Portal:News/IRC Transcripts/04 September 2010

Day two of PAX 2010. Lots of noise in the log but this lets us get the information out more quickly. Times are UK summer time.


 * [11:05] RIRCGuest414: any new news?
 * [11:05] RIRCGuest414: cause i have some
 * [11:06] RIRCGuest414 is now known as Alyvian.
 * [11:06] Alyvian: Guilds will have levels Guilds will have ranks (leader/officer/ on down). Guilds have quests: They will have objectives such as quests they can do as a guild. The example he gave me was "the leader or officer can go to an npc and get a guild quest, for kill 1000 elementals or harvest 1000 bushes in a day, then throughout the day as your guild
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 * [11:06] Alyvian: Guilds have quests: They will have objectives such as quests they can do as a guild. The example he gave me was "the leader or officer can go to an npc and get a guild quest, for kill 1000 elementals or harvest 1000 bushes in a day, then throughout the day as your guild plays and kills stuff etc, it counts off for the quest. Finishing the quest gives the guild
 * [11:06] Alyvian: hmm
 * [11:06] Alyvian: i broke it
 * [11:06] Alyvian: anyways
 * [11:06] Alyvian: guilds have levels/proper ranking
 * [11:06] Alyvian: guild quests (yaaaay) and achievements
 * [11:27] Wobbley: Whats this?
 * [11:28] Wobbley: AA like System that gives buffs to resistances from high level rifts. These will be slottable.
 * [11:28] Qualabar: I missed what you guys said about NPCs, what's the problem?
 * [11:28] Ciovala: yeah revealed at gamescom
 * [11:28] Ciovala: the planar essence stuff
 * [11:29] Tq|Alyvian: their texturing is very low res qualabar
 * [11:29] Tq|Alyvian: its just ugly
 * [11:29] Tq|Alyvian: at times
 * [11:29] Ciovala: well PC textures are mostly good, just other stuff isnt always
 * [11:29] Wobbley: i dont understand what a AA like System means? :S
 * [11:29] Wobbley: where is this AA from? :S
 * [11:29] Ciovala: well i dont agree that the slottable item is really an AA system
 * [11:29] Wobbley: World Bosses are CONTESTED: PvE server here I come!
 * [11:30] Tq|Alyvian: i am going out ona limb
 * [11:30] Tq|Alyvian: but if ya played aion ya got stigmas
 * [11:30] Tq|Alyvian: slottable skills
 * [11:30] Tq|Alyvian: i presume it works the same
 * [11:30] slack left the chat room. (Ping timeout)
 * [11:30] Ciovala: hmm, let me find the pic for you
 * [11:30] Tq|Alyvian: also gonna get some breakfast
 * [11:32] Ciovala: http://www.rift-calculator.com/image_gallery/art_3/DSC01852.JPG
 * [11:32] Ciovala: like that. You can equip one of those.  I guess the bonuses could be anything, but it's really no different than like wow gem slots
 * [11:33] Faelor: But it's planar!
 * [11:33] Wobbley: oh tahts was that
 * [11:33] Wobbley: right fair enough
 * [11:33] Faelor: I killed all the underlines, Ciovala! THEY'RE DEAD!
 * [11:33] Ciovala: i assume wobbley
 * [11:34] Qualabar: What I don't get is: "Combat felt inline with EQ2 or WoW in terms of responsiveness."
 * [11:34] Qualabar: there is a big difference in responsiveness between those games
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 * [11:34] Faelor: That's a big gap if you ask me Then again I  haven't touched EQ2 in a while.
 * [11:35] Ciovala: need to add that to the wiki i think :S
 * [11:35] Ciovala: felt like wow to me
 * [11:35] Qualabar: a little less worried now
 * [11:35] Ciovala: and for example a rogue felt pretty fast


 * [06:09] Kilrathi|BYOC: getting my note book
 * [06:09] Kilrathi|BYOC: one sec
 * [06:09] Kilrathi|BYOC: i got news on 2 new calling for mages
 * [06:10] Kilrathi|BYOC: and the devs did have a little too much to drink
 * [06:10] Selene: lmao
 * [06:10] Selene: bet that was fun
 * [06:10] Rioku: ..best time to ask the key questions
 * [06:10] Xanax: haha Kilrathi|BYOC that is awesome!
 * [06:11] Selene: Did any of them spill awesome info?
