I hope you enjoyed my Interview with Mainframes Lead Game Designer Pétur Örn Þórarinsson maybe @stevenjsharif is next? you can sign up to future tests at playpaxdei.com/en-us Anyway, come follow the stream for future interviews: www.twitch.tv/Narciverse
I love what Petur touched on with fast travelling. Mounts are absolutely required, but I do not want to be able to fast travel everywhere super quickly, I want to take time to appreciate the scale of Pax Dei for sure. Thank you for the video!
A couple of lessons learned from Eve Online: 1) Engage the community. Interviews like this give the players a sense you love the product and are excited about it. 2) Hand players the reigns. Let the players form their own stories and groups so if they feel the game is getting dull they can directly take action to change that. 3) Monetization is key. Having a backing currency that players can buy or earn in game is a huge way to ensure an economy really forms. 4) Give players who don’t want PvP a home. Build a PvP community based game but ensure players who do not want PvP have areas where they feel safe and can build communities of their own. The design of high sec, low sec, and null sec worked well. The more risk of PvP you embraced the higher the reward. But all were valid ways to play the game. 5) Embrace being reset. Real loss keeps players engaged in the game. The gameplay loop of farm, craft, enjoy, lose gives players something to always be working towards. And lets players who prefer one aspect of the game to feel like their aspect has an impact. 6) Wealth building as a focus. Most MMOs focused on the gear as the thing players try to accumulate but if real loss is built into the game then wealth building becomes a means to lessen the impact of losing something.
@stevenjsharif We want to see you in the next Narc interview, please!!! The whole community would love that. Please Steven, maybe for the Alpha 2 full announcement date?
Ya, it feels bad that he has been covering AoC for so long and then lands an interview with PD. For all of his shenanigans, he does produce good and, (dare I say,) thoughtful/insightful content.
Apologies for the delay Narc, Nylfaen here... finally had the time to check this out and I'm IMPRESSED at how you took this interview and "Peeled away the layers" of it like an onion and harvested tons of Copium.. errr, I mean, tons of Intel, yes yes.. Intel from Pax * Dei's Lead Game Designer! Niiice job on that mate!! 🧐.... 🤔..... 🤩
Crafting/Gathering/Combat suggestion: An implementation of each different animal not just elites or Alphas have different properties such as, tougher skin, or a lizard being able to blend in with the environment, having there pelt or Skin drop with the properties of that Monster which transfers percentage wise into the armor created with that skin or drop in general. Also allowing the mix of multiple skins or drops for crafting to create multi layered but possibly lessened percentage of attributes. Such as a fur inner lining but a scale coating on a chest piece to stay warmer and have good protection but you have to farm two different types of monsters to craft, and possibly have a certain skill level.
I think in the concept of fast travel, large communities, such as guild territories should have the ability to unlock certain craftables, in such a case where if there is like 20+ territories connected to one another they unlock a lodestone which allows people to recall to that specific location on an hour cooldown. This gives people the sense of being able to wander out from their territory, go on an adventure, explore, dungeon crawl, get into some crap and if they gotta get going or need to return they can use a hearth or recall to get home. But clearly with certain mechanics to prevent it from being abused, but also gives it a way to become like the centerpiece of the community. Like just imagine a large courtyard with a massive teleportation lodestone in the center of it. Plant some trees around it, I think it would not only look cool, but it would have utility aswell.
and in terms of establishing friendly alliances, or trading with other communities, you can link up your lodestones to allow eachother to traverse between eachother, only limited to a certain amount of connections, making the decision of who you ally with to be very important. Having this, would allow communities to interact with eachother, and i don't think it would take away from the experience of exploring the world. it would just simply serve as a means to connect 2 different alliances over a vast distance.
