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Un joueur présent à la Dragoncon 07 qui a lieu jusqu'à dimanche, s'est rendu sur le stand de Funcom et a pu soutirer des infos aux développeurs présents. Il donne aussi ses impressions sur le jeu mais je ne les ai pas remportées ici.
Un autre joueur a pu réaliser les vidéos suivantes :
Compte-rendu
Première journée :
QUESTIONS
Real Sex In Game - "Cannot confirm or deny" due to different country ratings.
Female Characters - We will get to see them Sunday (and topless too)! As Athelan and other devs have said before, there are so many animations that it took a while to do, especially for all the battle animations. They want the females to look strong and sexy, but when they tried to make a burly, giantess-type, she turned out looking very manly. The goal to have them look like Valeria from the movie plus a little bit "wenchy."
PvP - "This is the epitome ... of wartorn Hyboria." Clan of Conan community members will get a sweet PvP item that gives a bonus to drunken brawling. (Better watch out, I'm a mean drunk!) PvP will be convenient, with a menu that you can access even when questing. So then you'll teleport to the battleground, hack some players out, then return to the zone you were in to resume your questing. Also sounded like you could do it solo or with your quest group together.
Leveling - Wanted it to be accessable to the casual gamer, so it will be relatively fast. Athelon said that getting to AoC lvl 80 = 9 days played, compared to the first time playing to WoW (no twink economy) lvl 60 = 15 days played.
Beta - Yes, there will be a open beta. No, they don't know when it is. Beta progression is in milestones. They have finished (I think) technical beta, and have moved to general/closed beta. As the stages progress, they will invite more players. The goal of beta testing for FC is to ensure the high quality of the game at launch. It is not a marketing tool.
Storyline - Single-player destiny storyline for all 80 levels, regional storylines, and NPC quest storylines (often related to regional storylines, but with "self-interest")
Voiceacting - More than 100 actors contributed to the voiceacting (more than for Dreamfall)
Magic in AoC - They want to keep it true to REH, but they felt it was necessary to keep magic animations "interesting rather than boring"
User Interface - Players will be able to reskin, resize, drag, etc. many parts of the game display (At least, I think that is what they said. When the acronyms start flying, I tend to lose stuff in the translation.)
Herald of Xotli - The demonform will be customizable with different heads, horns, tentacles, skins, colors, etc. to create a unique melee mage character.
Money Sinks - They weren't so sure on this point, everyone being more focused on gameplay right now, but consumables and player villages were mentioned. This is currently being balanced.
Formations - For the players that wanted to play the prestige class that uses formations, don't worry, formations are still in the game. They will not limit where players can go, but if players are in the right area, they will receive a buff of some type.
Naval Combat - Will not be a feature at release, but later, maybe...
Drunken Brawling - The devs really love this idea. Your stats are based on the cocktail of alcohol that your character imbibes. You fight until you are knocked out, then you sober up and need to start drinking again. And the visual effects while drunk... "We can do wonderful things with DX10."
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Deuxième journée :
Gameplay Revisted - It was a lot easier to sit down today and enjoy the 2 on 2 PvP. Granted, there were a few times when I was looking at the tree and having someone hack into my spine, but overall I felt a lot more confident in what I was trying to accomplish. By lvl 40, you'll have lots of cool abilities (that's like saying you'll be awesome at lvl 30 in WoW). Stamina will be important to manage in PvP because it is used for combos, but it is also used to sprint. So you can chase a guy down, but might only have normal attacks to use once you catch him. Facing my opponent is still my biggest challenge.
Demonologist - I might have found my new favorite Stygian. I apologize for referencing WoW, but them seem to be playable either as a mage-type or as a warlock type. There is direct damage fire and lightning, roots, DoTs, and cool demon minions. Two different demons were available for us to cast - one was the ugly red dude that looked like he'd just as soon eat you as take your lunch money, and the other was a hot demoness with pale skin, black wings, and a penchant for throwing fireballs. I both played as a demonologist and against one today, and it is a very fun class. Rooting guys, sending your pet in, stacking DoTs, debuffing enemies, then flaming them to ash is all very, very sweet. Animations for summons and spells seem evil to me - very red and black and burning with unholy energies. This class is squishy though, so be prepared to run, root, rinse, repeat. Overall, I thought the class was a unique blend of some other caster classes, and could probably be tailored to suit a player's preferrences.