 * [06:11] Kilrathi|BYOC: i would say there was around 100-150 folks there
 * [06:11] iddqd: that many? wow
 * [06:11] HorRIFTic: Kilrathi is back....I love you man!
 * [06:12] Arithion: Kilrathi|BYOC
 * [06:12] Xanax: wow thats alot
 * [06:12] Xanax: Fun party Kil?
 * [06:12] Kilrathi|BYOC: ok the Enchanter "type" CC mage is the Dominator
 * [06:12] Kilrathi|BYOC: yea
 * [06:12] Kilrathi|BYOC: and expect qq threads
 * [06:12] Kilrathi|BYOC: you know what
 * [06:12] Xanax: chain fear
 * [06:14] Xanax: me saying chain fear was just a guess guys, lol
 * [06:14] Arithion: it depends on whether they've learned from past game's cc class mistakes
 * [06:14] Arithion: they probably have
 * [06:15] Kilrathi|BYOC: i did a instance today
 * [06:15] Chronibis: realm of the fae?
 * [06:16] Draegan_: whats the other mage soul
 * [06:16] Kilrathi|BYOC: deep tranaca something
 * [06:16] Kilrathi|BYOC: Achron but its still in the works
 * [06:16] Kilrathi|BYOC: its a lvl 22 zone
 * [06:16] HorRIFTic: Deep Tranaca?
 * [06:16] Kilrathi|BYOC: aye
 * [06:16] Draegan_: Whats achron?
 * [06:16] Arithion: deepstrike mines
 * [06:16] Kilrathi|BYOC: IDK it one of the souls tho
 * [06:16] Draegan_: how do you say that
 * [06:17] Kilrathi|BYOC: they state its one of the souls
 * [06:17] Kilrathi|BYOC: stated
 * [06:17] Draegan_: ack-ron?
 * [06:17] Kilrathi|BYOC: archon
 * [06:17] Kilrathi|BYOC: edit
 * [06:17] HorRIFTic: Achron is a soul and Deep Tranaca is a level 22 instance?
 * [06:17] Kilrathi|BYOC: yes it has 4 bosses
 * [06:17] iddqd: what does the Achron specialize in?
 * [06:18] Kilrathi|BYOC: all i know is the name nothing else
 * [06:18] Xanax: oh nice 4 bosses sounds like it could be quick xp /loot if there is no lock out
 * [06:18] Chronibis: Maybe a melee mage? possibly toting shields/walls?
 * [06:18] Arithion: cool they must have 2 level 22 instances then
 * [06:19] Kilrathi|BYOC: it took us 2 hours to clear it and that was using premade toons, the tank was the pvp champion
 * [06:19] Arithion: Kal and Cio did a Deepstrike Mines
 * [06:19] Kilrathi|BYOC: and we had a HOT warden
 * [06:19] Xanax: oh wow, 2 hours for 4 bosses.
 * [06:19] Kilrathi|BYOC: 2 rogues
 * [06:19] Kilrathi|BYOC: and 1 mage
 * [06:19] Xanax: how was it?
 * [06:19] Kilrathi|BYOC: the boss hit like a bitch for the champion
 * [06:20] Kilrathi|BYOC: like the tank was 2 shoted on the 2nd boss
 * [06:20] slack: bitch as in hard or bitch as.. oh right..
 * [06:20] Xanax: what level premades were you guys ?
 * [06:20] Kilrathi|BYOC: lvl 25
 * [06:20] Xanax: was it not on "easy pax" mode then if tank was still getting 2 shotted?
 * [06:21] Kilrathi|BYOC: we only a hots healer
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 * [06:22] Rioku is now known as Rioku|away.
 * [06:22] HorRIFTic: what was the theme of the instance? underground, outside?  what?
 * [06:23] Chronibis: Do they plan on having a matchmaking channel of sorts to assist in attaining groups for instance dungeons?
 * [06:23] Kilrathi|BYOC: untill we switched out the rogue for a pure burst healer
 * [06:23] Kilrathi|BYOC: it was under ground minish
 * [06:24] Kilrathi|BYOC: plust it didnt help we had PVP tank
 * [06:24] slack: ah thats why it took 2 hours heh.. 2 healers and half a tank
 * [06:24] Xanax: How were the pulls? multiple mobs? cc needed?
 * [06:24] Draegan_: whats the difference between a normal tank and a pvp tank
 * [06:24] Kilrathi|BYOC: well 1 healer and a half a tank
 * [06:25] Kilrathi|BYOC: more taunts and more defensive stuff
 * [06:26] iddqd: what happened at the party Kilrathi? did they announce anything by any chance?
