NGDs Pläne für zunkünftige Updates (2011)

NGD schrieb:this is exactly what we where thinking about.
We will start working on instancing in January so I have no ETA on this feature.


About our current roadmap:

We have not published our roadmap formally because it has changed many times along the year.

This year we launched Regnum in 2 new markets with two new partners.
Again, we need to look at the early game as Regnum looses many players in the first few minutes of gameplay.

Right now we are working on the new and revamped UI. hopefully out by December. It won't be just a graphical change, we are including some things that will make your lives easier. Even more so for new users (i.e Minimap)

we are also working on some low level things: a new tcp based net-code, a new resource/download system and some critical performance improvements.

Finally, the new net code and engine optimizations will pave the way for what we really want to do. To improve the core gameplay mechanics (as in combat)

We want combat to be more synchronized, to have better animations that provide better feedback, etc. This is not a change of pace but a new level of polish that should make combat more appealing / engaging.

I'm sorry for this very informal message roadmap.
As you see we are very busy.

Cheers!

-Chilko

Ok, let me try to explain:

You can divide regnum's development in different areas of interest

content
Gameplay programming
Core programming
Maintenance


There are certain tasks such as adding a new mount that is only content related. this requires only artists, designers and content managers (for the data entry involved)

There are other tasks such as balance that depend on the type of balance. If there is a broken spell, it might require core programming or gameplay programming or both. Other balance issues can be addressed by content only (if the problem has to do with the data instead of functionality)

revamping the GUI touches everything, it needs artists, designers, content editors, new core functionality and new gameplay functionality.

What we want to do to balance the hunters is to improve (a lot) pet AI and functionality, this is also a task that requires core, gameplay and content.

We try to work in parallell as much as we can, but there are certain things that need our full attention like the GUI.

This is why recent balance tweaks where only gameplay and content related.

fixing bugs is mostly core stuff, this is the area in which we are more under-staffed as Surak is provably the only one who really understands the whole Regnum Codebase.

In the end, it's quite difficult to balance the requirements from you, our partners and ourselves as developers.

We do as much as we can.

Silan Nightfighter schrieb:Das is ja jetzt gar kein RO mehr -.-

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