Kintaii and myself just got back from the AO panel at the Sheraton hotel where we hosted a quick Q&A session with the dedicated players who made the trip to this years event. With the exception of the significant distraction of one of our players showing up in a real life halloween bikini in the middle of my introduction I think it went pretty well...it was great to have a chance to meet up with so many of you in one place and have the opportunity for a good face to face question session.
No major expansions, hard dates or big surprises were made public at this panel as we wanted to confirm that (with the exception of the engine) the major focus of the team for the next while is to continue isolating and removing old issues from the game and improving the existing game experience.
The event was filmed and we hope to make it available for download (and some photos from this years party at the Marriot) for those who couldn't be here this year. We hope to manage this some time during the next week...photos should be soon.
Thanks to all who made it to this year's panel!