 * [06:26] Kilrathi|BYOC: like more taunts and more defensive buffs
 * [06:27] Kilrathi|BYOC: they did give away something that will cause a qq thread more then likely
 * [06:27] Kilrathi|BYOC: nothing new new
 * [06:27] iddqd: well I think everybody expected you guys to get beta since they did the same at gamescom
 * [06:27] HorRIFTic: Port Scion info?
 * [06:27] Xanax: Wanna fill us in on that
 * [06:27] Kilrathi|BYOC: its still in works
 * [06:28] Kilrathi|BYOC: as what it will be
 * [06:29] Kilrathi|BYOC: as for add ons if they can get it in for ui type stuff they will but if not they are going to get in if they can
 * [06:29] Chronibis: to what extent?
 * [06:30] Kilrathi|BYOC: like reskins
 * [06:30] Kilrathi|BYOC: no API
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 * [06:30] Chronibis: phew..close one.  good to hear no "easy mode" addons
 * [06:31] HorRIFTic: Yes! So no deadly boss mobs, aggro meters and such?  Hallelujah!
 * [06:31] Kilrathi|BYOC: you can PVP raid the other cities
 * [06:31] Mira: what is API?
 * [06:31] iddqd: lets people create mods more easily
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 * [06:32] Chronibis: any word on mounts or how they are attained?
 * [06:32] HorRIFTic: City raids? like killing the faction leader in WoW or more involved like full siege?
 * [06:32] Kilrathi|BYOC: like in wow
 * [06:32] Kilrathi|BYOC: nothing on mounts i found out
 * [06:32] Kilrathi|BYOC: so you can kill the faction person
 * [06:35] Mira: how about zone size?
 * [06:35] Selene: I'd like to know about that too
 * [06:35] Selene: is the map we've seen so far final and if so, are the zones big-ish?
 * [06:35] Ravenwolf: kilrathi, who's babies do you want more, mine or xanax's??? This is THE most important question of all of PAX
 * [06:35] Kilrathi|BYOC: it took me about 10-15 mins to walk from the starting point to the next zone
 * [06:36] Kilrathi|BYOC: world map wasnt there
 * [06:36] Kilrathi|BYOC: pretty we were warping around
 * [06:37] Kilrathi|BYOC: i didnt have tri pod so i had to do alot of the gameplay with 1 hand
 * [06:39] HorRIFTic: any info on beastmasters?
 * [06:39] Xanax: Then this myspacetom posts a thread of mega chance beta keys lol
 * [06:39] Selene: did you get any video of the druid soul tree?
 * [06:39] Ravenwolf: i need to defeat xanax once and for all
 * [06:40] Kilrathi|BYOC: no i didnt get any info on the soul trees as this build is already outdated
 * [06:45] Kilrathi|BYOC: the pvp folks are going have fun with this one
 * [06:45] Kilrathi|BYOC: you set up rifts to push over into the otherside
 * [06:45] HorRIFTic: wow!!!
 * [06:46] Xanax: How do you mean set them up?
 * [06:46] HorRIFTic: need moar info on that! lol
 * [06:46] Kilrathi|BYOC: you can open rifts and have it open and expand in the other side
 * [06:46] iddqd: hey Crowl
 * [06:46] Kilrathi|BYOC: basicly you can go to the other side and let a rift take over quest hubs and such
 * [06:47] Kilrathi|BYOC: i didnt get much details on it
 * [06:47] Xanax: oh nice
 * [06:47] iddqd: sounds pretty cool
 * [06:47] Xanax: can basically bait the other faction
 * [06:47] Xanax: open, ...wait for it...pwn!
 * [06:47] iddqd: and grief lowbies
 * [06:47] Xanax: my favorite
 * [06:47] HorRIFTic: griefing lowbies is good
 * [06:48] iddqd: it's why we play
 * [06:48] HorRIFTic: I hope I am griefed as a lowbie. Rite of passage, baby!
 * [06:48] Selene: so Kil - how are you feeling about the game at this point?
 * [06:48] Kilrathi|BYOC: basicly it can also happen to your side as well if you let the rift over your quest hubs
 * [06:48] Crowl: meh, forget that, start at launch and power to cap then theres no one to grief ya
 * [06:49] Xanax: yep Crowl, that is my strategy lol
 * [06:49] Kydel: was that like Scott saying you could open an existing tear and assist the invasion Kil, or can you actually make your own new tear?
