Please join us Wednesday, April 13th at 3:00 PM Central (20:00 GMT) for our monthly Hangout of the Avatar! Richard, Starr, and Chris will be chatting about Release 28 and looking ahead to Release 29! And as usual, FireLotus will be taking your questions and feedback live in the chat-room and also in advance right here in the comments section.*
We will be giving out some really awesome prizes during the 90 minute extended Hangout, and all you have to do to qualify for one is to come hang out with us in the IRC chatroom during the broadcast. Be sure to join us!
Question: What are the plans for the actual meaningless pve death?
Question: Are you gonna balance/change taming, especially for (1) preventing low level players to get/use the strongest pets and (2) preventing players with low to no taming skills to use the strongest pets? If so, how are you gonna do that?
Thanks for the attention.
+1. Am a huge fan of a control pet skill where the pet either wanders off or attacks the owner every now and then.
+1
(1) the current mechanic is the focus cost when having a pet out. But i think it doesn’t check if you at least enough focus
(2) you must be really lucky to get a highlvl pet with low taming skills.
In total I agree we need a bit to balance the use of pets.
Concerning the Emperors’ & Empresses’ New Clothes – any plan on making them dyeable?
Absolutely! In fact for just five EASY installments of 19.99 you too can own the Emperor’s & Empresses’ New Dye set.
OMG SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!!
Question: I know Brookside is a placeholder town, but will it ever have a brook?
Question: Following the sucess that was “The Rise”, could you tell a little about “The Fall”, like (1) what should we expect and (2) what is gonna be the risk/reward for adventuring in the dungeon?
Thanks for the attention.
Question: When will the new male avatar model get teeth and tongue? The /sing emote is rather spooky right now.
Feedback: i loved the skill icons for level ups .
Question: steam reports inccorrect player online status, is it possible to post the total online players number near server status.
Question: Are there additional changes planned to make the death system more meaningful?
Looking forward to mobs stealing my lootz and killing mobs carrying stolen lootz.
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+1
+1
I don’t want meaningful. I want fun.
Let’s call it meaningFUN then
+1 stealing loot
+7
Question: Does negative attunement effect your own chr or your opponent?
Question: What is planned for death consequences?
Question: When harvesting, why are we losing so much experience on fails?
You don’t lose XP you learn even from fails.
You aren’t losing XP’s on “fails”, those XP’s are moved to that skill as a GAIN.
Good grief….
Question: How many Lot Deeds will be available after Final Wipe?
In earlier times, prior to the advent of Player Owned Towns, there were rumors of Lotteries for the purchase of Lot Deeds for the 30% surplus lots that were going to be in game after the lots for all pledged and purchased lots.
With the success of Player Owned Towns, the number of lots available in game will far outstrip the number of available lots originally envisioned. What are the Dev Team’s current plans in this regard?
Question: Which of these features might realistically be available for Dynamic Templates?
1) Scene Rotation
2) Renaming of Template Points of Interest
3) Dynamic designation and naming of additional Points of Interest within the template
1) w00t!
1) When will jabbering Bertha be added to the game for those who purchased it? (A year ago!)
2) The current teleport system encourages you to spam for friends to choose from when teleporting and encourages guilds to set up bots 24×7 as “waypoints” allowing you to teleport all over the world – what is the long term plan for fast travel – currently one never need approach a control point to get where you want.
+1
+1 on teleport
ad 2) Currently I see no real issue with the control points – I just run through them.
I also see no pint in paying a fee – either I am low level and cannot afford. Or I am high level and just pass it as quickly as possible.
My main concern is “/stuck” – I know this can be exploited and I did not really need if for quite some releases (except being killed and not able to open a door as ghost).
However it was very convenient. E.g. I had used it to leave my home town: /stuck to leave the home and another /stuck to get to the entry – this has saved me a lot of boring running. It might not be realistic and might be exploitable, but the game should be fun and /stuck definitely made the game more fun.
Its Ok for me to cross the land once in a while without zoning, but leaving my house 20x a day is just boring….
