Dev Diary 3 :: 2015 :: January

[Ray]

This system definitely won't be ready in time for the next major patch, but here's a sneak peak into the development of another system on the way.


Challenge System & Challenge Points
I'm not sure currently whether this will be a merge of solo & party challenges, or whether it will be a part of the public 6-man party listing system yet as it's in its early form. I'm currently thinking of simplifying a few initial planned ideas as to prevent the game from getting too complex, and allowing more content be played by all instead of being stuck solo'ing or stuck having to group with others and so forth.

Basically i'm thinking of setting up these challenges in 4 modes:

• Solo Difficulty
• Duo Difficulty (2 man team)
• Group Difficulty (Public 6 man team)
• Guild Difficulty (up to 40 man team - guild only)
  

Also to finish up on a multitude of intended features, i'm thinking of creating an end-game difficulty tier called Inferno, which will include the above said difficulties, but also award 'Inferno Points', which will give an entirely new set of Inferno-Only upgrades for battling a long series Mythical creatures. This is definitely end-game stuff though, where you probably won't even touch the surface of the easiest Inferno challenge for several months until the caps are lifted much higher, the 3rd ascension tier is released, crafting, and so forth....however it will be prepared in time for such things to allow many more months of insanity.

I have a ton on my plate as-is, but my goal is to prep all the new systems for implementation and start pumping them all out 1-2x a month. By mid-summer I expect to have enough content for players to seamlessly progress through to last a couple years...giving me the development time to work on fun events and less grindy stuff.