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Chat with Planet Cyrene Development Team
The chat with Ed & Kris took place on 28 November 2010 in the EntropiaPlanets Chat.
The official announcement & discussion thread: Live Chat with Cyrene Development Team
There is still a chance to influence the development of Cyrene by answering/commenting in this thread: Planet Cyrene Questions
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| username | message |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Hello everyone, and welcome to the Planet Cyrene developer chat. We are glad you could join us, to share your valuable knowledge and expierence in the Entropia Universe. |
| Kitten | yay coffee! |
| GeorgeSkywalker | not bad going ...a very dangerous kitten i c |
| giuly_adm | Lasagne alla Bolognese pronte, bbl :) |
| Kitten | now did you remember the irish cream? |
| RAZER | let the roast of ed and kris begin ;) |
| Kitten | oh shh shh its start |
| RAZER | hey Kris and Ed great that you could make some time to talk to us |
| GeorgeSkywalker | Your welcome Ed |
| Ed Robles 3 | Hello everyone. I hope it's not to late or early for the majority of everyone, but we are glad to have you here. |
| MindStar9 | welcome Ed and Kris |
| misao | hi there |
| Andylamb | Hello the thrid and greatest Ed |
| RAZER | so whats the idea here, you ask question to us or we ask you stuff? |
| Kitten | hihi!!! * wave wave wave * |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Hey everybody, thanks for logging in. |
| giuly_adm | Hi Kris and Ed!!! |
| Lykke | Hey all :) |
| Ed Robles 3 | First Question for tonight comes from the sandbox team. They would like to know, now that there are vehicles in game, would you like to see the land areas larger or are they still viable. |
| RAZER | ok Lykke that color sucks |
| Lykke | Hey all :) |
| MindStar9 | Lykke - chg your text color Hon - can't read the black |
| T79x | hi |
| Andylamb | Larger Land Areas in what respect, Huge land areas with no content is a waste vheicle or no vehicle imho |
| MindStar9 | "T" - chg your text color please |
| Lykke | Lol it does, didnt see that sorry |
| RAZER | thats a hard one Ed, I guess lare LA will be more expansive to |
| RAZER | large* |
| GeorgeSkywalker | Larger land areas are good then everything is not so crowded like on calypso |
| Andylamb | Not being rude your royal purpleness, but thats hard to read too |
| RAZER | large ontinets should be OK |
| T79x | i like this one :) |
| MindStar9 | well - land area size is relevant based on hills and mountains when it comes to using vehicles - if there are too many, then cross-country anything becomes a challenge |
| Alin | its not crowded at all man |
| MindStar9 | ok Andy |
| MindStar9 | does this work ok? |
| Andylamb | Ed, If the Wide open LA, have a destination, Or a purpose for vehicles specifically then it would be brilliant |
| RAZER | IF LA will be larger will that mean more DSA's on there as well? |
| Andylamb | And MS9, it has to be purple! |
| Lykke | I agree with Andy. To me it is not about size, but how it's being used... Vehicles or not :D |
| MindStar9 | lol |
| misao | LA sizes are nice the way there are atm assuming its not wasted with unclimable mountains I guess. |
| RAZER | lol Lykke |
| MindStar9 | ok, it's bold now - does that work? |
| Chris Enzo | I think LA sizes we have on calypso is ok, vehicles or not |
| MindStar9 | no, it doesn't |
| GeorgeSkywalker | i'm thinking more in terms of plenty of mobs to kill ...if there is a large areas and many mobs then thats good should be plenty for everyone |
| Andylamb | Thats Fine MS9, don't let it happen again :p |
| RAZER | wait Ed are we talking about LA's people can buy here? |
| MindStar9 | anyway ... too many mountains and large hills deter vehicle use |
| RAZER | or just general land |
| GeorgeSkywalker | razer he is talking about continents |
| Andylamb | Speaking from my own experiance with games development have wide landscapes to roam, but with a purpose and objective it makes it far more immersive |
| Ed Robles 3 | @Razor we are talking about full playable land areas. |
| Andylamb | Take Farcry 2 for instance |
| MindStar9 | I really like roadway systems made for vehicles - like we see on one of the planets |
| Andylamb | The immersive nature of FC2 with wide open landscapes only works becuase it has a purpose and goal |
| Alin | i want flat LA's , all i can say... |
| nutrageti | Hey people, sorry for being late :) |
| RAZER | In that case Ed size is OK as it is on Calypso, was a bit confused by the term Land Area |
| RAZER | hey there 47 |
| RAZER | yep we still need big mountians, but there should also be a way to cross them with a vehicle |
| nutrageti | missed much ? |
| Lykke | Would be nice with roads around to avoid hills etc. Another problem is to spawn your vehicles if land is not flat enough |
| Andylamb | Nope, just mass debating atm, |
| Andylamb | Hold the jokes.. |
| RAZER | 47, just the first question "should continets be bigger now that we have vehicles" |
| AxeMurderer | hm we have 3D virtual reality and we talk in plain text chat, damn this is so old schoolz |
| RAZER | lol indeed Axe |
| RAZER | this is so 2001 |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Alright, thank you, this question will be closed for now. Further discussion later if time permits. |
| nutrageti | hmm continents are fine the way they are, we don't have enough players to fill continents |
| nutrageti | k |
| Ed Robles 3 | Our second question tonight comes from the Game Development team. They are wondering if the players feel there are enough or too many skills in the current game. |
| Andylamb | My opinion on that is the skill system is balanced better than most MMO's its not too hard and not to easy to gain specific skills, it just takes some brains. |
| nutrageti | There are enough skills for now, wouldn't mind more actually :) |
| T79x | if skill have use then thrre is never too many skils |
| RAZER | well one of the things about this game is the amount of skills, if you feel bored by getting one you can get some other skills |
| RAZER | I think it's OK |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | quick clairification; not enough, just enough, or too many. |
