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Ramooona
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The Higher Corvidiologic Archive for Automatectonic Study (and lesser groupoid gift shop)
The Aviantese are renowned for their mastery of smithing, crafting, and magic, and nowhere is this better expressed than in their long legacy of golem and automata creation, from WE2 golems, to clan avatars, to summoned 'minions'. The Archive is a museum that celebrates the culmination of Aviansie craftsmanship.
Or at least it used to be. But these days, the disheveled, eccentric academic who runs the Archive can barely keep a handle on its 'living exhibits,' and constantly finds his ancient minions, prototype golems, and archaic avatars wandering off across the breadth of Abbinah - or even beyond!
Misshapen robots and homunculi hobble around the cramped island, littered with crafted detritus, messy workbenches, and leaning, claustrophobic bookcases. From time to time (not all at once), the custodian will notice one of his exhibits has gone missing, and entreat adventurers to find and return it.
Most 'exhibits' will be hiding somewhere in Abbinah. But more advanced automata might find their way to Gielinor, on a pilgrimage of their own to Armadylean sites. When we find the automaton, we can read its exhibit placard, detailing the history of the period in which that creature was manufactured, or otherwise going into detail on the craftsmen, techniques, and artisan culture of Abbinah. We return it to the custodian for (possibly) a small chunk of XP (summoning? smithing? crafting?)
Or maybe he just gives us something from the gift shop...
So this is a good idea, that I'm going to highlight as an example. Similar to the feather memories earlier, this island has a central mechanic that is extremely simple but scales out quite nicely. It gives you an optional thing to do for a reward, but isn't demanding.
Graphically we don't need anything new. The descriptions of broken benches and the like are nice, but they're not vital for the mechanic. All we really need is an interesting inventory character and some golems.
Fortunately we already have aviansie golems from World Event 2, so there are no new graphics needed here. The inventor we can cobble together from aviansie kit we'll need for RoP anyway, so again no new graphics.
He doesn't even need to be locked to one island. He could appear on any island and then you'll need to remember where you found him in order to bring the golem back. A nice bit of gameplay there for those who care.
So let's think about the reward for doing this. Obviously this is going to take time, and it's going to break me out of whatever gameplay loop I have currently created for myself. So how is it worth it?
If we give XP, then the XP needs to be really high value to matter. Because it needs to make up for the time that I have lost.
So what about something else?
Could we offer a lasting buff? "Inventor's genius" which provides the player with a benefit when skilling on Abbinah? Perhaps getting some bonus XP per skilling interaction, or perhaps offering a chance at extra resources? Or perhaps something even more bizarre?
I'd really like you guys to think about islands like this. Small, interesting and offer fun mechanics that can enhance the gameplay of the rest of Abbinah.
Loving the ideas so far guys, but I'm wary of big graphical ideas because I'm already going to be fighting hard for the core Abbinah stuff. I might steal a bunch of the interesting lore ideas from here anyway, some nice thoughts to throw around the place.
= Raven =
The Higher Corvidiologic Archive for Automatectonic Study (and lesser groupoid gift shop)
The Aviantese are renowned for their mastery of smithing, crafting, and magic, and nowhere is this better expressed than in their long legacy of golem and automata creation, from WE2 golems, to clan avatars, to summoned 'minions'. The Archive is a museum that celebrates the culmination of Aviansie craftsmanship.
Or at least it used to be. But these days, the disheveled, eccentric academic who runs the Archive can barely keep a handle on its 'living exhibits,' and constantly finds his ancient minions, prototype golems, and archaic avatars wandering off across the breadth of Abbinah - or even beyond!
Misshapen robots and homunculi hobble around the cramped island, littered with crafted detritus, messy workbenches, and leaning, claustrophobic bookcases. From time to time (not all at once), the custodian will notice one of his exhibits has gone missing, and entreat adventurers to find and return it.
Most 'exhibits' will be hiding somewhere in Abbinah. But more advanced automata might find their way to Gielinor, on a pilgrimage of their own to Armadylean sites. When we find the automaton, we can read its exhibit placard, detailing the history of the period in which that creature was manufactured, or otherwise going into detail on the craftsmen, techniques, and artisan culture of Abbinah. We return it to the custodian for (possibly) a small chunk of XP (summoning? smithing? crafting?)
Or maybe he just gives us something from the gift shop...