Bear Shaman - This is the other class I had a chance to play today, and they could be an almost invincible melee character. They hit fairly well, and with their heals over time (I could run two at once, and they hit me as well as my allies in the cone area in front of me) made them very tough to kill. Some of the combo abilities, along with doing more damage than a normal attack, included knockback, rend armor, damage over time, and other cool things. I am considering playing a bear shaman much more than I had previously. Healing + leather armor + 2h weapons = fun for the whole family.
Equipment Menu - There will be a full array of armor slots to obsess on filling with uber gear. (I think there are pictures of the menu somewhere already) it also looks like you can equip two sets of weapons to switch between, but there wasn't a dev around right then to ask.
Backpack - Three separate panels - one for loot, one for resources, and one for quest items.
Menus - The quest and feat menus were not loaded on the demo today, but the menu system we did see (and use to join the PvP games) seemed to have a very intelligent "looking for player/party" tab, "looking for PvP" tab, as well as a tab for guild management. I was only able to see if for a moment in between games, but it looked like there will be a lot more options than other MMOs (that I am familiar with) have. It was all presented in a nice, friendly box with four or five tabs at the top. (Don't know if that will change before release)
Feats - There will be a lot of them, and they will effects from stat buffs, to skill buffs, to unlocking new abilities for your character. The greatest thing (in my opinion, I admit) is that the feats are not in a linear or branching format. The feats menu will be laid out in a circular fashion similar to the sphere grid in FFX or the licence board in FFXII. I was not clear if it will be exactly the same layout for all archtypes, but the costs for the feats will be different for the different classes. You could buy melee buffs for the Demonologist, but it would cost more than if you were a HoX (and probably not be as effective). They did not want to limit the feats a player could have by not making certain ones availble for certain classes. Variety will work in everyone's favor. Another thing to mention (which may have been taken from AO) is that there will probably be no buyback/reset for points spent in feats. If you screw up your character with poor decisions, reroll.
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Troisième journée :
Intro Video - They showed the same intro video that everyone has already seen. Afterwards they mentioned that the Cimmerian girl with the blue face paint might be featured in an issue of Playboy.
Character Creation - They went through character creation briefly and mentioned how important they thought it was for each character to look unique. There are more than 40 sliders for face and body. Both the hair and beards will be animated. Devs are working on the physics engine, so the only hair color they had for the hairstyles was black. Players can also change their hairstyle later in the game, so you can change up your dreadlocks for a sexy mullet. There is also a "Fabio" emote where the male character runs his hand through his hair.
Starting the Game - No rats and spiders to fight. Players get to slay pirates instead. One of the first quests is to escort the lady of questionable virtue back to the town, and she actually follows the player in an intelligent fashion. She stays behind you and crouches down when you enter combat, so there shouldn't be any worries about her getting caught in the melee.
Social Features - Players will be able online at the beginning of the game, so even though you will not see anyone else until you get to Tortage City (approx 1 hour of gameplay), you will be able to chat with friends and join a guild. One of the main parts of a MMO is the social interaction, and the devs did not want to limit it. However, no one can form a guild until they hit lvl 20.
Combos/Fatalities - These include special attacks, counter attacks, and fatalities based on the timing of the moves. Fatalities also lead to a blood frenzy that makes you stronger. Btw, the artists had way too much fun with the 60+ moves in the game, and the blood splatter on the screen is fun. There are fatalities for each weapon type, 1h/2h/dual wield types, and magic types. We were only shown some of the 2h sword fatalities with a barbarian, but it was still awesome. Definitely feel like a "machine of death."
