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gothique wrote: Who is your favorite LE char rarebit? I think I sorta answered that before, but so far probably the Oracle, since she can really mess with people's heads, and then make up for it by giving them a cookie. The Merovingian is...

Othinn1 wrote: One question that's been on a lot of players' minds for a long time now is this: where do the Machine and Merovingian redpills go when they're not jacked in and not on their hovercrafts? It's doubtful that they're all living...

>revolt_ wrote: How would YOU /pointforward improve the currently pretty useless dataminer tree? (even killing grey mobs gives you more info in quicker time...) >revolt_ For starters I would probably just boost the amount of $i it rewarded...

Ntrails wrote: What is the capital of papua new guinea? w00t first post! OK, mXo question. What is the capital of papua new guinea in the matrix artificial reality files. Message Edited by Ntrails on 12-21-2005 04:43 PM Serious one. Any va...

Tseng. wrote: is the merovinginas restarant/cheatau in game? You know, one of our mission designers typo'd the Merovingian's name like that once, and we never let him live it down. Anyway yes, the restaurant and the chateau are in the game...

Siros7 wrote: Will you get better soon? Should we call 911? Does seraph eat french fries? Don't you worry, Frog will get better!

shauntaylor88 wrote: What do you think of NPC's doing what they want whenever they want? i know agents can go wherever they want but srely this is over the top? see http://mxoboards.station.sony.com/matrix/board/message?board.id=general&me...

Tseng. wrote: is exiting missions via the window instead of the door a realistic posability for the game engine? Not at this point. Doors (or moving windows) are game objects that control a little sliver of what we call "NavMesh" (tm!) on...

Tseng. wrote: are the top used to creat the helpers avalible in game? It you mean what the holiday hat vendors are wearing, then no. The outfits are just rentals, you know (Ookami looking to make some $i on the side, no doubt).

PBlade wrote: QA test server - ETA! - What is it! BAH! Huh, no question marks here...must not be a question. I'll just wait for the next post, then. ... Or, I could just say that I don't know what the ETA is. I believe the last one Walrus...

Chuui wrote: Well as the above wasn't a question and edited questions aren't allowed... Just what sort of abuse do you see arising from an RP flag? Well, if this has been done successfully in other MMOs, then I'm sure there's a way to do i...

Come on, come on, we need to live vicariously through you people. Show us your best holiday shots! PS: Has anyone tried doing something that causes you to tilt your head down as you're firing off a party hat?

Dissever wrote: Would it be possible to get a roleplaying flag (/rp toggle) to indicate those players who are in character? Or, as this is an rpg (as far as I know), to indicate those who don't roleplay Well, anything's possible, given eno...

KivoOnline wrote: Hmm ok well I cant think of any more MxO stuff since its 3:20 AM...so, how was your day today? My day was pretty good, but not really MXO questiony. :p

KivoOnline wrote: If QA is succesful would it be possible for it to stay up after QA goes live or even stay up for a group of dedicated testers...like beta? As far as I'm aware, we haven't said that the QA server is temporary. It's my impr...

KivoOnline wrote: I know this is sort of a future release thing...but what plans are there to imrove archives for high levels? Plans...that I can't tell you about because they happen in that time to come, of which talking about is verboten!

KivoOnline wrote: I am a little concerned about something that was mentioned in Archon's post. It said that there were 8 styles: Self Defense, Viral, Karate, Aikido, Kung Fu, Hand Guns, Rifles, and SMGs. While this would at first sound gre...

Dissever wrote: Has the storyline about dire lupines and the Effectuator gone cold? I was looking forward to following that up. Well, not exactly. They're still around. But the focus shifts, especially when you're dealing with the Meroving...

QforQ wrote: For people interested in the gaming industry or more specific, your kind of job, what do you suggest people do education wise(besides having a good portfolio)? That's a little hard to say, as my "game designer" title is pretty...

Abigor666 wrote: Who wrote the new critical missions? Let's see, I think I did the Zion ones, and Frog did the Merovingian ones, and we fought over the Machine missions (Frog used Ninja Waffles, but I was able to counter with Buttered Toas...

