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  • nusquamnusquam FuncomMember, AMA Guest UncommonPosts: 62
    rickswi said:
    Hi Joel,
    Can you go ever the stats and give us a brief explanation of what each stat is applied in the game and how it effects game play
    There is not nearly enough time for this. Sorry.
  • logicbomb82logicbomb82 Member UncommonPosts: 228
    Hi Joel, will the dedicated servers have a GUI for controls or will they run off .ini settings?
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  • nusquamnusquam FuncomMember, AMA Guest UncommonPosts: 62
    Po_gg said:
    Hiya Joel :waving:

    I know it is mandatory for the Early Access, but maybe after release there's a chance for a version not clutched in Gabe's hands? I know on the TSW forums there was a fairly long (and heated / steamy) debate on the topic for both The Park and for Hide&Shriek. For The Park it took a year to the release on gog.com, that timeframe sounds reasonable...
    So, in short, the question would be: Is there a non-steam version of Exiles in the plans, for later?


    Bonus question, since it bugs me quite a while now :wink:
    TSW, Issue#6, the City before us mission (as I remember you were out of the bunker already by that time).
    The language there, is it just gibberish on some made-up tongue, or I simply need to upgrade my google-fu skills and find the right language? :lol:
    (yep, bugs me since years, every time I replay that mission I'm like: "damn, still no clue on what he says..." )
    No we are heavily intergrated with the Steam server system. It is highly unlikely we will decouple that on PC. You can try Xbox version though!

    Also hi! But I am not allowed to answer TSW questions here.
  • R.LimaR.Lima Member UncommonPosts: 135
    Hello Joel. I have played both ARK and Age of Conan, so Conan Exile's immediately sparked my interest. I have three questions for you:

    1. Melee combat is one of Conan Exile's main selling points. How will it differ from ARK and other survival games?

    2. Do you guys plan on having servers in Brazil?

    3. Will there be ways for players to effectively protect themselves and their belongings while they are offline? One of the worst feelings when playing ARK is logging in only to find out you lost most if not all of your stuff.

    Thank you for taking the time to answer these.
  • nusquamnusquam FuncomMember, AMA Guest UncommonPosts: 62
    NativKae said:

    Hello to you Joel! I introduce myself Kael, I am French and my English is not perfect and I apologize :( a question I would have for you is: At the level of the slaves in Conan exiles the function will be available at the exit of the games, and the number of slaves per players will have a limit? And how did you get this idea that is great? And what impact this will have on the games has long therme.
    - We will add thrall limits.
    - We got the idea from the world of Conan as portrayed in the stories!
    - We are going to ask players to build cities for their thralls and require beds/food etc. It will eventually become a complex system.
  • nusquamnusquam FuncomMember, AMA Guest UncommonPosts: 62
    Viighor said:
    Hello Joel!

    I would like to know more about raiding, soo my questions are:
    Will we able to build close enought to the enemy castle in order to jump on top of it, and will we able to place mutliple beds to spawn faster and/or to spawn at multiple locations on the map.

    Thank you for your answers!!
    The building blocker is a sphere, so the answer to the first question is yes, if they are dumb enough to build somewhere that allows it.

    Multiple beds is not an option, you will need to travel around the map and not teleport (might change if pushback is strong)
  • ConstantineMerusConstantineMerus Member EpicPosts: 3,338
    Hi Joel,

    Love your work - big fan! 
     I haven't gone through the questions so my apologies if I'm posting a duplicate.

    Survival can depend on many elements. Food, water, environment, other players, etc. Now many survival titles make players too much effort in the food/water part. Be that might be true in real life but tend become a boring grind after a while in a game. What would be the priorities here in Hyboria?
    Constantine, The Console Poster

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  • nusquamnusquam FuncomMember, AMA Guest UncommonPosts: 62
    Mavinthemerv said:
    First off, thank you for doing this Joel! Ok so my question. What driving factor or what incentive will there be for players to complete "dungeon" or cave content to fight bosses? Some other dino survival games out there currently cough cough ARK cough have dungeons so to speak with bosses but currently there really is no real incentive for players to complete that content. So what will be the incentive for players in Conan Exiles to complete boss fights? Will there be special boss loot, like gear or mats that are dropped or cosmetics perhaps?

    Thank you again for your taking time to do this, I think everyone is really excited and can't wait for Conan Exiles! 
    - To find unique recipes and items. Boss mats, trophies etc.
  • nusquamnusquam FuncomMember, AMA Guest UncommonPosts: 62
    edited January 2017
    two part question: How many thralls do you have to assign as guards in order to protect your stronghold while offline? can 5 defend against 5 attackers? 

    2nd part: Since the map is static, thralls spawn in certain locations. What is the timer on the spawns? with 70 people on a server wouldnt it be very difficult to a mass thralls?

    Thank you.

    Vaniverse Gaming
    1- That will depend on the force attacking. I highly doubt one NPC will be a match for one player, but I think clever placement of archers/melee/healers can be setup for effective combinations.

    btw Thralls have tiers so legendary thralls will be more than a match for some players.

