Notes from the Shroud of the Avatar International Convention 2019 panel on World Building. Towns, Adventuring Areas, and Dungeons.
General Comments
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The new quest system will be based on the same system that will be used for player created NPC dialog/quests. https://www.inklestudios.com/ink/
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There will be some limitation to player NPC dialog to protect the performance of the server side of things
2020 Highlights
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New land and Player Owned Towns
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New Quest and Task System
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Treasure Map System
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More Dungeons
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Scene Rework and Polish + Wave Battles
Questions (paraphrased)
Note: questions that may be spoilers have been skipped here
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What are the mechanics for travel to the EP2 lands?
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Probably boat travel like to Hidden Vale
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Scroll will work as well
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How different will the new quest system be from a user interaction perspective?
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Shouldn’t be much different from the current keyword system
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Will the player NPC dialog work on vendors as well?
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Yes, that is the idea
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When will the player NPC dialog be in the game?
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Hoping for the end of the year
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Will there be a quest for a town sized deed in addition to the row and village?
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Nope
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Will it be possible to move a smaller house around on a larger lot (flexible placement)?
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Someday maybe
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It all comes down to the navigation mesh flexibility
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Right now, there are too many bugs in the 3rd-party navmesh currently used
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Be sure to check out the details in the video posted by NBNN