Friday with Means - March 20th, 2009

[Junttius]

Maybe add GMS-terminals and bank terminals and save terminals at the apartments so it's a viable place to hang out in.

This!

[Kaylinne]

Xan furniture...made from the dead hides of Omni's, Clan's, and Superior Commandos...


--Steve

Oh yes that sounds so cool. Maybe we could hunt our own scalps and stuff.... now when I look at your avatar.....

[Technogen]

Dont forget the apt bosses!

[Lorddarcek]

Before anyone asks this will not be in before instanced Pandemonium or Instanced cities.


Colin "Means" Cragg

And here i thought that silly idea took a bit of a rest...(talking bout cities ofc)

Well theres not much i can do at this moment I think this is a terribel idea...

I got two accounts..

my action will be to cancel one... the other will be on a short time period..not payed year in advance as before.....

This will at least minimize losses.. thou the damage might be inberable and then ill stay on AO as a froob..no point in investing into a game that nerfes everything you might strive for...

sad day... FC decided on this to fight the cred spammers,and to make people more suspetable to server merge...

I understand they think its importent (cant make an omlete without breaking some eggs)...but this is the rickocete ...

Future will tell if this was a wise decision or not.. im just not going to lose any more of my time or cash to see if it works out for ya...

[Fawnspawn]

I have this funny mental image of a bunch of coders with torches and pitchforks knocking at your office door

LOL I did too. Is it sad that I laughed at that joke last week? >.>

The new head looks SOOO much better. Those artists popped the improvements out quick!

I'll have to read back about the "instanced cities" because I know the instancing in the shops is necessary but can be a pain in the tuckus. I understand that it would help reduce lag in places like Newland where it gets really bad, or in Borealis with the constant pvp'ers near the grid or the people gathered in front of Fair Trade. However, I'd have to see how the whole city instancing thing would work because with the thought of it I have apprehensions.

The concept art is sweet for the new orbital apartments. I hope by the time it comes out I'll be a billionaire....

I like the idea of putting a gms or a bank access in the new apartments as well, and would like to see something similar in the Jobe Luxes. I like the Grid Access a lot in them but I would love to be able to access my bank so I can get out all the backpacks full of clothing I have in there while I'm in my apartment.

Thank you Means for the updates. I look forward to your posts every week.

[Hacre]

LOL I did too. Is it sad that I laughed at that joke last week? >.>

The new head looks SOOO much better. Those artists popped the improvements out quick!

I'll have to read back about the "instanced cities" because I know the instancing in the shops is necessary but can be a pain in the tuckus. I understand that it would help reduce lag in places like Newland where it gets really bad, or in Borealis with the constant pvp'ers near the grid or the people gathered in front of Fair Trade. However, I'd have to see how the whole city instancing thing would work because with the thought of it I have apprehensions.

The concept art is sweet for the new orbital apartments. I hope by the time it comes out I'll be a billionaire....

I like the idea of putting a gms or a bank access in the new apartments as well, and would like to see something similar in the Jobe Luxes. I like the Grid Access a lot in them but I would love to be able to access my bank so I can get out all the backpacks full of clothing I have in there while I'm in my apartment.

Thank you Means for the updates. I look forward to your posts every week.

Instanced Cities == a new thing, instanced player cities (so no need to buy an open world city plot).

Nothing to do with instancing Newland/OA/Bor etc.

[Azazel]

darn it, means! where are my beloved blue haired opifex heads? :'(

[Hacre]

And here i thought that silly idea took a bit of a rest...(talking bout cities ofc)

Well theres not much i can do at this moment I think this is a terribel idea...

I got two accounts..

my action will be to cancel one... the other will be on a short time period..not payed year in advance as before.....

This will at least minimize losses.. thou the damage might be inberable and then ill stay on AO as a froob..no point in investing into a game that nerfes everything you might strive for...

sad day... FC decided on this to fight the cred spammers,and to make people more suspetable to server merge...

I understand they think its importent (cant make an omlete without breaking some eggs)...but this is the rickocete ...

Future will tell if this was a wise decision or not.. im just not going to lose any more of my time or cash to see if it works out for ya...

I don't see how instanced cities are a battle against cred sellers or why instanced cities are a bad idea.

You'll still need a real city if you want shops. This allows people to have cities without having to farm up 3b+ in creds for them.

[aramsunat]

i wanted to post some meaningful, but all i am able now is:

***DROOOL***

[Khalem]

I for one am really looking forward to seeing the new changes to AO. And i completely agree with pet classes needing new pets. And imho i think the top pets for a class should be available in at least 3 or 4 different looks, allowing some personal influence on the way their pets look.

I do have one wish, although it probably seems insignificant. I really really hate how everything gets screwed over bigtime if you happen to launch AO with a lower screen resolution on a character and you have to readjust every single window when you come back to normal. Wouldn't it be possible to make settings specific to the screen res.

[Obtena]

Cant' wait for next week then. I have a perk reset just WAITING to happen on three toons.

BTW, the new head is way better than the first one we seen. What I ask is that if there is an option to get the new heads, allow players some way to compare them vs. the old ones ingame before commiting. Side by side comparision.

[Junttius]

I <3 the new opi-model. I seem to find myself watching the pic over and over again. one detail i'm especially happy about are the brilliantly made ears. IMO the old models haven't got good ears, even with the low res textures taken into account.

[Humlee]

The new heads DO look pretty, but im kinda attatched to my old one.

And i have a question for next weeks Q&A post.

When are are you going to let meta get stuck in to new main pets for all 3 pet clsses?
We have had the same pets now since the launch of SL and to a pet class, pets are the same as a weapon.
Everyone else gets new rifles/swords/pistols and stabby weapons at a fairly constant rate, we are still using the same "main weapon" that we got 6(?) years ago.

What has happend is, instead of improving pets, they've boosted the pet classes in terms of nanos and weapon choice. Improving engi/mp/crat pets now would simply make them too imbalanced,

[Hacre]

What has happend is, instead of improving pets, they've boosted the pet classes in terms of nanos and weapon choice. Improving engi/mp/crat pets now would simply make them too imbalanced,

Take pets away from any of those and they become an insignificant opponent.

Who fears a pet class that has UBT'd pets?

[Chrys]

New head hits the sweet spot, very nice!

Now as someone else said: P0rf balnace rveeiw!! thots nao plx

Oh and can we see a nanomage head... will it be az purrty as me???

[Snakebite]

I have this funny mental image of a bunch of coders with torches and pitchforks knocking at your office door

AKA: Clichequest lol...

[Herkulease]

Take pets away from any of those and they become an insignificant opponent.

Who fears a pet class that has UBT'd pets?

I fear meta cause of Bow. I fear Engy cause of pets. I fear crats cause of stuns. 8p

[Hacre]

I fear meta cause of Bow. I fear Engy cause of pets. I fear crats cause of stuns. 8p

I don't think you realise how much supplemental damage that pets add, provided they're not lost somewhere, disabled and can hit you.

Unless you're against a pistol crat you as an Enforcer shouldn't have much to worry about as far as stuns are concerned. That 11s AS on Tigress might hurt, but one hit every 11s isn't enough on its own to pwn anybody.

[Uaintseenme]

I fear Engy cause of pets.

do you also fear the dark due to the boogyman? thier threat rating is about the same :P

[Hacre]

do you also fear the dark due to the boogyman? thier threat rating is about the same :P

I dunno mate, out of all the pets, Engy pets hurt the most, provided of course they're hitting you. I'd like to think against an Enforcer, they do hit, unless he's rage kiting them of course.