+1 not a fan of the teleport to friends system.. mabey change it to a summon system so the so called friend is using thier resources to summon. Idk but current system is begging for begging.
3) Question: When will we see an Overland MiniMap? Or could we have the option to zoom way out on the Overland Map instead?
4) Feature Request: Exit/Escape Dungeon Spell/Scroll? We could use this to teleport to the entrance/exit of a town (or right to the Overland Map). If we can recall home we may as well be able to recall out of a scene as well. POT’s especially the small ones are massive scenes that, at least in the case mountainous scenes, can take a very long time to find your way out.
+1 for a teleport to exit scene mechanic in some way.
+1 for teleport to exit (see my /stuck posting).
Preferred in every scene, but if there are concerns about exploits then maybe only in non PVP towns/POTs
any map assistance in game would be amazing… mini map
+1
Not just the Overworld Map (although it would be first on my list), but ALL the scene MiniMaps…
Question: Any chance we could get the Npc’s that are inside control points to be interactable on the overhead map instead, and pay them there. Since we can pay them to avoid the control points, it would be nice to be able to pay them outside instead of having to enter to do so.
Thanks,
Ice Queen
A grand idea.
+1
Works for me….
+1 from me too
Question: Will Player Owned Towns be subject to Town Sieges?
At one point it was rumored that they would, but having a Moon Tower in the town would prevent this. Is this still the case? If not, will there be another method my with Governors might be able to opt out of this feature?
I am one of the Town Owners who would welcome a Siege! So I am curious to know if this can please be a Thing!
I think town sieges should affect every town, regardless of type, be it NPC, PRT, or POT.
Furthermore, I think the roaming siege mobs should also overrun the wilderness scenes as they travel from town to town.
While I’ve read somewhere that POTs will not be a subject to sieges until later after release (if at all), I’d welcome some kind of gameplay mechanics (either strategic or otherwise) to make owning the POT more fun. But if those mechanics are added, there should also be some kind of counter mechanics to allow POT owners to repel the attackers, monsters etc. Would be nice if there was something that POT owners/residents could build together, and sieges would affect only those structures.
Buildings purchased with real money and especially the backer buildings shouldn’t be a subject to being damaged by these gameplay mechanics, or additional structures should provide much higher defence ration. Like if you build a castle walk around your backer home, mobs should not be able to get through if grate is closed etc. definitely want more gameplay mechanics in POTs, other than just some passive mechanics like blessing…. One of the reasons that POTs and “apartment” instances become so desolated in games is because NOTHING really happens in there other than some player made boring RP events.
So much win on all these.
This smack dude is has is right.. +1
That’d be cool…….
Question: With the landrush fast approaching, do you plan to make any tools or aids available to players to help finding open lots (other than entering each scene manually and talking to each town crier ad nauseaum)?
+1 good question
Question: Will a significant amount of Castle and Keep lots be added? If players will be asked to voluntarily opt in to selecting only the largest lot size then a decent amount of choice needs to be presented for places with these very large lots.
+1
This is by far my biggest question.
+1
Question: Are you guys as awesome in real life as you seem on these hangouts?
From my experience, I’d say “pretty much, yeah”…
Question: Will the Avatars move faster? They seem sluggish in battle.
I agree, i was gonna ask a similar question.. the responsiveness is a bit slow and does not feel real time.
+1
Follow up on Rufus’s question. Will nested pots be subject to town sieges.
New questions…
Will PVP trophies ever actually be non retractable ? in other words I kill a player and they can’t buy back the skull. As a PVP flagged player It’s tiring that when I get attacked by a non PVP player, I kill Them and I can’t actually keep the trophy because they always buy it back for cheap gold. Bragging rights please!
What is the furthest distance a pot connection can be from its home location?
What’s the possibility of pot owners having limited control over weather? For example if I wanted a continuous spooky light fog in the region.
+1 for bragging rights
Question: what’s the chance of extending the PVP flag duration for non flagged players that attack/gank flagged players. The temporary flag should extend beyond the scene and last at least 24 hours. I find the current system is rewarding the wrong kind of behaviour.
