3rd May 2005

Lineage HoC : 3rd May 2005

Brekkee: We'll be starting shortly, please feel free to begin sending your questions in to [QT]Phineus

Brekkee: Good evening and welcome to another great Stratics House of Commons chat, tonight our guests are the developers of Lineage! The topic tonight is general discussion so all questions are welcome.
Brekkee: Please send your questions to [QT]Phineus - to do so type /query NICK and type in the window that pops up. Questions sent to me or the developers will not make it into the lineup. Full logs of the chat will be up on http://www.stratics.com shortly after the chat.
Brekkee: We'll start with a brief introduction from the developers, now would be a good time to send those questions.

Kyzah: Hi everyone, Kyzah here, Content Writer/Editor for Lineage I in the US; great to see everyone this evening, thanks for coming out! :)

Scout: Hi, all. I'm the L1 Publish Coordinator. Welcome!

Mistryl: Hi everyone! I'm Mistryl, Community Coordinator for Lineage.

GMSylvia: Hi all I'm the Head GM for Lineage 1 :)

CaptSturm: Hiya, I'm CaptSturm. I'm the Live Process Manager for NC North America.

Brekkee: *Gippal* Hi! This is Gippal, an admin of LineageDB! anyways I was just going to ask about the possibility of a server merge? I have heard all about it but I never can get any info, do you have any?
Scout: We're still contemplating the server merge. We were very interested to see how the one in Hong Kong works out actually. We don't have definite plans yet, but we are still discussing it heavily.

Brekkee: *Rooey* Roumer has it our dragons are finally coming back... and they're bringing a friend with them... Can you tell us anything about this yet?
Scout: Sorry - I can't really comment on that yet. Stay tuned! :)

Brekkee: *lordbane* on LOa server have you decided about upping the brings drop raye insc and allowing silver to drop outside of mineral caves?
Scout: I'm still evaluating the effects of both of those changes, but it looks promising.

Brekkee: *Gippal* Another question ^_^! I have heard about the pre release plans of Episode 4.. Pirate Island and all.. Is this true?
Scout: Now you know we won't talk about things like that! :)

Brekkee: *Rooey* Capt, are you still alive? Did Scout eat you? What have you been doing? Where have you been hiding?
CaptSturm: Still around--I work with Scout on a daily basis. I oversee all the North America titles now, so I'm spread thin. :)CaptSturm: We just published the Issue 3 for Lineage, we launched GuildWars last week, we have a major update to City of Heroes tomorrow that includes PvP arenas...
CaptSturm: A new update for Lineage 2 is right around the corner for Chronicle 3
CaptSturm: AND other stuff I can't publicly comment on. :)CaptSturm: So, yeah, still around and staying busy.

Brekkee: Please send in your questions to [QT]Phineus by typing /msg [QT]Phineus

Brekkee: *Rooey* Scouts events over the past few months have been Legendary... The test server fun was fantastic... We appreciate the effort, but I *have* to ask... What's she got up her sleeves next? :)Scout: Well, keeping up the Legendary status is very trying. :) We do intend on doing an event soon if things stay steady for awhile. And we're working on some variations regarding events, so we'll just have to see what happens.

Brekkee: *Rooey* Kyzah, have you been keeping busy in your new role? What have you been doing? We miss you!
Kyzah: Quite! In addition to the daily/weekly news announcements, publish notes, etc., I‚ve been working with Mistryl on more community-related updates, such as the player stories, fan art, Q&A sessions, and working on the game content web updates as well.
Kyzah: I still peek in on the boards from time to time, though! ;)
Brekkee: *Rooey* Is DarkWing still with us, or did he get mawled by an Ogre?
CaptSturm: DarkWing is no longer with NC, the QA role is currently being wrangled at the QA Manager's direction.

Brekkee: *Gippal* Once again- I heard about the Posieidon hitting level 80 level cap and plans of rasing it.. Yay or Nay?
CaptSturm: I know there's a lot of interest in the next episode and plans that have been discussed in other territories. We could speculate on what the dev team has planned, but its honestly just to early for us to speak to that. At this early stage, there's much that may change or being removed and we really don't want to set false expectations. So, yeah, I expect it to be cool--but I'll need the content to be a bit further along before commiting to what
CaptSturm: includes

Brekkee: *Rooey* Mistryl, This is your first ever Lineage 1 HoC? Come on... give us something to gossip about... What's it like working with these... umm loonies?
Mistryl: This is my first HoC for Lineage! I'm having an absolute blast working on the Lineage team and with the community. I really enjoy it. :)
Brekkee: *Rooey* What's happening with Diad Fortress... Did we just forget about this one after testing, or are you still tweaking it for
Scout: No, it hasn't been forgotten about. However, it's much more sensitive making changes on live and must be considered more carefully. But we're still aware that changes could be made to improve things, and we'd like to see the Fortress taken at some point!

Brekkee: *Rooey* GMSylvia, It's great to see you "out and about" tonight. What have you been upto recently? How are you keeping busy?
GMSylvia: Well I just finished a Q&A session which Mistryl just posted to the site and as always am working very hard on player issues. :)
Brekkee: Please send in your questions to [QT]Phineus by typing /msg [QT]Phineus

Brekkee: *lordbane* will there be news of any kind of event soon?
Scout: Well, we're still kicking around ideas. So now's the time to post your awesome ideas on the boards!!

Brekkee: *Rooey* Which one of you guys has the highest level character now? Do all of you still play outside of work, or are you all sick to the teeth of Lineage by the time you get home? :)CaptSturm: I think I have the highest level...
CaptSturm: on the internal test server! :)CaptSturm: On live, I have a few in the 40s, highest is 48.
Mistryl: I play outside of work. :) But I definitely don't have the highest level!
Scout: I won't say what level my characters are - it's just embarassing. But I spend a great deal of time dying... and loving it!
GMSylvia: I play outside when I can....at an undisclosed level!
Kyzah: My highest on live is still in the 50 range, the next one down is 49; still levelling! :)
Brekkee: *Rooey* How successful do you think the test server is? Should more of us be playing it?
Scout: I do think the test server is very successful. And valuable. Obviously, the more people that player are more likely to find issues. And the players certainly do more things than we can think of to test. Of course we could always use more testers. Without testers, L1 would be much worse off.

Brekkee: *Rooey* Who would win in a fight? Mistryl or Scout?... ok and in-game?
Kyzah: Hmmm, Dragon vs. Vampire... hard to tell!
Mistryl: Scout. I think she's a vampire and she's trying to get me to join her legion of the undead.
CaptSturm: In game, Mistryl for sure. Out of game, Scout--because she'd fight dirty. Seen her do it.
Scout: I think Mistryl - she's scrappy and could chase me down. (Yea, that's right, I'd be running!)

Brekkee: That will wrap it up for tonight. I‚d like to thank the folks from Lineage for coming!
Brekkee: The log for tonight‚s chat will be up shortly on http://www.stratics.com. Thank you all for joining us! You can join #Lineage to chat more about the game.
Mistryl: Thanks for coming everyone!
CaptSturm: Thanks for everyone that joined us tonight--we really appreciate our Lineage fans!
Kyzah: Great to see you all as always! Catch you in-game!! :)Scout: Thanks everyone! These are always enjoyable.
GMSylvia: Thank you all!