Official Feedback Thread: Spinward Rise

arkayne · February 2015

Greetings Adventurers!
As part of this preview build we are pleased to reveal the new post-level 60 adventure zone Spinward Rise. Explore the floating islands held aloft in the sky high over Neverwinter Wood by cloud giant magic! Thwart the Cult of the Howling Hatred before they rain destruction down on the Sword Coast from their lofty stronghold! Level 66 players can venture into this level 67-69 zone to conclude their quest to reach level 70!

Access
Level 66+ characters can access the Drowned Shore by completing the Elemental Evil introductory story quest, then speaking to Archdruid Morningdawn in Protector’s Enclave and accepting the quest “Trouble on the Winds”.

Features
• Quests – Players can experience level 67 to 69 quests, several of which provide new level 67+ item rewards.
• Vigilance Tasks – Spinward Rise introduces “Vigilance Tasks”, hourly quests unlocked by progressing through the main story. Once Vigilance Tasks are unlocked new quests will become available at the top of every hour. Forty-five unique repeatable quests are available to Preview players.
• Heroic Encounters - New series of Heroic Encounters can be found in Spinward Rise, including a level 70 battle with the Air Prophet!

Known Issues
• Enemy Models – While the enemies you face in Spinward Rise will be attacking you with appropriate powers and behaviors, very few of them will have their appropriate “costumes”. At this stage on Preview you will be looking at some familiar looking foes.
• Balance – The balance of some Heroic Encounters is still being tuned. Some may be more difficult or easier than intended. We’re interested in hearing your thoughts.

Feedback Desired
We are interested in your opinions of the environment, enemies, quests and really anything you find in the Spinward Rise. Of course we are also very eager to hear about any bugs or progression blockers you may encounter.

Type: Bug/Feedback (Please only choose one)
Spec: (Please enter the spec that you are providing feedback for here)
Please use “Bold” face text for the Type & Spec then type your feedback in the body of your post. If you are listing a bug please have this text in RED, if you are posting an opinion or feedback please use BLUE.
(Concise Feedback & Screen Shots are much appreciated)

Examples:
Bug: Quest: Birds of a Feather
I completed the “Birds of a Feather” Vigilance Task, but did not get credit for it in the Eternal Vigilance Quest.

Feedback: Quest: Flightless Fury
I wish there were more owl bears. I had trouble finding enough to defeat.

Feedback: Zone: Spinward Rise
I want to see the wind! And the enemies there are really full of hot air. At least I was able to take the wind out of their sails. What a bunch of blowhards! (note: this type of feedback is less helpful, and may make us question the validity of said feedback. And your taste in air-related puns.)

Now, get out there and have fun with it! Let us know what you think![/COLOR]

arabatur · February 2015

Is not accessible from PE, you just get sent back.

kolatmaster · February 2015

Really like the look of this Zone, and the Airship docking port is super cool!

query523 · February 2015

Battle of Mistral seems bugged. Waves do not spawn.

burkaanc · February 2015

Avia landing: twin breezes
entered barracks, no dashar, no silvira no battle plans and quest tracker shows nothing

had similar symptoms on another quest there but i waited a bit near door and somehow objectives showed up

edit: seems like you have to hang around entrance(run a bit deeper in to the room and then back to door) to get the objectives, if u just start running straight away you dont get objectives, or, maybe, when you enter the instance you get placed too far ahead to get objectives

burkaanc · February 2015

Elemental Air Device drops even if you dont have the quest

Kenku eggs arent removed from inventory when you complete the quest

also Avia Landing: Elemental Assault is shortened as Avia Landing: Elemental ***...(A.s.s.) in my journal before its completed and (turn in) shortens it even more

resolution - 1280x1024

zetahatate · February 2015

Windcall Temple: Lore of Chaos

Unless there is some special way through the waterfall, I can't get into the instance that it's telling me to head into. If there is some special way, then I can't see it.

Owlbears

They seem really small. Like, smaller than a halfling small. I wouldn't be surprised if this was temporary, but I thought it might be a thing to mention.

Battle of Mistral Point

The heroic encounter doesn't seem to spawn the enemies after you raise the two banners.

Windbound Temple: Unbound Anger

It seems as though you can't ever interact with the orbs if you have done so once before. Say you did the quest the last time it came on. The next time it comes up, you still can't interact with them.

burkaanc · February 2015

zetahatate wrote: »

Windcall Temple: Lore of Chaos

Unless there is some special way through the waterfall, I can't get into the instance that it's telling me to head into. If there is some special way, then I can't see it.

have they even played through their own missions before putting them on preview ?

that waterfall is a solid wall ....

Avia Landing:Lesser Wind Runes - you get more rune drops when quest is in the phase when you have to charge the runes, and the extra runes arent removed from inventory when finishing quest

there isnt enough war chests for war chest treasure, getting 12 of them is a pita

Intelligence reports from Eyes in the sky quest seem to have really low drop chance, maybe i was unlucky, but i farmed some 20 min for the 6, same issue with ciphered message, craptastic drop rate and you need 10, if you dont change the drop rates before launch it will be a ffn nightmare with a ton of players and only so many spawns

Far-scryers should show the actual zone its focused at not zoom on farscryer itself

PS. love the jumps for tomes

burkaanc · February 2015

Ciphered message isnt removed from inventory after completing quest(i had 11 instead of 10 if that affects smth)

arkayne · February 2015

Thanks for the feedback, folks! These issues are being compiled and addressed, and you might even see some changes in the next build.

