{"id":249,"date":"2019-02-15T21:48:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T21:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/2019\/02\/15\/friday-grab-bag-02152019\/"},"modified":"2019-02-15T21:48:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T21:48:32","slug":"friday-grab-bag-02152019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/2019\/02\/15\/friday-grab-bag-02152019\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Grab Bag &#8211; 02\/15\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">Time for another edition of the&nbsp; Grab Bag!<\/p>\n<p>This Grab Bag we&#8217;ve taken some of the hot topics discussed many times on our <u><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.darkageofcamelot.com\/\">official forums<\/a><\/u>&nbsp;as our &#8220;questions&#8221; for this week. While we still have much, much more to say on these topics, we felt, just as much as you asked, that some info was needed right now. For those who sent in specific Grab Bag questions, don&#8217;t worry we&#8217;ll return to those soon \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>You can send in any game related questions you have for our DAoC Devs through our&nbsp;<u><a href=\"https:\/\/darkageofcamelot.com\/content\/grab-bag-form\" target=\"_blank\">Grab Bag submission form<\/a><\/u>. <i>Please note this is for game mechanic questions. Feedback\/ideas\/suggestions should be sent in through our <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkageofcamelot.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\">feedback form<\/a><\/u>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read on for the updates disguised as questions!<\/p>\n<p>\n<!--break--><br \/>\n<strong>Can you give us any information on Endless Conquest\u2019s current progress and what you\u2019re looking at restriction wise?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Endless Conquest development is currently underway and will take the bulk of 2019 to complete.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tOur <u><a href=\"https:\/\/darkageofcamelot.com\/content\/endless-conquest-faq\">Endless Conquest FAQ<\/a><\/u> has been updated and show\u2019s our current plan:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<strong>What can Endless Conquest accounts do and not do?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\tPlease note that some of these may change prior to launch:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\tCan play for free on the Ywain server.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tCan obtain max realm rank.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tCan earn Master Levels and Master Level Abilities.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tCannot earn Champion Levels or Champion Level Abilities.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tCan fully participate in PvE encounters or quests and earn endgame loot but cannot earn existing alternate currencies.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tCan obtain level 50 but cannot use the \/rp off and \/xp off commands.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tThe rate of character progression will also be limited.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tWill have &#8220;classic&#8221; buffing rules.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tEC-characters must stay in range and be grouped with any other character that they buff or are buffed by for the buffs to work.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tCannot use existing buff potions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tCan play on any pre-existing character of any class as long as the account was previously subscribed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tNewly created characters are limited to the following classes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlbion:<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCleric<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFriar<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPaladin<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSorcerer<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMercenary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tMidgard:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShaman<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHealer<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tValkyrie<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRunemaster<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBerserker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tHibernia:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDruid<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWarden<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBard<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentalist<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlademaster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tCannot own or be given permission to access a house or guild house.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tCannot create a guild or be promoted to guild master.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tWill have access to all tradeskills except Siegecrafting and Bountycrafting.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tWill have access to all three realms on a single account.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tOne EC-account logged-in per person.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tWill not receive veteran-based account rewards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t\tAs you can see, EC accounts will be full-participants in PvE, the game\u2019s economy, and in RvR but will be limited in ways that maintain the integrity of the game and still provide excellent benefits and value to our loyal subscribers!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<strong>An official bug\/issue tracker is really beyond needed.&nbsp; Would really help with transparency\/reporting and knowing bugs are getting attention.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We agree! We already have one in the works and hope to release it in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<strong>Is there anyway possible that you can fix it that our house merchants and toons will hold more than 200 plat ? It is so annoying to have our gold spread out among toons we don&#8217;t play often. Also full merchants are filling up the CM\u2019s and make it so hard to find one you can buy from!<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The full-merchant issue is one we\u2019ve discussed previously and do have plans to address it in conjunction with the planned Housing update (post-Endless Conquest).<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe 200 platinum cap on characters is a much trickier issue. Not only does it affect the game\u2019s economy in drastic ways, there are also significant technical barriers to changing it (which we\u2019ve discussed previously). That said, it is something we\u2019re investigating changing as in general we would like to increase the cap in conjunction with offering game-time-code sales for platinum. We\u2019ll have more news once that investigation is complete!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<strong>Is there any update on what\u2019s going on with the Jord crash?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This has been a VERY tricky bug to track down. Until we can pinpoint exactly what is causing the crash for some players (it does not happen to all players all the time) it\u2019s going to remain an issue. While some of our fixes have alleviated the issue for certain players, it is still happening quite frequently for others.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tIf you are still experiencing the crash frequently, please visit <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkageofcamelot.com\/content\/crash-reports\">this form<\/a><\/u> and send us your information!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<strong>Can we get some updates on Broadsword\u2019s vision for DAoC in 2019 and beyond? What\u2019s on the roadmap?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>There will be a Producer\u2019s letter coming soon that will outline this in greater detail but we are happy to share a short outline with you all, now!<\/p>\n<p>\t\tEndless Conquest development will dominate the bulk of our time and resources for 2019. It\u2019s a major, major upgrade that we have to get 100% correct. However, there are some features that are part of Endless Conquest that we plan to release as they are ready, instead of holding them for the major launch. With that context out of the way, here\u2019s our 2019 roadmap and beyond:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\tEndless Conquest preliminary launch features (launched as completed):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tRealm vs Realm population-balancing feature<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGroup-finding and forming improvements as part of this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tUser Interface improvements including UI-scaling<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tOverall progression and economy changes<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tWeb-based community tools such as item search, spellcraft calculator, realm war status, leaderboards, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tContent updates throughout the year<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tOngoing bug fixes and class changes<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tNew and recurring events<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tPotentially expanding out the Dynamic Keep Siege objectives to other battlegrounds and the Frontiers.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tMonthly Mithril Store updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tThe new website launched and tied in with the already-released community-based tools.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tThe launch of Endless Conquest itself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-Endless Conquest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\tCatacombs expansion revamp<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tThis involves re-launching the Catacombs zones and content as entirely end-game focused.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tSmall-group-based PvE encounters and instances with a focus on obtaining unique armor and weapon skins that share existing item stats\/abilities.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tA major surprise. *wink*<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tMore details to come!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tHousing update<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tExisting housing art revamped!<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tNew housing types and new art!<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tUpdate to many of the housing system features<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\tAlternate \u201cprogression\u201d server(s)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tSubscription-only access<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tWill have potentially varying alternative rulesets<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFirst server will start out as a \u201cClassic\u201d + Shrouded Isles + Housing ruleset<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWill remain in its launch-state for as long as its playerbase wishes (vote-based) and then will advance through the major updates of Dark Age of Camelot\u2019s history until catching up with Ywain\u2019s state, at which point players will be able to transfer to Ywain.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDepending on the success of this server, there may be others added with similar rules but forced advancement\/progression, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\tFull details are currently being discussed and we\u2019ll have more information after the launch of Endless Conquest!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t\tAs you can see, we have a lot of exciting developments coming this year and beyond and we look forward to hearing from you to make them the best they can be!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n\tLots to talk about there, very exciting! Don&#8217;t forget to head over to our <u><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.darkageofcamelot.com\/\">official forums<\/a><\/u> and join the chat \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for this week, enjoy the weekend!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: The Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time for another edition of the&nbsp; Grab Bag! This Grab Bag we&#8217;ve taken some of the hot topics discussed many times on our official forums&nbsp;as our &#8220;questions&#8221; for this week. 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