Cities - Artists have done a great job with the cities, and they have a very organic layout. There is the feeling of age to Tortage, and there was a strong focus on having multiple layers of civilization in a city. Atlantian and Ashuronian influence will be under the modern architechture, etc. NPCs have some very unpredictable things they can do. One guy walked out of a bar and urinated in the street. It takes 8 hours for a full day/night cycle. There will also be weather changes like wind and rain.
PvP - Players can teleport to PvP matches similar to Gamespy or Battlenet. Players will also be able to set up matches and will have a lot of control (number of players, level range, etc). There will not be a need to have PvP access only from NPC characters. There will also be player to player collision, so it might be smart for the mages to stay behind the melee characters.
Female Characters - Super hot! You'll love to look at those 2000+ polygon buttcheeks for hours on end. Females will be exactly as strong and empowered as the males (although we can all admit this is a bit different from the way REH portrayed women in most of his stories). Armor, for the most part, will be unique for each gender. In keeping with the 10,000 BC setting, there will be a lot more skin showing than the head-to-toe armor found in other games. For example, the bear shaman had leg armor on her thighs, but there was skin at the hip and at the knee too. There will also be options to toggle helms and cloaks. /flirt and /dancesexy are just a couple of the 100+ emotes players can enjoy. As a girl, I am very happy with the female character, which looks amazing in the HoX armor. She looks just as strong and sexy as promised. (Conan will marry me for sure now!)
Small Story Spoiler - FC wanted to stay very true to the Hyborian lore, and mentioned that similar to many of Conan's adventures, players may need to leave Tortage in a bit of a hurry. Tortage is a port city, and there is already some mention of the Tyrant of Tortage. We all know how much Conan liked tyrants. I know it isn't a big spoiler, but some people might want to have to story be a complete surprise for their first playthrough.
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Un autre visiteur qui a pu tester le jeu et poser des questions à Athenlan et Silirrion
Questions for Athelan
*Will a guild be able to name their village/keep or the buildings within them?
-No definate answer, but they feel that it's likely we'll get to name our village even if we can't put a custom tag on buildings (like taverns).
*Can guilded and non-guilded players be able to enlist as Mercs?
-Right now the Merc system is designed for unguilded players to sell their services as Mercs. While it may be possible for guilded players to become Mercs it does cause a potential conflict of interest (belonging to one guild but fighting for another). Even if guilded players are allowed to become Mercs, the system is NOT designed to allow entire guilds to be officially "mercenary guilds".
This is much like the fact that the game isn't designed around the fact that certain guilds will limit themselves to one race either, but some are still choosing to do so, so it will be interesting to see how it works out.
*Will Mercs be under the banner of the guild they are fighting for?
- Yes, for all intents and purposese they are "in" the guild for the duration of the hire which gives them protection against friendly fire.
*Does the attacking guild have to construct a ticket item once they destroy the defending guild's ticket item in a siege?
- They do not have to, but it would greatly enhance their chance of winning. The defending guild is gaining tickets during a siege for having the constructed ticket item standing. Once that is destroyed then tickets are awarded to the guild with the most members within that area. HOWEVER, the tickets are at half the value of actually having a constructed ticket structure. So it behooves the force to construct their own structure to increase their allotment of tickets. This means multiple ticket structures can be built and destroyed and rebuilt within one siege. Whoever has the most tickets at the end of the siege wins the Keep.
*If you don't control a Keep or tower where will you respawn from if you die in the Border Kingdoms?
- From the edge of the region you died in. (there are three regions within the BorderKingdoms). This obviously adds to the time it takes you to get back into the fight.
*Are the 3 regions of the BK bordering on each other or is there space in between?
- The answer wasn't clear on this, however what was clear is that the 3 regions (despite their geographic location) will tie into the 3 main cultures/races at launch and each will be represented by them. ie One region will be Cimmerian influenced, one Stygian influenced, and one Aquilonian influenced. Much like the Resource & building areas and the different arenas.
*What else is in the BK, are there NPCs and what about blood money vendors?
-While there will be NPCs within the BK they have cut back on their numbers considerably because of the amount of lag the AI contributes to. Vendors can possibly be located within Keeps in addition to elsewhere.
*What is the status of blood money and how it works?
