Release 59 Post Draft: Feedback Please

Better VERY late than never right? So very sorry for the delay but lots of moving parts this release!

Here is a rough draft of the Release 59 Instructions Post. Lots of stuff is still in progress, including the text itself, features, content, etc. Some things listed here are not yet in the build and might NOT make the release!

As always this thread is for editing the post itself, clarifying the contents, etc. It is NOT about debating game features, decisions, etc. Please start other threads for that.

Also as usual the links to instructions and known issues are pointing to R58 so I don't need to be told that.

I also don't need to be reminded about blank areas or places that say <insert more here> or are blank. I got those.

Also please DO NOT give feedback on the ORIGINAL text that I cut and paste from the Quarterly Schedule Post. As a rule we never edit the original text. We only put new text afterwards in italics. That way we make sure everyone knows we aren't hiding anything, especially if something is delayed.

 

It might be helpful to mention the removal of decay in the section on
Quality of Life Improvements & User Interface Polish:

Unless I missed it, there is no mention of the removal of decay except for a quick parenthetical note in the first paragraph.

Can you clarify in the notes whether or not any replacement was/will be added for decay or is it just gone with no replacement?

 

Still quite a bit missing, but here are stone minor things:

Incomplete sentence

More loot is crossed out, but arn't the new recipes, blueprints, and patterns part of the loot table?

 

fixed

 

One thing I would like to have more clarity on is this part of fishing...
"

• Group Fishing Bonus: Fishing while in a group now offers a bonus to experience gained. It uses the same "system" as adventuring bonus. So in order to get the fishing bonus you must be grouped AND in range of your group mates to qualify for the bonus. More people = more XP just like adventuring in a party."

So, is the producer exp going to be shared with everyone in the party from one person fishing? Is the producer exp just going to be higher for each person per use in the party?


Another thing I worry about is the outskirts being added into the multiplayer only part, with some of the quests requiring you to get something from killing an enemy, are people going to be waiting on others all the time to complete their quests? This might possibly either frustrate people or add a lot of work for you guys to find another way.

 

This sentence seems awkward:

It seems to imply that start areas have something to do with pumpkin head?

 

Lich Boss in Owl’s Head Sewers, he gain power from nearby undead.

Needs an S on gain

 

No mention of Bundles being available on Crown Vendors in game.

 

fixed

 

fixed

 

That is direct quote from original quarterly post which we NEVER edit.

 

Should put a newline here:

• Universal Chat: Players now have access to a game-wide chat channel for all players, regardless of location! All players can view this chat channel, and anyone who possesses a Universe Broadcast Orb may post to the channel.
  
  Players who have previously purchased the game will receive a complimentary Universe Broadcast Orb. Additionally, this item can be purchased from the Add-On Store for $2.

 

Thank you for including R59 Instructions Document. Great to see the details of R59 in this format.

This quote is from the Release 59 Post. @DarkStarr @Chris

I am so glad you are planning to work on the Quest Journal in 2019. But, it would be better if it was fixed in 2018. Please bring the Quest Journal revamp up to as soon as possible. This is one of the biggest problems with sota. The quests need to work correctly if you want a happy player community.

Please fix the Journal so the quest segments we have done do not remain in the 'to do' section. If the new design still has the history portion, move them there.
Please arrange them in some order. Perhaps even have a button to choose chronological order or difficulty order.
Please inform the player if a quest segment is solo only. We waste so much time going to segments with friends only to find that they aren't allowed to help.
Perhaps mark quest segments with 1 to 5 skulls in the book so we can plan accordingly.
If an instance changes depending on where the player is in the quest progress, be consistant presenting the correct look. Highvale for instance sometimes appears as if I am a new player and sometimes appears as if I have finished the beginner quest segments in there.
In general, having a different instance based on where you are in the quest is just bad form. This should be minimized because there are so many ways this can fail it is just not a benefit to try to make something that tricky work if one little failure makes the whole starting experience a total wash and causes players to quit.

Fix the actual quests too. Why cant we give 4 leather hats to the nice lady in Aerie for goodness sakes?

 

I'd strongly recommend running the whole text through a grammer check program. Even Microsoft Word is throwing a lot of missing punctuation and word association messages.

Do you mean just different from other fights due to the new mechanism, or should this be "difficult" instead?

Two spaces here, but should probably be a comma and a space.

Tiger shark is actually two words.

Two spaces here.

 

Thanks for the feedback but please refer to this quote from the OP: "As always this thread is for editing the post itself, clarifying the contents, etc. It is NOT about debating game features, decisions, etc. Please start other threads for that."

 

fixed and yes meant to be different re: the fight. added more clarity there

 

The post mentions that you worked on dungeons but it doesn't say what changed. From reading the bug reports I thought it sounded like we can now decorate. If that is correct, please mention it in the post.

This post by Chris is what led me to believe dungeon deco is in
https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/f...or-blink-in-dungeon-mode.144603/#post-1172395

 

fixed

 

No Undead pet fixes again?

 

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