[20:07] Welcome everyone to the Stratics IRC House of Commons chat with the developers of Fallen Earth. They will all introduce themselves and then will get to your questions!
[20:07] Hello! I am Tiggs, Community Director for Fallen Earth and your MC for tonight =)
[20:07] I'm Chris Deavellar, affectionately known around here as "Devo". I'm the art director extraordinaire for Fallen Earth.
[20:07] <[FE]Cory> Hi, I'm Cory Farris, Senior Environment artist at FE. I've been with the company for 7 years. I designed the layout for most of the levels in FE. Cave of Beasts, Coppermine and New Toro to Deathmatch, CTF and Assault.
[20:08] <[FE]Wes> Heya! Thanks for coming. I'm Wes Platt, Director of Content Development on Fallen Earth. These days, the job is pretty much how it sounds: I help guide the work we're doing on future content in the game, primarily when it comes to new missions, regions, and systems development.

[20:09] How can faction be designed to compete with clan loyalties? Can it? Should it?

[20:10] Please make sure questions are more Art oriented.  :)
[20:10] <[FE]Wes> Sure, it can be designed to compete with clan loyalties, but we have to be careful how we proceed. That's something we're looking at. Nothing set in stone, but we are working toward making factions much more important. 

[20:11] For all State of the Game questions please visit
[20:11] http://forums.fallenearth.com/fallenearth/showthread.php?t=38286 and post your questions for the podcast with Massively and Project Manager/Producer Dave Haydysch. 

[20:13] From the forums: Aikatears: when can assault bloodsport be seen (or tested)
[20:14] <[FE]Cory> The turn around time for a new map is about 1.5 months. Deathmatch from start to finish took 2 months. CTF took a month, and I nailed down Assault start to finish in 3 weeks. Given these time frames, I hope to have new bloodsports maps to you guys before the ones out now (plus assault) are still fresh and new.

[20:15]   Hi. Could we get the devs to explain the degree of amount of effort that it takes to add new art objects to the game. Players seem to think that the devs do not model every object players wish to see in the game out of spite or something. ;)  

[20:17] 5. 3d is not a fast process. We aim for high quality artwork, and that takes time. We try to get the most bang for the buck, and go for the big stuff, and we just can't get to everything. A company like Mythic or Cryptic has 45-50 artists on staff. Mine is a bit smaller, but we aim to make things as awesome as possible.

[20:18] <[SNDR]Erasmus> Q5 : With the Cut in Icarus staff, can we expect a wider variety of skins for weapons, take for example the 180 rifles line, they all prettymuch look exactly the same, and in the Heavy case, shorter barrel but carry handel with inbuilt scope, the very close similarity isn't so stimulating, might we expect a larger variety?  

[20:18] Actually, skins aren't that difficult to do. The new high level rifles are actually similar intentionally, coming from a modular system. We do have plans for new color schemes and such on those, as well as skins for armors and such. We'll likely be doing MORE of that sort of thing in the future.

[20:20] Why are the nights so long and can they please lower the amount of nightime in game?
[20:21] The day/night cycle is tough to change, as it requires a complete relighting of the cycle as well as some coding changes and we'd have to re-render the skybox. It's been discussed, but it's not our highest priority.

[20:22] <[SNDR]Roton> Are there any plans for some sort of vechile color paints?

[20:22] We dont' have any immediate plans for different vehicle colors, but it's certainly something we can look at in the future. 

[20:23]   <[SNDR]Erasmus>If you are looking at a more modular system, could this imply a modding system to crafting? using similar skins/models for a rifle adn simply "tuning" with added graphics to a rifle, for instance, underslung grenade launcher or laser pointer?
[20:24] We did design the rifles to have a "progression", and the models reflect the advantages of the crafting progression. We have been working really closely with the designers to really cater the art to the design, for both weapons and art. 

[20:25]   My pet project is adding racetracks/supercross tracks.  Can we expect to see something like this soon?  I think it could be done with existing art and land deformation.  How hard a project might this be?
[20:25] <[FE]Cory> I actually saw your post on this in the forums, Canyontrader. I really liked the idea and it started the gears turning. It's a possibility from an Art perspective. On an initial implementation it would probably be all aesthetic, for the RP players, with missions associated coming later.

[20:26] <[SNDR]Roton> Are there any plans to allow players to change tat's and makeup in game, not just hair?

[20:27] <[FE]Wes> Changing tattoos and makeup may be possible, but it's not currently on our immediate to-do list. We do recognize that it's the sort of tool that players would like to have, it's just a matter of finding the time and resources once we've gotten all the big issues off our plate. 

