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Magic Crystal of Infinity - Vision
May 26, 2023, 21:27 (UTC)
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Last Edit : May 26, 2023, 21:27 (UTC)
# 1

Can someone please tell me what "Vision" and "Discovery Radius" are and how they effect gameplay? Can't find info.

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Drakirras
Last Edit : May 26, 2023, 22:54 (UTC)
# 2

They are totally worthless.

They increase the size of that circle on your minimap that shows the icon of the npcs.

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Hnnie
Last Edit : May 26, 2023, 23:07 (UTC)
# 3

Huh.  Never really knew.  I thought maybe it affected the distance from which one could discover new nodes when exploring. Or maybe that's a side effect of the minimap thing.

NPCs on minimap: not other players, maybe?

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Doiportne
Last Edit : May 28, 2023, 04:03 (UTC)
# 4
On: May 26, 2023, 23:07 (UTC), Written by Entropoid

Huh.  Never really knew.  I thought maybe it affected the distance from which one could discover new nodes when exploring. Or maybe that's a side effect of the minimap thing.

NPCs on minimap: not other players, maybe?

I think you're right. Been to Gyfin a couple dozen times before and just went there for the first time since they changed it and discovered Southern kama. Must be for exploration.

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Drakirras
Last Edit : May 28, 2023, 09:37 (UTC)
# 5
On: May 28, 2023, 04:03 (UTC), Written by Dknight55

I think you're right. Been to Gyfin a couple dozen times before and just went there for the first time since they changed it and discovered Southern kama. Must be for exploration.

Same thing happened to me a few weeks ago, but already had topology at 100%.  Sounds like a glitch of some sort with that node.

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Doiportne
Last Edit : May 28, 2023, 15:29 (UTC)
# 6

I thought it increased the distance at which you can see mob tags.

Last Edit : May 28, 2023, 19:35 (UTC)
# 7
On: May 28, 2023, 15:29 (UTC), Written by Alnilam

I thought it increased the distance at which you can see mob tags.

Tried equip/un-equip my Tomb while I had a mob tag lit up and it changed nothing. also didnt change anything on the mini map...

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Drakirras
Last Edit : Jun 14, 2023, 20:43 (UTC)
# 8

Just confirmed they are for exploration. Filled a whole crystal preset with vision crystals and I discovered nodes at roughly 3 times the normal distance. 

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