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wuhsin
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You'll discover the truth at the end of my new dungeon. Short code in sig. :cool:
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So far I've only tested it with a level 18/19 TR. The difficulty will vary depending on level, class, and what choices you make.
Foundry quests that can take a couple of hours are problematic. There is a chance that your bags can be filled. Returning to town can lose progress. If you can add a vendor or two please do so or better still offer a portal to town, an extra step to talk to an NPC in town etc. Giving people a break is good, physically, mentally and especially as they probably don't have much bag space.
I don't think you can add vendors or town portals to quests yet.
Sorry my dungeon is too deep for you. Go hack and slash your way through someone else's little 15 minute quest. There are way more of those than there are dungeons like mine.
It may not have been polite but he has a point. Even when I have a great deal of time to spare i don't have a couple of hours where i can't leave the PC for more than 15 minutes. You really need to look at a way of ensuring that people can leave without their progress being lost. The fact that we have regular unscheduled downtime means this is required for long missions. Imagine playing 70% and the server goes down. You return to find you have to start again. You won't see many reviews because so few people will be able to complete it.
And just HOW do I ensure they can leave without their progress being lost? I was never made aware this was a possibility, or I would have probably already done so.
Well, i don't know, I've not started with the foundry yet ( I have been writing something, for when i have free time ) but there must be checkpoints. You could introduce an NPC that opens a portal to town to talk to another npc who 'gives more information' then opens another portal, or directs you to another transition point. I can't be specific as i don't know your story but I'm sure that you get the idea.
Otherwise just split it into 3 chapters.
This is a conversation that should be going on in the foundry forum.
I'm pretty sure there is no way to add vendors, as I've seen other Foundry authors complaining about that. Also, I believe once you transition from one map to another, you cannot go back to the old map, and since there is no way to add vendors that sort of defeats the purpose of doing so to begin with. Just make sure to sell all your junk before entering any dungeon. I've made a habit of doing this for years across many RPG's.
Then sadly I won't be playing it. I simply can not commit to that amount of uninterrupted playtime whilst there is a risk that all progress can be lost if I am called to a meeting, phone call etc or the server crashes ( as it often does )
The ideas I have for my foundry quest means it could well be five hours long. I have planned ahead for this by splitting it into manageable chapters with distinctive end points so that people can choose to drop in and out of any part as they choose.
And FYI? You are soliciting for people to play your quest here in this post and there is a scheduled maintenance coming up. It sounds like people would be unable to complete it in time anyway.
Nice smart *** comment there.
Split it up like we are seeing in some of the quests in the foundry (if you can of course or if you can be bothered)
BAH! Here I was hoping for some wonderful insight and instead I get an advertisement... Well played Rick-Rolled...
To split up a quest u basicly create 2/3 quest's that follow the same story (basicly just cut ure existing quest in pieces of 30/45 min tops they make a valid point time is preciues to everybody it is not that they dont wanna do it but it could be physicaly imposible for them) after u have created those quest's u can create a campaign of them, basicly when people enter ure quest's they wil have an option to do "campaign" this wil give them quest 1 and at the end ask them if they wish to proceed to quest 2 etc...
I would imagine making ure quest a 4 part piece if it is 2 hours, this wil greatly improve its succes because people could complete part 1/2 at day 1 for a daily reward, and part 3/4 the next day for another reward. ( u should consider things like this to create succesfull story's)
Hope this helped u out in ure foundry experimenting, also the foundry forum is awsome if ure new to it
I have been inactive after the weekend incident, but I may actually pop in tonight to run this one.
Quote Originally Posted by roents
It's an "open beta" that can't be wiped even in the midst of multiple economy destroying exploits. FUN
If you wish to create something and hope to have it played and reviewed, you better prepare yourself to receive criticism, both constructive and not.
As far as taking criticism; don't respond offensively only because it can lead to biased ratings after they trudge through the quest (just to low rate).
Great concept for a quest though. Haven't played it.
Since we can't put in vendors or more than 1 rest spot in a dungeon of a single map, players don't get much "return" on adventuring. Players want to get items, raise levels and get more powerful. There is an exp reward and item at the end (plus random drops) so you would have to allow players to do that.
2 hours is a bit much IMO. Dungeon can pull that off since there is an Epic at the end. We don't have such items in our reward chest
I would say break it apart (or make a new campaign) and break your quest into 4 parts.
Please review my campaign and I'll return the favor.
It's not that it's 'too deep' unless you mean 'so deep it takes 2 hours to reach the bottom.' The problem I have with extremely long Foundry missions is that to get credit for my 'daily foundry' I have to do FOUR foundry missions. If I did 4 missions that take 2 hours each, that's 8 hours and I can just do 4 that take 15 to 20 minutes each and have plenty of time for other things.
Perhaps keep yours as is, but make another 'version' that's the same Foundry broken into smaller ones?
I do longer ones on the weekends but there are a lot of extremely long Foundry missions to choose from. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy longer missions when they're well-done but my favorite thing to do in NWO is elite dungeons with my guild. I don't want to be in a Foundry when someone says "Hey, anyone want to do elites?" and I still have an hour left in the foundry I'm in... *shrug*. It makes it a tough choice. "Do an extremely long foundry and possibly have to leave without finishing, or do a short one, finish it, and then do something else?"
Anyway, just my 2 cents. I'll play it, because I'm intrigued, but it'll be awhile. My list of Foundry missions I want to do is getting longer by the week...
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This quest won't be two hours of pure combat, there are plenty of non-combat related objectives, and some of the hard encounters can be avoided if you make wise choices. So if you enter the map with plenty of inventory space, you should not have any problem picking up a few of the better items which are bound to drop from some of the more challenging encounters. There are a good deal of story based items too, so it is HIGHLY recommended you sell all your junk before entering the Catacombs of Dread. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Some of you think I'm being defensive or whatever, but really all I did was apologize for my quest being too long, and recommend that you play other quests if mine can't fit into your busy schedules, then explain why certain suggestions were not possible at this time. I'm not dismissing the idea of breaking my quest into different parts and making a campaign out of it, but understand I would have to rewrite some of it to make this possible. I'd also like to take time to thank the people who are open-minded enough to give it a try, especially the ones whose time is limited. If you have any suggestions on how to make it better, feel free to let me know.
Holy cow. I was all set to give it a go until you said this. Might want to consider remaking it into a campaign if you have that much content.