0007754: Allow Warps to teleport back to World Map - Arcen Idea Tracker (Bugs and Features)

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0007754	Valley 1	Gameplay Idea		May 11, 2012 3:36 pm	May 22, 2012 3:54 pm

Reporter	Nanostrike	Assigned To
Status	considering	Resolution	open
Product Version	1.017

Summary	0007754: Allow Warps to teleport back to World Map
Description	Warp Gates should be allowed to teleport you directly to the World Map instead of making you teleport to the first chunk of an area and walk out. That short walk is largely trivial and seems needlessly time-consuming, especially if that first-chunk warp is underwater or in a cave far away from the stage edge. It genuinely breaks the flow of the game, where the "I'm done here, time to go home" turns into "I'm done here...time to teleport to the first chunk, then run out, then go home".
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Internal Weight	Feature Suggestion

Nanostrike May 11, 2012 3:39 pm reporter ~0024089	It would be a relatively simple change that would really speed things up and cut down on some of the "Drag" that was discussed on the forums.

BenMiff May 11, 2012 4:49 pm reporter ~0024096	I do like this idea. However, would it work in reverse as well? (In other words, the start of the first chunk becomes just another warp gate, and you start in the warp zone)? Because that seems reasonable as well.

khadgar May 11, 2012 5:38 pm reporter ~0024102	I've thought about this idea before--somehow it seemed a lot more frivolous when I thought it to myself. One way to implement this would be to have a sub-door inside the warp gate room that takes you to the world map. Obviously it wouldn't look like a door. Perhaps just a red or yellow version of the current warp portal, with the help text of "Press E to return to world map". First time tutorial popup says something to the effect of "This gate, found inside all warp zones, will return you to the world map instantly! Be warned that you can't warp back here from the world map--you'll have to reenter the area and find a warp gate first if you want to come back."

Nanostrike May 11, 2012 5:59 pm reporter ~0024108	I like that idea, Khadgar. That way going INTO a place would still be dangerous, but getting home would still be quick and painless.

Nanostrike May 17, 2012 5:16 pm reporter ~0024416	Note that to make this not make Elusion Scrolls useless, you could change Warp Gates so that you cannot enter them if there are enemies aware of your presence. (I would say you cannot enter if there are enemies alive in the room at all, but that would result in tediously hunting down bats hiding in corners and such!)

BenMiff May 17, 2012 6:20 pm reporter ~0024418	Okay, I'm inclined to say no to being unable to enter warp gates if enemies are aware of you. Elusion scrolls are still helpful since they're usable anywhere, where as you actually have to be standing on the warp gate to enter it (not an easy thing if being chased by a pile of angry enemy.)

Nanostrike May 17, 2012 9:45 pm reporter ~0024424	I said could. It was an option in case people thought it de-valued Elusion scrolls. Personally, I don't think it does.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
May 11, 2012 3:36 pm	Nanostrike	New Issue
May 11, 2012 3:39 pm	Nanostrike	Note Added: 0024089
May 11, 2012 4:49 pm	BenMiff	Note Added: 0024096
May 11, 2012 5:38 pm	khadgar	Note Added: 0024102
May 11, 2012 5:59 pm	Nanostrike	Note Added: 0024108
May 12, 2012 9:30 am	tigersfan	Internal Weight	=> Feature Suggestion
May 12, 2012 9:30 am	tigersfan	Status	new => considering
May 14, 2012 1:21 am	khadgar	Relationship added	related to 0005137
May 17, 2012 5:16 pm	Nanostrike	Note Added: 0024416
May 17, 2012 6:20 pm	BenMiff	Note Added: 0024418
May 17, 2012 9:45 pm	Nanostrike	Note Added: 0024424
Apr 14, 2014 9:30 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Category	Suggestion - Gameplay => Gameplay Idea