dazman76 wrote: Sorry for the negative post
"to be read in a humorous way"
- Hey guys, we need to do something, we have.. err...a situation here... we got the red light from Q&A, client crashes as soon as the player clicks on "look at outpost" option... and... well, there are a few gameplay issues... right now, we can 'acquire outpost/release outpost'. Basically, we need to work with the marketing, community liaisons and other teams to find a way to say " we messed up,this won't be live for a while"... so... let's brainstorm...how can we announce that outposts are bugged, that need to be delayed probably till christmas and that we have virtually not much to offer? also, bear in mind that we still have no clue how to balance those new mobs that we have on ATS, but don't worry, they are only numbers on a table and XML file, we can do that np.
- You now the rule number 1: "if you have to delay something, just promise something else, even if completely unrelated"
- Good idea! we could always do the 'look what you will get in game soon(tm)? I have some articles I worte about the cosmetic branch that was supposed to be added.. will that do?
- What about a new article about the patch release process?.. uhm, it's been used a bit... but player want information, we could throw in some Gantt diagrams, add a tutorial about extreme programming and c++ templates? it is a bit technical, but could do
- What a Ryzom Ring article? we can insist a bit on how we are taking the game to anbother dimension, how players will be able to affect..it'd be nice, but we can't hardly use this to justify the outpost delay, can we? also, we need to insist on the fact that ryzom ring is being done by Steph... by the "Ryzom Ring Strike Team" but Ryzom development is not stalled!! so someone put a new developer screenshot!
- What about just say nothing? they have been waiting for a while, let's hope they will wait for a few months more.... uhm, I don't know...not sure, I think we need to say something.. have you seen the population lately? it's summer, we all know they go to the beach on summer... well, I'd go myself if I had not to debug this outpost code, but players want 'communication', so they will have communication, just remember to be as vague as possible and to not give anything looking like an approximate release date, ok? also, our rite code is a mess, rite development is stalled, we can't produce rites at a high pace, so we'd rather stop them, and remove the half ones, soooo, I don't want the word "rite" anywhere in that section, ok? make sure, use word to delete the word rite.
- Ah, here, here!, we can add 'This new upgrade will contain buildings!!!" you all know, in fact, outposts use buildings, but they are so bugged, that we prefer to test the buildings separately, so players can hold buildings before they can hold outposts'
- Listen, I have this too: 'Players will influence the world, now they will have their names on a PER SHARD BAsis on a statue", let's hope the statue looks better than a entity you right click and select 'View statue' and you get a page like the encyclopedia with the namesof the players...
- Also , the PvP thing 'Want it or not, you'll get PvP. We have a strike PvP team, and you'll gonna have it. We have not developped this racial and faction conflict in our lore for you to love each other, kill yourselves!"
- Ah, and promise rewards, that's always a good thing!!
Ok, I think we have more or less something.. soo... who writes it ?, Xavier?
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