Question: What is the point of all these home versions of windmill and steam power generators if nothing needs electricity?
But eventually, they will…
O RLY?
I wouldn’t be surprised, if we will soon see a full fledged out electricity system in the cash store like in Fallout 4.
Question: Now that custom music in player owned towns is in.. when is Richard going to finish reviewing music submissions? *wink wink hint hint*
Question: Now that we have shooting stars.. what about meteor showers? Possibly predictable? With debris from Daedelus in orbit it would seem odd now to have them.
+1 to seasonal meteor showers like IRL (e.g. Perseids in August, Orionids in October, etc). They would make for great viewing events…and other player-created activities.
+1 for finishing all the music…
+7 for meteor showers…. I’m lovin’ our “falling stars”, and can’t wait for everything “celestial” to be complete and in place…
Oh, and hire Bowen as a temp and let him work with your “sky guys”…
Do you guys feel the current framework for crafting is representative of the final framework? As we are weeks away from the last reset before Final Wipe I am curious how much you actually plan to change crafting and some of it’s economic impacts.
Fine tuned questions (take your pick FireLotus!):
-Will gathering still work with experience/progression as it does now
-Will refining still work with experience/progression as it does now
-Will production still work with experience/progression as it does now
-Will meaningful gear, even just aesthetically, be introduced into crafting (Example: I killed 1000 Kobolds so I can make a weapon that is outfitted with a Kobold themed hilt and has a unique title)
-Will specializations be fixed (I can focus on something and make something unique because of it)
-Will NPC guilds be created with economic benefits (IE: I am a grandmaster blacksmith so I can join the Blacksmith Guild and get blacksmithing stuff from an NPC quartermaster at cut rate costs)
-Will BODs be addressed to be a reliable source of income (currently taxes on property, with adjusted income rates as suggested by devs, force players into an online gaming economy to survive. Can we possibly see this fixed through BODs so we can enjoy small group and solo play without interacting with the online community?)
-Will total available items effect value (IE: someone spams 5000 longswords into the game over a three day period… will longswords now be sold/purchased for less by NPCs)?
-Will components be reworked to gain more value if struck by an adept/master/grandmaster?
I have more if you want more but I figure this is enough to make FireLotus want to /MYwrists already <3
OH, p.s., if you guys want to do another Deep Dive on Crafting/Economy I would totally attend that.
+1 on all points, including the deep dive. I would LOVE to hear more information on upcoming additions and changes because truth be told, we’re getting close to final wipe and recipes, materials, modifiers, etc. are being added at a seemingly sluggish pace.
yeah yeah deep dives ftw! Questions are fine i guess
+1 on all
especially deep dive
+1 to oxygen mask.
+1
Pretty sure she’s gonna want to do that anyway….
That’s too many Q’s in one post… hehehe JK (sorta)
Are there any short term OR long term plans to make the game available on other platforms? Thinking especially of the Xbox, a large and growing potential source of players.
Could you please put the waterfalls back into the Mountain Biome?
+1
I also caught a glimpse of these waterfalls and would love to see them back.
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+3
+1
+8 (and the gateway to the seas pls)
After this release is the last wipe with a test periode afterwards.
Question: will we be able to test the feeling of normal speed of gaining xp and skills?
Excellent question! off with the bonuses!
I hope so…. I would think they would want our feedback on the real thing.
+1
How soon after the Final Wipe are you hoping to put in the multi-character feature?
This is important to me for rp reasons.
+1 I was going to ask about this too.
+1. I’d like to play my main character and have another to level together with my GF.
+1
+4
+1000
+3…
Question: How will the “land rush” be tested after the wipe? I know DS said the time frames will be minutes instead of hours, but can you give some more details?
Follow Up Question: Will our time slots be shown in our account page so we can test that feature or will this not be ready until final wipe?
+1
+2 Follow-up Question: What if our test time frame has expired before our patch finished downloading?
Are you a Lord of the Manor, Niteowl57?