[20:27] When can we expect the action bar to work properly? items have to constantly be re-dragged to work correctly.  and also, what about the Raid system, the Dots don't show up on radar once you convert to a raid.
[20:28] <[FE]Wes> The user interface continues to be a work in progress. We're in the process of making a lot of tweaks to it.  

[20:29] i realy enjoy the sky ingame great piece of work , what can we expect from the weather effect changes ? storms and lighting are great i realy look forward for those, but is it going to rain offten on desert area ? or are sandstorm a posibility ?
[20:30] <[FE]Wes> The weather effects are still in their infancy, so we're not sure how far we'll go with them. A lot of testing remains to be done just to make sure they're working the way we want them too. We're excited about the prospect, though. More ambience to create liveliness in the world is great. 

[20:31]   Forum question: JKillz: What pop-culture references can we expect to see deep within your artwork & animations?
[20:31] <[FE]Cory> There's a lot of wild west sort of references that we have strewn throughout the world, Fistfull of Dollars, Good the bad, and the ugly etc. Wally the Waffle was actually a joke on Ron McDonald. The Billboard for Globohomes was a jab at the housing crisis.  

[20:32] What is your favorite piece of art you designed and what is your favorite another artist designed?
[20:32] I was a creature artist before I was the art director. I think that either the Porkupine or the White Underdweller are the pieces that I'm proudest of. For the record, the Supersoldier is my least favorite piece that I did, which is why it got the new armor for Deadfall, and it will be getting a new body in the near future as well that I'm much happier with.
[20:32] My favorite piece from another artist...Los Alamos. It's cheating a bit, but I am super stoked with how that city came out. We tried a ton of new stuff, and my team just dominated on that one. For armor, I love the new core suit, and I think the new enforcer armor is pretty keen, too.
[20:33] <[FE]Cory> I really enjoyed modeling the high tech stuff in game. The monorails were a nice challenge, the Lifenet Facility exteriors were a blast, but my favorite piece that I've done thus far was the CTF flag object and flagstand.
[20:33] <[FE]Wes> Right now, my favorite work of art is the town of Los Alamos and the surrounding area. It really demonstrates the benefits of using the terrain sculpting that Devo pushed for and it's the shape of things to come for the rest of the game's visual development.

[20:33]   <[SNDR]Roton> How much effort would it take and could it be seen in the near future, to have finish moves, say for example head explosions for rifleman getting the kill, or severed limbs for the melee? 

[20:35] It would take a lot of effort, actually. That would take frontend, backend, animation, particles, and modeling to pull off. That said, we're really working hard to improve combat, and we have lots of ideas we're tossing around.

[20:36]   Forum question: Martinos: Will there ever be an increase in bag and/or vault slots?

[20:37] <[FE]Wes> We don't have plans to expand existing bag slots on players or in their current vaults. But we'll be adding a special vault that will only be available to players who reach Los Alamos, so that's extra space there. We may also do something with pets and other forms of storage.

[20:37]   Are there any plans for outfits specialized for the RP community and if so, what ideas are being tossed around atm?

[20:38] <[FE]Wes> We do have plans to offer more "in-town" gear, but we don't have a timetable for that yet. No specifics to share until we get closer to making that a reality.

[20:38] <[SNDR]XTremeZ> Will there be any chance of alternate motorcycle skins for a crusier style bike?

[20:40] Again, no plans in the immediate future, but we're always listening to you guys. You keep throwing out ideas, and we'll keep trying.

[20:40] Me and the Broken Future Team are very appreciative of the Fan Site Pack and would like to know what kind of future art assets we may see down the road?
[20:42] Hey there! We're currently working on an updated fan site pack--screens, logos, fonts, trailers etc., so stay tuned! In the meantime we've got a bunch 'o assets on our FTP for all y'all! Check out this thread and feel free to shoot us a message: http://forums.fallenearth.com/fallenearth/showthread.php?t=36866&highlight=fan+site&page=10

[20:43] What one thing would you love to have in-game that currently is not possible but on your 'superduper wish list'?

[20:44] I would love to have morphable body types, a more robust tatoo system, and a cool way for you guys to have more color choices. I just don't relish the work that would cause for my guys!
[20:44] <[FE]Cory> I would love to start introducing a new Bloodsports gametype with every other patch, or even go back and tweak the original maps to be more interesting/keep things fresh. Assault is in the locked and loaded state, and will blow the first 2 game types away!
[20:44] <[FE]Wes> Bugs on the ceiling, skittering through a dark cave and dropping on unsuspecting players. It was nigh on impossible before the staff cuts. Now? No, seriously, impossible. (So, naturally, I'll keep pushing for that. I believe "impossible" is just another word for "cake.")

