Map?

[Exaero_Fiero]

I feel myself like a n00b.

[Lardhoc Aewheros]

Originally posted by Themerion
Well, but a in-game map of Hydlaa Town would be nice! When you are new to the game, you might eat your hat to find, as you said, the tavern, the smith and the trainers/shopkeepers...

By the way I like Mozilla Firefox too. =)

A cartographer skill is planned to be implemented some time in the future. But how would a new player afford a map? In medieval times paper (and the earlier parchment) was expensive and it was harder to make good maps since there was no way to fly. In Yliakum we have, or at least will have pterosaurs, but the cost of breeding, holding and feeding such creatures only adds to the cost of map making. I think a good map of an area would cost at least 1000 trias. After all cartographers have to live too. The way I see it, maps are nothing for newborn characters.

Why can\'t new characters just ask other people for the way. Also, I am sure NPC\'s will be able to answer such questions in some time.

[Themerion]

Couldn\'t there be a public map at hydlaa plaza then? Somewhere near the spawning point, so that all who travelled there would see it...?

[Lomir]

At the very least, the game should tell first-time players how to get to the sewers.

[Gumono]

I\'d like to see a map not to get in, but to get through the sewers.

[Lomir]

Nah, half the fun of dungeons is getting lost.



Plus, you can always /spawn your way out.

^_^

[Xolon]

still havent found the sewers entrance yet
havent looked hard enough till now i think, but i will get lost there again in the beginning. I still remember my first walks in the caves of MB....

[Entamis]

Why not draw the map yourself? It\'s the best way to get to know dungeons, usually when I finish drawing I realize I don\'t need it anymore.

[Xen]

i used to want a map, just like when i played mb but after you play awhile you get used to everything, i remember when i learned where the tavern was

[confused]

A map is really not needed at the moment as the current build world is small, though once the world is built much bigger a generally basic world map (indicating town locations) would come in handy.

[Fiere]

I found a general world map!



 

[Icefalcon]

That is inacurate.

I don\'t like maps. Its alot better if you actually explore. That way, you never know whats ahead.

IC: And you also want maps of the sewers? Who in their right mind would make a map of sewers? Sewers is where human waste and refuse is kept and sent out of the city. Nobody cares about sewers.

[Kwip]

Check out this thread for more previous map discussion (though there are at least a hundred threads dealing with maps, this one was recent) http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=11815&boardid=13&sid=05a3b143144ecdc60722bd18f44c1a76

This thread includes a splendid map produced by Gronomist and much other map related discussion for your pleasure

[Fiere]

My map is inaccuate?! I will have a word with Jayose about this! X(


   :rolleyes:

[Xalthar]

Jayose\'s salary was nerfed, so he had to hire a blind cartographer to do his map at the library. Took 20 years to complete too, since the cartographer had to \"feel\" the landscape instead of just seeing it.