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The new MArc map markers sure are nice, but...

FredrikSvanberg

By FredrikSvanberg,
Posted on: 2009-07-13 05:14 in Mission Architect

 

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Do they have any relation to what actually spawns where? If the popup help marker legend is to be believed, then things should be spawning in radically different places than they actually are; I've been trying to get an ally to spawn at the front of the map (where there's clearly a marker for one), but it simply won't. It's getting a bit maddening, since the only place it spawns is at the very end of the map, where there's no ally markers at all >.<

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Yeah, the markers seem to be rather vague...

 

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Some maps have the locations swapped. Try setting it to spawn in the back, or the middle, to see if it pops up in that spot.

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... which means that the markers are worth pretty much bugger-all :/

"A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head." Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates

MA Arcs: #12285, "Small Fears", #106553, "Trollbane", #12669, "How to Survive a Robot Uprising"

 

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In addition to some maps having bugged front/middle/back denominations, there are some maps whose mini-map displays are reversed left-to-right but whose markers are not reversed. Fortunately you can tell those pretty easily if you know the map.

Also, the meaning of the location markers was incorrect in the help text last I looked - Xs are supposed to be boss/patrol spawns while Os are rescues, but the help text says the opposite.

It might be good to get a thread dedicated to listing specific maps that have incorrect spawn markers either due to front/middle/back shuffling or to map reversal.

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Also, the meaning of the location markers was incorrect in the help text last I looked - Xs are supposed to be boss/patrol spawns while Os are rescues, but the help text says the opposite.

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That would make sense based on my experiences.

 

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For some maps, if they fix them.

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Fixed that for you.