Mob Spawning Style

Snekkers

Imo, mobs shouldnt be spawned in groups like in WoW where u run from group to group. It should work like in New Wolrd where animals live in the forest, and deadmans are walking on thier village, it makes hunting for food more engaging than just grinding food

Gaul_

Yeah, I would definitely love to see a change in how mobs are spawned from the MMO standard. There has been talk of this with regarding to gathering wool/hides from herds as a movable resource, but I don't think there has been any indication yet that they are planning something like this for regular mobs.

Also, here's hoping they have a respectable respawn time, so we don't get overwhelmed because the respawn time is too fast for the time to kill each mob.

Dolyem

This is a good point actually. Mob spawn placement is more important than people may think. It can increase or decrease an objectives difficulty as well as the style of going about completing that objective. Denser mob spawns prove difficult battles while Spaced out definitely feels more of a hunt.

Snekkers

definitly there is some room for testing

akabear

I agree.

Wonder if the ideas for mob spawning from the failed initial approach from Ultima Online if with some much knowledge and tech since whether a modified version wtih more intelligent AI,/ procedural approach might work.

Similarly, the ideas that Everquest Next had, I was very much looking forward to..

Snekkers

yea, concept might be worthy of some testing, but will it fit ashes? who knows

McShave

If they have dynamic spawning gathering resources, why can't they have dynamic spawning monsters as well?

Azryil

I think mobs spawning in groups has it's place, especially in dungeons or bandit camp style areas, that's not to say that there shouldn't be free-spawning patrols in those areas as well.

JustVine

My problem is more so the short leashes modern mmos have. They remove most of the skill and danger in pulling a mob and keeping aware of possible links. A longer leash range can fix this. The more the have room to wander, the more their pathing algorithm will allow for more natural as spread. There is room for scripted spawns and short leashes, but I hope they aren't the majority.

Snekkers

Big amount of wandering should help too yea