| misao | Don't think there is never enough there is something out there for everyone. |
| Sara Serenity | Too many skills by far, many unrealistc skills |
| RAZER | just make sure the skills have some use |
| RAZER | * sweat gatherer * |
| Chris Enzo | a few to many |
| AxeMurderer | enough skills in RPG?! not for me. bring em more! yep make sure they are usefull in game |
| Andylamb | Please Make perception hits mean global within 100 meters lol |
| nutrageti | Make sweat gathering usefull |
| misao | like for exemple hair styling aint for everyone so it doesnt appy to most guys |
| Andylamb | Agreed Nut |
| T79x | what perception is great indicator of no loot in area |
| Andylamb | One skill is almost impossible to unlock for some people, such as ESL |
| Andylamb | That needs to change |
| Alin | Imo are enough skills in game , but i will like to see more health contribution skills |
| Sara Serenity | its ridiculous how many skills are in the game that are merely singled out and only become Valuable when crossed with another skill |
| RAZER | well hard to unlock skills give people a goal in the game |
| RAZER | Maybe we even need more of those |
| nutrageti | the more skills the better, it allows for better focusing of a profession, if there was only one skill for hunting then having different weapon types would be useless |
| Sara Serenity | Too MANY! |
| Alin | True Razer , after lvl 70 hit no skills and dmg 80 , we need at lvl 90 100 110 120 or so :) |
| Andylamb | True Razer, But ESL you can only unlock if you have a serrious bank balance |
| Andylamb | thats unfair imho |
| nutrageti | why too many? |
| Andylamb | Or at least a friend with a rez chip |
| RAZER | so, Sap, why can't that we in game then, this game has to be for eveyone, so also for people with a big bank account |
| Sara Serenity | because if you are skilling you need to have a cross up of up to three skills |
| Sara Serenity | its worse than going to university |
| nutrageti | you don't need ethereal soul language unless you have the ressurection chip... |
| misao | Yeah some useful unlocks would be cool great idea Razer |
| nutrageti | I like university :P |
| RAZER | sure I would never get ESL, but I don't care, much more skills around for me to get |
| Andylamb | True Razer |
| admin | Let me hop ingame and shout about it a bit more :) |
| Andylamb | Im sure you could razer your an old dog plenty of people about would lend u a rez chip |
| RAZER | and some are pretty hard like Commando |
| RAZER | but a goed goal to work for |
| Andylamb | Indeed, you must have goals |
| RAZER | well Andy dont even know anyone that has one ;) |
| RAZER | wow did English-Dutch hybrid text there |
| Andylamb | NEVERDIE, Deathbringer |
| Andylamb | Erm |
| MindStar9 | balance is important - achieving goals is important - relevance and relationship between skills is key - but achievability is also a factor - there should be defined usability and purpose that continues to add something |
| RAZER | well pretty sure they don;t know me andy |
| Andylamb | True but not too acheivabl. |
| Kitten | What you think of in 6 years of skilling only one person can paint black items. not enough person for all new worlds and that person not even log in anymore. Leave other worlds colorless?. thats my take on skills |
| GeorgeSkywalker | new skills for new professions only ....not a good idea to add more to existing e.g. for weapons...we allready have skills in them |
| Andylamb | Semantics Razer :p |
| RAZER | true, will send ND a PM right away |
| nutrageti | if anyone could paint black then black wouldn't be so fashionable |
| Andylamb | Why not :) |
| Salix | hello |
| RAZER | you are right about that Kitten |
| RAZER | but if one perosn can get it why can't anyone esle |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Awesome, thank you everyone, going to close this question. Further discussion on these if time permits. |
| Andylamb | And not just that if everyone could look as good as me then It wouldnt be worth my while |
| admin | I mostly hope we will ever find out exactly what which skill does. It's a huge gray area at the moment |
| Ed Robles 3 | The third question tonight comes from the Writing staff. They are wondering if players would be interested in missions whose only incentive would be storyline as the incentive. |
| RAZER | YES ! |
| RAZER | next question :) |
| T79x | yes!!! |
| Salix | Yes from me, so long as the missions are actually interesting |
| MindStar9 | so missions that add to storyline with no other rewards? |
| nutrageti | I think most players need something at the end, even a symbolic token |
| Andylamb | I think there needs to be a mix of storyline and non storyline, Noteverone Likes to RP. |
| Sara Serenity | I like that Idea. Yes for sure |
| GeorgeSkywalker | yes for me |
| Salix | i.e. not go here and click on 5 objects |
| AxeMurderer | sure. even super mario has princes to save, what do we have? ugly animals only |
| Kitten | yay for story! |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Quick clairification: These missions would involve no direct PED consumption.\ |
| Chris Enzo | yes |
| nutrageti | then yes |
| AxeMurderer | bring em on |
| Andylamb | Free missions..? |
| Sara Serenity | symbolic token... what some Nova particles not symbolic enough? |
| admin | <<< loves free stuff |
| RAZER | yes Kris, but I think we need the 'grinding' missions to, so everybody has something they like to do |
| Lykke | yes. I don't care getting x novafragments tbh - if there's no real story in it anyway. It's boring |
| GeorgeSkywalker | definately yes then |
| Andylamb | If the Mission has no direct PED consumption, whats the point in doing it? I don't fully understand the question sorry. |
| Juicy | ehrm is this the chat with the guys from the new planet ? |
| nutrageti | something for you to do, like reading a book |
| Sara Serenity | Kris- what do you mean by no Direct Ped Consumption? |
| Andylamb | YEs Juicy |
| nutrageti | yes |
| MindStar9 | question would be - does one then need to do the missions in order to advance with storyline? |
| Lykke | I would love mimssions which will bring some chances to explore further. Find 'hidden' things (knowing of course, next person will find the same :D) etc. |
| RAZER | interesting one MS9 |