No one other than Lords of the Manor are going to be eligible to place for the first 45 hours… Will it take you longer than 45 hours to patch up? (This includes a grand total of 43 backers)
Well, no, but the posted question was about testing that stated using minutes instead of hours, and I did mention the ‘test time frame’. Yes, I have had it take more than 45 MINUTES to patch up.
Also… Time slots to not expire.
What is listed is the Start Time for any given group. Once started, and the ability to claim a lot with a deed has been granted, it is never removed. If your time slot starts and the next three groups’ slots have started before you can claim a lot, you can still claim a lot.
The beginning of subsequent group’s opportunity is no the end of the previous group’s ability to claim a lot.
Somone suggested having taming collars recipies for each tameable creature type i.e. wolf, bear etc. And make them dropable and tradeable. Obviously the tougher creature types being more rare. This will help the economy by both making the recipies and the color types valuable.
Question why dont the current taming collors use the same rules as other craftables -durability- ?
Question: When will food buffs begin to have different buffs? We were teased about this several releases ago and still all that we have is +1 health regen for all crafted foods.
+1. An update on the nutrition system would be great to hear. There were a ton of great ideas that Richard presented during the Nature to Nutrition Hangout back in Sept. 2014. Will it still make launch or is it now a post-Ep1 thing?
+1 to both!
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+1
Yes, a recap or update on the nutritional benefits of foods and drinks would be awesome!
+1… Yup, it’s time to get the food buff’s in place.
Are you worried that some insanely wonderful powergamer already beat single-handedly your hardest content, mere hours after you release it? Do you think there’s a risk of content being steamrolled in matter of weeks (or days) at release? Are you worried you’ll be forced to balance your game toward the most dedicated players, neglecting the casuals?
as much +1 as i can give to this.
Possible answer but sadly locked in Dev+
https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/final-wipe-draft.43965/page-21#post-491101
+1, but with comment:
People with more time on their hands will always have some kind of an upper hand. They invest their time, which is the same time as casuals invest, except they don’t have as much of it. Should the power gamers be punished because casuals don’t have time? Or should casuals be rewarded for their lack of time? It was always big question in online games. The best solution IMHO, is rested experience pool, like in LOTRO or many other MMOs. Say, you don’t play for 2 days and your rested exp grows to some certain amount. Until you use all the experience in that rested experience pool, you will receive 2x-3x experience. It needs to be balanced so that this rested expience pool would only allow to limited catch up if you’ve played that time instead.
But to be honest, it doesn’t seem that Portalarium tries to keep in mind casual players in mind, at least as far as skill progression goes. Even with 4x e p, you had to grind thousands of mobs to get a couple of skills maxed. Without this exp boost, I can only imagine the horror of grind, ESPECIALLY for casual players. There are many none-combat related things that can be done by casuals RP, POTS etc., but as in any other game I’ve played, all the content is usually related to adventuring because of crafting mats, money, etc etc. so I don’t envy casual players much, and I am one of those even though semi-casuals.
Can you talk about the incoming Crafting Production Skill Trees and how they will work / Advance Skills? Is the current plan / skills much different then when they were originally designed Here: (https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/magic-combat-and-crafting-skills.3937/)
Will you be unable to learn recipes for skills you have not advanced to yet?
Because It seems that currently you can simply throw money/time/fuel at any recipe until its crafted. Critically losing important components on low percentages could go a long way to build crafters working together rather then everyone simply able to build anything. That or not letting recipes to unlearned skills be, um… learned.
In addition, are we still going to see the Refining Skill Tree, whereas a Long Sword, once created can be refined over and over to make it better (with the chance of destroying it)?
+1 to all. I’d also like to see refining skill trees to matter more instead of being just the middlestep. For example, to produce higher quality ingots that affect the overall bonus on the finished product. I also think that scrap metal should make the lowest quality ingots of all.
+1
Question: WHEN will GOLD be usable as a useful crafting resource, and what specifically will it be used for?
Question: When, if ever, will we see more variations of the taming collars (IE Using iron, or copper, or gold instead of silver)?
Question: What is the current thinking for being able to buy lot deeds with gold in game in a post-wipe scenario?
