Thread: Maps in 2.0

Originally Posted by Fiosha_Maureiba

I imagine a handful of cartographers would become quite famous.

Maybe even letting the players "name" the landmarks and camps they find based on the map. Let those names perpetuate throughout the server in one language or another. (maybe not in FFXIV, but in some future MMO).

That would be cool if they add new zones that are inhabited and we have to explore them from zero.

Originally Posted by Grudgebringer

They should add in a cartography job to the DOL. Have to go out and explore to create maps. This job could also locate rare mining/BOT points that have higher drop rate and such. Then with paper and pen create these maps to sell to other people. Also the ability to create Treasure maps for adventurers to go out and locate...

There isn't a adventure guild on limsa near the docks that dedicate to the cartography?....

Next patch we get Musketeer and Cartography jobs.

Maps are a bad thing in MMOs. They shrink the world, killing exploration tremendously. Everquest didn't have any maps at all until like five years into its lifespan, and though the actual in-game world was pretty small, it seemed HUGE. And not only that, but you navigated by landmarks, instead of following the arrow on your map/minimap. If I were ever going to make a video game, especially an MMO, there would be NO maps. Or at the very least, you'd have a map, but there would certainly not be an arrow or dot to show where you are.

questing for maps is fun and gives you one more in game thing to do!