| admin | I do hope that grinding missions will build up their rewards. Not that 5k mobs will only reward fragments :s |
| Andylamb | Your blue again MS9, tututut |
| RAZER | and some more missions linked together, so answer yes in some mission will disable the next one for instabnce |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | It doesn't cost any PED to do this mission directly. EX: No need to kill anything, travel by foot, etc. To talk to character to gain storyline. |
| MindStar9 | I've been blue for readability - let's stay on topic ;) |
| misao | If the story line is portrayed with text only I'm not interested. As long there is , audio telling the story line, npcs that actully do something instead of standing in one spot all day, cut scene for story line part of the mission. Something along those |
| misao | lines |
| AxeMurderer | red is worst than blue, but tahts for paintist to decide |
| nutrageti | There was a quest in an old rpg that had you collecting books all over the map and the reward was a nice story... |
| nutrageti | wouldn't mind somehting like that |
| RAZER | yep 47, somethig liek that could be cool |
| Lykke | I don't believe only text will do it. Actions are needed. Personally if that requires me to go somewhere - to a cave, a land to find something etc. - I would do that - as long as it's interesting enough and help me feel as a part of it all |
| RAZER | even finding stuff in a cave or something |
| Juicy | i wonder if there are already plans for pets on the new planet ? |
| MindStar9 | I love uncovering a storyline like a mystery, but would be concerned if it were the only way to learn or advance with the storyline - quests would then be mandatory in this case |
| Sara Serenity | ahhhh... yes that would be good. especially if the missions added more historical events to chase... like Archeaology |
| Alin | an active hunter , miner wont make them .... |
| RAZER | even needing to kill some mobs to get to it |
| misao | yeah reading a wall of text is lame.. |
| Andylamb | Perhapse adopt a system like in Broken Sword or MYST. |
| Sara Serenity | History is good... gives a current place more body |
| antonioliveira | have you got an ETA for Cyrene? |
| nutrageti | as a miner I'd do the misions just to mine the route I need to take |
| Chris Enzo | not to much text, i like action;) |
| RAZER | so a mission to discover books that contain the history of the planet, sound like a nice mission |
| Lykke | I agree - storyline is very good - but it needs some action too to make me feel a part of it |
| nutrageti | as a hunter just to looko for new spawns |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | All the suggestions are great: we will dedicate the last 10 minutes of chat to it. :) |
| Lykke | and feel I contribute to it |
| Lykke | :) |
| RAZER | BUT it would be nice if the text could be downloaded some how, I hate reading large amounts of text on an ingame screen |
| Andylamb | If you have ever played MYST or Broken sword, the whole entire games are built like one big mission to achive the final goal, And the way you have to think and do things in the right sequence are imperitive to the outcome. |
| Sara Serenity | oooh Great idea RAZER |
| Andylamb | Brings a whole new level to ingame missions and adds far much more immersive gameplay |
| nutrageti | The longest journey, Syberia? all were nice games that were played for story only |
| AxeMurderer | I dont think MYST can be implemented in never ending game |
| RAZER | so maybe got some personal code for a website where you can logg in to read the discovered sotrylines |
| Lykke | I would love ... if you make some ingame historical places, that the story was added 'in the walls' - like little written things around to tell you why this and that is there - or to tell a history |
| RAZER | oh wait you already have a personal page :) |
| Sara Serenity | like being a Tomb Raider |
| Sara Serenity | or Indiana Jones |
| Andylamb | No Axe, but that kind of techinical thinking to achive a goal is what I meant |
| misao | interaction with the environment is a thing that is very much missing and needed in PE and would be a great addition to telling playing missions. |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Great, thanks everyone, going to close this question. Further discussion if time permits. |
| Sara Serenity | just Finding the Information and gaining knowledge |
| Ed Robles 3 | Our fourth question tonight comes from the marketing team. How important is the cross platform marketing of the game? Do you feel more players would be drawn by Books, cross platform games, graphic novels, and other avenues that might have a low cost or |
| Andylamb | A client specific to somthing like the Iphone would be awsome |
| nutrageti | or |
| Lykke | ... but only if you can actually PLAY with it andy |
| RAZER | well so far there is NO marketing for any of the planets other then the sale of high priced items |
| Sara Serenity | Graphic novels and Books would be great... to give the Universe a new take on culture and stories of every day colonists |
| Kitten | /s yay level 30 evader |
| Kitten | opp wrong keyboard hehehe |
| Lykke | it would be nice for the story line of course - then it could be nice for people who are already playing EU |
| RAZER | so ANY marketing would be good I guess |
| nutrageti | Short stories, episodes of some kind might attract interest |
| AxeMurderer | for books you need deep story - do you have one? |
| T79x | kiten >^.^< |
| Andylamb | Short movies, Epic idea. |
| Lykke | I would say, that you need to make sure to keep up the good stories on webpages and on game sites. Drag people in by curiousity. And use the community |
| AxeMurderer | I say NO to cross platforms sorry |
| Sara Serenity | Novels |
| admin | Something subtle would work, Ed. Like getting someone to run into the set of The Hobbit wwearing a Planet Cyrene T-shirt while they film, or something like that |
| Kitten | >^.^< |
| Lykke | OH Idea, Andy6 |
| Lykke | yes |
| Lykke | sorry .. slipped key lol |
| Andylamb | If you make a film, Animated perhapse, and have it closly linked to the storyline ingame along side the timing of development of the planet its self, the player can feel involved with the film |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | AxeMurderer, currently we have a very large storyline that would take much too long to tell through just one vehicle. |