Note that some bugs crop up where there weren't bugs before. For example, door access to a map may have worked perfectly well when testing, then an artist finishes up geo revisions and adds a collision pass, not realizing that they covered up a door. These things happen, and we appreciate your diligence in reporting them. Cheers!

abaddon523 · February 2015

Bug: Heroic Encounters

Several of the Heroic Encounters in Spinward Rise can have difficulty starting. Many times a HE begins but there are no enemies there. Even if you stand around and wait for a few minutes no enemies show up.

burkaanc · February 2015

the tougher slaadi(the ones with 5 sections in their health bar) still spawn octopus face(forgot the name of mob, its in dread vault) image when casting their aoe attack

abaddon523 · February 2015

Bug: Heroic Encounter the Battle at Mistral Point

This HE can get stuck. I killed 13 of 15 of the first wave but then there were no other enemies to kill. I just ran around the area looking for the last two enemies as time ran out. Bug possibly occurred because I died the first time attempting it? Not sure.

Edit: to expand on this I've now attempted the HE a few more times. Half of the time after I raise the two banners no enemies spawn. The HE never gets off the ground. Other times as I'm fighting enemies and they will just disappear. I don't know what's going on. Maybe a banner is getting attacked, the HE is failing, but the HE doesn't end even though it fails? It's just an all around mess right now.

two30 · March 2015

Bug: Windcall Temple: Feeding the Slaadi
Windcall Temple quests are supposed to be level 68 (and most are). However, Feeding the Slaadi is level 67. Both the quest and the monsters inside the instance should be bumped up one level.

loboguild · March 2015

Bug: Battle of Mistral Point HE
The encounter stopped and failed when there were still five minutes left.

abaddon523 · March 2015

Bug: Heroic Encounter Elemental Assault (Northeast corner of the map in Windcall Temple)

The boss of this HE spawns on top of a cliff a good distance away from the other enemies. It takes him a while to run all the way around the cliff to where you are so the fight can start. Seems kind of a silly spawn point.

abaddon523 · March 2015

Bug: Far-Sacryers

The four Far-Scryers all zoom in and show you the same pole.

abaddon523 · March 2015

Bug: Cloudkill Heroic Encounter

I went to the trouble of solo-ing this HE (and that is a fair amount of trouble). I was able to kill Pileus Stormbringer and the obelisk with 30 seconds before the timer ran out. But the HE did not end, the timer ran out, and it registered as a failure. Make sure this HE ends when it is supposed to, please.

Edit: after reviewing the combat log I actually killed a giant named "Cirrus Skyseeker" with 30 seconds left. Then I guess Pileus Stormbringer just failed to spawn.

abaddon523 · March 2015

Feedback: Spinward Rise

Overall this is a beautiful zone. My compliments to the game designers who put this place together. Really enjoyable place to go questing.

abaddon523 · March 2015

Bug: Elemental Assault in Thunderhead Reach

In this Heroic Encounter the High Skyweaver never appears.

abaddon523 · March 2015

Bug: Thunderhead Reach

There are some places where you can fall through the map geometry and get stuck. (-872,2153) is one such place.

abaddon523 · March 2015

Feedback: Thunderhead Reach: Whispers on the Wind

The drop-rate on the Ciphered Messages is very low. I had to massacre a few hundred cultists in order to get 10 of them. Might want to increase that a bit.

alkemist80 · March 2015

Feedback: Aarakocra and Kenku NPC's

They look pretty cool, but their eyes.. they need more expression. They currently remind me of this guy..

I really like the kenku models. I would love to play one.

arkayne · March 2015

Thanks again for all the great feedback, folks! We've addressed these issues, but if you see anything else off, please let us know.

valwryn · March 2015

Feedback: Quest - Get Greater Air Scroll

It took me awhile to figure it out but this turned out to be the most funnest quest EVER!!! Don't even need the quest to play around with it. Something like this needs to be added to a dungeon or three. :cool:

Are Kenku's hatched with potty mouths or are they singing the "Awesome" song and it just sounds wrong?!?

iambecks1 · March 2015

alkemist80 wrote: »

I really like the kenku models. I would love to play one.

We are getting a green Kenku archer companion xD

k3ll0 · March 2015

Kenkus eh? Last saw those in like... Eye of the Beholder. The first one.
****, I feel old now.

alkemist80 · March 2015

abaddon523 wrote: »

Feedback: Thunderhead Reach: Whispers on the Wind

The drop-rate on the Ciphered Messages is very low. I had to massacre a few hundred cultists in order to get 10 of them. Might want to increase that a bit.

+1

Just ran into this problem myself.. Quite aggravating running around in circles looking for cultists to slaughter. Been spending way too much time on this already. The same with the other quest having to find secrets or something to that effect.

Otherwise the zone itself is beautiful. I like the feel of it.

alkemist80 · March 2015

Feedback: War Chests

I don't know if it's just me.. but the first few were easy to find and now I'm running around in circles all over the area and can't find any more?? It's like looking for Easter eggs..

Btw, would love to see the kenku archer companion, would go good with a giant crab mount LOL

valwryn · March 2015

Feedback: Thunderhead Reach: Eye In The Sky

The drop rate for the Intelligence Reports was about 1 out of every 30-40 Cultists. I had to circle the whole map 3 times.

arkayne · March 2015

Tweaked the drop rates of Ciphered Messages and increased the number of available war chests.

Thanks!

Official Feedback Thread: Spinward Rise

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