explored before the doors open. It should only take 4 runs or so. You can jump out of your wurm and into another one too.

Tyria took longer than the other two combined. Once you've done one, however, you'll probably end up doing all three. It's 4 titles after all and really doesn't take that long. Compared to say vanquishing mapping is a laugh.

BladeDVD · Mar 24, 2008, 05:50 AM // 05:50

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Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius

Cantha is easiest by far.
However, even that requires that you get in to Jade Quarry and Fort Aspenwood, which in turn pretty much requires the help of your guild or that you team up with a bunch of other cartographers.

I got cartographers in Cantha without doing more than getting the starting areas of Jade Quarry. There is enough wiggle room to not need it.

Fort Aspenwood is pretty easy to get into. It's only Jade Quarry that you need to coordinate with people to do. If still want it (or find you need it) and you don't have access to enough people in your guild/alliance/friends list there's a "looking for group" forum here to help with that.

Good luck.

Fried Tech · Mar 24, 2008, 11:46 AM // 11:46

I thought that elona was the easiest. Cantha was a pain when you got deep into luxon and kurzick territory. Prophecies was definately the hardest.

Solas · Mar 24, 2008, 01:27 PM // 13:27

cantha =spead imo

but tyria was the easiest and hassle free one for me.

beregond · Mar 24, 2008, 02:30 PM // 14:30

I found Elona the easiest. I ahve Elona at 98.1%, Cantha at 96% and am stuck. Tyria at 94%, but I know where I haven't explored yet.

Mohnzh · Mar 24, 2008, 04:57 PM // 16:57

Elona was easiest for me. I do not use textmod, so Tyria took forever. Elona I mapped as I progressed and did not have to revisit any area and got 100% only opening one door in Sahlajar. Cantha I had to do using U-map screenshots. I got stuck at 96% or so before I resorted to that, though. I did Cantha first, but found Elona to be easiest.

Smile Like Umean It · Mar 24, 2008, 07:43 PM // 19:43

Elona was pretty easy for me. The Pac-Man mission wasn't hard for me at all.
Tyria was just as easy, but longer, of course. Funny enough Tyria was the only one I didn't have to keep checking my map for that elusive .5%.
Cantha wasn't too hard uncovering, but having to backtrack and find all those tiny, barely missed spots was a real pain. And it was the worst of the three for me. I also don't use Textmod so it may have been easier for others.

If I had to do it again with another character I'd start with Elona first.

Randvek · Mar 24, 2008, 07:45 PM // 19:45

If you're using textmod, Cantha is definitely the easiest, but if you're not, Cantha is a pain. All of those areas around KC don't stand out in the least.

Numa Pompilius · Mar 24, 2008, 08:21 PM // 20:21

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Originally Posted by beregond

I found Elona the easiest. I ahve Elona at 98.1%, Cantha at 96% and am stuck. Tyria at 94%, but I know where I haven't explored yet.

No offense, but you haven't even begun the hard part yet. The last 1.5% are horrible, because it'll be corners too small to see on the overhead map. The last 0.1% will have you re-crawl the entire map. Unless you use TexMod.

Also people always talk about how much wiggle-room there is. I don't see where they get all that extra space; I'm grandmaster cartographer, and the only continent where I didn't need to uncover every last square millimeter of the TexMod map was Tyria. And that included areas which in principle are inaccessible, like Ruriks Path in the Frostgate mission and the bugged area inside that northeastern town in Cantha.

Proff · Mar 24, 2008, 08:40 PM // 20:40

cantha

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miskav · Mar 24, 2008, 10:35 PM // 22:35

Cantha is honestly the easiest (Legendary Cartographer :P) Mostly because Elona is alot of ''portal hugging'' (Having to reveal spots RIGHT next to a portal) And tyria is tediously big.

Oleg · Mar 26, 2008, 02:14 PM // 14:14

I may have only found Elona easier because I did Cantha first. I was advised to do Cantha first by guildies who had done Elona first. The may be the same in difficulty level, it just depends which you do first. You learn a lot by mapping, believe it or not. It is bizarrely addictive, too. If you do one you'll probbaly do more.