Abigor666 wrote: Can you make the suburbia district which is populated by lvl 65 soccer moms lvl 70 little league dads and instead of subways have a car pool? I don't know about that. All the soccer moms I've known have been higher level t...

FAOrien wrote: Are there new districts planned? Planned... as in, the future. I don't think I can talk about the future. That's where old age comes from.

QforQ wrote: You said that you werent that busy as of late(you and frog actually) and thats why you've been able to post and stuff....So with everyone busy with the CU 2.0, does everyone envy you right about now? haha Nahhh... They probabl...

{SoG}Esky wrote: Is there any word on when DN1 will be fully updated? With the side nav-menu and all its sublinks pointing to stuff, or is this going to get the "stamp o' future release?" Thanks Probably been asked already...sorry if that'...

Chuui wrote: Yes I do =) I've run perhaps over 10,000 now. In fact, if I were to PM you some ideas, would you mind (I realise of course they stand a very low chance of ever going anywhere)? Eh, you should probably just post ideas in the Mi...

Chuui wrote: able to spawn stuff outdoors Now that's something I'd love. I guess the current set up makes spawning anything more than 1 or 2 attackers outside impossible without using Pandora box mechanics? Hey! You must run missions a lot...

Chuui wrote: Hypothetical question time! If you could revamp the standard mission system, what would you do to it? (It's hypothetical so none of that future release gong stuff!) I would make it able to spawn off instanced areas (accessed t...

Warboy090 wrote: Rarebit, do we need to break out the "google" ? Wh-at? The forum didn't break? But we went over 1000 posts... Dang. Maybe we'll have to shoot for 10,000. Anyway, I wouldn't suggest googling for Rarebit. You don't want to s...

QforQ wrote: Can you take a picture of yourself, walrus, archon, frog, and the others wearing the party hats and confetti going off? (Note, Picture must be one made in real life, in seattle, and real) No-oooo... *backs slowly away* There w...

Megaritz wrote: Why animals? Walrus, Penguin, Rarebit, HCFrog, Archon(blue glowing protoss creature)... Bah! Rarebit is not an animal! Rarebit is broiled cheese on toast! *shakes cheese tentacle*

Inthebackground wrote: What do you think about the whole question of the Matrix and the Laws of Thermodynamics see here for more detail http://mxoboards.station.sony.com/matrix/board/message?board.id=universe&message.id=2127 I think that's...

Warboy090 wrote: Is this the little "tool" your talking about rarebit? **EDIT** thats what makes your RSI look like the characters? Message Edited by Warboy090 on 12-21-2005 02:53 AM You people and your edits! You're really trying me here,...

FAOrien wrote: What do you think about the bank idea I posted? The Bank Idea Message Edited by FAOrien on 12-21-2005 01:44 AM Haha! You're trying to get me to disqualify your post by editing it! But I saw it before you edited it, so nyah!...

Archange1 wrote: why dont we have zen master collectors yet? I don't know. That's Archon's bag, and I don't question the mighty Archon.

Bayamo wrote: If there's an extensive character creation engine in which you may take pieces of various models, modify them, and add them together to form new models - then why isn't this available in the live game, which would vastly impr...

ShadowSK wrote: What's the best part about designing missions? Writing the dialog can be a lot of fun, depending on which character it is. It's also pretty satisfying when we manage to come up with something that players won't have seen be...

Erace wrote: why do people post questions knowing there not the first one so most likely there not gonig to get answered but they do it anyway ? I figure they probably didn't bother reading the rules .

Bayamo wrote: Do the devs that play LE characters have any "dibs" on characters, i.e Walrus always gets to play Seraph or something like that? Well, Walrus gets to play whoever he wants, but otherwise no, it's open season.

Bayamo wrote: What org would each dev choose? Well, I don't want to answer for the others, but my main character stays org-less and just dances in the street. I do have an alt who went Zion, but that was just because I wanted to play my ow...

