Red Exclamation over locations?

[Toadman]

SO I see little red exclamations over a lot of location on the wilderness map. What gives?

[WsE]

New events.

[Jeysie]

What confused me recently is when there's an exclamation point but then you go to the place and there's not anything actually new.

[Talamarie]

Originally posted by Jeysie:

What confused me recently is when there's an exclamation point but then you go to the place and there's not anything actually new.

I know what you mean, happened to me on the map of the cult when i went there with Tristian the first time. Then at second time because of red "!" it just showed that the map changed but not really new event content.

[Jeysie]

Yes, that is exactly what happened to me as well. Seems the cultists like to mess with your head even when they're not actually around.

[serodores]

In my case, it had nothing to do with that. "Camp of the Mammoth Lords" had a red exclamation point (only in crusade view to move generals) that I couldn't figure out what it was. However, going into City / Map view, upgrading an outpost to bastion (in a different outpost) made the red exclamation over the "Camp of the Mammoth Lords" go away, which also made my City red exclamation point finally go away as well.

I think it was the game's way of 'recommending' an outpost to upgrade.

[forkofspite]

The red exclamation points do not mean "new content" - they are quest locations. Most of the time, it works (such as Linzi's first quest for the missing printing press). Occasionally, however, the areas indicated are misleading and/or incorrect such as for the Bloody Craft quest (Sharel, the tailor artisan from the North Narlmarches).

There are at least two instances where there can be new content at previously explored areas with zero notification - I'm guessing there are several more:

1. Ford Across the Skunk River - changes the Troll Sightings event
2. Bridge Over the Gundrin River - changes early in the Season of Bloom story arc

[forkofspite]

Originally posted by serodores:

In my case, it had nothing to do with that. "Camp of the Mammoth Lords" had a red exclamation point (only in crusade view to move generals) that I couldn't figure out what it was.

Wrong game.

However, in this case, these exclamation points indicate outposts which are eligible to be upgraded to a bastion. After completing the decree, every outpost with at least three slots filled will have that exclamation point - it's not recommending any particular one to upgrade.