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rgarriott · Lord British
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Alright Red, I see what you did there... (after Starr pointed the caption out)... Just because I named a town Soltown, and pronounce it Solton... I never have been particularly good at spelling... Its not too late for me to rename the town... we are…
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Ice-Queen, Shroud of the Avatar allows players to select between Solo-Player and Massively Multiplayer (and a few modes in between). When playing in the default configuration, it is more MMO than most MMO's! Most MMO's have "Shards" to prevent over…
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Thanks everyone for your questions. I look forward to seeing you in New Britannia. For more information, go to www.shroudoftheavatar.com We are open to backers THIS weekend, starting NOW! So if you are, or become a backer, see you in the game…
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superconductin, My 1st Britannia Manor, was 30 years ago in New Hampshire, the first hosue I built, and it had a few secrets, Britannia Manor Mark 2, is the house most people think of, and is full of many secrets, I had started, and hope to later…
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BTW - Property ownership rules will grow in complexity and usefulness. For example, a family can all buy & sell property IN the house, IF its flagged that way by the principle owner. Likewise for a guild. Rooms could be let out in a massive cast…
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superconductin, You get it on the housing. We CANNOT provide a non-instanced house for ALL people in a SINGLE SHARD reality. Thus they will be valuable. But that can be beat through SHARING. GUILDS can control whol castles that would equate to 1…
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jtripper, Very insightful! There is a clue in the backstory "Blade of the Avatar" being written by Tracy Hickman and I. The rise of dark forces is a key aspect of the backstory... and the in game story. Players will be allowed to play many roles…
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Astrobia, I agree with YOU. The military drilling desert warfare before entering desert combat is the metaphor I like and hope to capture. I am also concerned about just the cycle time, pace and feel of the moment to moment fight. IF we can solve th…
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Ambrose, As you may remember in Ultima IX Britannia was "destroyed", as EA had made it clear to me, they would allow me to make NO MORE Ultimas. So, Lord British (which I own) is forming a NEW Britannia, which no one can own the trade mark for, no…
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superconductin: MORE of a sandbox... more but not all. Plenty of rides to pull you to explore. YES housing will also be available POST launch. BUT starting in a couple weeks (April 8th our 1 year anniversary) the "Tax Free" lots are going away! Ma…
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It is both my HOPE and BELIEF that we can pull into a modern game, the best of UO and U1-9, UO (pre-Trammel-Felucca) remains a very unique style of open world. The pressure to split the world was because the anti-social aspects of some features dro…
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Jtripper: the PvP is FULLY integrated into the MAIN story! it is NOT leader board or such driven. While I don't want to TIP the story, know that good and evil PvP both exist in game, and both are essential to the main story! Though hard core PvE'er…
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Astrobia, I too think I am liking this new "cloth map" version of the travel map! Right now you only see yourself, but fear not, you will soon see party members, guild mates, conflict zones and pop up battles as we get it better refined. Frankly we …
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Astrobia, While I am VERY excited about the sophistication of the new conversation system, it clearly needs and will get a variety of improvements. Its too hard to knwo what to do when still as "calls to action" are not yet clear. and I also think a…
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Superconductin: Great questions: These debates about combat style also go on INSIDE the team. Combat is SO ESSENTIAL to the fun of gameplay, we wont hesitate to revise & revamp plans till its great! We are trying the deck style as we think it m…
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In Game Economy: We are working to make an in game economy that is almost WHOLLY player driven. For example ALL tools and equipment can and will be player made. Crafters will start with raw materials and make all tools and equipment other players us…
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Astrobia: Your correct on both fronts! Crafting WILL, but does not YET have steps. Recipes will be learned, shared or experimentally discovered. Once YOU have succeeded in a recipe it is accessible in your recipe book for quick repeat. BUT all atte…
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Ambrose99: You got it exactly! Episodes: Shroud of the Avatar will be broken up into 5 expanding stories and geographic areas. Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is Episode 1, and the play area known as Novia, is the central island of New Brita…
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Falstaff: Yes, we do plan to support, "rogue" skills, many of which are already outlined publicly. We will FEEL our way into proper balance as to give rogues the maximum opportunities while creating areas of safety for those who insist upon it. Thes…
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Ambrose99: Great question! The "deck" style combat is one of the most "experimental" aspects of combat we are working on. We hope to have a fist pass testable in Release 5. The goal is to make you choose a skill load out that makes YOU unique and e…
