I am so going to enjoy ripping the emo's to bits when wod releases. Oh yes ..

Emo's in WoD? Did you mixed up this with twillight mmo?

Emo's in WoD? Did you mixed up this with twillight mmo?

Donovan and I were at the 2p MMO conference here at TGM. CCP Producer Chris and others were present and we got lots of new info. Before I start let me preface, the game is still in pre-production, they were very clear NOTHING is set in stone, as things stated today may still change. But as of now the facts listed below are the current stances of the direction of the game.

Eddy Webb mentioned in the Q&A before the MMO panel 'EVE is player vs player ******* each other. That is the kind of games CCP makes' - Very interesting and telling IMO.

• The producers stated their philosophy in making this MMO was "human interaction". They feel that is limited in the current crop of MMO's and their biggest weakness.


• They are trying to emulate the feel of LARPing more then EVE or any other game system with this MMO


• There will be a general CCP run metaplot that develops over time but the main metaplots will be left for the players to drive forward.


• Next year is when more specific info and details will come out


• Incarna is actually considered a prototype, the rendering engine that will ship with the MMO will be much more advanced.


• Everyone starts as a mortal, becoming kindred in optional and can not be forced on you. You can play he entire game as a mortal only.


• There will be final death for both mortals and kindred.


• PvP will be more limited in some ways, yet more open in others then any other current MMO.


• There will be cities (plural) and communication between them (the various kindred and clans) will be encouraged/possible.


• Caitiff will NOT be in on release. They discussed it internally and couldn't find a way to make them work in a way they liked.


• Casual players will find the game accessible but hard core players will have a much deeper experience and more rewards/benefits.


• Considering some kind of web site access interface for the MMO


• NO day/night cycle, only night.


• Humanity is a stat is game and one use is to address griefers. The more you cause issues for other players, break the masq, etc the more you can loose humanity and once it gets too low other players (and NPCs?) can attack you (implied even if you flag yourself non-pvp).


• Griefers will suffer both in game and if serious enough out of game penalties (ie account banning)


• Helps to make friends and not enemies in game as you can not get to the top of the food chain without networking and having friends to assist you.


• Players will have havens.


• Players can climb the ladder and get to Prince levels of power and run a city


• Can get to Prince level power without killing a single thing, all done via networking, politics and friendships


• ONLY kindred on release of game, no were's, mages, etc. However those other supernaturals may be used in a NPC fashion or/and their lore appear in game.


• MMO character sheet very similar to the V:tM PnP character sheet.


• Character names over the avatars head by default turned off, but can turn them on.


• Game world/environment will change over time; real in game consequences for player actions.


• Diablerie and related game mechanics from the PnP game is "under heavy discussion" no decision as of now.


• Dynamic NPC missions/World events


• One world server, no shards/instancing.


• Torpor in game but not used as in PnP game, used as a mechanic to explain why a kindred did not die/final death


• They are aware the WoD is is a adult setting and the devs are going to not shy away from gore, blood and nudity. However such will have a reason and not adult content for the sake of adult content.

We have video of the panel that Donovan took. Going to try to get that online soon, also after to go though the notes may follow up with more tidbits this post missed but I am pretty sure this is the core of what was said. We also have the Succubus club event tonight that has been hinted even more MMO info will be released so we will see tonight!

So ,
There's all sorts of buzz going on about the WOD fan fest in New Orleans this weekend.
Last year there was a fairly cool teaser ... although reflected off an audience members bald head...Is there a new one?

From the announcements ..it looks like a pretty cool game..perma -death and all that.

WOD annoucements

And to the fifty trolls... .WOD is happening.... They aren't going to slow down on it ...or even scrap it as I have heard some suggest.

And to the fifty trolls... .WOD is happening.... They aren't going to slow down on it ...or even scrap it as I have heard some suggest.

I just spent half hour writing a post and this wonderful forum erased it when I clicked "post".

Build it and they will come.

What you saw last night are the starting clans. That was the big reveal: Those seven clans are going to be the starting playable clans at launch.

GÇó Humanity is a stat is game and one use is to address griefers. The more you cause issues for other players, break the masq, etc the more you can loose humanity and once it gets too low other players (and NPCs?) can attack you (implied even if you flag yourself non-pvp).

GÇó Griefers will suffer both in game and if serious enough out of game penalties (ie account banning)

Why can't we attack all criminals in EvE without sec status penalty of sorts?

What is griefing? Not like I don't know what that is in Eve, but this question will come up, and claims against someone of being griefed, will be used as a form of griefing.

In my opinion, griefing means preventing other player from enjoying the game the way he/she wants. For example, killing a player in pvp and camping the spawn point so he cant leave and do things he wants to do, would be griefing.

What constitutes as griefing is a very subjective thing.
For example blobbing a station in nullsec and preventing the docked player from leaving is a mild form of griefing. However, if the docked player is actually looking for combat, and just uses the station for cover, then it suddenly stops being griefing.
Eve is very lenient about griefing, and you wont get the GMs to hand out bans for ingame behaviour that might be interpreted as 'griefing'. (Verbal abuse is something else, like racist remarks, be careful with those)

Im wondering what kind of stance will CCP take in WoD regarding this kind of behaviour. Of course personally I would like the game mechanics designed in such a way that hard griefing is not even possible. I would at least want to lessen the amount of metagaming involved. For example, knowing where the spawn point is is utilizing out-of-game knowledge, and I wouldnt want that.

One step in a more RPG-esque game would be removal of zone chat, so that chatting would take place mainly locally. Similarly I I wouldnt want out-of-character 'intel' that cannot be explained in an incharacter fashion. Such as contacts list that you can use to determine when someones logged in or not.