First Quarter 2015 Schedule Update

All I know is, I loved exploring every nook and cranny of the Hidden Vale and cannot wait to get more and more of Novia revealed!

 

Yes, I hear they can be made with high quality bear skins from the Karanas! (sorry, just brought back an EQ1 memory)

jr

 

Welcome pharmdoc51!

 

Welcome Pharmdoc

 

Thanks Tahru and Keira for the warm welcome! I do believe this is just the game I've been looking for since Everquest. Also, I don't think you can beat this community for friendship and helpfulness.


jr

 

Could one of you kind folks please explain how I got these "trophy points", and how I would give one to someone else if that is possible? Thanks!

jr

 

Click on the number while you are looking at posts to see what they are for. Basically it is just for posting... nothing special.

 

Thanks once again, Tahru!

jr

 

https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?help/trophies

 

Thank you Enderandrew


jr

 

One more question:
Now game is instanced - that means that I can use only in some instnce location. To reach any instance location you need to travel by world map. Does developers planning to make huge uninstanced world, with go-where-you-want avaluable? Yes, there can be instahce locations, like dungeons, raids, arenas, but whole instanced world with travels, allowed only by worls map, as for me, is a bit annoying. Making a game with such a epic lore and huge world, but without real-free travell is like the situation when you are very hungry, there is hot-dog saler is near, but you have no money and can only feel hot-dog smell... Such epic game can loose it's part of epic in instances, as for me.

 

It takes time to load scenes. They could have scenes that connect to another scene without the world map. We have some of that now. (Ravensmoor linking to the Ravensmoor ruins, or the Veiled Swamp linking to the Tower of the Shuttered Eye, etc).

As they improve game performance, and optimize how they load scenes, I also suspect we'll get larger scenes with more to explore.

But the game will always be instanced based and likely always have loading screens.

 

I mean, is there will by any chance that we will travel througth the world by like on another MMO's but not by person on world map?

 

the following is just hearsay, without fact or proof...

There is always a chance. But it will be probably more along the lines of connected scenes in certain areas. The map is not super popular as it is now, but it is supposed to become a more interactive soon and that may change a few minds. Probably the most important thing will be just improving the loading times.

 

The game has always been sold as a dual-scale game with a world map. I think that is here to stay at least for Episode 1, and likely forever.

 

I wonder, if we reach the required donation amount and get boats, if we'll be able to pilot them anywhere on the map or only along predetermined routes. Also, has anyone seen if actual boat to boat combat has been mentioned anywhere?

jr

 

if we don't reach the boat stretch goal we will still get boats later. It wasn't planned to have boats for episode 1 but they did plan on it for later for sure. Same with mounts.

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Welcome Jonrobin and Rino182PM to Shroud of the Avatar

 

Thank you for the kind welcome, Majoria70.

jr

 

No. Not like big budget MMOs.
However like endy said. Scenes will be linked so you can travel from one to the other without overland map. But that will not be possible for all locations.
Example in the game right now is that all underworld locations are linked by secret tunnels.
So I could ravel between the two towns of Owl's Head and Kingsport either by overland map. Or I can sneak down into the Owl's Head sewers and take the secret way through the underworld all the way to Kingsport without ever having to see the light of day nor the overland map.