| misao | Manga/anime type of marking of the game would be THE BEST would be a great succuess. As for ps3/ xbox ports as long as you take your time and make quality work I dont mind. |
| MindStar9 | I think the players are the greatest storytellers based on their own adventures - so would encourage interaction in that respect |
| Kitten | YAY for manga XD |
| Lykke | but yes; Make a story on YouTube ... keep the mystery in it |
| Lykke | keep posting little movies |
| T79x | gimme Crzne T shirt adn i run on anz camera on spot haha |
| Lykke | make it look real :D |
| Lykke | OoooOo im already in |
| RAZER | yep movies will be cool, make some cool traileers |
| MindStar9 | depending on the medium used - it paints a canvas to the outside world of what the possibilities are |
| Andylamb | And btw Ed, I know that alot of cool things will be implemented in the future, but if eu ever turns out like Nolife. then im outtahere |
| Andylamb | just saying |
| Sara Serenity | Agreed with Kris... take for example Dare I say it the W.O.W culture and the WarHammer company |
| RAZER | one other thing you might wanna do is get some positive news out there. If you look at forums like MMORPG there is a lot of bad press on there |
| misao | also those models you guys made @ work I'm sure some of us would buy them for a geeky collection <3 |
| GeorgeSkywalker | films, books all good stuff in my opinion |
| Andylamb | Can We request that Weekly or monthly Video blogs from the studios be made also, to keep people updated with development |
| Kitten | yupyup whiners whine loud |
| Andylamb | But not just the highs of development, but also the lows |
| Lykke | make a book like LOTRO has (and wow) with maps, mobs, missions lol - problem is, its outdated when new things are added |
| Andylamb | It shows that you are real people working hard, It would be a giant leap in Customer relations serriously lacking in entropia universe |
| RAZER | well Lykke can be an online book, right |
| Sara Serenity | all have novels and histories developed to make them full bodied and those stories are availble throught novels and comics |
| Lykke | use EP Wiki, please :D |
| RAZER | lol indeed Lykke |
| Lykke | merchandise is mostly for people already involved in game |
| Lykke | make sure you are been seen on the game conventions around |
| Juicy | hum somehow i dont get this chat :D whos from cryene ? |
| RAZER | yeah but still fun |
| Lykke | the yellow text people :D |
| RAZER | Juice they ask a question and see our reactions |
| nutrageti | you could always try and adress different fan bases individually, make something like D&D things for some, short fps movies for others... |
| RAZER | not the other way around |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Myself and Ed Robles 3 |
| admin | Juicy - Kris and Ed Robles 3 are |
| GeorgeSkywalker | ED and Kris are Cyrene |
| Lykke | Ed and Kris |
| Andylamb | MS9, I like your idea, but if they did that they would need to make a Novel based on your exploration alone! |
| Sara Serenity | NEXT QUESTION |
| Juicy | ahh cool |
| Sara Serenity | :p |
| RAZER | so any new additions to The Sons of Remus any time soon ?? |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Cool, thanks everyone, going to close this question. Further discussion if time permits. |
| Ed Robles 3 | Our fifth question for tonight comes from our Team leads and Production Manager. What time frame do you feel major version upgrades should take place? Currently Cyrene is a world that will change as time goes on and history will be written. That means |
| Juicy | i wonder if there are any plans with pets ? do they have a future on your planet ? |
| Andylamb | Ed, VU's As and when they are complete and working |
| RAZER | Well Ed just make sure every Vu WORKS !!!! |
| MindStar9 | upgrade when there's a viable purpose - please don't add content just to add contact - make it relevant' |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | RAZER, the website is almost out and will include new stories and iPhone game with exclusive story for the Sons of Remus. |
| nutrageti | Could you make major updates on a fixed squeduale? I mean for example everyone would know the alst day of the month is update day? |
| GeorgeSkywalker | could u type rest of question please |
| AxeMurderer | ED your question wasn\t full |
| admin | I agree. We can wait for new functionality. As long as it's properly tested when it is implemented |
| RAZER | WOOT thanx Kris |
| Juicy | i just wonder lots about pets because i saw stables on screenys i think ^^, any info u can give ? |
| Lykke | I agree with the others. I don't mind vu's at all - but I mind if I have to wait days before I dare logging in after. |
| Andylamb | Also please please please tell your Devs not to hack code, fix bugs correctly to avoid more bugs!, but im sure you guys alreaddy know this and way beyond my skills |
| Lykke | That sounds awesome Kris :)) |
| Kitten | remember planet partners dont code they add content mindark adds code |
| Ed Robles 3 | A version update in this case would mean an end to a certain era in Cyrene with a new one starting up. Think Expansions. |
| RAZER | man, now I reall do need to get myself an iphone |
| Andylamb | Aha!, Well in that case, Not too fast |
| MindStar9 | you mean a certain segment of storyline would end? |
| RobVee | stables? taming?! |
| Andylamb | If its all done too quickly the story could burn out later down the line |
| Andylamb | None wants that. |
| Juicy | lol sounds nice but whats about damn pets :D and already mentioned a date when the planet comes ? |
| RAZER | well Ed not sure what that means for the stuff we have before the VU |
| nutrageti | would new players be able to take on the previous stages? |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Andy, currently if we put out a new era, twice a year, we have enough for 6 years. |
| MindStar9 | so play in an era for a period of time and then it would no longer be available? - not sure I fully understand |
| Andylamb | Is there anychance you could implement a Marco Mob that runs to you and says "Loot is Dynamic" just so we can shoot it? |
