Dungeons (Page 1 of 2)

Well, really, there are not so many places you can "explore." Mainly, if you are in a place, it is to level. Because of this, most things created are simply for camping. If you really want to wonder, you could try the ant cave east of Valour. Though, there are tons of things here, and while they are weak individually, they will most definitely jump you...

Yeah, the lack of large combat areas has been a problem for a while now; the ant cave was an attempt to get away from the 'small camp area' idea. It's worth a look, though at level 21 it might be too easy. You could try the sewers perhaps.

The sad part about the ant-cave, Zer, is that it doesn't work at all. It is really only good for trying to get certain items. A level 21 hardly would get the experience needed from this area. Yet, at the same time, a level 21 would most likely die very quickly. You say it would be easy, but the monsters get too large in groups, and a level 21 would actually die very quickly. If you want to level, you need to find a place to camp. If you want to collect certain items, same thing, find the place. Sadly, the quest system in this game is lacking, which really hurts the entire leveling system. Hopefully the new version, whenever released, will fix these problems.

Mel, I'm telling you to leave Faldon; but if you want a quest based game check out The Fourth Coming.  There are many different servers with many different attributes.  Also, you might want to take a peak at Ultima Online.  Those two games are based on quest and prize role playing.  I prefer Faldon though, because if I don't feel like playing ten hours I can jump on and level a bit or goof around.  Check them out and let me know what you think.

But, really Zer. How bloody long has this been talked about. I realize that a game like this doesn't hatch from an egg in a day, but how may years does it take?

Wow...you're getting me excited for its release again...

Last edited by Zerodyme Kyupura (January 22nd, 2007 12:59 AM)

Ah sounds sweet. So if I read right your making the server be able to support a 3d client when made?

FB, are you lonely? You seem lonely... *pays attention to FB*

Possibly... but you know it is true.

What do you know.. Progress... I might come back actually if this keeps up

Zammbi, saying a percentage of completeness would just be a guess. There are so many ways to measure it, time, completed functions, lines of code... The only one that would mean a thing to you is time. Lines of code is really not something you would know before finishing, and even with good planning, function-count could be wrong. Time could vary based on his life, based on unexpected troubles in code, and many other things. Really, I would say just don't get your hopes up until he is ready to do some sort of beta...Or at least until he says he has something that somewhat represents a game.

I'm not terribly upset about the lack of quests.  I like just wandering around and seeing what I can find.  About the Ant Hill... I tried it again after getting a few lvls and some better equipment, and I was mopping up the swarms without too much trouble.  Then I ran into a creature that had a name above it (still an ant looking thing though), and it killed me in about 2 seconds. 

  I think the biggest problem I have with the dungeons is putting creatures of vastly different difficulties in the same areas.  The cemetary has the same problem (named creatures are way tougher), as does the place you drop down in next to Wuville (the slimes and... headless things weren't too tough, I walked a little further and the ninja turtles destroyed me).  I now know which rooms I can go into, but I had to learn that by dying multiple times, then walking for the next 5-10 min to get back to where I was. 

  I think it would work better if you'd have a gradation of difficulty as you get further from the entrance, or have some obvious "barrier" such as a stairwell to seperate out the difficult areas.  Having a bunch of moderate enemies in a room, and the next adjacent room have guys that can kill you in 2 hits doesn't work well in my opinion.  Well... I take that back, having rooms with tougher guys is fine as long as those areas are a small percentage of the dungeon and not right next to the entrance. 

  I think this is a great game (I've had a fix for this type of game for a long while!), and it's been put together pretty well.  However, I think the creature distribution could be a little more forgiving.