It looks like this quest will be updated in future events. We should use the talk page for checked locations --An Adventurer 13:41, 13 January 2009 (CST)
Shifting Tactics Checked Locations
Update: I've ran a Cell.dat converter and MakeMeAMap, and I do not see any new changes on the landscape - this is after I had already visited the 7 locations. I know its "cheating", but I think the ACVault staff did the same thing - that would explain why they had the first 7 listed so quickly but have made no progress since then. Regardless, I do not think there are any more markers left to be found on the surface - I think the remaining 3 are underground. One thing I am unsure of, though, is if the inside of bunkers, houses, and such are located within the same landblock as their outside structure. If not, the 3 remaining markers could be inside landscape POIs --An Adventurer 15:12, 13 January 2009 (CST)
- scratch that, I just tried the same thing on a fresh copy of this month's cell.dat from my laptop, and I do not see any landscape changes on that one either. So the remaining two can be outside. --An Adventurer 15:54, 13 January 2009 (CST)
The NPC talks about themes, I guess this month's theme is mountain climbing. The question is, how many markers are themed.. since there are 5 mountain climb markers found, and 4, well, I can't really see a theme in it? Been running around between Baishi and Q'al, haven't found anything, but well, Alinco doesn't pick them up, GoArrow's find-function only when you are really near, and they are harder to spot than the gift boxes of last patch. So I do wonder how 8 of them popped up relatively quickly on AC Vault? And how was the 9th found? Please help a by now rather frustrated explorer :) -- Sanddh 14:30, 14 January 2009 (CET)
@Sanddh, they used the graphac/mapac as well. It shows the landblock changes for most of the markers. -- Quanta 15:05, 14 January 2009 (EST)
My guestimation is that there are 5 mountain climber markers and 5 "miscllaneous" markers. I have no justification for this, other than that it's symmetrical. There have been two markers in the north mountains, two in the south, one in the n dires mountains, and the other markers in north/central Osteth. I'd guess that the remaining marker is also somewhere in this area - perhaps between Lake Lithanen and the Obsidian Span. -- Quanta 12:38, 14 January 2009 (EST)
Towns:
- Crater Village
- Mountain Retreat
- Neydisa Castle
- Tufa
- Al-Arqas
- Sawato
POIs:
- Abandoned Sho Outpost (34.4S,64.7E)
- Abandoned Tower and Temples (36.3S,64.9E)
- Advocate/Sentinel statues - Cragstone, Hebian-To, Zaihkal
- Archmage and LS (37.7N,1.2W)
- Asheron's Isle - Asheron's Castle, Bay area, southern mountain.
- Banderling Treehouse (43.9N,10.8E)
- Brontynn Marshid (10.3S,57.6E)
- Cataracts of Sabella
- Chapel Blackspire
- Cragstone fallen shadow spire (both sections)
- Cragstone Waterfall
- Crystal Mines Entrance floating platforms
- Eastham Beach
- Empyrean Power Station (38.6N,9.7E) and nearby Nuhmudira LS and pond area.
- Gelidite Standing Stone - Neydisa
- Hill of Panes
- Ice Golem Gathering - 63N, 8.1W & 61.5N, 10.2W
- Imuth Maer Doquin and Mosswart Tower/Bunker area (11.8S,58.2E)
- Northern Pass Watchtower (52N,3.1E)
- Sleepless Sentinels
- Undead Shrine (51.9N,0.6E)
- Undead Shrine (55N,3.5W) and nearby portal crater.
Dungeons:
- Asheron's Sanctum
- Lakeside Lair (on Eastham Beach)
- Dungeon of Shadows (near Cragstone)