Guild Wars 2

Wonder why map completion means so little. I have always loved exploring the map and being somewhat OCD, I have to do full completion on all my toons.

That being said why is there not a better reward for completing this achievement? Yes I have the 38 Gifts of Exploration (19 down 4 to go) but since I make Ascended armor and weapons these are basically useless for me. Account bound so I can’t give away or sell through the TP.

I know I can sell to a vendor but the entire stack is only worth a few gold so that in itself is a slap in the face.

I would love to see a little more attention given to this accomplishment, besides the 2 gifts and a title.

19 characters with full map completion… wow… you got nothing better to do?

Like, that’s your problem man, you knew what you were going for, if you didnt need gifts of exploration then why did you bother doing it more than once?

Initially , I would have disagreed. Now with game play in a game mode I don’t enjoy required to earn a Legendary, I would only buy one. That makes the Gift of Exploration a no value item to me, leaving no reward for Map Completion. I don’t know what a more appropriate reward would be, but I sure agree with you now.

Yea, I think that it could be buffed a bit. Maybe giving someone a few ascended mats (like 1-2 of each?), or even an ascended box. For the amount of time that is put into map completion, the rewards are pretty bad. Fastest I’ve seen is ~17 hours, but personally it takes me about double that because I like to explore the maps, participate in events and whatnot. With that time commitment you could easily farm enough gold to buy all of the mats to craft an ascended piece of armor, so I don’t think giving a box of it out, retroactively of course, would be too much reward.

The benefits of this are that it is useful to far more players, as not everyone may want a legendary weapon, but I can’t think of anyone that would turn down higher stats on their gear.

Hmm … you love exploration but not as much as you love gold

The map completion rewards have been the same since launch. As a long-time veteran, you’re wealthier now than you have even been, so the same rewards no longer seem as valuable.

Put another way, it wouldn’t feel like a slap in the face if you moved your head out of the way before you started waving your hands.

Either stop exploring the map on every character, or just leave the gifts in your bank. they only take up one little space. Maybe someday you’ll want to make a new legendary.

I love Map Exploration too – 18 so far. The rewards are actually about right in my opinion, because as well as the end reward, you’re also getting all the karma and loot whilst doing the map completion over the long run.

I think this post is more about 100% completion rather than Individual map completes right?

So what this is about really is either:

A – I want something else WITH the Gift of Exploration or

B – I want more uses FOR the Gift of Exploration.

They have already “sort of” covered B being that you can craft a decoration for your guild hall with the Gifts. Albeit this is not so great but it is at least something and could just be a start.

So now what we have to work on here is a suggestion for “A” I guess.

PS just re-read the OP and I have to ask is this about the achievement or the actual completion for each char? Sort of confused…. If it’s about the Achievement well then, this will do NOTHING for all those extra Gifts or running alt chars through anyway….

Reward for Map Copletation are ridicolous comparete with other reward.

Dawnbreaker.6215:

19 characters with full map completion… wow… you got nothing better to do?

Like, that’s your problem man, you knew what you were going for, if you didnt need gifts of exploration then why did you bother doing it more than once?

Lol I wasn’t part of a Guild for the longest time so I actually just enjoyed running the map through various characters. I was just saying I wish there was a better reward for anyone doing the entire map.

And to the other who asked Yes I have map completion on 19 characters that’s why I have no gold. Ever tried to get 23 toons armor, weapons, and other items for multiple characters?

It just seems a shame to not include a weapon choice or something when you actually do map completion. Maybe that is where the misunderstanding comes in for some by map I am referring to all maps or as some say World Completion.

Sorry I wasn’t more clear on what I was saying. Again its something I like to do and it really doesn’t take me long. Casually playing I can take a character from 0 to World Map completion in a week or a little under. When you have done it a few times you just know where to go and what rotation works best.

Take Care!!