All those stray bullets have to land somewhere.

After picking themselves up from the Shadowbane problems, Wolfpack Studios reformed and refashioned themselves into Stray Bullet Games. Warcry has the latest from that team, with a Q&A depicting their latest project and other pertinent information.

The basic idea is this. There are many things that MMO's, as they exist now, do very well. Conversely, there are lots of things MMO players know how to do - they've been trained to do them. So, as far as basic gameplay goes, we want to hew to these "standards" with only minor usage adjustments, rather then an overhaul or redesign. You don't need to re-invent the wheel to take a Porsche for a spin. That's what we mean when we say "Rely on the Familiar." But that's only half of it.

The whole article can be read here.