 * [06:49] Xanax: I hate to ask, but im sure people are wondering.. any anouncements on Beta? lol
 * [06:49] Kilrathi|BYOC: yes
 * [06:50] Kilrathi|BYOC: kydel
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 * [06:50] Kilrathi|BYOC: no dates but "soon"
 * [06:51] Kydel: sweet, play on a US server and open rift tears at 3-4am should be interesting
 * [06:51] Chronibis: I'm a late night gamer as well lol
 * [06:51] Ravenwolf: nice so us aussies can decimate u.s quest hubs
 * [06:51] Ravenwolf: sounds good to me
 * [06:51] Selene: Looks like that's the best time to play then
 * [06:52] Kydel: we will give you hoourary aussie staus Raven
 * [06:52] Ravenwolf: any word on when they will update the website to have kelari!?
 * [06:53] Kydel: Kil, what do you think of the current build status, in terms of polish, bugs etc?
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 * [06:54] Kydel: Vegemite was what god needed Sunday for, perfection takes time
 * [06:54] HorRIFTic: btw, the build that you are playing is OLD
 * [06:54] HorRIFTic: Kilrathi, any word on Cross faction communication
 * [06:54] HorRIFTic: ?
 * [06:54] Ravenwolf: if i jump on a plane an go back to north america right now i wouldnt hav eto go to work tomorrow
 * [06:55] Ravenwolf: so is PAX over now?
 * [06:55] Xanax: HorRIFTic, here, something i threw together, alot going on, but it captures what is rift
 * [06:55] Kilrathi|BYOC: i know the build im playing is old
 * [06:55] Xanax: http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/6480/horriftic.jpg
 * [06:55] Kilrathi|BYOC: pax isnt over yet
 * [06:56] Kilrathi|BYOC: 1 day left
 * [06:56] Durn: old build or not, should give a good impression of what it'll be like
 * [06:56] HorRIFTic: Thanks Xanax, looks nice. Much better than mine, haha
 * [06:57] HorRIFTic: Cross faction communication Killrathi?
 * [06:57] Xanax: welcome HorRIFTic
 * [06:58] Kilrathi|BYOC: did asked
 * [06:58] Kilrathi|BYOC: didnt
 * [06:58] Kilrathi|BYOC: will sunday
 * [06:58] Xanax: Any higher level stuff revealed or all the <25 still?
 * [06:58] Chronibis: any news about crafting?
 * [06:58] Kilrathi|BYOC: no crafting dev was there
 * [06:58] Kilrathi|BYOC: so nothing new
 * [06:58] Durn: crafting will be revealed soon, don't worry about that
 * [06:58] Rhamius_6993: Dang, I was just typeing a question on Crafting too.
 * [06:59] Selene: well, hopefully that's cause they're hard at work on that
 * [06:59] Durn: aparently they are gearing up for a presentation on it.
 * [06:59] Selene: sweet
 * [06:59] HorRIFTic: Durn, is that something you know? or are you guessing?
 * [06:59] Rhamius_6993: I hope crafting is Robust like the site says it is
 * [06:59] Chronibis: seems tomorrow may be the day with alot of exciting info
 * [07:00] sojiro: what makes you thnik that?
 * [07:00] Durn: I think I read somewhere that they were gearing up for some info release on crafting... was it last weeks abi chat?
 * [07:00] Thekk: probably when the Press eents are going to happen
 * [07:00] Chronibis: assuming what durn says is true
 * [07:00] Kydel: Kil, do you know if the dungeons have lockout timers on them?
 * [07:02] Kilrathi|BYOC: i didnt see any lock out timers, i spent most of my day doing the instanced and waiting on line for portal 2
 * [07:03] Durn: I don't think crafting info is likely to be tomorrow, but very soon so guessing in the next week or so.
 * [07:03] sojiro: suck though, have to wait till atleast 1800 for pax to begin
 * [07:03] Selene: do you know for sure durn? that they're gearing up for it i mean
 * [07:03] Durn: I distinctly recall it being said.
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 * [07:04] Durn: by someone official. I think it was a friday chat with abi type thing.
 * [07:04] Crowl: yeah I remember it too Durn
 * [07:04] Kilrathi|BYOC: ok time for tf2 on the lan
 * [07:05] Durn: and they hope to ge a dev here to chat about crafting in the near future as well, but nothing in stone.
