Friday with Means - May 29th, 2009

**Noticiero** · May 29th, 2009, 17:07:42

Wow, the suit is great, we all loved Ricardo Montalban's greatest sci fi character, Khan from Star Trek. Whomever made the suit suggestion, made a good one. We can't have a "Khan" in game prob because of licensing issues with the ST franchise, but the "Montelban" suit is a great way to give a nod to a legendary actor who passed away.

**Thymoglobul** · May 29th, 2009, 17:12:20

Originally Posted by Means

- Addition and code support of new attractors for character models. (For boots, belts, thighs, calves (calfs?) upper arms and lower arms that will have additional real mesh items to display...ie: A belt component platform you can SEE on your character.)

Great!

**Flyingengi** · May 29th, 2009, 17:38:03

I always knew means was a trox midget...

**ArienSky** · May 29th, 2009, 17:55:23

Originally Posted by Means

Example that filters various variants of 'egpal', 'plox', 'plx', and 'plz':
/filter clear
/filter add [pP][lL1][oO0][xX]
/filter add [pP][lL][xX]
/filter add [pP][lL][zZ]
/filter add [eE][- _.]*[gG][- _.]*[pP][- _.]*[aA][- _.]*[lL]
/filter enable

As I read it, those will not filter out ploxx, plxx or plzz
on the other hand I also read it as that is doable with the following:

/filter add [pP][lL1][oO0][xX]*
/filter add [pP][lL][xX]*
/filter add [pP][lL][zZ]*

with * meaning "last thing repeated" as I understand it?
(Converting RDB, so I can not test it myself, I will give you a heads up later about the result on Test)

Another possibility is that it filters everything containing the word out, just as the current naming filter disallows park or scrap as pet names..
We will see

Kind Regards
Ariensky

*edit* tested it, and it is like the name filter meaning:
if you
/filter add ARK
/filter add crap
you will ignore all lines containing pARK and sCRAP

you can also ignore popup link, or people using scripts to colour the (tradechannel) chat (in the org channel colour to distract you).
to filter out coloured text:
/filter add font

to filter out popups:
/filter add text://

**Ebondevil** · May 29th, 2009, 17:58:00

Originally Posted by Means

Planning began for implementation of the engine. Enno took a few days off to make us some new features between last week and now, including:
- Specular and reflective textures for character models.
- Addition and code support of new attractors for character models. (For boots, belts, thighs, calves (calfs?) upper arms and lower arms that will have additional real mesh items to display...ie: A belt component platform you can SEE on your character.)

Small little thing, but what about display of neck items so you can show things like All-Match Augmented Bow Tie or Collar of Amplification?

**Lupusceleri** · May 29th, 2009, 18:03:29

Originally Posted by Means

Other Work:

This week was also consumed with finishing up some of the goodies for this years birthday. Thanks to the player who suggested that "Serenity Island" wouldn't be complete without some kind of "Montelban" style suit. (see the attatched image!)

Haha, awesome, that was Zeephonz!

Originally Posted by Zeephonz

Add this please.

Originally Posted by Means

Balancing Efforts

Some criticism (understatement) has been made concerning the "band-aid" style fixes to some professions. Keep in mind some of these changes ARE temporary while we work out the larger issues of retooling all specials and healing. A temporary fix means that the most affected professions can perform adequately while we make more significant changes without having to wait until we are done to be effective. Slapping an AS weapon on everyone is not the current team's idea of balance...big changes are necessary. We know and we are working on it.

Well. I guess that makes it "acceptable" then. Clear enough statement to refer any future trolls to.

You could have posted something about that a little earlier though, or are you one of the forumtrolls amongst us getting massive laughs from the threads?

Still, for the record, boo at AS.

**sultryvoltron** · May 29th, 2009, 18:15:13

Originally Posted by Means

Balancing Efforts

Some criticism (understatement) has been made concerning the "band-aid" style fixes to some professions. Keep in mind some of these changes ARE temporary while we work out the larger issues of retooling all specials and healing. A temporary fix means that the most affected professions can perform adequately while we make more significant changes without having to wait until we are done to be effective. Slapping an AS weapon on everyone is not the current team's idea of balance...big changes are necessary. We know and we are working on it.

Cool update, but this seems like a bit of an understatement.

At least it's clearer than Silirrion's previous gems about changes though.

P.S. Didn't know that omgwtfrape 80% check perks were "adequate"

**Tlatoani** · May 29th, 2009, 18:16:12

No more questions and answers with Friday with Menas?

I'd like to ask if something is still planned for neutral balance or was it swept under the rug already?

And what about agents, do you even know we exist anymore?

Another thing, it feels like funcom staff is not reading the suggestions some people do for the profession balance act, feels like writhing a little essay each time you want to communicate with funcom a worthless effort, better to "bait" Menas into answering with whines than with actual arguments.

And I'm not going to play fanboy like the rest of the idiots in these threads like to act like, I'm very dissapointed in funcom.

Funcom is doing 2 new MMORPGs one to be played at your browser and another java-based. Stupid little MMORPGs to attract teenagers and the kind of people that play MMORPGs in thier browser

The thing about it is that each one of those other games has more coders and staff than ****ing Anarchy Online has.

