Free Amun!

[fluffy_muffin]

Originally Posted by Nightchill

It's nice to see a discussion where devs are so active.

Imo, Amun was and is no intended for public, yet for devs and testers only. I don't know why would you want to test your paints on amun, the paint preview works good (at least for me). .

So You are the only one who can preview paint before you buy one. Congrats.

[Nightchill]

Originally Posted by fluffy_muffin

So You are the only one who can preview paint before you buy one. Congrats.

no, i buy paint and preview before i put it on. if you have dilemmas on how green, red or stuff looks like, google it up. i'm sure you're smart enough to do that. and paint isn't all that expensive that you couldn't afford 1 of each type. and after painting my armor several times i know how it will look on each armor type for each paint.

[_dracus_]

Originally Posted by Nightchill

I don't know why would you want to test your paints on amun, the paint preview works good (at least for me).

You never tried to paint beast master armor, I was really disappointed first time. On some armor you can't predict the result of paint cause of alpha layers.

[Pornstar]

Free Amun!
My reasons: as you probably know its not easy to test setups on live server. 1 min /reset_powers, if you did mistake you have to wait one more min. Imagine, you would make reset_powers premium. Amun is really nice place to figure out, test and decide skill setup. And as many ppl said in this thread testing premium - no need repeat what the others said. I dont know why but i have a strange feeling that before you create that "testing team" the game was better. So many new features bring itself a lot bugs. Oh thats offtopic.

FREE AMUN!

[Nightchill]

Originally Posted by _dracus_

You never tried to paint beast master armor, I was really disappointed first time. On some armor you can't predict the result of paint cause of alpha layers.

try to paint lord necro tunic pink, it'll be whole black try to paint it purple, it'll be black too... try to paint it green, it'll be close to black (well, not if you paint only outlines)

@bmaster, njubara

[Anpu]

Nice to see some posts from devs, again. I was really tempted recently to write in Complaint forum lack of communication players<-devs.

Current problem with Premium is mostly with Paint. When you offer Premium item, which brings you money, you should finish it completely before offering to mass. IMO, you should not release Paint premium, if you didn't offer your customers to preview what they re going to buy.

Amun is not only good for testing skills, setups, premium etc. For example, I spent some time on Amun gathering information for INQ Calculators, some locations for maps and so on, since there was no answer from Community manager about our tool. It is impossible to go in live server to gather such information, because you are constantly interrupted by enemies. Recently, i noticed Sabertooth is missing in DB and wanted to check its location, level and other data, but Amun was rejecting connection every time I tried, even if its status was green.

Also, as for changelog and new stuff, it would be really really nice to share with us and not to keep as top secret. Why not to post some teaser-post before update, some pics of new content (like it was with new mobs) etc? Make players more interested and excited by incoming update. Discussion would start then, and you could see in such topics some useful ideas maybe, or how to improve existing parts of game. I d like to know how much you pay attention on Suggestions forum, when you re going to release some fansite kit, whats planned in long term, what you think about some community tool players created......

I ll remind you also: its almost half of year and Roadmap is still empty. So, where can some distributor, your potential partner, see info about game and your plans from first hand? (maybe parent of some player works in such company and is interested in cooperation)
What players should expect in this year, or at least hope for? Where to read, find out?
Current situation is: you ppl play game, and we work on development. When we finish it, we ll take down servers, post changelog, and repeat circle again. No interaction at all.

And finally Gameplay video on website has been changed. Thanks for that!

[Mattdoesrock]

Originally Posted by Anpu

Also, as for changelog and new stuff, it would be really really nice to share with us and not to keep as top secret. Why not to post some teaser-post before update, some pics of new content (like it was with new mobs) etc? Make players more interested and excited by incoming update. Discussion would start then, and you could see in such topics some useful ideas maybe, or how to improve existing parts of game. I d like to know how much you pay attention on Suggestions forum, when you re going to release some fansite kit, whats planned in long term, what you think about some community tool players created......

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Anpu again.

Now THIS is what I'd like to see! I know alot of other games give the players a teaser of what's to come, so people can actually look forward to an update!!! Pleeeeeeeeeease consider this NGD!