 * [07:05] Selene: ahh gotcha, just wanted to make sure
 * [07:05] Chronibis: GL HF
 * [07:05] HorRIFTic: thanks Kil! Have a good night, what time you gonna make it back tomorrow?
 * [07:05] iddqd: thanks for the info Kil
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 * [07:05] Chronibis: yes, thanks for stopping in and bringing new info!
 * [07:05] Selene: thanks kil
 * [07:05] Kydel: thanks for dropping in with info Kil, much appreciated
 * [07:05] Mira: thanks to taking the time to drop in
 * [07:05] Ravenwolf: Stop by Rift: Planes of Telara (booth 942) to get your hands on beta codes and bags! #pax
 * [07:05] Xanax: thanks Kibanu|Work you have fun and thanks
 * [07:06] Ravenwolf: i want bags!
 * [07:06] Ravenwolf: meany twitter
 * [07:06] Kilrathi|BYOC: more then like i wont because the expo closes at 7pm and im heading out to meet some friends in seattle for the rest of sunday nite thens its a 7am flight back to ny on monday
 * [07:45] WarpCode: not too bad.. trying to recover from PAX yesterday.. man it wore me out
 * [07:45] Chronibis: which I'm sure they will do
 * [07:45] Thee: haha, well ... did you have a good time there then?
 * [07:47] Durn: don't even need to raise the level cap, just introduce quests to get up to 61 points along with the new trees
 * [07:48] Ravenwolf: you just broke my heart durn
 * [07:48] Ravenwolf: hope your happy now
 * [07:48] Durn: how did I do that?
 * [07:48] Chronibis: If they were gonna change the branch trees, they may as well give u higher levels. I'm saying they could just keep the trees as is, and just introduce fresh content in mass scale through an xpac.
 * [07:50] WarpCode: pax was fun. wanted some more in depth Rift info for the mid/high level game but got denied so meh.. got to check out a few other awesome games though.
 * [08:10] Wobbley: Epic picture on facebook
 * [08:10] Wobbley: Why am I not suprised
 * [08:10] Wobbley: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=18745&id=104699396236602#!/photo.php?pid=223571&id=104699396236602&ref=fbx_album&fbid=145915198781688
 * [08:10] Wobbley: HE IS DEAD! \O/
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 * [08:25] Kilrathi|BYOC: there was a instance run today
 * [08:25] Kilrathi|BYOC: warp
 * [08:26] Sinvrall: oh yeah any good?
 * [08:27] Sinvrall: Still no real info on pvp yet, correct?
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 * [08:27] Kilrathi|BYOC: there is pvp instance system in the works
 * [08:28] Kilrathi|BYOC: achivement showed some for a CTF like game
 * [08:28] Sinvrall: someone posted about capital city pvp raids, think it was Horriftic
 * [08:28] Rioku|away left the chat room. (Quit)
 * [08:29] Kilrathi|BYOC: you can do that
 * [08:29] Kilrathi|BYOC: that what i was told
 * [09:49] Ciovala: hmm, no instance named Deep tranaca what did it look like?
 * [09:49] Kilrathi|BYOC: ill get it later
 * [09:49] Kilrathi|BYOC: getting kicked out
 * [09:49] Kilrathi|BYOC is now known as kilrathi|PAXhotel.
 * [09:49] brammator: byoc?
 * [09:49] Ciovala: if it had goblins it was darkening deeps and if it was a big mine with a golem it was deepstirke mine
 * [09:50] kilrathi|PAXhotel: it had goblin and the 3boss was a spider
 * [09:50] Ciovala: ok darkening deeps
 * [09:50] Ciovala: werewolf in there too
 * [09:50] kilrathi|PAXhotel: ok i got to run im getting to the boot
 * [09:50] kilrathi|PAXhotel: from the admins
 * [09:50] Ciovala: ok cya kilrathi
 * [09:52] Ciovala: edited the news to say darkening deeps anyway
 * [09:52] Wobs|AFK: He said Dark Tranaca on IRC chat
 * [09:53] Wobs|AFK: "dark tranaca something" to be exact
 * [09:53] Ciovala: err no way, that is wrong
 * [09:53] Wobs|AFK: I know I thought it was darkening deeps, but I only had the chatlog
 * [09:53] Ciovala: had goblins and stuff so same instance as gamescom hehe