[20:45] My question is: There seem to be many ideas going around and things on the back-burner, so what are the changes that we are likely to see in the next few months, with regard to the in-game art?

[20:46] We have gotten some cool new environmental toys to play with in the past couple of months. The biggest is the terrain sculpting tools. We have plans to work our way back through the earlier sectors and pretty things up a bit. We're also working on our lighting, but we're not to the point where I can say more than that.

[20:46]   <[SNDR]Roton> Can we ever expect to see clan patches that may be displayed on say your torso or shoulder armor?
[20:46] <[FE]Wes> I wouldn't count on that functionality. Besides, if you're slowing down to look at a wee patch on someone's shoulder, you're probably going to be in a LifeNet pod before you read it.

[20:47]   Pherenis: With the success of Office Park what will become of the current vacant PVP zone in South Deadfall?

[20:47] <[FE]Wes> We have some changes planned for that area (and elsewhere in Deadfall) to create more interesting faction content - both PvP and PvE.

[20:48] If time and resources where not an issue, what in-game artworks, locations, etc. would you like to see perfected or vastly improved?

[20:49] Sectors 1-3! As an art director, I'm really never happy. I also took over this position about 9 months before launch, so I didn't have a lot of control over the earlier sectors (aside from making some nifty creatures). I'd love to really go back and put my "stamp" on the look of the earlier stuff.

[20:50] <[FE]Cory> Seeing the missile silo level redone to really reflect a broken down old series of manmade caves stretching for miles would be a fun and interesting addition. I really enjoyed remodeling and texturing the missile asset, and the level could use some love to match it.

[20:50] I just wanted to drop in and say how much I enjoy the game.. I played right at the beginning, left for a bit, but after not finding anything close to this great game, i'm back.  Thanks for everything you do for us!
[20:50] <[FE]Cory> It's great to see players really enjoying our game and getting immersed in the world. Makes the work worth while. :)
[20:51] Welcome back, and I hope all of our hard work keeps you around, as that's why we do it!
[20:51] We are glad you're back!! Thanks for playing =)
[20:51] <[FE]Wes> I'm glad you came back to give us another shot - I think we've made a lot of great strides in the first six months and it's thanks to the feedback and support of players like you that those changes happened. Fallen Earth: Bloodsports reflects the work of a lot of talented people on behalf of many awesome fans. Now tell your friends about how much fun you're having in the apocalypse!

[20:51] <[SNDR]Roton> When will there be more diverse models of character selection instead of just height, say i want a really short, really fat, bald guy?
[20:54] We have no immediate plans for more diverse character models. Character creators like Champions and APB require YEARS of development and loads of money to create. We chose a different path with our character creation, and we're trying to make it as cool as we can. If we do implement new chracter types, it will require new rigging, new animation (about 1000 of them), and new boltons just for one new toon. You'll notice that games like Gears of War and Halo only have men? That's because they couldn't even afford to spend time doing a female toon. It's a LOT, LOT, LOT of work.

[20:56] Will the landshark make a rogue appearance as one of those random critter encounters
[20:56] <[FE]Wes> Sadly, the Landshark is busted and retired. He won't be showing up as a rare spawn any time in the immediate future. But we do have some interesting baddies for people to track down when the serendipity system goes live.

[20:56]   Forum question: fatboy21007: when will we get strippers and strip clubs in fallen earth?
[20:56] * Tiggs laughs
[20:57] <[FE]Wes> As far as I know, you can find them every night in the Embry bunker bar already.

[20:59]   Forum question: Donta: Will we ever get choppers "helicopters" that players could fly?
[21:00] <[FE]Wes> I expect we'll have helicopters about the time that I get my bugs on the ceiling. Never say never. But don't hold your breath!

[21:00] Thank for coming everyone! The Dev's and I will be in #fallenearth with our hawtpants on to talk with you folks =)
[21:00] <[FE]Wes> Thanks, gang! Good questions!
[21:01] <[FE]Cory> Thanks for coming by tonite, and thanks for playing FE!
[21:01] Come join us in #fallenearth !!!

[21:02] Thanks EVERYONE!! See you next time for the next HoC and thanks for coming! 


