Current work update

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by jables, October 22, 2014.

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Are these kind of posts useful? (thinking every two weeks or so to keep updates flowing)

  1. yay, you are actually sharing info in a useful way (but I may have still left feedback below)

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  2. yeah this isn't so useful, and I have posted feedback below (please leave feedback below :) )

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  1. cdrkf

    cdrkf Post Master General

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    Lol *doh*! Sorry I'm usually pretty well up on whats going on but I missed that one, thanks!
  2. jables

    jables Uber Employee

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    We actually do have a ton of stuff planned. Some major stuff still to be done, including promised items, and some new ones :)
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  3. optimi

    optimi Well-Known Member

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    I <3 you guys. <3.
  4. Dementiurge

    Dementiurge Post Master General

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    Something that would probably be more useful is "X players of your skill level have searched for a game in the past Y minutes".

    Which is better because it gives you some indication of how long you'll have to wait before someone shows up, even if no one is searching right this instant. And of course, if the ladder is busy, it encourages the player to know there's a lot of activity.
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  5. Remy561

    Remy561 Post Master General

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    <3 <3 <3 <3 EVEN MORE <3 <3 <3 <3
  6. jables

    jables Uber Employee

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    I doubt this sort of thing makes it into pass 1, but keeping notes of the ideas for possible future passes.
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  7. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    Awesome. Awesome awesome stuff. Keep the communication coming.

    Any word on how balance improvements fit into this?
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  8. jables

    jables Uber Employee

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    An ongoing task :) Right now doing tests on different ideas, and collecting feedback from forums and reddit and others.
  9. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    Or just letting the most dedicated players in your wonderful and positive community do it for ya.

    I'll just send you my finished report. When I finish it sometime in the next 48 hours.

    :)

    EDIT: I just want to mention that this is a textbook *we are working on it response*

    I don't like those responses.
  10. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    Awesome stuff!!!
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  11. paulusss

    paulusss Active Member

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    Jables did you just post a roadmap of things to come, oh dear me.............am i dreaming ;):p
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  12. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    I don't think so. If X and Y look bad people will be discouraged from even trying to search. A simple "somebody is searching right now" however basically makes the ranked search equal setting up a normal lobby with the title "come play me now in 1vs1".
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    Can you share any information regarding a proper strategic layer in Galactic War?
  14. SolitaryCheese

    SolitaryCheese Post Master General

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    Whelp... storming in here once more with the question I had already asked once... or twice... or more...

    What about more lore? :oops:
    The lore guy promised us more lore, we didn't get it, and the game is already released. :eek:
  15. jables

    jables Uber Employee

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    Currently lore is not on the near term list. Not saying it will never happen, but we are working through items that are deemed higher priority currently.
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  16. SolitaryCheese

    SolitaryCheese Post Master General

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    Uhm... wait...

    Wasn't there this guy who was hired to write the lore? How does that affect the other development stuff that is being done by the actual developers? I'm confused. o_O
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    mot9001 Well-Known Member

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    Omg system editor changes! :D

    I really like this type of update it helps a whole lot!
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  18. infuscoletum

    infuscoletum Active Member

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    This kind of update is really awesome! Many thanks!
  19. jables

    jables Uber Employee

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    Currently there is no lore being worked on by Uber. I can't comment on a post from June as it was well before my time, which isn't much help I know. Sorry :(
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  20. SolitaryCheese

    SolitaryCheese Post Master General

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    Can't @BradNicholson or the others help you answer that? :):oops:
    Brad even confirmed in that thread that the guy in question was in fact the lead writer of PA lore.

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