Altars

[Robert Gaines]

Do altars do anything? If they don’t, they don’t seem important enough to list in the routing list on the right of the screen (The icons that let you auto-route to stairs, fountains, lairs, altars, etc); I believe that this confuses new players who think they have something important that they need to do with the altars.

I do not believe that they should be removed entirely since they add atmosphere.

If altars do something, I think that needs to be indicated more clearly, unless it is intentionally some sort of major secret.

Related: https://bitbucket.org/TeamADOMGmbH/ultimate-adom-caverns-of-chaos/issues/101/feedback

[Kevin Coghlan]

Agree with Robert, and I would add that the ‘hallowed ground’ in front of altars could cause further confusion. It certainly did for me; it captures the player’s attention and suggests that interaction is possible, but I couldn’t find any. Correct me if I’m missing something.

I can see how altars add atmosphere as Robert mentioned, but maybe it would be good to remove the attention-grabbing ‘hallowed ground’ until it works. Having placeholder features is understandable during Early Access, but folks are more liable to find it frustrating in a production release.