livestream question for friday 1/31/14

[Hyperion5182]

You didn't ask much of a question there other than "do we expect people to buy the DLC" - to which I will say "yes! But please don't feel like you have to if you don't like it!" That's why we make sure we also have content that is available to everyone to enjoy so they can play the game and have fun.

Writers don't have anything to do with that. ;-)

With all due respect. And in your position given who had it last that's more than a little. I know that job aint easy but i gotta say the following: That may be the single most asinine comment i've seen by a game rep. Its up there with a few in Anarchy Online and AOC. Not good company.

You're not getting me off this one. Nor are you getting other players off this one. Who made the Storyline decision for DLC 3? You say its Trion but if i've learned anything with NBC/Universal at the larger standard they'll do and say ANYTHING and they have far more power than most realize. I've boycotted your company for MONTHS over what MSNBC has said and your relationship with the NBC/Universal Brand that's how pissed i can get. And i KNOW the power they have over shows. If it was Trion WHY was this decision made!?

End of nations gets more or less shelved I'm pretty sure it entered vaporware status. I've seen a lot of people asking about ArcheAge 1.0 Trion in general refuses to comment on it even if its a make or break buy decision for most players.

Patience by many is wearing thin. The world outside your building is going to hell in a handbasket. And it wouldn't surprise me if several of those events forced Trion to make decisions either. Games are an escape. To fight like we have to fight on here shows me its no longer an escape its an extension of the life i already am forced to lead. That makes it a LOT less fun. The lack of answers on warmaster has made sure about 90% of the good players have not shown up to warmaster and has made finding successful ones near impossible because you get people either unprepared or not willing to give a shred of effort and the second is ENTIRELY on Trion for not addressing Warmaster sooner than later.

I dont have to play i can garage that car and hang up the guns and not look back. I've wondered if i'm reaching the end of my gaming road or at least a long break of it. But crap like this? Doesnt give me reason to play doesnt give me reason to fight much longer. And that is the most disappointing thing of all. I'm done with this tonight.

[Umfafa]

Syfy doesn't have to commit to much regarding the game. We're the ones who own the IP and run the gameplay. We *do* have to make sure the lore matches up, so I'll always be shifty eyed around that aspect of it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that sounds like you just took responsibility to the stasis pod this game's been put in?

First step I guess. If nobody else is responsible for the snail's pace of development and lack of concern for creating new content....that's all you guys?

[Amack]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that sounds like you just took responsibility to the stasis pod this game's been put in?

First step I guess. If nobody else is responsible for the snail's pace of development and lack of concern for creating new content....that's all you guys?

Perhaps, you are correct. If you are, that also means they are taking responsibility for getting chat working finally, as well as fixing the drop problems regarding variety. So hey, they are doing things, not like they just sit there.

I guess what I mean to say is, that if you constantly look on the bad side of things then the chances of being happy are very slim.

[dahanese]

Hyperion -

First off, please try and be respectful - to the team, your fellow players, and yes, even me.

We switched the order of the DLC packs, but story is coming down the line with our next one (and some other stuff that we can't talk about). As game devs, we make the decisions for those changes.

We're getting off topic on other games and there's a lot of conspiracy theory stuff going on in your post which is a losing battle to begin with, but the ArcheAge one has already been addressed a couple times with that community. We have to talk with the devs at XL before we can give more concrete info to those gamers, but we're working away at the game and are going to have info out when it's ready. We are limited by the laws of time and space, no matter how you slice it.

[Umfafa]

The new chat removes emotes from the easily accessible chat menu. What used to be a simple way to communicate to friends list or clan members you pass by....requires learning all the /slash commands for emotes. (Some of which, do not work at all in the new DLC, like YES or NO). Yes or no is broken. Come on.

The new chat still displays 5 hour old chat at the bottom of the inventory window, ego window, loadout window...etc.

The new chat is still broken and it's Rev.3.what....?

All I see is bad things. Should I close my eyes and hang on tight and just hand over money and pray? I've got church for that.

[Holy Bahamut3]

You didn't ask much of a question there other than "do we expect people to buy the DLC" - to which I will say "yes! But please don't feel like you have to if you don't like it!" That's why we make sure we also have content that is available to everyone to enjoy so they can play the game and have fun.

Writers don't have anything to do with that. ;-)

I don't like this post because it insinuates everyone has a choice when it comes to this upcoming 7th legion DLC. Similar to the Castithan charge pack some of us season pass holders are not impressed by its content to say the least.

[Amack]

We are limited by the laws of time and space, no matter how you slice it.

But I thought you went to Plaid?

At this point, you should be able to fix bugs, before they actually occur.

[Amack]

The new chat removes emotes from the easily accessible chat menu. What used to be a simple way to communicate to friends list or clan members you pass by....requires learning all the /slash commands for emotes. (Some of which, do not work at all in the new DLC, like YES or NO). Yes or no is broken. Come on.

The new chat still displays 5 hour old chat at the bottom of the inventory window, ego window, loadout window...etc.

The new chat is still broken and it's Rev.3.what....?

All I see is bad things. Should I close my eyes and hang on tight and just hand over money and pray? I've got church for that.

No I am not asking you to be unreasonable. The chat on the test server still needs to be worked on further, we know that. Judging things by what you see on a test server is not a good idea, imo. You should hold back judgement until the final release.

[Ironhide]

I don't like this post because it insinuates everyone has a choice when it comes to this upcoming 7th legion DLC. Similar to the Castithan charge pack some of us season pass holders are not impressed by its content to say the least.

Yeah to be honest I'd rather have another root canal, than to take this lack luster so-called DLC. Is there anyway you can refund season pass holders the cost of this dlc , and not have us download this pathetic ....thing. I thought this was the "mechanically driven" Dlc, I don't see much mechanics to it other than trying to sucker people out of their money.

[Storm58]

Hyperion -

First off, please try and be respectful - to the team, your fellow players, and yes, even me.

We switched the order of the DLC packs, but story is coming down the line with our next one (and some other stuff that we can't talk about). As game devs, we make the decisions for those changes.

We're getting off topic on other games and there's a lot of conspiracy theory stuff going on in your post which is a losing battle to begin with, but the ArcheAge one has already been addressed a couple times with that community. We have to talk with the devs at XL before we can give more concrete info to those gamers, but we're working away at the game and are going to have info out when it's ready. We are limited by the laws of time and space, no matter how you slice it.

I've asked this before and have yet to receive an answer: If you guys knew, at least in early January, that "DLC 4" was taking the place of DLC 3, then why did you string us along and let us believe that the next DLC we were to expect was going to be story-driven/heavy? Why did you not have the common courtesy to let the community and your direct customers know that DLC 3 and 4 were being switched?

As the Director of Global Communications, why on Earth did you not make it your sole duty to inform the player base of a MASSIVE change in DLC? Why did you wait until the test servers were up and everyone started to ask about "content" and "missions" before you said anything? And even then, as Director of Global Communications, Trick, a Developer, came on and informed us of said DLC switcharoo, before we heard anything from you...

As far as I see it, that was a massive miss on your part, on your job as a community manager.