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Eldan Test Lab

Map Type: Scalable Instance (1+ players)
Development Time: 90 hours

Theme/Environment: 
     Eldan Test Lab is a Housing Expedition (scalable dungeon) for Wildstar. After entering an abandoned, overgrown Eldan Test Lab, players complete a series of challenges given by the Caretaker, an ancient AI construct that manages numerous Eldan installations throughout the game. The challenges include:

• Adaptability: Players undergo an Augmentation procedure that replaces their skill set with an entirely new set of abilities. Players must use these abilities quickly and efficiently to destroy packs of fast moving Holoturrets.
•  Patience and Coordination: Players must complete a jumping challenge, leaping up a series of moving platforms that teleport in and out of existence.
  
• Strength and Combat Prowess: Restored to their usual ability setup, players fight their predecessors who failed the previous challenges. The final test forces players to defeat an Augmented Gronyx, a creature of living stone.

Gameplay Description: 
     Gameplay has three stages in the instance. In the first stage, players undergo Eldan Augmentation and gain a new set of abilities. After acclimating to their skills, players must kill fast moving Holoturrets within a time limit. Since the abilities focus on high mobility and quick reflexes, this stage is fast-paced and frenetic, offering a very different feel from typical combat in Wildstar.
     The second stage is a platform puzzle, where players must ascend an array of moving platforms that teleport in and out of existence. There is no time limit during this stage, and as they ascend higher, players activate "check-points" so that they don't lose full progress if they fall.
     The final stage focuses on traditional combat. Players face off against a host of their augmented predecessors before taking on a challenging custom boss whose abilities force them to move and react in new ways.

Design Highlights

• Augmented Abilities: Players undergo Eldan Augmention, replacing their standard abilities with a new set. They must quickly adapt to these abilities to destroy groups of fast moving Eldan Holoturrets.
• Boss Fight: The final challenge in the Eldan Test Lab is the Augmented Gronyx: a bio-enhanced creature of living stone. Manipulating Primal Earth, the Augmented Gronyx challenges player's basic instincts with a suite of earth-themed attacks

 

Augmented Abilities

     Players undergo Eldan Augmention, replacing their standard abilities with a new set. They must quickly adapt to these abilities to destroy groups of fast moving Eldan Holoturrets.

 

Boss Fight

     Augmented Gronyx

Ability Breakdown

• Stone Eruption

     The Augmented Gronyx shakes violently, channeling the power of Primal Earth. After a few moments, the ground erupts, as boulders shoot from the earth at random points surrounding the boss.

• Earthen Maw
  

     The Augmented Gronyx reshapes himself into a set of giant rock jaws, then chomps forward 3 times at a player's location. This deals damage in a large pac-man shape in front of the player, forcing them to walk backwards to avoid being hit.

• Rock Dash

     The Augmented Gronyx shatters into sharpened boulders and rushes forward, damaging all enemies in his path. Because of the length of this strike, players must dodge sideways to avoid this attack.

• Granite Club
  

     The Augmented Gronyx separates one of his arms to use as a massive club, swinging in an enormous arc in front of him. Enemies hit by the blow take severe damage, and are knocked down and disarmed, forcing them to dash to their feet and pick up their weapon before they can attack again.

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