Quests
Even
though Camelot features PvP combat, it also will have an extremely
detailed questing system that allows players to go on quests to get
items, advance in guild level, learn new spells, and explore the
world.
Camelot's
questing system has several features that make quests non-repetitive
and ensure that each player that does a specific quest will have a
different experience. In most online RPGs, quest consist of going from
step 1 to step 2 – talk to the NPC, find an object, give it to him,
he gives you a note with more instructions on it, etc. These usually
end up with a lot of l characters "camping" the same area
waiting for a specific NPC to spawn so that they can kill it/talk to
it/etc. This can often be frustrating to the players, especially if
the NPC spawns rarely.
Camelot's
extensive questing engine will alleviate these issues in several
different ways. First, the steps in the quest will be randomly
generated, so two players going on a quest for the same item will
probably not do the same steps, and definitely not in the same order.
Second, players on quests will have to fulfill
earlier parts of the
quest in order to get quest items off of NPCs. For example, if a
player has to say a certain phrase to an NPC to get an item, the NPC
will not respond to the correct phrase if the player has not
done the previous steps on the quest. This will stop massive amounts
of players camping all-important quest monsters, since they will to,
personally, perform each step on the quest.
A
special Questing Journal keeps track of the player's quests that have
accepted, as well as list all completed ones. It will show the steps
that have been done on a quest, and what the next step to be
accomplished is. There's no more scribbling down esoteric phrases or
notes - questing journal will manage all your quest information for
you. This will alleviate the need for tedious note taking and the
"what do I do with this piece of pottery?" that happens in
other RPG games.
By
combining these features, Camelot will offer a welcome change to
players who want to fulfill their character's quests. By keeping track
of each quest step for them, and by ensuring that they don't do every
quest in the same way as every other player, Camelot will allow
players to more fully enjoy their characters and their quests.