Posts made by Prometheus

@jahlon said in Going Worldwide - Regional Servers & Localization:

Love the fact that Dynamight, Intrepid, PLAYWITH, and a few other studios are all becoming more involved with their communities. Its a driving force that is going to change the MMO world and how companies interact with their customers.

Thank you Jahlon! As an MMO player (which I am, other than a dev), I think it's a great evolution for both devs and the community. A win-win scenario

@kralith said in Going Worldwide - Regional Servers & Localization:

To the part of splitting user think about a worldwide one, because some of us have friends all over the world and want not to get splitted.
Me per example has people at my recruits from Mexico till Russia.
I would not be happy, if i would getted split by them.

Aside from the fact that you'll likely start Alpha 1 all in the same server, as mentioned in the post, there's no region locking planned. If you still want to play all together on the EU or the US server once regionals kick in, you can!

@sparky said in Going Worldwide - Regional Servers & Localization:

Don't split the servers just do a worldwide one. Making more servers could easily kill the playerbase on one server to another, just look at Bless Online. They had a whole bunch of servers, and each server playerbase just killed itself one by one because not enough players.

(I shall tag @mattdaniel and @Gibbx too) Bless' problem was not with having too many servers, but with the dramatic drop in the active playerbase due to the very problematic launch.

Albion did a very good job on their servers over time, and I believe it's fine to play from the EU, but Albion has a DOTA/LOL-like combat (auto-attack + attacks and projectiles that can't be dodged), which a particularly slow pace that makes a 100ms ping not an issue.

Fractured's combat is closed to ARPGs like Diablo or POE - faster, more hectic, most spells are skillshots and, above all, basic attacks (melee and projectiles) are also skillshot that have to be aimed and can be dodged by moving. 100ms of ping start to matter for competitive gameplay, and many people in here, especially in Eastern Europe / Russia, would get way more than 100ms connecting to a US server.

@greenfox said in Going Worldwide - Regional Servers & Localization:

Hmmm... well splitting userbase is hopefully done after you know that theres enough to keep the server alive.

Absolutely! That's explained very clearly in the post

@greenfox said in Going Worldwide - Regional Servers & Localization:

AND most importantly... pleaes don't outsource it to a localicatuon agency. These are all crappy as hell.
Rather give the "crowd" ... us the usersbase the chance to translate it from one language to another.

The crappy ones are the cheap ones - there are good ones. As I've said, we're going to get community help too anyway!

@grofire said in Going Worldwide - Regional Servers & Localization:

@prometheus let me see if i understood correctly, there will be number of server, all will run the same geographic world, but the population on different servers will not be able to meet up ??? if its what you meant, its sound very very bad !

You'll be able to play on multiple servers if you want - say, EU and US at the same time. But they're separate server. I don't understand why such a surprised reaction, that's what literally 90% of MMOs do, grofire.

@biohazardbeluga said in Going Worldwide - Regional Servers & Localization:

@prometheus I'm just wondering, will we be able to switch between servers to per se, play with friends in different regions? I have friends in Europe, so I just want to know if I'll be able to start my game in US East (for latency reasons) but then play on a European server to play with my friends?

You can play on two different servers, if that's what you're asking. No region locks. The horizontal progression of Fractured makes that much more doable - no "new character to grind to level 70" in the "other server".

Hi everyone!

Today, we’re going to tackle another topic which has been discussed aplenty, with lots of sensitive feedback being received over time: regional servers and localization.

Our vision on the matter largely conflicted with that of the Fractured community. What have we done to address that?

Click here to find out

As always, let us know what you think of this update and let’s keep the support for our Kickstarter campaign going strong. 9 days to go, we can make it happen!

Enjoy Fractured!

@AbsolutelyWrecked @muker @Sparky Big, very surprising news on the topic coming in a couple hours. Stay tuned

@canterbury said in Bit worried where the Kickstarter is:

it's such a TINY target, and there are so few backers - relative to the community - it still worries me a lot.