| Sara Serenity | A defined end to an Era? hmm I think a gradual Evolution far better |
| nutrageti | like an expansion allows old players to continue the storyline but also permits new ones to start from the beggining |
| Andylamb | Sounds good Kirs, Im with you now. |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | But every six months might be too early. |
| Chris Enzo | dont do big changes to often, once a year maybe |
| RAZER | yep I'm confuused about that to MS9 |
| Andylamb | It depends on what you change. |
| AxeMurderer | new era after 31.12. every year :) |
| Andylamb | If its just to change stuff with story line |
| Juicy | or lets ask maybe this way ... can u give any infos about pets on your planet ? |
| Andylamb | for instance if a city is destroyed to implement the destruction |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Reminder, all suggestions for the last 10 minutes of the chat. |
| Andylamb | then fine |
| Ed Robles 3 | No Nutrageti. Once an era is closed it will become history and no longer available. This will only effect story line missions. |
| nutrageti | or add |
| admin | Juicy- The team will ask questions to us first. The last 10 minutes or so they will answer questions from us to them |
| nutrageti | ok, thank you :) |
| Juicy | kris can ya tell about pets on your planet ? |
| RAZER | BUT kris, this will not mean you are closing of Land does it? |
| Andylamb | Right then so Expansion packs. thats a tough one. Perhapse one a year? |
| misao | every six months too early? =S Maybe you should throw in some interesting filler vu's inbetween then =P |
| Andylamb | Every 6 months is too soon |
| Juicy | ohh sorry didnt know :D |
| dilly | hurray I'm in |
| Andylamb | For Expansions once a year, definatly. |
| admin | I do kind of like that idea, Ed. Not sure everyone will agree, but it would allow for those who started following early to get somethig to show for it |
| T79x | hi dilly |
| Juicy | than i wait :D |
| MindStar9 | then eras only have temporary relevance to overall historical value? - if new players can't experience it once it's gone, how is it relevant to advanced storyline? |
| Andylamb | If they can take something with them, such as an item or some kind of artefact then it makes for good memories imho |
| RAZER | well MS9 we have some temp. missions on Calypso now to |
| GeorgeSkywalker | ms9 they'd jump into the storyline whatever period they join |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Closing no, changing yes. |
| RAZER | so it might work |
| Andylamb | History moves fast, Thats the fact of it |
| MindStar9 | I'll have to give this more thought |
| Kitten | yuyup O rushed to make sure to do all the temp missions asap XD |
| Lykke | I think it's awesome. It adds something 'real' to it. I wasnt alive 100 years ago either - it's all history to me - even though I would have wished I was a part of the history, I can be a part of new history |
| RAZER | ah Ok Kris, that clears up some stuff |
| GeorgeSkywalker | i like this idea of eras |
| T79x | nobies will get book whit history ?? |
| MindStar9 | I think I understand now |
| Andylamb | Like the Typhoon event, Aparently was 6 years ago...... damn that went fast. |
| admin | Lies, Lykke. YOu're 375 years old! |
| Kitten | oh oh a library with history books would be so cool |
| RAZER | so it is basically like Hadesheim, area chance due to a storyline |
| Ed Robles 3 | MS9. There will always be goals and missions for new players. But History on Cyrene is written by those who participate in certain areas. We like to think of it as veterans of an era. Much like wars of the past. |
| MindStar9 | will the era's then be written in Cyrene history? |
| Andylamb | Thats what I think it means Razer |
| Sara Serenity | it was 6 yrs ago? |
| Sara Serenity | what? |
| Lykke | well, some of the events on calypso now are also only one time events and also ads to history (or ... well... you know) - and it's actually nice that the 'game' or more Universe evolve and we evolve with it like that |
| Andylamb | According to the storyline yes Sara |
| Sara Serenity | I missed like 6 birthdays |
| misao | Will each expantion keep active participants interested enough for 6 months? |
| MindStar9 | got it Ed - you answered my question as I was asking it - we are telepathically linked :) |
| Andylamb | If 1 year in EU is 6 then my avatar is 24 years old.... |
| Andylamb | lol |
| Juicy | lol |
| RAZER | well Sap who's the old fart now ?? |
| AxeMurderer | din ding ding T-10 |
| Andylamb | lol |
| Andylamb | MS9? |
| Lykke | *looks the other direction* |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Cool, thanks everyone, this question is closed. |
| Lykke | I think he meant you, andy |
| Juicy | now can we ask ^^ ? |
| MindStar9 | not funny Andy |
| RAZER | I samrtly keep my mouth shut here |
| Sara Serenity | I like that idea Ed that makes more sense now |
| Andylamb | Your all older than me |
| Andylamb | so shaddap |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | We will now open up for suggestions. Please if possible, post who you are making the suggestion to. They will be logged and reviewed later by the team. |
| Lykke | we could have had this chat for a longer time, it seems :) |
| Ed Robles 3 | Nice suggestion Lykke. Noted ; ) |
| Juicy | well i would like to know about pets, and if they got any future on your planet ? |
| Andylamb | Suggestion for all team members behind development, Please Make Weekly or monthly video blogs to show us your not all just slacking off drinking booze. |
| T79x | is possible that lasser sights will make a DOT on Cryene ? ^^ |
| Lykke | Beside through missions, how (in game) wil you try and add the history? And will it involve the already known history from Calypso (being somehow merged into it)? Or be independend? |
| AxeMurderer | some team quests will be good |
| Kitten | my only sugest right now is look into coloring system. I am 6 years colorer 9th best in game and only can use half the colors. with new planets all over the coloring ability going to be stretched thiiiiiin |
| Ed Robles 3 | Andy, HOW dare you sir... Thats a good 6 hours of our work day... what else will we do to fill the time? |
| Lykke | lol |
