Maybe the filter doesn’t like Ike… or thought you were going to say Ikea.
Pretty much what Rise said.
What you may not know about yet is that there are rewards for completing maps (all Points of Interest and Way Points discovered, Hearts filled, Vistae viewed). These rewards start as almost insignificant for completing a city (it used to be experience, a Transmutation stone and 1 whole copper(woohoo!), but it was changed a couple of weeks ago), all the way up to experience, two exotics, 40 of a high level crafting material and 50 silver (was it 50? I forget) for the level 70+ areas. There is also an achievement for 100% World Completion, but you needn’t worry about it until you’re 80.
Your Personal Story will, fairly consistently, lead you to new areas that are a higher level. Sometimes, they will lead you to completely unnecessary places that are on the other side of the map to your actual destination (I did a Priory quest the other day where I had to go to the Priory. I went to the priory but there was no green marker… it was on the far side of the map. So I went to the marker and entered the instance… which started at the Priory entrance o.0 ). You should be aware that there are also rare occasions where the Story will send you to an area that is much higher level than is required for the quest, like being sent to a level 45-55 area for a level 35 quest, but these are rare and the destination is easy to get to without fighting.
Don’t neglect Crafting, either. Whenever possible you should be gathering crafting materials at every opportunity. The gathering itself provides you with xp, while crafting items provides xp and allows you to make your own gear to use.
So, what does that mean?
Use the Story as a guide. When your Story sends you to a new area, your first instinct may be to just make a beeline for the marker, but doing so will, very quickly, result in quests that are way above your level. Instead, you should be clearing each “region” on the way. Think less about progressing your Story and more about map completion – find the PoI, do the Hearts (make sure to check the Heart vendor when you’re done because some of them are the only source to buy certain things), view the Vista and, while it is not a part of map completion, gather the crafting nodes. While you are doing this, you will also stumble into Events, some of which are much larger than others. As well as getting money and loot from killing things you will also be rewarded with xp, money and Karma on completion (and, on larger Events sometimes a chest full of loot), but some events have a secondary function. When on a map you haven’t yet explored, Events where you are asked to guard someone will almost always lead you to new areas of the map, and they will fairly often start near one WP and end near another making it very easy for you to go back to where you started. You should be doing Events at every opportunity because you need the Karma, money and xp from them, but don’t neglect other things to do on the map.
Clearing the map on your way to the next Story quest will usually get you the xp to be at least the “correct” level for that quest. In some areas you will actually level beyond what is required (but don’t worry, you will be down-leveled when you start the quest). If you do this for every area the Story sends you to (except Lornar’s Pass, which is so huge you’ll be begging to get out of there long before you’re finished), you will always be at least the appropriate level for your Story.
You don’t need to be obssessively methodical about this because you can always go back to a map and finish it later. It is in your best interests, however, to do a map when you are at the appropriate level to do it because the rewards are designed for characters of that level.
Oh, one more reason to do map completion. You will need a total of 3 GOLD to unlock all of your Traits. Completing maps as you go will guarantee you have most of that money to buy those upgrades when the time comes, without you even thinking about it.
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