Six on Saturday
Posted: May 9th, 2020, 10:17 pm
The 1st Saturday of each month (2nd Saturday for this month only) a new thread will be posted and pinned for a monthly Q&A with staff. Players will have 2 weeks to post questions to staff, at the end of 2 weeks, 6 questions will be chosen for staff to answer. On the 1st Saturday of the next month, the answers will be provided in the Q&A thread for that month, the thread will be archived and a new thread for the next month will be posted and pinned.
Please limit the quantity and quality of posts. The thread will be closely monitored. Likes of posts will be considered votes for that question, but staff reserves the right to choose which questions will be answered based on quality, relevance, and importance.
May 2020 Questions Answered-
Question 1: What direction are you taking fel casting? The current test center casting is more “old demise” (2fc/10fcr). Will there be a focus on trying to address casting in pvp?
Answer: Our priority is to have the same casting mechanics in all facets. The current TC casting was an attempt to find a middle ground between Demise’s current Felucca and classic casting, but it appears this approach hasn’t been as well received as we’d hoped.
We are planning to consult with players to resolve any remaining issues in Demise’s current Felucca casting, to see if improved OSI emulation is the way to go, instead of the current TC casting.
Question 2:Are you planning to keep following OSI, or produce a lot more custom content, and if so; would this include changes to the rules of the game, or just extra aesthetics and narrative?
Answer: For now, we intend to stick to the Mondain’s Legacy expansion when it comes to the core game mechanics. (Exceptions to this include bugs or game balance issues.) There are still some key ML features missing we intend to address.
We will, however, continue to create custom content as well. Mostly this will be reserved for our shard events and prizes.
Question 3: Is anyone actively working on bugs\development and if so what are you working on currently?
Answer: Between other necessary code development (e.g. website and shard maintenance, shard events), we do continue to work on bug fixes. We like to publish these in batches, as this helps to keep our codebase and forums tidy. Among the current bug fixes being worked on is pet mounting during combat, monster fleeing behavior and various miscellaneous bugs.
Question 4: Are there any plans to include item bless deeds to the donation store? Would love to bless my old ring, old necklace, and Friends of the Library Reading Lantern.
Answer: We are looking into expanding the donation store reward selection, but we currently do not have plans for adding the item bless deed. We encourage you to use the item insurance system!
Question 5:Are we gonna ever get the pet vendors? I always see people constantly taming cusidhe, and trying to sell them, we should get the pet vendors eventually so people can just sell them without the effort.
Answer: We like the New Magincia pet vendor system and would love to add it here too! We do however have other priorities before we plan to consider systems from later expansions.
Question 6:Are there any plans to change the heartwood quest in order to discourage AFK gathering?
Answer: We would like to point out that, despite macro usage being common, a majority of players do respond to manual staff attendance checks. Players that do not follow our attended gathering rules are actioned accordingly.
We are considering changes to the quest system, but also don’t want to excessively affect normal gameplay. One thing we have already changed in the past is the added requirement to perform other quests, not just the one for bolts which are easily available. This did however lead to the players having to run back and forth, which we understand can be disconcerting when first observed.
Please limit the quantity and quality of posts. The thread will be closely monitored. Likes of posts will be considered votes for that question, but staff reserves the right to choose which questions will be answered based on quality, relevance, and importance.
May 2020 Questions Answered-
Question 1: What direction are you taking fel casting? The current test center casting is more “old demise” (2fc/10fcr). Will there be a focus on trying to address casting in pvp?
Answer: Our priority is to have the same casting mechanics in all facets. The current TC casting was an attempt to find a middle ground between Demise’s current Felucca and classic casting, but it appears this approach hasn’t been as well received as we’d hoped.
We are planning to consult with players to resolve any remaining issues in Demise’s current Felucca casting, to see if improved OSI emulation is the way to go, instead of the current TC casting.
Question 2:Are you planning to keep following OSI, or produce a lot more custom content, and if so; would this include changes to the rules of the game, or just extra aesthetics and narrative?
Answer: For now, we intend to stick to the Mondain’s Legacy expansion when it comes to the core game mechanics. (Exceptions to this include bugs or game balance issues.) There are still some key ML features missing we intend to address.
We will, however, continue to create custom content as well. Mostly this will be reserved for our shard events and prizes.
Question 3: Is anyone actively working on bugs\development and if so what are you working on currently?
Answer: Between other necessary code development (e.g. website and shard maintenance, shard events), we do continue to work on bug fixes. We like to publish these in batches, as this helps to keep our codebase and forums tidy. Among the current bug fixes being worked on is pet mounting during combat, monster fleeing behavior and various miscellaneous bugs.
Question 4: Are there any plans to include item bless deeds to the donation store? Would love to bless my old ring, old necklace, and Friends of the Library Reading Lantern.
Answer: We are looking into expanding the donation store reward selection, but we currently do not have plans for adding the item bless deed. We encourage you to use the item insurance system!
Question 5:Are we gonna ever get the pet vendors? I always see people constantly taming cusidhe, and trying to sell them, we should get the pet vendors eventually so people can just sell them without the effort.
Answer: We like the New Magincia pet vendor system and would love to add it here too! We do however have other priorities before we plan to consider systems from later expansions.
Question 6:Are there any plans to change the heartwood quest in order to discourage AFK gathering?
Answer: We would like to point out that, despite macro usage being common, a majority of players do respond to manual staff attendance checks. Players that do not follow our attended gathering rules are actioned accordingly.
We are considering changes to the quest system, but also don’t want to excessively affect normal gameplay. One thing we have already changed in the past is the added requirement to perform other quests, not just the one for bolts which are easily available. This did however lead to the players having to run back and forth, which we understand can be disconcerting when first observed.