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Sparkly Trail, an agent of good, or secretly a force of evil?

echokazulechokazul Member Posts: 149 Arc User
edited July 2014 in General Discussion (PC)
Has anybody else ever thought of the Sparkly Trail of Questing as somewhat chaotic? I mean, yeah, sure, if you follow it, you usually get to where your quest objective is, but the Sparkly Trail doesn't seem to usually take the direct, safest route. It winds all over and seems to take paths that make little sense, usually veering off the path to run through any and all monster mobs.

It reminds me of an evil genie or a monkey's paw. A chaotic, evil force that is bound against it's will to aid adventurers like ourselves, but, to amuse itself, will constantly alter the path slightly so it leads the hero right through that mob of giants or large hoard of wights.
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  • anharmonanharmon Member Posts: 175
    edited July 2014
    I think it tries to take the most direct path, which sometimes involves going through mobs.

    Now, sometimes I swear though that the sparkly trail purposely leads me into traps ...
  • tagnusironsordtagnusironsord Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 70 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    My personal favourite is when the trail leads me to a cliff or chasm edge. I guess I'm expected to fly over instead of going around, but I don't have a Pegasus mount.
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  • eldartheldarth Member Posts: 4,494 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I always enjoy when it leads me directly through a cliff face, or into a building wall. Good times.
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  • khimera906khimera906 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 898 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Buuut it's fine, cause lately I've been trying to do without the magic sparkling trail, and I'm doing ok. :p
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  • helbjornhelbjorn Member Posts: 678 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    khimera906 wrote: »
    Buuut it's fine, cause lately I've been trying to do without the magic sparkling trail, and I'm doing ok. :p

    Nonsense. If you're having fun without having your hand held, clearly you're doing something wrong.
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  • eldartheldarth Member Posts: 4,494 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    helbjorn wrote: »
    Nonsense. If you're having fun without having your hand held, clearly you're doing something wrong.

    Bwahaha. Exactly. I've had people rate one of my quests badly because there was no sparkly trail leading them directly to the "item" they are searching for in an area. *facepalm* It's the ADHD generation.
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  • zshikarazshikara Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 796 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I had a feeling the little sparkly trail had a mind of its own, now its confirmed. Evil genius. :cool:
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  • petestarkspetestarks Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Magical GPS works about a well as your real world GPS. That is my 2 cents anyways :)
  • jintortlejintortle Member Posts: 655 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    If you design a Foundry you have to be careful where you place your next quest objectives.

    I made a Foundry for the upcoming Foundry Contest and some beta tester complained about the amount of mobs he had to kill when the quest dialogue was saying to get out of there. The next waypoint was basically to his right and around some rocks but the fairy trail cut straight through 20 mobs. (I moved it so it is more obvious and it does not cut through them but it is an option that they could do.

    So if not played properly and the game has waypoints the dialogue has to fit how you enact with the Fairy trail.
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  • myles08807myles08807 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 409 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I recall that sparkly paths on Mt. Hotenow often led right through mobs as the road itself curved a bit of a long way around. You pay more attention to little things like that after dying a few times...
  • reilz1981reilz1981 Member Posts: 512 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    i like to think of the sparkly as a good dm it will lead you to your destination but if you dont think on your feet it will lure you into a huge mob of monsters or an impassable obstacle i am not sure that it is working as intended but i like it the way it is
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