Amnesty/Tale 9

Malard: welcome everyone to Tale 9 Amnesty
Malard: Please ask your questions and I am happy to answer
Shiva: Who got the most gastronomy , fumeology and beer points and how insane is the number they got to?
Malard: That is difficult to determine quickly
Kasiya: How many onions got donated to the MIGHTY SHEEPLE GOD?
Malard: I've actually never coded it to track !
Kay: what surprises in T9 were missed?
Malard: You all found the Covid easter egg
Malard: We were hoping to avoid the Plague this tale
tehm: covid easter egg?
Malard: yeah it forced everyone in doors for 12 months
Feyth: The exploited (and fixed) bug in the early tale Decathlon that resulted in a player growing large amounts of flax. Was all that flax actually created in the world?
Malard: I don't recall the exploit, care to remind me?
FoxKids: hey! we hoard stuff because we can.... and sort of need to (i.e. vigil and throne)
Feyth: Any thoughts on the players' tendency to diffuse new game mechanics that give us an opportunity to create drama? Is it annoying that we tend to do that, or do you expect it?
Malard: it can be frustrating, but it also pushes me to develop stronger game mechanics that are too tempting to not agree a truce on
Malard: I attempted twice to create a background territory control meta and you agreed to ignore it, this means its not inherantly fun enough to warrant breaking those truces
Ebendra: Many of us are living in areas of the world where there's already some pretty intense interpersonal conflict, and maybe that isn't an aspect we want to reproduce in our leisure...
Malard: not sure what this relates too sorry
Malard: in relation to factions, they were never mean't as a combatorial, but more strategic power play, think 3 player chess
Feyth: Anything you care to reveal about veggie reproduction, as we leave T9 and go into T10?
Malard: were any seeds not reproduced in tale 9?
Lazybum: is there a way to kill a monkey, or does he always dull the blade?
Malard: no, they are made of dull fur
Feyth: In discussion about the upcoming Amnesty, I heard people refer to vegetable seed reproduction as "useless information" that is going to change next Tale. Something dull and boring that is always revealed at the end of the Tale because it does not matter any more for the next Tale. Anything you care to reveal about veggie reproduction, as we leave T9 and go into T10?
Malard: my original question stands, did you manage to reproduce every seed type?
Malard: All seeds are based on ecology
Malard: however there is additional constraints
Malard: Carrots only grow in the middle third
Malard: Onions in the northern third
Malard: Cabbage in the center third
Malard: Garlic in the west third
Malard: leek in the south third
Malard: watermelon in the east thirn
Malard: by middle i mean vertical third
Malard: pepper near sulphurous water
Malard: cucumber is based on distance from the nile
Malard: and eggplant near a wild mushroom
Kay: reproduction: carrions, sulfur generator, papyrus generator, or grow
Feyth: the Huge Chests in front of the Great Halls Were those just there to make us crazy? (Best guess, Apophis had a plan which was not fully implemented)
Malard: this is Apophis going awol, he had a fun idea, and never told us
Feyth: What has pleased you about T9? What has surprised you about the players' responses to the changes you have made?
Malard: dailies!
Malard: i prototyped a few systems and they are expanded on in t10
Malard: more tasks and more varied dynamic tasks
Feyth: Question, from a player perspective: Kush players have noticed that new immigrants "always" arrive at a particular CS in their faction, and its not the main one. And it isn't the most inhabited one. Is that an accurate observation? Is there a reason for that, which you are willing to reveal?
merek: People might be more interested in region changing if it didn't prevent us from talking to friends in our faction/house.
Malard: @Feyth its a bug, report it
tehm: there are 3 factions/houses/families, the bulk of the population goes to the center of the map and thus Hyksos, is this not bad for game balance?
Malard: i dont think it will matter in t10, we shall see
tehm: what did being a Guild of the Stranger (or not) do?
Malard: nothing that i can tell and i've removed that 'feature' from the code in t10
Kay: won't the obelisk tests be a problem with region take overs?
Malard: not in t10
Malard: and i'm now out of questions
Mehrane: What the heck were the Stranger chests for !?
Malard: we dont know
tehm: is there any reward for finding every fennec type?
