[Previous editions of the "Ask the devs" thread can be found in the Archive Construct.]
Hello, and welcome to the "Ask the devs an MXO question" thread. This is where you can ask a question relating to MXO, and have us respond with an answer of some sort. Ground rules:
1) Only the first question after the last dev/admin reply will be considered. This means that if I make a post, then Player1 makes a post with a question, and then Player2 makes a post with a question, only Player1's question will be answered. Player2's post might even be deleted to keep the thread clean (*makes mental note to remind self to beg Walrus for post-deleting power*). Player2 will have to try again later!
2) This also means that if Player1's post contains two questions, only the first question will be answered
3) Keep in mind that it is community/designer people we have here, so don't expect anything other than obviously made-up answers to highly technical programmy questions.
4) This is not a feature request thread! The answer to "why isn't [feature I really want] in the game" questions will be mostly along the lines of "because we couldn't/shouldn't/wouldn't do it," so you might not want to waste a question on things like that.
5) On the other hand, questions about quirky things currently in MXO are encouraged! Why is Ghost bald now? What does Walrus keep on the wall of his cubicle? The answers to these and other such questions could be yours.
6) We may not know the answer to a question, or we just may not be able to answer it for some reason. But we will, at least, say that we don't have the answer, which is sort of an answer, in a way.
7) Responses may not be timely, because we may hard at work on something, such as sleeping. Please have patience, and do not spam the thread.
8) We can't answer questions relating to future releases!
9) We can't answer questions relating to story spoilers.
10) Questions that have been edited are automatically disqualified!
11) We can't answer questions regarding specifics of SOE staff; we also can't answer questions that really belong to other SOE departments, such as Marketing or Customer Service, and this isn't the place to ask questions about exploits, player bans, hacks, etc.
So, who's got a question?
Hello, and welcome to the "Ask the devs an MXO question" thread. This is where you can ask a question relating to MXO, and have us respond with an answer of some sort. Ground rules:
1) Only the first question after the last dev/admin reply will be considered. This means that if I make a post, then Player1 makes a post with a question, and then Player2 makes a post with a question, only Player1's question will be answered. Player2's post might even be deleted to keep the thread clean (*makes mental note to remind self to beg Walrus for post-deleting power*). Player2 will have to try again later!
2) This also means that if Player1's post contains two questions, only the first question will be answered
3) Keep in mind that it is community/designer people we have here, so don't expect anything other than obviously made-up answers to highly technical programmy questions.
4) This is not a feature request thread! The answer to "why isn't [feature I really want] in the game" questions will be mostly along the lines of "because we couldn't/shouldn't/wouldn't do it," so you might not want to waste a question on things like that.
5) On the other hand, questions about quirky things currently in MXO are encouraged! Why is Ghost bald now? What does Walrus keep on the wall of his cubicle? The answers to these and other such questions could be yours.
6) We may not know the answer to a question, or we just may not be able to answer it for some reason. But we will, at least, say that we don't have the answer, which is sort of an answer, in a way.
7) Responses may not be timely, because we may hard at work on something, such as sleeping. Please have patience, and do not spam the thread.
8) We can't answer questions relating to future releases!
9) We can't answer questions relating to story spoilers.
10) Questions that have been edited are automatically disqualified!
11) We can't answer questions regarding specifics of SOE staff; we also can't answer questions that really belong to other SOE departments, such as Marketing or Customer Service, and this isn't the place to ask questions about exploits, player bans, hacks, etc.
So, who's got a question?
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