Alright Everyone, Lineage Radio is giving you the interview with Mistryl!
There is just one thing that I need from all of you! I need questions that YOU want mistryl to answer! I can't promise that I will get EVERYONE's questions on the air, but I am going to try to pick the best questions possible from you guys, the community!
And to Mistryl, Mruahahah You are in my territory now! ;)
As soon as I get the questions, I can get Mistryl in the studio and we can get this interview started and I can then get working on other interviews!
So lets get crackin' guys!
What do YOU want to ask Mistryl, the Community Coordinator of Lineage 2?
Oooh, another - I know all threads are read by moderators, but is Mistryl part of this scan reading or does she act independently and only looks at threads when they're reported to her?
Did you go to college and if so what did you major in. To that point, what are your career goals and how do you feel your current position will help you attain them.
this question is from a girl so Im not hitting on mistryl :) but are you married/have a significant other and if so how does this affect your real life situation, do you play lineage in your spare time or is at work enough? thanks
- How did you end up getting the job at NCS?
- Do you play L2 yourself? and in that case did you play before you started working at NCS or did you start playing becouse of the job?
- What are your best moments you have had in L2? Both professional and in game. (if you play that is)
- What is,acording to you the best and the worst thing with L2?
- And finaly the last question, do you like Monty Python? And in that case which is your favourite sketch?
And i have to admit, my questions are way more important than the everyone else.
This will date me, but I used to write code for MUDs. All these young MMORG players have never even heard of them but they were the genesis of the MMORG (and Genesis was a great one!). Anyway ...
1. Will she marry me?
2. What is the most frustrating part about being a community coordinator? (apart from me)
3. What is the most memorable positive moment you've had while working with Lineage 2?
4. What server do you play on in Lineage 2?
1) If you do play L2 outside work (as a secret charactername I'm sure), how do you deal with people breaking the rules inside the game as a normal character? Do you petition like us or do you use GM powers / msg a GM directly.
Can we expect any GM interactions on all server more frequently?
If so, would we see GMs moving around the lineage2 world visibly and assisting other PCs be it lvl 1 or 80+, in groups, in raid boss events, perhaps pvp is a gm is available on each side.
Could we see more spawntanious Events being brought up, These being perhaps called "Un-announced" Events in which a mob or something could be placed somewhere in the world of aden on random but frequent occasions in which the mob or "something" could potentially provide wealth or other interesting items of some sort. Perhaps strickly XP/SP or adena.
favourite part of your job?
any topics that you feel have been discussed way too much?
favourite class / what class did you sub?
when the new games come out from NCSoft will you be working on those games in some capacity as well?
do you think that enhancing solo areas in a MMO is a good thing? and/or do you dual box?
what C5 changes do you like and what ones dont you like?
what was the fisrt character you made in L2?
this is a site Silveria gave me (Sorry if i butured your name!)
Silviera. Don't feel bad about it, as most people I come across fail to get it right even when they're staring at it.
As for questions, I'd have to ask...
What other games do you play, specifically do you have any favorite genre?
I'm always interested to know if people that are working for game companies are actually gamers themselves. I'd also be interested in hearing Rothyn's question asked too.
1. Which conventions or events left this year will you guys have a presence at? (if any)
2. If I ran into you at a bar and offered to buy you a drink (in a totally friend-like gesture), what would I buy for you? I've got this notion that anyone who has to deal with the community here is a fan of the sauce if they weren't already.
>Followup question- Do you guys play drinking games, like "Drink every time someone asks if the cats are up on the PTS" ?
3. What are your 4 favorite monsters in Lineage 2?
Is NCsoft pursuing a criminal investigation into the attacks on their servers as many PlayNC master accounts have had their passwords reset and L2 accounts hijacked and gear stripped?
Why does every negative thing someone says about NCSOFT silenced on offical boards? Does NCSOFT NA want customer feedback... positive or negative?... or does NCSOFT Korea control everything?
Why does every negative thing someone says about NCSOFT silenced on offical boards? Does NCSOFT NA want customer feedback... positive or negative?... or does NCSOFT Korea control everything?
Of course NC Soft Korea controls everything.
As it should be.
No company worth its salt is going to have offices all over the world doing whatever they want to. Companies inherently want the entire operation to present the same face and have the same values.
You can't say one thing and promise one thing only to learn another part of the company is doing something completlely different.
Just a note, other MMORPGs have that, heck UO even have expansions and content specifically made for Asian market and the asian team has much selfcontrol over their shards (servers).
Anyway, important question for Mistryl:
Why was there no compensation for the long downtimes, accounts that were messed up for a week and all the other problems?
Just a note, other MMORPGs have that, heck UO even have expansions and content specifically made for Asian market and the asian team has much selfcontrol over their shards (servers).
Anyway, important question for Mistryl:
Why was there no compensation for the long downtimes, accounts that were messed up for a week and all the other problems?
Oh, I can appreciate that, and though this is not the thread for that discussion it does bear mentioning that NC just doesn't do things that way. At least not since the game was first made live. Not to say that they can't, they just don't.
So maybe that is a question for Mistrial (and one I'm sure she can't answer), can we ever expect for different content to be added to the NA game that is not dependent on the korean market?
- Wich forums gives more work, if there is a difference, Lineage forums or Lineage2 forums? Any noticeable differences betweens their players?
- What's the most ridiculous situation she's found while moderating? The funniest and the least funny?
- Does Mistryl plays L2 privatelly? Do you think you see the game/players differently than people who doesn´t works with it? If yes, how so?
- Are there days when Mistryl wants to scream publicly that it'll be great if the servers that prefeers the official forums for their drama *coughs* mooved to other forums and leaved her alone?