Malard: overachiever? but no title, nice idea to add though, maybe one for #ideas
Fairy: is there a way to control macro's
Malard: ask a non dev
Redshift: are there any changes planned for how tests will be opened/released compared to t9?
Malard: no major changes to that mechanic, i think the pacing of u progress works well
Omegaice: Were there any secrets that nobody, or very few people found?
Malard: did you find the stargate?
Narkho: what was the peak of players this tale? is there a communcation plan for new tale?
Malard: about 350players was the peak, which was better than t8
Malard: i am working on more automated communication and more structured communication
Mehrane: So does that mean we get to grill Apophis to know ?
Malard: best ask him
tehm: do you look at the ore map before a tale and reroll if you don't like it?
Malard: no
cas: so whats the hidden Preorder thing you hinted about?
Malard: its hidden
Lazybum: is the ui change from t9 to t10 going to be more drastic than it was from t8 to t9? like the new banners top and bottom?
Malard: no, its more cleaned up
Kasiya: Some textures (like sulph water) used to be far more visible and were chagned to be harder to see (in... oh... t4?). Are you happy with the terrain textures in the new terrain system?
Malard: err?
merek: It seemed like shops were more popular in T9. Has anything change to enhance that in T10. You mentioned freezers as one thing.
Malard: I do plan to make API for shops
tehm: why did you decide to remove Mining Camps for T9? And why did you add the new alloy (Electrum)?
Malard: to reduce the number of metals with no purpose
blondie: ohh, speaking of...this is a t8, though. The Avaris Bird, was there a purpose for that? and a plan for doing something like that in Kush, Mesh...
Malard: decorative only, we need models for Meshwesh and Kush to do the same
Mehrane: What's the backlog size of tokens in the Great Halls ?
Malard: not a clue, i can find out
Malard: this for tale 10
Malard: new stables
Malard: each player makes their own unique stable
Malard: you can customise the chariot
Malard: new patterns for anvils include horse shoes
Malard: these will increase the movement speed of the chariot
Malard: but wear out
Malard: total movement on chariot will be dictated by time they get to rest
Kay: are horses wlid that we catch?\
Malard: no, you will be given a horse at a certain point
Kasiya: Can we get ponies instead of horses? Or at least... can Telanoc?
Malard: no ponies
Lazybum: can we make special horse food that makes them go faster
Malard: yes this will be event reward food
merek: Can we breed horses to get colors or patterns are other attributes?
Malard: no
Omegaice: Do we actually ride horses? Or is it just a mechanic that gives us TT?
Malard: ride
AdrianConrad: Can you hear cicadas on the chariot?
Malard: yes
Lazybum: will wheat be changed so there are no "dead" strains
Malard: if its in jira then its more possible than not
Redshift: are there any dangers to riding it? like crashes or trampling?
Malard: no
Shiva: is there a skill that allows you to run longer distances with the horses?
Malard: special event foods
cas: Can you harvest when using them?
Malard: no
Omegaice: Does it give an increased carry weight?
Malard: with bags attached
Merril: can we have chariot races?
Malard: sure
Morendo: Is it powered by a carrot on a stick?
Malard: no
Shiva: do the horses or chariot have any kind of inventory to carry stuff for us?
Malard: sort of
Kay: 1 horse only?
Malard: yes
Narkho: can we ride the horse or only the chariot?
Malard: chariot
Mehrane: Are at least boats slated to gain a speed increase in T10 ?
Malard: no plans, but discuss with Zatarg
Lazybum: probably a bug but why can my spouse introduce herself as a single person when I spouse log on her but I can't!
Malard: no idea, jira it
Narkho: can it go over mountains or any path a human could find? or only flat lands?
Malard: flatish land
Kasiya: Did you win your bridge game?
Malard: you can check my results tomorrow
Kay: will cheese carry over to the horse?
Malard: no
tehm: I hear you werent a fan of fishing this tale, can you speak further about what you didn't like? what is your vision for it?
Malard: i dont like the seasons
darkfyre: Do our titles from previous tales carry over? Like Legacy, Grandlegacy, etc?
Malard: yes
Subira: With the shortened tale, any thought on releasing all species of flowers early?
Malard: we will review