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East Longfall Wetland Preview!

Discussion in 'Developer Work and Blog posts' started by Vas Corp Por, Nov 21, 2017.

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  1. Cora Cuz'avich

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    No, weeds or clumps of grass. Or even better, rubble and debris.
     
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    When I fist saw this on the telethon it reminded me of a brighter version of the Dagobah system in Star Wars.
     
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    ...burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp.
     
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    so can you enable PVP mode by clicking the Oracle head?
     
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    I loled
     
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    Well hopefully more than a few easter eggs. As mentioned by the community over and over more discoveries throughout the whole world are very much needed before release. It could be ore, a body with a item and note on it that gives a side quest, a shining object and hmmm what is that, you see a ring with writing inscribed on it, and it does look valuable, perhaps there is a reward for it, and then a journal entry and sound happen to make note of this, trap door you fall through etc. ;)
     
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    FISHING UPDATES!!!!!
     
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    Sannio Lead Quest and Level Designer Moderator SOTA Developer

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    I don't know how or when, but I'm going to steal this line for some quest at some point. ;)
     
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    lol!! Yeah!
     
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    [​IMG]

    One of many Obsidian practices of blood extraction.
     
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    Really nice-looking scene! Looks great when the sunlight is diffracting over the swamp gas..

    Strange and ironic, though, that somebody's plans to rob the Aerie bank are marked as "private property".
     
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    OK... I have not been running around here for an hour. I had a bunch of trouble finding the spots marked with an "X" on the bandit map, as the orientation of the zone does not match the compass or sotamap.

    I found that elves place, but see no key nor an elf. Found some strange pedestals that require objects, but don't see them anywhere.

    Is the zone finished, or still in progress?
     
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    the things the pedestals require are at the xes. go by landmarks, not directions. the elf seems to be missing, but the key is in the same place it was before the unclone.
     
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    for the solution to treasure map and pedestal puzzle, see this post.
     
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    Thanks, guys. I will check it out again... Was able to locate the X's but I searched all around and didn't find any objects. :(

    I think maybe I'm just bad at questing...
     
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    I took a screen grab of the map and rotated it so that it matched the compass.

    And the three objects are really hard to spot. I had to look around quite a while to find them. The one by the three rotted trunks was especially tricky to find.

    The key was also hard to find. I recommend "looking" with your mouse cursor.
     
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    Looks fantastic, gj Travis.

    Indeed.

    Add a good reason to see low level maps getting more attention by high level players and best way to avoid forgettable maps.
     
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    OK I have been running around here again for almost 2 hours. I've found 2 out of the 3 objects. Had to **** around with the graphics settings to even see them at all. Still looking all around the area in between the 3 dead trees and "sweeping" with the mouse and haven't found it yet.

    This is extremely... challenging. And not in the fun way, but in the "I wanna pull all the hair out of my head, then shoot myself in the face." sort of way. Not fun.

    Much worse that the compass directions are wrong, and that the sotamap is still for the old scene.

    Definitely not an appropriate level of difficulty for a T1 zone and early quest. If I were a new player, I would have shut this game down an hour ago and never come back.

    Oh- and I still haven't found the key. Found the place with the plans for the bank robbery. No guy. No key. :mad:

    @Vas Corp Por
     
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    It's kind of "inside" one of the trees that's hollow, stuck into the ground with the hilt sticking up. It's really friggin hard to see.
    Mouse over one of the corners of the rug. You'll get a tooltip that says "Lumpy Rug" Or something like that. Double click the corner while the mouse arrow is green, and you'll slide the rug over revealing the key.
     
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    Can anybody please circle the object on this screenshot? I'm seriously about to ragequit... 4 hours of my life I will never get back...

    [​IMG]
     
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