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Rusty
1 in thread Speed the ships up? Are you crazy????? [General PotBS Discussion]
We have no plans to change the ship speeds on the open sea. They're as fast as we can make them without being too fast.

A word on simulation:

We're clearly not a historical simulation. We started on that path, built that game, and boy, did it not work. Yes, yes, I know there are people who think that would be a great idea, and for a very small group of people, it would be. But as a commercial venture, not so great.

What we try to do is be true to the setting. Which means while our ships don't move at accurate speeds, or actually stop and move backwards when going into the wind, they move at speeds that reflect their traditional role, and evoke what it was to sail those ships.
Rusty
1 in thread What's going on with the Australian release? [Ask an FLS Developer!]
You need to keep tighter hold on your first born daughter! :-) To be clear, you can't use the US version of the game with the Australian servers. What I'm saying is that you don't need to buy the game again to play on the Australian servers.

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Originally Posted by OffTheRicta
Cant believe I missed all those posts regarding Aus *copy*.
Rusty, thank you very much for the reply...
and to whoever it was that made this possible (using US ver. on Aus servers) Thank you, my first born daughter is reserved for you.
Rusty
1 in thread What's going on with the Australian release? [Ask an FLS Developer!]
I'd love to have made that work, and actually did look into it, but the business side of it didn't make sense.

I'm actually quite excited about coming to visit. I used to live in England, which felt much like heaven because no American can resist the accent. And now I get to go to Australia... Woobah!

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Originally Posted by Lichbane
Purchasing the game again for me is not this issue (although that WOULD have supremely sucked). It's the extra subscription cost. Now if (somehow or another) you could integrate it with SOE's Station Pass and the Australian partner got a piece of the pie, THEN I'd be happy ...

... well strictly speaking, I'm reasonably content right now. I'm playing.

Rusty ... if your disheartened by the responses here (on these forums, that is), don't take it too hard. Don't forget that those people eagerly awaiting the Aussie release are simply not capable of posting on these forums. Those of who are capable of posting are those Aussies who have chosen to go with the US release for our own reasons. I personally hope the Aussie servers succeed! But for me the the lure of the all-in-one Station Pass is too great, especially since I'm juggling playing 3 SOE MMORPG games right now.
Rusty
1 in thread What's going on with the Australian release? [Ask an FLS Developer!]
Australia and New Zealand. It doesn't cover Singapore and SEA in general.

We'll be handling the community side of things, and customer support.

Of course I can be persuaded! Trust me, you've never had fun like a meet up with me. Well, if you're a geek who likes to talk about game development!

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Originally Posted by Dr. Jekyl
Rusty, I'd like to bring up a couple of points that haven't been addressed. What regions does the deal cover? We know that this is for Aussies, but what about our Kiwi mates over the ditch? What about Singapore, PNG, Indonesia, etc?

Who will be handling the community side of things? You or the Australian company? Will there be across the board integration of community sites such as these forums?

Can you be persuaded to host a meet up while you're in Sydney?
Danicia
1 in thread Ughhh cant decide! [General PotBS Discussion]
Do them all! I am! Of course, this means I don't level as fast since I'm leveling four careers at once.
Rusty
1 in thread Did you miss me? [General PotBS Discussion]
SantiagoDomingo, welcome back!!
Rusty
1 in thread Good Thing I am not stuck [Known Issues / Troubleshooting]
Hi Taniwha,

Sorry for the problem. Can you be a little more clear as to how you're getting support? You noted in game, but then talked about the web browser? Are you looking for GM support in game, or are you having trouble at the support site?
Rusty
1 in thread No one responding to support tickets? [Known Issues / Troubleshooting]
We fell behind our support tickets as a consequence of the gold farmers. Which sucks. But the fact is, we have to have timely support, so we've added on a significant number of support reps (starting today) to help us catch up.

As for the first update post-release, it's currently undergoing testing, and should be deployed to Testbed this week. It wasn't intended to be released earlier.
Danicia
1 in thread When Does it end? [General PotBS Discussion]
Rev has stated a few times that it is something we're working on (the in-game support tool that is).
Danicia
Stay on target......

Aka...let's keep this discussion on-topic and civil for the OP. Thanks!