Add my support for Wraths third question
I recognize that fine looking fellow in the screenshot!
Spoiler: It’s me
How deep will reach the combat balance described in Q2? are we talking about a classic balance meaning combat is going to stay as it is (besides lacking the unimplemented mechanics like cover and line of vision), or can we expect something deeper like changes in skills or core mechanics?
[b]W[/b]ould you please make gold currency into a place-able resource that I can horde in my treasure room, place into cache-chests as quest rewards for player created content and to share in our guild tax chest?
+1
Question: when can i drop gold in various piles on the ground ?
I am curious about this too
Also feel we need this
Question: Where the Kobold 4 Story Houses are concerned. After I pruchased and decorated, a series of shelves/bunk beds appeared. Will these be removed again or are they now a permanent part of the house?
(Note if they’ve already been removed by the time of this hangout then please ignore the question.)
This was responded to elsewhere. It was a bug. Ignore this question.
Can we get more information about how the “Ranged attack targeting” feature is going to be developed? will we be able to use spells this way as well?
Also, lots of people have been complaining about how ranged free attack actually changes your target (which seems to be a bug because of the way Ranged attack targeting was written on r26), but i personally like it as a way of moving away from targeted combat into aimed combat.
” i personally like it as a way of moving away from targeted combat into aimed combat”
Personaly I thought this was intended. Target seems to switch when you hit something else. I like it. It give a tactical dimension to the fight.
+1
+1
Question: will POT owners be given any more tools/freedom to customize their POTs, other than lawn mower (to cut trees down), and do you intend to make POTs more meaningful in game, other than blessing? Anything in plans? Do you plan to give POT owners any scripting power to make their own events with game assets like monsters? So we can make our own unique little quests, other than just doing RP events in person…
At this point all the POTS are just a piece of land, that, if nothing happens in it, will become desolate very quick.
Question: Getting a last name early was a pledge reward. Currently, the last name is not unique, only the combination of first and last together. I could be Will Smith, and you could be Bill Smith. Is this working as intended?
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The game feels too vanilla. I am NOT a pvp’er but would support control points being pvp to add strategy and danger to the game. Also, put some really good loot/resources in pvp zones. Impliment the system where when you die, the resouces you have gathered in that instance remains on your body.
There are Shardfalls that are PvP Areas. Making control points PvP would force those who don’t wish to participate in PvP to either consent to PvP or not enter control points.
The provision you request has already be satisfied with the Shardfalls.
There is no real compelling reason to go to the shardfalls. ???
I’ve always been told that PvP was about competition and that simply being able to measure yourself against Human opponents rather than an AI was the compelling reason for PvP.
Is that not true?
+1
I would be remiss if i did not ask: Do we get book titles back SOON!
If I have this correct, soon our friends lists will become following lists and a new friends list will be established based on mutual consent. Will I still be able to whisper my “follow” list and just not be able to teleport to their location?
Still suggesting a “deposit only” public cache
Or just a better permission system
+3!
Question: Will gambling in the form of some type of table games be implemented, such as roulette, craps, etc.? I know this is out for Episode 1 but possibly Episode 2?
+1
“Casino’s” would be a great way to get folks together for a nite’a’fun
Questions :
– Some unique quests are made by all players. For exemple, all of us have to look for the same amulet and bring it to the same person, even if it is already been accomplished by other players, so how the multiplayer aspect is taken into account in this case ?
– Can we expect that items claimed by NPCs are a bit more generic equipment, randomly generated from a pool of defined items (for more immersion) ?
– Richard Garriott concerns was to avoid the traditional MMO quests (bring me X of Y, kill X mobs …) and to build more immersive missions. Is it possible to refuse to do the quest in a traditional way?
– In the public area, we can’t move items and very few are usable. Do you plan to extend the interactions in all accessible areas using a tweaked decoration system?
+1 to alternative ways to solve a quest. More Myra and Myron with even more branches!
