Hey Guys,

Post up to 2 questions in this thread, and if they haven't been answered before or deemed obvious, I will ask them during the development meeting. I will pick the best 3 questions (in my mind, completely arbitrary) and pose them on monday during our regular meeting time.

Try to keep them simple and easy to read. You have a max of 1 post in this thread... if I see two posts from the same user I will delete them and you will have to wait til next week to ask your questions. Same goes for questions that are already asked, so make sure to read the thread before posting. Things asking about "how long before ..." will most likely not be taken.

Philippe

PS. I will comment in red on your post if I want more clarification. You can then edit your post and let me know.

PPS. I will lock this thread midday Sunday so I have time to look through all the questions and pick. Sunday night is when I'll tell you the picked questions so you can look forward to the answers Monday evening.


PPPS. The questions are....:

• What of the Drone controllers for the drone re-balance?
• Are there any plans to have a one off mission to remove augs from our ships without destroying them?
• Will we ever have a return to more complete station log system that record player activity?
• Will any weapons be changed in the way they function? (Merc Pulse and BB4)
• Is there any info on the new slave/drone/fighter control for C2 such as how it will function...?
• What will happen with cap ships?
• Will we ever get a proper trading and banking system which matches all other successful MMO's?
• Will combat focus get a small hull bonus for HF/LF or anything for snipers, at least?
• Will their be a window mode option for this client or client 2 in the near future?
• After the rebalance, engineers will only be able to use 6 drones no matter what tech they are, so will you take under consideration the fact that each and every damage type is not available at least at tech 20?
• BeanSidhe's junkyards looked very interesting, from the previews, is anything being done with them despite her absence?
• Will the Momentum Missile thing be implemented ingame?
• Will ShM be seeing a boost to combat capabilities?
• Are there any plans to regulate commodity prices?
• Secondly, is there going to be any changes to ruins so that we won't be without certain ruin items for universes on end?
• When c2 is released will c1 still work?
• What exactly are the calculations for stats in the new system?
• What is the reasoning behind limiting the total number of drones someone can deploy?
• Are there any plans to make them more available (eg ada, StM, w4 commods)?
• Will you be able to simply 'get rid of' ships like release slave, but without it being a slave?

When and will there be a fix to the economy of SS market any time soon?

Pip - What makes it currently broken? Can you elaborate a little bit?

What of the Drone controllers for the drone re-balance; IE. if implemented, what kind of slot will they take (Overloader, Weapon, Custom slot etc.), and what will the build req. be (Mission, 20 Std elec augs for t10 Elec drone controller, 20 Sup Dmg augs for t20 Damage boost controller, Engineer base, Player base BP etc. etc.)?


Pip - Heh, did you do it on purpose to only have 1 '?' in that whole "sentence" so it looks like a single question? Just kidding though... good question.

Yes i did

Not sure what questions you are looking for, but heres mine.

What options to graphical performance will be available in client 2? Such as shadow, reflections, AA - especially AA (because that is what bothers me most about screenies) and etc. Basically what sort of things can we expect to see graphically besides '3d' in C2 and which of these things will be optional or able to be scaled.

As there are going to be many changes to how our existing setups are working, are there any plans to have a one off mission to remove augs from our ships without destroying them?

What is set to occur with mercurian gear? I spent alot on some items and I just want to make sure my efforts won't leave me with a mercurian bulwark that is worse than an ai dropped shield

Will bonuses like the mzungu clap's 20% range for example be added to higher teched items ( merciruan gear demented gear) etc??

Will we ever have a return to more complete station log system that record player activity such as player buys Giga Yallow for 800m, and it records just as the logs record base credit withdrawal / deposits?

Are there any plans to further expand colonies to have more "basic, eg metal not prom" commodities?

When is client 2 being released?... just kidding.

Jeff has released all the power modifiers for us to view but even now there are clear outliers from that formula. Thoraxes do higher dps than most weapons, are smaller than most weapons, use no elec and are easy to obtain for example. Torpedoes seem to be functioning outside the formula as well.
How will these weapons be absorbed into the rebalance? Will they be normalised or will they continue to be against the norm and ignore the balance sheets? (if you tell me that they are already in the balance sheets already I wont believe you )

Okay question 2
Will any weapons be changed in the way they function? Like Merc Pulse and BB4 with huge damage for stupid DPE making them unusable. Is there a plan to make these expensive weapons have decent stats and be usable?

Sorry for the long post, but it is only 2 questions.

will light fighters get any hull increase? seeing as the gear going into them are now huge...

thats all i got

Is there any info on the new slave & drone control for C2 such as how it will function, will we have a window to see their status like glue/shields/energy and the overall control options?

With the coming of the new client will you remake the game(C2), web, forum and wiki interfaces to be more attractive, intuitive and under the same style? (someone once hinted something about this, just wanna know y/n)

Two questions for Pip to ask at the meeting:

#1 At one point, Jeff_L (or possibly another admin) stated that he would consider adding a 3rd aug slot to capital ships as part of the big rebalance. What are the planned changes for capships at this point?

#2 Hey, Jeff_L, can you grab me another beer?

How will aug resets be dealt with next uni? Seeing as the whole way augs are calculated is being changed will we be compensated?

~BD

Pip - This question was already asked in a similar form.

What will happen with cap ships? Will it stay the same, so we lose a crapload of shields since the inbuilt bonuses no longer stack with class skills and/or augs, or will you guys fix it somehow?

Also, you said pulses are getting tracking and mags are getting range. Just curious, what are the IonCannon and the bana 3-shot weapon considered to be, magcannons or pulses? Their speed is determined by your ship speed, like with pulses, but they have tracking like with magcannons.

1. In an earlier post this week, Jeff had mentioned that Client 2 will come with an XML file which will allow users to modify the GUI. To what extent can we modify and change the GUI? And more specifically, is it possible to change the positions of individual parts of the GUI or even add whole new parts?

2. Will we ever get a proper trading and banking system which matches all other successful MMO's? Or do we have to keep using such a rudimentary system?

1 - What are the plans for increasing PvP in the game, and when i say PvP i really mean Player Versus Player as in 1 player attacking another player, Piracy.

2 - How will fighters work under client 2, will they be controlled the same as slaves, or when we launch fighters and have no control over them after launch?