[21:07] Thank you Dairuka.
[21:08] very nice chat!  lots of good info... especially wheels spinning about racetracks (which we expect to be cosmetic, but we could have tons of fun with!
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[21:08] <[SNDR]Erasmus> i have a really important  question, Is lachlyn a dev undercover?!
[21:08] <[SNDR]Erasmus> :p
[21:08] *sad face no helicopters planned any time soon*
[21:09] talking of which, may i ask if there are any plans to kerb faction wheel spinning? :P
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[21:09] bonus ap cap or such
[21:09] will there be a way for are toon's to share a vault on same account or a way so we dont have to keep posting 1 thing at a time to are alt's
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[21:09] <[FE]Wes> The race track is definitely something we have been thinking about. It's possible of course to do your own road rally already, but we'll see.
[21:09] race tracks sound awesome :)
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[21:10] <[SNDR]Lachlyn> <.<
[21:10] <[FE]Cory> we would have to think through how to do the missions since you wouldn't want an interceptor being able to race someone on a horse and stomp them.
[21:10] I think it would spawn lots of player ran events... relatively low time investment for a big rp payoff (even if not supported by official mechanics)
[21:10] <[FE]Wes> And, yes, our "tweaks" to the faction system include doing some things to make wheel spinning unattractive.
[21:10] <[FE]Cory> agreed, Canyon
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21:10] trying to replace me and my events :P
[21:10] <3 wes thanks
[21:11] Yeah spinning the wheel is meh for someone who likes thier faction tbh
[21:11] Hello again! Thanks for taking the time to hang out with us, just another of the many reasons you guys are so awesome!
[21:11] never tiggs :P but more is always good
[21:11] To Devo and the Art-team: How often does your team sit down and brainstorm ideas? Adding those gigantic buildings in Deadfall couldn't have been easy, so how did you come to terms and decide you just "had" to do it as a project?
[21:11] <[FE]Wes> We're glad to do it. We appreciate the fans!
[21:11] <[SNDR]Erasmus> "<[FE]Wes> And, yes, our "tweaks" to the faction system include doing some things to make wheel spinning unattractive. " how will this affect those who already have
[21:11] i've tried STO, WOW, so many others, nothing even comes close to touching this game
[21:12] <3 you guys :)
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[21:12] And hiya PixiStix, I apologize that I thought I was emailing Tiggs... sorry, but thanks for what you have done for us in the fansite program, really great of you.
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[21:12] <[FE]Wes> Erasmus, that remains to be seen. It's difficult to shove toothpaste back into the tube, after all. But we're pondering just those sorts of quandaries.
[21:12] oh sure emailing the wrong person :P
[21:12] I'll have to check out the FTP access
[21:13] thanks for your site too GlobalTECH -  it was especially helpful to me when I started playing :P
[21:13] Thank YOU! Yep, send me a message and I'll get you all the info for it!
[21:13] No offense to Tiggs of course, lol, I could send you an email if you'd like, haha
[21:13] <[SNDR]Erasmus> Thankyou
[21:13] fansite program makes me a happy camper (and gets tons of good information in front of people (especially those smaller, but much more informattive sites!!)
[21:13] Hey there Canyon, glad to see you with us as well ;) 
[21:14] just cap bonus ap, then you can spin if you want but you still have same max cap :P
[21:14] Pixistix, I'll be sure to hit you up for that info, my brother does the artwork for us & can use the extra assets :)
[21:14] Clearly Lachlyn knows of buddhist zen ways to convince the toothpaste to return in the tube on it's own accord.
[21:14] Haha, sounds good
[21:15] good to be here.. almost forgot even tho it's on my list of events... jbert reminded me (was updating with the state of the game info and new events)... and  i have a transcript on the atlas right now of the dev chat
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[21:15] <[FE]Wes> Eh. Care must be taken. We're looking at a lot of options, but we do have to take a measured approach. People who "abused" the wheel did so based on a mechanic that we had allowed for. Whatever we do has to balance as fairly as possible for as many people as possible.
[21:15] <[FE]Wes> In short: We goofed up. We have to fix it and try not to make it worse.
[21:16] fair admission and point taken
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[21:16] yea, seems like the wheel spinning aspect makes some ppl a bit... passionate? lol
