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Originally Posted by Killarny
Player dungeon creation SOUNDS good, but I think it would be a horrible disaster. Most player created geometry (going by the mods for other games such as Halflife) is horrible at best, and having a bunch of stupid looking zones littered about would be completely destructive to gameplay immersion.
I highly doubt that they will ever successfully implement this, unless it's done on a submission-approval basis.
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Player dungeon creation might be pulled off correctly with a proper interface. In an ancient (circa 1995) AmericaOnline, text-based space trading game called 'Federation', players actually created their own 'planets' complete with topography, secret entrances, puzzles, encounters, etc. Granted, text can be very rich in description, whereas a graphic interface would need have mostly standardized elements. As for 'stupid-looking', not all created lands need to be accepted into the game. Anyone who would seriously do this creation for the game would most likely consider whether it would be a good fit, as it would take a fair amount of time and effort. That said, I think MMO's are a long way from offering this, just in the downtime to download new graphic areas!