While this would be nice to see, in the emantime you can always check out vidiotmaps for maps complete with known spawn locations of Giant Monsters.
That's true, but I just don't see any reason why we shouldn't have markers for the GMs. The only reason I can really think of is that it might be extremely hard for them codewise and I'm only saying that because it seems that the most random things are hard to change because when they first made the game they weren't expecting to have to change anything.
Another thing I was thinking about was making something like the Scanner or perhaps and extra option in the scanner to see what GMs or events are currently taking place.
I don't know about you guys but I know I often see "Raid finished in Sky way" or "Rikti retreating from Port Oakes" or some other such thing and I think to myself, dang, If I had noticed that when it first popped up I woulda totally gone and laid the smackdown on some stuff.
Just seems to me that it would make it easier for people to pick up little things to do in between missions and such. Course, I can see the devs not wanting to do this. Not sure why but it seems like something they wouldn't want to do.
I'd think that 'hunting down the monster' is part of it being well, a monster. It's not like they're hellions and parked on every street corner. I'm not one for making the game any easier than it already is. Typically, someone will already have spitted the spawned GM, and all it takes after that is a broadcast. "Paladin seen south-east of X marker."
As for the "Raid finished in Skyway" or any other notice that's broadcasted, there was already a similar notice that went out notifying the community that "A raid is in progress" or warning "civilians to get off the street" for the Rikti raids. You have to notice them.
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I'd think that 'hunting down the monster' is part of it being well, a monster. It's not like they're hellions and parked on every street corner. I'm not one for making the game any easier than it already is. Typically, someone will already have spitted the spawned GM, and all it takes after that is a broadcast. "Paladin seen south-east of X marker."
As for the "Raid finished in Skyway" or any other notice that's broadcasted, there was already a similar notice that went out notifying the community that "A raid is in progress" or warning "civilians to get off the street" for the Rikti raids. You have to notice them.
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Yes I know that there's the notice that goes out at the begining but my point is that it's not all that noticable. I'd greatly appreciate a specified window or something where you can see any monsters, raids, invasions that are currently going on. But yea, I don't think the devs are really gonna do that.
As for finding the monster. I play on a laptop and as a result I turn a lot of the settings way down. I don't normally see spawns until they're rather close. So yea, I can run around and try to find the guy but I do feel slightly handicapped.
It's also just silly that they don't tell us where the monster is. Personally I don't think it'll really make the game "easier." I don't think it'll by any means make one able to farm merits from GMs or any of that nonsense. It'll just make so that people like me who are trying to fly around half blind don't have so much trouble.
I mean, if you lived in New York City and you saw a giant punching in buildings and wrecking havoc you'd probably notify the police so that spiderman can come do his thing. But would you call and just say "Hey there's a giant stompiing around New York. Thought you should know." Or would you tell them exactly where the guy is so that they can dispatch him quickly?
If you can provide a really good way that this'll imbalance the game and make things easier than I'll understand. But I don't see making it easier to find the monster imbalancing. You still gotta have a team and actually fight the guy.
like blackavar said, download the map overlay from vidiot maps. it has all the known GM locations for all the zones they spawn in. as for the rads, pay attention to your global channel. the one right above the broadcast chat. or if you have it set up for one window in the chat box then add the hero zone event message to it and watch for it.
Unnecessary, actually. Finding a GM is half the fun, especially when you stumble onto Jurrasik after finishing a mish.
i think what the OP actually want's is a blinking marker for the completely blacked out maps that he hasn't gone through yet to unblacken. in this case he should be on a team and wait for someone to say "so and so is here" then go to the teammate that said this. or when in zone give a yell out in broadcast if anyone has seen or is hunting the GM so that he can join the team.
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I don't know ever spawn point for GMs and I'm sure many other people don't. If we get markers telling us where fires and superadine raids are can we get markers saying where the GM is?
It makes RP sense too. People will report a building on fire and make sure the heroes know where to go but when a giant robot is stomping around no one tells the heroes so they can take care of it?