The Kingdom of Battleon

Maybe right now AE doesnt really have a good story for battleon kingdom background, so they just labeled it as kingless kingdom for now. What if the battleon kingdom is a town built at a ruin of old kingdom and the people just repair it to look better, what if some npc we met is a heir/heiress of that old kingdom. Too much hypothesis... Just let AE roll it and decide it later

 

I don't know about that... the players are imaginative people, so if they need suggestions for a story or backlore for an existing one, they can just see what ideas players have and see how that can fit with their own ideas. Excusing the lack of a story wouldn't be a good idea since they barely have a story for the game's main villain already. The whole idea of "an ancient kingdom that lost its king" doesn't really work out, because Battleon isn't really some sort of lost kingdom... it's a town with autonomous rule and protectors (Guardians) guarding the town.

 

I am okay with it for now too but AE needs to get it sorted out.

 

Dage showcased some ideas he had for a sign for Yulgar's Inn yesterday. One of them had a knight holding a mug while the other one had Yulgar holding a mug. Honestly, I don't understand the whole thing about the knight. Knights aren't really the main attraction of Battleon, but I'm glad people preferred Yulgar over the knight. It should be Guardians over knights to be honest.

I just feel like they pushed that whole concept of a knight in there, because they want Battleon to be a kingdom (in their own vision), but the majority of players ultimately don't see the point of a kingdom. Yes, it's true that they've had a knight appear in Battleon before (AKA Roland), but I always looked at those events as outside defense whenever Battleon had an invasion. To me, the Battleon Defenders are heroes of all types (Artix, the players, Defender Rogues, Defender Mages, Defender Warriors [as seen in the Defender shops during invasions], Kord & Senna [as seen during the first invasion], and Knights). The point I'm making is that Battleon isn't really about knights and kings. It's about Guardians and adventurers/heroes, and I hope AE realize that when they're pushing out the revamped Town of Battleon.

 

That's right! I would like AE to see this vision and stop calling the upcoming Battleon a kingless kingdom.

 

Well, the original AQ is Artix’s vision, and AQ3D is also Artix’s vision. The reason why AE would never sellout to a big company is because they want to make their games in their own vision, which is completely understandable. But along with following their vision, I think consistency is also important, and that’s the part that makes Battleon fuzzy. If Battleon was a kingdom to begin with, then it’d be perfectly fine for AQ3D to have Battleon be a kingdom, but it isn’t like that.

 

this battleon reminds me of playing aqw

 

The similarities are there and that's for sure.

 

Not for me at least. New Battleon seems so walled off and more emphasized on its grandiose structure and emphasis for its Guardian Tower. Original Battleon in AQWorlds was more simple and the current Battleon in AQWorlds feels alright, but not as crazy as AQ3D’s upcoming Battleon.

 

I like this kingdom/castle/or whatever you called it because it makes AQ3D different from AQW.

 

AQ3D is supposed to be based on the original AQ more than AQWorlds from my understanding. The devs never were attempting to recreate AQWorlds in 3D. And comparing AQ, AQWorlds, and AQ3D, AQ has the least amount of complexity for their town, AQWorlds has medium complexity, and AQ3D has the most amount of complexity. They're all different in their own respect. They wanted AQ3D to feel bigger, and that's why they went the direction they did.

Spoiler: AQ Classic's Battleon

 

It's not surprising to see AQ3D's Battleon being the most complex really, AE has come a long way and with their experience they have gained, there are willing to go further and experiment a bit more.

 

I would have expected the opposite, to be honest. Considering AQWorlds is 2D, I would have expected that to have the most complexity while AQ3D which is 3D, should have had the least. Guess they're just willing to put more resources into 3D Battleon, even though nobody really complained about how the old Battleon was already. At least there'll be more to explore, like entering the Guild Hall building and seeing new places that the current Battleon probably would never have had. I'm hoping there's an outdoor band where we can interact with a band NPC and you get the option to pick which music plays in Battleon, sort of like a jukebox. I think that would be neat to see in the new Battleon since the game music is too repetitive.

 

I am glad AE is being progressive than most of us though! It's great that we are getting a big hub to explore around and do activities in.

 

Yeah, in their other games hubs attend to have just shops, quest givers and not that much else.

 

AE is pretty ambitious about this so let's see how they will handle it.