- Blood money was the original solution to item looting. You obtained it by entering the BK for a fee and having that fee turned into blood coins. However, with the implementation of PvP servers (where blood money would be active the world over instead of just the BK) and various other factors, blood money is being re-evalutated and not much is set in stone. They are still looking into other forms of item looting as well if they can get it to work.
While it looks like blood money could possibly be scrapped, it looks like it will still be in at launch, but it seems to have some holes at present. Many of the questions I was going to ask relating to it are questions that are still being asked/decided on by FC, so I didn't bother with any more.
*Can you clarify how the spellcasters will play ingame vs. the melee classes? (this has been explained before, but I wanted to hear it in person).
- All classes have combos. But these only relate to melee combat. The spellcaster classes won't add much to their melee repoitore after the early levels and so only need the three directions everyone starts out with for the entire game. While each direction (1,2,3) does a single melee strike for damage that adds to the effect of the completed combo, spellweaving does not have the same effect. (ie you don't hit 1,2,2,2,3) to have 5 minor spells create a large combo spell. Instead we have spellweaving. There will be a starter icon (can be linked on hotbar) that begins the spellweave. You then select the variety of spells you wish to put in the spellweave (by either clicking their icon or the link on the hotbar) unlike melee combat you are receiving no effect for any of this until you hit the "finish" spellweave button which then fires off your mix/mash of spells in one go. Again spellcasters will have combos, but they will only be for melee combat and they will be quite rudimentary as you don't really build on them past the early levels.
Questions for Silirrion (after Athelan managed to slip off for a break)
*What is up with the talk about sex drives and drug usage?
- There will be no explicit sex in AoC. It will be part of the atmosphere (wenches and prostitutes) and will be hinted at or even overt in your interactions with NPCs, but it won't be shown or anything you can actually do within the game. There was talk in the beginning by having some buffs associated with what goes on behind closed doors, but nothing definitive. As far as I was told, there will be no drug usage in AoC as there was in like SWG (drugs were used for buffs that often had serious downers). Poisons will be predominate (lotus).
*How naked will players (particularly female players) be able to get?
-Depends on the rating board. The females are designed to be completely topless, at the moment they have some flimsy cover, but it is only a matter of what they can get away with by having an M rating. Anything that will give the game an AO rating will be cut or covered up.
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Traduction de la première partie - 1ère journée : Du sexe dans le jeu : Ne peut confirmer ou dénier - en raison des classements différents pour chaque pays
Personnages Féminins : On les verra Dimanche (et topless !). Comme Athelan et d'autres développeurs l'ont indiqué, il y a tellement d'animations que cela a pris du temps à réaliser, spécialement pour toutes les animations de combats. Ils souhaitent des femmes qui paraissent fortes et sexy, mais en essayant de créer un personnage immense, costaud, elle a semblé trop masculine. Le but est de les faire paraître comme Valéria, celle du film, avec un côté plus féminin.
JcJ - Les membres de la communauté du Clan Of Conan recevront un objet JcJ sympa qui leur donneront un bonus pour les bastons de soiffards. Le PvP sera convivial : on pourra accéder à l'affichage durant ses quêtes. Et on sera transporté vers le champ de bataille, pour y tuer des joueurs, puis on reviendra sur sa zone de quêtes. On pourra être TP soit seul soit avec les membres de son groupe de quêtes.
Bêta - Oui, il y aura une Open Bêta. Non, ils ne savent pas quand. La progression de la Bêta s'effectue par étape. Ils ont fini (je pense) la Bêta Technique et se rapprochent de la Bêta Général Fermée.
A ce niveau, ils inviteront plus de joueurs. Le but de la bêta pour Funcom est d'assurer une grande qualité pour le jeu dès sa sortie. Ce n'est pas un outil commercial.
Histoires - Histoire de destinée tout le long des 80 niveaux, des histoires par régions, et des histoires de PNJs (souvent en relation avec les histoires de régions, mais recentrées).
