Changes to Zana and the Atlas

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Nether_Celeste wrote:

Still not enough contrast for the map connection lines, under the Elder influence.

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liefdes wrote:

Is there going to be Elder's Stronghold as well?

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Kelvynn wrote:

Please, make the art department take a little time off of creating 3D art for trash uniques that nobody uses, and fix the issues with the Elder blob obscuring map connections!

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ACGIFT wrote:

I actually do kinda like the idea, of randomly selecting a map to direct the player to go to. Forcing some variety for the best rewards is a good thing, rather than just setting up an Elder Square to constantly chain the same map.

I'd been toying with a number of proposed ideas (ranging from re-doing Zana's dailies to even a novel way to implement Alva) but this one works as well, I suppose, with less re-working of the mechanics.

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cookie_dinosaur wrote:

interesting to have shaper strongholds

but whats the difference between this and the elder circles in 3.1? seems like pretty much the same strat would be to keep a stronghold close to a good map and farm

Well, there's a distinct difference in that SHAPER influence doesn't have to be contiguous. So functionally, all it does is prevent ELDER influence from moving past it: it serves as a block.

So if you DID get it close to said "good map," there's no guarantee there will be shaper influence on it. I suppose you COULD use it by drawing your Elder Blob near it: the stronghold will block the blob from expanding past it, and present a good "edge" as you repeatedly flip an adjacent map. The stronghold would prevent the Elder Blob from expanding too much, but it'd be no guarantee against the SHAPER expanding too much.