[21:16] * Tiran would just like to see it possible to get to 540k faction without PvP being forced, or having to kill 58,000 NPC's, as it is now. By the time I did that, we'd be far past the heat death of the game.
[21:16] i'm passionate anti spin :D
[21:16] why did I not get a reply to my ? above
[21:17] only passion is for more power...
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[21:17] Well like the AP system in game you pick a path you stick with the consequences each faction could have set amount of bonus ap, do not allow spinning of the wheel
[21:17] <[FE]Cory> Our brainstorming sessions are always a blast. We try to look at what other games do well, and improve upon their tecniques with a splash of our own. We have several brainstorming sessions per week.
[21:17] I personally am a completist (Woot! for achievements!) and just have to get all the faction muts & ap on my main :P 
[21:17] i wanted to spin the wheel for content but just too hard in S3
[21:17] Achievements still aren't counting all the old missions.  I have the achievement for creating an ATV, but not the one for creating a crankshaft, obviously not possible.
[21:18] FYI - If you could be forced into a faction choice, that might be the only option. But the bright side is, you get 2 faction allies, so that's not a bad deal
[21:18] if you make spinning unattractive, it makes building an alt more appealing also
[21:18] <[FE]Wes> Forcing a faction commitment is among the ideas we're poking at.
[21:18] one of the very special thigns about fe is the awesome factions
[21:18] might be the only logical one or you stay neutral without the extras
[21:19] Perhaps forcing a clan to make such a commitment would be a wiser idea - rather than forcing an individual to do so.
[21:19] <[SNDR]XTremeZ> With all the faction issues any thoughts on the clans claiming a faction for PvP.
[21:19] with respect: forcing is tricky....providing incentives is less problematic
[21:19] <[FE]Wes> Yes, we're thinking about the clan/faction issue too.
[21:19] allow flexibilty but reward supporting the game's rich lore
[21:19] here's a question:  While i really like the info, I hate the text format of these interviews... i'd rather see a much more multimedia (audio/visual) approach to fuuture interviews (but understand that part of marketing is to hit diverrse venues like this )
[21:20] my only worry is wheel grinding and never getting out of the hole you can bury yourself in (thinking into S4 & beyond)
[21:20] oh since the respec system one thing i have noticed say you have 62 cordination you put on a piece of gear that drops cordination, the stat goes red some but then the stat litterally loses points untill you spend ap, or you take the piece of gear and put it back on
[21:20] <[FE]Wes> We've done some video podcasts recently.
[21:20] <[FE]Wes> We're not really limiting to any one venue.
[21:20] <[FE]Cory> I would love to design some faction based bloodsports arenas at some point. Having a level in which Chota and enforcers can jump in and duke it out would be a blast.
[21:20] off* 
[21:21] <[FE]Wes> Donta, be sure to bug that if you haven't already.
[21:21] that sounds amazing (and a good step at making factions more important (if indirectly)
[21:21] btw, the early reports on Assault look awesome...and deadfall (especially LA) is a massive visual acheivement
[21:21] Faction-based BloodSports would be great, could use existing arenas, just a separate entry format
[21:21] or imagine vista raiding a tech base and while tech have to defend etc
[21:21] "hold the fort" type matches
[21:21] <[FE]Cory> having it so that each opposite has an arena with which to kill their opponent would really go a long way toward creating faction loyalties in the community.
[21:21] and why can't we go down into the river in los alamos?  I really want to wander down there
[21:22] any thoughts of having a way to enter the arena as an indivdual or a team to just practice...ie, a waiting room?
[21:22] Thank you jbertoglio. We tried a lot of new techniques in Deadfall that worked out, and we'll definitely be using them more int eh future.
[21:22] hiya jbert! I'd love to see your mad-max style PVP Conflict Town idea come to life ;)
[21:22] <[SNDR]Roton> i want faction tags in pvp so you cant shoot or kill your allies...make factions matter
[21:22] a waiting room could also act as an p to p ammo mart which might lower the QQ level
[21:22] canyon : my first thought about the red zones: expansion room!
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[21:23] <[SNDR]XTremeZ> Oh, water, any ideas on opening water and if you ride into it your ride gets stuck.
[21:23] The moat in front of Los Alamos is...problematic. It's stuck-point central. We might open it up if we can get that worked out at some point.
[21:23] any chance of starting a pvp match without the full players?  i waited for over a half hour in off time and never got a match started.  Kinda was bumming
