Relics of Orr Episode 38, Battle of the Mics-Relics & GuildCast
By coehl ~ 18th April 2011
We are joined by Tasha and Shawn with GuildCast and Massively to discuss the lull in news, anthropomorphic races, NPC AI of GW2, and the BBC.
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Community Segments:
“The Weekly Mashup” by Csquirrelrun
“The Monumental Task” by Akrenios Lucror
Sequel Scuttlebutt
Ten Ton Hammer gives GW2 some belated but well compensated love
NowGamer and an upcoming exclusive for GW2
The BBC confronts an alternative take on the virtual goods farming business
Speculator’s Corner
What are your thoughts and wishes for GW2 NPC AI, and what does Hunter’s Insight have to say about it?
Will queues be a factor for GW2?
Will leveling for GW2 be actually fun, for once, or will it just be “that task” to overcome? And if it is fun, will the conditioned community realize that?
What MMO trends will be difficult for ArenaNet to free their players from?
Anthropomorphic races rampant in GW2. What dark secrets does ArenaNet’s crew hide?
Mr. High Waters wants to talk profession speculation
Bar Brawl
Will you miss quests? Various responses from you, the community.
Stimulus Package
How to peddle your goods with the least inconvenience in game? Who can you blame in the GWGuru auctions when it goes wrong?
MAST / Timms Tunes (Intro)
Qntal (Outro)
Thanks to Csquirrelrun, Tasha, Shawn, Rubi almost, GuildCast, GuildFans, Guild Wars 2 Guru, Talk Tyria, ZAM, and Doghouse Systems.
Opening x Awesome = mood set!
Yes… loved the music, and the Smithy sighting at the beginning.
I made the weekly mash up!! Thanks Squirrel
and yea i did get Minecraft and I am mad HOOKED!
awesome eps all!
Gemini Duet coming soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Shaun, Shaun and Tasha (Yes Tasha I don’t understand why American’s think the English and We Aussies “I’m Australian” Sound the same, they are no similar than a Texan is to a New Yorker).
Great Post Cast guys, and Shaun love the intro for Sequel Scuttlebutt.
So the reason for my Post is regarding when you guys were talking about MOB AI.
I believe a good idea to stop the whole Mobs Standing around waiting to be Killed problem, would be to add in environmental settings that would make sense to why the Mob would be in the area it is in.
Some examples would be. A bunch of wolves or other carnivore like creatures could be feeding off a dead animal or two or even just stalking and / or chasing Game animals in the area.
Also they could have small huts, camp fires, caves etc in the area where the mobs are around to give a sense of some kind of settlement or home.
Now of course having them in an environment like that could pose the problem of too many mobs too close together, and pulling one could pull to many, or the reverse, pulling one could have other nearby mobs just watching in stupifying bliss while their friend is being beaten to death by the player.
To fix that, they could of course space out the mobs so at most you would only pull 2 or 3 at a time in a worst case scenario pull, also to counteract the whole “Stupid creature watch friend die” would be to have some mobs call out for help and have their friends rush to their aid (of course once again only a few mobs otherwise we have the whole too many mobs issue again), or even have the other mobs not pulled to run away if they are a skittish type creature.
Of course it would still be good to have some roaming Mobs, but they need to be roaming with a purpose. 2 or 3 humanoid creatures roaming together perhaps hunting for food, Bandits laying in wait for some unfortunate travelers or Large walking Herds of creatures, perhaps traveling to a water hole or foraging ground. (you could even just follow them, see where they ended up “could even have the end of their journey be the beginning of a Dynamic event”) are just some examples.
Pretty much what tasha mentioned with the Oakhearts and Moas.
I have more examples and ideas but I wont bore you with it all.
Wow I wrote too much for a simple comment hehe, sorry guys.
Anyway thanks again for the Podcast Keep it up
John
P.S. I am seriously looking at getting into Guildwars (I’ve already bought the whole boxed set from steam) Just wondering if you could point me into the direction of a good guild that I could get some pointer’s Help from? I would love to join yours but I am pretty sure I heard on one of your pod casts that you guys are full up on Members.
Hey KnightOps,
Re your guild dilemma, feel free to go ahead and apply on our forums here. If the Relics of Orr guild itself is full, we’ll do our best to find you a space in the rest of the alliance. That goes for anyone.
I’d reply to the rest of your comment but I get the feeling Mr Boss Man may use it next week.
Tasha
You can add me as a ingame friend if you want someone to ask for pointers and help. I’m by no means a GW oracle as I’ve recently picked up on the game again myself, but I’m sure there’s a question or two that I’ll be able to answer ^^
I’m Votan Viz ingame. Mind you I’m a EU player so our gaming hours might be completely different but the offer is there
Cheers Tasha, and thanks Xaviez, I will add you mate, who knows we may cross paths time wise as I do game weird hours
The Bar Brawl bumper needs to be the start of La Grange that leads into chairs crashing and glass breaking. Cause you can’t have a bar brawl without La Grange playing in the background.