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@Xzait said in Communication between the worlds:

@Xzoviac said in Communication between the worlds:

Possibly it each race will speak a diffrent language and you will have to learn the language to speak to other races

i dont think that would be very viable... would be frustrating to go and learn another species language... only to have the person you end up communicating with not speaking the same language as u do in reality... learn a language to not understand someone anyways. lol.

You wouldn't actually need to "learn" it like a conventional language.
It would work more like an upgrade for your character. But this is an mmo, so it would obviously need to be earned in stages.
WOW doesn't make you learn orcish or elvish IRL, but you can download a mod that lets you read them. Its the exact same thing.

@LilCassiopeia said in Communication between the worlds:

I think the most you can hope for is a global channel which only applies to the world you are playing in.
Like in the current Alpha 1 and I hope you will get filter options to sort out all kind of unnecessary stuff.
But you should be able to chat with friends on your friendlist and your own guild regardless of the distance.
As kellewic said Discord will be used also so there will be ways to organize things outside from the game.

I dont mind if we are forced to go to other worlds to use there global chats.
But i know how easy it is to apply filters & add colours to text, so i expect at least some flavor to help tell people apart.

@Xzoviac said in Communication between the worlds:

Possibly it each race will speak a diffrent language and you will have to learn the language to speak to other races

Having to "learn" the other languages would be cool

As long as its not forced on the player to actually "learn" them.
That would just make people quit

@Xzait
Just from looking at what is already available i am pretty sure gates are already planned.
Tho i don't think we are ever going to be able to lock our land as this prevents other players from being able to access resources or other parts of the world that could possibly be key items they need.
obviously if we have gates we would get walls, fences and probably other blocking objects like that. So you could expect fountains, hedges and basically anything that might fit the mansion or castle style scene.

The stable is likely 1 of 2 things.
A vanity item like you want, would be a dynamite purchase so very possible. (they will probably add a lot of stuff like this)
OR
they might use it to add extra gameplay to taming & mounts.
For anyone who wanted to tame mounts, they might then need to feed them at the stable. (don't get your hopes up)

@Xzoviac
I dunno about "building" them but i'm sure i read mention of using npc's in a similar fashion. (trade & protection, etc)

The dungeon idea seems interesting. They are using unity after all so certainly no reason they wouldn't be able to do something like that despite the game code being against it.

Personally i would like to build myself a dark castle town, so i want so more dark themed vanity items.

@ROCKARMY

I think the real question would be
How do you stop communication between other worlds?

Since you obviously can't stop people communicating when they are playing on different worlds, it only makes sense to make this fun.
So despite the devs having not said anything about how they are going to do this, i'm sure there will be at least different key channels for players to communicate in.

What will be interesting to see is how the devs go about about implementing all the chats that normally get spammed. (Trade, LFG, Guild, ETC)
Hopefully they implement features that make it easy to to pick out what people are looking for in all the spam. (like coloured text representing what roll you play)

Aside from the titles already given by original pledges.
I certainly hope not

The economy is going to be almost exclusively player driven.
Why would you provide an incentive for the rich to get even richer.
This would only lead to creating massive guilds & alliances, then having huge territory wars over very small bonuses.

While at the same time, the game would have forgotten about the solo players, people who don't like being part of massive guilds, people who don't have the time, or people who just find it awkward.

Without such incentives, people who do well in economics are going to do well anyway & large guilds are still going to be large.
However your not going to push that desire of being the best of the best, just so people can have that achievement or whatever.

If you are really after the achievement, doing it yourself is the achievement. not being able to gloat about it to others.

@Gothix True, except who is to say we were not getting such sounds to begin with?

You have to remember that this game is not going to be all about combat, so it is much harder to balance the music to begin with.
This is more of an exploration builder with combat. despite the amount of combat the way combat is handled is only secondary to the exploration.

So creating music that starts when your in combat or something to alert you when your in combat is a bit tricky since the real question is. When are you actually considered in combat. then based on that, does the music fade in or instantly start.

Having dynamic music isn't hard, it is just that there are 100's of different ways you can set it up & it is very time consuming getting it to work the right way.

Anyway, i'm sure this is something dynamite studios will be putting in. However don't expect over the top sound effects and what not considering they are only a small team.

@Jetah said in Blind Gamer Plays WoW, CoD, MK11, D3 through Sound:

i've seen developer support the Linux community which has less than 1% of the OS.

