Talad(Leader/Founder)
Eonwind(Rules)
Zunna (Rules/Settings)
Mordaan (Settings)
Venalan (Settings Lead)
Uadjet(GM Lead)
Emaline (GM Team)
Zweith (Art)
Uadjet says: Hello, and welcome to the Developer Q&A!
Zarre says: Hi Uadjet
Migg says: hello!
Migg says: I think this group may be somewhat sleepy today?
Uadjet says: Here you get to hear about what the devs are working on and ask them questions. It's an OOC meeting, though I think all of you have been around long enough to know that already.
Chaon says: daylight savings time
Chaon says: yuk
Uadjet says: If you have any questions, please line up at the podium.
>Wareye Garkorer glances hungrily at Chaon Catoz.
Zarre says: I'll 2nd that yuk ^^
Chewaaud nods to Wareye "Staring one circle per second"
>Wareye Garkorer coughs at Chewaaud Rotateye.
Chaon says: I'll start the line
Chaon says: Any news on the body dev quest?
Migg says: doesn't falling off precipitous heights do the trick?
Chaon says: lol, too self destructive
Chaon says: I like using spell reserach
Migg says: you get used to it after a while
Uadjet says: That's on my list. Blacksmith, Body Dev, Lockpicking, and the armor skills.
Gonger says: I once saw a player in the starting room of Death Realm, typing /die over and over again. The most pathetic thing.
Uadjet says: I'm just trying to make sure the basic ideas are good before writing them.
Migg says: oooh, can't wait to read the storryline on the lockpicking quest
Gonger says: So to some self-destruction is perfectly acceptable
Damola says: Chewaaud and bed…
Uadjet says: The lockpicking quest won't be as complex as I'd like, but as the engine doesn't support chests and doors that relock themselves I'm having to simplify things a bit.
Migg says: hi Damola
Chewaaud says: one place free for a nolthrir
>Wareye Garkorer coughs at Migg Ellorean.
Uadjet says: There is no "intro to lockpicking" quest, so I'm thinking of doing two of those from different perspectives and then a repeatable that requires one or the other.
Migg says: oh, just like lovebirds!
Damola sits down next to Chewaaud "Quite comfortable such a bed…"
Chaon says: I've got some portable structures in storage
Chewaaud says: elfs and ylians may stay out
Migg says: or should I say "lovefish"?
Wareye says: Mh, fish is delish
Chaon says: Well the quiet before the storm has been broken
Chaon says: Somebody else please ask something
>Wareye Garkorer shoots a frosty glare at Chaon Catoz.
Migg says: well, was hoping for venalan to be here, I have a question for him
Migg says: Unless Uadjet asked him already?
Chewaaud says: hm, maybe uadjet could tell if he asked the question that migg could not ask and tell us then the answer of the question
Uadjet says: Sent him the question, but he hasn't had a chance to respond yet.
Migg says: OK, it was a question on quests
Migg says: quest-writing
Chaon says: oh?
Uadjet says: Well, I'm getting back into the quests now. Got busy with event planning for a while. These big sequences take more work that individual events.
Chaon says: Great work on that too
Migg says: but they also spark more RP, well done Uadjet!
Wareye says: That last one was fun!
>Migg Ellorean claps for Uadjet.
Gonger says: Any news from Emaline?
Gonger says: She was online recently, but not for very long.
Chewaaud says: if nothing else....I would like to ask about cooking and baking quests. I understand that it was somewhat easy before....now we have something like this: Deliveries for Seduna: make bread with terevan berry jam + macca jam biscuit + trout delight + fried honey dough - Harnquist is hungry: clamod perch and rat stew + cheesy succulent stew + joopiner berry jam biscuit + some cram
Chewaaud says: Thats quite a lot if i am allowed to say
Mordaan says: What the NPC asks for depends on your level.
Uadjet says: The quests do get more demanding as your skill increases.
Mordaan says: So the higher the level the more that is expected.
Migg says: sounds to reason
Chewaaud says: If i compare that with the hide hunt quest, its laughable
Migg says: pity this isn't possible for non-crafting quests
Uadjet says: With those quests it might be good to make a lot of 'base' items that can be combined into the final products the quests ask for.
Gonger says: Chewaaud, it is the same for other crafting quests - the requests become more complicated the higher your level is.
Chewaaud says: For me, the effort is not worth it and i pass. Its insane
Mordaan says: Probably...as time went on, we got a little more complex with the quests. I think the hide hunt one was a bit older.
