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Pyrea · May 06, 2006, 05:49 PM // 17:49

Hi there

I need this issue resolved.

I still believe achieving the title of GRANDMASTER CANTHAN CARTOGRAPHER for Tyrian born characters is still not possible.

Having reached 100% cartographer in Tyria I took it upon myself to map Cantha. So as soon as Factions was released I took this quest upon my shoulders.

It took a few days but I finally cleared the whole of the Canthan Map, except for the areas around Shing Jea which are inaccessible. I have now got exactly 91% so I am assuming the other 9% is around Shing Jea.

I read somewhere else around guru that Anet "fixed" this by subtracting the areas that Tyrian characters cannot access from the points needed to achieve GRANDMASTER.

This may be so, but because I cleared the map before the update I still believe that there is something stopping me from achieving the 100%

I will post pics of my Canthan map in a bit.

So please read this post in full and please dont automatically come to the conclusion that I must be in the wrong.

Pyrea · May 06, 2006, 05:50 PM // 17:50

watami · May 06, 2006, 06:05 PM // 18:05

ur still missing some spots, the blurry areas have roads leading to them that u go can go into the mountain light on the second one.

Pyrea · May 06, 2006, 06:10 PM // 18:10

Hi there

Can you tell me exactly which roads and leading where?

In which area?

Thanks

Vusak · May 06, 2006, 06:11 PM // 18:11

well you can hardly call yourself a cartographer if you rely on others to explore for you...

Pyrea · May 06, 2006, 06:35 PM // 18:35

Hi there

Was just wondering why you people are so unhelpful.

All I want is this cleared up as I have spent a while charting the whole of Cantha.

Watami said that I am missing areas. I couldnt even understand his post but according to his skill in writing and grammar I assume he means the areas around Shing Jea which are UNACCESSIBLE to my Tyrian born char.

Now Vusak has replied with another negative statement.

Sorry dude, but I pride myself on my cartography skills.

If you had even bothered to read my entire post you would understand.

It seems to me that these days it is impossible to get a decent response from people. I asked my question in a polite manner. If you havent the decency to reply with something intelligent and in good english please don't even reply.

Now I would like to hear from others out there who actually have a brain and can construct sentences in a "readable" manner.

Kaguya · May 06, 2006, 06:52 PM // 18:52

It goes both ways atm. Canthans can't get Tyrian Master Cartographer nor Tyrian Protector, and Tyrians can't get Cantan Master Cartographer nor Canthan Protector..

Don't know if they fix it, or is it intended to be so. I didn't notice any fixes for this on any patch notes either :S

Sir Mad · May 06, 2006, 06:54 PM // 18:54

I wonder if the maps of the elite missions count...

Make sure as well you have cleared the areas of the competitive missions as well, if you havent. Just my 2 cents...

Pyrea · May 06, 2006, 07:32 PM // 19:32

Thank u Kaguya and Sir Mad for your replies.

And yes I did run around the Challenge missions clearing map...

I'm sure I read a post somewhere here that ANet had fixed the issue with Tyrians achieving Grandmaster and vice versa by subtracting the unaccessible areas from the total score, but I have read their updates and there is nothing mentioned there as you say.

In that case, how do we inform ANet of this or are they already aware of it?

Many thanks

Pyrea

DergeDraconis · May 06, 2006, 07:40 PM // 19:40

The first and second maps are obviously incomplete because you cant access the mission areas. I'd say your probably missing 10% because of that

MadOnion · May 06, 2006, 07:42 PM // 19:42

91% wouldn't make sense for unfixed cartographer, as the Jing Shea Island itself is significantly more than 9%.

EDIT: the above comment is useless as I didn't realize tyrian-born characters could travel to the Jing Shea Island at all, so I'm guessing it is still bugged and the 9% is the part(s) you havn't explored on the island.

Pyrea · May 06, 2006, 07:54 PM // 19:54

Thanks for replies.

Yes that was my suspicion as well. That last 9% is in the Shing Jea mission areas which I can't access.

Then what's the point in even having the title on your bar if you can't reach Grandmaster level?

Does this seem logical to you?

