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Questions by Cody “Micajah” Bye, Managing Editor
Answers by Brice Lucas, Community Manager for Possibility Space

Unlike many of its console brethren, the massively multiplayer online game comes in a huge variety of shapes, genres, and business models. Although originally built as long, perilous roleplaying games with slow combat systems and pay-by-month subscription rates, the MMOG market has gradually evolved to include a variety of play styles and business models.

One of the newest models on the block is the free-to-play, quick adventuring MMOG, which is what our interviewee’s company is producing. With a game titled Warrior Epic, Possibility Space is busting unto the development scene and we sat down with their community manager, Brice Lucas, to find out more about this fast action, free-to-play MMOG. His answers were extensive, and if you have any interest in cheap, fun games this interview shouldn’t be missed!

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Ten Ton Hammer: Although there have been a few interviews floating around the web concerning Warrior Epic, many people are still unfamiliar with this upcoming MMOG. Could you give us a brief synopsis of Warrior Epic? Why should players be interested in this particular game?

Brice Lucas: Warrior Epic is about having fun and going on adventures with friends. In a market that is saturated with hardcore, life-consuming MMOGs, we have set out to bring a new type of game to players.

Brice Lucas, Community Manager for Possibility Space

The backdrop of Warrior Epic is a lush and colorful world, filled with vibrant characters and monsters. Fun, light, and engaging stories will take you to new environments spanning across a fantastic and unique universe. It is inspired by the old school games we all loved back in the day; with simple controls, awesome artwork, and plenty of satisfaction. Warrior Epic is easy to get into, easy to play, and fun for just about anyone.

We have also developed a cool technology that allows anyone with an internet connection to quickly retrieve the game, and be playing with their friends in a matter of minutes. Furthermore, you don’t need a fancy, liquid cooled PC to run Warrior Epic.  If your machine can check email and surf the web, our game will run just fine on it.

Warrior Epic is like a good console game.  Pop it in and just start playing.  In just a few mouse clicks you will be fully immersed.

We will be adding content to the game constantly.  Content such as new quests, new playable classes, new weapons, skills, you name it.  Players that want to make suggestions or participate in polls found on our website after launch will be able to directly affect the content that goes into our game. We really care about Warrior Epic and it is of the highest priority that our players love it too.

In Warrior Epic, your role is to hire and build a team of warriors that you then use to explore the world and battle other players.  There are two aspects to questing in our game.  The primary Campaign Mode allows you to advance through the story of the Warrior Epic and grants you access to different realms, unlocks, etc.  You may also go into Adventure Mode which consists of short side-quests that help you increase the strength of your warriors prior to embarking on a Campaign or PvP match.

Progressing in Warrior Epic is different than other games. Not only do you get to trick out your warriors with all kinds of gear and skills, you also get to customize your base.  A unique feature in Warrior Epic is your Hall.  The Hall is a base that you can upgrade and equip just like your warriors.  When you “level” your hall; new rooms, equipment, and special features in the game become available.  This creates a completely different dynamic than the level-grinding, one-man-band RPG's that currently overpopulate the market.  As you gain prestige, your Hall will reflect your status in the community. Not only will other players be able to view your hall; if they are part of your party, they will also benefit from many of your upgrades.

Rest assured, when you play our game it will stand out as one of the best casual online gaming experiences yet.    
 
Ten Ton Hammer: Warrior Epic sounds very similar to a few other MMOGs that are in the works or have been released already – Dungeon Runners, Mythos, and others – what sort of gameplay features, graphic advancements, or customization options will set Warrior Epic apart from these other free-to-play, quick action games?

Brice: Warrior Epic definitely sets itself apart from the rest. Aside from having sweet graphics that will run on almost any PC, Warrior Epic also features an entirely different way of playing MMOGs.  

Warrior Epic will be an extremely small download that's absolutely free.

You start off by inheriting a beautiful, though empty, Hall. This will be your home and command center. From this Hall, you can recruit new warriors, manage spirits, and build upgrade rooms to train your fighters. Your Hall will also grow and gain experience over time, allowing you to customize it to your liking and show it off to your friends. After you have completed a few campaigns, your Hall will be buzzing with activity. Warriors will fill the crowded barracks, eat in the mess hall, and study ancient tomes in the library. Rewards and loot will litter your trophy room. Statues of fallen warriors, whose spirits are ready at a moment’s notice to join you in battle, will stand proud in the Sanctuary. The walls of your hall are decorated with paintings, sculptures, and other signs of your wealth.

Warrior Epic truly is free to download and play.  Other games that advertise themselves as free to play, such as the ones you mentioned, charge for essential content effectively requiring that you pay to have a satisfying experience.  We are not doing that.  You will be able to download and play our game without ever dropping a penny and still have a completely satisfying experience.  Regarding game play, Warrior Epic is deviating from the well worn, stereotypical online RPG mold that is everywhere you look.  

This is not a hunter/gatherer RPG that requires the user to mindlessly travel from A to B and bring back C to NPC D.  Each Warrior Class is highly specialized.  A skilled player will maximize the strengths and minimize the weaknesses of their warriors.  A party of only one type of warrior will have a tough time.  Team play is essential if you want to complete your quests successfully.  

In Warrior Epic, you don’t just play one character, but a whole barracks full of them! Visit the town center and recruit from over 10 different character classes. They range from brute force Pit Fighters, to the mysterious forest creature called the Pangolan. Every warrior has their unique traits and skills, designed specifically for team play. Players must plan the quests and choose the best warrior type for the tasks ahead. By working as a team, players will experience great adventures and stories together. Warrior Epic is designed from the ground up to be a team oriented game.

By having many different warrior types, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, you will have the ability to create a very versatile and effective team.  This versatility enables us to create some very unique class types.  If an online team or guild really knows the ins and outs of their warriors, they will be a force to be reckoned with, in the Campaign and in PvP.  

The goal of your warriors is to build prestige for your Hall by going out into the wild and completing missions for your home kingdom, Providence. Once you’ve amassed a barracks full of trained warriors, take them into the special arena and challenge warriors from other Halls.

Ten Ton Hammer: Can you tell us about the classes in the game? How many classes will there be and what sort of unique traits will each of them have?

Ten warrior classes will be available to players at launch.

Brice: At the time of launch there will be 10 warrior classes available. This number will increase as we add new warrior classes in our regular updates.  Each class will have its own unique skill tree and gear, as well as its own quests.  Through class questing, you will gain a better knowledge of your warrior's origins, as well as their strengths and weaknesses.

An example of one warrior class is the Soul Harvester.  Soul Harvesters are beautiful women whose external appearance does not portray the actual age of their skin.  They are an ancient race who have a very dark secret.  Through casting and mind manipulation, they wreak havoc on the battlefield by turning their foes against one another.  Since the use of heavy armor would be a detriment to their charming abilities, they lack a strong defense and should be used as a ranged caster.  There do exist enemies with an innate resistance to their spells.  When such foes are encountered, they assist the party by casting buffs and playing a support role.