This is a slap in the face to us and I tell you I have no hope for Anarchy Online to ever be what you all predict it will be, seems like the company, funcom, has forgotten about AO and left only a handful of people to entertain us with more and more "luxury departments", social clothes, and band aids with their attached "it's only temporary note" in every one of your patchs.

The development of AO in the things that matter are going slow as hell, and I don't think I'll stay 2 more years to see the new AO engine, you give false hope by telling us about this incoming "prof balancing act" while you put forth more and more OP stuff and band aids that will need to be balanced anyway.

Either balance the professions already or stop giving band aids, and OP stuff to everyone.

And by the way, this game doesn't need more luxury departments, nor social clothes nor new bikes or that worthless entertaining, fire your artistic staff and bring some Chinese code monkeys to do what's needed, AO staff need to straight up their priorities if you want people to stay while there are other games out there making serious games and doing it with a serious staff.

Sorry for ruining your "hail X party" but there are some points that need to be addressed.

**Genele** · May 29th, 2009, 18:16:18

Originally Posted by Crat360

IMO the SL instance shouldn't be level 150, will just add something else to do before the jump to 174/210, after you have done LE.
Put it between 150-210 so there is something else to do on the grind.

The instance is intended to be a good place to gain some levels between 150 and 200, not just at level 150.

**Graftmage** · May 29th, 2009, 18:19:23

<a href="text://<a href='chatcmd:///filter add .*'>and me</a>">dont click me!</a>

;D ;D ;D

**Ebondevil** · May 29th, 2009, 18:20:33

Originally Posted by Genele

The instance is intended to be a good place to gain some levels between 150 and 200, not just at level 150.

I love you!

**windcaster** · May 29th, 2009, 18:23:36

Originally Posted by Means

Planning began for implementation of the engine. Enno took a few days off to make us some new features between last week and now, including:
- Specular and reflective textures for character models.
- Addition and code support of new attractors for character models. (For boots, belts, thighs, calves (calfs?) upper arms and lower arms that will have additional real mesh items to display...ie: A belt component platform you can SEE on your character.)

omg *Boing!*

so there are a lot of items in the game that dont show up, will this be a selective process? or will you guys be going back and adding mesh to all the older items as well?

it would be a lot of work probably but it would be great, and i can't wait to see what the flesh pads from totw look like.

also dont forget the bracers and rings, oh and will their also be a social slot added for rings and belt? currently you can put rings in left/right hand but then you can't wield a social weapon because it shares the same slots.

maybe could open the door for some social neckless and rings, i want thick gold chains and huge diamond rings (which btw can already be made with SL gem (diamond)).. dont forget the pimp hat :P

seriously im excited to see what develops with this.

**Wrangeline** · May 29th, 2009, 18:31:53

Originally Posted by Ebondevil

I love you!

Ey, get away! He is mine!

Big thumbs up for SL dungeon where people can level 150 and up. Very nice. I might actually level my 5000 tl5 alts beyond that level range finally

**Psithief** · May 29th, 2009, 18:34:06

Everyone's going to have the same belts

**Leevon** · May 29th, 2009, 18:44:40

I hope slapping AS on everything isnt your plan lol

**Chrys** · May 29th, 2009, 19:02:11

Can we get bigger crit on new onehander plz

xD

**Aethyrguard** · May 29th, 2009, 19:13:11

Can we get Atrox Breads? After all pie can only go so far...

Nice suits, nice to hear on the balancing act, and it is good to hear that some of the invisible items in game will be getting some attention. I know for example, that necklaces show up on female characters in AoC but not on male characters.

I popped on AoC yesterday and it was rather funny when I mentioned in global that AO was getting AoC's engine and linked to your FWM. Seems quite a few people are ready to renew their subs from there.

**erozc** · May 29th, 2009, 19:23:41

Originally Posted by Wrangeline

@Means

Get a yellow post-it note. Write "Don't forget to remove the extruder-bar access before patching it on live!"

Then put it somewhere you will see it several times a day.

Please don't forget!

Nope...

Make using the nutrition bar on the door spawn a boosted Ian Warr (bouncer for apartment complex ofc) and wtfpwn whoever tries to access it illegitimately :O

**Autohead** · May 29th, 2009, 19:27:48

Originally Posted by Means

- Addition and code support of new attractors for character models. (For boots, belts, thighs, calves (calfs?) upper arms and lower arms that will have additional real mesh items to display...ie: A belt component platform you can SEE on your character.)

I actually hate the thought of visual belts, bracers, etc. on our characters who already mostly have mismatched armor sets. Especially if the visual textures of these items are going to look similar to their icons...most of them will look like crap with certain armor sets.

Quit trying to add fluff to the new engine and just get it done.

**Aethyrguard** · May 29th, 2009, 19:31:33

Originally Posted by Kriegerseele

I actually hate the thought of visual belts, bracers, etc. on our characters who already mostly have mismatched armor sets. Especially if the visual textures of these items are going to look similar to their icons...most of them will look like crap with certain armor sets.

Quit trying to add fluff to the new engine and just get it done.

Totally disagree. AoC has "real items" not painted on textures. This means that after the engine is in place and items start getting overhauled they should be made in to real physical meshes not just more sloppy out dated textures. That "fluff" as you call it is what will attract and keep new players attention.

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