Release 1 Impressions and Responses

I'm JUMPING for joy at this news!

 

Oh man, JUMPING!!!! Seriously, that's how I waste my time while waiting for others/raiding/banking/etc. I jump.... I jump hardcore. Also, I need the ability to fall off of things and pay for my mistakes. Sometimes I just feel a tad bit suicidal in game. Ok, I have a bad tendency to try scaling mountains and such, and usually fall to my death as a result, lol.


My main issue in release 1 was a whole lot of items disappeared from my backpack (but I forgot to report that). I'm sure that will be adressed as well, heh.

 

Weeeeeee! jumping!!!

 

Big thank you Starr and all the dev team for a herculean effort!!

Rather than you thanking us, I think we should thank you for being so involved and listening to the community. I consider it a rare privilege to be able to participate in this venture, and to see the game taking shape.

You obviously have everything in hand, and enough work to keep you up nights for some time.... Just wanted to make a positive comment on the NPCs - I know the conversations were limited, and a few people had fun with them - this was advertised, and I think the system worked as well as it could be hoped (apart maybe from Captain whatsisname who was just above Winslow and kept butting in). I have very few programming skills, but I did own 5 bots while on the Weyrmount - making conversation routines for them was a lot of work! I am gobsmacked that you are planning to do this for a whole raft of bots - someone is in for a huge amount of programming!!

I hope you all have an enjoyable and relaxing Christmas break, and I'm eagerly looking forward to R2.

All the best from Oz!

 

Awesome guys, the way you deal with the features/information requests of the community is really great. R1 i think is a very nice example of your hard work.

Thumbs up for all the team!

 

I'm quite happy to read this, it shows (yet again) how the Devs are listening to the community and working to resolve key issues quickly and work to better the game... that still has more than enough time to improve greatly! Especially with this talented team.

Jumping?! I...I...I'm so happy *sniff* My baby's growing up!

 

Love that we'll be able to jump fences!
a) if we jump walls and fall greater than x body lengths then we need to take damage
b) loose accuracy when fighting and jumping (I ABSOLUTELY HATE JUMPING IN FIGHTS) sorry to yell ...
c) possibly drop stamina if we jump too many times in a row

Wouldn't mind a faster sprint as well. Hey, if I'm asking I may as well ask for the world!

Cheers!

 

Yay to JUMPING!! Love how the devs are listening to our feedback and acting on it!

Thanks again for letting us test and add or input.

 

So when next we grace the world, we can leap in moon shadow?!


*whispers* by the way... red hair...

 

I hope we don't end up with people bouncing around like rabbits. I'd rather climbing or limited jumping than drains endurance.

 

Red hair is coming in R2.

 

Jumping <3

 

Jumping!!! @DarkStarr with jumping can that fix a lot of the z axis stuff? Like porch ledges? Or other environmental /terrain snares.
Not that you wont fix them but the priority could move way down the list Id assume,

 

#2!!! I was very happy to see you guys not only noticed the communities wish, but felt the need for jumping yourselves! When considering jumping mechanics, please think more Ascension and less Pagan Clearly, that is being addressed specifically, but I hope its also been noted that some tweaking could be done to the overall motion of the Avatar and camera control? This may be something to consider including in further releases, but mouse and/or camera sensitivity adjustments can really help too.

I am also really excited about the route you guys are going with conversations (#3). Don't forget to include responses to mean and lewd comments that are meant to harass unwary NPC's from time to time. I would never dream of doing such a thing though

 

Thank you for the jumping but there was a moving issue which was far more irritating. Why are the a and d keys tied to strafe and can they PLEASE be made to change to turning the character. Holding the right mouse button to move was a pain in the neck

 

that's interesting cos when I played, the A/D keys made me turn, in itty bitty little turns, not strafe.
However, I wanted them to strafe - is a basic combat maneuver and used in a lot of other games that way so it feels more natural.
if there's anything that irritate me more is having to learn new key combos - then I get confused as I jump between games a lot (UO, WoW, RO2, FF, now SotA, SWtor, ES and soon ESO... )

OH!
Give us the ability to custom our key commands! That will make everyone happy! (change key sets, etc)

so my a/d can be strafe and your a/d can be teeny tiny turning.

 

The Irish will luv thee!

 

And many others....... including me. Fire red is a beautiful thing.

But still yes, MANY things these posts by Starr and Chris on the Post-Mortem are things to look forward to. I can't wait to see the next "big things" such as improved NPC conversation, weather, pets, etc.

 

Maus Merryjest

kangaroo Hop? LOL

FWIW, I was once dripped upon at a talk that Lord British did at DragonCon a couple years ago. He might even remember me. hehe

 

Excellent!