In Neverwinter , work is being done on a huge map for the “Strongholds”, the fortresses of individual guilds. To enable a battle between two guilds, it was necessary to mirror the area on a map. This made the map enormous.
The developers at Neverwinter provide an insight into their work. This time, it was about why the new map for the guild strongholds is so vast (apparently 4 times larger than the second largest map) and what experiences are to be had there.
The new map will be so massive in order to allow space for all the activities that players are supposed to engage in there. They need enough space to build their fortress, the monsters to defeat must be somewhere, and space has also been left for “future locations”. There will be further enemies lurking there, which must be unlocked first.
Furthermore, the map should also be suitable for PvP between two guilds. A way had to be found for a guild to practically “move to another map” with its entire fortress for the duration of such a PvP match. Therefore, a map was mirrored and duplicated.
Currently, the guild strongholds are only planned for the PC version of the game.
Mein MMO says: Hopefully, all of this effort will be worthwhile and players will also participate in the activity. A similar mix of base building and PvP was attempted by WildStar and failed.
However, Neverwinter relies more on the connection of the guilds and the desire of fantasy role-players to own their own castle. That could work out. Certainly an interesting and large-scale feature, with which Neverwinter wants to further distinguish itself from the Free2Play uniformity and perhaps can.
