It would be great if there were an Explorer Tonic that could be used to go out exploring the map and be able to take the time to simply enjoy the fantastic scenery and art in this world.
Here is how I think it could work
You receive the explorer tonic when you reach 100% world completion. While under the effects you are locked into your town clothes (so I can use my broom:) and have full movement abilities but mobs ignore you and you can not attack them, you can not engage with any world items like chests or gathering nodes. Jumping puzzles can be done but not count towards achievements. We can still see other players and mobs around us but can’t interact in any way. Any and all achievement progression disabled while under the effect of the tonic. Would not work in WvW. When you stop the tonic effect you are instantly transported back to your location when you started the tonic effect.
There are so many beautiful areas in this game that we are never able to truly enjoy because we have to spend our time defending ourselves and can’t just stop to look around. In the snowblind fractal at the ice elemental, I looked up once and about died when I seen what the whole ice elemental looked like. I pointed it out to my group and none of them had ever seen it either, most people think its just some weird sliver of ice we are fighting. The sky at the Jade Maw and all the things floating around in that area are fantastic. Don’t get me started on Cliffside… WOW!!
In GW1 we could just vanquish an area than were free to play around in the zone and enjoy it as much as we wanted. Please consider of giving us a way to admire all the beautiful art and all the hard work that went into this wonderfull game.
Why the need of 100% map completion? There is no need for it. Just implement a “spectator mode” in PvE so you become invisible for other players and foes and you cannot get any advantages.
When entering the spectator mode you will not be able to get out of it in the same zone so you will need to go to a different zone for automatically get out of it
and also there will be a cool down timer so you will not be able to reenter the zone for 10 min
In this way anyone can travel the whole game map at any level to enjoy the lansdcapes – think of it as a promotional tour around Tyria and in the same way they will not be able to exploit it but finding events and quickly teleport away and back
To be able to use something like this you would have to have waypoints and the map already uncovered otherwise lower level players could get to maps they haven’t been to yet. If it reset simply by porting out a lvl 1 char could work their way to lvl 80 maps with little to no effort at all. At 100% map completion you have seen the game the way it was intended and than rewarded with being able to explore and admire in peace.
It would have to reset you back to your starting location when disabled so ensure the intended mode of travel was used instead of using it to get to your desired location without fighting your way or paying to waypoint as they intended.
It would have to reset you back to your starting location when disabled so ensure the intended mode of travel was used instead of using it to get to your desired location without fighting your way or paying to waypoint as they intended.
Agreed. I said you will not have any advantages while in spectator mode. This included no map’s WPs, PoIs or zones will be unlocked. It will be like watching a youtube video only it is you who see the things inside the game.
Once you exit the spectator mode you will be reset to your original status.
Also, entering new zones in spectator mode will warn you haven’t unlocked the zone yet so the spectator mode will be kept on. If you enter a zone which you have already unlocked a certain aria it will disable the spectator mode on request on that specific aria
Spectator mode = a first person view mode for those who want this for screenshots