Othinn1 wrote: I've been curious about this since the LET characters started showing up back in late beta. I know you guys can assume the identity of movie characters and MxO storyline characters using LET tools. But I've always wondered,...

Dupz wrote: Rarebit, any comments on the Hacker Style ability? Lots of talk about it going on Sounds like it was an interesting day. =P

ZippydaSquirl wrote: Squirrels, twins, sarah kerrigan! Do we see them in game ever?!? That depends on how many times you spin around before playing MXO.* *SOE does not condone spinning around in any way, shape, or form before playing MXO.

Roukan wrote: rarebit are you from pokemon? I sense something... What is it... This is... This is not... This is not an MXO question!

Detrius_MXO wrote: Will test server be up this wednesday ie: tomorrow? Future release question! *BONK* EDIT: No flaming, people. Let's conduct ourselves like civilized maniacs. Message Edited by Rarebit on 12-20-2005 06:07 PM

Siros7 wrote: This question for you too: Waffles or biscuits? Remember, Rarebits answer made countless of people wait for him after work with pitchforks and stuff It is my distinct impression that Frog has previously asserted his advocacy...

Kayda wrote: Granted, but what are your thoughts on such a possibilit? Your personal opinion on such a system I'm not holding my breath; figuratively speaking, I suppose I'm hyperventilating.

I'm sure most of you saw at least one of the threads about the little recruitment party thrown by the Merovingian Syntax a few days ago; for instance http://mxoboards.station.sony.com/matrix/board/message?board.id=general&message.id=54981...

Talauntiar wrote: Have you tried out the new CU yet, and if so, whats your favorite part? Not really, because it's being handled by an inner circle on a separate branch so that the rest of us can go about our own work without ending up bei...

Talauntiar wrote: 'what, if anything, is being done about the AWR situation?' No clue. That's all corporate stuff, not game dev stuff. The suits deal with that.

Musutangu wrote: When will /ignore properly block area chat? I dunno. But /futurereleasequestion seems to work all right for me. That one might be admin-only though.

ThePigeonKing wrote: What were you looking forward to when the idea of joining the MxO team came to mind? I was looking forward to finding out what MMPs were all about, because I really didn't know, and because it'd be a change from the ga...

Symmetric wrote: Will you ever remove the collectors from The Hunt for Morpheus event? Goodness, no. Every time we remove anything you people act like we just axed your grandmother. Wait, that sounded suspiciously like a future release que...

Death++ wrote: is me f5ing over so often the reason for all this lag and crashing we've been having? Yeah. Keep up the good work. /thumbsup

Death++ wrote: you live in seatle if im not misteaken (mmmm steak... sorry) so do you ever tune into 102.5 and listen to the bob rivers show? Nope. I don't browse the dial very much. The only station I really listen to is 89.5, in fact it'...

Death++ wrote: Boxers or briefs... or other...? In the Matrix it's all about black briefs, of course. You can thank our old Warner Brothers producer for that. Before they insisted we put *something* there, everyone was barbie-doll naked wh...

Aquilae wrote: How difficult would it be to add more hostile npcs in the mission system? The reason I asked because it obviously seems (to me) is that each one was created specifically before hand. And as a result, they will eventually loo...

Talauntiar wrote: What's been the funnest thing you've designed in the game? You are my new favorite question-asking-person. Let's see... Actually this is getting kind of hard to pick. I think it would still be the Death of the Destroyer e...

Steege wrote: Earlier: Rarebit wrote: TetraCleric wrote: Why is Ghost Bald? If I remember correctly, it's because we didn't get the rights to use the likeness of that movie actor in the game. This wasn't discovered until right near the end...

Sykin wrote: So you're part of the graphics design team (a highly interesting job, in my opinion), I assume. What other kinds of designers/developers can be seen Kung Fu'ing around the office on a normal day? Don't assume, it makes an as--...

Symmetric wrote: Would you consider making enhanced versions of clothing that currently have no enhanced versions? (i.e. the Black Jayne Half-Duster I wear has no Enhanced version, only Armored and Shielded. Some extra melee damage or Dodg...