Posts Tagged ‘dungeon maker’

Dungeon Maker Rewards, XP Disabled

Written by Feldon on . Posted in Game Updates & Maintenance

It looks like a further exploit has been discovered in Dungeon Maker with regards to Rewards and/or XP. One such issue, specifically a certain debuff item that could be placed in Dungeon Maker dungeons to reduce the hitpoints of surrounding enemies, was corrected this morning.

The EQ2 Forums are failing to load, but the announcement indicates that Dungeon Maker rewards and XP have been disabled for the time being until an issue with them can be addressed.

Hi Everyone,

Due to some issues that have been reported with Dungeon Maker, the tokens and XP are currently disabled (set to zero).

As soon as we have more information, we will let you know!

Thanks! — Dexella

UPDATES follow after the jump…

   

Dungeon Maker Issues: Mystery Crates, Tokens

Written by Feldon on . Posted in Grouping

After the last two week blitz of news about Dungeon Maker, including the winners of the Poet’s Palace Dungeon Maker contest, the addition of more Dungeon Maker items, and this week’s “Play As Yourself” feature introduction, there were a couple of glitches affecting DM dungeons.

Poet’s Palace Dungeon Maker Winners

Written by Feldon on . Posted in Grouping

We’ve been remiss on reporting this but wanted to give credit to the designers who put a ton of time and effort (despite some bugs including proximity-activated text not working) into the new Poet’s Palace Dungeon Maker layout.

The winning entries:

SCARS OF LOVE
Created by Pixiewrath on Freeport (See the video trailer!)

THE LOVELY BONES
Designed by Severiss on Oasis

AREA 51
Constructed by Raferty on Unrest (See the video trailer!)

COLLECTION OF RECOLLECTIONS
Devised by Jamisia (and Luvil) on Butcherblock

Play As Your Own Character Fix for EU Servers

Written by Feldon on . Posted in Game Updates & Maintenance, Grouping

Play As Your Own Character was released on live servers yesterday, allowing you to zone into Dungeon Maker dungeons with your own characters, rather than DM avatars, but somehow this feature didn’t make it to the Storms and Valor servers. According to Bunji this is now being remedied:

We’re looking into the issue where ‘play as yourself’ is not working on international servers.

and at 3pm:

International patchers are being updated (pushing out the missing file). I’ll reply when it’s done.

Yesterday’s Dungeon Maker News also included some new items that can be bought (or earned) and placed in DM dungeons to add a bit more interactivity. These are now going live as well:

Also, these two new DM items are now up on the Marketplace:

Dungeon maker – Builders – Story Objects – Popup Test (Yellow)

Dungeon maker – Builders – Storytelling – Make Actor

Moderate to Severe Bugs Mar Poet’s Palace DM Contest

Written by Feldon on . Posted in Game Updates & Maintenance, Grouping

Coinciding with the launch of Game Update 63 was the introduction of the Poet’s Palace ‘Dungeon Maker’ layout. Much to the consternation of testers, this layout went straight to the live servers without any player testing. The end result, is over a dozen moderate-to-severe bugs which make using this dungeon layout challenging for designers and hazardous to adventurers. As this dungeon layout is the key to a contest to drum up interest in the lacklustre Dungeon Maker feature, it’s hard not to see this as another stumble towards player-made content.

Cyliena has posted a detailed thread discussing these issues on the official forums.

Poet’s Palace Dungeon Maker Forum Challenge

Written by Feldon on . Posted in Grouping

From the EQ2 Forums:

Dungeoneers pick up your tools and get ready to rumble!

Dungeons made by EverQuest II players have impressed, inspired and amazed us. We can hardly wait to see what you will do with the recently released Poet’s Palace Dungeon layout. To offer everyone a chance to show off their dungeon decorating skills, we?re pleased to announce the Poet’s Palace Dungeon Maker Forum Challenge!

We have had a lot of fun with Dungeon Maker and hope that you are enjoying it as well! Our team is committed to developing it further over time, with initiatives such as playing as your own character. We outlined a few of the things we’re working on in the May Update Plans for EQII article, so check it out! Creating new ways to enjoy EQII is one of our driving goals!

The Poet’s Palace Dungeon Maker Forum Challenge is a decoration and design challenge. Participants can build their dungeon on any Live Server or the Test Server, subject to the rules below. The Poet’s Palace dungeon layout can be purchased on the Marketplace for the low price of 75 Station Cash or 100 Dungeon Marks!

Continue Reading…

EQ2Wire Asks

  • Will being able to play as your own character in Dungeon Maker starting in mid-June increase your interest in Dungeon Maker?
  • Is there enough customization to design what you want in Dungeon Maker?
  • Is it acceptable that entry into this contest requires purchasing the Poet’s Palace dungeon layout? Does it raise legal questions?
  • Is the EQ2 team out-of-touch about Dungeon Maker?

