Hi everyone!
We recently held a developer Q&A about Wurm ONnline, we thought you'd all be interested to see whats going on with the world of Wurm and the head developer, Rolf's plan!
First question from Elmo, Are there any plans to expand upon the rarity system? currently the bonuses from rare/supreme/fantastic tend to be fairly small.
Yeah I think it can use some work.
it's still using the first implementation and not a lot has been added since then.
might be added to the list.
I have another question from cyberhusky (he has two, but I'll have to pick one) Are there long term changes planned for pvp?
Well this is for March and I want to look at battle camps and how towers work.
with the capping and what effects they have.
but i will have to discuss such changes further.. when it comes to long term plans it's currently out of scope.
I assume that goes for most pvp changes not currently listed, things such as special moves and so on.
but obvious changes to increase pvp activity will be considered.
A question from Daryl, Will archery towers receive extra functionality, increased damage and working in pve?
well it's not in the plan but possibly.. we want the players to deal with creatures.
Now I've received a lot of questions about sailing, I believe keenan has been working on something. Keenan, would you like to have the honours of announcing?
Ah yes!
You will soon be able to plot a course to other servers, using any server border as a means to travel.
For example, if you're on southern Celebration, you could plot a course to Pristine and end up in the northern part of Pristine if you sail south.
And how would this affect pvp?
There are also sufficient notice and warnings for situations involving Chaos, so players will be aware if they are about to enter dangerous territory.
it will be disabled on Epic at least in the beginning.
Well first, sailing normally will still work as it always has. That said, this feature will have a 5 minute cooldown for PvP combat. You will still be able to use the eastern border of Chaos, but you will need to wait out the 5 minutes before plotting a course after recent PvP combat.
One last note, this works on all borders - so even one with a currently connected server would effectively be "replaced" by the server you've plotted a course to.
How soon can we expect to see that keenan?
Well it's ready now. It's on Test already and should be in the next update.
My next question comes from several epic players, are there any plans to review home servers on epic? As in their removal and consolidation into elevation, or any mechanics changes.
well I read a thread about tweaking elevation missions to count more towards rewards which makes sense I think.
but I can't say I'm looking at removing servers.
I can't see that coming until March.
but possibly other efforts to increase Elevation attraction.
removing Epic home servers, that is for consolidating purposes to clarify.
Next question is from jukimo. Are there plans to review the way special moves work? Currently some feel overpowered compared to others barely being used.
sure, I love to get lists like that
if possible.
This questions been asked a few times. Are there plans to allow loading of animals onto a boat, specifically non swimming ones.
it is probably time to look into that as well yes.
Are there plans to address stat gains for priests? Currently some stats are gained at a slower rate compared to non priests.
i read about a mod in WU that removed various priest restrictions.
but we also don't want everyone to be required to be a priest.
so it's a bit of a balance issue i guess.
JOAT discussion. Might be wise to remove more restrictions.
obviously, if there's only minor annoyances of becoming a priest for perceived huge gains such as spellcasting a majority will become one.
but sure, right now everyone creates alts instead.
I believe the body stat, and its substats gain less skill
yes it's a restriction.
So will be part of the looking at the big picture for priests
yes.
Now I have received a lot of questions and suggestions based around the current premium model, are there any plans to change that?
yeah I've read a lot of suggestions for that as well.
it's risky to change.
unless we gain a lot of new subscribers we'll only lose money.
which isn't really good for anyone i'd say.
so we have to consider such steps carefully of course.
For the full log, check out: http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/135920-developer-qa-log-december-2015/