A Compass

[frumbert]

I\'d like to see a small compass on the interface (could be a part of the action buttons at the top left). I\'ve seen suggestions for maps and radars etc, but never mentioned of a simple direction. This would at least assist when I\'m lost in a dungeon knowing that I\'d seen a staircase somewhere.. I\'d be able to say \'somewhere to the north of here\' if someone were to ask me.

[Kramy]

Hmm...or a compass item. I remember in EQ there was the \"sense heading\" ability, and a compass spell too. Maybe the devs can make it so you can buy a compass to aid in your travels?

[Axsyrus]

i like the idea of a compass/compass item, but it would be anoying to have to go to your inventory all the time so i would like to see a compass integrated in the gui.

[Kramy]

But only if you buy the item.

Maybe a draggable window, or a window that if you have a compass you can toggle it with F3 or something?

[frumbert]

buying the compass would be pretty smart. you could make it cheap - say 10 rubies, so that it becomes a \"first quest\" kind of item.

The compass is small - no need to take a slot in the inventory. Maybe we need a new inventory slot for \'pockets\', where items on the interface are kept; e.g. a compass, a watch, a simple world map.. There wouldn\'t be that many pocketable items.

Maybe have compass upgradable at vast cost, so that it contains a coordinate system?

[Icefalcon]

we wont have rubies as currency anymore...and what do you mean by \"first quest item?\"

But whatever i like your idea that you could upgrade the compass...

[frumbert]

I mean when a new user first joins and logs in, they find a NPC standing next to where they started . They click on him, say hello, and he might say back something like:

\"Oh, friend traveller. I seem to have lost my way around. I had a compass but I must have dropped it. How will I find my way home now? Can you please go to Trogg\'s Emporium on the far side of town next to the great temple and buy me a new one? Here\'s $10 for it and your troubles.\"

Then, you go and buy the compass and return. The NPC then says:

\"Oh thank you friend, but I found my compass. It was in my pocket all the time. I\'ll forget my own head next time! Why don\'t you keep that one? Perhaps we\'ll talk again in the future.\"

So you\'re introduced to talking to the NPC\'s in order to get information - a quest, information about how to get around, where to look for things, etc. Plus you get your compass.

[lynx_lupo]

Me too. I agree with the above.

There\'s just my analitical part again. Where does the compas point? We\'re in a stalagmite near the center of the planet....south is down, north is up...so east and west are only 2 of the 4 ways in the plain. Pretty useless then.

[Wedge]

A compass would point to the center and the big crystal, obviously.  Not sure what good that is, but that\'s what it would do.

[lynx_lupo]

Well no. It would point to just one of those 2 points. And then there would be this problem...you could stand anywhere on the \"coat\" of an imaginary cone with the top in the pole and a circle for the base....and you\'d get the same output from the compass.

[Sifright]

ok we make a imginery set of points up like this
-----------------------------------C






--------------------a----------------------------b--------------------






-----------------------------------D
C being the crystal so the compass always faces the crystall that way a ,b and d dont need to be north or anyt hing they could stand for any thing and why dont jsut have it so the crystal is some how interfereing with the magnetic properites of the ground so it is ignored

[lynx_lupo]

Interference sounds fine, but still the plane of the compass is vertical not horizontal.

[Kixie]

hehe i always wondered why we dont have a compas already and now that i think about it, it makes sense. lol. maybe at different angles the crystal at the top would have a different shade
EX: say your at one side of the stalagtite, it shines red but as you go to the center of the stalagtite it gets lighter and lighter untill white again. same as for the 3 other sides. maybe blue yellow and green

[lynx_lupo]

Oh no! That would mean all colors would change...a scary aspect, especially when moving through the \"borders\".

I like my wood green at all times...I don\'t want to adapt to the colors for 10mins everytime I move for more than 100m.

[Kixie]

im not talking about a huge diference in light but just a small glow from the crystal you barely even notice. anyways i would like to hear if you have any better ideas.... :O