So this is a good idea, that I'm going to highlight as an example. Similar to the feather memories earlier, this island has a central mechanic that is extremely simple but scales out quite nicely. It gives you an optional thing to do for a reward, but isn't demanding.
Graphically we don't need anything new. The descriptions of broken benches and the like are nice, but they're not vital for the mechanic. All we really need is an interesting inventory character and some golems.
Fortunately we already have aviansie golems from World Event 2, so there are no new graphics needed here. The inventor we can cobble together from aviansie kit we'll need for RoP anyway, so again no new graphics.
He doesn't even need to be locked to one island. He could appear on any island and then you'll need to remember where you found him in order to bring the golem back. A nice bit of gameplay there for those who care.
So let's think about the reward for doing this. Obviously this is going to take time, and it's going to break me out of whatever gameplay loop I have currently created for myself. So how is it worth it?
If we give XP, then the XP needs to be really high value to matter. Because it needs to make up for the time that I have lost.
So what about something else?
Could we offer a lasting buff? "Inventor's genius" which provides the player with a benefit when skilling on Abbinah? Perhaps getting some bonus XP per skilling interaction, or perhaps offering a chance at extra resources? Or perhaps something even more bizarre?
I'd really like you guys to think about islands like this. Small, interesting and offer fun mechanics that can enhance the gameplay of the rest of Abbinah.
Loving the ideas so far guys, but I'm wary of big graphical ideas because I'm already going to be fighting hard for the core Abbinah stuff. I might steal a bunch of the interesting lore ideas from here anyway, some nice thoughts to throw around the place.
= Raven =
29-Jan-2018 09:09:34
Zulkir
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Rensler said :
Mod Raven Rocks!
Include some slight Xau-Tak lore?????
No I don't think this is the place for Xau-Tak references.
RavenSworn ones however...
I mean come on... Ravensworn is a given.
Not sure Xau-Tak is appropriate for ROP, so I'm unlikely to reference anything in that department.
= Raven =
Rensler said :
Mod Raven Rocks!
Include some slight Xau-Tak lore?????
No I don't think this is the place for Xau-Tak references.
RavenSworn ones however...
I mean come on... Ravensworn is a given.
Not sure Xau-Tak is appropriate for ROP, so I'm unlikely to reference anything in that department.
= Raven =
29-Jan-2018 16:36:56
Mod Raven
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Zulkir said :
Rensler said :
Mod Raven Rocks!
Include some slight Xau-Tak lore?????
No I don't think this is the place for Xau-Tak references.
RavenSworn ones however...
I mean come on... Ravensworn is a given.
Not sure Xau-Tak is appropriate for ROP, so I'm unlikely to reference anything in that department.
= Raven =
The issue for Xau-Tak lore is would there be any logical reasonto include it?
Did Xau-Tak cone to abbinah? Or was Xau-tak the reason for abbinah's current state?
Did Armadyl personally come across Xau-tak?
Would the avianese have sent an expedition to a world that Xau-tak had influenced?
From current game lore, i dont think tge Avianese wouldn't give any more than second hand (heck, third or 4th hand might even be too generous) accounts of something about Cau-tak.
Most of their activity was focused on Abbinah and Gielinor.
Even Armadyl's wanderings after the God Wars didn't give an indication he came across a world of Xau-tak, even if Armadyl was aware of it after the fact.
Zulkir said :
Rensler said :
Mod Raven Rocks!
Include some slight Xau-Tak lore?????
No I don't think this is the place for Xau-Tak references.
RavenSworn ones however...
I mean come on... Ravensworn is a given.
Not sure Xau-Tak is appropriate for ROP, so I'm unlikely to reference anything in that department.
= Raven =
The issue for Xau-Tak lore is would there be any logical reasonto include it?
Did Xau-Tak cone to abbinah? Or was Xau-tak the reason for abbinah's current state?
Did Armadyl personally come across Xau-tak?
Would the avianese have sent an expedition to a world that Xau-tak had influenced?
From current game lore, i dont think tge Avianese wouldn't give any more than second hand (heck, third or 4th hand might even be too generous) accounts of something about Cau-tak.
Most of their activity was focused on Abbinah and Gielinor.
Even Armadyl's wanderings after the God Wars didn't give an indication he came across a world of Xau-tak, even if Armadyl was aware of it after the fact.
29-Jan-2018 17:53:08
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