As regards your 4th point… In a multiplayer environment, there will be those that take things simply because they can. There will be those that destroy for the joy they derive from destruction. If everything, or most things, in public areas are moveable, or takable what do you think those public areas would look like a week after final wipe compared to how they looked on the day of?
My belief is that they would be stripped bare in the span of a day.
I did not say that there should not be limits: if you move an object that does not belong to you, the guards could attack you and if death is truly detrimental, believe it will be a very serious limitation; one can also imagine that large furniture cannot be manipulated (because they are fixed on the ground, because of a lack of strength, whatever). In all cases, a permission system can be set up to identify what can be done or not by players or groups of players who visit the area, and what can be a punishable transgression.
However, if the only interaction with the world is to take or to activate a limited number of objects, it can be a serious problem for immersion.
What are the fututre plans concerning the implementation for our CoA (Coat of Arms)? Is this still in the works and if so when?
As I was told last hangout…”Read the quarterly update…it says after final wipe” nothing more specific. Sad though. I feel this will be something that will be totally dropped from the game for whatever reason.
In the early releases there was a bug that put your avatar into what could only be called “Butt Surfing Mode” I really miss that. Any chance this could be brought back as an *Emote* or even possibly the sale of Flying Carpets in the Add On Store that would give the same appearance?
+10
Butt Surfing was obviously unintended, but nevertheless it was massive fun.
Since you guys fixed the cause, then you know what to put back – on demand.
And I demand Butt Surfing as an emote….
ohhhhh I have a request. Sell the long gloves separately and at a reduced rate. If the right price I will be buying several…or more….
Just incase you didnt understand it is the gloves in the satin bodice bundle
gloves!!!! yes please!!!!!
+1
+1
I would love to have the gloves also! I agree with Jade 100%!!!!!
Comment: It pleases me to see that the Devs are subjecting themselves to the Lot Selection Schedule.
Reference: Starr’s account screenshot in this week’s update.
Q): Will there be a 4x XP buff after this month’s wipe? Last chance to test leveling without!
Q): Are there any plans to revise control points with different options to support meta gameplay for guild vs guild or general PvP?
Support no 4x buff for this final wipe before the FINAL wipe
+1 on the xp buff question.
At the very least, I would like to see it reduced back to 2x to sort of wean us down closer to what it will really be like after final wipe. But I would prefer it be no xp buff at all for R29.
We need to start getting used to the real thing.
Question: Will it be coastal water village lots in coastal Towns?
I hope there will be so lighthouses that is placed will actual be in logical places
instead of several lighthouses in the kingsport river as we had early releases.
Would be extra nice if that lot could have a shipwreck when empty.
Q): Will there be some plan on improving the game play experience for duel wield weapons? Right now the auto attack only uses one hand and avatars will have to spam a glyph for off hand, which very awkward to play.
Q): How far are we getting the feature “whole house magic mover”?
Q): Will we have any more new houses coming to in-game or add-on stores soon since the pledges that give houses will go away after final wipe?
Please tell me this game will have consequences? I cant stand wow because there are none !!!! I want a fun game that has risk vrs reward. Some examples might include but not limited to exp loss on death, loss of items. Full loot pvp with the player choosing the level of pvp they are interested in. I did play uo early on with my husband and found it amazing just about every game ive played since has been a disapointment.
+1
Questions:
1) Will the Obsidian Tower (Village size) receive some attention? The interior is very poorly designed. I’d suggest removing the staircase, let the ladder reach the floor, and lower the floor of the ipstairs hole
2) Were you able to find a way to not wipe social data at final wipe)
3) I once heard about chat improvements. Is that still a thing?
Q): Will the pooled experience bar going away soon now that we have the skill progress UI icons?
Q): How much sleep and/or alcohol has DarkStarr had since this past Thursday @ 8:38 AM ?
Comment: Relax, everything’s gonna be fine….
Q): Scene Maps again… When are we gonna see the rest ???
I need ’em….
Question: When the new PRT’s come out, will there be some in the Hidden Vale region as well? Currently, there aren’t a lot of Row, City, Keep, & Castle lots available in that region.
