Guild Wars 2

Just something I thought of while going through Lornar’s Pass on my second character…

Why are all these points interesting and worth our time going and exploring them? E.G. Maw’s Rise in mid eastern Lornar’s Pass. Yes it had a giant Wurm course there, and the occasionally pirate group, but why should we care about it? Or Skylady’s Memory, southwest of Maw’s Rise? Why is that important? Running by I just saw a hand full of (Juvenile) White Moas, no reason for this to be a place of interest to anyone other that a Ranger that decided s/he wanted a new moa.

So my suggestion is: When scrolling over a point of interest on the map, bring up a tid-bit of information about that place. Give these areas a bit more meaning other that just places necessary to run by for map completion and for getting are two Gifts of Exploration.

That’s a great idea, a bit of informations or even the historical value would make the exploring even more interesting. I still wonder why for example one of the shipwrecks in Orr is a point of interest while there are tons of different ships around him.

+1. More lore is always a good idea.

the only problem is trying to not make everything convoluted, but what you’ve suggested more than likely removes the problem of convoluting something.

However, im not sure if having a small popup window is the best idea.

considering that all in game lore can be found in game from npcs, small amounts of information should be available from npcs for points of interest too.

I’d have to recommend scouts for that, but that’s my personal opinion.

I support this suggestion, it would be a nice little feature. +1

I agree, I often wondered why a POI is a POI other than for the reason that there had to be a POI.

Jasott.7914:

When scrolling over a point of interest on the map, bring up a tid-bit of information about that place. Give these areas a bit more meaning other that just places necessary to run by for map completion and for getting are two Gifts of Exploration.

I like it!