Curse

Sir_Ace_Manslayer · Aug 30, 2007, 04:38 AM // 04:38

Idea: Allow players to create points of interest on the main map

How: click M button, right click on any point on the map (flag placed where you right clicked), text box appears so you can enter info. click accept.

Point of Interest Text Box:

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[ (Text goes here) ]
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[ [edit] [accept] ]
[___________________]

Why: When your playing and you find something interesting that you would wana come back to you jus put it on the Point Of Interest section (PoI)

Map Changes: in upper left corner you would have a show "PoI" check box so you could enable and disable the flags

Comments ? Ideas ? all comments welcome

~Ace

tenshi_strife · Aug 30, 2007, 05:06 AM // 05:06

i would love this so much but im quite sure bots could abuse this quite well, lol so idk /halfsigned

Sir_Ace_Manslayer · Aug 30, 2007, 05:13 AM // 05:13

Tenshi im jus wondering how do you think the bots will abuse it? its not like you auto travel to that spot ?

Hawkeye · Aug 30, 2007, 07:38 AM // 07:38

It's both a good and bad idea. Good because of its usefulness. A flag wouldn't even clutter the map so much. The information that could be potentially provided could be invaluable. It's not easy trying to describe a place on a map without being incredibly vague (southeast of Hero's ascent, i.e.).

It's bad because of those who would abuse it. If even one of your teammates don't cooperate with this system, you're either going to get flooded with flags (thus making the map long to load) and/or lamed to death by some 13 year old kid giggling in his seat at his computer because he drew a penis with flags, each one written something equally lame like "peepee" or "weenie".

An alteration I would make would include allowing only one flag per person. If a new flag is made, the old one for that player is removed. This would be a start at least. The lame text could still be possible, but at least the flags would be small and relatively easy to ignore.

/signed w alterations

MithranArkanere · Aug 30, 2007, 01:23 PM // 13:23

Saving them to the servers would be annoying, but they could just store them as templates, in separate client-sded files.

They could just be a list of areas, coordinates and text:

L106; 235:31; Artisan here.

They could be also shared, there could be a key in the mission map title bar to show your markings to party members.

tenshi_strife · Aug 30, 2007, 04:27 PM // 16:27

well this could be used by bots because bot programs look for a specified object to travel to, as soo as you put flags, then bots could head towards those flags, but if its just minimap flags and not on the ground then ok /signed, and yes it must be client side, also for people to not grief make it so only you can see the flags, simple as that.

MithranArkanere · Aug 30, 2007, 10:51 PM // 22:51

Bot's won't be able to use that. Because clicking them won't make the character walk there. They would just be informative notes to remember stuff, a the OP says.

Sir_Ace_Manslayer · Aug 31, 2007, 05:37 PM // 17:37

the point of intrest would be account based no one is going to be able to flag the map that you see its stricktly for you

zamial · Aug 31, 2007, 10:18 PM // 22:18

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content/mapmark-id1926.php

like this????? lol

Sir_Ace_Manslayer · Sep 02, 2007, 03:53 PM // 15:53

ya exatly but jus inside the game i dono if map marker works on the map when ur in gameplay so i dono

genofreek · Sep 02, 2007, 04:17 PM // 16:17

I'd sign this, as long as it's only one marker on the map per player. It'd be useful to me, since I'm often the person replying to the newer players asking how to get to a certain place. Adding them and opening my map to mark the spot (so they can mark it as well and then go for it?

) would be a lot more helpful than "Follow the coastline west and slightly northish" or whatever. :P

Miztakay · Sep 02, 2007, 06:55 PM // 18:55

/signed. nice idea. convinient and simple.