Dungeon Maker Items Price Drop

Written by Feldon on . Posted in Art, Appearance, Housing, Grouping

From EverQuest2.com:

What’s better than the amazing Dungeon Maker system introduced with Age of Discovery? Cheaper Dungeon Maker items, of course!
Whether it’s getting the boss pack of spawners – reduced from 1800 DM (Dungeon Marks) to 150 DM — or one of the many cool Glass Weapons available from 100 to 750 DM, we want to make items purchased with Dungeon Marks more accessible to you! It doesn’t matter if you are looking for a specific consumable or a decorative piece of armor, there is something for everyone available via Dungeon Marks.

So starting today, February 27, 2012 jump in game and check out the new reduced prices!

“Power”-based Avatars Won’t Replace Regular DM Avatars

Written by Feldon on . Posted in Grouping

While the EQ2 team continues to test allowing players to use their regular characters in Dungeon Maker dungeons, additional changes are planned to make Avatars (nee Adventurers) more interesting and dynamic.

Recently, a new mechanic for Avatars went to Test, namely a “power” bar which can be built up to unlock more powerful abilities. At first, we compared it to the Beastlord Savagery bar, but Testers universally knocked this analogy, with less favorable comparisons.

In light of this reaction, Lyndro has indicated that existing Avatars won’t be changed to the new system — instead, a new line of Avatars will be added with said mechanic:

Hi folks!

Thanks for your feedback, this is exactly why we put stuff like this on test before putting it out live. Based on your feedback, instead of changing the gameplay of existing adventurers, we’re going to introduce a few new avatars based around this style of mana management. This way if you want to experiment with something different the option is there, but you can continue playing with DM in the manner that you’re used to.

Thanks again for the feedback!

Our Take

Given our druthers, we would have gone with 6-8 fully fleshed out “Characters” with a full hotbar of spells and buffs that players might learn to love, rather than gnolls and mermaids with 4 spells apiece. People can warm to playing prebuilt characters, if they’re interesting and dynamic. Squaresoft made billions on Final Fantasy before they offered installments allowing you to create your own character. People will get absorbed in a character, if it’s interesting.

Introduction to Dungeon Maker @ EverQuest2.com

Written by Feldon on . Posted in Expansion News, Grouping

From EverQuest2.com:

We are extremely pleased to bring you the new Dungeon Maker feature set. For the first time, you and your fellow players can create new content for the game, play through a constantly changing list of player-created dungeons, and get rewards whether you are a dungeon builder, adventurer, or both!

We recently ran groups of press folks through a “tour” of the Freeport revamp and the AoD feature set. We ended each tour with a demo of Dungeon Maker and what it could do, and we were met with a lot of excitement about the potential once players get their hands on this stuff.

There’s a lot to be excited about, and if you aren’t currently involved in the beta testing (at present about 4000 of you *are* involved), then you haven’t seen much about Dungeon Maker yet. So here’s a preview so you know why this feature will be fun, as either a builder or an adventurer.

Continue reading at EverQuest2.com

EverQuest II: Dungeon Maker Webcast & Transcript

Written by Feldon on . Posted in Expansion News, Grouping

Last night, Linda “Brasse” Carlson (Director, Global Community Relations), Greg “Rothgar” Spence (EQ2 Lead Programmer) and Akil “Lyndro” Hooper (EQ2 Lead Designer) hosted a Webcast about the upcoming Dungeon Maker feature (previously known as Design Your Own Dungeon) in the upcoming EverQuest II: Age of Discovery expansion.

Note: Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson was not able to make the webcast.

Note 2: For the first ~5 minutes of the webcast, Rothgar’s mic was not working at all. At this point, he and Brasse started sharing a microphone.

Note 3: Throughout the webcast, Rothgar refers to the Avatars you use to play through Dungeon Maker-designed dungeons as “adventurers”. For clarity, I have changed all these references to Avatars.

After the jump, EQ2Wire provides an exclusive transcript of this SOE Webcast…

Upcoming Webcast: EverQuest II Dungeon Maker – Thursday, November 17, 2011

Written by Feldon on . Posted in Expansion News, Grouping

UPDATE: According an EverQuestII Twitter post, tonight’s Webcast will be a Smoke-free environment:

“Smokejumper” will not be joining us for the webcast today, as was previously indicated. It’ll still be great, though [Isulith]

From EverQuest2.com:

Come check out the EverQuest II Dungeon Maker Webcast! Host Linda “Brasse” Carlson (Director, Global Community Relations) will interview Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson (EQ2 Executive Producer), Greg “Rothgar” Spence (EQ2 Lead Programmer) and Akil “Lyndro” Hooper (EQ2 Lead Designer), and learn all about one of the most anticipated features for the new EverQuest II expansion: Age of Discovery.

Join us on Thursday, November 17, 2011, at 4:30 p.m. US Pacific Time*, as we live stream this webcast on the Twitch TV! The webcast is expected to last about 20 minutes.

Come join us for the fun!

See you on Twitch TV!

Other Time Zones:

  • PST: November 17 @ 4:30pm
  • EST: November 17 @ 7:30pm
  • GMT: 00:30
  • CET: 01:30


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