personal story will take you to your race's area only (unless they are mixed with other races like brisband wildlands). If you aim for world completion, other areas you'll need to explore yourself.

Thanks for the explanation. No wonder I feel strange jumping right into difficult area now following my story, yet haven't seen other towns yet.

not true.

Char story involves travelling to Norn areas as part of the quest.

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Added on September 7, 2012, 3:51 amoh and I just finished Divinity's Reach. Yeahhhh.

Just Metrica Province and Caladon Forest
I find doing this thing is somewhat satisfying.

This post has been edited by Hao Ren: Sep 7 2012, 04:51 AM

Yesterday spend hours to find a POI in Kessex Hill, the one that using the tunnel.

One day, one map completion..

the POI which u have to swim through a tunnel located at an island next to it? lol
i spent 2 hours finding that POI, gave up and utube it lol

thanks to guildmates (after some laughs) i found it. LOL

hey me too...a bunch of guys including me..circle that island 5-6 times looking for an entrance..LOL

updated with

Metrica Province
Rata Sum
Queensdale
Divinity Reach
Caledon Forest

nice, almost level30 now.. only running around doing this
4hours for 3 maps

Completed Divinity's Reach, that's the easiest I think. Still working on the rest I know, slacking because I seem to be wandering around on a massive scale but never actually completing anything.

Also a little dangerous due to being on a lower level, maybe doing this on 80 would be easier (other than completing what you can while you go about the world).

4 hours 3 maps. that's some hardcore shit. wish i can do that. everyday now i can only do half a map then finish it next day.

Divinity's reach certainly is the easiest.
How will you be underleveled as an explorer, i finished towns first, then 1-15 areas i'm already lv30 and next area is only 15-25 which i finished 3 and left 1 and i'm already lv42. just make sure to finish all the low level areas before moving on to next level areas. You'll never be underleveled.

@HeartRoxas
Haha no la.. Rata Sum is already 67% from last I left it.. So 4 hours more like 2 maps only

I just noticed about /age command thing. It is exactly 3 days of me playing XD Last day now, dunno if tomoro can play o not.

I tend to wander about the higher levels just to see places. So I get smacked about quite a bit.

So that's the dangerous bit for me. I don't stay where I'm suppose to.

Completed Bloodtide Coast, now at Sparkfly Fern. You get nicer stuff when completing high level map, but haiii everytime oso medium armor la, light armor la, I want heavy armor. But at least got a nice rare spear

ya la, everytime med and light armor. sian. =/ Only once gave me a heavy pauldrons. can use for few levels only got replaced by own craft.

help need for this vista

There's a hidden pathway near the windmill, basically where you were standing when taking this screenshot. The pathway is hidden by vines.

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Added on September 7, 2012, 12:08 pmHahah yea man the feeling when you see rare stuff in the rewards, then take closer look, it's stuff you can't use. Luckily at high level area I can get decent armor drops from mobs.

This post has been edited by valho: Sep 7 2012, 12:08 PM

newbie here, finds out black citadel certain places hard to explore, like got levels etc, can we turn on some discovered waypoints, vista etc off? if all bundled in the map it is hard for me to see.

how to go into heros canton? when i approach the main gate, no messages poping out asking if i want to go in..

This post has been edited by RcykZai: Sep 7 2012, 12:38 PM

thanks.. now i'm a weird cave jumping my way around.. scary shit @.@

when on map, look at bottom right place. IF there is a layer thing, you can press the layer (like 3-4 layers) and you'll see the POIs of that layer shown more clearly than the others. Others not being in that level will be blurred.
As for black citadel, there might not be a layer/anything. So once you reach a the area of the poi but not getting it, look at the minimap (or map) it'll show ^ beside means it's at a higher level, and the opposite means at lower level. black citadel is hard. good luck

vines is the key. vines... vines everywhere. One of the most interesting vista though.