Is each biom going to have lvl1-50 content?

So I know this has been talked about before but I’d like some clarification and just wanted to get new people’s take. A few interviews ago Steven made it sound like they are abandoning the idea of mob levels changing as the settlement levels up. I forget the exact quote but it made it sound like there will always be certain settlement that will level faster due to the PIO’s around them. How can you go with this model when you want bioms yo stay populated? No one is going yo be a citizen in the riverlands past 25 or so. So either each biom will have 1-50 content always or you need to have the mob levels change as everything grows or at least open up “deeper” levels to a dungeon . This a big problem I see with the “dynamic “ world. You want people to be invested in all the settlements but if there is no high level content around it no one will stay.

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Ludullu

Iirc they'll add some higher lvl mobs, but certain spots will just have those from the get-go. So the game will pretty much be a themepark with same node development around each spawn point, because people will simply grind the mobs that give you xp w/o leveling up nodes.

ShaggyRyn

Has any devs confirmed this? I see problems with both ways. On one hand you do want to always keep 1-50 content for new players and on the other a core part of the game is node development and node siege and if they don’t change no one will stay. Why be at a node at lvl 45 and have to travel 45 minutes to your leveling spot. Just don’t add up.

lamina5432

theres a copium clinic youtube channel where they interviewed steven a few months ago that answered this. Not very happy of the current intention which is for starter biomes to be 1-30 and stop there. Then the other ones to go up 50, not clear if they go from 1-50 or 30-50 but I would rather all biomes be crates equal. If they need a tutorial zone maybe make the starting zone slightly bigger and move the riverlands out a little more.

ShaggyRyn

I really don’t know how you can have a dynamic world if nothing truly changes… I would love for a dev to explain how they expect for people to stay citizens of these starter zone. Especially the ones that are on the coast in the anvils.

Ludullu

https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/comment/512136#Comment_512136

I think at this point they don't. They moved away from dynamism into the MVP of "just a themepark that kinda somewhat barely works".

ShaggyRyn

I’m typically vary positive about this game but this change sucks lol. I still think it can be a great game but what really is different about this mmo than others? If nothing is truly tied to nodes level other than what is available in the city itself then who cares? With this model the “world” is stagnant…. I really hope they make the augments something special where it completely changes the class or else both of the major appeals about the game for me will be dead. Sad

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