Friday with Means - June 3rd, 2011 - Thanks to a busy team

[Ekarona]

Somewhere!

[Colawrenn]

First.

[Regarok]

yawns

I can understand no dates, we all got used to it during last 3 years but ... no heads??!?

Erm... I think you got something wrong. You're a gamer! You play something as nerdy as AO. Do you really think, you'll ever get something like that again?
Girls don't give head to gamer-nerds, they don't even date us!

Sorry, couldn't resist...

[Cyreidan]

11. Hating still you Cyr

[lainbr]

Erm... I think you got something wrong. You're a gamer! You play something as nerdy as AO. Do you really think, you'll ever get something like that again?
Girls don't give head to gamer-nerds, they don't even date us!

Sorry, couldn't resist...

>.> Hmm hmm hmm imagirl *hides*

[Ciyanid]

I started to read it, and i HAD to look at the end of the post for a "And finally, thank you all for the wonderful 10 years we have been together, but it is time for Anarchy Online to close it's doors."
I'm happy that didnt come up. I'm so happy i could cry :')

[Technogen]

By chasing them with capped runspeed, trying to root them with 80% root resist. You are truly a visionary.

4. Thank you Macrosun for the new "catch up to your target" mechanic. I love it. It looks awesome...and it doesn't even have an effect or an animation yet. Hailx10 Macrosun.

That was an easy fix to your problem Sultry.

Shameful Devs, coming up with answers, that aren't just "leave it broken like it is."

[-Klod-]

like....50th prolly


"4. Thank you Macrosun for the new "catch up to your target" mechanic. I love it. It looks awesome...and it doesn't even have an effect or an animation yet. Hailx10 Macrosun." <---this looks promising, and scary at the same time.

Probably just some melee love, with pets excluded, ofc.

[SoapTarder]

I started to read it, and i HAD to look at the end of the post for a "And finally, thank you all for the wonderful 10 years we have been together, but it is time for Anarchy Online to close it's doors."
I'm happy that didnt come up. I'm so happy i could cry :')

even if they did announce the game was shutting down, remember its funcom time. it would take at least 2 or 3 years to get it done

(sorry, just had to make that joke )

[Traderjill]

I have a couple questions for Means/Kintaii:

I'm not going to bother with asking for dates on when anything is going to be finished. When it hits a test server.. I know it is close to that time.

I do want to know what, if anything, Funcom plans to do to help existing/current customers with the population issues while you all finish up the engine, new player experience and rebalancing (which I believe you stated would come with a renewed advertising campaign for the game)?

I came back to game recently and started playing a level 50ish character that is now a 136 or 137. Finding a team to do anything can mean hours upon hours of searching (that doesn't always lead to a success). Signing up for battlesations can even be a futile act unless you plan to stay logged on to a single character for hours on end to wait on an invite (and hope you don't get kicked out immediately because the other folks that signed up hours before didn't accept their invite). What used to be a fun game experience, for me, can feel like a solo player game at times.

As an experienced player I can get on a kite team and get levels if I wish and I think (hope) I know the ins and outs of teaming and yet I still struggle with the simplest or most basic aspect of a MMO and that is finding other people to play with on a consistant basis for leveling purposes.

Are there any plans to work something out so that battlestation queues can be shared across RK1 and RK2? Do you have anything in the works that is similar to the system in World of Warcraft where you can sign up for a 'Random' dungeon that, again, pulls similar level people from a queue across servers?

The dailies (including the 'daily-like' xp gain added to SL questlines) were an interesting step for the game but it feels like that is really the only consistant way to get xp on some of my characters and again.. that makes my gameplay turn into a series of 'relogs' to do dailies, solo, as opposed to spending time questing and fighting alongside other players.

[balkasak]

Hahah !!!

[Cyberleet]

Girls don't give head to gamer-nerds, they don't even date us!

And boys? Fat, darkhaired, middleaged gamer"girl" lf lubz plz.

[lainbr]

lulz Lletah

[nanoforcer]

before someone else says it:

I see some 'Force Majeur' excuses creeping in as reasons for delaying work on AO .... C'MON guys, what's next? Earth being hit with meteor? World Wide epidemic? Zombies? Pull up your boots, brush that small stuff off and finish it.

Force Majeur = holidays, it's work for these people, and they usually want to take vacations around summer, but yes, please do finish up at least all the docs before you leave us hanging

[Tikra]

i posted here...

[Bombaaaa]

Darmn I went all like " ohhh they gonna shut down the game after saying all that ****."
Too bad it's not happening...

[Tazalanche]

Erm... I think you got something wrong. You're a gamer! You play something as nerdy as AO. Do you really think, you'll ever get something like that again?
Girls don't give head to gamer-nerds, they don't even date us!

Sorry, couldn't resist...

Many of us have wives or girlfriends that play AO.

Maybe it is just you. Go take a shower.

j/k




On a more serious note, a few months ago there was a comment by Means or Kintaii about the SL quests getting 'streamlined' Soon™. Was this in reference to all SL quests or just specific ones? When is that expected to occur?

[Ctrlaltwin]

First off, I want to say I think you (Means) took some of what I said to heart. I told you Means that people want answers, they want to know what is going on. FINALLY!

Even though you were kiss ass a bit, you still told us what is going on. Kodos to you, sir.

1. Design and production of 10th anniversary T-shirts. Thank you Flaptoot... *down the list*
7. Thank you Flaptoot for the work on the new vehicle for the Anniversary.

If the shirt/vehicle are bad, I know who to blame now. Thanks.

2. next version that includes the "not shade" item changes.

I am sure every Shade is praising you.

3. steamroll right into the integration of the "final" version of the Conan engine.

Wait, wait...we can finally start getting excited?! No! THIS IS MADNESS!!!

4. Thank you Macrosun for the new "catch up to your target" mechanic.

I am guessing this is some sort of way to help melee???

9. Thank you Kintaii for getting through a huge number of Anniversary items, while working very, very late trying to get the new Pandemonium experience complete and interesting. Thank you for making me laugh and bringing me up for air when I need it.

This new Pandemonium experience is probably bigger deal then any instance released yet, no pressure Kintaii.

Also a hearty thanks to our German community managers Tarib & Waldgeist
Ok, seriously, that's it this time. Have a great weekend everybody - See you back here next week. =)

I got a laugh thinking of what if Waldgeist had FWM translated to German using a translator found online. OH man...LOL!

[Kintaii]

This new Pandemonium experience is probably bigger deal then any instance released yet, no pressure Kintaii.

cheers dawg glad to know theres like no need to stress or anything

>.@

[Ctrlaltwin]

cheers dawg glad to know theres like no need to stress or anything

>.@

I'll do one better, the destruction of the universe is upon us. The only way to save us, it is to rely on you making this new instance right.