[21:23] It just looks cool.
[21:23] For now.
[21:24] <[FE]Wes> I believe the games will start with partial queues, but there's still a wait to reach those limits. 
[21:24] hope you guys consider testing semi-persistent camps that would be worth holding/destroying in PvP zones....think that would truly expand the game's appeal with existing art assets
[21:24] <[FE]Wes> We're going to tinker with ammo costs and boost death toll rewards for the matches - hopefully that'll help raise interest :)
[21:24] my lower level alts play in blood sports with partial queues
[21:24] <[SNDR]Roton> have faction blood sports where you gain faction and deathtoll
[21:25] ah, cool wes.. there were only 5 max in the newb pvp room level 2-10... good to know it's possible
[21:25] <[FE]Cory> If the arenas were opposing factions only, that would certainly be an option, Roton.
[21:25] i think u need at least 4 ppl for the match 2 start tho
[21:25] but it was really off hours too
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[21:26] oh for blood sports you notice games that are setuplike this you move at super human speeds makes it bit more interesting in an fps style match, are you guys considerting giving people who enter blood sports a speed buff for the duration of the match?
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[21:28] Any thoughts on weapons self destructing a little fast, yet?  My melee weapons burn off 25-30% a day, at this point.   While armor loses maybe 5%, if that.
[21:28] <[FE]Cory> There are programatical issues with too much speed buffs, players start teleporting around the screen at anything above 150% speedbuff.
[21:28] tiran - plz consider the amount of armor u wear tho
[21:28] add it all up & its comparable
[21:29] imo at least
[21:29] No, it isn't.  Armor lasts 20 days, weapons last 3?  I don't think so. 
[21:29] Other thing is your layered shader system does not happen much in game anymore its rare but does happen when exiting blood sports not all the shaders in your layered shaders are loading up, sometimes you can see just the normals, or other texture files not sure how your custom engine is setup
[21:29] but just exactly how many pieces of armor do u have compared to that weapon? u c what i mean
[21:29] one of the coolest area in the is the raider fortress near mumford...any notion to do stuff to make players want to to go there ....and perhaps clone it in S3 or S3.5 (deadfall)
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[21:30] 7 armor, 2 weapons.
[21:30] at least one mission there would be a good start
[21:30] include the wrist & upper arm pads (4 right there)
[21:30] instead of just a hostile area (unless i missed the mission)
[21:31] <[FE]Wes> The plan, when we still had 20 people in the department, was to add missions to go there.
[21:31] Hey jbert, I can't answer teh question, but the same team that did Los Alamos did the Salvager fortress, and it was actually our first experimenting with a lot of the new techniques that we employed for Deadfall.
[21:31] it is a ton of fun for a low level character...with nasty guys in S3 even better
[21:31] <[FE]Wes> The plan is still to add missions. But we have more pressing issues to deal with first.
[21:31] Just random trivia, there.
[21:31] <[FE]Cory> We are definitely looking at doing a more template style to our areas in the future, make a template, copy it to a new location and add a few different interest objects for variety; rather than custom making each area.
[21:31] understandable
[21:31] Salvager fortress is/was awesome
[21:31] No, JK, I don't include them, because I don't have them.  Later armors combine them, I have just legs, shoulders, back, helm, and face.  I don't count shirt and pants.
[21:31] btw - just curious, what are the plans to finish the encounter areas in embry commonwealth?
[21:31] * Tiggs needs for her dev boys to go to bed
[21:31] * Tiggs pushes everyone away from them 
[21:31] <[FE]Cory> :Grins:
[21:31] reuse work already done.. makes it easier :)
[21:31] lol
[21:32] <[FE]Wes> It's true. So I can get my beauty sleep and dream of bugs on the ceiling.
[21:32] tx guyes
[21:32] Tiggs what you talking about devs/staff dont sleep they stay up all night and think
[21:32] u guys r great, thnx again 4 ur time!
[21:32] more is better....even if it is templates
[21:32] lol the curse of the entertainment industry is what we call it
[21:32] lol
[21:32] g'nite devs!  thanks for taking the time!!!
[21:33] <[FE]Wes> Thanks for your time, folks!
[21:33] hey kilz: i am messing with a iphone appp for my DB
[21:33] these boys sleep 1 hour a day
[21:33] Our pleasure guys.
[21:33] Thanks for coming out! Full transcript will be up on the forums soon :)
[21:33] <[FE]Cory> have a good night, all! careful in the wastes!
[21:33] Thanks for the questions.
