3.15 Davidinho:*
Hello everyone, Carrie and Stuart here from BioWare Mythic, coming to you live from GamesCom!!!
3.18 Davidinho:*
I see some Camelot players are here! Big hello to the DAoC crowd!
3.24 [Comment From Moneo]*
The most important question: What up with the transfer Glamorgan -> Ywain, is it finally coming?
3.25 Davidinho:*
I can't give a definite yes or no right this moment, but we are definitely looking at Glamorgan closely.
3.26 Davidinho:*
I haven't forgotten the WAR players. We love you guys! Ready for questions, keep em coming!
3.29 Davidinho:*
Carrie - The news is all being shared at GamesCom, but the press are hitting up a lot of different places, so they need time to write it up! If you're eager for WAR news, keep an eye out there, we're giving several interviews a day!
3.29 Davidinho:*
Testing our new name!
3.29 [Comment From Psychoic]*
What common content will be shared between the differing RvR Packs?
3.31 Davidinho:*
Carrie - The content that is shared between the different packs is different in theme in some respect (power, progression, personality) but they all share that they tie into the RVR experience in some way. This pack, unlike LoTD is RVR focused, in everything we're doing.
3.32 [Comment From Tom Verhaegen]*
Will there be a new RVR zone introduced?
3.32 Davidinho:*
Carrie - Yes!
3.36 [Comment From Khazar]*
well, what are the future plans for DAOC, are you revealing it here or maybe later in the gamescom?
3.36 Davidinho:*
Stuart - The future of DAoC is quite bright. Now that we have the EU players under the Mythic umbrella we want to focus more on giving everyone the best possible play experience. We have done a few Live Events and will continue running them into the future. We are also working on a Multi-Lingual server so French, German, and English speaking players can all play together.
3.40 [Comment From Multani]*
Do you not fear that the up of renow rank up to 100 will not make the game more difficult for the new player against well equiped player ?
3.40 Davidinho:*
Carrie - Gonna try to answer a couple things about the RR questions. RR 81-100 will be difficult, but we are going to help players who haven't hit RR80 yet to get up there. We're very aware of power gap problems and will be keeping that in mind for new players and alt-a-holics.
3.44 Davidinho:
Stuart - Yes, Chris, we ALL know that DAoC is the best MMO *looks at Carrie* but right now we want to focus on the things that make DAoC so awesome. That is why we are doing Live Events and such. It's partly the players that make DAoC so good, and we want to make sure we have a fun experience for you guys (and gals),
3.45 Davidinho:
Carrie - @Icpong - Yes new armor past Sov.
3.46 [Comment From Khaldar]
Carrie- You said the future of WAR would be announce in the end of summer, will there be an official annoucement soon?
3.48 Davidinho:
Carrie - The RVR pack is what I'm referring to as the future of WAR, and we're very excited about it. Of course more details will come as we continue to talk about it, at GamesDay there will be a full presentation on the stuff we're telling the press here, additionally I have a producer's letter coming up... etc.
3.48 [Comment From Ivan Reynoso]
Is the new RvR zone going to be accessible without purchasing the RvR Pack?
3.49 Davidinho:
Yes, but a lot of the cool stuff that you can get from the RVR zone won't be!
3.49 [Comment From Oberheim]
When "moving away from the huge expansion pack system every 2 years." How ofted do you plan to release new packs?
3.49 Davidinho:
Carrie - Depends on you guys, which ones you like, etc. We have lots of ideas and plans!
3.50 [Comment From cyric]
Is making the Renown Rank process smoother in the lower Ranks going to be done by changing the amount you need to earn for those Ranks ?
3.51 Davidinho:
Carrie - More likely going to involve renown-boosting buffs. But the important thing is that it will be easier!
3.52 [Comment From Khannage]
Does the RVR packs include updates to the SC system. Made something to help more casual R40 players against those steam rolling pre-mades?
3.53 Davidinho:
Carrie - We are focusing on ORVR, but we are doing some investigation around SC matchmaking as we're aware of the community concern.
3.53 [Comment From Heiko S. (Leiunn) - DAoC]
(DAoC) Are there any plans to make Warriors more needed in RvR? At the moment Warriors are not needed/wanted in rvr.
3.54 Davidinho:
Stuart - We are going through all the careers to make sure that they viable in DAoC and RvR especially. In this last patch (1.105) we focused on the Bainshee, but other classes will be coming down the line.
3.55 [Comment From Eaderbreca]
In DAoC, Is there a plan to update the Enchanter RR5 with a more useful ability? The entire community feels it is, currently, lackluster.
3.56 Davidinho:
Stuart - In addition to class balance, we will also be looking at the RR5 abilities and making changes where necessary. I can't give details on when, but it is definitely being discussed around the office.
3.57 [Comment From Eltn]
(war)Can we expect some upgrades of the current rvr zone with the rvr pack?
3.57 Davidinho:
Carrie - Sorry guys! Last question!
3.58 Davidinho:
Yes, as a part of the pack, we are doing updates to the ORVR mechanics, which will tie into the Skaven theme very nicely
3.59 Davidinho:
Carrie - And we're off to more interviews. I know you're all hungry for info. and we love your excitement about the game. The press and bloggers we're meeting here need to get back to their hotels and home to write stuff up... so the info is coming! Also we will be recapping what we did here in the monthly producer's letters and more info in the coming weeks and upcoming events!
4.01 Davidinho:
Also Andz says hi and will see you Saturday night! AND OMG GERMAN KEZBOARDS.