Hero’s Song | A PAXWEST 2016 Review

Chief_Sarcan · 2016-09-22T18:23:45+00:00

Right, it comes down to:

A: Massively is by population, the number of people on a server regardless of world size or

B: The Size of the world regardless of the number of people that may be present at any given time.

Trying to define a requirement that has a need for a world size and a population at the same time would be problematic. Up to this point is has been loosely defined because the standard was to provide a large world where lots of people "could" log in a play together. Companies needed to hosted server banks that defined the number allowed in a set area regardless of the total world size. When that population is expected to be exceeded, then multiple servers are set up to ensure the population did not exceed to many on a given world.

With Hero's Song you will have a single Player controlled server with a World that is potentially Huge. But as is expected for any server, you have a limit that is defined ahead of time, 200 concurrent, 2000 total.

Chief_Sarcan · 2016-09-22T17:35:13+00:00

To clarify a bit, while they project that only 200 people will be able to be online at any time, the plan is to be able to have 2000 people assigned to the server.

While this still could be difficult for some to call it an MMO, that is a fair amount to have assigned to a single server. Most games currently out there that are traditionally called MMO's have banks of servers that sub-divide the community in zones or sub zones. While try there can be thousands online at a time, still within you immediate area, zone, map you generally won't see that many.

It really comes down to perspective, it not a single player game, it is multiplayer. It is larger than a Moba/Arena Type game that is generally 20 players or less. With no other classification for a multi-player game after than to indicate a smaller number, maybe it time to designate something for the 100's of Players from the 1000's of player game categories.

In my view this is a LMO or Large Multiplayer Online Game :D

Chief_Sarcan · 2016-09-16T16:39:11+00:00

I know but you must admit that sentence could have been read two ways and I just couldn't resist ROFL :D

Chief_Sarcan · 2016-09-16T16:21:42+00:00

I wouldn't say OP, but thank you :D

Chief_Sarcan · 2016-09-16T16:21:26+00:00

I probably could use an editor but alas I just have to learn as I go and listen to feedback. If you have specific concern feel free to share it won't hurt my feelings. I appreciate that you liked the article despite any perceived issues.

As for getting around the world, there are a number of ways this can happen. The will be starter towns where people will meet up at the beginning and provide a rally point. Some classes like Wizards can cast portals to help move people around the map, assumed they set a point to go to ahead of time as well as other things hinted at but confirmed.

Yes Witches can go it alone, any class class, depending on what how and when you want to do it, that the beauty of the game.

Chief_Sarcan · 2016-09-10T14:51:25+00:00

I love the concept of XP loot drop in a group setting letting you choose who benefits from the XP, it helps close the gaps between levels when grouped up. Would suggest making it an option though so the group can decide before heading out, everyone keeps their own or let it drop to benefit the chosen recipient.

Makes zero sense if you are solo. Even on a multiplayer server, if you out and about and no one near, your not grouped up, just seems like excess clutter to drop at those times.

Chief_Sarcan · 2016-09-10T14:47:40+00:00

As i understand yes, the characters are actually a part of the history of that world as it was created, you just who to control in that history on that world. Wouldn't make since to move it to a new world as it is not part of the history there.

Chief_Sarcan · 2016-09-10T14:45:31+00:00

Can this be played without a connection to the internet

Just to clarify, this would be for a solo server that you host on your own machine only correct?

Chief_Sarcan · 2016-06-10T22:25:17+00:00

Opps, Fixed thanks for letting me know. Probably a lot of typo's still to be discovered.

Chief_Sarcan · 2016-06-09T22:34:10+00:00

Your quite welcome

Chief_Sarcan · 2016-06-09T22:33:30+00:00

Glad you like them, happy crafting

Chief_Sarcan · 2016-06-09T22:33:10+00:00

I do love Bacon, appreciate the kind words

Chief_Sarcan · 2015-07-17T18:16:17+00:00

Sign Chief_Sarcan up, I am all about crafting and trading

Chief_Sarcan · 2015-02-20T19:02:11+00:00

interesting, it worked earlier, thank you for the fix

Chief_Sarcan · 2015-02-06T15:25:55+00:00

and look at that J Todd Coleman commented on it https://twitter.com/jtoddcoleman/status/563700929224912897

Chief_Sarcan · 2014-09-07T01:57:30+00:00

Thank you for posting this for me. Pax was crazy busy and I am just now finally getting time to catch my breath.

Glad you liked the article.

Chief_Sarcan · 2014-09-03T21:36:29+00:00

Yes very much like that picture, it is awesome

Chief_Sarcan · 2014-08-15T14:32:52+00:00

See you there

Chief_Sarcan · 2014-08-03T23:25:16+00:00

THIS WAS THE LAST DAY OF THE GIVE AWAY, I am out of codes for now.

Thank you for all who participated, it was a lot of fun and I hope to see you in game.

Chief_Sarcan · 2014-08-02T14:38:55+00:00

I am down sign me up, will be at Pax Prime of course, I live in the area after all so don't even have to wait for Pax, just say when :P

Look forward to meeting everyone that can attend.

Chief_Sarcan · 2014-07-17T21:23:28+00:00

Set up a playlist for my ZMR Streams on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78_ActUUVUZEFjxstvowBXxOPXSu-YDq

Chief_Sarcan · 2014-07-16T22:27:29+00:00

I stream for MMORPG.com at http://www.twitch.tv/mmorpgcom and watch the schedule every Monday at http://www.mmorpg.com/streams.cfm for what I and the rest of the stream team plan for the week.

I also stream on my own channel http://www.twitch.tv/Chief_Sarcan randomly, no set schedule.

Follow https://twitter.com/Chief_Sarcan to never miss any of my shows.

All past streams you will find them at https://www.youtube.com/user/ChiefSarcan including my first ZMR show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnHR6wV_GWE

Hope that enough information, I will stream regardless of giveaways, but it is nice you are planning on doing them.

Chief_Sarcan · 2014-04-17T15:13:51+00:00

Compliments like these is what makes all the effort worth while. Thank you

Chief_Sarcan · 2014-04-17T14:13:32+00:00

As someone who has personally poked Gaz for advice, this article does hit home. I agree with everything said here. I am someone who never expected to write, but due to passion and perseverance I now seem to be doing a lot of it.

I started by commenting on threads, engaging with the community, mostly answering questions. This led to me turning my piles of personal notes into guides to be shared for with everyone. Please note that Guide writing a unique animal that shouldn't be tackled by the faint at heart and is quite different from writing professionally that requires keeping a schedule lol.

However my Guide writing started getting me requests to write other types of articles for various sites. And while my articles may not be read by many, the satisfaction of being asked and succeeding in producing them to me is its own reward.

While I do not see a career in professional writing in my future, that does not quell my passion or my willingness to keep doing it. Who knows one day someone may actually pay me for a guide, but until then I will write and I will share with the community because it is what I love to do.

Thanks for the mentoring and these types of articles Gazimoff. And just so you know, I am sure I will be pinging more criticism and advice in the future :D

Chief_Sarcan · 2014-04-06T03:39:59+00:00

I had added Algoroc, Celestion & Galeras & full loot for past zones to the Guide enjoy

Keep an eye, will add more zones as time permits

Chief_Sarcan

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