The "labyrinth" confirmed as RvR dungeon

Submitted by Abalieno on August 22, 2006 - 12:22.

From an interview with Sanya:

The dungeon (with its maze of twisty passages all alike)

It sounds more like the art team going lazy or moved to Warhammer :)

I'll repeat:

- The RvR didn't need more space added, it needed space cut and consolidated
- If you think about it for more than two seconds a maze-like environment doesn't look so great for PvP action
- "twisty passages all alike" and "largest single dungeon in any MMO", I'm sure you get the point

There's a confirmation that the dungeon will be RvR, though.

How can this be a good idea? I'll wait for more details to be revealed.

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Re: The "labyrinth" confirmed as RvR dungeon

furrot on August 22, 2006 - 17:03.

Maybe I'm starting to get used to PR screened interviews but this one seemed kinda pathetic. Other then a few small tidbits this was basically just a reiteration of the list of expansion features. Didn't read like they were enthusiastic about it either.

I did like the the same quote you pointed out but taken with it's intended context.

The dungeon (...) is the enemy, not necessarily the monsters you'll encounter.

My first thought is that this might mean the dungeon is composed of puzzles and interesting enviroments but your probably right about it being repetative to the max. I'd probably /wrists if I had to wander the same corridor for hours without getting anywhere and not accomplishing anything. The fact that it's RvR just means your either going to be frustrated that you can't find a good fight or frutrated because you keep getting killed randomly by other lost players.

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Re: The "labyrinth" confirmed as RvR dungeon

Brent Michael Krupp (not verified) on August 22, 2006 - 18:49.

Way to completely miss the joke!

When Sanya says, "with its maze of twisty passages all alike" she is simply making a joking reference to the original text adventures Colossal Caves and Zork which had mazes described in exactly those terms. She wasn't actually telling you anything about what the dungeon would be like.

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Re: The "labyrinth" confirmed as RvR dungeon

Jpoku on August 22, 2006 - 21:26.

Ignoring the allusion joke, that's still what a labrynth is though isn't it? So you can assume the dungeon will follow the same idea

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Re: The "labyrinth" confirmed as RvR dungeon

Ketzup on August 24, 2006 - 05:52.

A maze inside of an MMO, what a great idea! Only if skillful use of the '/loc' command could be quantified and then stored on the server. Maybe they could offer some nifty Master Maze-navigator points that I could grind for.

/loc ... hmm..
/loc ... okay ...
/loc there we go!
/loc ... whoopy!! ...
/lo-- *nibbyTwister crits you for 781 damage. ...
/loc ...

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