Magie dans AoC - Ils veulent se conformer à l'univers de R.E. Howard, mais ils leur semblent nécessaire d'avoir des animations de magie "intéressantes plus qu'ennuyeuses"
Interface Utilisateur - Les joueurs pourront changer l'aspect visuel, modifier la taille, déplacer, etc. de nombreuses parties de l'affichage (Du moins, c'est ce que je pense avoir compris. Ils parlent avec des acronymes, et donc j'ai tendance à perdre les termes lors de la traduction).
Hérault de Xotl i- La forme de démon sera modifiable avec différentes têtes, cornes, tentacules, peaux, couleurs, etc. afin de créer un personnage de mêlée unique.
Money Sinks - Ils n'étaient pas encore sûr de ce point, tout le monde se concentrant sur le gameplay pour l'instant, mais les villages de joueurs et les consommables ont été mentionnés. C'est en cours d'équilibrage.
Formations - Pour les joueurs qui veulent jouer une classe de prestige qui utilisent des formations, pas d'inquiétude à avoir, les formations sont encore prévues dans le jeu. Il n'y aura pas de limite jusqu'où les joueurs pourront aller, mais si des joueurs se trouvent dans la bonne zone, ils recevront une amélioration d'un certain type.
Combat naval - Caractéristique non implémentée pour la sortie, mais plus tard, pourquoi pas...
Baston de soûlards - Les devs adorent cette idée. Vos stats sont basés sur le cocktail ou l'alcool que votre personnage boit. Vous vous battez jusqu'à devenir inconscient, alors vous devenez sobre et pouvez boire à nouveau. Et les effets visuels lorsque vous êtes saouls... "Nous pouvons faire de magnifiques choses avec Dx10".
Traduction (m'ci Kynan) de la 2ème partie : Une guilde pourra-t-elle choisir le nom de son Village/Forteresse ou leurs bâtiments ?
Aucune réponse définitive, mais ils estiment que nous pourrons probablement nommer notre village même si nous ne pourrons pas personnaliser les bâtiments (comme les tavernes).
Les joueurs guildés et non guildés peuvent-ils s'enrôler comme Mercenaires ?
Pour l'instant, le système de Mercenaires permet aux joueurs non-guildés de vendre leurs services en tant que Mercenaires. Bien qu’il ne soit pas impossible que des joueurs guildés deviennent Mercenaires, le risque de conflit d'intérêt est réel (appartenir à une guilde, mais se battre pour une autre). Même si on permet aux joueurs guildés de devenir Mercenaires, le système n'est PAS conçu pour permettre à des guildes entières d'être officiellement des « guildes de mercenaires ».Est-ce que les Mercenaires seront sous la bannière de la guilde pour laquelle ils combattent ?
Oui, dans tous leurs faits et gestes ils sont "dans" la guilde pour la durée de l’engagement, ce qui les protège des attaques amicales (FriendlyFire).
La guilde attaquante doit-elle construire un objet-ticket une fois qu'elle a détruit celui de la guilde de défense lors d'un siège ?
Elle n'y est pas obligée, mais cela augmenterait grandement ses chances de victoire. La guilde de défense gagne des tickets pendant un siège en maintenant en place l'objet-ticket construit. Une fois qu'il est détruit on attribue des tickets à la guilde qui a le plus de membres dans la zone. CEPENDANT, les tickets n’ont alors que la moitié de la valeur qu’ils auraient en présence d’un objet-ticket construit. Donc il incombe aux forces concernées de construire leur propre structure pour augmenter la distribution de tickets. Cela signifie que de multiples structures de tickets peuvent être construites, détruites et reconstruites lors d'un siège. Celui qui a le plus de tickets à la fin du siège remporte la Forteresse.
Si vous ne contrôlez pas une Forteresse ou une Tour, où réapparaîtrez-vous si vous mourez dans les Royaumes Frontaliers ?
Au bord de la région où vous êtes morts. (Il y a trois régions dans les Royaumes Frontaliers). Cela ajoute évidemment du temps qu'il vous faut pour retourner au combat.
