If they wouldnt have made these deadlines and these anouncements about the engine, a lot more people would have stopped paying for this game earlier.
I can see some financial advantage here that isnt really benefiting the customers..
If they wouldnt have made these deadlines and these anouncements about the engine, a lot more people would have stopped paying for this game earlier.
I can see some financial advantage here that isnt really benefiting the customers..
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I don't understand coding, yet I understand dates. I am sorry, but for me a delayed appointment from my side decreases my buisness credit by alot. And remember -" There is always a bigger fish. " So yes, I'd rather if FC did not say ANY date at all. They would still have some credit in my eyes.
PS: This is a personal opinion, not trying to pick on the company, just trying to tell you why do some people moan about reponsibility and unfilled promises.
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The issue with engine is that it mainly looks like Vaporware, just like Duke Nukem Forever, promises and then soon and then fail and then more promises etc...
Not just credible not giving out schedule they can keep... Should have been quiet and let people spam their hearts content... ;D
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Your point may have been valid, if Means had not posted so much information about it (and screenshots and the grass video).
IF you were well informed, you'd know that previous GD's had picked different graphics engines which had not been originally developed by Funcom and in the end discovered that they could not handle AO fully.
The Dreamworld engine, was actually based on.. the AO engine. So it's sorta of a full circle for AO. It's also one of the reasons why it's possible for the new engine to handle AO.
We're not getting the exact same engine but a modified one. Some things meant for AoC is likely to be used in AO like crates, grass and things which are similar enough in both games.
However some stuff will need to be changed/modified to fit the AO theme.
We have a small but dedicated Dev Team which has delivered more than... well, if you are here long enough you'd know the sad years the community has gone through over the past decade.
We have a Dream Team (pun intended), let's try to be more positive, and if you don't have any trust left in them... why are you still here?
I've been here for 10yrs and I'm just leaning back and enjoying the game as it is now. I haven't even looked at the profession docs even tho I have a 220 agent, keeper, crat and enfo. I'm busy having fun in AO and not trying to pick it apart for it's flaws (or a missed deadline).
Look at what previous Game Directors did, then look at Means.
I said it before. Silirrion built a bridge between FC and the Community, Means walks across shook our hands and talked to us like a fellow gamer.
Still, the man has to answer to his bosses and if they say "don't tell them anything until it's XX% completed" then... he can't say a word. I'm not saying that is exactly the case, but if you're willing to live in Norway, raise your family there and then move all the way to Canada with your family.... you must love your job.
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exactly THIS is what i did for now...
all you defenders of not held promises and broken timelines made me laugh
so hard... i really wanna thank you for this
i'm fascinated by how many word's can be found to defend (as a consumer)
so many differences... neither in giving answers to important questions nor
a based statement (well... at least kintaii's post was rly honest... thank you
for this )
ah doh... i could go on...
finally i've found a game that suits my needs... somehow...
it's called RL
the game itself is freaking ugly... but THE GRAPHIC rockz0rs! ^^
instead of kevetching about Q1 or Q5123, pick one or more from the following list:
shut up
turn off your computer
make tea
go outside
yell at the neighbors
feed rocks to small children
drive around with a pirate hat on and rubber chicken hanging from your mirror
poke yourself in the eye with your left thumb
stack pillows on your sleeping cat
consider the unrest occurring around the world and compare it's importance with pissing and moaning about an mmo
go wash, you stinky @#%^
eat an apple
throw the core at a random passing car
wear red or blue in south central Los Angles and time how long it takes to get shot/mugged
try to figure out why lemons don't bounce very well
shoot paperclips at your classmates
swap the 'sugar' and 'salt' labels on the tins in the cabinet
go away
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Ofc that wouldn't change the date, but this 5 monthes with no news is just ... scarry i guess ? If there was at least some screenies, or playfield preview, or 1 assembled caracter to show us then believe me, i wouldn't get that upset.
Also i'm saying that with total consideration of the limited team/budget AO got nowadays, amazing job done last year (dailies in front) & move on to Montreal wich shows some dedication.
Even that said, WTB news on engine !
The graphics engine I can live without, what actually matters to me is when the rebalance will be done, as new efforts into twinking will be in vain, if everything changes.
I can wear an armor that suddenly has less stats, or is set up to cast a nano that gets lvl locked..
and that is where the broken promises comes in.
if they fail to meed a deadline of "it will be out before friday", and don't because of a planned movement, then the short time planing skills are not good.
