marioflag said:
I have seen in another thread a post by kael that light phase was finished.Is it true?So it's now began fire phase?
And please Kael could you give us a preview of all the elements and features that will be presented in Fire and Shadow phase.
In particular we know in fire phase about the introduction of Hell while in shadow the quest for heroes.
But what are the other elements of the aforementioned phases?And there is a schedule about when phases will be complete and so the mod is in it's final phase?
Yes, "Light" is finished (we retain the right to still change and add to things as we desire
).
I dislike listing future features because it builds expectations, and until we are finished with the design for that phase I dont know what it will look like. But in general "Fire" is about the late game and a final battle between good and evil. It also focuses on the Mercurians and the Infernals. We want to play up the armageddon aspects of the game and introduce hell, if that is fun.
Thats really the secret,we want to make the game more fun (heck, if hell isnt fun it will get dumped). "Light" was about defining the civs and adding a more flexible magic system. You can certainly see the results of both of those, but I wouldn't have been able to list the features for it (like the Kuriotates sprawling trait, the Khazads wealth mechanic, or specific spells) until we were relatvily close to releases.
"Shadow" is about the Sidar and the Svartalfar. Its even harder for me to estimate specific features for that phase since its farther out. Our origional high level design called for hidden nationality, monster lairs, equipment, and quests in that phase. As you know hidden nationality got introduced early. Monster lairs as they are in the game now are just a little tester of what we will probably do with them in "Shadow". There is a lot of potential there.
But all of this will take time. So we probably won't have much more to share anytime soon.
