Loading... Live #16 - Aion Dev Chat

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Posted Tue, May 12, 2009 by Ethec

Length: 38:38

Synopsis: Aion's Lani "Liv" Blazier and Producer Brian Knox and a number of fans joined us for Loading... Live Episode 16 dev chat. We'll review the week in MMO news and jump straight into our dev Q&A. Through the successful launch in Korea, NCSoft has proven that it has a hit on its hands, and we'll learn that the localization project has been joined by a team of fantasy authors who aren't just making sure the game isn't just translated correctly from the Korean, but has a style and sense of humor that will distinctly fit English, German, and French audiences when the game launches later this year. Crafting, lore, PvPvE attributes, and much more are on tap in this entertaining 39 minute podcast!

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Participants

Hosts

Jeff "Ethec" Woleslagle
Ten Ton Hammer Editor-in-Chief
Ben "Machail" de la Durantaye
Managing Editor - Ten Ton Hammer Network

Co-Hosts

Reuben "Sardu" Waters
Ten Ton Hammer Writer

Guests

Brian Knox
Producer for Aion: The Tower of Eternity
Lani "Liv" Blazier
Aion Community Mgr. for North America
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Introductions

0:22 Introductions

We introduce our team and special guest, then move straight to the news so we have plenty of time for questions.

Links

Loading... - Ten Ton Hammer's daily newsletter and column

News and Events

0:58 The Machail Report
1:06 - Player One-Shots Ulduar Boss
2:34 - EQ Introduces New Ruleset Server
3:48 - The9 Clones WoW
5:15 - Aventurine Reviews a Eurogamer Reviewer
6:20 - Garriott v. NCSoft

In this week's Machail Report, we review a record five stories in this week in MMO news.

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Featured Q&A Session

10:39 - Meet Brian Knox and Lani Brazier
10:47 - Development update and new writing team
13:21 - Crafting
17:00 - Melee Combat
18:20 - Anti-bot steps
19:23 - PvP incentives and endgame
22:10 - Polymorph lore
22:38 - NA and EU matched with Korea at launch?
25:34 - Quest variety
27:37 - Early server list
28:20 - Class balance
30:30 - Lore - static or dynamic?
31:54 - Wings and mounts
33:25 - Chanter buffs
34:00 - Dragons and zerg
34:51 - Linear vs. open world
35:50 - Wings and crafting
36:13 - Glide
37:05 - Item store?
37:50 - Wrap-up

NCSoft's Lani Blazier and Brian Knox deliver the latest on Aion: The Tower of Eternity, due for release in North America and Europe later this year.

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