If you could give 38 just one piece of advice...

Picking up on Riceman's thread, but narrowing it significantly, if you could give 38 Studios just one (yes one!) piece of very specific advice, what would it be? So you're called into a meeting at the company and told that your suggestion will be implemented, but it has to be specific. What's your response?

And it can't be "make it fun" or "stomp out RMT" or stuff like that. They've undoubtedly been through all those issues many times over by now. Instead, it has to be specific and concrete, maybe even things that might not have occurred to them. One example could be "don't make the names of locations impossible to pronounce." Why do that? To help avoid turning off casual/new gamers from getting interested in the game, as they'd probably look at a name like Althezamn-Iridyl and conclude that this game is strictly for uber-fantasy fans. (This of course assumes that the plan is to attract as many new gamers as possible.) On the other hand, don't go with lame, disney-esque names either, like Stormwind.

BTW, anyone who sneaks in two or more suggestions gets negative infinity points.

Hit your milestones and release dates.

Originally Posted by Laethyn

Hit your milestones and release dates.

release dates are meant to be broken :P

lord oh lord I hope you are joking lol

For me, it's just a "pet peeve" of mine.

Originally Posted by Laethyn

lord oh lord I hope you are joking lol

For me, it's just a "pet peeve" of mine.

that is what the :P meant lol

The only mistake i can say is... keep in contact with your fan base and listen. Dont let months and months go on without saying a word or some kind of update lol. Lack of new info makes people lose interest.

Make sure the immersion remains part of the challenge!

That's a broad statement. Encompasses character names, NPC names, lore, element of surprise, learning of skills and the importance they hold, close-knit community...all sorts of things. But still, this has been the cry in the sky since UO and EQ presented puzzles and challanges that kept people working on things and not being able to rush to the top in a week!




just one?????

Please make SURE! that what ever you announce /affects abilities/systems /charaters ect. ect. is finished and in the game at launch!!!!!!!

To many times has something been announced as an enticement to/for the game and never delivered .I would rather not get any info then something utterly bogus and undelivered.

good topic by the way eager to hear a reply from 38 and their thoughts

Make sure you have VERY good communication and organization between departments. That way it cuts down alot of "oops I didn't know that" or "oops I forgot that". It's sooooo easy to do with such a big project that without extremely good communication will always happen.

Promote Blackguard to Vice President of Awesome, at long last.

Originally Posted by Blackguard

Promote Blackguard to Vice President of Awesome, at long last.

is this the "worst mistakes a game company could do" thread? I think not.