Working on the new Chronicles version of Hammerknell currently still in alpha and I believe will be going in for patch 1.5, good so far already got an AA. I think this will be an excellent addition for soloers/duoers, hard core AA grinders, and folks who just want something to aside from PvP grind.
This article on Gamespy is pretty good if you want to know more about Chronicles. To access Chronicles, hit "J" on your keyboard and you get the UI to come up. It works like the PvP and random queue menus.
My only suggestions are either adding a Healer/Banker/General Goods merchant to the dungeon or allow teleporting in and out ala random dungeon queuing. If Trion is worried about it being used as an insta-PvP port I would suggest going with adding the merchant to the dungeon. I didn't test it but you should also be able to log out and back into your unique instance for the ultra casual. The reason is bag space fills up pretty fast and nothing like losing loot to it. Also if you have trouble and wipe you should be able to soul heal and buy drinks and minor consumables.
Long term I'm sure there will be many of these Chronicles, but I would also suggest adding a Diablo-style element to things. Yes AA grinding is great but as big as this hexagonal tree is, it's also going to be quite boring. By Diablo-style I mean that a dungeon that makes you WANT to grind it even though it does not change. Rare spawns like Valeri Prime in HK Chronicle is a good start. Also maybe add runes or weapon modifiers so you can add of the Lightning or some crap to your weapon or a resist to your armor. Tons of tiny little collectible addictive increments with that 0.0001% rare chance at the ones you want would make this grind more tolerable and fun at the same time. I might even be in support of these items being somewhat decay-able and non permanent. (As long as they are Bind to Account!) That way it shouldn't affect balance too much.
Other than that, the length and difficulty were perfect for my solo r6 gear/RoS trash weapon drop Duracell cleric. I messed around watching TV and cleared it in 45min, I'm sure on repeated runs I'd get faster and the amount of AA and loot and plaques was nice.
This article on Gamespy is pretty good if you want to know more about Chronicles. To access Chronicles, hit "J" on your keyboard and you get the UI to come up. It works like the PvP and random queue menus.
My only suggestions are either adding a Healer/Banker/General Goods merchant to the dungeon or allow teleporting in and out ala random dungeon queuing. If Trion is worried about it being used as an insta-PvP port I would suggest going with adding the merchant to the dungeon. I didn't test it but you should also be able to log out and back into your unique instance for the ultra casual. The reason is bag space fills up pretty fast and nothing like losing loot to it. Also if you have trouble and wipe you should be able to soul heal and buy drinks and minor consumables.
Long term I'm sure there will be many of these Chronicles, but I would also suggest adding a Diablo-style element to things. Yes AA grinding is great but as big as this hexagonal tree is, it's also going to be quite boring. By Diablo-style I mean that a dungeon that makes you WANT to grind it even though it does not change. Rare spawns like Valeri Prime in HK Chronicle is a good start. Also maybe add runes or weapon modifiers so you can add of the Lightning or some crap to your weapon or a resist to your armor. Tons of tiny little collectible addictive increments with that 0.0001% rare chance at the ones you want would make this grind more tolerable and fun at the same time. I might even be in support of these items being somewhat decay-able and non permanent. (As long as they are Bind to Account!) That way it shouldn't affect balance too much.
Other than that, the length and difficulty were perfect for my solo r6 gear/RoS trash weapon drop Duracell cleric. I messed around watching TV and cleared it in 45min, I'm sure on repeated runs I'd get faster and the amount of AA and loot and plaques was nice.
