Friday with Means - December 12th, 2008

[harkness]

2. Reworking of Orbital Strike Mechanics. (More boom and less gloom.)

Merry Christmas to Everyone! = )


For the booster, it's a shame to hear, but much better to have smooth playing through the holidays than risk incomplete content. Hopefully the pre-order availability will be up before xmas though, for people to pick up preorders for their loved ones : )

[Harios]

Too bad that the release date has been pushed back.
Was really looking forward playing the booster in my vacation.
But couldn't agree more with you that content has to be done before release.

One question:
What exactly do you mean with a rework of the Orbital Strike?

[Means]

MEANS CAN YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THAT TEST TRANSFER IS OR IS NOT WORKING THANK YOU

Zarto started a thread for the mines already, Please see link below my post.

Seems to work for me..just did it now. Try it and let me know if it isn't working for you. It is in "paid services" in your account..but it is FREE.

[Trypha]

1. Visual timers on the shortcut bar for Perks and Nanos.(See screenshot at the bottom.) I've wanted this for a very very long time. (all hail Macrosun!)

Very nice, but could they perhaps be moved to the bottom of the icon? They are a bit obscuring in their present location.

[Infinitynova]

Is there any word for Sub 200 Content in the upcoming booster? I've yet to see new Syms or Nanos for the people that prefer the lower levels of the game as an end game.


-Nova-

[Snakebite]

Very nice, but could they perhaps be moved to the bottom of the icon? They are a bit obscuring in their present location.

Yes, definately, way too visual, might as well just make the button blank, cos all you can see is the timer...
Also, some people don't need this, so I'm hoping there's an option under F10 to switch it on/off!

[crattey]

Any hint at all about adding weaponry for the few professions still left out; engis/crats? Considering you're waiting for extra test oppurtunities, perhaps you'll have enough time to at least give some sort of hint of your intentions?

Forum's being flooded (mostly by me, granted) with questions about his. Including your very cryptic and scaring comment about the onehander..

With AS become a greater drain on equipment with each patch since HUD 3 research, basically, we're really sort of hoping these passive nerfs are because you had something in mind that allows us to unequip our pre-SL tl5 weapons and use, well, stuff we have some sort of support for

[Klodovik]

A quick question: is there a chance that we (MPs/crats) get promised 2 hour pets before the booster pack hits the "shelves"? Via some tiny patch or something.

kthnks

[Slakrr]

Thanks for the update. Better to wait for a polished version of the booster.(Will be too busy over Christmas to really check it out anyways)

Sweet, the delay will give you time to put the 1hb perk fixes into the booster!

Means are you guys planning on looking at fixes to other profs perk lines too? I believe fixers had some issues, and crats invest 30 perk points for a less than adequate return.

Commanding Presence( 10 points no perk actions)
Careful in Battle( 10 points, only 1 perk action on a long cooldown 10minutes)
Dodge the Blame(10 points, poor passive bonuses, 1 good perk action and 2 others on long cooldowns that never land because of attack skill )

Thanks again
Merry Christmas to you and your staff.

[Chrys]

Ones question:
What exactly do you mean with a rework of the Orbital Strike?

It means NTs will now not only be able to survive it, they'll have full HP at the end with NBG, spam Kel's, and kill the entire blob. NT Wars to replace Notum Wars!

[XenonDe]

Thanks for the report, glad to see your back to good health.

The perk timers are awesome. Been wanting that for a long time. Maybe the font can be adjusted a little bit to show more of the underlying button.

I'm also happy to hear you'll take your time on the booster. I'm quite fed up with pre-release content being released and it's a welcome change.

Keep it up!

[Bhande]

All hail Macrosun for the perk thingy!!!

And best thing I think:

Rubi-Ka-1 is once again the default server for new clients which should stabilize numbers compared to RK2 over the next couple of months.

Thanks for that.

[Praetos]

All hail Macrosun for the perk thingy!!!

And best thing I think:

Rubi-Ka-1 is once again the default server for new clients which should stabilize numbers compared to RK2 over the next couple of months.

Thanks for that.

Yes, this was long overdue from what I've heard.

[Technogen]

Seems to work for me..just did it now. Try it and let me know if it isn't working for you. It is in "paid services" in your account..but it is FREE.

Yes it's working, I just wanted YOU to say it so that people stopped going "Test transfer isnt working" every time I tell them to go test the content.

[Phargus]

The delay on the booster was expected considering what's rolled out to test. But thanks for not bull****ting us. I like that

To tide us over some more info on the booster would be nice. Specifically what we could expect in terms of developing our chars. Now don't get me wrong. I like new and more challenging pvm content. But the ultimate goal of most people playing an mmo (roleplayers aside) is to improve your char.

Of course that leaves a game that's run as long as AO with some serious challenges regarding mudflation. Still if all we're getting is faster axp and slightly improved symbs I think a lot of players will opt out of the booster. New "phats" is a major selling point for any expansion after all...

[sjefstab]

Merry Christmas to Everyone! = )

whu?... yaaawn


O SHIZZLE IZ XMAZ!!!

can maybe implement a knockback/fear for shade too?
take some time now...
300 symbs been ingame since when?
300 spirits should have came when?
fairness of this is how?
let it sink in.....

[Rktim]

Keep up the good job Means! =D

[ArienSky]

Q: Will the mines be detectable via perception?

I like the initiative, with drain mines, not just one knockback damage mine.

On the timers: I agree, that the timers should be less intrusive. Great concept though
So macrosun's next project is a *ding* when we get tells?

Please let the *ding* refer to a file in the sound folder, so we can replace it with our own sound of choice.

[bungerman]

Q: Will the mines be detectable via perception?

I like the initiative, with drain mines, not just one knockback damage mine.

On the timers: I agree, that the timers should be less intrusive. Great concept though
So macrosun's next project is a *ding* when we get tells?

Please let the *ding* refer to a file in the sound folder, so we can replace it with our own sound of choice.

add that ding to BS invite also.

[macattack]

Q: Are the new nanos final? (I made this one up so I could answer it.)

lol... do you talk to yourself as well ^.^

Kudos on the perk timer... interesting touch. (will there be a "visible" timer for Grid armor too?)

As a future item, (nothing like uber phats or more "stuff" to collect dust in my bags) is there a way to have either a confirmation or a lock on "equiping" items? On 5 occasions (I know I have don't it more but 5 times specifically on twinked armor/wpns/uitls/hud) I inadvertantly equipped an item (twinking doc pistols isn't overly fun). I know I have seen it in forums a long time before but as the perk timer was such a pleasent item (NOT content related, or PF related... just a game experience addition) I just wanted to throw that out there.