| Andylamb | Im sorry but it needs to be sorted Ed |
| Lykke | that's how REAL creative ppl works :D |
| GeorgeSkywalker | Three suggestions 1) item lock feature 2) Mob lock feauture (once a mob tagged belongs to u avoids k'stealing) 3) actively pursuing scammers |
| Ed Robles 3 | The drinking booze part that is = ) |
| misao | lol |
| Andylamb | Lemmy Kilmster done his best work on Acid... .. |
| Andylamb | Go figure |
| Andylamb | Dont do drugs kids. |
| Juicy | Ed ? can u tell something about pets now ? i think i saw stables on screenshots ? |
| Jamira | Hi folks! Will we have special Cyrene clothes, weapons and other items? |
| Andylamb | But no Ed, I think weekly video blogs of the office or montly if time is a problem |
| Andylamb | Will show alot more people your willing to involve people |
| Andylamb | I mean ok your doing that now ofc |
| Andylamb | but keep doing it! |
| Sara Serenity | lol |
| DaisyColdFinger | Hi .. Q = Whats the word on Lootable PVP and PVP in general on your plnet? |
| Andylamb | Customer relations and communications is Key! |
| Lykke | will you - seperately from the rest of the game - have a special PLANET auction, or other things which will make it easier for people to drive a business on the planet - without having to go back to Calypso all the time? |
| Ed Robles 3 | Juicy, we are currently working on our pet system but must also work with MindArks choice. This is influenced by all Planet Partners and what they ask for unless an exclusive is given. |
| RAZER | One thing that I would suggest is to develop stuff that fits the game and the time it plays in (unlike the hummers and boats on Calypso) |
| Andylamb | Daisy, Ed said Rockstars arent allowed on Cyrene, its bad for buisness |
| RAZER | EXCLUSIVE, can they do that !!!! |
| Tass | Give us challenges! Right now the only challenge is the act of depositing enough to achieve anything you want. There are 0 challenges based on in-game skills or off-game skills. |
| Andylamb | >.< |
| dilly | I thought Force kicked rock stars who left RT |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Andy, as soon as our website is live, so will our youtube channel, along with behind the scenes content that has already been filmed. |
| Lykke | Could and would you (please :D) make a mail system in game, which would make it possible for people to send other people items/money? The same goes with a lending system ... much needed |
| Juicy | hehe so its still in MA´s hands , but u guys got plans with pets ? that sounds already great and would make me happy =) |
| Sara Serenity | Do you Mean a Localised Auction Lykke? |
| DaisyColdFinger | RS will come and we will take over the place....Now how about that PVP question ;) ? |
| Andylamb | Awsome Kris, thank you. |
| RAZER | good suggestion there Lykke |
| Kitten | lykke that sounds like a system which woudl be mindark hehehe |
| Lykke | the lending system could prevent in game scams |
| Lykke | yes - I would have preferd if you in the excisting auction could 'sort' on planets and then get the items only for YOUR planet |
| admin | I'm mostly hoping that in Cyrene, skills and experience will actually matter. On Calypso, I really do not feel that there's any difference between a noob or a vet shooting argoes. |
| Lykke | that would make it easier. |
| Andylamb | To the Dev team, There has to be an alternitive to sweating for new arivals, To captivate new players on arival there needs to be more than just "Go sweat you noob" |
| Lykke | and help boost the economy on the planets |
| RAZER | lending is already possible , so it is a system thats in game, shouldnt be hard to apply to guns and stuff |
| Sara Serenity | A Mail System |
| Lykke | and prevent frustratsion |
| Lykke | lending: You borrow out an item, set it for x days / hours - and when that time is done, you automatically get your item back in storage |
| Ed Robles 3 | Lykke, Cyrene will launch will a full economy system that is not dependent on other Planets. Meaning we will be able to be self sustained. |
| RAZER | Kris any ETA on the website launch? |
| DaisyColdFinger | meh i dont have time for this. No PVP aparently so im out of here...Have phun |
| Kitten | good news Ed |
| misao | Flying cities on Cyrene please say it is so? Jumping off with gliders or wing suit would be wicked :D |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Daisy, PvP is very important on Cyrene, it will definitely play a larger role then people will expect. |
| Jamira | Lykke, that is an old but very good idea |
| Andylamb | Question to Ed, Do you have a job opening for a C++ Games developer, ofc you would need to pay for me to move out to your studios. :D |
| Lykke | great news, Ed! |
| Jamira | We have a lending system with vehicles now |
| Lykke | then it should be easy to make one for other items as well |
| Jamira | It should be expanded to other items |
| Ed Robles 3 | Razer, I am currently waiting a review session with a second web team. I was very unhappy with the Flash heavy site that was presented when tested in multiple countries by our test group. |
| dilly | Will there be any unique systems implemented especially for Cyrene? |
| Juicy | kirs , hope we can use pets later for pvp :D i wanne send those stupid gunners some mean giant pets :D |
| RAZER | ah Ok Ed, well if you need more testers send me a PM :) |
| Chris Enzo | but if you buy a item, but the former owner has it ticked as for lending only, how does that wolk then? |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Andy, currently we are not looking for any additional developers, but will post up as soon as we do. |
| admin | Flash = evil |
| Sara Serenity | Kris what would Cyrene be Offering Players that would set it appart from the Calypso and ROCKtropia, that would be and Incentive to Move to Cyrene? |
| Andylamb | Ok sir :) |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Dilly, those questions will be answered in up coming press releases. |
| Andylamb | Flash Websites are just down right lazy tbh |
| misao | "HTML5" is awsome for new website you should look into it. |
| Andylamb | Ill do you up a cheap joomla site if you want :p |
| RAZER | so any more suggestion for the Cyrene people? |
| AxeMurderer | good question Sara |
