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Yegolev
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on: July 21, 2010, 11:03:09 AM

http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/754-developer-diary-instances-20-part-1-

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Even when a space ends up successful with solid gameplay and fun, like Orion’s recent rebuild of Garth Agarwen, it suffers because it is set at a single level and only accessible to a small portion of the playerbase. This creates a lose/lose situation. We have great content that the majority of players aren’t in a level band for, and the players who want to play it are left with something not in their level range and an unrewarding experience as a result.

This is a huge reason I am against a level-based game.  Too bad we are stuck with it.

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Reply #1 on: July 21, 2010, 11:45:07 AM

I like it. I now perhaps get to do stuff I haven't seen before, due to time.

I still say Turbine makes the BEST dungeons.
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Reply #2 on: July 21, 2010, 11:45:41 AM

This (scalable dungeons like COH or skirmishes) actually sounds pretty neat. Balancing can be a rather big issue though (see duo skirmishes), I hope they're testing with lowbies in quest gear as well as twinks and level 60+s with uber LIs.

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Reply #3 on: July 21, 2010, 12:30:54 PM

observations:

1) how will they handle itemization?  Several instances bestow unique rewards.  I wonder if they will be scaled and/or if Turbine will implement heirloom'ing like in WoW.
2) nothing about LFG.  Presumably that's coming.
3) nothing about Radiance/Hope gating.  Presumably that's also coming.
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Reply #4 on: July 21, 2010, 01:18:44 PM

On #1, I might guess marks+barter.

For #2, I assume no change there.

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Reply #5 on: July 29, 2010, 09:44:58 AM


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Reply #6 on: July 29, 2010, 12:19:13 PM

Well, I expected at least one new token type.  Pleased to find otherwise.

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Reply #7 on: July 29, 2010, 12:42:29 PM

Still wish they would make them a currency though.

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Reply #8 on: July 29, 2010, 12:44:27 PM

You mean so that they don't take inventory slots, right?

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Reply #9 on: July 29, 2010, 12:54:06 PM

You mean so that they don't take inventory slots, right?

Yesr.

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