Mapping - The Trash-Tier Skill That Got Me Into a Top-Tier Party - Vol. 1 Ch. 1 - The Day Where Fate Separates Them

[Alekhzandr]

Apparently it's not well known maybe because his mapping is a higher tier. But everyone assumes the map skills lets you create a map, saving time, and that's about it.

They never considered or like I said, higher tier mapping, that it could be realtime mapping. Even without enemy locator, seeing if there was a change in the environment basically tells you something happened there. For example, having "bridge(s)" magically appear near enemy border/territory that could mean enemy is crossing for a surprise attack-flanking.

 

[Tap2]

@ebenezer A good map spanning a kilometer means almost nothing if it's mapping just the land. 99% of the time you're just going to see trees and rocks. Landmarks are generally way too far apart for the skill to be useful for them and if the skill maps lifeforms it's just completely overpowered and having a story about it being bad would be stupid as fuck. Dungeons are the one exception but they would be extremely easy to functionally map by hand since there are limited paths.

I mean you wrote this years ago, but you're wrong from the get go, so I'll comment anyway.
Look up the kind of map used when orienteering, and study one of them a bit.
Even when it's "just the land", you see height differences, creeks, buildings, even relatively small boulders and small paths ( one of the advantages of a skill, since paths tend to shift, making it hard to use their shapes to pinpoint your location, but when the map's updated, you can rely on it).
Then again, if you can just update the map in real-time, you will always show up in the center anyway, so you wouldn't need to even think.
And as you say, with more info added, it's even more valuable.
But abare-ass topographic map can tell you tons.
Sure, I've been in totally flat areas without much vegetation. Just enough, so you don't see far. Then even animal tracks won't be much of a thing, since they won't be funneled by topography, or gain anything by following previous animals, who've been blazing trails. I've even been in the situation where there's a super even cloud cover, which obscured the sun and made it really hard to figure out directions. Even the boulders dropped by the last ice age were unusually evenly distributed, as well as uniform in size. I've never whinged so much ...
But the map was useful anyway.
Anyway, maps are super useful.

 

[mommunism]

I mean you wrote this years ago, but you're wrong from the get go, so I'll comment anyway.
Look up the kind of map used when orienteering, and study one of them a bit.
Even when it's "just the land", you see height differences, creeks, buildings, even relatively small boulders and small paths ( one of the advantages of a skill, since paths tend to shift, making it hard to use their shapes to pinpoint your location, but when the map's updated, you can rely on it).
Then again, if you can just update the map in real-time, you will always show up in the center anyway, so you wouldn't need to even think.
And as you say, with more info added, it's even more valuable.
But abare-ass topographic map can tell you tons.
Sure, I've been in totally flat areas without much vegetation. Just enough, so you don't see far. Then even animal tracks won't be much of a thing, since they won't be funneled by topography, or gain anything by following previous animals, who've been blazing trails. I've even been in the situation where there's a super even cloud cover, which obscured the sun and made it really hard to figure out directions. Even the boulders dropped by the last ice age were unusually evenly distributed, as well as uniform in size. I've never whinged so much ...
But the map was useful anyway.
Anyway, maps are super useful.

I don't give a fuck for obvious reasons. Think before you post.

 

[Tap2]

I don't give a fuck for obvious reasons. Think before you post.

Heh. Not that I'm trolling, but you cared enough to answer.
Then again, I wrote because I happen to know a bit about maps and orienteering, and felt like sharing.
Also, why don't you care? It's not obvious, actually. Do you live somewhere, where you never walk farther than from where you live to your car?
Or is it that where you live matches that pretty dismal description I gave of overcast monotone grey skies, flat flat flat land, with just enough higher vegetation to make the horizon sadly close, etc.? That's too bad. These things affect one's mood.

 

[mommunism]

Heh. Not that I'm trolling, but you cared enough to answer.
Then again, I wrote because I happen to know a bit about maps and orienteering, and felt like sharing.
Also, why don't you care? It's not obvious, actually. Do you live somewhere, where you never walk farther than from where you live to your car?
Or is it that where you live matches that pretty dismal description I gave of overcast monotone grey skies, flat flat flat land, with just enough higher vegetation to make the horizon sadly close, etc.? That's too bad. These things affect one's mood.

You wrote an essay at me trying to argue about a petty conversation from years ago dipshit. You're passive aggressive and socially inept, go outside and grow a spine. Last comment.

 

[Tap2]

You wrote an essay at me trying to argue about a petty conversation from years ago dipshit. You're passive aggressive and socially inept, go outside and grow a spine. Last comment.

I guess if I wanted a nice conversation, I should have been nicer. I'll try to see this as a learning moment.
I don't really see that being actively aggressive is better than the passive aggression.
But hey, I can't say I have any height to look down on you from.
I'll just try to do better next time I feel like communicating with you.
Peace, or whatever comes closest in this world.