Unknown2008-03-14 02:42:40
Right now, aetherhunting is sort of fun. In order to be really fun, I think two changes should go in:
1) Vortexes should either not teleport you(being on the same square as a vortex has a random chance to teleport you to a random square), teleport you a much shorter distance (right now, anywhere in aetherspace), or teleport you much more rarely than it does(right now is every other siphon). People would not bash astral if you got teleported at random while standing at a node, same applies here.
2) Ab Aethercraft Scoop should have an extra command added that makes all globs of dust on the map show up as white '*' marks when used. That would make getting dust simpler.
1) Vortexes should either not teleport you(being on the same square as a vortex has a random chance to teleport you to a random square), teleport you a much shorter distance (right now, anywhere in aetherspace), or teleport you much more rarely than it does(right now is every other siphon). People would not bash astral if you got teleported at random while standing at a node, same applies here.
2) Ab Aethercraft Scoop should have an extra command added that makes all globs of dust on the map show up as white '*' marks when used. That would make getting dust simpler.
Catarin2008-03-14 02:46:00
QUOTE(Greleag @ Mar 13 2008, 08:42 PM) 493584
Right now, aetherhunting is sort of fun. In order to be really fun, I think two changes should go in:
1) Vortexes should either not teleport you(being on the same square as a vortex has a random chance to teleport you to a random square), teleport you a much shorter distance (right now, anywhere in aetherspace), or teleport you much more rarely than it does(right now is every other siphon). People would not bash astral if you got teleported at random while standing at a node, same applies here.
2) Ab Aethercraft Scoop should have an extra command added that makes all globs of dust on the map show up as white '*' marks when used. That would make getting dust simpler.
1) Vortexes should either not teleport you(being on the same square as a vortex has a random chance to teleport you to a random square), teleport you a much shorter distance (right now, anywhere in aetherspace), or teleport you much more rarely than it does(right now is every other siphon). People would not bash astral if you got teleported at random while standing at a node, same applies here.
2) Ab Aethercraft Scoop should have an extra command added that makes all globs of dust on the map show up as white '*' marks when used. That would make getting dust simpler.
1. Vortexes only teleport you when you actively siphon. They teleport anywhere on the same plane in aetherspace (so in prime it's a lot more likely to be a long distance then on say, elemental) and it is a random amount of siphons before a vortex will teleport you. There is a commander skill called immersion that will prevent you from getting flung. Of course you can't actually move from the vortex spot so it's best to be pretty careful how you hunt in that method. One suggestion I would make is that if immersed, the rate at which the beasts spawn is decreased.
Also, since beasts randomly spawn in aetherspace you really do not need a vortex to just hunt. You can just fly around randomly and get quite a few.
2. Good idea
Unknown2008-03-14 03:12:12
Ok, had the details wrong, but being teleported as much as it does now is not conductive to getting people to use aethercrafts.
