duplex
04-20-2009, 05:50 AM
Closed Beta Report
Part 9
It was nice to watch the increased player activity throughout last week. We have received a lot of positive feedback on the new content.
Of course, there are also times when we fail to make everyone happy. This is when we have to make a few changes to things that the players feel need no change. But this is Closed Beta and we use this time to test a few things, then make balancing changes and when the cycle ends, start it all over again.
Many new objectives were added last week, of which the prisoner objectives were the most important.
While in prison, criminals can work off their PP by just letting the time go by (PP will work off very slowly) or by completing prisoner-like objectives. Obviously these are tedious and not as fun as the usual objectives, but after all they are prisoners and need to work of their penalty.
The tasks include excercises, endurance training, mining, good behavior and others.
http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_001_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_001.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_002_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_002.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_003_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_003.jpg)
http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_004_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_004.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_005_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_005.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_006_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_006.jpg)
We have also added other new objectives that provide more variety in the daily life of every dominion citizen.
° Discovery (find a specific area by name, without knowing in which world it is located, which is particularly interesting in the new bigger Tokyo)
° Recon (find a specific area by name and world)
° Head of the Snake (assassinate an enemy leader (R6+), rare objective)
° Beagle (detect illegal items on citizens by scanning them, LED+FDC only)
° Enemy Shadow (observe enemies for x minutes)
° Guardian Angel (observe civilians for x minutes, used for "keep the peace" faction goals)
° Guard Duty (guard a specific area for x minutes)
° Hold Area (same as "Guard Duty", but for groups)
http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_007_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_007.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_008_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_008.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_009_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_009.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_010_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_010.jpg)
We continue to implement features that can be used for objectives. Once that is done, it is our next goal to balance the process of gaining money and XP from a new player's perspective. We will have to repeat this as often as necessary until it is both fun and challenging enough to keep players attracted to the game.
-duplex
You can discuss this update here: http://forum.fomportal.com/showthread.php?t=7380
Part 9
It was nice to watch the increased player activity throughout last week. We have received a lot of positive feedback on the new content.
Of course, there are also times when we fail to make everyone happy. This is when we have to make a few changes to things that the players feel need no change. But this is Closed Beta and we use this time to test a few things, then make balancing changes and when the cycle ends, start it all over again.
Many new objectives were added last week, of which the prisoner objectives were the most important.
While in prison, criminals can work off their PP by just letting the time go by (PP will work off very slowly) or by completing prisoner-like objectives. Obviously these are tedious and not as fun as the usual objectives, but after all they are prisoners and need to work of their penalty.
The tasks include excercises, endurance training, mining, good behavior and others.
http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_001_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_001.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_002_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_002.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_003_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_003.jpg)
http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_004_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_004.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_005_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_005.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_006_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_006.jpg)
We have also added other new objectives that provide more variety in the daily life of every dominion citizen.
° Discovery (find a specific area by name, without knowing in which world it is located, which is particularly interesting in the new bigger Tokyo)
° Recon (find a specific area by name and world)
° Head of the Snake (assassinate an enemy leader (R6+), rare objective)
° Beagle (detect illegal items on citizens by scanning them, LED+FDC only)
° Enemy Shadow (observe enemies for x minutes)
° Guardian Angel (observe civilians for x minutes, used for "keep the peace" faction goals)
° Guard Duty (guard a specific area for x minutes)
° Hold Area (same as "Guard Duty", but for groups)
http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_007_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_007.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_008_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_008.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_009_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_009.jpg) http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_010_tb.jpg (http://www.fomportal.com/downloads/fomscr_cb8_010.jpg)
We continue to implement features that can be used for objectives. Once that is done, it is our next goal to balance the process of gaining money and XP from a new player's perspective. We will have to repeat this as often as necessary until it is both fun and challenging enough to keep players attracted to the game.
-duplex
You can discuss this update here: http://forum.fomportal.com/showthread.php?t=7380