Hello everyone

This week's question has been submitted by Svettka, who asked:

Q: What kind of PvE challenges do we expect from Earthrise? Will there be elite bosses / raid mobs ? Quest mobs with advanced AI ?

A: The island of Enterra is generally a dangerous place populated by large numbers of predatory mutants, renegade bandits and robots gone independent and hostile. Each type of PvE opponent will feature several levels of difficulty with it's own set of abilities and statistics that will challenge players of all "power levels" therefore very few opponents will be considered intended for weaker or powerful characters only. Despite their difficulty and powers geared towards constant progression of power, opponents will have a random factor in designing their behavior pattern, or AI - some will be self-sacrificing in combat while others will break under the pressure of the combat and run away; some will call for help and enrage their nearby friends, others will prefer a single combat; some will be more attentive and paranoid about their envinronment, while others will close an eye for what is happening around; some will be more cunning and use their abilities better than others. Players won't know what to expect from their opponents, thus combat with each mob will provide a small, but constant challenge in predicting ways to deal with the most complex behavior and preparing for it in advance. Raid mobs make a difference because they will be unique creatures with their unique AI. Raid mobs, like in other games, will be very difficult to kill andtheir tactics should be predictable in order to prevent constant wipeout.

If you are now asking yourselves - where's Moll - she's on vacation and hopefully having a great time. She'll be back with you on time for next QotW

Please feel free to discuss the question below in thread, tell us what you think
~B.

Um, I don't think this part of the question was answered.



I'm not sure I understand this completely: does this mean that all PvE opponents will respond to the level of the player and as a result become a corresponding level, e.g. the same mutant would either act as a level 1 or a level 25 depending on whether a level 1 character or level 25 character was attacking it?

Nah, basicly it means that mobs of the same type will have difficaulty lvls of ranges. So you may be able to run into lower dificulty Junk Bandits, and then run into higher difficulty Junk Bandits. But it won't be that the Junk Bandit are lvls 5-10 where as the Trash Bandits are lvls 20-30.

This is manly because of the skill set and not a lvl set. So Junk Bandits could have diffrent skill lvls and abilities that change there difficulty in battle.

(junk and trash bandits are made up for the use of explaining. I have no idea if they are real mobs or not, just didn't wanna use mob-a / mob-b)

EDIT: oops.. someone answered before me...

Wow dynamic AI for the mobs sounds cool! I'm also liking the loot drops because it makes sense the a person may drop a piece of armor or weapon and a creature would drop components and what not!

I like the idea of AI for MOBS. Wonder if this adds the real possibility that while out in the wilds of Enterra  you may be stalked bye a MOB.

Thank you to those who clarified - that makes sense.

id just like to say... O.... M... G!!! this sounds amasing! as long as its implemented like moll described it this sounds like pve is somthing i could actually enjoy

behaviour change seems to be interessting