When using Mark, should it remain active until you Mark a new or different location? Sometimes it does and many times it doesn't.

I recently Marked outside of General Tso's Dungeon at Khotan Docks so that I could farm him, in between doing other things. Every time I come out of the dungeon (and others as well), my Mark is gone and if I don't think to Mark it again before I use the Skull Island or Avery's Transport Icons, I can not return there. Also, I often have to unload gear or hit the Morphing Tent to try a few Hybrid attempts. When I return back to Khotan by way of Recall, many times my mark is not there, so I have to remember to Mark again or lose it. It happens after going to my pirates Home and after teleporting to a Friend as well. After I Recall back to the Mark, it is not there any more. I have to carefully remember to Mark every time I come back to the dungeon or I will be off sailing again (not such a horrible thing, being a Pirate and all)

When I farmed Zeena recently the Mark pretty much always stayed there even when I hopped back in forth to my Home, Skull Island Avery's or teleported to a friend. But lately many locations (I think all have been in MooShu), a lot of times my mark won't stay marked.

I thought that the Mark was supposed to remain there until we chose another designated Mark, but I absolutely may have misunderstood or incorrectly assumed how the Mark/Recall system works.

So, Jack or Ratbeard- is our Mark supposed to stay put until we choose a new location for it? And/or could this possibly be a bug related to Mark/Recall?

Thank you for reading and for any reply. As always, I appreciate any help or info!

*** One other question, could it be possible for there to be a pop-up confirmation when you click on "Mark This Location". The only reason I ask is because many times in the heat of the moment, I and others, have accidently hit the Mark this Location button instead of the "Go to <Marked Location>" Icon and have lost our Marks. Or should I simply just try to be more careful? Just didn't know if it was something that could easily be done or not.

Thanks again!

Looks like a bug, but it's not one I have experienced. My Mark stays put.

Valkoor, I've had a similar, but different issue. The mark feature will occasionally mark without me telling it too. Typically this happens when fast travelling (fountain, skull Island, etc). One time I remembered it happening without travelling. Two of my characters have been outside of Central Core for weeks (I was farming there before the Advanced pets update). They stayed there while doing daily companion tasks or pet training. For days there was no mark spot. Then one day, a mark was set automatically (I thought it was either logging in or logging out that triggered it). That happened a couple of weeks ago, so do I not have any more specific data that I can remember, but I clearly remember it being an odd occurrence.

It was such an odd occurrence, that even before your post, I have been watching the mark/recall buttons for any actions that might be initiating this strange but rare event.

So, a Mark will stay put even if we log in or out, and it only moves if we mark a new location while we have another marked. And when you recall to the Mark, it will reset. Did I get that right?

I haven't had any problems with Mark and Recall so far, but I find it bothersome that the system will automatically mark your location (if there isn't a Mark set already) if you teleport to Skull Island or your home.

Ratbeard on Jun 27, 2014 wrote:

Hold up, that's different! You said it before and I completely glossed over it.

When you recall back to the Mark, it resets. That's by design.

You can place a Mark, and do all sorts of things (including log out) and that Mark will stay put until you use it to recall back.

Well that certainly would explain a lot then.

So, what you are saying is that every time you Recall back to your Mark, you have to Mark that same spot again, if you wish to keep that location safe? And that you can't just Mark and farm a spot, hop around in the Spiral, Recall back and then port around some more and expect to come back to your originally Marked farming spot? Then I was absolutely using the system the wrong way. I guess I was use to some other Mark/Recall features from other RPG games that once you Mark a spot, it will always stay marked until you mark a new spot- even if you come and go many times to and from many places. Hey, who knew that actually knowing the right system would make it so much easier to use.

I will surely be more careful and make sure I keep on Marking. Thank you for the clarification and the much needed info- I'm figuring it all out eventually....even if I have to ask the most obvious questions. By George I think I've got it.

Oh, should you have to re-Mark after you come out of a dungeon, if outside of the dungeon was were your original Mark was? If not, I could have sworn that sometimes I had to keep re-Marking after I came out of Gen. Tso's Dungeon......WHOAH! WHOAH! WHOAH! Scratch that, I just had a revelation as I was typing that- those times were indeed times that I used the Recall button to shortcut it back to the sigil- which falls perfectly in line with your explanation of how it is designed to work.NOTE- I was going to delete that initial part, but I just wanted you to see that you absolutely knew what you were talking about, there's your proof in case there's ever a doubt!

Thanks again!