[21:33] i have to put their chain locks back on
[21:33] if you have some ideas about a UI, I would appreciate it
[21:33] jbert - hows that coming along?
[21:33] hah, beat you too it pixi.. on the atlas :P
[21:33] my nwe tool set is awesome but iphone constraints are a new world for me
[21:33] you're too fast. TOO FAST!
[21:33] just copy/paste
[21:33] <[FE]Cory> hehe, Canyontrader is quick like that!
[21:34] <[FE]Cory> NDA from beta is lifted, BEHOLD! GlobaltechATLAS!
[21:34] <[FE]Cory> :D
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[21:34] lol... all i did mostly in beta was map
[21:34] do you kguys know that the fe db was canyon's idea as well?
[21:34] ic, i'm not really qualified with phone apps, sorry, still use ancient artifact called a flipfone, lol
[21:34] but without any technical know how to do it
[21:35] but that would b awesome to c implemented, so best of luck
[21:35] yeah, but without you, no db
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[21:35] lol, i'm moving like a snail tho :(
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[21:35] easy to do. just a mater of what to not put in ;)
[21:35] easy for YOU
[21:35] not for me
[21:36] ok folks this channel will be around forever now
[21:36] lol, yea, i have picked up some new help tho, the folks at Legends of the Fall are starting to get some stuff together, great group of peeps
[21:36] woot!
[21:36] please consdier using the db as a back end. we have over 3000 items and it is nowhere near done
[21:36] speaking of which, I want to post articles about what is available on the sites.. kinda like a feature of what each fansite has to offer
[21:36] plan to have an RP section & the Westwood Tours :)
[21:37] maybe drive some traffic 
[21:37] it is crazy for a dozen groups to start projects and quit when they find out how much stuff thre really is
[21:37] jbert - i have considered it, but with inner-linking it'll b very difficult, at least me & the team felt so, might not b with some better planning in the future
[21:37] who knew there was that much... let alone 1000 new animations for a new character type!  eeek
[21:38] canyon - ur site link has been a huge help, ty again, lots of new viewers thanks 2 u!
[21:38] yes, but without all that work -  we'd never have the Carlton dance :(
[21:38] thanks... but it's a beginner site... people are meant to move on to your site and others
[21:38] people on the forum are crazy...asking for new animations like they were easy to pick up at walmart
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[21:38] *** info is now known as ANubis
[21:38] lol
[21:38] *** ANubis is now known as Anubis
[21:39] thnx canyon, i still feel like a newb site tho, bout 2 release Kingman View soon tho
[21:39] thank god we got that fix anubis
[21:39] your site was v heloful to me especially when I started playing GlobaltechATLAS
[21:39] ty for that
[21:39] helped me craft my first ATV ha
[21:39] canyon: any chance of new maps for s3 and s3.5?
[21:39] heh, i spent more time on the site than actually playing the game.. i'm only level 34
[21:40] that's cool, enjoy teh journey -  no rush ha
[21:40] yea, his site is the MAP KING! when i started there was the ATLAS & FE-Terminal (R.I.P.)
[21:40] yes, i'm updating the sector maps and will be adding bloodsports maps this weekend hopefully
[21:40] so stupid question
[21:40] too cool
[21:40] Did you like just hanging in here and talking with devs? 
[21:40] yea, that'll b great
[21:40] yes
[21:41] yes, some more candid responses were very nice... or to ask for some clarification
[21:41] did you like it in here better then the hoc?
[21:41] of course, never had a game company so dedicated to the players, ever!
[21:41] yes
[21:41] less formal in here, so it's great
[21:41] yep, less formal is better every time
[21:41] yes,... we need structure of the HoC for the official part, but this was a great bonus
[21:41] but more organized in the other 1, so it served its purpose
[21:41] yes
[21:41] so back in the day, I referred to these types as Fireside chats
[21:41] structured than FFA. like a press conference
[21:41] typically we let in a set number of people
[21:41] and let them talk
[21:41] lol, appropriately named
[21:42] I will see about setting some up :)
[21:42] No promises but i will try my best
[21:42] your team is wonderful tiggs
[21:42] Thank you :)
[21:42] yep, you guys do a great job
[21:42] much obliged, i should b at work right now, but had a schedule change, perfect timing
[21:42] and you are famous tiggs... everybody knows YOU!
[21:42] We try our best
[21:42] whoever animated carlton dance especially :D
[21:42] right? she's a GM LEGEND
[21:42] canyon i've been doing this for over 10 years 
[21:42] hope the game expands so you can hire folks back and not have to work so damn hard
[21:43] they better know me lol
[21:43] amen to that one jbert :)