I seriously hope a game like this takes notes from RuneScapes time level scaling..so we’re not maxing in the first week and game over, I want it to take months or years to max skills…it’s such an addicting feature that no games seem to take advantage of and it’s frustrating
I agree, I want the hard-core to take at least 6 months. Almost like eve was before skill injectors, 13 years to max out all skills but even a month in you could go do things because the large weapons had a hard time hitting small ships
Mount Suggestion: IF it is dedicated servers rather than a main server. Different players tend to prefer certain things like emersion breaking when roleplaying. Having stuff like horses that wait in the world for you to return, or being able to unsummon them may be a good thing for allowing servers to toggle on or off (when a server is first created). Or you could go for a middle ground and have the mount only stand there when owner of mount is within a certain radius (and possible no other players nearby), until it is unsummoned.
Overall, I have to say this sounds like it is the MMO survival game I've been hoping for. It might hold me over for a while AND my wife might play it. She won't be doing AoC.
Amazing incite from the dev(s)!👀✨ This game is continuing to blow expectations away & ignite even more hype! Thank you so much for your great questions & passion for the genre.🙏
What if: When fail an item craft, you have to bring the remains to one of those underground forts or some location, to get a certain percentage of your materials back, so you can try another craft.
He's cheating! Narc is cheating! Okay, go on, I like your new chick more. Hopefully Pax Dei can rekindle your inspiration and create more high effort, quirky story videos. I've always enjoyed those A LOT and it kept me interested in your channel, tbh. luv ur dents
It makes no sense for a crafter - especially a master crafter - to fail a craft and lose materials. I was glad to see failures increase skill xp because we learned from the attempt.
I get a bit of a mixed messages from them. Seems like a lot of ideas lack clear direction. The general premise seems to be there but it gives me a lot of New World vibes in terms of development process especially the way they try to incorporate pvp. Progression system also seems a like a big hit or miss as well. We'll wait, we'll see but as far as I do t discredit them I am not fully sold on it as well.
This game feels like a Valheim with different visual representation. Copies so much from the workbench up until the building...etc Even the building elements are exactly the same. After 10 minutes, I felt like someone remade Valheim in Unreal 5. BUT. I see the differences with the multiplayer side which is a big issue with Valheim 10 max player sized lobbies. I'm also ready to play the same game I love so much with different visuals and graphics. :D
So let me get this straight. There are no spells that you learn through scrolls it’s all through armor? I’m trying to wrap my head around why these games are doing this eternal tombs Amber’s adrift and now this game I don’t see why they are doing this I just want to play a a caster with innate magic for the love of God. The other huge question is will there be crowd control?
I hope you enjoyed my Interview with Mainframes Lead Game Designer Pétur Örn Þórarinsson
maybe @stevenjsharif is next?
you can sign up to future tests at playpaxdei.com/en-us
Anyway, come follow the stream for future interviews: www.twitch.tv/Narciverse
Jesus his mic is bad. But I am hyped for this game
I love what Petur touched on with fast travelling. Mounts are absolutely required, but I do not want to be able to fast travel everywhere super quickly, I want to take time to appreciate the scale of Pax Dei for sure.
Thank you for the video!
A couple of lessons learned from Eve Online:
1) Engage the community. Interviews like this give the players a sense you love the product and are excited about it.
2) Hand players the reigns. Let the players form their own stories and groups so if they feel the game is getting dull they can directly take action to change that.
3) Monetization is key. Having a backing currency that players can buy or earn in game is a huge way to ensure an economy really forms.
4) Give players who don’t want PvP a home. Build a PvP community based game but ensure players who do not want PvP have areas where they feel safe and can build communities of their own. The design of high sec, low sec, and null sec worked well. The more risk of PvP you embraced the higher the reward. But all were valid ways to play the game.
5) Embrace being reset. Real loss keeps players engaged in the game. The gameplay loop of farm, craft, enjoy, lose gives players something to always be working towards. And lets players who prefer one aspect of the game to feel like their aspect has an impact.
6) Wealth building as a focus. Most MMOs focused on the gear as the thing players try to accumulate but if real loss is built into the game then wealth building becomes a means to lessen the impact of losing something.
