CHAPTER FOUR of The Maze Engine!!!

torontodave · March 2016

This
was
awesome.

Hot Feet! Faster than an Ancient Dragon! (first try! ;D)

I want all the assets! All the Dragons! The Jars with eyeballs in em!

@commanderander ch 4 is the HAMSTER. =D

two30 · March 2016

Too bad it never reappears as a daily quest.

sigillmacfinn · March 2016

torontodave said:
This
was
awesome.

Hot Feet! Faster than an Ancient Dragon! (first try! ;D)

Totally agree - solo & 1st time too

This mission alone, so far, has had me singing the praises of the new mod - looked amazing & the baby dragons were so cute too

But ..... 10 days of Daily quests for the 2nd boon - really? 10 days ???

rayrdan · March 2016

totally agree

iandarksword · March 2016

@torontodave Haven't gotten there yet, but I'll take your word for it. I also like these new "boss bubbles", maybe they can later make a migration to the editor as well, eventually.

zibadawa · March 2016

Faster than an Ancient Dragon appears to be bugged. I died the first time, and got the achievement the second time around. I would have expected "without dying" to be per instance, but apparently it means "per try". So you can really only miss out on it if you're in a party and you're the poor sap who doesn't make it.

I'm not sure how to get Hot Feet. There is, however, a sidequest to be found that I know of.

urabask · March 2016

zibadawa said:
Faster than an Ancient Dragon appears to be bugged. I died the first time, and got the achievement the second time around. I would have expected "without dying" to be per instance, but apparently it means "per try". So you can really only miss out on it if you're in a party and you're the poor sap who doesn't make it.

I'm not sure how to get Hot Feet. There is, however, a sidequest to be found that I know of.

You have to finish the area with the jumping puzzle in less than a minute.

feanor70118 · March 2016

It just seems completely brainless to me. This isn't Super Mario Bros.

urabask · March 2016

feanor70118 said:
It just seems completely brainless to me. This isn't Super Mario Bros.

It's even more stupid than it looks. The collision the columns you have to jump on is huge. It should be basically impossible to miss a jump.

zibadawa · March 2016

urabask said:
You have to finish the area with the jumping puzzle in less than a minute.

Oh, yeah, okay, I did get that one the first time through, actually. I just failed to register and remember what it was actually called.

zekethesinner · March 2016

Did those 2 too on 4 alts, but.... could not figure out third title, any ideas?

(Sin)cerely
Kain

zibadawa · March 2016

zekethesinner said:
Did those 2 too on 4 alts, but.... could not figure out third title, any ideas?

(Sin)cerely
Kain

Hint:

Maybe don't always go the straight and narrow...

Extra Hint:

It involves the "jumping puzzle" again.

Final Answer:

At the jumping stones part, notice there's a bunch of stones off to the right. Jump your way towards those stones. You will find there's a chest on one of them, which starts a short mini-quest that yields the title when you finish it.

zekethesinner · March 2016

zibadawa said:

zekethesinner said:
Did those 2 too on 4 alts, but.... could not figure out third title, any ideas?

(Sin)cerely
Kain
Hint:
Maybe don't always go the straight and narrow...

Extra Hint:
It involves the "jumping puzzle" again.

Final Answer:
At the jumping stones part, notice there's a bunch of stones off to the right. Jump your way towards those stones. You will find there's a chest on one of them, which starts a short mini-quest that yields the title when you finish it.

Thank u.

(Sin)cerely
Kain

hustin1 · March 2016

A guildie and I agreed that this was the best lair quest in the game, at least so far. It has interesting mechanics, varied locations, and storytelling to boot. It also has that sort of "magic" that piques your interest: for instance, the holes in the walls that show something beyond, or the barred door in the middle level that shows a stairway leading somewhere. It hints that there is more to the place, and gets your imagination going: "what else could there be here?"

I had noticed the rocks to the side, but hadn't put two and two together; thanks for pointing it out! Looking back, it would have been interesting if there had been some dialogue with Makos about the contents of the chest, but that's a nitpick. If I had to choose my favorite part of the quest, though, it would be the (small) cutscenes with Makos that added story flavor to the quest. Very well done!

Makos asks if the lich was a guardian or an opportunistic mage. I see potential for a side quest there... *hint to the devs*.

torontodave · March 2016

hustin1 said:
the (small) cutscenes with Makos that added story flavor to the quest. Very well done!