The relatively low number of backers compared to the size of the community is surely a "disappointment" for us, but not a "worry". The fact we have so many registered users means there's a lot of interest around the project, while the relatively low number of pledges means there's not enough "trust" yet, most likely because we started our KS too early - we have more content to show than some competitors, yet not enough for a young/small team without any "big name".

As we get closer to Alpha 1 and release more content (game footage in particular) I'm sure plenty of signups will turn to pledges. Right now what matters is to finish this campaign successfully

Hi everyone!

The winners of Week 25 have been selected! As you know, the selection is entirely random among all eligible users.

Ambassador Drawing - Week 25

Each of the winners below has gained 2,000 Foundation Points!

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Engagement Drawing - Week 25

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Congratulations to everyone and thank you for being part of this awesome community! See you at next week's drawing!

If you're wondering what types of drawing exist and how to participate, check out this explanatory thread.

Please note: drawing winners are drawn on Wednesday - so Week 25 ended on July 11th (last Wednesday).

Please note: the leaderboard is updated once per day. If you've won a drawing and want to trigger the update immediately, you have to open your own foundation page first

@kairosval said in Bit worried where the Kickstarter is:

From what I understand, Dynamite doesn't actually need the money to succeed or deliver right now. So if the campaign fails now, they can put together a do-over later. And the do-over could be amazing.
At this point I'd prefer taking the option for a do-over later over barely limping past the finish line.

We don't need the money to move with development - but our deadlines are based on a successful Kickstarter campaign.

If the campaign failed and we started selling on our store immediately, we'd lose part of the pledges for sure, as they come from people related to the "Kickstarter ecosystem". If we waited to make another KS campaign, we'd be for months without revenues, and we'd have to put a lot of effort and time on the new campaign which could be spent on development.

In both cases, and that's the critical point, we wouldn't be able to expand the team right away. In particular, we would miss a senior developer who's ready to join the team. That would cause delays to our schedule. Don't forget that although financially stable, we're still a small studio, and 100k do make a difference.

So, yeah... For us, way better to hit the goal now and keep gathering new followers in the coming months rather than having to start over! We're at 3/4, lots of updates to come, let's make it happen!

Hi everyone!

Got a few questions about crafting and the building in Fractured? Interested in having me replying to them, live? You're in luck - the 3rd Fractured live Q&A is coming!

I'm going to be live on YouTube on Monday, July 16th, from 10pm CEST (4pm EDT / 1pm PDT). Over the course of an hour or so, I'll be your fully dedicated answering robot!

So, wait no more: start posting all your questions here! Don't feel limited, ask me whatever comes to your mind related to crafting and building in Fractured - the best preamble to the much awaited spotlights on player-made towns!

THREAD RULES

• Don't make more than one post
• It's fine if your questions are complex, but please post questions, not essays!
• ...and no more than 2 or 3, please
• Also, split them clearly if you got more than one.
• This is a dedicated question thread. Don't start discussing with your fellow community members!

To tune in, just click on this YouTube link a few minutes before the time announced above - we can chat a little before the Q&A session begins!

Thank you all and... see you soon!

– Jacopo

Oh yes, it's been an awesome day!

@Highlander two people are legit, long-time members of the Fractured community, not related to each other The third one we don't know yet, we've reached out to him/her, but it looks legit too!

Edit: it's legit!

Ciao @bubbo, ecco tutte le risposte:

• l'NPC carpenter provvede alla manutenzione (non alla costruzione) della tua casa al posto tuo
• Il construction plan, come tutti i reward che non sono oggetti fisici (quali sono, per esempio, carro e mulo) è legato al tuo account. In questo caso, hai a disposizione il blueprint (piano di costruzione) di quell'edificio per poter piazzare le fondamenta e cominciare a costruire. In
  puoi vedere un pg (io!) piazzare un blueprint di una casa tradizionale e cominciare a costruirla. Il blueprint non si consuma, è una cosa che il tuo account "conosce".