[21:43] being in walmart helps that expansion
[21:43] massively
[21:43] hope so
[21:43] yep that's a real potential there
[21:43] i thought the cinco de mayo was great when u told everyone to line up... & they did!
[21:43] haha
[21:43] Morg like me came from the UO days, where we had always interacted with customers
[21:43] the trick is to make the first 2 hours make sense to players
[21:44] thats why I made my company, I got sick of GMs to scared to show
[21:44] or companies that wouldn't let them show
[21:44] and Tiggs knows if I'm involved I'm in world
[21:44] oh.. and tiggs, can you send me info on your charity?  i'd like to help promote it
[21:45] That would be great! I will. My charity webpage needs a huge facelift I just dont have time to get to it :(
[21:45] tiggs and morgana: consider ways to get the player community to help out with short tutorials
[21:45] i volunteer canyon! hehe j/k
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[21:45] players are your best free resources.. make use of them
[21:45] tiggs where are my hawtpants?
[21:45] yep great community in fe
[21:45] im wearing them
[21:46] I saw that question come in and spewed my soda
[21:46] channel some of that epeen into useful efforts
[21:46] you stole my hawt pants!?!?
[21:46] hah
[21:46] lol 
[21:46] sorry tiggs
[21:46] my bad
[21:46] :P
[21:46] Sang's standing request is booty shorts
[21:46] i was like oh god SWGers!
[21:46] an RPer dream come true
[21:46] LOL
[21:46] alot feel fe is swg2
[21:46] that had audio?
[21:46] Global and hawtpants
[21:47] yeah do what EVGA does thier community is a wealth of information as well as making them the top company in the usa for nvidia distribution
[21:47] No we have a conf call during it
[21:47] we dont record them :P
[21:47] I think I cursed tho too when i saw it lol
[21:47] no...your smilie had an audio component
[21:47] something like Oh F***!!!!
[21:47] surprised me
[21:47] haha
[21:48] big laugh came out of my laptop
[21:48] hehehe
[21:48] im bummed no flying in game anytime soon lol
[21:48] we laughed at that question too :P
[21:48] donta - a gyrocopter would b awesome like in road warrior
[21:48] * Tiggs drops a ban hammer from a helicopter
[21:48] possible but asks too much of the engine at this state of the art
[21:49] dinner time....thanks to all 
[21:49] i have faith the fe team will make the impossible a reality, but i'm patient & will give them a lifetime to do it
[21:49] would like to see some wicked cool stuff like gyros (in limited range and mission specific use only)... and i want an 18 wheeler mission to run a gauntlett and have people stop you from delivering
[21:49] jbert - take care, send me an email sometime ;)
[21:49] no i want a huge chopper one of those ones sitting around in FE
[21:49] add a couple 50 cals
[21:49] some missle launchers
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[21:50] being able to travel fast
[21:50] wicked cool stuff can be added, but it should be 'instance/range' limited
[21:50] i'm not overly concerned with fast travel tbh, but my main is still in s2 0.0
[21:51] yea, mission only stuff like that could work, but then players will want it all the time, at least i'd would expect no less
[21:51] yah, they would, but no they won't get it
[21:51] hahaha
[21:51] lol
[21:51] 1 can only hope
[21:51] but there are options to push the envelope outside of 'normal' gameplay
[21:52] & this is the company to do just that!
[21:52] well have it like this in order to fly in an sector you need to complete all quest
[21:52] create an epic experience mission
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[21:52] or be shot down
[21:52] forces players to do all the quest
[21:52] to fly
[21:52] i'm a post apoc freak & these guys made the game i've been dieing for since i learned what an mmo was, lol
[21:52] anyone here a fan of the original Wasteland?? 
[21:52] in the dead zones area give players 5-10 seconds to turn around or have it crash into a ball of flame
[21:53] i think i just dated myself...
[21:53] oh, and i want to go back to hoover dam.. that is an amazing map... let us play in it more
[21:54] reuse assets 
[21:54] might b worth looking into
[21:54] imagine that as a pvp zone.
[21:54] ohhh
[21:54] sorry, busy *imagining*
[21:54] heh
[21:56] well, considering i have 2 hrs left b4 i have to get some shut-eye (another 9am training day), i'll have to take my leave
[21:56] ok folks
[21:56] * Tiggs is a tired tigger
[21:56] canyon - feel free to hit me up if u wanna talk more site stuff, take care everyone
[21:56] gn tiggs :)
[21:56] thanks for attending, feel free to stay and chat in here :)
[21:57] I would love to see it get busy in here and I may place some hazmats then
[21:57] i will
[21:57] * Tiggs waves
[21:57] nini tiggs
[21:57] yea, might have to keep this chat running on my 2nd comp while in game
[21:57] laterz