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technoshaman
01-21-2012, 03:36 AM
So from reading the the interview at: http://www.gamebanshee.com/interviews/106515-dungeons-a-dragons-online-menace-of-the-underdark-interview.html
Turbine now permission from Wizards to do other settings in the future. Think about it, Dark Sun, Ravenloft, maybe Dragonlance and even Spelljamer and possible setting for DDO. Greyhawk maybe be a given or even Planescape could be cool to do. What your ideas, suggestions and wishes for future settings and adventures to go too in DDO?

quijenoth
01-21-2012, 04:07 AM
As much as I would love to see Darksun brought into the mix, Darksun is so severly polar (or should that be solar) opposite to Eberron, the crossover would destroy the feel of Darksun.

Ravenloft is more pocket dimensions and traveling the mists could be fun I think it would be more fitting as a halloween event.

Dragonlance could work but without the ability to play kenders the feel of dragonlance might be lost. Although more dragons (and draconians) to kill would be great!

Greyhawk wouldnt change much and would actually be rather dull.

Spelljammer would just be similar to airships.

Planescape would fit any world much like ravenloft but would be ideal as a simple portal to sigil with all the wierd and wonderful places that city could send you.

technoshaman
01-21-2012, 08:17 AM
Some others I forgotten would interesting:
Mystara which is renaissance type world and it had Hollow World, think Journey to the Center of the Earth but it might be too close to Underdark and FR also.

Al-Qadim (fantasy Arabian setting), Kara-Tur (Asian style setting) and Maztica (Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica type setting) are part of the world of Faerûn AKA Forgotten Realms and can be added after Underdark and more fitting than others I mentioned. These 3 settings are actually other continents in FR so it would be easy to add them.

NostalithilDarkstar
01-21-2012, 08:51 AM
i think they need to introduce deities and domains before other worlds.

Flavilandile
01-21-2012, 09:59 AM
Some others I forgotten would interesting:
Mystara which is renaissance type world and it had Hollow World, think Journey to the Center of the Earth but it might be too close to Underdark and FR also.

Worse, It's too close to Earth ( look carefully at the map of Mystara and then make a google search for Scotese and rumage into the first link ... you might have a surprise Hint : Permian ).

And they killed it so long ago that they are not going to raise a dead world. ( but I really would love it )

KaldainDDO
02-04-2012, 10:39 PM
I'd love to see DragonLance with the 3 schools of magic...maybe adventures set during the War Of The Lance, or just before the Cataclysm. Gotta have Kenders, Draconians and Dragon Lances...oh and for comedy...Gully Dwarves!!!

Also, Ravenloft would be prefect as it touches all the D&D worlds and could be very dark. Very good for solo missions or small 2 to 4 player groups. Could run into anybody in the mists!!

Mystara would be core old school D&D, maybe tie in the mythology of the D&D Cartoon, too (though from what I've seen it could be in either Mystara or Greyhawk). Who wouldn't want to see Dungeon Master pop up now and then, or fight Tiamat (Takhisis in DragonLance) or Venger (...the force of evil!).

Anyway, my 2 cents...the possibilities really are endless for Turbine and DDO.

Urjak
02-05-2012, 08:46 AM
as quijenoth already said Planescape fits every setting that features the outlands plane (Greyhawk and FR do, Ebberon does not, dunno about the rest) ... thus it could be incorporated easily in the FR setting we get in the expansion. And I would SO LOVE IT if they would give us Sigil :D :) :D

For those who dont know Planescape: Its the most magical setting I know of: Everything can be a portal and magic is everywhere. Also Sigil is a kinda neutral zone for all beings. Thus you could encounter a Solar and Pitfiend sharing a drink in the next tavern having a debate about moral standards^^. Magic is everywhere ... heck even the walls sometimes gain a conciousness of their own^^. Everything can be a portal ... thus if you walk through anything that might resemble a doorway (for example if someone spans a rope across the street to dry their clothes and you walk under it .. you must be careful what you got in your inventory and watch your gestures and words ... they all might be the key to open that portal teleporting you to some unknown and dangerous place^^.

Also Sigil is the home to a lot of different factions (although they are now officially illegal i think after the last war of the factions ... the lady of pain forbid them or at least some of them i think) ... for example there are the dusties that believe in the ultimate and final death ... and use zombie workers for all their labor ... or the sensates that are always looking for new experiences^^ (for example there is a brothel of the pleasures of the mind in Sigil ... where *****s keep debating with their customers instead of having sex^^)

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give us Planescape/Sigil! I would so love an expansion with a few adventure packs in this most awesome of all settings^^ ... if you likes partycrashers or the madness serieses ... you for sure would like it as well^^

shores11
02-05-2012, 09:01 AM
After Forgotten Realms gets 8 to 10 more updates or even more than that I can see Ravenloft being the next best fit for DDO. But folks thats something thats way down the line even if it is being discussed. Forgotten Realms remember is the largest of all D&D worlds and there is much to do there.

Meanwhile Turbine don't stop developing Eberron just don't migrant to far into the steam punk and technology that seems to be the path your on.

Gremmlynn
02-05-2012, 09:07 AM
Greyhawk get's my vote, mostly because it's so generic. It would give the devs freer reign to be creative. FR doesn't thrill me as it's been developed in such detail that playing there will feel more like visiting a historic site than making the history ourselves.

Doomcrew
02-05-2012, 09:18 AM
My only experience with Eberron has been through DDO and I have enjoyed it.
There are many loose ends to be tied up here before galivanting across more
Game worlds. An excursion to FR, ok, but let us finish up here.

shores11
02-05-2012, 09:27 AM
Greyhawk get's my vote, mostly because it's so generic. It would give the devs freer reign to be creative. FR doesn't thrill me as it's been developed in such detail that playing there will feel more like visiting a historic site than making the history ourselves.

Everyone has their preferences but for me Forgotten Realms was a very important addition to DDO and one that I believe had to be made. The decision is not only a good choice for fans but a very smart business decision as many DDO players would have preferred that DDO was based in FR in the first place. With rumors true or not of an FR MMO on the horizons and the possibility of Turbine losing more layers to that world they have acted in a proactive manner to not only retain players but bring many back.

Other worlds may and should be a possibility but 2 or 3 years down the road in my opinion. If a FR based MMO ever came out I am one of many that would have left Eberron to play in that campaign setting. Turbine's decision was a sound one and much appreciated.

Gremmlynn
02-05-2012, 09:41 AM
Everyone has their preferences but for me Forgotten Realms was a very important addition to DDO and one that I believe had to be made. The decision is not only a good choice for fans but a very smart business decision as many DDO players would have preferred that DDO was based in FR in the first place. With rumors true or not of an FR MMO on the horizons and the possibility of Turbine losing more layers to that world they have acted in a proactive manner to not only retain players but bring many back.

Other worlds may and should be a possibility but 2 or 3 years down the road in my opinion. If a FR based MMO ever came out I am one of many that would have left Eberron to play in that campaign setting. Turbine's decision was a sound one and much appreciated.Oh I agree. That was a good decision.

Just stating a personal preference based on what I enjoyed with P&P. For me, less developed settings such as the original Greyhawk set (Basically a map and a thin guild with about a paragraph describing each area) or a DMs own setting let things develop in a more flexible manner than one where so many things were set in stone so to speak. Also, it tended to feel less touristy to play in them.