Chthon · Mar 26, 2008, 07:27 PM // 19:27

Elona was easiest for me.

It's smaller than Tyria.
Every area is easily accessible, unlike Cantha (Jade Quarry - bleck!) and Tyria (go-go Necrotic Traversal!).
And the devs finally stopped making so damn many patches that you can only uncover if you wedge yourself sideways into one particular crevice in the wall walking backwards at an exactly 13.68 degree angle. (Tyria and Cantha are loaded with them.)

DaCatInDaHat · Mar 26, 2008, 07:33 PM // 19:33

Cantha is easiest because you get 60%+ from just beating the game

as well as oher reasons *ccougouluuighitchhh*

Mar 23, 2008, 11:20 PM // 23:20	#1
netniwk Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bellgium Profession: W/E	Easyest explorer? I am in need of one last title for PKM,and decided I should give explorer a try. Which one is the easiest/fastest? I have Cantha 85% and elona 82%(also Tyria @80% but I don't think that one will be very easy) Ty in advance Last edited by netniwk; Mar 23, 2008 at 11:30 PM // 23:30..

Mar 23, 2008, 11:22 PM // 23:22	#2
Kattar EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING Join Date: Mar 2007 Guild: SMS (lolgw2placeholder) Profession: Me/	I find Elona annoying because of the Remains of Sahljalar (sp) mission. Cantha is moving quicker for me. Seen a few people get that one in a day with Texmod. Tyria is the biggest with mission-specific areas, so that seems like it would take the longest amount of time. So I'd go with Cantha probably.

Mar 23, 2008, 11:24 PM // 23:24	#3
Numa Pompilius Grotto Attendant Join Date: May 2005 Location: At an Insit.. Intis... a house. Guild: Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF] Profession: W/Me	Cantha is easiest by far. However, even that requires that you get in to Jade Quarry and Fort Aspenwood, which in turn pretty much requires the help of your guild or that you team up with a bunch of other cartographers. Oh, and do yourself a favor and get TexMod and Cantha Cartography Made Easy mod. It'll save you a ton of aggravation when it comes to finding the last 0.5% of the map.

Mar 23, 2008, 11:31 PM // 23:31	#4
netniwk Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bellgium Profession: W/E	Ty for the advice And I already have texmod loaded(awesome tool)

Mar 23, 2008, 11:51 PM // 23:51	#5
Ghostcell Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: =VX9= Profession: N/Mo	ya i would say Cantha. Tyria isn't really that hard because for the majority of the it the monsters a piece of p1ss so you can run passed them. but just because you can run past them doesn't mean it won't take a long time to complete.

Mar 23, 2008, 11:51 PM // 23:51	#6
JONO51 Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Oct 2006 Profession: P/	I just did Cantha with tex mod today for PKM. It is very easy, a bit tricky getting the last .5% or so, but I guess thats a given for all Cartographers.

Mar 24, 2008, 01:06 AM // 01:06	#7
Oleg Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Mar 2008 Guild: The Apologetti Profession: W/	I found Elona the easiest. Texmod seems to match it exactly. When the cloloured bit changes you know you have that area. I hit 100% in Cantha without mapping every single little bit (although it was only a tiny bit). There are more than a few people who are stuck with 0.1% in Cantha because they don't have Jade Quarry. Factions has confusingly windy areas. Elona, for some reason, struck me as more interesting too. The only annoying part is the solo quest with the wurm. Just make sure you kill enemies outside a door of an area you haven't explored before the doors open. It should only take 4 runs or so. You can jump out of your wurm and into another one too. Tyria took longer than the other two combined. Once you've done one, however, you'll probably end up doing all three. It's 4 titles after all and really doesn't take that long. Compared to say vanquishing mapping is a laugh.

