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samuraikill

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Maps you made
« on: April 04, 2007, 02:50:29 am »
Hey, this topic is for maps that you made. Here is one of mine, And sorry for my bad hand writing  :)  Tell me what you think of it.

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zanzibar

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Re: Maps you made
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2007, 03:23:10 am »
In three... two... one...
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Re: Maps you made
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2007, 03:37:25 am »
Our characters are supposed to be either too dumb to remember locations, or people that just arrived from outside Yliakum. So we can't see maps as it gives OOC knowledge to influence on IC "facts" :P

In other words: Stupid thing... Our characters inhabit Yliakum, we don't. Why do we need to be clueless OOC about it while our characters should have some knowledge on its whereabouts?

This is bad, really bad if I wish to make a character from Yliakum, as I(as a player) am not allowed to know about it while ICly it would be obvious that my character would have at least some knowledge of his/her location.

Myrthe Neyravar

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Re: Maps you made
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2007, 03:39:47 am »
Yeah, whats with that? We have everything else OOC but everyone is paranoid about maps. Especially now that people can make maps in-game, we should at least be able to screenshot them and post them...

Please, test my logic.

lordraleigh

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Re: Maps you made
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2007, 03:44:03 am »
Perhaps if we could choose "Hydlaa" as the city where one of our characters live for a long time(or still lives) in "Character Creation", we should already come with some vague knowledges on how to reach Ojaveda and with knowledge on Hydlaa itself for example, in the form of maps or written information.

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Re: Maps you made
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2007, 04:12:07 am »
There will be cartography ingame.  Don't want to get used to writting maps OOCly when it will be available ICly "soon".

OOC information like this isn't bad, per se.  But it needs to be controled by the Dev team and such.  That's probably one of the larger reasons behind it.

lordraleigh

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Re: Maps you made
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2007, 04:17:49 am »
OOC Lack of Information in my opinion.

As I said OOCly we begin knowing less than what our characters probably would know about locations on their cities.
Maps would be just an OOC mean to represent the IC aspect that our characters have knowledge on the cities their live and some vague knowledge about the surrounding lands to make them less prone to become lost than someone that came from another region.

How can I RP properly someone who was born in Hydlaa without any previous OOC knowledge of it to make IC behavior of my character coherent?

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Re: Maps you made
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2007, 05:15:51 am »
This was a map of the Death Realm, showing the exit path - which is not allowed. If you want to make exit paths maps in the game once the cartography is fully working, be my guest. However, by sharing screenshots of them on the forums, you will be eliminating any need for any cartography skill at all. If you can see a map on the forums, why go through the trouble of interacting with other characters to get your hands on an actual map, or get one from an NPC quest, etc.?

We have never said that any maps, of any kind, are not allowed here. In the Fan Art section, in fact, we encourage maps - done artistically, and with no intention of sharing spoiler material such as trainer or mining locations. So if someone does a beautiful rendition of Hydlaa as if drawn by their character, they're free to make it public.

Now if the idea that you cannot know where all the trainers or mines are immediately annoys you, ask yourself why you are playing the game at all - is it to know everything immediately and breeze through all challenges? If so, save yourself the trouble now and find yourself another hobby.
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Re: Maps you made
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2007, 05:23:42 am »
I think the Library should purchase a few new books, and especially the Yliakum Atlas ... That would be a really good ingame map :)

And if a map isn't good ... well why not create a book which gives you a directions on where to go and where things are. Of course, it shouldn't have ALL the information, because that would spoil the game ....

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Re: Maps you made
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2007, 05:29:11 am »
Stop god moding.  Your character was born in a remote area and is a newcomer to Hydlaa.:)
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Re: Maps you made
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2007, 07:02:24 am »
Mapmaking should be here soon from what I've seen... and I mean actual soon, not the (tm) kind  :P
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