Ryzom Ring Preview Impressions Article

[acridiel]

New player here, will be subscribing soon. I've read a bit about R2 but I had a few questions:

> What exactly is a 'scenario'? Is it like a mission? Or a dungeon? Or what?

A Scenario is in fact a series of Events InGame that you as a Player develop with Ryzom Ring.

> Are the scenarios you create instanced or part of the main world?

At first they will be "instanced" and only exist as long as their creator (you) is online. Later and if they pass judgement by Nevrax they may be added to the world permanently.

> Can anyone make one?

Yup.

> Allowing players to create their own content in an MMO on one hand sounds exciting and fascinating. On the other hand it sounds like a recipe for total disaster. What controls are in place to make sure the scenarios are balanced and free from offensive content etc.?

No XP, or Items to be gained in these Scenarios, only and only maybe XP-Katalysts. So no overpowering by Scenario. belive you me, all those things were discusseed at leeeeength. To "offensive contend", well I remember a certain "we´ll handle it like a tell with very private contend." Quote. But certainly those "Scenarios" won´t pass the final test by Nevrax.


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Acridiel

[vesas]

Cool, thanks for the answers Acridiel

[kostika]

Thank you Acridel.

The only thing I would add is that scenarios eventually also will be able to be hosted by Nevrax for a small fee so they can be live and online even when you aren't logged n. This won't be available immediately from what i understand, but will be soon after.

[oldmess]

At first they will be "instanced" and only exist as long as their creator (you) is online. Later and if they pass judgement by Nevrax they may be added to the world permanently.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought there were 3 eventual variations planned (granted, only #1 available in first release):

1. purely instanced as you described.
2. hosted and available all the time for an extra cost.
3. hosted and available all the time for no cost (must pass a review by the devs that it truly fits the world).

In otherwords, I thought there was an option for hosted, non-instanced scenarios that didn't require that I prove anything to the devs as long as I was willing to pay the extra cost of hosting it. I hope this is still planned.

[rundll32]

From what I've gathered oud, yes. Regardless of the quality of the scenario I think you can have it online all the time for a price.

[kostika]

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought there were 3 eventual variations planned

Yes. I explained the hosting for a cost in my last comment

[oldmess]

Yes. I explained the hosting for a cost in my last comment

I know, I was just trying to clarify/resummarize because it was easy to assume the type of hosting Acridiel was referring to (where the dev's must "approve" of it) and the paid type you were referring to were the same thing if you weren't reading carefully. Thanks for confirming my summary.