borysthenis Arc User

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• Cryptic's QA process isn't the same as ours. They do a ton of testing of each map, including working out the optimal placement of campfires to balance risk and reward. We don't have those resources, and multiple campfires can make risk much lower, throwing off the balance. We're pocket devs, not capital D Devs. Our stuff…

  in A couple of foundry related questions Comment by borysthenis May 2013
• Man -- I have no idea how they'd do a rust monster in Neverwinter. "Oh hey -- that Greycloak sword of yours just turned to a few fragments of red-brown crud. Sorry! No takebacks!" :)

  in Where is the Beholder in the Foundry Comment by borysthenis May 2013
• Hackmaster. Fft. We were dying during character creation in Traveller back in '79. Good times. Good, frustrating times.

  in Is it poor form to kill an adventurer purposefully? Comment by borysthenis May 2013
• I didn't really see this in the initial listing -- I want to see lots more actual monsters in the Foundry. Obviously something like a gelatinous cube may be technically challenging, but why don't we have more creature-type monsters to play with. Giant rats (other than wererats), bugbears, green slime, beholders (beholders…

  in [Feedback] Suggestions What to Add/Change in the Foundry. Comment by borysthenis May 2013
• That is a brilliant, brilliant idea.

  in How the new 15 min reward system trashed my non-linear quest Comment by borysthenis May 2013
• I should point out as well that when I did my Daily yesterday, it was a part of a campaign. Several of the other quests in the campaign failed to meet the standards of the Daily, but I kept going through them. As with many other things, sometimes the less traditional campaigns might need to be sweetened with things like…

  in How the new 15 min reward system trashed my non-linear quest Comment by borysthenis May 2013
• You are awesome, and I hope you win the lottery.

  in Where/how do you place the Campfires? Comment by borysthenis April 2013