Haelphon 407 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I like the badlands hanging over the void, that's so cool. AND THANK YOU for taking the floating island idea into account, I've been wanting those for like years :P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phibbup 286 Share Posted September 8, 2013 That seems extraordinarily small, unless you think there is still enough room to build decent sized cities. However, I don't like massive cities where you get lost and most parts go unused so I wouldn't like to see massive plots of land left for capitals. No. A small map with cities with just enough space for the players to live and later develop is a much better idea than another Asulon rerun. I still do prefer a generated map with the cities and whatnot built into it, but I guess Shift knows best if he's got the experience of three maps to finally lead us out of the dark ages. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkaken 516 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Wow. 4.0 is already in development, eh? It feels like we just got into Anthos recently. But maybe that's just me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stag 3234 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Wow. 4.0 is already in development, eh? It feels like we just got into Anthos recently. But maybe that's just me. If you think back we started developing Anthos after being on Asulon since the new year so it really is following the same schedule. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkaken 516 Share Posted September 9, 2013 If you think back we started developing Anthos after being on Asulon since the new year so it really is following the same schedule. Ahh. I completely forgot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booklight12 481 Share Posted September 14, 2013 When is the next livestream? I want mooore! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventusyr 233 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I exported the map, brought it up in singleplayer and the travel time from spawn to the human capital (walking) is 3 minutes and 30 seconds. I've sent the map to the GM and Admins to run around in to see what their ideas are on the travel distance. What do you guys think? This is a perfect distance. I'm tired of having to sprint-jump for five minutes just to reach Salvus, and larger distances between cities spreads roleplay out too much. It needs to be condensed, even if the distances are no longer that realistic, for it to succeed as a roleplay server. Besides, that opens up opportunities to expand and doesn't squish a ton of abandoned ghost settlements between cities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobb'Mar 67 Share Posted September 15, 2013 This is a perfect distance. I'm tired of having to sprint-jump for five minutes just to reach Salvus, and larger distances between cities spreads roleplay out too much. It needs to be condensed, even if the distances are no longer that realistic, for it to succeed as a roleplay server. Besides, that opens up opportunities to expand and doesn't squish a ton of abandoned ghost settlements between cities. Exactly. We've had two maps now that show us large distances do not work. It always annoys me when I hear people asking for EVEN BIGGER distances or similar distances to that of 2.0 or 3.0. It's been tried. Aegis worked best, learn from the mistakes. Compact is good, and this map still has lots of land for people to build on if that's their concern. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiftnative 3103 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 UPDATE >> Livestream resuming tonight at 8PM CST << aka 7 hours after this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dry Crackers 268 Share Posted October 22, 2013 This is a perfect distance. I'm tired of having to sprint-jump for five minutes just to reach Salvus, and larger distances between cities spreads roleplay out too much. It needs to be condensed, even if the distances are no longer that realistic, for it to succeed as a roleplay server. Besides, that opens up opportunities to expand and doesn't squish a ton of abandoned ghost settlements between cities. I agree with you that it is a good distance, but the rest of this and the reasoning is all wrong. Condensation DOES squish a ton of ghost settlements between cities, that's why modern Oren is so suburbanized. Besides, I liked walking around in Asulon--as long as there are clearly marked roads--simply because the scenery was so amazing and nothing was condensed. *shudder* But I can understand the reasoning behind wanting condensation too--and I still think it's more important to have evenly dispersed places than an Anthos or late-Aegis Oren repeat. Even so, I don't mind three minutes as a time, as long as there's some sort of system to stop the incessant development of the countryside, especially in Oren. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nononymous 306 Share Posted October 22, 2013 UPDATE >> Livestream resuming tonight at 8PM CST << aka 7 hours after this post Excited! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventusyr 233 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I agree with you that it is a good distance, but the rest of this and the reasoning is all wrong. Condensation DOES squish a ton of ghost settlements between cities, that's why modern Oren is so suburbanized. Besides, I liked walking around in Asulon--as long as there are clearly marked roads--simply because the scenery was so amazing and nothing was condensed. *shudder* But I can understand the reasoning behind wanting condensation too--and I still think it's more important to have evenly dispersed places than an Anthos or late-Aegis Oren repeat. Even so, I don't mind three minutes as a time, as long as there's some sort of system to stop the incessant development of the countryside, especially in Oren. It was people's desire for land near a road that made Oren so crowded, not that the cities were too close together. As I said, it took a ridiculously long time to sprint to Salvus from Old Abresi. They had room enough, not to mention all the limitless countryside. Go off the road in Oren and it is wilderness for quite a ways. Things got even worse with the lack-of-perms experiment. Asulon was pretty and big, but in my time there I met four people. Everybody else was halfway across the world. That was the antithesis of condensation and because of that I never found roleplay. I joined the server because I wanted to roleplay with people; beautiful scenery is a plus and adds to immersion, but that isn't the point of the server. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iosif 72 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Does anybody have a link to the recorded livestream? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aislin 4354 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Does anybody have a link to the recorded livestream? http://www.livestream.com/shiftnative/video?clipId=pla_e932547a-c8cf-4af1-a292-731ffe7fbd84&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dry Crackers 268 Share Posted October 27, 2013 It was people's desire for land near a road that made Oren so crowded, not that the cities were too close together. As I said, it took a ridiculously long time to sprint to Salvus from Old Abresi. They had room enough, not to mention all the limitless countryside. Go off the road in Oren and it is wilderness for quite a ways. Things got even worse with the lack-of-perms experiment. Asulon was pretty and big, but in my time there I met four people. Everybody else was halfway across the world. That was the antithesis of condensation and because of that I never found roleplay. I joined the server because I wanted to roleplay with people; beautiful scenery is a plus and adds to immersion, but that isn't the point of the server. Let's see, if I'm remembering right, getting from the capital to Solace was a really long walk-But I may be getting it confused with something else. Anyhow, the point about cities is that when they are too close together, all those folks who want their manors by the road get smashed together even more. I don't mind settlements on the edges of roads, so long as it's enough removed from all the other settlements of that sort. I presume you've been in that valley near Baile I believe, on the road to Abresi? The quantity of settlements there, all in a pair of small valleys, which bear no architectural relation to each other, was maddening. Granted some of them were ok, especially once you got inside the things, but from the road it just looked awful! Also I implore people to keep a medieval theme when building, and not use hedges as walls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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