Introduction to Dungeon Maker

[Isulith]

<p style="text-align: center; "><img src="http://everquest2.com/images/en/features/articles/aodbeta/eqii_aod_logo.png" width="300" /></p> <p><strong></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Introduction to Dungeon Maker</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/images/en/features/articles/dungeonMaker/crushboneAction.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/images/en/features/articles/dungeonMaker/crushboneAction_sm.jpg" /></a></p> <p>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!</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://everquest2.com/news/read/current/5054" target="_blank"><img src="http://everquest2.com/images/en/community/buttons/readmore.png" border="0" width="175" height="44" /></a></p>

[Zabjade]

<p><span style="color: #00cc00;">I have a couple of questions, do you have object that block the path of adventurers until a "key" mob is killed? (Cell Doors, locked doors, force-fields)</span></p><p><span style="color: #00cc00;">Can you set some mobs to work ranged while others work melee or heal?</span></p><p><span style="color: #00cc00;">Also will the "ranges" of the buff items be displayed to the builder?</span></p>

[Raknid]

<p>Is it just me, because when I click on the read more I am getting an error.</p><p>This is the link in my address bar when I click.</p><p><a href="http://everquest2.com/news/read/current/5054" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://everquest2.com/news/read/current/5054</a></p><p>and this is the error I get.</p><h1>An Error has Occurred</h1> <p>The page you are trying to reach no longer exists or an unexpected error occurred while loading the page. Please try visiting the <a href="http://www.everquest2.com/"><em>EverQuest® II</em> homepage</a> or refreshing the page.</p> <p>If this Issue Persists, please <a href="http://www.station.sony.com/en/support/supportTopics.vm?category=PC&id=002">contact customer support</a>.</p>

[DHAELUS]

<p>Not just you, I am getting the same error message</p>

[CatamanderEQ2]

<p>Same error here.  Guess there is no more to read.  I figured as much. =/</p>

[Calthine]

<p>Interesting, I was looking at it on my phone earlier!</p><p>Try this link:  <a href="http://www.everquest2.com/news/read/current/5054" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.everquest2.com/news/read/current/5054</a></p>

[Brigh]

<p><cite>SoE  wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>so sneaking through without killing anything will not gain you as much reward as fighting your way through.</p></blockquote><p>So none of that funny business you call:</p><p>Thief, Thief: The Dark Project</p><p>Thief Gold</p><p>Thief: The Metal Age</p><p>Thief: Deadly Shadows</p><p>Thief 4...</p>

[Aneova]

<p><cite>Brigh wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>SoE  wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>so sneaking through without killing anything will not gain you as much reward as fighting your way through.</p></blockquote><p>So none of that funny business you call:</p><p>Thief, Thief: The Dark Project</p><p>Thief Gold</p><p>Thief: The Metal Age</p><p>Thief: Deadly Shadows</p><p>Thief 4...</p></blockquote><p>/eye twitch</p><p>DANG IT! now i gotta go play some Thief LOL</p>

[dawy]

<p>My god thief 1 and 2 where great games..happy times playing them back in the day</p>

[DreaddJester]

<p>So....  Trying to understand here......  From what I read, you can't use your own character in these dungeons??  That's kinda lame.  I was kinda wanting to go through the dungeons with my own characters not pre-planned ones.  I was ok with the pre-layouts though to be honest that feature blows too but now I find out you can't even go through them with your own character??  Makes this a major dissapointment for me.  I was expecting a scaled down Neverwinter Nights creation ability.  What I have is more like Wario Ware DIY or maybe even not as much as that.  Perhaps it will still be ok but I'm really not as thrilled about it as I once was and a little bit frustrated that it's not even remotely like what we were lead to believe.</p>

[Atmu]

<p><cite>Raknid wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Is it just me, because when I click on the read more I am getting an error.</p><p>This is the link in my address bar when I click.</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://everquest2.com/news/read/current/5054" target="_blank">http://everquest2.com/news/read/current/5054</a></p><p>and this is the error I get.</p><h1>An Error has Occurred</h1><p>The page you are trying to reach no longer exists or an unexpected error occurred while loading the page. Please try visiting the <a href="http://www.everquest2.com/"><em>EverQuest® II</em> homepage</a> or refreshing the page.</p><p>If this Issue Persists, please <a href="http://www.station.sony.com/en/support/supportTopics.vm?category=PC&id=002">contact customer support</a>.</p></blockquote><p>I have that error always  on all announcements here. So I gave up trying these links.  I am just wondering if it has to do because I am from Europe.</p>

[Rijacki]

<p><cite>DreaddJester wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>So....  Trying to understand here......  From what I read, you can't use your own character in these dungeons??  That's kinda lame.  I was kinda wanting to go through the dungeons with my own characters not pre-planned ones.  I was ok with the pre-layouts though to be honest that feature blows too but now I find out you can't even go through them with your own character??  Makes this a major dissapointment for me.  I was expecting a scaled down Neverwinter Nights creation ability.  What I have is more like Wario Ware DIY or maybe even not as much as that.  Perhaps it will still be ok but I'm really not as thrilled about it as I once was and a little bit frustrated that it's not even remotely like what we were lead to believe.</p></blockquote><p>Running the dungeons with pre-made avatars has been part of the announcements and information for Dungeon Maker (or DYOD) since the very very first one. Any expectations of being able to run them with your own character would have been wishful thinking or rumor perpetuated by players, not official information.</p>

[Zabjade]

<p><span style="color: #00cc00;">They mentioned in the podcat that they where looking for ways in the future to allow player characters into the dungeons, but they did not have a timefram for it.</span></p>

[quiarrah]

<p>Still getting an error</p>

[Isulith]

<p>To those of you who are having difficulty looking at the links over the past few days: we are investigating an issue which is causing some people to not be able to see them. We greatly apologize for the inconvenience! We'll let you know when the issue has been fully resolved.</p>

[SisterTheresa]

<p><cite>Brigh wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>SoE  wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>so sneaking through without killing anything will not gain you as much reward as fighting your way through.</p></blockquote><p>So none of that funny business you call:</p><p>Thief, Thief: The Dark Project</p><p>Thief Gold</p><p>Thief: The Metal Age</p><p>Thief: Deadly Shadows</p><p>Thief 4...</p></blockquote><p>I was just going to comment the same thing, as this pigeonholes the ONLY way to playthrough the dungeons.  Sneaking through is just a viable experience (even in Deus Ex you can do a game w/o fighting).  Shame that.</p>