Thanks much,
Ice Queen
+1
Question: why did you take the easy road on makers mark. If a blacksmith makes a poor blade they would not take the time to engrave it. Only exceptionally made items are worty of a makers mark. They should be hard to achieve and rewarding.
Question: Is there any plan to tackle the issue where non-pvp-flagged groups of players ganked up a pvp-flagged player and get away with it afterward, which prevent the PVP from retaliate later on since the temp pvp flag will be removed after the ganker leave the zone or time out? This could ruin the aspect of PVP altogether.
+1 i agree brother, i like they can throw in anytime but a orcle visit should be required to remove the flag.
Will snowy biomes have fishing or ice fishing enabled or icy waters thawed at times during the summer?
+1
Would it be possible to get an idea of where the entrance/exit options will be for the PoT Maps. Currently on some maps (such as forest 2, underground, grassland etc) it is not that obvious.
Although the movement of entrance spawn locations won’t happen until after July, it would be really useful in terms of PoT planning where we can move them to in the future.
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Hello I dont want my physical rewards I would like the possibility to ( send as gift ) .
It is possible ?
Thanks
Question: Will Tungsten and Zinc be in smelting recipes in R29 or will they continue to taunt us again?
QUESTION: How is it explained in the game that every hero is doing the exact same quests? Every hero has to find the key to Highvale and bring some letters or some unique item to NPCs. Yet according to the lore of SotA we are aware that other outlanders arrived in the world. But then how does it work that everyone gets hold of the one and only unique item that is needed for a quest?
Question: Can we get an option for the chat log to have a solid black non-transparent background to make reading text easier?
I know UI changes will be coming in future releases, but I would think this is low hanging fruit and my eyes would thank you a great deal to get this option ASAP.
Question for RG: did you enjoy Venice?
It was a great pleasure to meet you, after +/- 30 years I’m playing your games.
Question: Will banks be adjusted to accommodate the problem of overflowing rewards preventing a new player from placing anything in their bank box? *nod to Womby who lately brought this up.*
When might we be seeing a new Pledge Stats Update from Dallas?
Really like the skill icons for leveling!
Question: Can we choose to see more skill icons for leveling (currently I believe there is a limit of 7 ??)
Question: Currently in single player offline mode, rewards are not available (prosperity tools, etc). Is this part of the plan or will they be available in the future??? <this is sort of a big deal…
Thanks!
Question: When will we be able to purchase vendors?
Question: In a prior hangout you’d mentioned that it would be possible to create a stone 5-story row house basement (as opposed to the stone-and-timber version), but that it would require ladders instead of stairs. I’m happy with ladders …… can we have the stone version?
Question: Can we please have a twerking emote? How about a pole-dancing emote?
A lot of folks lately have been asking about meaningful consequences for death. Is it possible that we can get an updated version of the “PVP & Death: Current Thinking Megapost” from Mar 6, 2014?
For example…
1. Can we expect that death will eventually take a cut out of our Adventurer experience pool?
2. Can we expect that failure to gather or craft will eventually take a cut out of our Producer pool?
3. Are there any ideas yet on how the concept of “PVP players can shift the dynamics of the game environment” will be achieved?
Forum post for reference: https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/pvp-death-current-thinking-megapost.8247/
For Lot selection, if you cannot get to a computer on the day that you can first select a lot, is it possible to go in any day after that first day to select a lot, up to and including August 24?
Question: If you receive approximately 20% of the Exp back from dropping a skill, what happens to the other 80% – Is it lost forever?
Assuming it is lost, can that 80% be added to the experience required for the next Adventurer Level?
Reason: If I am keep dropping and gaining, I could potentially get to level 100 and actually have the adventuring points spent of someone in their 70s.
Why is healing touch have a 8 seconds cool down while healing ray has a 10 seconds cool down? Wouldn’t it make more sense for a healing touch cool down of 5 seconds with a 10 second cool down for healing ray or a healing touch 6 cool down with a 12 second healing ray cool down? Healing Touch is the one spell everyone has and uses. It is the basic healing skill you gave us.
Restore the V command, /stats is too much unreadable spam.