I think it stood out as an awesome quest because those scenes with Makos and the Adventurer running side-by-side. ;D It just so happens that Quick Ben is a Tiefling CW like Makos, so it looked like two half-demon badasses running through a Dragon's Den.

lionmaruu0 · March 2016

I dont like that they blocked your powers, it would be fun people raging about trying to solo the ancient dragon and being insta-killed

urlord283 · March 2016

I am in 4 "defend Neverwinter" but can't find the Quest....

Battle hammer has none for me.

I am on the 4th Campaign Quest... Please help

beckylunatic · March 2016

urabask said:

feanor70118 said:
It just seems completely brainless to me. This isn't Super Mario Bros.
It's even more stupid than it looks. The collision the columns you have to jump on is huge. It should be basically impossible to miss a jump.

I accept your challenge! (Seriously, I am awful at jumping. And I'm behind on the campaign because I got a late start, but expect to be playing the second act tonight.)

wildfirede · March 2016

This reminds me why i like the game, sad that 5min. later it's back to invoking and templ of the spider

zibadawa · March 2016

urlord283 said:
I am in 4 "defend Neverwinter" but can't find the Quest....

Battle hammer has none for me.

I am on the 4th Campaign Quest... Please help

You should have an active one in your quest journal, then. They occur in one of: Skyhold (in two ways), Tower District, or Icespire Peak, if I'm not forgetting one. Just go through everything in your journal until you find it. I think they appear near the bottom (probably before stronghold quests).

instynctive · March 2016

While I'm unable to share torontodave's enthusiasm about Chapter 4, to me, it's somewhat of a step in the right direction... new areas, not necessarily "stop and fight every 20 yards".. the dragon lair was really nice... well, what little I could see of it while avoiding stalactites and breath weapons.

I did see the sparkly chest right off and got that title... I was rather excited, initially, that it would lead to an actual side quest, not a "go here and talk to this person" thing. It didn't, but I wasn't really surprised... however, it *could* have. And I think that's the important lesson to be learned here, and something that the story creators should really think about for the future.

It really seems that this game, especially since Mod 6, has been "dumbed down". I don't really want mindless... or Mario Brothers. Or Frogger. Mixing things up in Chapter 4 was, as I said, a good start. I hope things continue like that.. not just in this mod, but future mods as well.

umsche · March 2016

Totally agree, that quest was awesome. This game needs more like that.

wylonus · March 2016

best adventure, but dont over do it, it might get stale if we see same types.

we like to see some new "racing track" just like i have played in STO's Q's wonderland and summer Risa's surf races, and NWO's own winter festival's ski race.

grogthemagnif · March 2016

Third boon is FIFTEEN DAYS. Deal with it.

sigillmacfinn said:

torontodave said:
This
was
awesome.

Hot Feet! Faster than an Ancient Dragon! (first try! ;D)
Totally agree - solo & 1st time too

This mission alone, so far, has had me singing the praises of the new mod - looked amazing & the baby dragons were so cute too

But ..... 10 days of Daily quests for the 2nd boon - really? 10 days ???

zibadawa · March 2016

grogthemagnif said:
Third boon is FIFTEEN DAYS. Deal with it.

Unlikely. The pattern so far is that you do dailies for X days to get to the next few chapters, which award you enough scrolls to get the next boon on that same day (if you do all of the new stuff that same day). Of course they may deviate from that, but current evidence suggests it's 10 days to get to the next set of chapters, and therefore 10 days to get to the next boon. Less the few days that have already lapsed, anyway.

ianthewizard2012 · March 2016

It involves a fresh new mechanism we haven't seen before (in the game). We definitely need more such new contents to help us breaking from the old, repetitive dailies. And it also could be more challenging to make it more exciting.

On a side note, CW really needs a new combat stance. I really didn't have the heart to see my CW kept walking in that weird, undescribable style so I made him kept jumping during the entire chasing. So, a new combat stance for CW, please?

beckylunatic · March 2016

zibadawa said:

grogthemagnif said:
Third boon is FIFTEEN DAYS. Deal with it.
Unlikely. The pattern so far is that you do dailies for X days to get to the next few chapters, which award you enough scrolls to get the next boon on that same day (if you do all of the new stuff that same day). Of course they may deviate from that, but current evidence suggests it's 10 days to get to the next set of chapters, and therefore 10 days to get to the next boon. Less the few days that have already lapsed, anyway.

Uhh, yeah. People know of what they speak. It's 5, 10, 15.