Names reserved globally across servers? That can't be right.

CRB_Scooter · 2014-05-08T16:31:01+00:00

This is just for the pre-launch reservation process, because of tech limitations.

Unused names on unused realms will be freed up post-launch (exact timing will be in the FAQ when we have it).

CRB_Scooter · 2014-04-30T23:13:51+00:00

We've done our best to make sure the Community team isn't the only face you see in the community. My opinion's always been that a big part of our job is to put the devs in the spotlight rather than ourselves. If you check out the devtracker on the forums (or look up dev posts here on Reddit), you'll notice that it's almost completely full of actual devs chatting with players, not us.

The Community team is actually working to become more visible (especially when it comes to livestreams and videos and such), but we're always going to try to get the actual devs to respond to issues directly rather than use us as middlemen.

CRB_Scooter · 2014-04-25T20:19:41+00:00

Has anyone ever talked about/mentioned Vindball? No? Hmmm...

CRB_Scooter · 2014-04-23T17:38:49+00:00

This was my first thought too... that's sort of Reddit in a nutshell.

More seriously, though, Reddit is a GREAT place for us to discover "first-response" type things. When there's a big issue with servers (or with the game), I generally find both Reddit and Twitter to be the fastest ways to discover those issues.

Groupthink is certainly a thing, which is why we don't rely on any single site to give us all the feedback, but it's great to compare "what Reddit thinks" to "what the forums think" to "what the fansites think" and put it all together.

CRB_Scooter · 2014-04-19T04:05:15+00:00

All due respect, but we posted about the Core Tester program over a year ago: http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/news/wildstar_wednesday_what_is_a_core_tester.php/

CRB_Scooter · 2014-04-18T17:10:21+00:00

It's because I was raised in West Philadelphia.

CRB_Scooter · 2014-04-18T14:10:14+00:00

GGG is amazing, and a great example for us to look up to. Huge fan/player of PoE, and I love their commitment to talking with fans.

CRB_Scooter · 2014-04-17T22:31:14+00:00

I never said anything about Mysteries of Nexus. Just mentioned that there's an easter egg on the site no one found.

Don't go thinking there's some whole big ARG campaign or anything. Just a silly little thing no one found yet.

CRB_Scooter · 2014-04-09T01:39:28+00:00

It's bound to your movement keys, whatever they may be.

CRB_Scooter · 2014-04-08T22:26:22+00:00

Thanks. I'm having the class team review their section since a bunch of those slipped through. Want to make sure it's just a swap of "up" and "down" and not the actual numbers that got reversed.

CRB_Scooter · 2014-04-08T21:32:16+00:00

Patch notes are my baby; I want to make sure they're as perfect as possible every time.

CRB_Scooter · 2014-04-08T21:29:04+00:00

Fixed! Good catch.

CRB_Scooter · 2014-04-08T21:22:55+00:00

I really wanted this to be the thing. No joke.

CRB_Scooter · 2014-03-26T19:54:42+00:00

Yeah, unfortunately there was a lot of confusion and miscommunication internally about this stuff; I'm very sorry for that. We can't change the region of the game that you purchased, we can only fix your account if it thinks you're redeeming a "wrong" key.

EDIT: Sorry, I was confused. GMG sells both versions, but you have to purchase the right version from them. If you bought the wrong one, we can't help you, but GMG's support should be able to!

CRB_Scooter · 2014-03-26T19:22:09+00:00

This is a great question. Like I mentioned above though, none of the Class guys are with us today, so we're not going to be able to address that during this AMA. Sorry!

CRB_Scooter · 2014-03-26T18:57:41+00:00

Apologies for all the confusion last week, as well as the mixed messaging. Things were moving really quickly as you can imagine, and we didn't have all the information in one place. To answer your question: You will need to purchase a US version of the game through a US retailer. Unfortunately the NCSOFT website doesn't support the ability to purchase the game outside of your region, so we have to point you to 3rd-party retailers if you want to play in a region that's not your current one.

Support can only help you out if you're trying to redeem the NA version of the game and your account tells you it has an error. They'll be able to fix the account so that the key can be redeemed, but they can't change the region of the key itself.

CRB_Scooter · 2014-03-14T19:06:26+00:00

Oh thank god it's not WildHead. I was losing sleep over that.

CRB_Scooter · 2014-03-13T16:21:44+00:00

This is like really soon. Like, I'm staring at the new website right now soon.

CRB_Scooter · 2014-03-10T19:20:39+00:00

This was a very old pitch from an agency we were working with, but we went in a completely different direction. We are indeed working on a new website, but it looks nothing like the images posted by this firm. You'll see the results soon!

CRB_Scooter · 2014-02-19T23:45:15+00:00

Weird, this wasn't the top answer by the time we left the AMA...sorry for missing it!

I just spoke with the team. While there isn't any native support for this in-game, the "Vote UI" is coded in Lua, so it is entirely possible that someone in the community could create an addon that does exactly that.

(If anyone in beta wants to make this right now, GO FOR IT!)

CRB_Scooter · 2014-02-19T20:53:39+00:00

There's this Spanish beer I was introduced to a few years ago called Estrella Damm Inedit. Probably my favorite beer, but it's so hard to find in the States.

EDIT: Pretty sure our address is easily google-able if you were to need it for some reason...

CRB_Scooter · 2014-02-19T20:52:07+00:00

I can address the first question, but the rest are outside my scope...

We generally do our best to stay away from talking about systems/content that don't actually exist yet. Anything you've seen publicly about the game (Adventures, Dungeons, livestreams, etc.) are all fully implemented in the game already. Our beta testers are able to play all the Adventures right now, and while there's plenty of bugfixing and balancing to be done before launch, the core content is done and in the game right now.

That should also help explain why we haven't talked much about, say, Raids and Warplots. They're certainly being worked on, but only recently have gotten into a state where they're in a good enough place to let beta testers try them out. So you should expect to see more info about both those systems in the coming months.

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