This thread is for discussing The Other Side of the Looking Glass, posted on Data Node One, Friday, June 9, 2006.
Message Edited by Walrus on 06.09.2006 09:56 PM
The Other Side of the Looking Glass - Friday, June 9, 2006
114 posts · 2006-06-09 20:42:21 to 2006-07-07 14:20:37
White Hallways
No, not white rooms—white hallways. You know, the hallways that lead to backdoors in the
system. Yes, they exist in The Matrix
Online. And, after some time and testing, we plan on bringing them to
you.
The plan is to make white hallways accessible by taking
special missions. There will be three possible “backdoors”—one for each Organization.
These doors will lead to special Org-only areas where Crews and Factions can
meet in private.
The team’s been doing a lot of work on them over the past
few months and we’ll begin testing soon.
Simply awesome.
Two questions:
1. What kind of rewards will we be seeing to trade in for the Mission Archive Tokens? Also, can these please be uploadable so it doesn't clog our inventory space?
2. Is the QA going to be up in time to test the Org Abilities?
Message Edited by RemagDiv on 06.10.2006 01:01 AM
Holy Crap dude, I can't believe this.
People have been asking for this since beta and I never thought it'd become a reality. Faction/Crew only places? Holy crap
I'm speechless :O
*Yeah just wanted to stress the question about the QA server and info on it coming back, since you expressed interest in bringing it back to test the org abilities*
People have been asking for this since beta and I never thought it'd become a reality. Faction/Crew only places? Holy crap
I'm speechless :O
*Yeah just wanted to stress the question about the QA server and info on it coming back, since you expressed interest in bringing it back to test the org abilities*
Message Edited by QforQ on 06.10.2006 01:05 AM
White Hallways!!!
yes, i agree. white halls to secret rooms are pretty cool.
As a new player, I'm really looking forward to the archive missions. The reward tokens are pure gravy compared to getting to review the story line missions I wasn't here for.
/twothumbsup
Holy Heck! White Hallways...Crew/Faction only areas....err...em....I....
WOOT!
I simply can't wait!
/backflop x20 :robotvery-happy:
WOOT!
I simply can't wait!
/backflop x20 :robotvery-happy:
GIVE MACHINES MACHINE CITY!!!!! GIVE IT TO EM!!!!!!! OMG!!!!
Current Organization: Machines
Server: Vector-Hostile
Faction: Sentience
Occupation: Machinist Military
Status: Active
Server: Vector-Hostile
Faction: Sentience
Occupation: Machinist Military
Status: Active
I don't believe these areas are Crew/Faction specific, rather Organizational specific where your Crew/Faction can hang out. Still tremendously cool though.
FINALLY! White rooms and hallways FTW! No more sploiters trying to get in and getting banned! And Archive missions and org abilities! Now we just need a balanced Zen Master and their respective trees after this is all over with. 
Can we get a preview picture of these org only areas through the white halls please?
Great news with the hallways! It's good to finally see what stuff you guys have been hard at work at over the past few months. :robotvery-happy:
These are the update notes I like to see :smileyvery-happy:
What exactly are the graduation missions? Were those the missions that you just went to meet an important figure head of your organization and you got free XP?
the merv one should so go to the cheatau :smileyvery-happy:
I think this definatley calls for a...
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I am amazed, something i've been wanting since i first started playing is finnally going to happen. This is truely, awesome.
I am amazed, something i've been wanting since i first started playing is finnally going to happen. This is truely, awesome.
Pretty much.
WGAnubis wrote:What exactly are the graduation missions? Were those the missions that you just went to meet an important figure head of your organization and you got free XP?
Symmetric wrote:
Pretty much.
WGAnubis wrote:
What exactly are the graduation missions? Were those the missions that you just went to meet an important figure head of your organization and you got free XP?
Thank god, I thought they were the cruddy beginner missions we start out with at the beginning of MxO.
WHOA!
Finally MxO takes a huge step forward.
These changes will bring just about everyone online. May I recommend another free trial after you guys implement the white rooms and the archive missions? Those could catch up everyone.
Hopefully there is a branch tweak too?
Finally MxO takes a huge step forward.
These changes will bring just about everyone online. May I recommend another free trial after you guys implement the white rooms and the archive missions? Those could catch up everyone.
Hopefully there is a branch tweak too?
The free trial is still going on. It was such a success they kept it going.
white hallways FTW!
but i also think what he means is that it is to the org so its not like each faction will get their own seperate rooms that no other faction (from that same org) can go in. but more like a bunch of conference rooms. and you pick one and go in it. And the org can move freely in and out it. i guess i can relate it to a hospital where there have conference rooms. anyone from the intensive care unit can go in em. (icu = org) bad analogy sorry
anyways Woot!:smileyvery-happy:
Message Edited by Mercio on 06.09.2006 10:54 PM
Can't wait for the org abilities and white hallways/org specific meeting areas. Just want to reiterate the question re: the QA server will it be back up to help test the new abilities.
No, I think it's restricted to faction rooms and such. If it were freely moving between every org member, then no intel would be safe for any org, including the EPN and CYPH splinter orgs.
Message Edited by KaitouHayashi on 06.09.2006 11:00 PM
Wonderful news -- I'm really looking foward to seeing this!
