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Seven Days - Seven Hangouts VOTE!

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by Rustic Dragon, Mar 21, 2014.

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Seven Days - Seven Videos - Pick Your Favorite Topics

Poll closed Mar 28, 2014.
  1. Tracy Hickman Story Hour

    69 vote(s)
    30.3%
  2. Lord British Hour - SotA One Year Retrospective (e.g. Favorite moments)

    108 vote(s)
    47.4%
  3. Meet the Dev Team (Those rarely on camera)

    86 vote(s)
    37.7%
  4. Gorn Finishes Akallabeth (The D&D campaign started during Kickstarter)

    30 vote(s)
    13.2%
  5. Game Monetization/Future of Crowdfunding

    101 vote(s)
    44.3%
  6. Crowdsourcing Retrospective and Future Plans

    108 vote(s)
    47.4%
  7. Lord British/Team Origin/Destination Games Retrospective (e.g. Old Origin stories)

    79 vote(s)
    34.6%
  8. Lord British/Tracy Hickman Lore Talk

    128 vote(s)
    56.1%
  9. Two Hour Pen of the Avatar

    27 vote(s)
    11.8%
  10. Shirtless Pen of the Avatar (Yes, this is an option)

    19 vote(s)
    8.3%
  11. Deep Dive: Housing

    24 vote(s)
    10.5%
  12. Deep Dive: PVP/Death

    35 vote(s)
    15.4%
  13. Deep Dive: Combat/Magic/Affinity

    41 vote(s)
    18.0%
  14. Deep Dive: Crafting

    33 vote(s)
    14.5%
  15. Deep Dive: Fishing

    21 vote(s)
    9.2%
  16. Deep Dive: Multiplayer/Instancing

    32 vote(s)
    14.0%
  17. Deep Dive: Single Player Offline

    20 vote(s)
    8.8%
  18. Deep Dive: Character Customization

    26 vote(s)
    11.4%
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  1. G Din

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    Yep, avoiding the important issues. I was surprised as well.
     
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    Without a Doubt the Deep Dive options are the most desired for me, including

    A Deep Dive vote for each of the following:
    • Housing
    • PVP/Death
    • Combat/Magic/Affinity
    • Crafting
    • Multiplayer/Instancing
    • Character Customization
    Edit: I also have to say I am really disappointed that more in depth looks at systems related to gameplay or economy were not included in the poll proper. There is a significant amount of fluff represented and that's fine, but some balance in the poll given the restrictions of the forum would have been better suited and the options for fluff could have been paired down in favor of at least some game mechanics options.

    These videos would give an opportunity to point friends and referrals to who are leery about the lack of substantive game systems shown thus far in pre-alpha. Its particularly sad to see 'shirtless pen of the avatar' or finishing a d&d campaign above things like combat, pvp, crafting or multiplayer. Could story time with Hickman and the Lord British and Hickman lore talk not be combined to provide space for something more geared towards how the game might actually play for those who aren't pledged at this point?
     
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  3. Miracle Dragon

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    Deep Dive: Character Customization :D
     
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    Deep Dive PvP/Death
     
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    I have collected the votes so far:
    • Housing 16
    • PVP/Death 31
    • Combat/Magic/Affinity 34
    • Crafting 24
    • Fishing 23
    • Multiplayer/Instancing 22
    • Single Player Offline 19
    • Character Customization 13
    It is clear that these themes get only votes from those who read more then the first post. None of these options will make it in end round yet.
     
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    I voted on the poll , but i'd like to see some deep dive aswell

    Deep dive on:

    Character Customization
    PvP/Death
    Multiplayer/Instancing
    C/M/A
     
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    Deep Dive - Fishing
    Deep Dive - Housing
    Deep Dive - Multiplayer
     
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    Deep dive multiplayer/instancing
     
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    Deep Dive PvP , Combat and Multiplayer...
     
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    Deep Dive on:
    Combat/Magic/Affinity
    Crafting
    Multiplayer/Instancing

    I voted on the poll as well but that was before I saw these options. I think the deep dive topics are really what needs to be covered during these hangouts. Like others have said it is time to get serious.
     
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    DD on Crafting/Resources/Fishing
     
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    This!

    Plus a little bit of this:
    • Character Customization

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    Deep Dive -
    • Combat/Magic/Affinity
    • Housing - is there any glimmer even a little speck of light of hope on future plans for more instance type housing?
    • Fishing - treasure maps, krakens, boats.. ahhh doesn't matter talk anything fishing ill be fine
     
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    Deep Dive vote - Combat/Magic/Affinity
     
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    Mega-Dives on those bullet-points below, not necessarily in this order:
    • PVP/Death
    • Combat/Magic/Affinity
    • Crafting (what can we craft for fishing? ;))
    Deep Six on most retrospectives...maybe keep them all as part of one final celebratory 2hr session combined with Steven's PotA, an integral part of the original KS (+ throw in a quickie of Gorn tackling another few rooms). I'd rather not have the team burn itself out or spend too much production time trying to tackle 7 deep dives, and I don't want to relive the past in a handful of 1hr sessions. IMO - 1st priority here beyond deep dives is teaming up the creative minds of Garriott/Hickman for lore/teasers.

    Edit: Alternatively give final session a Dragonsmeet style setup (or make it into a SotA specific DM from Port with Rustic as moderator). Wouldn't mind hearing a little from Loubet here as well and his thoughts on current chapter work/box cover.
     
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    Deep Dive on Combat/Magic/Affinity
     
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    redo this poll with real choices. there are obviously 3 or 4 topics from this poll that people want...ish, and a pile of real game topics posted in this thread.
     
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    Yeah I suspect that many of the people that voted on that poll are like me and thought those were the only options. Not to say I don't have any interest in any of the things on that poll. But the deep dive topics are far more interesting to me and I am guessing most others here.
     
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    I couldn't agree more with Joviex and Kaisa...

    These topics that were 'thrown in' in the text of the second post have largely gone un-noticed. With players laying down 3.5 Million dollars to fund this game I have to assume they're much more interested in the substance of what's going on than a "Shirtless Pen of the Avatar". I have to say it really is time to get serious... if we want to help with positive publicity outside of here we're going to need substance to overcome the negativity of places like MMOPG.com. I was telling the group in DEV+ last night that I had a friend who was gong to pledge lord of the manor but has decided to put his pledge on pause specifically because of this thread. His comment was "I take $11,000 dollars seriously, but these guys aren't taking $3,500,000 seriously... I'll hold tight until I see more substance".
     
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    Kind of agree... We are a year into development and 6 months from launch when these videos air. We should have more then roadmap reaching to June with a "wait and see" listed for what most the features pertain to. The designs should be at least somewhat fleshed out by now so share them so can we can provide meaningful feedback and answer the hard questions many people are sitting on the fence over.

    A lot of issues we've raised have been responded to with we'd like to go over that with the community more but we are busy focusing on the next release so there hasn't been time...
    Well if the dev team is going to be spending 30ish hours on camera addressing the community how much more time do they need?
     
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