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Hero's Journey: Service Abilities
Mike Paddock looks at this specific area of Hero's Journey.
By Guest Writer on May 23, 2006
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Developer Journal (Page 2 of 2)  advertisement Gearknights know enough alchemical magic to be able to transform basic items into precious metals, usually providing characters who take advantage of this service with more than they would have received from selling those items to a store. ;) Disable Device Sure Footing Imbue Soul jar Resurrection Loresinging Healing It may seem that with so many service abilities, that characters will be constantly scouring town to find service providers. I assure you that this is not the case. Not all services are created equal, so while some may be needed somewhat commonly, like opening trapped treasure boxes, many are purely optional, such as getting a Soul Jar or having Sure Footing cast on you. It is our desire that taking advantage of service abilities fits into the regular routine of your Heroes, and that they not dominate his time. In the meantime, we hope that while acquiring services brings you into contact with interesting personalities that you can depend on and grow to trust. Hero’s Journey’s minimap is fully integrated into the services system, having features for easily advertising your services, as well as making it easy to locate others whose services you want. When players open the services dialog, they can either toggle their own service beacons, or filter for those that they seek. Characters with active service beacons are displayed on each other player’s minimap with icons indicating the type of services being provided. This lets players take advantage of various locations in and around towns to “set up shop." Well I’m running out of space, so while there’s more I could go into about how these systems work, I’m going to have to stop hear. We hope to hear your feedback on the forums here, so go post your thoughts! Thanks for letting me ramble at you; Steph should be back soon with more. -Mike Paddock, Lead Systems Designer
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