User:TheMazeEcho/Elder

T8 Debate for Elder, April 28 2018

Q1. For those who have never had the opportunity to interact with you before can you share a little about yourself, what you enjoy about ATITD as well as how long you have been playing? A1. I am French, but also speak fluent English and German. I have been playing ATITD since mid-T2 non-stop, because after years of playing combat-based games, this is the first (and only) collaborative MMO RPG I found.

Q2. Factions, which Malard introduced in T8 are quite divisive, we have seen players complaining about them and even quitting. What are your thoughts regarding factions? A2. I was and still am skeptical about that. The way they are currently coded is still not completed and the dev team is still feeling their way around the concept. My initial reaction was that, as I said above, ATITD is a collaborative game (which doesn't exclude competitivenessand a lot of the Tests require cooperation among all the players. Adding this faction concept has basically split the game into 3 shards (playerbase wise) and we knew that shards was a bad idea. I heard that now, some cooperation between factions will be necessary, for recharging Pyramids? Malard said early on that other games had factions, and that was what made them interesting. Well, I'm not playing other games, and reducing the player base (whether by splitting players up in 3 groups or disgusting players from the game) might not have been the best call... Time will tell ;)

Q3. Elder is one of the Leadership Tests, do you want to just past the Test or you are running to help Hyksos faction prosper and grow?

Q4. One of the Elder's powers is a power to Banish Apostates of Hyksos - people with negative stance/ red bar toward faction. At this time players can get negative stance only by teaching other factions. Would you consider using this power on people that teach other factions and if not, when hypothetically would you consider using Banish?

Q5. Developers hinted that once factions have 3 Elders we will be able to make a decisions which will apply to whole faction. What is your opinion on:

• a. Cross faction teaching
• b. At which rank Hyksos citizens can build faction buildings like Banners or Chancery.
• c. Rewarding with faction points citizens which are not donating to Tribute Post or Research but helping us by for example organizing Events like Acro, Dig or Vigil.

Q6. Beside Banish and Forgive what other powers, in your opinion, Elder should have?

Q7. You are running for the Elder of the Hyksos Faction, please tell us what is your current faction rank and how you are helping with Hyksos research and weekly Tribute Post competition.

Q8. As Elder you will have powers to banish people, do you share your account with others?

Q9. In other tales elected leaders (DP) at the beginning of the tale leave before the game end. This leaves a vacuum at the end game when they are needed the most. What is your commitment to the game and how will you manage to last the entire tale?

Q10. What question would you like to be asked, and why?

Q11. Closing statement.