When replacing a scene....

When replacing a scene (Ulfheim, etc). please keep the old version with a link (hidden passage, etc) from new version to the old. You can rename the old version based on the old name.

This would have the benefit of adding a new scene with actually increasing scene count, give something for new players to discover, and give us old timers a chance to refresh out memories.

 

Many of us while thankful for a new scene aka the uncloning of Ulfheim, will miss the existing one. It was quite unique with a step above T5 and was one of the few places with higher level brown bears and ferocious bear patriarches, not to mention the reapers assorted obsidian critters, the skellie area and barb area. It had a little bit of everything and is fun to hunt in as is.

While seen as a clone, it is a great scene as is,would love to see it renamed and still accessible somehow.

 

Totally agree. There are plenty of scenes that still need to be unlconed/changed. Several on the Perennial Coast side and such. Take one of the scenes that has no real content in it and spruce it up for new content. Even that area around Artifice there are a couple scenes there that are repeats

 

totally agree! i like the visual and the gathering resources, please keep the old version online with another name.

 

Time for the Committee for the Preservation of Old Ulfheim!

I also enjoy the current version, it's probably my 1st or 2nd most used hunting spot, plenty of obsidian critters for my cooking shops, and other worthwhile nasties when whacking bears and wolves gets boring. How about using it to replace a seldom used scene, or better yet put the new and likely to be awesome version in some part of Novia that needs more avatar love? @Chris @DarkStarr

 

Ulfheim, as it is currently, is one of my favorite "go-to" scenes. Almost not a day goes by that i'm not there for a while. I love everything about it. I've asked on the twitch stream multiple times if there was a way to keep the old scene, but have never recieved a response.

SAVE ULFHEIM !!!!

 

It is a great scene as it is. I do wonder how they selected this scene over others that probably have less traffic. Was it ever brought up why they are redoing this one?

 

Because the old version is a clone of an existing scene that will remain in place (I don't remember the name of the other one).

I don't know why players aren't satisfied with that other existing scene. Perhaps when the devs say "clone" they mean something that doesn't translate into what players expect from a clone? I suspect people would have more luck if instead of trying to convince them to keep old Ulfheim, they tried to convince them to make the other pre-existing scene more like the old Ulfheim.

 

I didn't know it was an old version. As much traveling I didn't I didn't notice that it was a clone of another.
Make sense to redo the other one though. Hopefully it's the start of a pass through all existing scenes to better them all.

 

I am pretty sure I remember Ulfheim being a clone of Deep Ravenswood and that Ulfheim has already been "touched up" in the past. Seems odd to go back and redo a scene that no one complains about.

 

It’s getting its own unique look, like all the other uncloned areas are.

From one of the streams Sannio was doing, as he was working on the area, the resources and creatures that are currently found in there will be the same.

It will finally have its own unique look and feel, the same resources and creatures, and the new barbarian wave battles.

 

The Ulfheim changes didn't really make sense to me. Its a pretty decent scene. I can think of dozens that don't merit a second visit that would be much more suitable to overhaul. Surely there's some sort of metrics on where players go. I suppose if as Jaesun says it fundamentally doesn't change the content it wont necessarily be cause for upset, but why change what is already a reasonably popular/frequented scene instead of addressing some of the ones that nobody bothers with?

 

Yeah. This is like one of the actually better scenes in the entire game. I also just like the layout of it as well.

 

I'm excited for the "new" Ulfheim. But i'm also sad to see the old one go. I've spent many an hour there.

 

It sounds like new Ulfheim is going to be grand

I also like old Ulfheim as well as disliked it. Like everyone else, I enjoy the critters. But I don't like the loop shape of the map. There are a *lot* of loop shaped wilderness maps of various types. Something a bit more organic will be welcome. I haven't watched the live streams, though, so perhaps my hopes are ill founded

 

For what it’s worth, please for the love of Novia- make a couple Boss Barbarians... As you’ve said it’s the capital.



(Also Boss Barbarians should have a big Dragon as a pet, not a wyvern; or at least Destroyer+ type body guards)