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how BIG will AoC be in terms of landscape (compared to WoW, Gw, Eso etc...) EEEE 3.0

ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
in Ashes Of Creation General Discussion
Was wondering if they've talked or mentioned how big the world map will be when it's all finished? Personally, the bigger it is, the better. Especially since fast traveling pretty much wont exist outside of scientific nodes, it will feel a lot bigger than in other games. 
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  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Somewhere between "massive" and "miniscule".
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Karthos said:
    Somewhere between "massive" and "miniscule".
    Value add right there
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    I would guess it would be one of the larger games out there but as we have no info it's impossible to answer with anything but guesses 
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    I hope that it's somewhat larger than BDO had.
    Like scaling the GTA V map up to an MMORPG size in details and NPC movement - that'd be very immersive :3

    I would be fine with having multiple continents, too.
    Giving us enough space for sea content (diving, sea warfare, etc), as well as having additional routes for "caravans" on the sea - building new colonies (nodes) on other contintents that no player has seen before :)
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    It is likely to be very large as an open world with 5 ZOIs but as has already been stated it's currently all guess work in trying to compare our world with WoW, ESO etc.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Also the lack/rarity of fast travel should make it feel bigger than most current games :)
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    AutumnWillow said:
    Also the lack/rarity of fast travel should make it feel bigger than most current games :)
    This right here.

    We will be out in the world rather that porting around it. 
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    AutumnWillow said:
    Also the lack/rarity of fast travel should make it feel bigger than most current games :)
    @AutumnWillow This depends on the mounts available to the players.

    If mounts increase your travel speed by e.g. 150%, it might still be "large".
    If mounts increase your travel speed by e.g. 250%, it might feel very "small".
    I had this happening in BDO. Once you have an extremely fast mount, some areas "shrink" somehow.

    Not to mention those 10 people per server who can fly... :-/
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Karthos said:
    Somewhere between "massive" and "miniscule".
    Please run for congress.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Karthos said:
    Somewhere between "massive" and "miniscule".
    Where's the insightful button when you need it...
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    I hoping for a massive place. I'd like the underwater content to be close at hand though cause diving and just enjoying the scenery sounds like fun.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Bannith said:
    I hoping for a massive place. I'd like the underwater content to be close at hand though cause diving and just enjoying the scenery sounds like fun.
    I'm not asking for the the Half Gaia Project but... would be pretty sweet.  Never going to happen though xD
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    ReaperOfCookies said:
    Bannith said:
    I hoping for a massive place. I'd like the underwater content to be close at hand though cause diving and just enjoying the scenery sounds like fun.
    I'm not asking for the the Half Gaia Project but... would be pretty sweet.  Never going to happen though xD
    Reminds me of the Illusion of Gaia game from long ago on SNES.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Eh. We won't know what we have til we have it. @ReaperOfCookies I'm really hoping for a nice large open world and it's not really far outta the ball park.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    If we think BIG
    If we believe BIG
    If we dream BIG
    If we talk BIG
    and make those wishes BIG................

    Just maybe............it'll be MASSIVELY BIGLY!

  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    edited June 2017
    Bannith said:
    Eh. We won't know what we have til we have it. @ReaperOfCookies I'm really hoping for a nice large open world and it's not really far outta the ball park.
    Well a large world isn't out of the question, the Half Gaia Project sure is though. Unless of course they intend to spend years upon years creating it, which I can't wait for T-T
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Herdo said:
    AutumnWillow said:
    Also the lack/rarity of fast travel should make it feel bigger than most current games :)
    @AutumnWillow This depends on the mounts available to the players.

    If mounts increase your travel speed by e.g. 150%, it might still be "large".
    If mounts increase your travel speed by e.g. 250%, it might feel very "small".
    I had this happening in BDO. Once you have an extremely fast mount, some areas "shrink" somehow.

    Not to mention those 10 people per server who can fly... :-/
    I sincerely hope this won't be an option. Playing a Dwarf riding a donkey at 250% speed would be immersion breaking of the most profound. Legs would be a blur.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    I'd love expansive mountain ranges - my favorite game areas are always wooded mountains (think: Timberline Falls from GW2 or the Grizzly Hills from wotlk).

    We know that, as a result of the kickstarter, there will be naval and underrealm content, so I hope the mountainous/forested regions of the game are not neglected :)

    TLDR - please give us more than one hill as a "mountain range"
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Kratz said:
    Herdo said:
    AutumnWillow said:
    Also the lack/rarity of fast travel should make it feel bigger than most current games :)
    @AutumnWillow This depends on the mounts available to the players.

