2012-01-12 Mortal Pulse
[GM]Theia asking questions
[GM]Discord answering
Updates after AI/GUI
tomorrow: huge announcement
after? too early
probably magic and tools, more later
mounted combat: aware, plan get focus group on it
City Control, Prominence Points
newest system
re-evaluating constantly
mixed feedback
may change city population req. soon
still want to encourage people to be in city
tax system will be recoded
Lack of trade tools
adding tools currently, be in next patch
removing npcs that have resources
Make keeps/houses more useful
keeps already more useful (resurrect/tc)
houses: additional tools later
started decoration tools
free placement
not huge priority now
Fix in-game economy
before: goal is player-driven
lack of tools is issue, implementing soon
Players/pets get stuck, embarassing, fix?
As GM, deal with it as well
not a simple fix
Big patches from now on or smaller patches
working on something huge, more on it tomorrow
after, smaller patches
at least one expansion/year w/ smaller patches between
?
real-time combat not easy
always re-evaluating combat: main feature
good and indifferent feedback
Moves which cripple movement in combat
will add special moves in combat
Backstab increase dammage?
will add special moves and actions for combat
Projectile magic and mounted archery come with magic update
magic will be nearly as large as AI update
fix existing school and add new, unique shcools
Arcade gameplay
real-time-combat: we're happy with it
difficult, skills are more implemented than question implies
Armor
reworking: two gloves = one item
rebuilding entire inventory system
Non-combat systems?
a lot: crafting, tools, etc. in progress
ETA around AI, GUI, Tindrem, etc.
Staying away from ETAs due to past issues
Inform on progress, but no specific ETAs
Armor
can add more sets soon
need to re-code crafting system
Dynamic cloth as seen in trailer
for NPCs yes
players, maybe. maybe toggle
How about custom-made tabbard emblems
yes, will be able to do that
Molvas, more lore, everything
We understand, we want too
Not priority right now
Will add as we can, but AI takes more time
Not going to stop AI to add more fluff
It will be added, though
Furniture, clothes, style, sophistication
can't see sophistication
no impact at the moment
will affect area trades, etc.
More info around veteran rewards
need to add more rules first
will give more info following that
can't clearly differentiate between box set owners, beta players, etc.
more news later
How making MO more like Skyrim
hard to answer
we're MMO, Skyrim is SP
liked large world full of content
will take to heart
their AI is better right now
hope ours will be better after AI update
Will boxed version be more useful than a beer coaster?
(laughs) well, can't do much about that
since you did purchase it, veteran award will reflect that
When will have global chat?
global chat never intended since start and probably never will
guild chat, alliance chat may come
How many people work at starvault currently?
(chuckle) good question
small team right now
there are people standing by if something needs work
team is now more focused and deliver more solid patches
fewer coders focussed on fewer things simultaneously
thanks to focus group as well
How many interns/slaves?
no interns
doesn't benefit to bring in intern because of training
can't train them to learn and develop at same time
will maybe add interns later, but now none
Playing music, painting paintings in game?
yes, it will come
Increase number of house spots?
looking to increase number of spots
want to put in free-placement system first
if have to, will add more spots
Player-made villages, ability to 'nest'
too many people in community TS, restarting server, 5-min break
it's alright zagar, we're used to technical issues, we run mortal for pete's sake
when free placement is in, will make it a lot easier
Will mages ever require staffs with no run-speed decrease
when magic reworked, new schools
one school will require a staff to work properly
magic will be more unique, as it should have been
Will new GUI improve guild interface, chat, storage, paper doll?
It will improve all of it
Paratus decided to re-do all of it into flash
it looks really good, impressive
Will AI introduce new incounters (minotaurs) and pathfinding?
Wish could say
All I can say is it will be much better
More ETA questions
Not healthy thing to give ETA
Working on next continent? If so, which one?
No, not right now
Need to finalize this one before opening a new one
Stuck issues, optimization before new one
Next one will look better, be more optimized, etc. than current one
Gamma/Night
Will adjust night, it is too dark
It's attached to day/moon/year/weather, etc.
