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Altitude Indicators missing during map completion - Resolved with Oct 13th patch - [Merged]


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On the mini map, I no longer have the little arrows next to map icons that tell me if the icon is above or below my position. Was this disabled for the Four Winds Festival, did I accidentally turn these off in my settings, or is this some bug with the latest patch?

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Normally, while I am mapping or farming, items on the compass show an altitude indicator as being above or below with a blue or green arrow, as indicated on the wiki page for graphical user interface. This is missing since the last patch, it's making mapping a chore in areas that are very vertical. Please fix asap as we need to know the altitude of items we are trying to find for map completion or farming materials.

EDIT: As of the October 13th patch for the Mad Kings Realm it appears to be back, it isn't noted in the patch notes but everything seems back to normal with the compass. =)

Thank you,Willow

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@Mosiak.1783 said:Thank you!! Thought I was the only one with this problem, I put in a ticket for it and everything

I thought it was me as well until I went to bloodstone fen, which is very vertical, and with everyone is hunting bloodstone nodes I asked if they were having an issue finding them without the compass indicators and several people responded they thought something was wrong but didn't realize what it was till I pointed it out, lol. I never realized how much that altitude markers helped me until I noticed it missing in tangled depths and wanted to rip my hair out! xD

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I'm having the same problem, and just to consolidate these threads, so are these people:

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/112147/altitude-indicators-missing-during-map-completion

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/112149/icon-level-arrow-indicator-missing-from-map

I'm hoping it's NOT related to this OTHER problem, which apparently got fixed about the same time the "arrow icons" disappeared from the mini-map:

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/111909/mini-map-is-fuzzy

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I don't know if this is related, but a couple of days ago the red parachute indicator for the little loot baskets, scattered around on the maps, stopped appearing no matter which map I tried, no matter on which character. No one else seemed to be having this problem...

I've never used this setting: Show All Usable Object Names — Always display object names (like gathering nodes, interactive objects or special decoration).I feel like it really spoils the feel or atmosphere, not to mention, takes away the idea of the hunt for things, making it no challenge at all. But I activated it in frustration at not being able to find those little baskets!!

The next time I logged into the game, I unchecked it just to see & sure enough! There were the red parachutes! And they've been there ever since. I know it seems weird, but that's my story & I'm sticking to it.

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@"MacChruim.1635" said:I'm having the same problem, and just to consolidate these threads, so are these people:

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/112147/altitude-indicators-missing-during-map-completion

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/112149/icon-level-arrow-indicator-missing-from-map

I'm hoping it's NOT related to this OTHER problem, which apparently got fixed about the same time the "arrow icons" disappeared from the mini-map:

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/111909/mini-map-is-fuzzy

Thanks, too bad no reaction from Anet in those threads either.

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@CottonRunt.1936 said:Has there been any response to this? I searched all the related posts, and could not find anything. If this was an intended nurf to the environment, it would be great if someone from ANET would let us all know.

Nope nothing, their SOP!!!! It baffles me how no one at anet noticed this during their testing nor even cares to acknowledge it or that it is being addressed.

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I've been having this issue for about a month now, and while I kept expressing my frustration with this bug to my friend, he had no issue whatsoever at the time. I guess whatever happened, is somehow account related and not everyone got affected at the same time. The lack of any response from Anet or acknowledgment of the problem, is just laughable.

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@Arimanari.9365 said:I've been having this issue for about a month now, and while I kept expressing my frustration with this bug to my friend, he had no issue whatsoever at the time. I guess whatever happened, is somehow account related and not everyone got affected at the same time. The lack of any response from Anet or acknowledgment of the problem, is just laughable.

After saying your friend had no issue, I tried a client repair. Didn't work , still no above/below indicators ( as well as nothing from Anet-- at least they said something about the TP issues).Edit , didn't see this addressed in the patch notes. Too bad.

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