Hey there everybody! Alex Poysky here with a clear head and a new wife!
Well, my ONLY wife that is, it isn't like I swapped out an old wife for a newer model or anything, but I digress....
Work's been going pretty well on the development front, with Stephen churning out content patch after content patch, all while helping at home with a pregnant wife. It's pretty awesome to see such ambition and form a part of it. I'm used to being the only workaholic around but seeing the entire team so into what we are doing makes it clear that we're making something memorable here.
That leads me on to the next point, the current state of affairs. We're VERY pleased with the general reception of the game at this point, a 98% is by far the best score I've had on any game I've ever worked on, and it's exciting that it's happening on the first game I'm running hand in hand with Stephen, so on that end we are both pleased and humbled.
As for what we need right now that YOU the player base can provide? More eyes on the game. We know it's just an EA game at this point, that means we'll be hard pressed to reach the press (stupid pun intended), but that doesn't mean you can't point out the game to a friend or two, or mention it on a forum! Anything you could do to help get the word our can and will personally help two people working their hardest to get this dream off the ground! (Plus all the people working with us, community managment, publishing, sound, etc!).
Where are we heading? Well, currently we want to offer at least a 25 hour base game with a very broad siege based end game that will serve as a platform for further REGIONS.
Each region will be an entirely new map, with new features and basically augment the base game exponentially. We will bill them as expansions, as I wouldn't dream of offering a dlc pack with just a splash of new content and call it a day. We'll be working on swathes of content and are commited to making this project an enjoyable and broad experience. Memorable is the word I'm going for, and it's what we are striving to achieve, a MEMORABLE title, a MEMORABLE effort, all for you, a MEMORABLE user.
It's why I'm giving you this long winded post instead of just going silent and pumping out weekly content patches. I personally want you to be invested in the game and it's success. I would love to see you in our discord speaking with us. I'd love to hear you tell me how much you like or dislike ROR for whatever reason and speak with you one on one to understand why and why not. I need you to be a part of this because you deserve to be.
If anyone from the press is reading this, you can help a great deal as well if you want by contacting me. We're always happy to get the word out and it'd mean a great deal to us! Same for youtube and twitch, we love you guys and just because I can't reach each and every one of you in an e-mail or a personalized keymailer invite doesn't mean we aren't appreciative! Heck, we have some pretty big name youtubers and streamers hanging out in our discord at all times, you all are more than welcome, ALWAYS!
I'm going to link the discord here, I want to do a little something. If you enter our discord from this link and using this post, just say @alexpoysky sent me when you hop in and that way I'll be pinged and speak with you asap!
https://discord.gg/EH8fEUc
Thanks for all the support everyone!
-The entire ROR team!