Migg says: Jess managed just fine getting her cooking masters
Uadjet says: Cooking, baking, and alchemy just have really large pools of items that can be made, so there's more variety in the quests.
Mordaan says: Yes, that too
Shera says: /say I would like to ask about the crafting systemalso -- any chance that at some point we can hope to be able to learn a recipe by disassembling an Itwem
Migg says: herbal also asks for different things each time
Migg says: well, that should depend on the item
Chewaaud says: what i named is what is asked at one time. means you bring a lot of items for one single quest
Migg says: can't disassemble steel
Shera says: no but a food recipe Or weapon one could stude and learn how to make it
Chaon says: well a great chef can eat something and determine what it's made of and how it is prepared
Chaon says: then use trial and error to make it
Chaon says: it may go beyond the logic engine of the game thought
Uadjet says: The crafting system is based on recipes in books, not a list of recipes known. Changing that seems like it would be a little challenging.
Shera says: Just a thought I had that skill in other worlds
Uadjet says: Let's see... Emaline made a joke, and Eonwind sent her to the Death Realm. I can't allow the Devs to pick on my teammates so I sent him into an infinite death loop. Then he threatened to go into the Dev console and I don't even know what he can do in there. So as you can see, we're being very professional and productive at all times.
Migg says: console beats gui every time
Damola chuckles at Uadjets remarks
>Wareye Garkorer lets out a wheezing cough.
Damola says: Seems you have quite a bit of fun.
Uadjet says: Speaking of Discord, Zwei did post some screenshots of the expanded Amdeneir in the UE client in the general tab.
Chaon says: Any thoughts on the shadowcaster quests?
Chewaaud says: Last hide hunt quest asked for 2 vlienaut furs at 137 what seduna asked i already named skill is at 129.
Uadjet says: Here's the invite link:
https://discord.gg/49n2ySWUadjet says: You can just open that in a browser tab instead of downlnoading their client.
Mordaan says: Shadowcasters aren't going to be done any time soon. There's the story part of it, but then there's the rules end of it too. Special items, more spells, ... things that make it all worth doing. That part needs to get done first.
Mordaan says: Or even thought through.
Uadjet says: Ooh, I didn't know there was that much involved.
Chaon says: So content would had to be added to the game
Chaon says: ?
Mordaan says: Yeah, that's the plan.
Uadjet says: Custom spells would be a nice addition. Would master's of individual Ways get their own?
Shera says: looking at them now
Chaon says: I see, so it's an after the port project then?
Mordaan says: Eonwind once talk about an expansion of magic. Remember there's realms 6-10 to make spells for.
Chaon says: wow
Gonger says: Would be appreciated, methinks.
Chaon says: so shadowcasters do wierd glyph combos
Mordaan says: It's kind of a can of worms. The higher end spells are pretty powerful as it is. The whole thing would have to be planned and balanced.
Chaon says: That is worth waiting for
Migg says: well, what about counter-spells?
Migg says: there's talk of magic resistance
Migg says: could add spells to block other spells or ways
Chaon says: Anti=Magic?
Migg says: yes
Migg says: so not more attack spells, but defense
Uadjet says: Well, players can do well over 1k damage per hand in melee, so there's room to increase the caps for higher level spells.
Mordaan says: I would think it would be similar to the Circles. A set of quests, special items, like those ones Tuux developed, and having those staves actually do something. That's a lot of planning and work to do it right.
Uadjet says: And I think Anti-magic is deprecated.
Migg says: pity
Mordaan pulls out a Tuux staff
Uadjet says: Haivng skill in a Way or the opposing Way can reduce damage, and armor grants resistance to Ways now too.
Chaon says: Yeah, I've seen that first hand
Migg says: oh, so that "your dark way resistance increases" has some meaning?
Mordaan says: Yes, anti-magic has given way to magic resistance.
Uadjet says: We can give them this staff.
Chaon says: chicken staff?
Uadjet says: It does, MIgg. If you test it out you'll find that it reduces damage from offensive spells and possibly has other effects.
Shera says: I'd be honored
Migg says: cool, thanks!
Chaon says: yeah, my armor cuts my crystal way healing in 1/2
Chaon says: but it cuts damage too
Uadjet says: Have to remember to call them staves, not wands.
Uadjet says: Asked Ven why they were changed to staves and he said: "Because this isn't Harry Potter!"