- Favourite class to play? Favourite class/costume/weapon to look at?
- Favourite L2 map place (cities, catas, castles, hunting grounds...). Why?
I know, lame, but I don´t know what to ask.
Knowing her, she likes a lot the educated general and vague answers. It'll be sad to end up making questions that she can´t answer. And I can´t think of anything she would answer without problem and would actually be interesting.
Do you notice all of the farmers around in the game, how does it make you feel?
Taking into consideration a large population of players post on L2Blah, how do you feel about the Lineage 2 community as a whole, are you pleased with it? are you unhappy with it? if so why? is there anything you'd change about it if you could? what do you think you could do differently to satisfy everyones needs?
Do you and the other Lineage 2 NA team members genuinely care about the game still? if so whats stopping you guys from pushing further and removing more undesirable players faster, attracting more genuine players and making the game have a better overall atmosphere..
and now for the obligatory classics:
What is your favourite musical piece from the L2 soundtrack and why? is it tied to a special moment for you or just sounds great..
What are your favourite five moments from this game? the things you remember most fondly or remember enjoying the most at the time...
Which race of female do you think is the prettiest in the L2 world? and why? (can ask same question about male characters)
What is your favourite armour in the L2 world? considering all races, and of course why..
If you could have an item of clothing from L2 hand tailored for you in the real world, which would it be? and why of course!
There's a few rather nice questions imo! /selfpraise.
From global point of view: what was first, egg, or hen?
Any out of game and out of school activities you were doing - singing in choir, playing basketball,...
Do you have pet? Which? (RL, not ingame)
Can you ski?
Describe your working place: location (near window etc), tools, papers, talismans?
Do you push toothpaste out of tube from bottom, or you sqeeze the top?
Something was mentioned a while back in a "server transfer" thread that you do not plan to do server transfers but have something else in the works instead. Do we have any more news on this or has it been pushed aside like the "Server transfer announcement" back in news letter 001.
Why hasn't there been any event's that effect characters directly e.g Double XP days, temp stat increases ect. and no events that drop masses of materials to help lower prices ect.
Why oh why is there no direct GM interaction on the live servers? On the PTS it's great, u feel like there is a "god" if you get my meaning. It would help relations with the players and make us feel like we are not just left to our own devices rather than just a little petition chat box that feels automated even if it isn't. (this question could probably be worded better :P)
Following on from the previous question on customer relations. I deal with customers alot in my own line of work and i have to wonder why the communication between issuses and the community is so limited? Keeping people informed, even if it is a little bit here and there keeps people happy. Keeping your customers in the dark doesn't work, it just makes people annoyed and angry. A little bit of information regular keeps people feeling happier that you are trying to keep them up to date with any news u might recieve. Someone made a perfect description, "The most hated and also the most loved person of the Lineage 2 team". The hate comes from being kept in the dark but the love comes from when we finally get the information. Maybe try to make the hate part dissapear ;)
What do u think of all your admirers in this thread :P
Hopefully some good questions there a bit more on topic than alot of the previous ones xD
Oh also...... do the L2 server rooms have masive security on them? I heard something about the L1 korean servers having to have huge steel coded lock doors on them because of rogue admins and crazy players trying to jack the servers lol.
one question for you shonen, will the this be awailable for downloading after you have run it on the radio for us people who are on the oposit side of the world? ;)
one question for you shonen, will the this be awailable for downloading after you have run it on the radio for us people who are on the oposit side of the world? ;)
I was thinking Podcast? Yes I think i might work up a little Podcast with a lovely Link ^_^
This will date me, but I used to write code for MUDs. All these young MMORG players have never even heard of them but they were the genesis of the MMORG (and Genesis was a great one!). Anyway ...
:) Hey, So did I. Worked a lot on AberMuds and DikuMuds. Last version we released was 4.100.PSU
Can you say muds, online gaming, backin 1988, geesh them were interesting days of gaming. :)
This will date me, but I used to write code for MUDs. All these young MMORG players have never even heard of them but they were the genesis of the MMORG (and Genesis was a great one!). Anyway ...
:) Hey, So did I. Worked a lot on AberMuds and DikuMuds. Last version we released was 4.100.PSU
Can you say muds, online gaming, backin 1988, geesh them were interesting days of gaming. :)
My guess is that she might be a tad young to have been exposed to MUD's. But then again... who knows.
This will date me, but I used to write code for MUDs. All these young MMORG players have never even heard of them but they were the genesis of the MMORG (and Genesis was a great one!). Anyway ...
:) Hey, So did I. Worked a lot on AberMuds and DikuMuds. Last version we released was 4.100.PSU
Can you say muds, online gaming, backin 1988, geesh them were interesting days of gaming. :)
My guess is that she might be a tad young to have been exposed to MUD's. But then again... who knows.
This will date me, but I used to write code for MUDs. All these young MMORG players have never even heard of them but they were the genesis of the MMORG (and Genesis was a great one!). Anyway ...
:) Hey, So did I. Worked a lot on AberMuds and DikuMuds. Last version we released was 4.100.PSU
Can you say muds, online gaming, backin 1988, geesh them were interesting days of gaming. :)
My guess is that she might be a tad young to have been exposed to MUD's. But then again... who knows.
<<<< 24 and played MUDs
Well, that's the "who knows" part. :D
I would bet that most 24 year old gamers have never played a mud (though I could also be very, very wrong
:eek: )
one question for you shonen, will the this be awailable for downloading after you have run it on the radio for us people who are on the oposit side of the world? ;)
If they can't get someone to record it if they're up at the time. If Mistryl isn't horribly opposed, heh.