Loading Live #18 - Fallen Earth Closed Beta Dev Chat

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Updated Mon, Jun 08, 2009 by Ethec

Length: 46:00

Synopsis: Lead Game Designer Lee Hammock is the voice of the rugged post-apoc MMORPG Fallen Earth coming later this year from Icarus Studios. Lee's fresh from a fan event in Portland, Oregon and has plenty to report from the game's closed beta, including new details on vehicles (including vehicular combat and how mounts work), the game's economy, graphics performance, combat system, and much more. Encapsulating tough post-apoc realities like Fallout 3 yet inspired by richly enjoyable IPs like the Mad Max movie series, Fallen Earth might be the most affecting MMO done in a dystopian setting yet. This podcast is your ticket to understanding what the excitement is all about. Join Ethec and Machail for the week in MMO news, then listen in as the staff and community toss Lee a variety of questions in our Loading... Live #18 - Fallen Earth dev chat!

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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

Guests

Lee Hammock
Lead Game Designer, Fallen Earth
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Introductions

0:10 Introductions

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

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

News and Events

0:58 The Machail Report
0:47 - SOE staff shuffle
2:52 - CCP motivated by another award
4:00 - Funcom in the pink

The Machail Report looks at the major MMO news and events happening each week.

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Featured Q&A

Ten Ton Hammer Q&A

5:42 - Update from Portland
8:27 - Why most post-apoc / sci-fi MMOs haven't worked
13:14 - Lee's inspirations for FE
15:01 - Using humor
17:47 - Mounted combat

Audience Q&A

20:08 - Your first vehicle
20:55 - Multi-person vehicles
21:19 - Beta Status
21:50 - Varying the landscape
23:30 - Exploration
24:21 - Tech after the fall
25:21 - A bounty system?
25:43 - The economy
28:20 - Cover and stances
30:16 - Quick travel
31:12 - X marks the spot?
32:09 - Post-release aggressiveness
33:43 - Player created towns
34:58 - Combat system
36:50 - Improving performance
38:16 - Planning for longevity
42:11 - Crafting and NPC vendors
46:26 - Getting into beta

Fallen Earth's Lee Hammock covers nearly all the many aspects of Fallen Earth and sticks around to handle a few bonus questions in our longest (and most Tabula Rasa bashing) dev chat yet!

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