Les 3 régions des RF (BK) sont-elles voisines ou séparées par des espaces ?La réponse n'était pas claire sur ce point, cependant il était clair que les 3 régions (malgré leur emplacement géographique) seront liées aux 3 cultures/ethnies présentes au lancement et que chacune en sera représentative. C'est-à-dire qu’une région sera d'influence Cimmérienne, une d'influence Stygienne et une d'influence Aquilonienne. Tout comme les zones de ressources et de construction ou les différentes arènes.
Qu’y a-t-il d‘autre dans les RF ? Des PNJs ? Et qu'en est-il des marchands de monnaie de sang ?Il y aura bien des PNJs dans les RF, mais leur nombre a été considérablement réduit à cause du lag induit par l'IA. On trouvera probablement des marchands dans les Forteresses, en plus des autres endroits prévus.
Où en est la monnaie sang et comment fonctionne-t-elle ?
La monnaie de sang était la solution initiale pour gérer le butin. Vous l'obteniez en entrant dans la zone des RF en échange d’une taxe et cette taxe se transformait en monnaie de sang. Cependant, avec la mise en œuvre de serveurs JcJ (où la monnaie sang serait active dans le monde entier, et pas seulement dans les RF) et divers autres facteurs, la monnaie de sang est actuellement réévaluée et tout n’est pas gravé dans le marbre. Ils examinent également d'autres formes de prise de butin, si ça peut aboutir.
Pouvez-vous vous clarifier comment les lanceurs de sorts joueront face aux classes de mêlée ? (On l'a expliqué auparavant, mais j'ai voulu l'entendre en personne).Toutes les classes ont des combos. Mais cela ne concerne que les combats au contact. Les classes de lanceurs de sorts n'étofferont pas beaucoup leur liste de combo au contact après les premiers niveaux et n'ont donc besoin pour l’intégralité du jeu que des trois directions avec lesquelles tout le monde débute. Si chaque direction (1, 2, 3) produit une simple attaque de mêlée qui occasionne des dégâts qui s'ajoutent à l'effet de la combo réalisée, le tissage de sorts n'a pas le même effet. C'est-à-dire que vous ne faites pas 1, 2, 2, 2, 3 pour lancer 5 sorts mineurs créant un grand sort de combo. Au lieu de ça nous avons le tissage de sorts. Il y a un icone initiateur (qui peut être lié à une barre de raccourcis) pour débuter le tissage. Vous choisissez alors chacun des sorts que vous désirez inclure dans le tissage (soit en cliquant sur leurs icones, soit en utilisant leurs raccourcis) mais à la différence du combat au contact, vous ne percevez l’effet d’aucun des sorts tant que vous n'appuyez pas sur le bouton qui "noue" le tissage et lance alors d'un coup vos entrelacs de sorts. Encore une fois, les lanceurs de sorts auront des combos, mais elles ne s’appliqueront qu’au combat au contact et seront assez rudimentaires puisque vous ne vous reposerez pas sur elles au-delà des premiers niveaux.
Où en sont les discussions concernant les pulsions sexuelles et de l'usage des drogues ?
Le sexe ne sera pas explicite dans AoC. Il fera partie de l'ambiance (présence de jeunes femmes et de prostituées) et sera sous-entendu ou même manifeste dans vos relations avec les PNJs, mais rien de visuel ni de jouable. On discutait au début de l’opportunité d’associer des améliorations (buffs) à ce qui se passe derrière les portes closes, mais rien n’est définitif. Pour autant que je sache, il n'y aura pas d’usage des drogues dans AoC comme c’était le cas dans SWG (les drogues donnaient des buffs qui avaient souvent des effets secondaires sérieux). Les poisons seront prédominants (le lotus).
A quel point les personnages pourront-ils être nus (en particulier les persos féminins) ?
Cela dépend du classement. Les modèles féminins ont été conçus pour être complètement topless, pour l’instant elles sont légèrement vêtues, tout dépend de ce qu’elles pourront enlever tout en satisfaisant au classement M. Tout ce qui donnerait lieu à un classement AO sera coupé ou dissimulé. [NdT : le tag AO/Adult Only du classement Esrb correspond au tag 18+ du Pegi alors que le tag]
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