Lyr
*CENSORED* WHITE HALLWAYS!!!
CAN'T.....CONTAIN......EXCITEMENT!!!!
From what I read, it's not going to be Faction specific, but Org specific. Each of the three Orgs will get their own rooms.
It's up to interpretation 
Yay!
I can't wait til' the white hallways are accessable! (Wasnt here for new years, so I didn't see em then either :smileysad: )
I can't wait til' the white hallways are accessable! (Wasnt here for new years, so I didn't see em then either :smileysad: )
I'll be honest....when I saw White Hallways to special rooms......I had an orgasm.....true story...
I am soooooo looking forward to this.
I am soooooo looking forward to this.
*Walks into thread*
*sees*
*Flees thread*
SimpsonsNerd wrote:
I'll be honest....when I saw White Hallways to special rooms......I had an orgasm.....true story...
I am soooooo looking forward to this.
*Flees thread*
Two Words
I can't wait...
**bleep** thats 3 ahahah
I can't wait...
**bleep** thats 3 ahahah
looks like this will be the best update in the past 6 months
meh...
Best. Update. Ever.
God bless you ole' Wally...You just made me as happy as a puppy with two peeters! :smileyvery-happy:
Do you expect the mission archive rewards to be ready at the same time as the archive missions themselves, or are we going to have a lot of tokens on our hands until that gets implemented?
If that's the case... PLEASE make them uploadable, or better yet - emailable to oneself.
- Void
If that's the case... PLEASE make them uploadable, or better yet - emailable to oneself.
- Void
White Hallways
No, not white rooms—white hallways. You know, the hallways that lead to backdoors in the system. Yes, they exist in The Matrix Online. And, after some time and testing, we plan on bringing them to you.
The plan is to make white hallways accessible by taking special missions. There will be three possible “backdoors”—one for each Organization. These doors will lead to special Org-only areas where Crews and Factions can meet in private.
The team’s been doing a lot of work on them over the past few months and we’ll begin testing soon.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some interesting updates, thanks!
Looking forward to doing the archive missions for all orgs, for a few reasons
RemagDiv wrote:
From what I read, it's not going to be Faction specific, but Org specific. Each of the three Orgs will get their own rooms.
But if they can make org specific then probably later in time they can enable faction specific...
but hey 1step at a time yeah?
I can see it now.
*Everyone opens the doors to the hallways for the first time.*
*No one enters*
"Will we get banned?"
"I think you can touch it."
"You first."
*Seive touches orgasmic tile flooring.*
*Server explodes.*
*Everyone opens the doors to the hallways for the first time.*
*No one enters*
"Will we get banned?"
"I think you can touch it."
"You first."
*Seive touches orgasmic tile flooring.*
*Server explodes.*
Yeah, I'd like to know the answer to Void's Q as well... it's not clear in the article whether we'll be able to trade the tokens for the rewards right away, or if we'll have to wait.
I'm very curious to see how the white halls /org locked areas is going to work. We're not getting THE "white rooms", but I do wonder what we will be getting. A teaser picture of this would be very nice... even if it's just a white room (but, of course, isn't THE white room lol).
I'm also adding my voice to the call for making the org abilities player testable on a reopened test server. If you want a true guage of balance and a real shot at finding the bugs, this is the way to go.
Overall, though, I can't wait to see this stuff implemented, even if most/all of it isn't going to completely change the game as we know it.
Completely awesome! Looking forward to everything in development. 
ReguIus wrote:
looks like this will be the best update in the past 6 months
Indeed. So the mission archive 'should' be out for the next patch...then the white hallways, and then the org abilities?
It feels humbling, waiting for months wondering will they/won't they finally add something, and then we get this lot!! Yea!!!
Awesome!!!
But i do notice the severe lack of ETA :smileysad:
Well thats removed of any thought to cancel my account.
Very nice read good to see plently of stuff is coming.
/twothumbsup
Yeah, IMO we certainly need QA back up. Just one little problem I forsee with the Org Specific abilities though:
They’ll be earned
through each Organization’s graduation missions. We’ll be re-doing the
missions, so players who have already done the graduation missions will be
able to retake them to get the Abilities.
Soo... if I move from Mech to Merv and grind back up through
all those missions, what happens to my mech abilities? I presume that
they don't simple disappear from my inventory? They need to be
explicitly rep locked, or else it might be possible to use abilities from all three orgs.
They’ll be earned
through each Organization’s graduation missions. We’ll be re-doing the
missions, so players who have already done the graduation missions will be
able to retake them to get the Abilities.
Soo... if I move from Mech to Merv and grind back up through
all those missions, what happens to my mech abilities? I presume that
they don't simple disappear from my inventory? They need to be
explicitly rep locked, or else it might be possible to use abilities from all three orgs.
Finally those 'meet with' missions will actually serve a purpose and I wonder what these special missions are which you need to get in the white hallways. There will soon be plenty to do and no-one will say this game is boring.
Niiiiice.
Can't wait for the Org specific areas.
:robotvery-happy:
I want your babies Walrus! The White Corridor sounds great, plus I want to see what those Mervs have been getting up to in their Crits!:smileyhappy:
hey maybe ill actually be able to retrieve the "white knight virus" lol