Where is gnarled forest in lego universe

Take a look to see if you've got them all already — the complete guide will have faction guides, detailed maps, tactics to earn LEGO bricks that can be used to Free Build anything, and strategies to unlock every achievement. Carry around your Boombox and break it out whenever you want to dance around and party.

A Stromling Ape likes to guard the area, so be careful when you get close enough to spin this cage. Rotate the cage 25 times and you win the Lego Die activatable item. Gathermaster Klex rewards you with your choice of Maelstrom Hammer mantis, panda, dragon, and monkey styles when you complete his mission to collect the four bricks within the Bell Shrines. The content that's actually here is fine.

Quests and characters are routinely charming, always bright and cheery. The game is digital Ribena. But despite this being a subscription-based MMO, in a single lazy Saturday you could happily blitz more than half of LEGO Universe's quests, which takes you worryingly close to the almost non-existent endgame. The whole "universe" consists of a small questing area before you reach the town of Nimbus Station, then that leads off into one minuscule area called Pet Cove and a couple of mid-sized questing areas called the Gnarled Forest and Forbidden Valley, and that's it.

LEGO Universe tries to sidestep this problem with some grinding, and during that sidestep the game trips over its feet, falls off a precarious catwalk and into a vat of poison.

It's astonishing. After you've cased everywhere you can reach in the Gnarled Forest perhaps nine hours into LEGO Universe , you need a set of Tier 2 gear before you hit the Japanese-themed Forbidden Valley, otherwise you'll get your ass handed to you.

A full set of Tier 2 gear hat, pants, shirt, weapon and book that lets you use the sodding stuff will set you back faction tokens. Faction tokens are dropped by mobs of Stromlings.

If you hammer the crap out of Stromlings wearing Tier 1 gear for a solid hour, you can expect to earn about 86 tokens. That's what I earned in the hour that I spent hitting Stromlings. That entire hour of my life that I'll never get back.

All told, you can look forward to 5 hours of mindless grinding if you want a set of Tier 2 gear and the extra few hours of quests you'll find in the Forbidden Valley.

And it is mindless. The game's combat being lightweight and uninvolved is great when tumbling through a quest arc, but less good at holding your attention all by itself. What then? Well, there's Tier 3 gear, of course! Not that you'll have anywhere to use it, except perhaps on the Dragon that represents the game's single boss. Tier 3 gear is also much more expensive, so that's another 8 hours of grinding, right there. According to LEGO Universe's Wikipedia page there are a whole range of worlds currently in development, and assuming these worlds end up being substantial additions with plenty of quests and some new enemy types, then they cannot get here soon enough.

With triple the worlds to explore and a more robust and social building mode, this game could be a perfectly acceptable way for a LEGO fan to lose a weekend or two. As it is now, LEGO Universe starts as a pleasant distraction but promptly ferries you straight into a fierce, ludicrous grind that leads nowhere.

That's one brick wall I could do without. We want to make Eurogamer better, and that means better for our readers - not for algorithms. You can help! After all, LU set purchases would not only raise more interest, maybe they could direct the money made by these sets to development of the game.

I'd love not only to see buildings, but actual landscapes, with things like forests and temple gates. And imagine what the D2Cs would be like Even a LU console game which would diversify itself from the regular "break and build" formula Lego games are known for , would go amazingly well, and I can tell that even people who've never heard of LU before would love it too. So, it's back online again! I will support already did with the other one.

Was gonna mention those when he asked for set ideas! Things like the Venture Koi and Spider Queen are definitely the most iconic parts of the game. Beyond them, maybe a "Rocket-Builder-Pack. Perhaps it could come with the launch pads? You could do Nimbus Station the main square but that might be a tad bland compared to other ideas sets. Perhaps a collection of mini-builds of all the different levels that could be arranged to make a "map" of Crux's ruins, including a build for the Maelstrom.

The Venture Explorer, the Paradox research facility in Advent Gardens, the tree-locked Black Seas Barracuda, the many temples of Forbidden Valley, Wenn-Wuzzit's Time Machine, they could all make nice sets, but may be to heavily focused on a specific faction.

One big issue with an LU project is the minifigures. You aren't allowed to introduce new molds on Ideas, but almost all the notable characters have at least one custom molded piece. Believe it or not, the LU Ideas project still isn't finished after two years or so. I'm cooperating with Umbra-Manis , we recently made a character poll, so feel free to check that out and vote:.

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy! Already have an account? Sign in here. Recommended Posts. Posted July 11, Since you are potentially the target audience, I would really appreciate it if you be so kind to answer three questions: - To you, are there any particular things locations, mini-builds, NPC's, etc. Any other tips or experiences are welcome, of course!

Share this post Link to post Share on other sites. Lego Universe, never forget. I would support a LU project in a heartbeat Anonknee Muss. Great MOC, I want more scenes! Really nice, and LU set eh?