| Tass | Make Cyrene diversified, example Mobs: Nighttime mobs, seasonal mobs, mobs you can only hunt using vehicles, mobs you can only encounter alone, mobs that need team work to hunt them, ... |
| RAZER | I have one, do more with the water on your planet |
| Andylamb | YES! |
| Juicy | ya make pets later able todo pvp ^^ , imagine armor for em :D |
| Andylamb | Tass Awsome idea |
| T79x | ETA relesse date ? |
| AxeMurderer | good one Tass |
| RAZER | nice one Tass |
| Juicy | a new market for pet items got be build =) |
| Lykke | Tass = I saw him first ... |
| RAZER | and welcome :) |
| Lykke | (I didnt .. but still) |
| Chris Enzo | i want something extra for miners, like beacons, it gives an extra dimension to mining |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Sara, currently we are focused on attracting a large player base that is unfamilar with EU. For current players, the major incentive, like any other planet, exploration, storyline, and possible unique features which I can not go into right now. |
| Juicy | i can imagine even a huge gun on the back of a pet :D |
| Jamira | I want occasionally rain ... no snow without break for 3 months |
| RAZER | yes and more missions for other professions |
| Lykke | YES chris. Im not even a miner - but damn do I miss beacons :( |
| Andylamb | To the dev team, Can you make the planet more "Round" and not just one large light map, Being able to chnge the lighting and mood in specific areas would be cool, but not if its all made on one large map like theya re now. |
| Lykke | missions for crafters - please! |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Tass, are you a mind reader? or a mole? REVEAL YOURSELF! |
| Sara Serenity | understandable... I asked because I dont really want to be on another Planet that is the same as Calypso. |
| Andylamb | YEAS! |
| Lykke | a little more exciting than the ones at the gateway lol |
| RAZER | lol Kriss Tass is just a master in uncovering stuff ;) |
| RAZER | talk to the other planet partners :) |
| Lykke | lol |
| Juicy | any release date is already mentioned? |
| Sara Serenity | It would have to be a Different Place with different Offering and Culture to Appeal to Existing players to "pick up stumps" and move |
| Andylamb | Well Tbh Ed & Kris, if you can promise all of what you have said today, Then Cyrene will be just simply an epic place to be no doubt. Awsome work guys keep it up |
| GeorgeSkywalker | tass is a Private Investigator extreme edition :) |
| Lykke | tass' brain is an unrevealed mystery |
| RAZER | I think he might even have 2 brains |
| Lykke | the universe starts turning, when Tass blows his nose |
| RAZER | anyway Ed and Kris I hope you got some useful info from us |
| admin | Tass is an EntropiaPlanets home-coded bot. He's what would happen if R2D2 and the Terminator had babies together |
| Lykke | I found this chat to be VERY interesting :) |
| Jamira | lol |
| MindStar9 | Tass is a brilliant idea man - we need an army to carry them all out |
| Lykke | aww Tassminators |
| Andylamb | Indeed it was so exciting i need to change my pants. |
| GeorgeSkywalker | aye sounds really good stuff |
| RAZER | admin any way we can have a transcript of this chat?? |
| misao | For large cities. It would be nice if there was no running around for like 2min with out a single both or npc to interect with. Layout in Calypso is terrible hope Cyrene fixes that |
| MindStar9 | I love Tass's ideas - he keeps us on task in the staff area |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Well, thank you everyone, had a ton of fun, and of course lots of info from you all. Everything is appericated. |
| admin | Of course, RAZER. I'll get that ready later today :) |
| Andylamb | No, Thank you Kris |
| RAZER | nice admin |
| Andylamb | Awsome stuff. |
| Lykke | and fix that 'dieing when you jump from cliffs' already |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | /bow |
| RAZER | no problem Kris |
| misao | Thanks Kris / Ed great having you |
| Lykke | Thank you a LOT kris and Ed :) |
| RAZER | now get to work finishing that planet !!! |
| Kitten | heheeh no transcript = fail |
| AxeMurderer | when the questions start? |
| GeorgeSkywalker | Awesome ! |
| admin | Thank you, Ed, Kris, and your team. We hope it will have been useful for you, and we're looking forward to Cyrene going live :) |
| Sara Serenity | Thank you Kris for the opportunity... hopefully this is not the Last time we can Interact with developers |
| Andylamb | Have a good day everyone, Look forward to seeing all this take shape. |
| Andylamb | Ciao everyone. |
| Lykke | was a rare and very inspiring opportunity to chat with you |
| MindStar9 | thank you Ed and Kris - it's always appreciated when developer teams interact |
| Juicy | Kris thx too and dont foeget the pets :D |
| Kitten | kitten will go that planet later and rule with fluffy iron fist -.- |
| Jamira | I always use an apartment to retire. Will we have houses/apartments at Cyrene? Or any other private hostel? |
| Juicy | forget* |
| Ed Robles 3 | I would like to thank everyone here today, your input is very valuable to us. We understand not everyone will be coming to Cyrene, but the help you provide will help future players who you might see someday in your neck of the Universe. = ) |
| AxeMurderer | we jumped from sugestions to the end :) |
| Lykke | Those who won't go ... we force to go ... ok? |
| Lykke | ;) |
| Sara Serenity | I suggest A free Ticket to and back from Cyrene |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | Only because we are a bit over our time AxeMurderer :) |
| RAZER | well ay chence you can provide some transport Ed?? |
| Lykke | question though |
| RAZER | wow lots of typo's there |
| GeorgeSkywalker | nah force e'm all to stay on Calypso and only allow me to go please :) |
| AxeMurderer | so no release date?! |
| Lykke | will you be replying those questions, you didnt reply to yet, later on? :) |
| RAZER | I wonder if a planet partner is allowed to 'steal' player fron another planet |
| Kitten | I wounder about shop and apartment and house ownership |
| RAZER | by handing out free travel tickets |
| Ed Robles 3 | I must admit I did not get to see all of them or they will be answered in upcoming interviews for certain a certain magazine = ) |
| misao | Kitten planetry franchize =P |