    2 - We have the concept of capitals - these are locations that cannot be depopulated by players and thralls will always be available. Finding legendary thralls will take time though, but hey, that's what makes raiding NPC camps a thing in this game.
  • nusquamnusquam FuncomMember, AMA Guest UncommonPosts: 62
    mcdepedro said:
    Hi Joel, 
    I was wondering if there would be any structure limits in the game. Is there a cap on the amount of structures a clan could build or the total number of structures a server could hold?
    There are no limits at the moment
  • nusquamnusquam FuncomMember, AMA Guest UncommonPosts: 62
    Ariellyn said:
    I noticed on one of the live streams that you had food in a regular storage box.   So will food have a spoil timer or no?
    Food spoils. This can be controlled in the server settings.
  • XXiled_GamerrXXiled_Gamerr Member CommonPosts: 3
    Hey Joel love what you guys are doing to this game but just got a few questions if you can answer this for me and my 20 plus members clan coming to Conan Exiles.

    Questions:
    1. When building in caves is there a 2x damage to structures?
    2. What kind of magic is in the game?
    3. Can you enslave other peoples thrawls that they have already broken?
    4. Can Thrawls gather resources?
    5. Can you cage and bind/handcuff other players trying to attack or raid your base?

  • nusquamnusquam FuncomMember, AMA Guest UncommonPosts: 62
    Amazon_Stephanie said:
    What sort of body slider options can we expect to see under the physique tab during character creation? will it be possible for us bigger/chubby gals and guys to recreate ourselves as barbarians and amazons within Conan Exiles?

    No, we will be adding more physique options after EA launch, but we do not have extreme body types. This was an aesthetic call to make sure our armors work well with most players.
  • NativKaeNativKae Member UncommonPosts: 4

    Thank you very much for answering Joel! I wish you much success and I can not wait to play your games: D
  • nusquamnusquam FuncomMember, AMA Guest UncommonPosts: 62
    Attarik said:
    Hi! I'm a big fan of Conan and I'm really excited to see this game being made. The questions I want to ask are;

    1) Do you plan to make use of the Steam Workshop mod support?

    2) Will this game support (at launch or a later update) the ability to dig underground to build trenches or cavern based fortresses?

    3) Will there be magic in the game beyond the avatars of the gods, similar to Age of Conan?

    Thank you guys so much for doing this AMA.
    1) Yes
    2) No
    3) Yes but not similar to Age of Conan. We're going in a different direction with sorcery in this game.
  • FairlyGrimmFairlyGrimm Member UncommonPosts: 11
    I was going to just edit my previous post but i cant find it now haha.
    I have a question about the purge system. I love how 7 days to die keeps you on your toes with horde night. Will the purge be somewhat like this where you have to defend your base from npc armies?
  • nusquamnusquam FuncomMember, AMA Guest UncommonPosts: 62
    remember5n said:
    1. What engine is the game using? Unity?

    2. Will big clans absolutely dominate servers like all survival games out there or do you think if people are skilled enough they can take on a bigger group?

    3. What do you think the first few updates will be about? Mounts maybe?

    1. Unreal 4
    2. We have Clan caps.
    3. My crystal ball says you are on the money.
  • nusquamnusquam FuncomMember, AMA Guest UncommonPosts: 62
    Battousai28 said:
    Another Questions: In the last video you showed off the fire pots and deconstruction of different tiers of buildings: How easy are fire pots to make? are they as hard as say Tier 3 building materials? As a solo player I will probably never get above Tier 2 buildings and looks like the fire pot would wreck my building in one hit.

    Also, how many hits from Iron for T1 to destroy, and Steel for T2 to destroy?

    Thank you.

    Vaniverse Gaming
    T3 building pieces are easier to make than explosives.

    I think you'll need to play to get these answers. 
  • Jackalope37Jackalope37 Member UncommonPosts: 4
    How large is the clan cap currently?
  • yubn9neyubn9ne Member CommonPosts: 1
    If we purchase the game on steam, then later for an Xbox One,
    1) are we able to access our same account / character
    2) will PC and Xbone players share the same servers 
  • nusquamnusquam FuncomMember, AMA Guest UncommonPosts: 62
    Battousai28 said:
    Well I should probably has condensed these to one post...Sorry.

    On a PvP server how does looting of other players work? Is it full loot? If I die to an NPC will my body be lootable by other players? How long will my body remain before I can go back and get my stuff?
    Server settings allow you to choose as follows:
    Full loot
    Drop backpack items
    Drop hotbar items
    No loot

    So you have options per server.
  • XXiled_GamerrXXiled_Gamerr Member CommonPosts: 3
    What are the clan cap size like how big can you clan be? Member/number count wise? this worries me because I have a clan of 20 members.
  • ymirbjornymirbjorn Member CommonPosts: 2
    edited January 2017
    In the livestream the other day, you guys mentioned a lot of people were asking for Ymir as a God (obviously, because vikings and their gods are awesome), as a Norwegian company do you guys feel you brought great shame on your ancestors for not including him in early access?
  • MelisandraMelisandra Member CommonPosts: 3

    Funcom has the MMO rights to Conan. I am curious, will you guys ever be creating Age of Conan 2 in the future or something very similar? Or is Funcom finally finished with the MMO genre?

  • ortheneorthene Member UncommonPosts: 13
    Can you speak more on the sorcery / magic ?

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