Palantir
Member #86
Turbine released some questing notes for the expansion:
I'm sure they mentioned the next Volume name before but it's: Volume III: Allies of the King.
The next Epic Story Quests are all Solo -
"Epic Book 2 is essentially a “road trip” experience, and consists of fifteen soloable chapters that explore the first leg of the Grey Company’s journey."
Soloable- same as they went back & did for Epic Book 1. I just hope they didn't do it simply by giving you the "Superman Buff Stone" again. :angry:
Each chapter should have @15 quests so the continuing Epic Story sounds like a good one.
They also have implimented "Vanishing NPC's."
"Make use of new client-side technology in order to place the Grey Company in Rivendell when your quest state requires them to be there, and remove them when your quest state says they have moved on. ... In simple terms, the way this new technology works is that it scans your quest log to determine what NPCs you have been directed to interact with, and if it finds any of these special ones in the vicinity, it draws them for you but for no one else."
{Makes me think Redwolfs "layered world" comments have some validity... }
They also created "Repeatable Session-Plays" so you can replay the Sessions where you go back in time to see significant events and take part in them.
"Just go to the Spire of Meeting in Rivendell and you’ll see a new tome resting on a table there: the Chronicle of Events."
•Chronicle: The Fall of Moria
•Chronicle: We Cannot Get Out
•Chronicle: The Prisoner of Sammath Baul
•Chronicle: The Fate of Laerdan
•Chronicle: Daughter of Strife
•Chronicle: The House of Isildur (NEW)
I guess it's an ok idea, there are no rewards for doing them you just get the ability to re-visit them.
But I'm not that keen on Session play, while I think the idea of getting to watch the events unfold is great having to do some tedious tasks or a quest while in them just to keep the story going is pointless. The events have already happened we're just seeing them unfold so how is my going back there and running around killing slugs and kicking orcs as "him" or fighting as long as possibile as "him" till I die in a no-win situation going to impact anything? You're not going to change anything if you "win or lose" (nor do you get anything) so besides watching the story I'd rather not be involved.
http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/786-developer-diary-volume-iii-book-2-quest-notes
I'm sure they mentioned the next Volume name before but it's: Volume III: Allies of the King.
The next Epic Story Quests are all Solo -
"Epic Book 2 is essentially a “road trip” experience, and consists of fifteen soloable chapters that explore the first leg of the Grey Company’s journey."
Soloable- same as they went back & did for Epic Book 1. I just hope they didn't do it simply by giving you the "Superman Buff Stone" again. :angry:
Each chapter should have @15 quests so the continuing Epic Story sounds like a good one.
They also have implimented "Vanishing NPC's."
"Make use of new client-side technology in order to place the Grey Company in Rivendell when your quest state requires them to be there, and remove them when your quest state says they have moved on. ... In simple terms, the way this new technology works is that it scans your quest log to determine what NPCs you have been directed to interact with, and if it finds any of these special ones in the vicinity, it draws them for you but for no one else."
{Makes me think Redwolfs "layered world" comments have some validity... }
They also created "Repeatable Session-Plays" so you can replay the Sessions where you go back in time to see significant events and take part in them.
"Just go to the Spire of Meeting in Rivendell and you’ll see a new tome resting on a table there: the Chronicle of Events."
•Chronicle: The Fall of Moria
•Chronicle: We Cannot Get Out
•Chronicle: The Prisoner of Sammath Baul
•Chronicle: The Fate of Laerdan
•Chronicle: Daughter of Strife
•Chronicle: The House of Isildur (NEW)
I guess it's an ok idea, there are no rewards for doing them you just get the ability to re-visit them.
But I'm not that keen on Session play, while I think the idea of getting to watch the events unfold is great having to do some tedious tasks or a quest while in them just to keep the story going is pointless. The events have already happened we're just seeing them unfold so how is my going back there and running around killing slugs and kicking orcs as "him" or fighting as long as possibile as "him" till I die in a no-win situation going to impact anything? You're not going to change anything if you "win or lose" (nor do you get anything) so besides watching the story I'd rather not be involved.
http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/786-developer-diary-volume-iii-book-2-quest-notes