FISHING! TREASURE HUNTING! EXCITED YES NO?

ArchivedUser

I feel like what @Umji wants is fishing, leading to finding of treasure maps, which in turn leads to treasures. 

Of course, a robust fishing system by itself would be pretty cool. Finding all sorts of knick knacks and cool items, and if ties in with some form of achievement system, that would be ever cooler. ("Found a Boot", "A Dozen Boots", "What the Fish, Another Boot")

I think there would be a chance for treasure maps to tie in with another goal of Intrepid - exploration. I remember hearing that Sharif wants players to appreciate sceneries, etc.

How this could work is that treasure maps could be just a picture of a location in the world. It would not be a picture of where the treasure is buried, but a POV picture standing on where the gold is buried. It could feature certain landmarks, or just vex the treasure hunter by being one of a distinct landscape but without any really recognisable landmark. 

From an implementation point of view, I see it being highly feasible, because all you need to code the treasure map is the location of the treasure, and POV angles to generate the picture. 

This could turn treasure hunting into a thing of its own, and something that will reward players who really pay attention to the scenery in the game.

ArchivedUser

Fishing will definitely be great. It's so versatile as well.

You could fish ponds/lakes or even the ocean for ingredients to cook or feed livestock.

Oh and I'm not sure if this has been covered but, will there be nodes with all or majority water only?

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SpectoRz said:

Fishing will definitely be great. It's so versatile as well.

You could fish ponds/lakes or even the ocean for ingredients to cook or feed livestock.

Oh and I'm not sure if this has been covered but, will there be nodes with all or majority water only?

Like Island nodes? I too am hoping to find out. That'd be great! Especially for the players who're very into the naval aspect of the game. 

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Diura said:

Umji said:

Diura said:

I'm a female bearded lady dwarf - I am a treasure o.o
asides from that I think the treasure will not be on maps because they'll be lost treasure of the world before it's collapse ^^
Im not one for fishing but you'll find me looking for special gems and rocks or chopping down trees

YES~ MAP NOT SAME EVERY DAY IN AOC.

FORGOT. 

The way you speak takes immersion to a whole new level it's strangely addicted xD I need to see more speeches from you xD

"It's obvious she has some of that -" The orc paused, his face left in disgust, "Ren'Kai blood in her." He then proceeded to walk ostentatiously to the threads exit before giving a long drawn out sigh. "You know, we're not all filled with such a barbaric and primitive lineage that you other races continue to amuse themselves with jokes; and might I say chatter. Sure, we might like the occasional skull bashing, crude humor, and ripping these fashionable clothes to show off my, I mean our green chests; however, we continue to our unique dignity and charm."

The orc points his index finger up towards the sky. "Now on to the topic! We all know there is nothing better than a cruise on a merchant ship when you can cast a rod, and slowly ignore those blastedly irritating Empyrean elves! Do you know that they never stop talking about how superior their culture is and that they can continue this conversation the entire cruise!?! My word, sometimes I wish I could have predicted this future and attempt to change fate." 

"On the other topic, I must say, treasuring hunting is a tiresome and dirty activity to partake in. Who would go through all those tombs to just have Nasgash continue to hand you paintings of himself and tell you the wonders of never having to shower yourself in undeath? Disgusting! You'd never see me delve into such an area, never! The orc slowly notices his bag open displaying his array of war paints and a single lonesome piece of loincloth. He rushes quickly to close it, a slight flush of crimson expressed on his cheeks. "You've seen nothing..." 

ArchivedUser

Back in UO, I was a big fan of fishing due to all the weird things you could fish out of the water, including treasure maps. I think it would be amazing to build an Indiana Jones type character, rouge-archer-cartographer-fisherman. Make a living fishing, exploring, and digging up treasure!

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Hidden treasures in open world will be good way to get people to explore. There can various ways to find treasures. Some hidden treasures can be find with pure luck and some with maps and hints. Maybe you need to collect few/several pieces to get a whole map. So in some more rare cases you need to see effort to get better loot. Or maybe we could see treasurehunt questchains..

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AutumnWillow said:

SpectoRz said:

Fishing will definitely be great. It's so versatile as well.

You could fish ponds/lakes or even the ocean for ingredients to cook or feed livestock.

Oh and I'm not sure if this has been covered but, will there be nodes with all or majority water only?

Like Island nodes? I too am hoping to find out. That'd be great! Especially for the players who're very into the naval aspect of the game. 

@AutumnWillow I asked a similar question in May 4th live-stream thread I am still hoping to get answered. It would be cool if a guild could find a nice fishing hole and get  enough xp to activate a node next to water creating a fishing village.

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I'm thinking Treasure Hunting is like a " 2nd type of Dungeon" tbh . Only difference is that they'll  " special-tasks " / actions you'll to do before advancing to the next step

• such as finding artifacts, 
• decipher tex ( which could dynamically-change based on Race or if one of the party has been to an in-game library to study up on " old-native-tongue " ... so idk  )

Whereas Dungeons = a more "generalization of everything" / standard Group content 
Treasure Hunting =  more of a " Specialization "  ; nit-picking certain aspects of the 
" generalized-Dungeon(s) " but putting more emphasis on the tasks to make it stand-out/ differentiate from a Dungeon.

Baring in mind that Treasure Hunting will be more diverse & bizarre ( and fun    ) 

Fishing will be okay 

• i just don't see why a Mage can just a cast Water-Spell to manually get the fish it needs  Xp 
• Or maybe Mage can make a temporary Water-portal
• I am joking Xp

I just don't want to fall asleep while fishing