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Thread: Friday with Means - September 4th, 2009 - Dragoncon

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    Funcom employee Friday with Means - September 4th, 2009 - Dragoncon

    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!
    Colin Cragg
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    Past Game Director (2008-2011)

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    2nd!

    They got any live webcams there? We got to see your co-workers live at PAX pimping TSW.
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    3rd

    Waiting for the video of the event and news of the new engine.
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    5th
    Have a listen to my latest musical abomination.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chrisax View Post
    3rd

    Waiting for the video of the event and news of the new engine.
    Chrisax.. you, you, forumtroll you!!1!

    PS: 6th!
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    About time!

    Not that there was any content to read though....

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    Doh, well, maybe you can get the video up soon. Wonder who decided a halloween bikini was a good idea?

    Have fun at Dragoncon, and don't come back TOO hung over.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Means View Post
    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.
    Hi Means,

    I am not really meaning to stir (much), but the messages I am getting a very mixed. I am a fixer and am greatly looking forward to the upcoming balance changes, and the fixer love patch. A quick timeline:
    - 1 May: Friday with Means annouces fixers are getting some love
    - 26 June: Broken Rhat'Ata enters the game
    - 11 July: Means apologises to fixers and states 'We have been having discussions regardling the larger changes required to return fixers to what makes them special and hope to include the fixer community in these discussions in the very near future.'
    - Today: Mean announces that the dev team is isolating and removing old issues from the game.

    Not to mention that in a response to a question, you said fixers should wait till the AS/FA changes come in because this would help our balance.

    So what message do you want to give to fixers? 4 months and no real love, no consultation, no comment on game balance, and you are now concentrating on old things?

    Sorry Mean, but I am disillusioned at the moment, and seriously considering whether to renew either of my subscriptions. I know 2 accounts won't make much difference to you, but please, can you give me something to look forward to? Or if not, remove the confusion so I can make the most informed decision possible?

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    Hi means and kintaii. Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions after the AoC Q&A. Hope you all enjoy Atlanta.
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    Thank you for the post.

    /shameless-hijack

    Could you please comment on the very popular concept of "red vs. blue battlestations"? If changes were made to move battlestations away from the current omni vs. clan model, they would run far more frequently with less predictable results. This should cause a lot of lapsed subscribers to return, since many people have quit the game citing inactive battlestations and the associated boredom as their reason for doing so.

    Pleasepleaseplease red v blue!
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    What do you say about a 9 year old game at Dragoncon anyway? "Look at us, we're still going!"?

    I will accept bikini pics in lieu of an answer.
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    real life halloween bikini eh? pics or didn't happen.
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    Perseus, no real expansion, the current work is all old stuff meaning it'll enter game and things that exist in game will get updated along with small updates. Dark Ruins and some small new items, dont expect more then that for a while until the balance hits.
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    Spare us the bikini pics if it was a trox sized dude wearing it. Borat scars still linger.
    why Why WHY ?!?!?!

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    Hmmzzz WTB more QnA more A's than Q's tbh.
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    get us some new players now Means we need em
    For the funz....

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    I don't know why, but I always imagine the FC booth like a kids booth at a science project fair lol. Wouldn't mind seeing the video to help shut that image away.

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    Another "Hai guys" FWM?!

    Such a disappointment, bleh!

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