Se hai altre domande, facci sapere!

Hi everyone!

Since we started our Kickstarter campaign, a development roadmap has been one of the updates most requested by the community.

In the beginning, we were wondering whether to focus on Alpha 1 or provide an overview from now till full release. In the end we came to a conclusion: why not both? So here we go!

---> Discover the full roadmap <---

I hope this quite detailed article has been able to give you a good overview of what's coming in the next, exciting months, and which pledge pack suits your needs the most.

If you feel like, share it on Reddit (<- no referral codes!), social media, your guildmates... Let's make it visible together!

Stay tuned for the spotlights on player-run towns and keep up the awesome support for our Kickstarter - 57% funded today, 12 days to go...

We can make it happen!

Hi everyone!

The winners of Week 24 have been selected! As you know, the selection is entirely random among all eligible users.

Ambassador Drawing - Week 24

Each of the winners below has gained 2,000 Foundation Points!

@Wolfman2100
@Virgulin
@kellewic
@grofire
@Benseine
@AlcribLP

Engagement Drawing - Week 24

Each of the winners below has gained 1,000 Foundation Points!

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@Septon
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@Dulu
@Ryld
@RolanStorm
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Congratulations to everyone and thank you for being part of this awesome community! See you at next week's drawing!

If you're wondering what types of drawing exist and how to participate, check out this explanatory thread.

Please note: drawing winners are drawn on Wednesday - so Week 24 ended on July 4th (last Wednesday).

Please note: the leaderboard is updated once per day. If you've won a drawing and want to trigger the update immediately, you have to open your own foundation page first

Hi everyone!

In order to get our Kickstarter campaign to a successful end, we need to increase its visibility - that's quite clear at this point.

To do so, we'd like to reach out to YouTubers and other content creators focused on MMOs (or who could be interested in covering a game like Fractured anyway). We know of some, but there's probably a ton more we never heard about that you instead know.

So, here's the help request.

• If you know any YouTuber (blogger, journalist...) that you consider a good fit to cover Fractured, please leave a message here with a link to his/her channel / blog / space.
• If you know of any other place where Fractured could be promoted, such as gaming communities, large clans, guilds, and organizations, please let us know by linking to them too.

Please don't post links to very small channels, communities, etc, which would be of very little use. For instance, a YouTube channel should have at least 2,000 subscribers I'd say, unless it's a total perfect fit for us (like one specialized in sandbox MMOs)

As always with Community Calls, your help will be rewarded with some good old Foundation Points!

Thank you all guys! Let's reach that €100.000 goal together!

Sorry for the slow feedback guys and thank you all!

1,000 points to @muker, @SonnyPK, @Kralith, @Esher, @grofire, @thudaron - and a 500 bonus to @Sharo, @Kapier and @DuendeBrek

We can close this thread now!

@muker said in Survival & Travel Q&A - Full Recording & Recap:

@prometheus Once again, I will say THAT there are very BIG problems with subtitles

Those subtitles are automatically generated (and automatically translated), muker. Of course they have many issues, Google's software is not perfect... and it's impossible for us to transcribe them, this video's way too long

Hi everyone!

Missed yesterday’s Q&A on survival elements and the importance of travel in Fractured? Worry not – the recording is available on YouTube in its full 1.5 hours length!

Click here to read the full post

Given the very positive reaction of the community to this event, another one will take place next week – topic to be announced!

Stay tuned and… enjoy Fractured!

Sorry to see you go @FibS, you've been an important member of this community for months now. I understand following the journey of a crowdfunded MMO is not everyone's cup of tea.

That being said, funding the game is of course very important for us, but activity in the community is equally relevant, so no one should feel left aside because of Kickstarter pledges and "titles".

Hope you'll keep an eye on Fractured and come back here later!

