2017 Podcast Questions

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New Year? New Podcast.

2017 Podcast Questions

Kinak 31 Dec 2016 18:35

Hey, it seems like it's about time for a new podcast thread! I'm currently rather under the weather, so actually answering the questions will have to wait until I'm back on my feet. But you can ask all you want :)

As always, try to keep questions concise and don't try to answer other people's questions.

Cheers!
Kinak

Re: 2017 Podcast Questions

bigalphillips 01 Jan 2017 08:07

Thanks for the podcast Kinak! Hope you are "over the weather" by now.

• As usual, can I ask for a general update on how things have been, and plans for the upcoming year?

• Does the squatter king have any involvement in the waterfront smuggling operations?

• You said the docks smuggling quest is only partly released. Is the rest waiting on Downtown or something else?

• We've seen the Families now; what's the next faction to introduce?

• You had discussed a First Aid revamp at some point — is that still in the books. (I'd be all for a system that requires less equipment switching to rest optimally).

• Looking into the various voice recordings to log into the Slags lab:
  • The refugee recording gives "Welcome Doctor! Records Access Granted." while the lab recording gives just "Welcome Doctor!" However I can't find any difference in access. Just a holdover from Oldos?
  • The recordings are also usable for small amounts of XP. Are there additional uses for using them?

• Is there any difference in equipping electrical kits or salvaging tools for getting special drops from opponents? (Doesn't seem to be.)

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Re: 2017 Podcast Questions

Cryptodynamic 02 Jan 2017 15:33

Happy New Year, Kinak!

Since 2016 is over, this podcast seems like a good time for the end of year unearthly item spading round up.

• shifting maze - Thanks to Valmo's dedication on pushing through to the avatar it seems like we've probably gotten most of the stuff out of this. But the big question we haven't been able to answer is what the unstable draught crafts with. We're missing two items in between the clear draught and the unstable draught, which could be the other ingredient and the result… do you have any hints on what we should be looking for?
• trick top hat - It seems like either we've got a pretty good handle on this, or we're just completely missing something. You've said it's not actually possible to pull a rabbit out of the hat, but are there any secrets to this that we are missing out on?
• Moodlight glove - There's clearly something going on with the jellyfish encounter, but we haven't been making any progress on that. Any hints? Also, I haven't checked recently, but after the change to techniques following other techniques I started having issues with the version of Emotional Grip following Moodlight Blinding, and couldn't seem to learn Emotional Glow anymore, which has caused some spading issues. Is there anything going on there?
• mascot adapter - This seems like another one where either we understand it pretty well, or there's something we don't even suspect is lurking in it. Any thoughts on how well we understand this guy?
• personal tree - We don't even have a full understanding of the basic mechanics of this one, though it seems like we at least have enough to have some control of which "peer closer" result we get. The biggest question seems to be what's going on with trimming, though. It seems like it may cause the tree to not consume food and water on the next rollover, but only sometimes? And Argeth managed to get the Green Shot technique from it once, but trying to duplicate his approach as far as he was aware hasn't worked. Can you give us any horticultural guidance?
• blood rose amulet - We don't quite understand what makes an opponent qualify for charging this, or if there's a way to control which form gets unlocked, but it feels like in terms of general content we may be okay here. Any thoughts?

On to other questions!

• While looking over the unearthly items, I looked at the description for the blood rose pants, and saw a mention of "the Cellar Door". And a wiki search showed that Julia mentioned it at one point, as well. From context it sounds like a club of some sort, but can you tell us any more about it?
• Any thoughts on future item class updates, like when knife weapons became a thing? A lot of stuff has been covered, but I think pistols could still get a bit of love.
• For last Halloween, would it have been possible to get combined results at the party if there were sufficient amounts of different music types queued up, or was it a winner take all setup?
• Any plans on the opening of the Oldtown Apartments?

Last edited on 07 Jan 2017 16:15 by Cryptodynamic Show more

Re: 2017 Podcast Questions

GoldS 03 Jan 2017 01:48

Back in October, in one of the fundraising categories, Crypto (I think) raised 5,000 credits and then I raised 5,000 credits but the message still said "thanks mostly to Cryptodynamic". How are ties handled in the code? Player ID?

How much are we missing in the Mushroom Cavern?

Is there any way to get that Spear technique that the Mushroom Scout and a few others use?

Re: 2017 Podcast Questions

Arkaim 04 Jan 2017 12:20

Oh I waited too long. I need to think of some questions asap.

- So those unearthly rave gloves. Anything cool about taking them out raving? Can we expect anything special from those sorts of activities?

- I found it curious you should mention during Christmas that you only liked adding content for currently available unearthly items. Was one of those hidden snowdudes related to an unearthly? Or any of that new Christmas content unearthly related?

- When you were making the personal tree what was your inspiration? Did you have trouble taking care of azaleas? Or were you thinking what Metroplexity really needed was Tamagotchi? Can we expect anything special from managing the legendary task of managing a house plant well?

- I have both plants and unearthlies on the mind now: so this next question is perfect. The designer vines. You said to discover the mold golem's content needs a skill of some sort. Nothing new yet has been discovered to this. Have you anything else to say on this subject?

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