September Version Update Preview (08/29/2008)

[Apelila]

Well, I called seal storage about a year ago.
http://www.bluegartr.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48900

Also holy shit, this updates going to cross off like a lot of stuff. Afk fixing formatting since forum transition made huge text hueg liek xbox.

[Kyreth]

Another bad update. This is all stuff that we should have had awhile ago. I guess people are so used to shitty dev support that they get excited over anything, which is understandable.

WoTG should be much farther along then it is, maybe in 2010 we'll finally be able to do something useful in the expansion we bought a year ago.

Clearly, you haven't figured out yet that S-E will always move slower than the playerbase demands, barring you getting it on the front page of Yahoo.

(Which, incidentally is common to all MMORPG's. You can never move or fix things fast enough to satisfy players. Ever.)

[Vedder]

They need to make the seal storage NPC work like a combination of the Armor storage NPCs and the Limbus NPC (with ABCs).

You need to be able to deposit & withdraw seals at any time... but you should also be able to tell him that you want to purchase such&such Orb and have him take the seals directly from your balance without having to withdraw and trade back to him.

It will be useful either way, I guess, but this would just be the most useful option, imo.

[Kyreth]

you guys should all be overjoyed you dont have to listen to septimus on ventrilo after version update notes.

Record it, add some animation and it'll go great with Yahtzee's reviews?

[Jkun]

I hope this simplified system would be like how a PUP equips its puppets ...

But that's too much to ask ...

Let's just get rid of PUP and replace it with Adventuring Fellows! I think you mean if they did something like this it would really be more like dressing a mannequin over an automaton, right? >_>

[Zubuis]

With the addition of the seal storage npc, hopefully were progressing to the point where theres gonna be a npc at the entrance to sky and sea that will hold trigs and deeds/virtues for you.

[Delekii]

I hate it when they make big deals out of things that should have been in the game since day one -_-

[Seraph]

I hate it when they make big deals out of things that should have been in the game since day one -_-

I hate it when people bitch about awesome changes as if things staying the same would be better somehow -_-

[Octavious]

I hate it when people bitch about awesome changes as if things staying the same would be better somehow -_-

If they would have added these changes a few years ago, maybe I wouldn't have to use my NPC for things because most people would have stayed on FF instead of quit.

[Delekii]

I hate it when people bitch about awesome changes as if things staying the same would be better somehow -_-

That's not what my post implied at all. My post implied that it would be better if they actually made a significant change (aka. level sync).. Basing an entire update note around storing seals? That should be a p.p.p.p.s note.

[Seraph]

That's not what my post implied at all. My post implied that it would be better if they actually made a significant change (aka. level sync).. Basing an entire update note around storing seals? That should be a p.p.p.p.s note.

I know. I just get annoyed with all the QQing when, quite frankly, there is nothing to QQ about in this update directly. Sure, we all want better updates than this, but this is still some good stuff.

[Yuri-G]

Meh. Not bad but nothing great. Nothing to complain about I guess.

[Crisco]

Honestly, I expected more due to the thread title. It's a decent update but a bit lackluster. I hope the advent of the PW crap doesn't push out the update, but if it does so be it. Hoping for Sept 8th or sooner...I've been refraining from renewing my medal in hopes that the update will be in time to just rank up instead.

[chardero]

If its already been said, thank goodness getting people to Ixion when town is under attack.

NPC=win

[Dohorehn]

Let's just get rid of PUP and replace it with Adventuring Fellows! I think you mean if they did something like this it would really be more like dressing a mannequin over an automaton, right? >_>

actually, this comment got me thinking... it is rather disheartening that SE spends so much time focusing on fellows and is so negligent of Automatons. And yes, negligent would be the appropriate word here. In their interviews, they can't even properly address questions asked about PUP. And with the masses crying great injustice due to the auto's ignorant AI, SE remains unresponsive. Nobody complains about fellows and bam, they get 'tweaked' in just about every update. What's the deal! I love my npc, and i love my puppet. Together we're a great team. But, I must confess my fellow tends to outshine my auto in just about every little thing. I mean she even hastes me for crying out loud. /sorry pup rant

[Mikayla]

you guys should all be overjoyed you dont have to listen to septimus on ventrilo after version update notes.

I like listening to Sept talk. ;;

[tymora]

You are asking a handful of developers to make a couple 100 thousands people happy. I would say be thankful that they are even looking our way.

If we make up 100% of SE's customers, then the updates would have come 2 years ago. Unfortunately we're not. There is also that incredibly dumb PS2 limitation thing. For some reason, I don't think they believe in branched development.

[Attila]

They need to make the seal storage NPC work like a combination of the Armor storage NPCs and the Limbus NPC (with ABCs).

You need to be able to deposit & withdraw seals at any time... but you should also be able to tell him that you want to purchase such&such Orb and have him take the seals directly from your balance without having to withdraw and trade back to him.

It will be useful either way, I guess, but this would just be the most useful option, imo.

Why exactly would we be withdrawing seals? If you can purchase all the orbs from him, what would be the use?

[Dohorehn]

to be honest, i wish all seals I obtained from this point on went directly to him lol

[Attila]

actually, this comment got me thinking... it is rather disheartening that SE spends so much time focusing on fellows and is so negligent of Automatons. And yes, negligent would be the appropriate word here. In their interviews, they can't even properly address questions asked about PUP. And with the masses crying great injustice due to the auto's ignorant AI, SE remains unresponsive. Nobody complains about fellows and bam, they get 'tweaked' in just about every update. What's the deal! I love my npc, and i love my puppet. Together we're a great team. But, I must confess my fellow tends to outshine my auto in just about every little thing. I mean she even hastes me for crying out loud. /sorry pup rant

You act as though the NPC AI is so overwhelmingly good lol