View Full Version : The Island. Futures? NGD?
VeterKh
12-26-2011, 12:28 PM
the island ... what are you going to do with it in the future?
why i ask? because that's what we offer, you don't doing, so it remains only to ask.
Huntrare
12-26-2011, 02:46 PM
Its a good idea to transform the island in something interesting, but I think NGD should look at their game closely and examine the bugs they have and fix them. Making another update would make players forget the bugs for a moment and enjoy for a bit the new update. But when there is an update there is bugs. so instead of making more updates they should look at their current state of the game.
VeterKh
12-26-2011, 03:01 PM
Its a good idea to transform the island in something interesting, but I think NGD should look at their game closely and examine the bugs they have and fix them. Making another update would make players forget the bugs for a moment and enjoy for a bit the new update. But when there is an update there is bugs. so instead of making more updates they should look at their current state of the game.
must be so.
Hollow_Ichigo
12-28-2011, 09:27 PM
i love the new island, so many people to chat with and pvp, i say keep it up all year round :clapclap:
Huntrare
12-30-2011, 09:18 AM
i love the new island, so many people to chat with and pvp, i say keep it up all year round :clapclap:
It would be nice, that whenever you want you go and have a chat with other realms, but wars will decrease, drastically.
Central Island better be for Christmas only. Wars decreased drastically. Game is alooot more boring.
I wait for all this to end, so things get back to normal.
71175
12-30-2011, 10:01 AM
I wait for all this to end, so things get back to normal.
Yeap we all wait to again get farmed :P
Do not put words i do not sayed. I play RO for the wars no matter fort/open/bridge. Any action is better than this.
Ol McDomald had a farm ia ia oooooo...in this farm he had a goat....ia ia ooooo...ketchup here ketchup there... :P
Other things are coming. Instancing and the nearby offshore island close to Ignis territory was mentioned.
I prefer to wait and see how that all pans out before declaring any use for the central island. In any case, there have been numerous great ideas in the suggestions box for the center island. NGD could pick any of those to make use of the island. More importantly, the actual warzone landmass is an expanse devoid of that much interest . There are only a few choke points of interest. What of that ?
To me that seems more important than adding a singular flashpoint that will no doubt leave the rest of the map under used on smaller servers.
For now, leave it be.
Simple things like outposts which players must control for a time set to spawn special bosses, hidden quests, conditional spawn NPC's for RvR quests, artifact capture, more interesting ways and new objectives for invasions.
This is the way they should go.
These are not overly difficult to develop,has lower chance of being buggy, has longevity in terms of interest and allows valuable game real estate to be used equitably.
Couple this with an enhanced map which alerts players to War zone conditions at these locations and the game will be better for it.
With the lack of a realm chat, it would be a boon to have map zone alerts to draw players to incidents and as such make bigger and better war that can be spread to diverse areas all over the map. Servers like Horus will benefit because the lower populations are drawn to map events making the server seem alive. Larger servers like RA will no doubt have multiple alerts, allowing players multiple choice. Seems like something that would scale well across servers.
Huntrare
12-30-2011, 03:23 PM
The best idea for Central Island is the Mercenary idea. although you could revamp a bit the island, its a bit boring lol. But this is a minor issue.
standistortion
12-30-2011, 04:58 PM
Other things are coming.....
Harken thou oh gods of this world to the words of this mortal man, his wisdom knoweth no boundry.
Psynocide
12-30-2011, 05:51 PM
Other things are coming.
Like winter?
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It would be nice to keep the central island accessible all year round but this would only be feasible if Horus had a larger population to support the war effort/s.
I have no problem with access to the Central Island providing it has some other purpose other than the one it has now. In its current state, I am glad it closes.
In my experience, the time it stays open currently is more than enough. I don't know about anybody else but the novelty wears off quite quickly and is quickly replaced by perverse gameplay and questionable behaviour patterns by some.
I can't imagine this being good either for the game or for the players . Far too often what is meant to be a good thing in this game is distorted by players and taken in questionable directions. Central island is no different with its local chat. No amount of population will fix that. It might just make things worse.
What is this Winter you speak of ? I am not familiar with it :P
Seher
12-30-2011, 10:50 PM
Other things are coming, true. Updates have generally proven to be good. Except for warmasters. I still hope for a warmaster fix, by the way. ;P
What is this Winter you speak of ? I am not familiar with it :P
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Regnum_Online
12-30-2011, 11:59 PM
Put a super castle in the middle with a realm-specific boss monster (Thorkul, dragon, etc) that fights for whatever realm holds it :3
71175
12-31-2011, 11:52 AM
Put a super castle in the middle with a realm-specific boss monster (Thorkul, dragon, etc) that fights for whatever realm holds it :3
And nobody will ever go there :P
Regnum_Online
12-31-2011, 01:08 PM
And nobody will ever go there :P
It'll be nice scenery to have while we're busy bending the gelfs over like usual. :cuac:
71175
01-01-2012, 01:39 PM
/me would like to have CI all year around. Nothing is more relaxing after full of frustration grindin/hunting/warring than some pvps and chatting :P
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About the landmass:
We have plans for a new island in the ignis frontier zone, an RVR instance, a PVP instance and a PVE instance. Yes we are working on an instancing system.
Although Instances kind of go against the original design of the game, is the only way to cater also to the ones who prefer the constant loop between two forts and a bridge instead of the full RVR / Invasion mechanics.
Also, it will work as a way for low level players to take part on the RVR in a controlled location (with other players of a similar level)
Also they are really needed for good PVE boss encounters and a fully featured PVP and team PVP colliseum.
Depending on how this is done, the current use of CI may be superseded by instances . In such a case , CI in the current state may become obsolete.
Kitsuni
01-01-2012, 07:32 PM
/me would like to have CI all year around. Nothing is more relaxing after full of frustration grindin/hunting/warring than some pvps and chatting :P
People have already been caught using CI to communicate the text of war banners. Its like multirealming, without the drawbacks.
its too abuseable to be able to talk to enemies without even logging off.
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