When a goblin is left to its own devises, we get this. Bravo.
Narc announces that he'd like to start doing some Ashes of Creation interviews, Pax Dei devs immediately: I can do you one better.
@stevenjsharif We want to see you in the next Narc interview, please!!! The whole community would love that. Please Steven, maybe for the Alpha 2 full announcement date?
Ya, it feels bad that he has been covering AoC for so long and then lands an interview with PD. For all of his shenanigans, he does produce good and, (dare I say,) thoughtful/insightful content.
Nicely done Narc! The Professional Gamer approves! A lot of good questions to mull over in the future!
Great interview man! Keep up the hard work and don't sell yourself short!
Apologies for the delay Narc, Nylfaen here... finally had the time to check this out and I'm IMPRESSED at how you took this interview and "Peeled away the layers" of it like an onion and harvested tons of Copium.. errr, I mean, tons of Intel, yes yes.. Intel from Pax * Dei's Lead Game Designer! Niiice job on that mate!! 🧐.... 🤔..... 🤩
Congrats on the interview dude, and thank you for doing it.
Oh wow, you actually got an interview setup? I'm impressed and glad, You're really going places Narc. (:
Crafting/Gathering/Combat suggestion: An implementation of each different animal not just elites or Alphas have different properties such as, tougher skin, or a lizard being able to blend in with the environment, having there pelt or Skin drop with the properties of that Monster which transfers percentage wise into the armor created with that skin or drop in general. Also allowing the mix of multiple skins or drops for crafting to create multi layered but possibly lessened percentage of attributes. Such as a fur inner lining but a scale coating on a chest piece to stay warmer and have good protection but you have to farm two different types of monsters to craft, and possibly have a certain skill level.
Спасибо и от русскоязычного комьюнити. С интересом послушали.
I love the Ashes of Creation music in the intro while talking about Pax Dei :)
I think in the concept of fast travel, large communities, such as guild territories should have the ability to unlock certain craftables, in such a case where if there is like 20+ territories connected to one another they unlock a lodestone which allows people to recall to that specific location on an hour cooldown. This gives people the sense of being able to wander out from their territory, go on an adventure, explore, dungeon crawl, get into some crap and if they gotta get going or need to return they can use a hearth or recall to get home. But clearly with certain mechanics to prevent it from being abused, but also gives it a way to become like the centerpiece of the community. Like just imagine a large courtyard with a massive teleportation lodestone in the center of it. Plant some trees around it, I think it would not only look cool, but it would have utility aswell.
and in terms of establishing friendly alliances, or trading with other communities, you can link up your lodestones to allow eachother to traverse between eachother, only limited to a certain amount of connections, making the decision of who you ally with to be very important. Having this, would allow communities to interact with eachother, and i don't think it would take away from the experience of exploring the world. it would just simply serve as a means to connect 2 different alliances over a vast distance.
Great interview. Loving everything the devs are saying about their plans for where the game could potentially go. Horse breeding would be amazing!
I seriously hope a game like this takes notes from RuneScapes time level scaling..so we’re not maxing in the first week and game over, I want it to take months or years to max skills…it’s such an addicting feature that no games seem to take advantage of and it’s frustrating
I agree, I want the hard-core to take at least 6 months. Almost like eve was before skill injectors, 13 years to max out all skills but even a month in you could go do things because the large weapons had a hard time hitting small ships
Mount Suggestion: IF it is dedicated servers rather than a main server. Different players tend to prefer certain things like emersion breaking when roleplaying. Having stuff like horses that wait in the world for you to return, or being able to unsummon them may be a good thing for allowing servers to toggle on or off (when a server is first created).
Or you could go for a middle ground and have the mount only stand there when owner of mount is within a certain radius (and possible no other players nearby), until it is unsummoned.
