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The Making of The Fall

Discussion in 'Developer Work and Blog posts' started by Vas Corp Por, Feb 24, 2017.

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  1. Barugon

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    Wow!
     
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    Looks great, give any thought to multiple entrances. And please tell me there will be no score board or ? Indicators.
     
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    Wow, the shadow work and detail of that stained glass is amazing! Great job!
     
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  4. Vas Corp Por

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    So you can cheat it to know who else is in the zone with you? I don't have control of that but will mention it.

    It has at least 3 entrances that I know of.
     
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    In that regard maybe @Chris could make the whole nearby players thing a skill like tracking etc that fill up the list if successful... ;)
     
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    The problem with pvp scences is they are set up to be mini bgs, most of us want random and accidental pvp encounters. Vrs someone just zoneing checking if there are ?.

    I want to be deep in the fall and run into a random pvp encounter.

    Now when we do BGS then score boards and ? well not the ? I actually dont like that way at all but a white name that turns red when you discover they are pvp. But everything dosent need a score board, Bloodbay could be left with a scoreboard though its kinda themed for one. Back in r36 when there was some pvp you had spys checking for ? Then they would call thier buds and flood the zone (Owl but others did this). This isnt fun pvp now if u run across me and u need ur buds then call em.


    Or something like this! Where it turns from white to red faster.
     
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  7. Vallo Frostbane

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    Leaderboards are for competitive games.

    This is a sandbox.
     
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    Could not agree more about the random pvp encounters (missing in so many games today). It isn't even the random fights... it's that moment of randomly meeting someone and pausing as you figure out if there's going to be a fight or if you made a new friend. Passed along all those ideas/questions.
     
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    The Klingon way! Drink with your enemies at the bar before/during/after the battle and then go kill them on the field of battle. Perhaps today is a good day to die?
     
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    The lighting is amazing. Really adds to the mood of the dungeon.
     
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    Ya.. not a fan of leaderboards. If it's rolled into some kind of bounty system it would be cool, but not a screen that shows kills/deaths when you enter the zone. Tracking kill streaks is fine, I'd just prefer that players find out about it in a different way. If a tracking skill gets put into the game I'd be fine if it was PvP flagged players only and they were still ?'s ... couldn't tell who the player was until you got close to them. Also the ability to go invis on the friends list would help. Awesome new screenshots! can't wait to check it out...
     
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  12. Vas Corp Por

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    Some more progress:
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    Thanks for following The Fall!
     
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    Awesome work! Thank you for sharing.
     
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    An update to The Fall:

    This area is the duel arena where players can come and participate in or watch duels. The doors to waiting rooms can be opened by a MC above for fair timing. There's a couple moving platforms to make it interesting (if you fall in the holes they're full of nasty spikes but you can jump back up via vents on either side).


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    The layout is somewhat bare to avoid collision issues and ensure better performance.
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    From a duelist's perspective:
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    Thanks for following!
     
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    Wow it is looking amazing @Vas Corp Por. I like how it is different looking textures from so much of our other stonework walls. I love the variety it will add to the game. You did such a wonderful job. Also though I don't understand the draw for a dungeon/pvp scene fighting other players and getting attacked by probably difficult creatures at the same time does not sound like a win/win or fun to me, but oh well what do I know;). Anyway fantastic work. I love this addition for the game. :)
     
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    Brings back older memories for me.

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    If this new dungeon is anything like Krul it's going to be Epic.

    The new zones I am seeing are top shelf work.

    Such a great and exiting time for SOTA!!

    Kudos guys great work!!!
     
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