Maps that annoy you for trivial reasons

[kelika2]

almost everything involving a Z axis

and missions without a super clear objective.  i cant remember the number of the mission but black scorpions first arc, the first mission in nerva does not have a clear boss name.

[tidge]

For truly trivial reasons: When I get the BOSD (?) cavern initials map as the first map in Heather Townshend's Dark Astoria arc... because I can't tell what the map is trying to tell me.

[RikOz]

Another experiment!

 

Got that map for the "Recover the Bands of Shu" mission from Harvey Maylor, a mission with only one objective.

 

Entered the 1st elevator, cleared the floor. Nothing.

 

Ran down to the 3rd elevator, cleared the floor. Nothing.

 

Bands of Shu were found behind the 2nd elevator. So that's still the "winner".

[Ulysses Dare]

On 10/10/2025 at 6:24 PM, RikOz said:

Another experiment!

 

Got that map for the "Recover the Bands of Shu" mission from Harvey Maylor, a mission with only one objective.

 

Entered the 1st elevator, cleared the floor. Nothing.

 

Ran down to the 3rd elevator, cleared the floor. Nothing.

 

Bands of Shu were found behind the 2nd elevator. So that's still the "winner".

So I got this map in a mission tonight and thought I'd check out the theory, I needed to rescue 3 scientists, find a glowie, and defeat the boss. All of the objectives were up the 2nd elevator. One more data point.

[PartyKake]

On 9/29/2025 at 11:36 AM, tidge said:

For truly trivial reasons: When I get the BOSD (?) cavern initials map as the first map in Heather Townshend's Dark Astoria arc... because I can't tell what the map is trying to tell me.

Blue of Screen Death?

Book of Salty Darkness?

Bitchin' Old Surfer Dude?

...

Got it.

Barely-Off-Screen Death.

[MsSmart]

There is an Arachnos map, usually used when you are supposed to get something to spawn Barracuda's ambush. You go in, turn left and pass thru an entrance and you see ramps going up and down, then you go down and down and down, and you stumble on the glowy and then the ambush gets so lost....

[srmalloy]

On 9/23/2025 at 8:32 PM, TygerDarkstorm said:

The stairs halving a floor are also not ADA compliant since the elevators take you to a completely separate floor and not the second level of a single floor.

And the Arachnos bases are just as bad, with rooms that have high walkways with no railings -- OSHA violations all the way. Of course, they get a pass, since the Rogue Isles are an independent polity and not subject to OSHA regulations.

[catsi563]

that thrice damned lab room. 4 corners of nonsense you have to clear out which on a defeat all missions can be a PAAAAIIIINN!

[Latex]

Any map that has me backtrack through it.

Exact same issue that Diablo and Path of Exile had (and mostly solved).

[srmalloy]

1 hour ago, catsi563 said:

that thrice damned lab room. 4 corners of nonsense you have to clear out which on a defeat all missions can be a PAAAAIIIINN!

Don't forget that you have to micromanage your pets -- which is annoying enough when you can order your pets away, but infuriating when you don't have any control over them -- to keep them from running into the chambers with the lab equipment, pounding it until it explodes, then getting half (or more) killed by the explosion on top of the random buff/debuff the explosion inflicts.