Read the news, they cancelled P2P >.> noob
From the el times:
The P2P Game Has Been Laid To Rest
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Revenue Will Be Raised from Web Site Instead
An EL Community General Meeting was held on 31st January 2005 in the White Stone City Meeting Hall. The turn-out was excellent with everyone taking a keen interest in the proceedings. Including some that were absentee attendants and just 'listening' into channel 101. Although the general question to begin with was "what's this all about"?
It soon became clear that the main agenda was to consider what game aspects the players would like to see improved and also to discuss opinions about the latest update. Unfortunately there was one uninvited guest 'the Grue' who seemed to be extra hungry with so many players around. Everyone was advised to go into the console mode to avoid the lag.
As soon as the meeting was announced as open, everyone of course started speaking at once. Below are some of the ideas people initially came up with:
* Something needs to be done about the lag.
* We need 1st person mode, run mode and ranged combat.
* The interface is bad for fighters!
* Wooden craftable weapons please!
* I want the icon roulette as an option, not default.
* The new mouse/pointer thing is annoying. I liked it how it was before.
* Running would be good!!! darned rabbits are too fast!!
* The fact that you can cook meat now is good i think.
* Interface is ok.
* Interface is not good.
* More spells for all the sigils.
* I'd like to see an attack spell like 'fire bolt' or something.
* The double-right click was easier...
* Auto attack.
* I believe mixing times have to be reduced, at least for no compound items.
* i would like the potion create rate to be a little bit faster.
* More med Garg spawns.
* Double-right clicking is much easier especially in battle, bring it back.
* Update very good (best yet) but more monster spawns needed as there are more fighters now.
* HE are way to fast, bars are way to slow.
* You should keep most valuable item when you die!
Order was finally accomplished when Platyna kicked about a dozen players out of the hall, she couldn't catch hold of that Grue however!
The first person to speak was Captain who complained that the new interface was too complicated due to the many clicks and hotkeys. The resources to make anything were also too far apart from each other, making the time to make just 1 iron bar too high. Roja replied that the interface was continually being worked on as she wanted it to be as intuitive as possible. She stated that she had used many different programs herself such as Morrowind, etc which also use the hotkey system so she thought EL should take advantage of this. She then asked the meeting that if anyone were having problems with the mouse clicks could they please do some tests for her. She advised everyone to configure the hotkeys from within the .ini file, and then post their experience with which ones work best for what. Roja concluded that in the next update, there will also be a HELP menu/window added to the icons at the bottom. Players could then click on that and see a list of hotkeys, and other help related info.
The next person to officially 'take the stand' was Platyna, she stated that one of the most attractive things about the old interface was the simplicity of it all. So she suggested to the developers that they should actually stay within this simplicity. She then added that if something worked, was comfortable and no one complained - why fix it? Roja replied that an interface needed to fulfil certain things to be termed as good: 1. Ease of use 2. Intuitive 3. Not confusing 4. No hidden commands (at least none of any importance). She then went on to say that the old interface was lacking those things, as the new one was as well, so it still needed improvement. Roja then concluded that the right-click 'cycles' make it easy to use, and fast. That, combined with hotkeys she thinks will work well. She reiterated that feed-back from players was required.
It was then suggested that players should have a choice between the old and new interfaces and Roja replied that this idea could actually be looked into if there were more programmers willing to make the time to do this. At the moment the resources were really being stretched and volunteers would be greatly appreciated.
The subject of the Pay 2 Play (p2p) version was then brought up and Roja stated "We are giving you a free game, we have even decided NOT to make a P2P version after all! So the whole game is free. So instead, we are going to sell in-game items on the web site. Plus btw, this money does NOT all go into me and Entropy's pockets! We have paid our volunteers and those who deserve money, what little we make from these sales".
Various attendees then commented in what improvements they would like to see in the new interface:
* We should be able to see at a lower angle to see under trees etc.
* The lack of double-right clicking needs to be sorted.
* Will there be any more animal spawns? Roja replied to this that she would like there to be random animal spawns eventually.
* A problem i have found is that you work hard to get armour and weapons then you enter a PK map and lose them all! Radu replied "don't enter PK maps then".
* The general PK system needs much work too!
* Free training?
* Why can't you store normal books (as opposed to rare books)?
* I'd like to see an extension of the 'Use With' function, beyond fire and cooking.
* I've died way too many times picking flowers and the game should loose the bee thing!
Eventually the meeting was brought to a close by Roja after which TirasHazor suggested "We can go to the Happy Spirits Inn & Tavern now". Everyone agreed that that was a really cool idea!
