Hi. I'm absolutely loving alter at the moment, indeed I confess I've slowed down work on the audiogames.net database sinse these days I have less gaming time over all (sinse I am obviously spending lots of time with the very soon to be Mrs. Dark).
I'm actually progressing hugely well in the game and surprisingly quickly, indeed I don't think it's going to take too long for me to get back where I was, and without! so much agro. The reason for this is one word: quests! I am absolutely loving all the different quests in the game, accomplishing various tasks, feeling like I'm actually contributing to a story rather than just wandering around and seeing numbers get larger and larger. Indeed, I've never had to grind yet, ie, just seak out and kill mobs for xp without any other goal in mind (though i do take time to practice some of my less used skills and spells). And despite that I'm levelling very rapidly, indeed so rapidly I've tried to level my lower classes so as not to get hit by the xp reduction before I run out of quests, though this doesn't matter too much sinse generally i enjoy doine quests simply in and of themselves, indeed I appreciate that Altereon unlike some games (I'm looking at you Materiamagica), doesn't say "woopse! your too high level and can't do that quest now" The one thing I have found a bit of a problem though, is sometimes finding where the quests are. Obviously when your pointed to a quest by a particular npc like the hierophant in the holy grove that's one thing, however when the quest is just in the list it isn't always clear where to go to get it started or how to begin, eg, I had no idea the "ring of the gate keeper" quest was in the old imp mines without bothering people on the newbie channel, though i was very glad to get that quest (I really enjoyed the descriptions and atmosphere for that one, particularly sinse it was a maze area without combat). The "Quests Nearby" command is pretty good when your entering new areas, and to check you've got all the quests in a particular area, however it doesn't help when you look on the "quests kordan" or "Quests slo" lists. I was therefore wondering if either the the areas you started a quest could be included when looking at a quests list, eg "Won the silver ring of the gate keeper, the old imp mines" or if there could be an expantion of the "quests kordan" command with "quests kordan area" to show a list of what quests occurred where on the island. It'd also be nice if quests I'd already completed could be removed from the list, or listed towards the bottom just so that I no longer had to look through all the ones I'd already done each time, though this isn't %100 necessary. If however a listing of the area started could be included in the lists, or a quests area command that would help quite a lot, sinse I really! am loving the quests in the game, indeed I'm sorry some areas like the indera school of illusion don't have them, (odd sinse I would've thought a gladiator training school against illusary monsters would've been a perfect place for a gauntlet type of quest). Btw: My lady actually loved the sound of Altereon when I showed her the game. She doesn't have a computer right now sinse hers rather exploded but should be getting one this week and she fancies giving things a try at that point. All the best, Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
