The Questions
Mordred Transfers to Ywain
The Mordred transfers are now live, you can transfer from Mordred or Camlann . It is currently only available to level 50s, on Friday players under level 50 can transfer.
When you transfer the character you will only retain your character information, not your equipment. There are ways to get some items in game, check the posts.
When will Infernal Sleeves come back?
A few weeks after Mordred transfers, the merchant event from last years birthday will return. Infernal Sleeves won’t be crazy expensive.
They are currently in the process of discussing pricing / duration / additional items with the internal guys.
What is the current Development Agenda?
Patch 1.114b is next, he will discuss the details of the return to Camelot campaign in the next Q&A segment. After that are changes New Frontiers.
What is coming for 1.114b?
Primary a class balance patch. A lot of the stuff is still being tinkered with and discussed. The details will not become available until the patch notes are released.
The main points they are looking at are Warlocks being re-designed. Rangers are getting a boost. Maulers are getting looked at. Reavers are being adjusted. Nearsight and Disease duration being reduced across the board. Although this isn’t everything.
What is being changed to improve New Frontiers?
After 1.114b and independent of the come back to Camelot campaign. A New Frontiers upgrade / revamp will be coming.
Not new zones, not new frontiers, not new relic system.
RvR accessibility, and how players can jump into the game and get a decent fight without encouraging the zerg gameplay and without marginalizing the 8v8 players.
It is a big task, but they will accomplish it by involving everyone, they have been posting on postcount.net.
The first step is internal discussion, which they have had at great length over the last several years. Caledonia has pushed the priority up based on the reaction to it.
They aren’t eliminating zones but the objective is to effectively shrink the battlefield by creating thoroughfares and bottlenecks. They have discussed permanent portal keeps, having Agramon as a major player. Nothing is concrete but it is the next task for them.
Player input is required, so after they are finished with the initial planning the conversation will spread out onto the forums.
Feedback should be directed to the camelot herald, you won’t receive a response but it is read.
When will we see the herald return?
Since the last time they spoke they have made progress, and what they are doing at this moment is scoping out the extent of the work that is required to get the herald back and up and running in the way that it used to.
It is something that is now on the books for implementation. You will be getting your old herald back, it just a matter of time.
The feature list contains most if not all the things that people have been missing, such as player information, guild information, guild rosters, top rp earners week / all time.
Will we still see some XML become available to the public as discussed last month?
Could we see a revision to Artifacts?
There are no plans right not to revise / revamp / upgrade artifacts. What they can do is make it easier to level them.
Anti-climatic to build a great template but realise you have to level your artifacts in PvE.
We have wanted for a long time to make RvR more rewarding, we wanted to create an avenue to allow people to get everything they need to RvR from RvR.
They started the process by allowing players to level through the battlegrounds, the next part of that process is for example increasing the coin rewards per kill in RvR or the amount of experience.
What are your feelings on stealthers?
They have been a part of the game since launch, ask different people and you will get different answers.
Stealthers have evolved to band together because that is the most effective way to play and gain the most realm points per session.
If you die, bring a bigger group.
Stealthers have the advantage of stealth and some abilities, once used they are vulnerable.
They make the game more interesting.
Before there was a realm war map, or realm wide communication, stealthers had the responsibility to do recon. A lot of us miss those days, and I wouldn’t say it doesn’t happen anymore but it doesn’t happen in the way that it used to.
Could we see any Additional Currencies?
There are too many currencies in the game, they discussed consolidation instead. Money should be the central point, with other currencies being sold on the market.
Could we see any improvements to Crafting?
There are changes with legendaries in the future. People have asked about Jewelcrafting, but that won’t happen.
Crafting is at the moment a time sink, crafted equipment is still required in the majority of templates.
Occasionally they have bonuses for specific holidays or events, and it decreases the time required to craft an item.
There are no current plans to improve crafting at this time.
Are there any more expansions planned?
With deep regret, not as of right now. Campaigns are a possibility like the Dragon or Pict in the future.
The New Frontiers revamp is the priority, as it will impact the most people.
No throwing weapons in the Midgard starter area
It’s a perfectly reasonable suggestion and we can get that in.
Can Astral and Dragon Items be re-skinned and re-named and have them drop from other encounters?
They probably won’t be re-skinned and re-named, but they do plan to share a number of loot tables between encounters. It is still being discussed internally.
Could we see a Molvik battleground on Gaheris as mentioned a long time ago?
Gaheris does not receive as much love as Ywain does, they do their best but a lot of the content is developed for the normal ruleset and then extra development is required to adapt the content to Gaheris and they have been missing out recently.
Could sections of Old Frontiers become a battleground for levels 50s?
Whilst the concept is sound, it is not planned.
Could we see a use for Darkness Falls seals?
Yes that is one of the things we want to be doing, consolidating older currencies.
With the revamp of NF, could we see the double bridges?
No the revamp we are discussing does not involve art, or layout changes. Similar scale to the relic system changes.
Could we see nameplates being drawn further away?
It’s an engineering task that has implications that make it not feasible for implementation currently.
Can we have more titles added to help bridge the gaps between current ones?
Titles are something that should be earned and not be trivialized. However players should give feedback about major achievements that should grant titles, such as LGM in all realms.
What can be done about the Endurance Bug?
In 1.114A we hoped it was fixed, and it did in some situations, we are still tracking down other causes.
Underpopulated realms
Realm loyalty and realm population bonuses are something we have spoken about. It is a subject that we keep rotating back to, and right now it isn’t on our current development schedule, but it is on our to-do list.
Could we see any new models?
There is a chance, but there isn’t a big one right now. The outcry has always been to fix what is broken before we add more things. We understand the desire to see fresh content.
I would prioritize upgrades to the UI over a new race or class. As it stands the game is sound, appealing and fun to play. I just want to make the experience more palatable for new and returning players.
Can we have a NPC to remove levels?
No, functionally impossible as it does bad things.
Talking specifically about Battlegrounds perhaps a bolster up / down mechanic like in Warhammer Online could be a good idea.
Could we have a feature to change the name?
That is something that is possible, we could come up with a clever way to do that. Historically we have never done that. However if we could automate a process to do that, we could do that sure.
Could we see Guild and Alliance enhancements?
Recently we upgraded the guild merit bonuses, making them more accessible and allowing you to run two simultaneously.
Based on the way that guilds were set up, there are limiting factors about what can be done without a wholesale revamp on guilds.
We can talk about how guilds can be modified to create more incentive and appeal.
There is nothing on the development road-map regarding guilds past the merit bonuses.
When could the Hibernian Molvik melee sleeves have the missing heat resists added?
If the item is as you say, tomorrow we can resolve it.
Some epic armor pieces have double bonuses, can these be fixed?
We will take a look at them, there were some errors in the epics as they were done and then redone fairly quickly. Some things we have missed and will take a look at them tomorrow.
Could we see Arenas in the game?
We’ve talked about them, and they could be fun but that won’t be happening soon.
Could we see level 50 battlegrounds on a monthly basis?
Keeping an eye on the playerbase, and eventually there is a buildup of requests, and then they resolve the request.
Can we open up some additional Class and Race combinations?
Yes we have been talking about that, and yes we will open up additional classes to races, we did that fairly recently so we will wait a little while before discussing it.
Could we see Race Respecs being offered?
With apologies, no this will not happen.