Overall, I have to say this sounds like it is the MMO survival game I've been hoping for. It might hold me over for a while AND my wife might play it. She won't be doing AoC.
first time i have seen narc actually interact with a human being eye to eye since ever 😅
wow so good, loving open devs sharing their thoughts of the development without fear
What a great guest!
Narc the Legend!
Amazing incite from the dev(s)!👀✨
This game is continuing to blow expectations away & ignite even more hype!
Thank you so much for your great questions & passion for the genre.🙏
Hi Narc. I like your content and I love the idea of this game. Great questions. Keep creating.
Awesome interview man, loved the questions, hit most of what I was wondering.
Yesss!😁👏👏 very well orchestrated man....and wow that was alot of outstanding info!!can never get enough Pax Dei news🌲🌲🌳🌳
I really appreciate the effort you put into your videos man. Cheers and blessings.
Love your vids Narc! Keep up the great work ! o7
If you want to be priest / healer can you do that around the start with prayers to help you level? And have altar in your first house etc?
What if:
When fail an item craft, you have to bring the remains to one of those underground forts or some location, to get a certain percentage of your materials back, so you can try another craft.
Awesomeness!
Thanks Marie !
Awesome interview, thanks to all involved for sharing some more leeky goodness 🙂
He's cheating! Narc is cheating!
Okay, go on, I like your new chick more. Hopefully Pax Dei can rekindle your inspiration and create more high effort, quirky story videos. I've always enjoyed those A LOT and it kept me interested in your channel, tbh. luv ur dents
Good interview!
looking forward to the bald man reacting to this
For gods sake that guy needs a better mic.
Will Pax Dei have depth like we see in Wurm Online?
Is it wrong that I’m kinda more hype about pax dei than Ashes of Creation?
It's only natural
You would take the horse to the stables and it would "go in there"
It makes no sense for a crafter - especially a master crafter - to fail a craft and lose materials. I was glad to see failures increase skill xp because we learned from the attempt.
Time to summon Asmongold to react to this lol
focus on a well-designed and implemented pvp system and this game will flourish. Otherwise, it will just be a castle-building simulator.
Pve heores shall perish under my blade
pog
Need free PvP/PK in Dungeons🙏
*well done.*
What was really strange for me was Narc talking to someone like a human being. LOL
good interview...and id like to echo the noise im hearing about Pax Dei...looks amazing cant wait :)
The PvP talk was getting me bricked up...
Commenting for algy
engagement
I wish i woulkda got a code to play
His audio is soo bad... I want to listen but can't. Maybe you can do a follow up video with some bullet points.
I get a bit of a mixed messages from them. Seems like a lot of ideas lack clear direction. The general premise seems to be there but it gives me a lot of New World vibes in terms of development process especially the way they try to incorporate pvp. Progression system also seems a like a big hit or miss as well. We'll wait, we'll see but as far as I do t discredit them I am not fully sold on it as well.
Please please please…see if they’ll add genitalia and the ability to add details like length, girth and, of course, hairstyles.
No CopaCola? I'm disappointed
This game feels like a Valheim with different visual representation. Copies so much from the workbench up until the building...etc Even the building elements are exactly the same. After 10 minutes, I felt like someone remade Valheim in Unreal 5. BUT. I see the differences with the multiplayer side which is a big issue with Valheim 10 max player sized lobbies. I'm also ready to play the same game I love so much with different visuals and graphics. :D
Am I the only one who understood 6% of his speech?
Sorry...great interview but I just couldnt understand 75% of what that guy said...his accent was pretty thick😂
So let me get this straight. There are no spells that you learn through scrolls it’s all through armor? I’m trying to wrap my head around why these games are doing this eternal tombs Amber’s adrift and now this game I don’t see why they are doing this I just want to play a a caster with innate magic for the love of God. The other huge question is will there be crowd control?
Was this a wet dream?
Bruh its MedEVEil online. You can play solo, and you will get batted in the face.
I can hardly understand what Petur Orn Porarinsson is saying, his accent is too heavy for me.
Why is his mic so terrible?
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