[Bladnoch]

It will be interesting to see if NGD meet their deadline that they promised themselves in January. I suppose it all depends on this next update, and how much content/fixing has been ploughed into it...otherwise I wish NGD the best of luck with getting their Roadmap done (the one in the forum, not on the website where it should have been O.O)
After June, it will be further interesting to see what the next Roadmap will look like for July to December, whether that will bring crafting, or whether the next update or two will.

On topic...
Keep Amun locked to testing team when needed. If it makes the system work more efficiently (and Im guessing NGD know more about the system than the community does) then its bound to be a good thing. Free Amun every Monday and Friday to test Premium maybe?
Keep replying NGD, its refreshing to talk to you.

[onemyndseye]

Originally Posted by Nightchill

... It's nice to see a discussion where devs are so active....

AMEN!!!!

NGD devs we love to hear from you.. it is vital in fact. When we as a community FEEL we are being kept in the dark it does not foster good feelings toward you and a service provider.

+1

[survive]

Originally Posted by onemyndseye

AMEN!!!!

NGD devs we love to hear from you.. it is vital in fact. When we as a community FEEL we are being kept in the dark it does not foster good feelings toward you and a service provider.

+5 to my bro!
NGD, you REALLY piss ppl off with this. This is your disgruntled and rumor-mill problem here. You have questions in the support forum OVER 5 months old, with 14 pages, and no comment, and without even opening the 'bug report', yet we are to believe you are all over the bugs like a can of "Raid" (tm). We do not believe in the bugs because we heard about them, it is because we experiance them every day in and day out, without a response from you guys. Understand, for every bitch and moan you read about... that is only approximatly 20% of the complaints, as in any business. Only a small portion of people will speak out. The rest get disgruntled and speak amonst themselves.

Originally Posted by Rated_R_Edge

...Maybe when you start to lose income you will do something, thats what your approach looks like from this perspective anyway. NGD never does anything until it threatens them...

Come on, is this out of beta or not? I mean look at all the content we have recieved after beta itself, and yet we continue to recieve content upgrades, instead of bug fixes, which have been piling up for ages. I have nothing against content updates, but its going to bite NGD in the ass, you can make the game look as nice as you want from the outside, or the way its advertised like on the website for example, but on the inside its totally different. Just look at the registered users and the total number of people who play, its no wonder, though even if we had more people would the server be able to handle it? Its pretty shaky right now, you have 4 people fighting over one mob spawn, imagine 20 people. Its a RvR game, but somehow you spend more time fighting nonstop in circles for months before you get to that.

+10 to Edge.... he said it all in a concise and nice way, instead of the 3 page ramble i WANT to give on this subject. (and he did it in a way that did not get him banned, which i am not sure i can do), whether you reopen Amun to us or not, work on the problems and quit making more. Your 'new content' and 'new features' are great. But we really... really, really.... REALLY, dont give a shit. Fix the problems FIRST! NGD, you are working from this backward, you 'NEW' stuff is all up in the 'shotgun seat', ... and bug fixes, as always, are all 'back of the bus'! We (as your loyal CUSTOMERS), deserve better than this! You want to quit losing players, and retain the new players???? Make the game CONVINCING that it is ACTUALLY out of BETA! That does not mean more bells, whistles, and pretty lights. It means, stability, support, interaction with develpoers (not disdain FROM developers), and just a tiny bit of care and concern from you would be swell! NGD, you have a MARVELOUS concept, and the START of a great implementation, ..... and i KNOW you guys are working hard.... but this is by no means what-so-ever in the 'Out of Beta' category, even for a MMORPG or other online, constantly updating game.

So if you ban me or flame me for this post, then you do. But i state it because i believe you guys are capable of doing better, and i see how much potential you have to do better. And I damn sure want to see this game reach unparalleled heights. It is just that if you are going to build a skyscraper, you need a good foundation. True, but you also cant repair it all from the top floor, you have to do it right as you go along. That is my 2 cents worth (more like a buck fifty), hope it helps.

Keep striving guys, (and freee Amun when you can spare the time)