| SpikeBlack | a free ticket wouldn't be enough to keep them though |
| MindStar9 | as mentioned in Lykke's front page post about the Dec issue of the magazine, there will be an exclusive interview/article with Ed Robles 3rd :) |
| RAZER | magazine, what magazine ;) |
| MindStar9 | there we go again Ed ... lol |
| RAZER | true spike, but it helps |
| Kitten | i really liked the magasine XD |
| MindStar9 | the Dec issue will be published on the 12th |
| MindStar9 | you will learn of the visionary path that led to the birth of Cyrene ;) |
| SpikeBlack | there are certain things that would keep me but I doubt the rest of the existing EU players would accept it |
| Lykke | Otherwise, you can see the chat and we can always also make a front page story, Ed :) |
| Jamira | MS9 ... wrong text colour btw ;-) |
| MindStar9 | the purple isn't clear enough Jamira, sorry ;) |
| GeorgeSkywalker | before u go Ed and Kris you both have to reveal one secret about cyrene :D |
| Jamira | hehe |
| MindStar9 | can't wait to try out the purple juice on Cyrene as well |
| Ed Robles 3 | Our main goal is definitely to expand the Universe. We do not feel it is economically feasible to make our Planet work by only bringing in current players, especially as more and more Planet Partners come on board. |
| Kitten | I agree hugely ed |
| Lykke | that's a fact |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | George, one sec, lemme see what we can do. |
| Kitten | new player flood required badly |
| RAZER | yes and new players that stick around |
| GeorgeSkywalker | i like that answer Ed ....most current calypso players just dont realise that because all they seen so far is rocktropia |
| Kitten | omg yes so totaly need a way to keep them |
| Ed Robles 3 | That said, we understand that some players will come to Cyrene and some of our Players will go to other Planets, it is just a natural thing that will happen on this platform. As long as every Planet Partner does their part, it should all work out well.. |
| GeorgeSkywalker | :thumbup: |
| misao | I beleive you guys will have to fight the power(Mind Ark) to keep whatever new ppl you bring in lol. Is planet cyrene team on good terms with MA? |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | George, I'll tell you this much. Vehicle combat including mech-like vehicles, will be the way to go on Cyrene. As you will see from the iPhone game. |
| Kitten | ohhh cooooooooool |
| MindStar9 | now that's what I'm talkin' about - had this experience elsewhere and it rocks |
| GeorgeSkywalker | mech like vehicles ..yippeeee :) |
| misao | Mecha? :O sweet |
| Lykke | oOoo Iphone game |
| GeorgeSkywalker | :yay: let me at'em |
| DaisyColdFinger | Back :) Was anything said about pvp on their planet? |
| RAZER | nice Kris |
| misao | So coming to Cyrene now =P |
| T79x | Mad CAt :)))) |
| AxeMurderer | as the same time as they introduce it on Calypso?? |
| Kitten | will power kittens ewe ep41 tier 5 be alowed? XD |
| admin | Yes, Daisy, but they made us promise we'd not say anythig to you ;) |
| Kitten | because I want to bring my gun hehehehe |
| Lykke | yes, daisy, NO PVP ... NO PVP |
| RAZER | well Ed mentioned EXCLUSIVE systems, could this be one of them?? |
| Lykke | jk ... don't know actually |
| Juicy | mmm Kris |
| Juicy | hope we can also fight big pets VS mech :D |
| DaisyColdFinger | No PVP ? Your kidding me ? |
| Lykke | yes, i am |
| Lykke | I dont know :P |
| Kitten | no he said pvp is a bigger part than you though |
| RAZER | Daisy I actually thing Ed said ther PVP will be on the planet in a way we will not expact (something along those lines) |
| SpikeBlack | EU is far to slow for proper pvp |
| SpikeBlack | need to increase the speed of combat for 4 or 5x |
| Kitten | yeah he said its bigger XD |
| GeorgeSkywalker | mechs will bash pets to stone age juicy :D |
| DaisyColdFinger | Good enough for me and RS :) Thank you :) |
| Jamira | George: remember the movie Avatar! |
| RAZER | so will will have a mech pourple juice pet crusher then |
| Ed Robles 3 | OK Time for us to go. As for exclusives, I am not a big fan of that myself but it depends on how the other Planet Partners decide to move forward. To me it's not what you have, it's what you do with it. |
| Juicy | :D |
| GeorgeSkywalker | yes jamira :D |
| GeorgeSkywalker | and Return of the Jedi wookies killed mech ;) |
| AxeMurderer | for me its the size but whatever makes you happy |
| MindStar9 | take care Ed and Kris - and thank you :) |
| RAZER | lol Ed, thats about that Lykke said before :) |
| Jamira | Thank you Kris & Ed! |
| Lykke | good bye Ed and kris :) |
| admin | Thank you, Ed and Kris :) |
| Kris - Digital Scryers | /wave, thanks everyone. |
| Lykke | thanks again for coming here and do the chat ^^ |
| DaisyColdFinger | Ed we getting this planet before the world ends in 2012 right ? lol |
| RAZER | cya Kris and Ed and thanx again |
| misao | cya later Ed/ Kris |
| Lykke | :wave: |
| Kitten | byebye |
| Ed Robles 3 | Nice on Ax lol but on that note, take care and take it easy. |
| GeorgeSkywalker | Cya Ed and Kris thanks for all answers |
| SpikeBlack | just don't make it a cut and paste of calypso and you'll be fine :) |
| Kitten | i killed 76 evicerators during this chat heheheh |
| DaisyColdFinger | Lykke, are you gonna publish all official responses i take it? I missed quite a bit :D |
| GeorgeSkywalker | Kittens on a rampage ! |
| misao | :O nice multi task Kitten ^^ |
| Kitten | MEROW!!!! >^.^< |
| Lykke | yes Daisy :) wewill later on |
| RAZER | Daisy there is going to be a transcript of the chat, admin told me :) |
| GeorgeSkywalker | time for me lunch ..cya all have fun |
| DaisyColdFinger | kk cheers |
| Kitten | ok 7:30 am maybe I shodul go back to bed for a bit hehehe |
| misao | Cya George |
| Lykke | I wish to thank everyone here for being a part of the chat too! Make it all awesome |
| Lykke | Remember all, to have fun ^^ |
| Lykke | biabia |
| misao | I go back to bed too 6:30am lol cya everyone |
| T79x | bb |
| Kitten | byebye all |
| Jamira | Have fun folks. Thank you to the forum admistration to make such things possible! |
| RAZER | cya was fun indeed |
| Jamira | bye bye |
| Tass | for further info on Cyrene please also check out the wiki: Planet Cyrene ;) |