06-23-2016, 12:12 PM
It is 4 months since I last posted on this thread and my ranger has reached level 25 of 50 levels. Still a beginner, really. I also started a new character, a Spellweaver, and he is also now on level 25.
So what does the world of Drakensang look like? Players begin in one of the home areas, "urban areas" where no fighting can take place and that have exits to 2 or 3 other areas where most of the action occurs and they are ranked in order of diifficulty. The urban areas vary considerably. The Werian Sanctuary is useful as a base for Slifmoor My characters all started in Kingshill, the largest urban area I have yet come across in the game. It has a hill on top of which is a throne where the king sits. He has a chancellor, one level below. And there are many other who task willing adventurers with quests. Most players seem to start out with quests against undead in Swerdfield Pastures. As characters become more experienced they graduate to harder quests. Hagastove Grotto is probably the next place to receive quests. The Dark Forest (17-20 levels) will be next (including the Wildherz Caverns - caverns are classed as dungeons, which players solve quests alone), and after that Slifmoor (lvl 20-22). There is another sanctuary called The Resistance Command Centre where I have been once, and another wilderness area Troll Canyon (lvls 25-26), good for hunting fist-stone trolls. There is also the Burning Coast where dragons set fire to buildings and plunder them. These are the main ones I have been active in but there are many, many more. I hope to explore some of them if I progress and get the chance.
The beauty of the game lies in the great variety of quests to be undertaken and the well-designed scenic nature of the areas. But also the German efficiency of the way the game is run.
So what does the world of Drakensang look like? Players begin in one of the home areas, "urban areas" where no fighting can take place and that have exits to 2 or 3 other areas where most of the action occurs and they are ranked in order of diifficulty. The urban areas vary considerably. The Werian Sanctuary is useful as a base for Slifmoor My characters all started in Kingshill, the largest urban area I have yet come across in the game. It has a hill on top of which is a throne where the king sits. He has a chancellor, one level below. And there are many other who task willing adventurers with quests. Most players seem to start out with quests against undead in Swerdfield Pastures. As characters become more experienced they graduate to harder quests. Hagastove Grotto is probably the next place to receive quests. The Dark Forest (17-20 levels) will be next (including the Wildherz Caverns - caverns are classed as dungeons, which players solve quests alone), and after that Slifmoor (lvl 20-22). There is another sanctuary called The Resistance Command Centre where I have been once, and another wilderness area Troll Canyon (lvls 25-26), good for hunting fist-stone trolls. There is also the Burning Coast where dragons set fire to buildings and plunder them. These are the main ones I have been active in but there are many, many more. I hope to explore some of them if I progress and get the chance.
The beauty of the game lies in the great variety of quests to be undertaken and the well-designed scenic nature of the areas. But also the German efficiency of the way the game is run.