Questions for MxO Dev

[Tbone]

Stratics is going to a press event for MxO on the 22nd and is asking for questions to ask the dev team. I've already submitted a few, but I figured you guys could think of other questions and I'll post those as well. Here's what I've asked so far:

1. What is the clan structure like? We have been told that clans are named Factions in MxO and that it will consist of "Hovercraft" crews, but how do Hovercrafts link together to form one Faction? Is this something that can be done early in the game? If not, does that mean that "Factions" are more like alliances and "Hovercrafts" are more like clans?

2. How many people will be allowed to join a Hovercraft crew? Is there a limit? What is the RECOMMENDED number?

3. What benefits will you have by being in a "faction" or "hovercraft"?

4. How many servers are being planned for launch? How many are you hoping to fit on each server?

5. Where will the split between Zionist, Machinists, and Merovingists occur? Do you choose at the beginning of the game or are you given the choice after playing the game for a while? Is there even a clear choice?

6. Can you expand on the "pocket world" (aka the clan-owned construct)?

[Anonymous]

You seem to have pretty much wrapped every thing up. Mabye ask if just anyone can form a crew or if there a certain prerequisites (sp?).

[Anonymous]

Prerequisites

[Anonymous]

1. What will be some of the dangers that the players will be facing?

2. How do they plan to coincide the storyline with the actions of the palyers?

3. How will you be able to travel throughout the city?

4. How is the daily newspaper going to be working?

5. How much are they planning to charge monthly for MxO?

6. What are some of the "out-of-game" gameplay that you guys are thinking about? I.E. Faction espianoge, clans folding over etc.

7. What will you do to prevent in-game/out-of-game cheating?

8. How will the mission select system work if the player wishes to do the game solo, and not in a group?

9. How will code be distributed, and used in the matrix?

10. How long before a larger wave of beta?



These are just a few questions I could come up with.  Maybe if you could pick the most important to submit I think Stratics will appreciate them.

[likwidtek]

GOOD JOB eclipse!!!

[Anonymous]

How will combat work?

Will there still be a place for traditional aiming and shooting, or will it be more card-game based?

[Anonymous]

1. What about overseas players, will there be servers for Europe, Australasia(sp), any more?

2. Will the Non-American players be able to play on NA servers, after all its their choice?

3. Will there be a European beta?

4. What happens when you die, what penalties will you get for dieing/getting an emergency jackout?

5. When will the forums be upgraded to a better version so we can quote e.t.c.

6. How will players feature in any of the out-of-game media, short movies, newspaper e.t.c.

7. Will we get a different version of AIM to use ingame?

8. How will the day to day leveling be done, or is it just mission based?

[Anonymous]

My only question other than the original six wud be quantums # 7. Will the MxO AIM use previously existing accounts or will a new version be set up specifically for MxO?

[Anonymous]

Umm if i ever get that damn article typed up it will answer a lot of your questions, as a matter of fact, im going to go work on it right now

[Anonymous]

Yup, Yup it did...thankx Pipp, bnut I siggest we still do submit a fw more questions.

[Anonymous]

I don't know if anybody asked already, but I want more details on the extra stuff you're supposed to get if you preorder, since I did a while back.

[Anonymous]

Has there been any talk of limiting ebay transfers for in-game items?

What type of in-game events, if any, have been discussed?

How interactive will the terrain/city-scape be? -Can a player shoot at another player from inside a building, breaking the glass? Will cement crack when a player falls or jumps down from a tall bulding/structure?

How much GM/dev interaction can we expect in-game?


(I notice you alread asked about the construct a bit, tbone, this is just a follow-up)

How big will the pocket worlds be? Can each faction-member have his or her own area/room/building inside of these worlds? Can editing access be given to each member so that they may change a portion of that world?

[Anonymous]

Most of the questions I was going to ask have already been listed above, but here's a few more. Some of you maybe able to answer these, but if not, onto the Dev team.

1. How is injury going to be measured? How will it effect the player? I.E. will it visibly hinder the player's progress/ability?

2. Will there be designated areas, or territories, "in-game" that are specific to different factions? If so, what can these areas be and how can they be defined as separate from the rest of the game enviroment?

3. Will there be a general, or a canon, plot?

[Tbone]

I got 23 good questions out of that. Thanks guys! If you have any more questions, keep em coming!

[likwidtek]

OOoo!  OOooo!  I got a really good one...




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