MMOFury
| | Can you tell us a little bit about Anarchy Online, what can a new player expect regarding the game’s features and storyline? |
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Silirrion
| | I think our game has one of the deepest and most compelling stories out there; it’s an element of the game we are always proud of. Anarchy Online is a science fiction MMO set in the far future where humans have colonized vast stretches of space but are strangely drawn to a remote planet called Rubi-Ka, the only place in the universe where a substance called Notum grants mankind the ability to wield many new abilities based around nano technology. The planet is ruled by a mega corporation called Omni-Tek but has been plagued by civil war for centuries between the corporation and the rebel clans that strive for freedom from corporate rule for the planet’s population. Little did the colonists know when they first arrived though that Notum and indeed the fate of mankind is linked to an almost eternal struggle that ties in to the history of mankind and an ancient race that have once before sought to utilize and ultimately abuse the power of Notum. This story has been explored through several expansions and has even lead to the arrival of another alien race attempting to invade Rubi-Ka! With four expansions and seven years worth of content additions already there is also never a shortage of things for players to do! There is a great amount of content for players of all levels to explore, so whether you are a veteran thinking of returning or a totally new free player there is plenty to explore on Rubi-Ka |
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| MMOFury | | What are the key elements of game-play that separates Anarchy Online from other MMOs? |
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| Silirrion | | Game-play wise AO offers a depth rarely seen in modern MMO games. It definitely has a learning curve at the start, but once mastered it opens out into a truly compelling experience. With seventy three different skills players can allocate improvements points too and literally thousands of items, including a special implant system on top of the usual armor and weapon selections the player has an almost unlimited ability to tweak their character and hone them to perfection. |
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| MMOFury | | Update 17.9 is getting very close to its release, what areas of the update do you anticipate being the most well received by the community? |
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| Silirrion | | I’d like to think that all of it will be welcomed! It’s quite an interesting update I think, with a facelift for the old Steps of Madness dungeon that should please veteran players and newcomers alike as well as a whole new quest line for high level players in addition to the usual tweaks and changes. I also think the adjustment to the spawn times of the older unique mobs will be well received and allow more players to get to meet these mobs. |
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| MMOFury | | Recently it was mentioned that some of the updates in the 17.9 patch could present a potentially major change to the game mechanics. Can you give more specifics on this? |
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| Silirrion | | The way that the game handles Concealment and Perception was the culprit there. When working on some of the older bugs we found that hidden away in a particularly dark corner of the code-base was that that when the game code had been calculating whether a player spots a hidden item or player it wasn’t always applying any buffs or bonuses that player had to their perception skill.
Fixing that resolves quite a few minor bugs but it also present us with a potentially major change to the game mechanics. What it means is that we don’t really know how that will affect players’ ability to spot each other (in particular in PVP) and whether it might throw up some additional balance issues. The honest answer is that we can't be totally sure until we get some data so the update is doing a few extra weeks on our test dimension to allow us to see the scope of the change. |
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| MMOFury | | Steps of Madness is getting some new monsters, are these monsters going to be new to the game or familiar ones from other areas that are getting a new location and minor stat changes? |
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| Silirrion | | There won’t be new models for the mobs no, but a few of them have finally learnt to actually wear some equipment and armor! Almost all have had their stats changed considerably to be more suitable for the intended level. The dungeon has also been repopulated so there are more monsters and they spawn more often. It should be quite a different challenge from how it was before. |
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| MMOFury | | Spawn rates were increased for Steps of Madness, were drop rates on rare items also increased? |
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| Silirrion | | Yes, the drop rates of many of the items in the dungeon have been increased. In addition quite a few of the items themselves have been adjusted to be more in line with the level of the dungeon. |
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| MMOFury | | Anarchy Online is a great PVP game, but there is a growing desire among players to see more options for players that do not want to heavily participate in PVP. Is this a priority for the development team? |
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| Silirrion | |  I think we do a pretty good job of balancing the content for both PVP and PVE. In fact I think over the last year we have probably added more PVE content than ever before at the same time as enhancing and tweaking the PVP. Since Lost Eden we have launched four single team instances, a new alien playfield and over a hundred new quests in both Shadowlands and Rubi-Ka. It’s always a priority for the design team to add content for both PVP and PVE. |
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| MMOFury | | Summer is drawing near, are there any great summer events in the works? |
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| Silirrion | | Anarchy Online celebrates its seventh birthday this year in June so there will for sure be some celebrations in game as well a few other birthday treats for the players! Make sure you keep your eyes peeled for more information on the celebrations over the coming weeks. |
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| MMOFury | | Is there anything we didn’t cover that you would like to add? |
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| Silirrion | | Just a thank you to all our loyal players! It still amazes me almost seven years on that the game continues to thrive and support such a fantastic community. It genuinely is an honor for us to be able keep providing the content that keeps players on Rubi-Ka! |
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| MMOFury | | Well That is all the questions we have for you, than kyou for taking the time to chat with us and we look forward to seeing the release of 17.9 and all of the great content it has to offer. Players can download the game at MMOFury >Here, and regisiter for AO at the official site >anarchy-online.com
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