When the long term planing skill also fail..
Then how am I to know if I should sit back and enjoy the game, or hibernate till the change is done?
Having a time-scale will tell me that till date X I can keep playing as it is.
That is my main gripe about schedules.
and for that I could even use a "not before X" as a date
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I think that Means should just come clean with all of us. At least then we will know. Dose the engine really exist or was it just a fance setup that everyone saw. is the only thing that is happening the rebalance. if so I'll never trust funcom again and most certainly won't play any more of there game's. It may not be Means fault but as he runs AO the whole thing is up to him to sort out.
So Please Mean's - Sort It Out.
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if means would claim tomorrow "ao gets the crysis 2 engine and u will be able to control ur characters with ur brain" some people would find 10000 excuses in 3 years why it's not done yet and why there are no pictures/videos/whatever =)
(go for it means ^^)
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Znore: Mastablasta <3
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IMO, the main benefit of using an in-house engine is that they can tell the in-house team which actually works on that engine to fix bugs as they appear. This is not quite as easy when it's an external product. This should reduce the work load on the coder(s) on the AO team which are integrating the new engine into AO.
As for why we're not getting any new info every week... Isn't it obvious?
Every time we've been given info, there have been whines about it not being good enough, it looking like crap, it being photoshopped and whatnot. Besides, it's a GFX engine. It's not like there's much to show till everything works at the same time.
Should they pause development on some aspects for a while, to reduce the risk of things breaking, just to make some PR video which will be slaughtered by the neverending whines of the AO forums anyway? Or should they prioritize to actually finish the product?
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Point is, they make new resources for AO, they don't use AoC graphics.
Probably because there's not a whole lot to tell. We were told recently that multiple ocean volumes were finally working. Some of us saw engine running in Oslo, and we've gotten screenshots and a bit of video showing how it progresses. One screenshot is about as good as 1000 screenshots, as that one shows it's possible to take one of the stuff, and so 1000 would just be more of the same.
Thor Mastablasta Hammersmith - Level 220, AI 30, LE 70 Clan Atrox Nano Technician - Setup
The Red Brotherhood
I'm a Nano-Technician, don't ever expect me to fight unbuffed, alone or fair.
Means: about f'ing time :P
Satenia: heresy <3
Znore: Mastablasta <3
Kinkstaah: I have agro from many mobs ;(
Madarab: we are aoe class, we are supose to use pistols
Marxgorm: the NT toolset does not fit into my raiding tactics
It might be to u that 1 screen shot is the same as any other - but all i've seen is rubika, non of shadowlands, Xan or APF - if the Engine is on target i would assume that they can take screen shots of any zone. so lets see some SL and APF etc . say give us a different zone shot each week - I think that would help lift ppls spirits a bit and show us that they are getting close to a release.
Thor Mastablasta Hammersmith - Level 220, AI 30, LE 70 Clan Atrox Nano Technician - Setup
The Red Brotherhood
I'm a Nano-Technician, don't ever expect me to fight unbuffed, alone or fair.
Means: about f'ing time :P
Satenia: heresy <3
Znore: Mastablasta <3
Kinkstaah: I have agro from many mobs ;(
Madarab: we are aoe class, we are supose to use pistols
Marxgorm: the NT toolset does not fit into my raiding tactics
Hear hear. As a tl5 keeper twink in the works, I'm tired of not having a deal, and having to deal with the bull****....
Yeah I want a keeper buff. I briefly read keepers changes about a month ago and remember NoGoal or McKnuckle praising that keepers got more defensive tools, and that sounds good. Lets get that implemented pronto, engine can wait
Thanks.
Ok let's assume the engine is out, boom!
Now we have a nice new engine and.... same textures from the old one. Then the change would be almost meaningless. People will troll, demand and get their torches and pitchforks.
They have been working on sneaking in new textures since last year, however if you have already made textures that work with the new engine from AoC which are similar enough to the AO version of it.. would you go and make it from scratch or just use the resource?
I wouldn't bet on this... but I would think the AoC Dev Team is more familiar with the Dreamworld engine than the AO Dev Team, so chances are that they do talk to each other regarding issues that our devs are bumping into as they are trying to get things done at least when they were in Norway sharing offices.
It's all done in-house, and the grass you see in the video that Means released looks awfully similar to the AoC grass.
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