Q. To Higby - new continents

[ringring]

Hello Higby, if you are reading this thank you.

Would it be possible to answer a question on the topic of new continents beyond Hossin for PS2.

Bearing in mind your recent quote on the number of weeks it takes to be able to create a 'good' outpost and the number of outposts there are to a continent:-

a) what do you expect the forward outlook is for additional continents including Battle Isles, Searhus and Oshur?

b) are you looking at ways and means to speed up the creation time for continents and would it be possible for you to let us into your thoughts on this?



Thanks

[Canaris]

well Searhus was slated as the next continent on the "to do" list after Hossin but since that was way back when who know's

If they haven't done anything on Searhus the dev's should do something fun with the community and make a big thing about picking the next one for creation

There's all these to choose from
##Ceryshen - Winter Forest
##Forseral - Grassy plains woodlands, lakes, rocky peaks, wide beaches
##Solsar - Arid plains, cliffs, mountains, plateaus, oasis, rocky shores
##Cyssor - Rivers, hills, lakes,
##Searhus - Volcanic
##Oshur - Desert plains

[Gimpylung]

Forseral was my favourite PS1 continent.

Dagda Dagda Dagda

[Mastachief]

Taking the temp of both my outfit and the community around it that i know.

I have to say that in my opinion what ever comes next needs to be here by February that's 2015 not 2016 otherwise the game will likely have gone below the threshold of population thus making future development (Map wise) impossible due to lack of funds.

So any chance of battle islands (all 3) and *Insert Main Continent Here* before Feb2015?

Really 6 continents should have been the absolute minimum that this game should have had at release.

The sheep are restless, and other games are looming. What is absolutely unacceptable is that Hossin is only coming out now and not only that it isn't even close to being finished and Indar is in need of a redesign too. Also it seems that until Smedley gets involved nothing meaningful happens (Smedley asks for top 5 bugs and boom 1 week later 2 year old bugs are getting patched.)

[Gimpylung]

Yeah, I sincerely hope they don't sit on their laurels for months thinking they deserve kudos for delivering only the 4th continent a year and a half after launch. While I'm happy they are launching it, it's about bloody time.

This is a very critical phase in the lifespan of a typical MMO. Fizzle out after 2 or 2.5 years or sustain and continue to the 5year milestone.

After Hossin is launched they no longer have the big lump of content they were dangling like a carrot in front of players for so long, they need to at least write up a post-Hossin development plan i.e. they need to develop the next carrot so players know big things remain on the horizon.

[PredatorFour]

I'd like to see a new cont with less lattice flows/outposts and more open terrain to fight in. Aswell as being to cool to fight on, less channels to fight down will congregate the action and stop the ghosting whack a mole that will invariably happen when the pops are spread out across auraxis. Altho i admit we are yet to see how cont locking will play out and that will affect the fights.

[Baptist]

It all depends on how well PS2 is received on the PS4.

[Gimpylung]

Originally Posted by Baptist

It all depends on how well PS2 is received on the PS4.

True and I'm curious how their feedback will compare to the PC feedback

[Edfishy]

You'll get an indication of that soon as the PS2 beta starts on the PS4.

[Figment]

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What could go wrong?

[ZephyrBurst]

I'm thinking that some future continents don't need so many bases. A continent like what Esamir used to be where there were fewer bases spread out more could be a nice change. They don't need to change the existing continents, there's nothing really wrong with having the bases close together. They could get another continent or two out quicker if a few others simply had more space between those bases. Would also be a change in how fights are approached on those continents.

[Canaris]

Originally Posted by ZephyrBurst

I'm thinking that some future continents don't need so many bases. A continent like what Esamir used to be where there were fewer bases spread out more could be a nice change. They don't need to change the existing continents, there's nothing really wrong with having the bases close together. They could get another continent or two out quicker if a few others simply had more space between those bases. Would also be a change in how fights are approached on those continents.

yeah I agree some distance is needed between bases, the more interesting fights we had yesterday seem to take place at them, the minimum should be about if you know the Ziggurat in eastern Hossin from the base north (Zotz Agri) or South Nettlemire. That's a good decent range, some of the bases in the north and interior of the cont are very squeezed together.

Say if they are going to do a cont like Forseral with grass plains and woodlands / forests definitely reduce the outpost amount.

[ZephyrBurst]

Thinking about it now, one of the big complaints I've seen with Hossin are the bases being so close together, at least in some regions of the continent. Since Higby said about half the bases are unfinished, maybe they could remove a few of them, and adjust the nearby bases accordingly.

I agree about Forseral, and Searhus could use the same treatment of less outposts.

[ringring]

Well higby hasn't replied.

I'll try DM'ing the link ... edit DM doesn't work......

[ZephyrBurst]

I believe you have to be following someone on twitter to DM them there. Try the official forums if you'd rather not follow there.