The Dhahabu Kingdom arcs

[Darmian]

6 hours ago, ZamuelNow said:

I believe people are typing their text without any code and then right clicking to add the code after.  This adds the code in a way that ignores the character limit but makes things a headache to adjust afterwards.  I'd say it's better to be concise with your narrative.

Yeah, you can exceed your character limit but if you get it wrong it can be a tedious pain to fix.

[ZamuelNow]

On 3/18/2025 at 3:20 PM, Forager said:

As for criticism? I don't love when someone puts dialog in my character's mouth and I hate when I'm told when I think, feel or believe... but that's a personal pet peeve.

 

With this being a recurring bit of feedback, I've opted to remove these.  In the grand scheme of things, it's not needed.  Plus, future projects might play in the space of having players in a role and I'd rather not overdo it elsewhere.

[Forager]

The second arc was great. The Changua Jinamizi are a cool enemy group. Great look, unique feel and the Ravens in particular were badass.

 

I did have a fair bit of trouble in the sand cave mission. I took out a few Circle Mages, realized they weren't the right guy and I ran to the end. Nobody was in there so I had to go back through and treat it like a kill all, only it took me two passes through the whole map to get everyone. I went back to the room and there was a glowy. I don't know if that glowy was always there, or if I triggered it, if I had to kill the Circle Mages... no idea. The final fight in there was neat because the Raven took off and flew around for the entire thing.

 

The map really helped the atmosphere and fit the enemy group, but damn that map sucks.

 

Once again, great custom enemy design. The fight with Ubuge was cool, Auri was a badass and her personal guards were a refreshing change of pace... pun unintentional.

[Forager]

@ZamuelNow now I do have a couple of questions. In your first Dhahabu Kingdom arc you have NPC's whose title is "Artist" instead of Minion, Lieutenant, Boss etc...

 

How'd you do that? It looks like it was the Tsoo artist maybe recolored? 

 

Also the crystals in the second one... are they allies instead of objects? What's up with those? Where are they?

 

Or keep your secrets!

Edited July 6 by Forager

[ZamuelNow]

Oh, I'm willing to share secrets considering the arc has been around since retail.  Yes, it's a recolored Tsoo artist.  Mainly a file space saving measure since we used to have less space to build arcs.  Didn't realize it caused a title change.  The crystals...are renamed Devouring Earth pets (Will of the Earth).  I'd suggest other authors do wiki dives since a lot of enemy groups have interesting mobs to repurpose.

 

16 hours ago, Forager said:

I did have a fair bit of trouble in the sand cave mission. I took out a few Circle Mages, realized they weren't the right guy and I ran to the end. Nobody was in there so I had to go back through and treat it like a kill all, only it took me two passes through the whole map to get everyone. I went back to the room and there was a glowy. I don't know if that glowy was always there, or if I triggered it, if I had to kill the Circle Mages... no idea. The final fight in there was neat because the Raven took off and flew around for the entire thing.

 

The map really helped the atmosphere and fit the enemy group, but damn that map sucks.

 

I'll have to look at the code again next time I'm in game but I forget if it's a triggered glowie or not.  I know it's a swerve narratively to show that the stakes have been raised.  The love/hate reaction to that map has been a constant that I enjoy.  The map sets the tone it needs to.  The only map I have issue with is the first map in the first arc due to the usual outdoor map headaches.

[Clave Dark 5]

22 hours ago, ZamuelNow said:

 I'd suggest other authors do wiki dives since a lot of enemy groups have interesting mobs to repurpose.

More often than not I end up disappointed to find out that cool mob's not available from the AE group separately!