Guild Wars 2

The idea that came to mind was being able to share your waypoints or map completion with an alt character if you chose to do so. You would need 100% map complete on at least one character before this was an option.

The trade off would be that the chosen character gets none of the rewards or experience that would usually be given for finishing a map. They would also give up the ability to get world completion rewards so players can’t get free scrolls for legendary crafting.

I feel this could just be more of a quality of life thing for those of us who end up making multiple characters. It’s already easy enough to level up a character to 80 using tomes of knowledge or crafting, but getting around the world map remains a chore after exploring it all a few times over.

Anyway, I’m not entirely sure if this would be a possible change or not, but it’s still nice to think about. Thank you for your time and reading.

I thought of this as well and always wondered why my waypoints were locked if I had already “been there done that”.

I don’t mind doing hearts, skills, vistas, etc…..but the way points and tedious running on a alt is rather boring. I’ve already done it….to many times! Like you said, it’s easy enough to get a alt to 80 without even leaving your starting area. The only thing that deters me from using my alts in say dungeons, is having to waste time running there..

I say they add a option that allows players to do this. +1

They could make an account map mode, so you can switch between “map completion mode” and “account map”… Would be awesome to see how many times you’ve taken a given task or vista etc etc, and being able to use the way points without having issues with mapping first…
(possibly the mode should only be switchable in major towns..)

If it is a toggle sure, then at least I won’t have to use it.

I like this idea. I don’t care about more gifts of exploration. I have a few I’ll never use. But unlocking the map gets really tedious really fast. This is the one thing that always makes me delete a new character should I decide to make one. I start the map completion and in about 20 minutes I’m like “no, I can’t do this AGAIN”.. DELETE. Of course it would have to be an option, not automatic.

Would definitely be a per character option, not forced on every new character made. That way it’s a conscious decision on the players part to have this done. I’m sure there are still players that do map completion for the rewards, so to make it a forced thing would almost entirely defeat the purpose.

Maybe a type of mystic forge recipe that you can get access to after getting 100%? Then it could be a used item similar to the tomes of knowledge but for map complete instead.