Regardless of having seen a developer or developers support a small community that uses Linux,
you have not provided any information on this community or what they actually did.
So it is highly doubtful that it reached less than 1% and that you simply don't understand.
Not only that but those who support Linux do so for what Linux has the potential to become. (different to the current situation)

@PeachMcD, @Jetah

@Gothix said in Blind Gamer Plays WoW, CoD, MK11, D3 through Sound:

I still think it would be way too big investment, for something like this to be done pre-release.
If game is successful enough, alongside the upgrades later on, part by part, sure.

Sure you would think that right?
But then that is only because you don't understand the cost involved in maintaining the game or the cost the developers took when they decided to work full time on the game.
Or are you insinuating that the very few people who would benefit from it are actually blind & are far more important than not only the developers but also the masses of other people also playing the game & would benefit far more from content that the developers could have created with that time & money.
None of it would even matter if the software the blind people use doesn't even keep up to date with the games updates either. (forcing either more work from the devs or making it worthless)

So you really still think this is a brilliant idea?
Oh & I dunno if you realised but, all those games mr blind plays, are all super heavy combat games. (this is not a heavy combat game)
So even if he could play it, doubt he will for long.

@Xzoviac said in Blind Gamer Plays WoW, CoD, MK11, D3 through Sound:

It's like putting ramps next to stairs

Or having the man/woman on catch up omnibuses for daytime dramas on the weekend doing sign language.

No its actually not

I am well aware of the point of this post & I have already stated why it is a bad idea for this particular game
But then again, you seem to have completely missed that post. (no surprises there)

If @Jetah really wanted to help blind people then he would be trying to rally support for the Screen Reader software to get its Direct X support updated.
You just don't ask individual dev teams to go far out of their way to support very small groups that are not likely to play there game & could be far better supported by other companies.

it is great to help people, but you can do it the right way, the wrong way & the really wrong way.
this is the really wrong way.

@Jetah
not really what i was getting at.

You seem to want to help people who are disadvantaged.
some disabled people are more disadvantaged than others, while people who not even disabled are are far more disadvantaged than those who are disabled.

You have this guy who is a streamer, claims he needs support in the form of money etc... (not saying it is your blind guy)
he claims he can't find a job, cant work or do anything because of his "disability".
people jump in and help support this guy, feeling bad for him etc...
Despite the guy having a real disability & being able to work (despite his claims) it is far easier & more lucrative for him to beg for other peoples money.

On the other hand, you have people in many countries who work 12 hours plus 7 days of the week. Just so they can help their family to put basic food like rice & veggies on the table & cloth them each year.
it is often people like this that work so hard just to keep themselves alive that fall prey to beggars like MR streamer and his sob story.

If you really want to help people great, but just because they are disabled doesn't mean they need help.
Most who are, would actually refuse such help if offered. Not only that, but depending on how a person offers to help, it can actually be very offensive.

Just because a person is born with or receives a "disability" does not mean they should be treated any differently from any other person.
this includes compensations from their government unless strictly necessary as it only serves to alienate them further

@Jetah said in Blind Gamer Plays WoW, CoD, MK11, D3 through Sound:

I just want to see disabled persons have access to video games. the internet is slowly coming around to it but having 1 game per genre that offers great audio cues, and screen read would be a great start.

I think you mean disadvantaged people, not disabled.

But honestly, anyone who streams is certainly not disadvantaged in anyway.

@Triggy
I would suggest you read the News articles & Dev blogs. There is a lot of information there about the game & how it will function.
If you need more of a gameplay visual, head over to Twitch. you can find some streamers videos from the Alpha 1 stage of the testing.

The most recent news article will give you an idea of what is going to be added into the testing for Alpha 2.
If this interests you, then BUY.

Otherwise maybe you should consider buying into the Beta instead.

@Hashmalash said in People who buy a founders pack today get more than yesterday:

exactly, they act like CD Project Red. they are open and trustworthy much apprieciate this this kind of game dev studios are very rare these days.

Agreed

@Jetah
Iv'e not seen this person play, but i do know multiple people diagnosed "blind" personally.
And the level of blindness varies quite severely based on how they become blind.

My grandfather for instance was diagnosed blind after multiple strokes & is unable to see anything clearly. Regardless of what he is looking at it does not look like he remembers, because the nerves that send the signal to his brain have been effected.