How do I inform ANet of this particular oversight?

I didn't spend all that time mapping Cantha only to be limited to 91%

Why would this be left as is?

As you can see, this is very important to me and I would guess a lot of others as well.

eightyfour-onesevenfive · May 06, 2006, 11:16 PM // 23:16

Shing Jea island has a total of almost exactly 22% of Cantha for a Canthan character. Now if you're 9% short, I guess you are missing something else, too, except for the parts of Shing Jea that are not accessible to Tyrians, because it doesn't look to me like you're missing 40% of the island (9 is 40% of 22).

I'm not aware of any changes so that the inaccessible areas don't count. I also don't know if ANet is aware of this problem or even if they see it as a problem. Might as well be intended.

CrX · May 06, 2006, 11:44 PM // 23:44

1st one is your, 2nd is mine, i didnt even explored it all

cziter · May 07, 2006, 01:00 AM // 01:00

i got 94,3% now , this area is very hard, that jades clan owns henches in few sec. I think its like 2-3% there.

To reach more u need to uncover Challenges like Aspenwod /Jade Flats etc.

Sou · May 07, 2006, 01:15 AM // 01:15

Hi there.

I now got 90.0% of Cantha. I really hate that we "tyrians" can't get 100% cantha. It really sucks to start a new charr to just make the 100% explorer title if u got all good titels on your other charr.

I really hope anet will fix this. But like you said, maybe they doesn't see it like a problem.

But I also can't understand that those areas we tyrians can't get in the Starting Island is 9%?

It must be other areas we have missed.

Good luck with the exploring!

Bebe Stevems · May 07, 2006, 06:40 AM // 06:40

There's an exploreable zone north of Imeriable Sanctum make sure you run as far as possible along the water and run down all the docks as well. Should net you at least 1%, full of lvl 28 monsters and takes a while to clear out though.

Kong · May 08, 2006, 12:23 AM // 00:23

I'm really not sure if Tyrian Characters can get 100% Cantha or not.

Simply because there are areas on the "pre sear" island that you can only access with Cantha born characters. These being the area south of the Monestary, and the 2 missions.

If it is possible to gain access to them, or get 100% without clearing them then I would like to hear it. Because I do tend to clear all the map and would like to get as high a percentage as possible, if not 100%.

cziter · May 08, 2006, 12:32 AM // 00:32

96,3 and no idea what to do , where to go. Im afraid Both Elite Missions need to be explored. Or theres something Anet will add/unlock in future or Canthan GMC is imposible.

I was tinking about Dragon Throat Challenge its a huge area but unexploreable , bug?

that 3,7% i need, its Giant Part of the map.......

EveHell · Oct 10, 2006, 01:19 PM // 13:19

My Title hunting character Eve Hell (Tyrian Born) became a Tyrian Grandmaster cartographer recently. Next title on her list is the Canthan Grandmaster cartographer title. She is currently at 96.6% having explored the mission areas and all accessable exploration areas on Nooby Island. A tyrian born player can access the 2 missions on Nooby Island but im not sure how I became able to unlock these. Quite possibly it's to do with the fact that I completed all the other missions on the Canthan mainland first, then when i re-visited the island for the 2 remaining missions, I could finally access them, despite not being able to do so earlier. Explorers must be aware that it's best to re-visit the explorable areas of the missions after completing the actual mission to unlock all the map there as some places are unexplorable during the mission.

Other areas i had previously overlooked are the faction farming missions The Jade Quarry and Fort Aspenwood (from both sides to be thorough). Good luck to anyone trying to enter these missions though as there never seems to be enough people to be able to enter the mission. I have spent hours waiting for an opposing party to enter in the Jade Quarry Luxon side.

Despite having explored the areas above and most if not all of the canthan mainland im still falling 3.4% short. Some of this map is to be found in the very last mission when Shiro banishes you but for some reason i can't get Eve banished. It's almost as if Shiro knows i want to get banished and won't do it because he is truly evil.

Anybody got any suggestions on where i may be missing? for example in Tyria there are a number of areas that could almost be described as secret but I havn't come across anything like this on the Cantha map.