Loading Live #17- Jumpgate Evolution Dev Chat

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Updated Tue, Jun 09, 2009 by Ethec

Length: 46:00

Synopsis: Producer Hermann Peterscheck answers a host of audience questions while Codemasters Mike Rowland reveals new details about Jumpgate Evolution distribution in the seventeenth edition of Loading... Live. Even though JGE's release was delayed indefinitely, there's plenty of excitement and a well established community swirling around the game. After Machail and Ethec review this week in MMO news, the JGE team handles tough questions about the endgame, mining, crafting, smuggling, PvP, exploration and much more in this entertaining 46 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

Hermann Peterscheck
Senior Producer, Jumpgate Evolution
Mike Rowland
Community Liaison, Codemasters
Katie Postma
JGE Community Manager
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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
1:01 - A Playboy MMO?
1:54 - WoWpod FTL
2:34 - Darkfall Hate Continues
3:19 - Dan Elgren Trades SGW for JGE
6:31 - City of Heroes Going Rogue expansion announced

In this week's Machail Report, we tie our record of five news stories in this week in MMO news, but win in overtime with the Playboy MMO bit.

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Featured Q&A Session

8:29 - Progress toward beta
10:06 - Non-combat activities, smuggling
11:50 - How PvP works
14:22 - Customizability of ships
17:28 - Keeping the economy healthy
19:43 - How mining works / finding nodes
21:10 - Crafting dynamic items
22:17 - Name restrictions
23:05 - Custom paint and logos
24:08 - Exploration & new sectors
25:39 - Consumables
26:34 - An Octavian emperor and a PvP scoreboard?
29:34 - Exploration & fog of war
31:02 - Endgame?
34:00 - Guilds
35:34 - Distribution, Collector's Edition, and Steam?
37:34 - Cross-race groups
39:02 - Peripheral support
41:44 - Conflux highlights
42:39 - More on beta

NetDevil's Hermann Peterscheck and Katie Postma join Codemasters' Mike Rowland to deliver the latest on Jumpgate Evolution, due for release... well, soon (TM).

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