Note: I moved this thread to off-topic as it's really something more a personal note than a discussion about Fractured itself.

Hi everyone!

The winners of Week 23 have been selected! As you know, the selection is entirely random among all eligible users.

Ambassador Drawing - Week 23

Each of the winners below has gained 2,000 Foundation Points!

@Greenfire
@kellewic
@Deity
@Mazikar
@AlcribLP
@Jahlon
@00

Engagement Drawing - Week 23

Each of the winners below has gained 1,000 Foundation Points!

@nebulus
@Target
@Benseine
@Finland
@Kralith
@Loxreaten
@grofire
@MegaMegaLobo
@SunLion
@Mereni
@LPerro
@SonnyPK
@kibit
@Vortech
@Mazikar
@Vollmond
@Holyhong
@Mimi
@Virgulin
@Kagero

Congratulations to everyone and thank you for being part of this awesome community! See you at next week's drawing!

If you're wondering what types of drawing exist and how to participate, check out this explanatory thread.

Please note: drawing winners are drawn on Wednesday - so Week 23 ended on June 27th (last Wednesday).

Please note: the leaderboard is updated once per day. If you've won a drawing and want to trigger the update immediately, you have to open your own foundation page first

Hi everyone!

Got a few questions about survival elements and the meaning of travel in Fractured? Interested in having me replying to them, live? You're in luck - the 2nd Fractured live Q&A is coming!

I'm going to be live on YouTube on Tuesday, July 3rd, from 10pm CEST (4pm EDT / 1pm PDT). Over the course of an hour or so, I'll be your fully dedicated answering robot!

So, wait no more: start posting all your questions here! Don't feel limited, ask me whatever comes to your mind related to the survival elements and travel in Fractured - a topic that has been discussed in past spotlights such as this one, but not mentioned often enough since then.

THREAD RULES

• Don't make more than one post
• It's fine if your questions are complex, but please post questions, not essays!
• ...and no more than 2 or 3, please
• Also, split them clearly if you got more than one.
• This is a dedicated question thread. Don't start discussing with your fellow community members!

To tune in, just click on this YouTube link a few minutes before the time announced above - we can chat a little before the Q&A session begins!

Thank you all and... see you soon!

– Jacopo

@vicious said in Haven't pledged? Want to upgrade, but not sure yet? Tell us why!:

tbh as i stated in discord and in private msg with you prometheus, the problem of your kick campaign is that alpha access is way too costly and beta cost is fine but is a thing that you get too late this create a very huge gap. it push away who wanna spend not much since they gonna get it a year from now, and the alpha is way to costly for a new indie sh.

It is indeed possible we got the price point for Alpha wrong, that we couldn't afford that because we don't have any "big name" in the company - someone who can present an extremely ambitious project, show as much "gameplay" as a character walking, claim the game will be completed in 1 or 2 years, and get a ton of people to believe him. I'm not referring to anyone specifically, just something that I've seen a few times.

We've taken the honest route, making estimates as precise as possible and openly showing them, hoping people would give us their trust for what we've built. And indeed, we feel that the most active part of the Fractured community has done so, but probably the less engaged part didn't, and people finding the project for the first time even less. Can't go back in time to change that though, so we need to get this Kickstarter to the end with what we have! And we can make it!

@sparky said in Two Words On Reporting, Leaderboards & Pre-Alpha. I'm tired.:

What Vicious did was it, right? Yes, most cheaters get shamed in the public and they have to take it what comes to them.

No sparky, it was not right. It created a mess over what turned out to be a dozen fake accounts, not even leveled up and of no particular use.

It created a ton of drama and negativity over nothing during a critical moment such as our Kickstarter campaign, which is something we want to disincentive as much as possible if it goes outside the boundaries of in-game guild vs guild competition. There's been people who got 50+ blatant fake accounts flagged at once. Active members of the community. No one opened a forum thread to "shame them" and start a flame war, and we won't accept any more of this. I hope I made myself clear.