So you just completed inferno mp0 for the first time...
Suddenly a Notification pops up on your screen!
YOU UNLOCKED EXPLORER MODE
But what is explorer mode?
You go to Mission select and see a new option Explorer.
You select it and set your MP.
You log on. Now what?
You run to the waypoint and now not only do you see WP for Act 1 but tabs for act 2,3 &4!!!!
You have complete access to every WP without logging out of the game!
Then a Notification Pops onto your screen "ALL BOSSES, EVENTS and DUNGEONS Are spawned in Explorer mode!"
You begin theory crafting your farm routes... taking into account boss rooms, events and spawned dungeons... Then you notice one last thing.
In the Waypoint Selection screen There are new zone maps to choose!!
Thats right In explorer mode Blizzard can add new Zone Maps to any act!!!
You have 100% Access to all acts without logging out and blizzard can add in an unlimited about of content without disrupting XP balance!
I've wanted something close to this for so damn long, I've even created threads for it, as well as many other people. This should have really been an option from the start ><
As wild as I am about the idea of unrestricted WP access to all acts, I do not like the idea of limiting this as an achievement.
I expect to see itemization open up to allow people to find viable inferno gears in Hell quite soon. New Diablo players, as well as people leveling new chars or playing no-AH, will want to utilize unrestricted WP access to all acts while farming for better gears/wealth.
Giving us this option while not restricting it to end-game will provide a far smoother experience throughout.
As wild as I am about the idea of unrestricted WP access to all acts, I do not like the idea of limiting this as an achievement.
I expect to see itemization open up to allow people to find viable inferno gears in Hell quite soon. New Diablo players, as well as people leveling new chars or playing no-AH, will want to utilize unrestricted WP access to all acts while farming for better gears/wealth.
Giving us this option while not restricting it to end-game will provide a far more linear and smooth experience throughout.
Unlimited access throughout the entire game and difficulties would be amazing. Sadly with the way the game is hard-coded to the mission select screen and mission progression. I figured it would just be much easier for blizzard to also have explorer mode connected to the mission screen as an endgame option.
I don't know much about game design but i would imagine disconnecting the game from its linear mission select gamplay would break many things and require a lot of work.
However i do agree 100% unlimited access would be ideal.
Somehow I don't see balance or mechanics being the main reason they aren't tasking their art teams with cranking out new content for free.
Its a XP balance nightmare to add in zones to existing acts across all difficulties. Lets say you add in 6 zones to the game. Blizzard needs to take the xp players gain from the maps and the balance the entire game XP wise so players don't grossly over level areas.
It would be much easier from a balance standpoint to just add a new side farming zone to inferno or this explorer mode idea.
What we need is an endless dungeon which gets harder and harder as you progress through each level.
What we also need with that is different environments every 5 or so levels to stop it from getting boring.
What we also need is a new variety of monsters in that dungeon every X amount of levels. Would love to see shadow clones like in the boss fight against diablo. Or maybe even corrupted fallen classes from Diablo 2 like Paladins, Druids, Necromancers etc. All with the different builds such as Hammerdins, Summonmancers etc.
Every 10 levels you have to face uber bosses. Level 10 might be one uber boss along with a normal boss, level 20 might be 2 uber bosses, level 30 3 uber bosses etc.
Oh and a ladder system which shows who got through the most levels solo, 2P, 3P & 4P.
This isn't something that needs to be unlocked, removing 'storyboarding' based questing from the game is much needed.
This! The idea the OP floated is a cool one (at least, being able to travel WP-to-WP between acts, like in D2), but it wouldn't be easy to implement because of the way questing affects the game. This wasn't an issue in D2 as you could only complete the quests once per difficulty, and it wasn't mandatory to even do all of them. So, I like the idea, but I think it would radically alter the game rather than just be an addition to it (which isn't necessarily a bad thing ;)).
EDIT: for punctuation.
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Also, all the "choose a quest" thing should be removed in explorer mode, since.. you already completed the quests, it should be more like: "choose an area/waypoint".
Also, Belial and Diablo should change to a "farmable" state, which means, no more 2 phases, just one, like with Azmodan, Butcher, etc.
I can't think of any drawback to this. It will actually give you a reason to kill Diablo in inferno.
And, why not, this, you have access only to the explorer mode in the MP you killed Diablo, but not higher, let say, you kill Diablo inferno in MP3, then you can access Explorer mode up to MP3.
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So you just completed inferno mp0 for the first time...
Suddenly a Notification pops up on your screen!
YOU UNLOCKED EXPLORER MODE
But what is explorer mode?
You go to Mission select and see a new option Explorer.
You select it and set your MP.
You log on. Now what?
You run to the waypoint and now not only do you see WP for Act 1 but tabs for act 2,3 &4!!!!
You have complete access to every WP without logging out of the game!
Then a Notification Pops onto your screen "ALL BOSSES, EVENTS and DUNGEONS Are spawned in Explorer mode!"
You begin theory crafting your farm routes... taking into account boss rooms, events and spawned dungeons... Then you notice one last thing.
In the Waypoint Selection screen There are new zone maps to choose!!
Thats right In explorer mode Blizzard can add new Zone Maps to any act!!!
You have 100% Access to all acts without logging out and blizzard can add in an unlimited about of content without disrupting XP balance!
./The End
I expect to see itemization open up to allow people to find viable inferno gears in Hell quite soon. New Diablo players, as well as people leveling new chars or playing no-AH, will want to utilize unrestricted WP access to all acts while farming for better gears/wealth.
Giving us this option while not restricting it to end-game will provide a far smoother experience throughout.
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Unlimited access throughout the entire game and difficulties would be amazing. Sadly with the way the game is hard-coded to the mission select screen and mission progression. I figured it would just be much easier for blizzard to also have explorer mode connected to the mission screen as an endgame option.
I don't know much about game design but i would imagine disconnecting the game from its linear mission select gamplay would break many things and require a lot of work.
However i do agree 100% unlimited access would be ideal.
Its a XP balance nightmare to add in zones to existing acts across all difficulties. Lets say you add in 6 zones to the game. Blizzard needs to take the xp players gain from the maps and the balance the entire game XP wise so players don't grossly over level areas.
It would be much easier from a balance standpoint to just add a new side farming zone to inferno or this explorer mode idea.
What we also need with that is different environments every 5 or so levels to stop it from getting boring.
What we also need is a new variety of monsters in that dungeon every X amount of levels. Would love to see shadow clones like in the boss fight against diablo. Or maybe even corrupted fallen classes from Diablo 2 like Paladins, Druids, Necromancers etc. All with the different builds such as Hammerdins, Summonmancers etc.
Every 10 levels you have to face uber bosses. Level 10 might be one uber boss along with a normal boss, level 20 might be 2 uber bosses, level 30 3 uber bosses etc.
Oh and a ladder system which shows who got through the most levels solo, 2P, 3P & 4P.
Just suggesting what I'd like that's all...
EDIT: for punctuation.
Also, Belial and Diablo should change to a "farmable" state, which means, no more 2 phases, just one, like with Azmodan, Butcher, etc.
I can't think of any drawback to this. It will actually give you a reason to kill Diablo in inferno.
And, why not, this, you have access only to the explorer mode in the MP you killed Diablo, but not higher, let say, you kill Diablo inferno in MP3, then you can access Explorer mode up to MP3.