Mordaan says: Oh, and back to shadowcasters...if we're going that route, we should probably do something with crystal ... whatever the name of the Sunshine squad is.
Migg says: wands should be small
Uadjet says: I think I'll start calling the Ways things like "Earthbending" to see how he reacts.
Mordaan says: Chaon says: So what way is the chick-fil-a staff?
Uadjet says: It's the mid-level earthbending staff.
Migg says: driveway?
Uadjet says: Oh, it's the Crystal Force
Chaon says: Well thanks for the update on the shadowcaster and magic development ideas for the future
Uadjet says: The Sunshine Squadron counterpart to the Shadowcasters.
Mordaan says: Yeah, that's it, Crystal Force.
Mordaan says: How quickly I forget.
Uadjet says: Yeah, it's easy to forget. I have that info saved somewhere.
Mordaan says: Bottom line is, rather than whip up something half-assed, we might as well think it through and really do it well. But in discussing it, it seemed to snowball as a project.
Uadjet says: Sunshine are the Crystal Force, the Riders, and the Knights.
Uadjet says: Shadow are Shadowcasters, Guards, and Executers.
Mordaan says: Some day...
Uadjet says: Did I miss any questions in there?
Uadjet says: If I don't respond to something it's because I missed the comment. I try to reply to everything even if I don't have a real answer.
Uadjet says: Any other questions?
Chaon says: Wanna sell that staff?
Uadjet says: I give them out occasionally as event rewards.
Chaon says:
Migg says: yep, I can attest
Chaon says: well, we've had our moment of silence
Chaon says: Thanks for the meetng
Uadjet says: Well, if there's nothing else I think we can call the meeting a bit early. Thank you all for coming and don't forget to check out the new pictures of Amdeneir on Discord!
Zarre smiles
Chaon says: New pics are cool
Migg says: hope they will be also posted on the forum
Damola says: Thank you.
Damola says: Yes, I hope so too. Still not on discoard.
Migg says: thank you for the meeting!
Chewaaud says: bed time over
Damola smiles to Chewaaud "Thanks for the invitation."
Chewaaud says: A pleasure
Zarre says: Good night then
Chewaaud says: Thanks and goodbye
Migg says: bye all!
Damola says: Goodbye.
Uadjet says: Oh, one thing!
Chaon says: what's that?
Uadjet says: In the Amdeneir thread in the Fan Art section of the forum you can see in one of the pictures that there are little houses in some of the stalactites.
Uadjet says: Just wanted to point that out.
Chewaaud says: Yes, mister chicken stave wielder?
Chaon says: That's the eat moar chicken stave
Migg says: ah
Chaon says: Great, we really need a house for Chewaaud
Chewaaud says: A house?
Uadjet says: Would be tricky for him to get up there...
Chaon says: yes, so your bed can be in a private setting
Chewaaud says: No
Chaon says: so arial access only on theses houses?
Chewaaud says: I can take the house. But bed stuff is something else
Uadjet says: Pteros too.
Chaon says: cool
Migg says: can't see them, what page?
Shera says: Private Pteros?
Uadjet says: Official phase two city project, page 40
Migg says: REPLY #597?
Chewaaud says: This cheese guy is not the most reasonable type
Uadjet says: Yeah
Uadjet says: First pic.
Migg says: ah the one on top right
Migg says: looked like a wall to me at first
Migg says: well, seems most of the city is not done yet, when it gets done it will surpass Hydlaa by much!
Chaon says: yup
Uadjet says: We currently have maybe 30% of the city
Chewaaud says: Connecting to discord via browser is a bit flawed when the ip is changing dayly and you need to veryfy the new ip over email and go through anti bot procedure every time
Uadjet says: And I think there is going to be an aquifer uder the city, and I'm hoping there with be aquatic caves down there.
Shera says: Nice
Migg says: looks as if it's going to be too near a door for comfort though
Migg says: next to the labyrinths!
Uadjet says: That's not a Bronze Door.
Migg says: isn't it?
Migg says: says near the dome wall
Uadjet says: It's by the wall, but not by a Bronze Door.
Uadjet says: I think I know what that cave is, but that info hasn't been publicly posted so I cant' say anything.
Migg says: ah, could be one of the mines
Chaon says: see you all soon
Migg says: bye!
Migg says: and I should be going too
Migg says: we haven't switch to DST yet
Shera says: Thanks for the info
Gonger says: Good night
