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The monster layout that did exist in Deralia Sewers (ie. from the forest entrance to the temple), is almost exactly as it was (save some swamp eyes in place of some of the dewm trees for sake of stability). There was nothing at all to do in the sewers, but that obviously wasn't the intent, it simply hadn't been populated. I'd really hate to just wander through empty sewers, myself.Oyster said:
If you really just want pretty mazes with nothing to do, you can go play Kreed's Climbing Adventure. But this is an MORPG - you kill monsters here. (Granted, even in Kreed's you have to climb around against a timer - but I can't name a multiplayer game, off hand, that's just mazes with nothing in them and no goal...)
If your favorite bits of the game are where you aren't playing it, it's time to find a new game.
You can't... At least, not if you're in the Daragoth's level range. You'll get your butt kicked, as nearly everything there is agro. Unlike the bears on Idlemark's that are just taking up space as part of a huge backdrop. Even if you do manage to squeeze by Daragoth's orcs and giant spider, you still have to at least dodge them all, and it makes for a playtime of, what, 2 minutes? But you can dash through nearly any map, if you outclass it by a dozen levels.
In a few years, when yer level 60, The_Wall will be a "hangout zone".
That's a nice imaginary reward, as everything is just as dangerous as you left it when you return, and no one thanks you in Deralia, and you can even start there. I mean, at least someone in Deralia asked you to clear the sewers. And statistically, the most popular maps that run, those that run the most often, are still the most linear, oddly enough. (Also, how could you call Keledrosruins anything but linear?)Oyster said:
Really Aluhandra is every bit as linear as Deraliasewers. Like the sewers, there's only two ways to go, and you either go into an area with neigh endless monster spawns, or a long gauntlet.
...and how were these mummies misplaced? I mean, what's the alternative, yet more skeletons with x50 multipliers? It's pretty obviously an undead temple zone... Maybe I shoulda put bears in there.
If it was a darkly lit temple and I was pressed for time, I might consider it. But I think they'd look a tad out of place flying around bright open grassland.Oyster said:
There's lots of lore items, I don't think more of those are going to help, in fact, they seem to do quite the opposite. More quests would be nice, and more variations in play styles would be nice (and I don't consider "empty map scenery" a play style). No one, or hardly anyone, wants to work on any lore maps though, as most mappers just have their own ideas going. New play styles, in addition to the fact that those proposed do not receive much enthusiasm, take quite a bit of time to work up and test. Of those few we have been added over the years, most mappers show little interest in taking advantage of them. These days, mostly, I just get empty mazes in my inbox.Stoned said:
