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Release 5 Update & Instructions

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by DarkStarr, Apr 23, 2014.

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    I gotta get on early and get a good lot...... and so it has begun.
     
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    Awesome! I'm most excited about the compass. I'm directionally challenged. :p
     
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    DarkStarr Executive Producer SOTA Developer

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    Putting more than 1 point will just give you option to put more than one of a spell in your shortcut bar. If cooldowns are working properly (they are currently a bit flaky) then this lets you do rapid fire on that spell
     
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    DarkStarr Executive Producer SOTA Developer

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    We totally understand your concern and I know Richard shares it. However making those non-standard systems work (like wounds indicating health) are very large tasks so we have to use standard practices until we can get those in place. We had to put these changes in because without them it was almost impossible to tell what was happening in combat which made it incredibly not fun. So we were left with either having combat be immersive but impossible to understand or a little less immersive and more understandable. This is just like the decision to delay the deck dealing combat until it is more robust. This was not based on any feedback from "typical MMO guys with Dev+ status". It was our own internal decision. Please be patient as we iterate on these systems and features. You will not see the end result until closer to the end (hence the term end result).
     
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    Wonder if the feedback received on a hastily implemented overland map influenced their decision on the deck system in any way? :)
     
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    Thank you and kudos, DarkStarr, for your patience, hard work, and for taking time to explain these things to us!
     
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    Would it be possible to have these posted on the site, as opposed to Google Docs? I understand the ease of use there, but accessibility to Google Drive is not universal.
     
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    No trading this round. It is mentioned in the known issues.
     
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    I was looking forward to the AI and Death System stuff, but I can live without it. I'd actually prefer to test the skills using the hotbar approach, as it is familiar and will help determine how they should work, so its probably for the best as a first step.

    That said, without a Death System in place, the Resurrection spell doesn't have a lot of oomph on it, does it?
     
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    I will admit i was biting my nails in hopes this would be responded to and with it having been done so, thank you! It was of a voiced concern of mine as well, that things were looking a direction to which would have been so "not ultima". It is completely understandable in the way you have worded it here.. WHY .. it has to be this way for now.

    Thank you for the clearing it up for those of who sincerely were worried
     
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    I think the chickens might not agree with you. In R4 they kept casting it on themselves just as i killed them :)
     
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    Looks great! But I was so looking forward to seeing the main continent.
     
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    Could this be true or false hope?

    From player instructions:

     
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    It is a Monty Python reference. The coconuts that we were promised in lieu of actual mounts were brought to England via migratory birds in Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail.

    Those that don't get the reference might be disappointed.
     
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    Yay, combat!

    Now we have time to try and find the missing few that aren't on the wiki... *nudges the public*

    Our updated count (auto updates) of known recipes can be found on the front page btw...

    YAY R5!!!
     
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    fixed.

    *snickers*
     
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    You should not need Google Drive access to read the instructions. The publish function in Google Drive/Docs just creates a webpage. Is it not working for you?
     
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    Not on this device, but I'm not sure if its the android tablet (Kindle Fire HDX) or if the wireless router here is blocking the docs.google.com domain. The page times out.
     
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    Is true... it's a monty python reference. (rode? you don't have horses, you just have two ends of coconuts and bangin' 'em to together. Where? coconuts are tropical, mercia is a temperate zone. you are saying they migrated? by what? there is no way a 5 ounce swallow can carry a 1lb coconut, well an african swallow maybe but not a european swallow thats my point. but then african swallows aren't migratory.. ) as best as I can remember it anyway.

    edit: apparently I came way late to this.. I see 2 people beat me to it.. including the proper video so now you can see how far off I was in my quote.
     
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