What's New?
Factions
The survivors found on the Lost Isle are truly a hardy folk. Regardless of their occupation or station in life, they've endured countless trials of devastating loss and have come out the other side stronger for it. These people are the faction NPCs you'll encounter during your adventures.
Gaining reputation with factions is not necessarily a groundbreaking mechanic, but how exactly this system will work in an open world multiplayer survival game like Lost Isle is worth diving into.
NPCs will spawn all throughout the world - some will spawn statically in certain locations and others will travel along the roads - but their functionality will more or less be the same. Each NPC will belong to a faction. Completing quests offered by the NPC and/or gifting them appropriate resources will increase your reputation with their respective faction and unlock increasingly useful tiered perks.
An important note is that all interactions with NPCs are completely optional. Lost Isle is designed to be played pretty much any way you like, ignoring them altogether if that's your preference. You will as a baseline be able to craft the survival necessities, and maybe you'll get lucky and find powerful items in loot containers scattered all over the island. However, some of the perks might be too enticing to pass up...
For example, below is a screenshot of the Forge Masters Guild who's specialty is blacksmithing. Increasing your reputation with that specific faction will unlock the ability to craft advanced tools, weapons and armor. If the idea of making your own top tier weapons and armor sounds appealing to you as a player, then interacting with NPCs of that faction will be well worth your while.
If you're playing solo you might become a jack-of-all-trades master of all.
Or if you're playing together with trusted player allies you might go with a divide and conquer strategy - each raising reputations with different factions and coming together to collectively share the unique unlocked perks.
The 8 existing factions of Lost Isle are:
- Forge Masters Guild - Blacksmithing
- Epicurean League - Cooking
- Builders Alliance - Construction
- Earthen Core - Mining
- Stitchers Union - Cosmetics
- Nomadic Circle - Mounts and Relics
- Order of the Watchmen - Combat
- Arcane Assembly - Magic Spells and Enchantments
The details for the specific tiered perks of each faction are forthcoming, but in the meantime here's a short clip of a miner NPC greeting the weary traveler:
"A good day is it?"
A good day indeed!
Other Notable Changes
- Open world procedurally placed major and minor landmarks (monuments)
- Magic combat system rework
- Rain and snow weather manager
- Factions, research, and general UI reworks
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