Mar 24, 2008, 11:46 AM // 11:46	#9
Fried Tech Krytan Explorer Join Date: Sep 2007 Guild: [Yeti] Profession: E/	I thought that elona was the easiest. Cantha was a pain when you got deep into luxon and kurzick territory. Prophecies was definately the hardest.

Mar 24, 2008, 01:27 PM // 13:27	#10
Solas Desert Nomad Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ireland Guild: Currently LF Active HA Guild, Glad 2, Comm.3, R2 Profession: E/	cantha =spead imo but tyria was the easiest and hassle free one for me.

Mar 24, 2008, 02:30 PM // 14:30	#11
beregond Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Dec 2007 Guild: Paladins of Eternal Truth[POET] Profession: W/Mo	I found Elona the easiest. I ahve Elona at 98.1%, Cantha at 96% and am stuck. Tyria at 94%, but I know where I haven't explored yet.

Mar 24, 2008, 04:57 PM // 16:57	#12
Mohnzh Krytan Explorer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Might find me roaming around doing missions in hard mode...or maybe I'm lost in the Underworld... Guild: [KCOR] Profession: Mo/	Elona was easiest for me. I do not use textmod, so Tyria took forever. Elona I mapped as I progressed and did not have to revisit any area and got 100% only opening one door in Sahlajar. Cantha I had to do using U-map screenshots. I got stuck at 96% or so before I resorted to that, though. I did Cantha first, but found Elona to be easiest.

Mar 24, 2008, 08:40 PM // 20:40	#16
Proff Jungle Guide Join Date: Jun 2007	cantha 12

Mar 24, 2008, 07:43 PM // 19:43	#13
Smile Like Umean It Desert Nomad Join Date: Jul 2006 Profession: E/Rt	Elona was pretty easy for me. The Pac-Man mission wasn't hard for me at all. Tyria was just as easy, but longer, of course. Funny enough Tyria was the only one I didn't have to keep checking my map for that elusive .5%. Cantha wasn't too hard uncovering, but having to backtrack and find all those tiny, barely missed spots was a real pain. And it was the worst of the three for me. I also don't use Textmod so it may have been easier for others. If I had to do it again with another character I'd start with Elona first.

Mar 24, 2008, 07:45 PM // 19:45	#14
Randvek Krytan Explorer Join Date: Sep 2006 Guild: Rise From the Ashes [phnx] Profession: W/	If you're using textmod, Cantha is definitely the easiest, but if you're not, Cantha is a pain. All of those areas around KC don't stand out in the least.

Mar 24, 2008, 10:35 PM // 22:35	#17
miskav Jungle Guide Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: None Profession: Mo/	Cantha is honestly the easiest (Legendary Cartographer :P) Mostly because Elona is alot of ''portal hugging'' (Having to reveal spots RIGHT next to a portal) And tyria is tediously big.

Mar 26, 2008, 02:14 PM // 14:14	#18
Oleg Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Mar 2008 Guild: The Apologetti Profession: W/	I may have only found Elona easier because I did Cantha first. I was advised to do Cantha first by guildies who had done Elona first. The may be the same in difficulty level, it just depends which you do first. You learn a lot by mapping, believe it or not. It is bizarrely addictive, too. If you do one you'll probbaly do more.

Mar 26, 2008, 07:27 PM // 19:27	#19
Chthon Grotto Attendant Join Date: Apr 2007	Elona was easiest for me. It's smaller than Tyria. Every area is easily accessible, unlike Cantha (Jade Quarry - bleck!) and Tyria (go-go Necrotic Traversal!). And the devs finally stopped making so damn many patches that you can only uncover if you wedge yourself sideways into one particular crevice in the wall walking backwards at an exactly 13.68 degree angle. (Tyria and Cantha are loaded with them.)

Mar 26, 2008, 07:33 PM // 19:33	#20
DaCatInDaHat Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Feb 2007 Guild: theoneandonly HiDe Alliance Profession: Mo/	Cantha is easiest because you get 60%+ from just beating the game as well as oher reasons ccougouluuighitchhh