    If mounts increase your travel speed by e.g. 150%, it might still be "large".
    If mounts increase your travel speed by e.g. 250%, it might feel very "small".
    I had this happening in BDO. Once you have an extremely fast mount, some areas "shrink" somehow.

    Not to mention those 10 people per server who can fly... :-/
    I sincerely hope this won't be an option. Playing a Dwarf riding a donkey at 250% speed would be immersion breaking of the most profound. Legs would be a blur.
     :D 

    I would love to see a dwarf on a donkey going 250% speed  :D
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    ReaperOfCookies said:
    Bannith said:
    Eh. We won't know what we have til we have it. @ReaperOfCookies I'm really hoping for a nice large open world and it's not really far outta the ball park.
    Well a large world isn't out of the question, the Half Gaia Project sure is though. Unless of course they intend to spend years upon years creating it, which I can't wait for T-T
    I get you and I don't expect it either lol. This isn't like NMS or Minecraft where they just generate randomized terrain everywhere. That'd be crazy with no fast travel though can you imagine? You end up half way across the world from your buddy on horse back lol...

    Hey buddy, when you getting back for this raid? 6months......... *slams head on keyboard*
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Bannith said:
    ReaperOfCookies said:
    Bannith said:
    Eh. We won't know what we have til we have it. @ReaperOfCookies I'm really hoping for a nice large open world and it's not really far outta the ball park.
    Well a large world isn't out of the question, the Half Gaia Project sure is though. Unless of course they intend to spend years upon years creating it, which I can't wait for T-T
    I get you and I don't expect it either lol. This isn't like NMS or Minecraft where they just generate randomized terrain everywhere. That'd be crazy with no fast travel though can you imagine? You end up half way across the world from your buddy on horse back lol...

    Hey buddy, when you getting back for this raid? 6months......... *slams head on keyboard*
    That's where the fairy rings and the gates come into play I'd assume, but we're not getting any of that.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Exactly. Even flying in a straight line can only get you so far so fast.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Bannith said:
    Exactly. Even flying in a straight line can only get you so far so fast.
    We could build trebuchet points everywhere..
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    We could give dwarfs a turtle for each foot.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    I love the fact that they chose to keep fast traveling out of the game, almost 100%. Fast traveling just ruins that exploration desire for me. Why design beautiful nature if youre only going to conveniently gwleport past it everytime? This has been bothering me for so long and I'm so glad that they will keep it out. It should take time to travel the world by foot or horse. Maybe they can add a "set camp" element for the nights,  where you make a bonfire and set up a small tent and just wait there until first light, given that there would be more dangerous monsters lurking about at night. In that sense i hope thst the death penalty also is pretty harsh, so that the will to survive will be stroner. 
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    The fact that we have a Top Surface and a Underground makes it close to 1.5 of whatever we see on a Map from Sky view plausible. I -pray- we get enough to really explore... Imo World of Warcraft's Azeroth is too small and this is counting the Broken Isle, Panderia, and Northrend; I want bigger, and some underwater content isn't bad even if Water Questing is cancer XD::::

    But I do need to understand, that there needs to be room for Expansions and new content!
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Kratz said:
    It is likely to be very large as an open world with 5 ZOIs but as has already been stated it's currently all guess work in trying to compare our world with WoW, ESO etc.
    I may have misunderstood, but I believe there are a lot more than five ZOIs.  Five is just the cap on the number of metropolises that can be developed.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    @Possum
    I want to agree but it is no longer possible. If the agree button comes back then I will agree then. 
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Sozia said:
    @Possum
    I want to agree but it is no longer possible. If the agree button comes back then I will agree then. 
    Some of us have been improvising with [AGREE].  There has also been some [INSIGHTFUL] spotted here and there.   :)
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Uranu5 said:
    The fact that we have a Top Surface and a Underground makes it close to 1.5 of whatever we see on a Map from Sky view plausible. I -pray- we get enough to really explore... Imo World of Warcraft's Azeroth is too small and this is counting the Broken Isle, Panderia, and Northrend; I want bigger, and some underwater content isn't bad even if Water Questing is cancer XD::::

    But I do need to understand, that there needs to be room for Expansions and new content!
    I am stuck on that sig of yours. Bravo good sir, bravo.
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