A friend & work college on the other hand was diagnosed blind from a young age (from what she told me) her vision was patches & blurs. So she could still see clearly in certain spots, blurs in other spots & couldn't see at all in only some areas. (she had a guide dog companion as well). Technically she would be considered "low vision" & not "blind" but because people are only diagnosed once in their life. As long as she passes the blind test as a child (isn't hard) then she remains legally blind.

I don't know anyone who was diagnosed blind by burns to the eyes, but i do hear stories about it having happened since i use to work around chemicals a lot.
Obviously if you spill chemicals on your eyes it isn't going to be like daredevil, You can wash it off.
You would need to burn most of your face & possibly body or literally pour acid into your eyes to blind yourself that bad.

So sure having good sound effects would help a vision impaired person, or anyone for that matter in a combat situation or something similar.
However, Fractured has many other aspects that vision impaired people would struggle to cope with that simple sound effects would not suffice.

For example:
How do you expect a vision impaired person to understand the visual differences within the fauna & flora. (many plants looks similar, & many enemies do also)
This is a very interactive game, that would require the individual to know what they are looking for & understand where to get it.
Not being able to understand the visual differences in fauna & flora when inventory space is said to be very limited would be a huge setback for any vision impaired player.

then you have inventory management (those icons are tiny you realise & sound effects don't normally work well here)
Politics, trade & other social aspects of the game. How you expect the blind to deal with these (not everyone wants to stream or can for that matter)

But i do still believe they should add good sounds

@Xeeter Read the news & the development blogs.

If it seems like your sort of thing then support it.
You don't need to buy into the alpha or beta.

@Tuoni said in Enchanting crafting materials?:

"Each reagent comes with different properties, called “power aspects”, and an intensity for each property."

The way that i understand it is that each reagent will come with 3 aspects used in enchanting.

The intensity part of it would likely be a quality indicator.
Goblin meat from a normal goblin would have a far lower intensity rating compared to goblin meat from a war-chief etc.

@Prometheus said in People who buy a founders pack today get more than yesterday:

It was meant to be done last week but preparation for Gamescom messed our plans up - we'll do it this week for sure though!

@Prometheus Thank you for the clarification.

In future please at least give a small mention about such things (like when you mention the new shop)

it would certainly avoid a lot of misguided anger, in particular as there is very little trust for games companies these days.

Lets try again.

I upgraded my "Original pledge" with a "Founders pack" giving me Legend with A2 access and 8,000Gold.

If you look at the "Founder Packs" you will find they have been updated. (most likely because Master to Legend just didn't seem worth it) So i should have 10,000Gold

@Specter At no point did i say the old packs were "downgraded". Nothing changed for those who purchased an older "Founders Pack" is the entire point of this post.

If this is how Dynamite studios really wants to move forward then i will say right now. I will not support Dynamite studios any more.
obviously i will still play the game, however i will not post bugs nor will i write reviews or guides & i certainly wont be buying cosmetics.

I'm actually really happy to hear A2 is delayed, especially as it is for improvements that will benefit everything else.

Can't wait to try building a town solo or overload my cart

In a post by @Prometheus about it being the last week for pledges.
he linked this: https://fracturedmmo.com/last-week-for-pledge-packs/

Despite this being about "pledges" i'm sure most people would still see it that buying a "founders pack" is still pledging to support a game in development regardless of how you word it.

Current pledge packs will be phased out and three founder packs will be added. The cost of access will be the same as current non-sale prices (€25 for Beta 2, €50 for Beta 1, €90 for Alpha 2), but the new packs will be less value-oriented (less Gold, VIP time, etc)

Original pledges should never change (this is just fair for those who supported the cause)
If you decrease the value of your current pledges over time, you should give ample warning (you did that)
If you increase the value of your current pledges over time, you should provide the difference to previous supporters to honor their support (you havn't done this)

It might seem trivial, the difference in gold is never really that much after all. But it is things like this that will ultimately shape your company and what you will be remembered for.

@Znirf said in Fractured Content Pills - Week 31, 2019:

@Xzoviac said in Fractured Content Pills - Week 31, 2019:

what animal is the helmet a giant rat?

It is the skull of a particular species of vampire/beast that goblins use to combat. Since those kinds of bones are robust and durable, they are also used for the creation of artifacts or weapons.

so these vampire beast things are going to also be near any location that these goblins are then i take it