Friday with Means - November 11th, 2011 - 111111 - Open questions

[McKnuckleSamwich]

Can you get us more people in game please?

Can you please make hecklers run way when gray to people?

Can you please do something about ranged advies?

[SoapTarder]

first, will there ever be another expansion/booster pack for ao? Im not talking SL size here, as we all know thats never going to happen while pigs are using the ground to move around, but something that would address balance gear-wise, and give lots of new stuff at the same time. 2 birds with one stone and all that..

second, how close, in terms of years, is the new starter experience? (no sarcasm intended)

turd, will you guys ever add an in-game item store that parallels the current one, that sells all the same items but for a whopping amount of creds? you know, money sink etc.. yada yada..

lastly, what was the discussion surrounding the initiative cap increase/removal? I know there were reasons, but would be interesting to get a broader perspective on it. one point of interest to consider, is that the over-powered crat debuffs just got a whole lot more over-powered, due to crats being almost mandatory with endgame bosses, where before was not necessary but complimentary (think sector 28, aune, mitaar etc..).

[Louderer789]

I believe it was stated when the shop was first started that it would never contain items that can be gathered through the content.

A lot of things are stated around here, few are ever true.

[Gridpain]

I believe it was stated when the shop was first started that it would never contain items that can be gathered through the content.

you mean, like ... VP ? or Tockens ?

[Xephonics]

Can you please make hecklers run way when gray to people?

^^ This

[Cyberleet]

Means, why is my friend leveling a doc to get items for his main charracter? Fixing?

Any chance to convert old lootable into existing gameplay (as old content is...old) so players get stuff?

[Escapegoat]

Can you please make hecklers run way when gray to people?

This, please.

I used to think it would be a bad idea....... after not being able to find a single "normal" heckler team for the last 3 alts I've levelled to tl6, I've changed my mind.


And make them impossible to CH tank when grey as well.

[Keldros]

If no, I'll continue on the same path I am currently on, in regards to game time vs. family time.
If yes, I don't care if I have 11 months & 29 days of subtime available on each account... I'll cancel every one of them as soon as I see the items available for purchase & probably end up banned from the forums before that day ends.

This.

[Gunfytr]

After rebalance, will it be posible to do a FIPR without removing Alpha symbs?
(And this is a lot more of a deal breaker than u may think)

[polartiger]

1. Can you please make hecklers run way when gray to people?
2. Can we pretty please get ql300 service towers in the shops?
3. Why is tradeskilling the new health kits more expensive than a ready-to-use kit in the shops?
4. With those new nano/heal kits, and their costs, what do you think about new players (fresh new players), they will get it even harder building their toons.
5. What is the status on the new-player-experience?
6. Can you please fix the dollar-euro difference?
7. Will token and VP pakcages become nodrop?

[Psikie]

Would like some benefit for being a 10yr customer... (hell i couldnt even get all the dev t-shirts last year) The bonus year pack thingie does me no good as my toons are 220 so xp boosts, xp helmet etc dont really do me any good. HOWEVER i do have a 2nd account that it would. I may or may not want to keep the 2nd account, especially for a year.

Would like some vet shop getting more usefull items, or even more social items like holiday light/leet pets/wings.

Dont care if froobs get GMS. (Chances are they will never get sl free and wont be able to own their own AI shops)

DO care if you allow neutral apps. Would allow too much griefing and sploits from sided toons flip flopping.

[Tanisthonus]

How has your day been? Including or not all these questions.

[Lusos101]

Hai!!

I can has caek?

[Arlanon]

Why aren't Agents getting plain, basic, simple, reusable Aimed Shot, without clunky restrictions? We have:

Restrictions on when we can Conceal.
Restrictions on when we can Aimed Shot.
Aimed Shot often doesn't work anyway because target is aware of your presence.

So we spend all this time sitting around doing absolutely nothing. "Oh, I've only got 3 seconds left until I can Sneak, I better just wait for that... Ok, I can sneak, I've got another 2 seconds before Aimed Shot comes up, better wait for that... Oh damn, target is aware of my presence, guess I'll just hit q..."

We stand there doing absolutely nothing for 5 or 6 seconds, with a special that must be attempted to be used during that small window, meanwhile everyone else is blasting away indiscriminantly with specials whenever they happen to come up, some with Full Auto, which does even more damage than Aimed Shot anyway.

We're often not healing anyone during that time either, as it seems to greatly increase the chance of our next target being "aware". Not that our heals are even worth using, but that's an entirely separate discussion.

If you were going to shoot me in real life, could I stop you just by looking at you? Ok maybe not, but now you can no longer aim. You have to shoot from the hip.

The new "Snipe Shot" recyclable special, comparable to Burst, I imagine is still going to lock the Aimed Shot skill. This just isn't good enough. There is absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a repeatable Aimed Shot. Maybe 10 years ago, when Aimed Shot was the most devastating special in the game, such restrictions were justifiable. Once people learned to play, those restrictions were pointless.

It just seems to me that the current devs are afraid to change it, thinking that the original devs must have had a good reason for it. And perhaps they did. But times have changed, and there is currently no good reason for it.

Also - does anyone at Funcom actually play AO? Not trying to imply anything, I'm just honestly curious.

[Kopecz]

Will Means answer a question?

[Louderer789]

Will Biancha ever hit 220!?

[Arlanon]

That is the greatest mystery of all...

[Fluffinator]

Ok, here's one: What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?

Oh, yeah, and an AO one, which of the three main projects (startup experience, rebalance, and engine) can we expect to see first (or will they be simultaneous)?

(edit: WOOT! 100th post!!)

[animaly]

Here are my questions::

1. Can we look forwards to a wipe or reset if you will, upon launch of the new engine/rebalance to restart the economy and level the playing field for all new and old players?

2. Will old school dungeons and instances like Totw, Subway, Cyborg HQ etc ever see a face lift and have their gear tweaked to once gain become more useful with the current content?

3. Most of the new instances and playfields have all be designed for endgame and for paid customers only (Via SL/AI). Can we look forwards to new content for lower leveled players and can we have more content added to Rubi Ka?

4. Will any of the older trade skilled weapons (IE Chem Streamers) be upgraded to be more useful? Can we expect more weapon choices to become available to deter cookie cutter builds?

5. What is the status of the new start up interface?

6. What are the proposed changes in store for s10?

7. When can we look forwards to reviewing perk changes for rebalance and will any of the current gear (weapons, armor, hud/deck and or symbs) be modified to support changes to the professions they represent? (Based off rebalance information already and soon to be made available?)

8. Alot of the loot that drops from certain raid encounters like Tarasque, are not available to some of the levels the gear represents. (IE lvls 100-140) Are there any proposed changes to these encounters to make their loot tables more available for mid level toons or is this working as intended?

9. Are there any plans to possibly rebalance the xp rate in SL to deter Heck only teams and promote actually leveling in SL?

10. With the recent changes already made to s10. Players have taken it upon themselves to hike the prices sky high on almost everything driving the player economy to even higher heights. Any plans on tackling this in the immediate future or is this going to be left as it for now?

Thank You Means for taking the time to read and address the communities' questions like this.

Much Appreciated,

--ani

[Niles]

Are you considering to change the PVP rating so that one dont need 40k+ kills to max out one title on one toon;
- in 2012
- 2012+
- not likely
- never
- soon?

Edit: Can you have the Fates give me a hat?