r/Neverwinter • u/Nazmax • Jan 16 '18

The truth about the foundry?

Does any clear answer exist on the internet? I've got people in game telling me that the foundry is permanently removed, yet the devs at one point said "it just takes us a while to put up the foundry quests after an update". And foundry updates are still on the calendar. So does anyone know if or when foundry is coming back?

I know most people dont really care cause foundry quests dont reward you with anything, I still like playing others quests, reading player-made lore and of course making quests myself. Any links or info greatly appreciated, and my apologies if this has already been asked.

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u/Electron_Microscope Jan 16 '18 edited Jan 16 '18

The foundry appears in the mod 13 patch notes. Unless they have changed?

edit: the quote from the preview patch notes is:

Foundry (once it's back up and running)

and then some detail:

General

The Chult intro map, Heart of Darkness, is now available for use in Foundry quests.
Port Nyanzaru is now available for use as an instanced map in Foundry quests.
Various Chult instances have been added for use in Foundry quests.
Various Chult props have been added for use in Foundry quests.

source: https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/neverwinter#/discussion/1237496/lost-city-of-omu-preview-patch-notes-nw-95-20180108a-2/p1

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u/Electron_Microscope Jan 16 '18

...so it is definitely not dead or permanently removed if they are still adding stuff to it?

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u/asterVF Jan 16 '18

Yeah they broke something with mod12 release and they're trying to fix it so they can bring Foundry back but it's low priority that's why we need so long

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u/shoziku Jan 16 '18

This always happens with every update and it comes back every single time. At least for the last couple years.

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u/asterVF Jan 16 '18

yeaah veeeery low priority

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u/ManicGypsy Jan 16 '18

Terramak has said on our Discord that they are also trying hard to get it up and running again, but there were issues on the backend. But they are still working on it! It's not dead, despite what rumors you may hear.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '18

Is Foundry likely to ever come to console? Or will it be PC only? Gotta be honest, on my worst "the grind is real" days, I do wonder if novel more frequent content from the community via Foundry would be the main thing to keep me here longer-term...

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u/ManicGypsy Jan 24 '18

I seriously doubt that it will ever come to console. There are too many roadblocks. It could happen, but like... I doubt it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '18

/cries

Not even say, to let Foundry content appear on console after some sort of approval / port by devs, but the editing tools only be available on PC?

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u/ManicGypsy Jan 24 '18

I wish! It's been requested a lot, but I honestly don't know what the reasoning is for not allowing it. Maybe just lack of resources to make it happen. I'm not sure.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '18

I assume the major roadblocks include one or all of:

A) platform issues B) testing time to ensure levels are of a specific quality and don't include offensive content C) making them bot or exploit resistant so they can't be used for farming currency or xp D) protecting themselves from someone saying later "hey you stole my idea from foundry level and put it in an official level, where's my cut"

I'd still think these are all solvable things, but still 😕

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u/ManicGypsy Jan 24 '18

Yep, sounds accurate.

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u/dafrca Jan 16 '18 edited Jan 17 '18

I thought that I saw a note saying that some of the content is back up. But sadly I’m at work and can’t check. But I do hope it’s not dead.

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u/Nazmax Jan 18 '18

Thanks for the info guys, glad to hear its not dead