There's more involved
Have to do it slowly and not break anything else
Blue-ish hues in the sky like Skyrim, may add something similar
Player towns/war done or improving it?
Theia DC-ed
Blackmage banned for sending large ping packages
TS: <13:40:02>"BlackMage" was banned permanently from the server by "Zagar"
IRC: (1:42:04 PM) [HAWK]BlackMan left the room (quit: Read error: Connection reset by peer).
Think it's working well, more dynamic than we've ever seen
Add taxes for cities you control
More features that will come
Nodelines: Improved but still laggy and annoying in groups when everyone stops, ever fix?
It's very technical. Going to try to make is less tech as possible
Nodeline is a level stream
People think... hard to explain
Theia: Two sides to it, nodeline itself and level streaming
Discord taking a break
Theia: Easy to confuse the two
Nodeline crossing is fluent, lags .5-2 seconds
Level streaming can be experienced similar to old, bad-coded node lines
Level streaming is client-based, more memory and faster HDs, less level streaming noticed
Doing things to optimize
64-bit client: will allow loading more details loaded on starting game
will improves nodelines and level streaming
Will see gradual improvements over time
64-bit: need more than 4GB ram. MO needs special machine to run on full settings
Will MO move away from a pure PvP game into what was promised (PvE, lore, etc.)?
Of course we've worked on both
Working on AI now
Tindrem has been closed because need better AI
So, AI is priority
There will be a reason for crafters to work in game
Loots/corpse drops: more reward from hunting?
New creatures and better AI can add better loot
Definitely see changes in what NPCs are dropping
Incoming content: fair portion accessible to newbies? Lack of interesting things to do when groups log and players are solo
Yes, incoming content will add a lot of things to do
More for PvE, content tied to AI
Quests, dungeons, etc.
When I say quests, the AI will enable more complex PvE and the world will feel more quest-like
Not WoW quest like
Wipe?
No, no wipe, sorry Derik
Re-introduction of big pots?
No, not to my knowledge at their current state
Discord: We want them out of the world, actually, they don't follow the rules
5 Minutes to answer questions from TS Chat
When will alchemy be more useful (cooking)?
Look harder, guys
Someone spent 2.5k gold on components to cook something
Look at Tendremic Messenger, Herald
Re-think and take another look
Thrusting Blades
Yes, there will be a weapons rebalance
Too many people running around with greatswords
I would like to see heavy weapons more often
Crossbows, yes, I don't know when
It's all about balance and trying to get them right
Prediction system
Discord: We've tweaked and tweaked it
You know, you were flying before
We're trying to make it the best we can
I've asked many technical questions, and always told it's working as it's supposed to
Theia: We do get a lot of exploit tickets, usually turn out to be prediction/interpolation
Palisade walls not meant to be 100% defense for keep
Poisons on the map and in mind
AI is full focus right now, though
Female swing arcs
I will take note and try to look into it
Theivery
Will be more in time
Way after AI/GUI/Magic Schools
Some questions can't answer right now
Not trying to ingnore you but sorry
Krokan's siege weapons question
We will get back to you
When can you stack healing potions?
GUI will make it easier to control inventory
Not 100% sure it's intended to be able to stack them
Armor stacking
Trying to make it so pair of gloves is 1 icon
Green jadeite
Yes, lot of work going on, Paratus is working on making more effects around that
Not something go into a lot of detail right now
We're always looking for counselors and moderators
Tindremic Herald: looking for people who will contribute in-game stories
Contact Discord
Theia: Big thing that worries me about Focus Group: Spoilers and NDA, must be comfortable with them
Always looking for testers
Skyrim came out, lost a lot of testers
If in Focus Group, please keep an eye on the tester's forum
Shield bug
Got a lot of dump logs on that
Will be worked on
Theia: Thanks to Zagar, and everyone who came today
Martialis working on re-working everything discussed today for the forums
Martialis: Thanks Zagar for community TS, good thing, glad you're keeping it going
Theia: Yeah we know about the push bug, causes us a lot of pain. Thanks guys
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