If it came down to it: The 1 Thing You'd Choose to Cut from Development, for Time's Sake?

You develop a core, then you reach out. However, there's some reaches that just don't seem like they're really worth the extra wait, beyond the core systems.

That said, if you *HAD* to cut something that was beyond the Core systems to ensure we don't launch any later than 2024, what would you choose?

Yours truly has been thinking on it lately, and I'd have to choose Naval systems/content. That could really be a whole expansion, in-and-of itself. A lot of people are excited about it - but (just as an example!) let's say all the Node and PvE and PvP systems are completed first.... Would you really be willing to wait another year or two for the completion of a side-system like Naval content beyond sailing/exploration and a few naval NPC challenges?

I know we *might* launch sooner than 2024 - but this question is just for the sake of inquiry; Someone should ask! That said, are there systems you'd be willing to see put out in expansion material, if it meant saving us from a 2025 or 2026 launch?

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maouw

No, yeah: I expect the Tulnar to be extinct before the first expansion.

sunfrog

Tab targeting.

Dygz

Naval was a stretch goal, so... that would be the first thing.

JustVine

Sathrago wrote: »

The under realm including tulnar. They feel more like an expansion feature anyway and it could be a whole thing later on. I like the idea of tulnar, I just feel like this stuff if anything would be the best to postpone if time became a constraint.

I think people would be a lot more forgiving if the underealm (excluding tulnar) got pushed back six months after release than naval for sure.

Nerror

I think they've already built a large part of the world, including a lot of underrealm. I doubt it would save much time overall to not include the underrealm, compared to not implementing actual full systems like naval stuff.

Kaldara

Appearance customization. I don't really care what someone looks like and I certainly don't care what my character looks like - if it adds as much as a day to the development time, cut it.

Songcaller

The office clocks lol - for time's sake.

clone63

Naval stuff. Not an interest of mine.

Maybe the monster coin thing. I don't really see what it brings. Sounds... weird to me.

McMackMuck

@Tyranthraxus
What a fantastic question.

I have no interest in playing Tulnar, but as they have to exist (kickstarter stretch goal May 2017) then they have to be present from the start otherwise they are disadvantaged compared to other races, which means the under realm needs to be present from the start too.

Naval combat could be an update. Great suggestions above on using the under realm to connect the continents, although we would still need a solution for small islands and their caravan needs.

Many dungeons could be an update (dungeons accessed when certain nodes reach a certain level). Dungeons could rotate through a schedule so that they aren't available every month.
Start with a limited selection of dungeons and add more over time.

Seasons and weather could be an update.

Secondary Archetypes are a lot of effort to get right. I don't think delaying them for an update will help because they will need hundreds of thousands of hours of play data over many iterations. They will need to test the heck out of them prior to release and keep tweaking them after release for years to come.

@daveywavey "Delay the Bard" - Ouch, that hurts dude!
I think they need all primary and secondary archetypes in place as soon as possible to start test iterations with.

Religions could be in a simplified form. Only one religion until the Religion update comes out?

Arenas - I wouldn't miss these, they can be an update. Hardcore PvP-ers can still focus their efforts on Caravans, Castle Sieges and Node Sieges.

Monster coins need to be present from release as they are part of some of the packs. Otherwise someone will say 'The game is released, I bought this pack and I can't use the monster coin'.

Parlor games - Part of a RP update? Include a wider variety of food and drink at the same time, with associated buffs and de-buffs.

CROW3

McMackMuck wrote: »

@daveywavey "Delay the Bard" - Ouch, that hurts dude!

I agree. What kind of monster would suggest such a thing!?

*clutches his pearls with great irony

Gizban

Ships & naval warfare.

Ramirez

cosmetics and mounts

Uncommon Sense

I would cut cash shop cosmetics and monstercoins....

Conrad

Sathrago wrote: »

The under realm including tulnar. They feel more like an expansion feature anyway and it could be a whole thing later on. I like the idea of tulnar, I just feel like this stuff if anything would be the best to postpone if time became a constraint.

A lot, and I mean A LOT of people would be mad if Tulnar got cut. Too many people right now want them, especially backers, hell it even includes me. 🤣

JesterLo

I would say it was ok to wait with these features:

[*] Seasonal changes
[*] Any notion of an arena system
[*] Stock exchanges
[*] The Family system in general
[*] Advanced naval combat and detailed naval content.
[*] Further cash shop cosmetics

I do not think ships should be completely missing from launch, but a lot the advanced systems and content surrounding it could be a separate update. On the other hand it would probably just feel half baked if we had ships to build and sail, but nothing to do in them... Should probably be either full on naval content or nothing at all. I don't know... I'm on the fence with this one...

With regards to cash shop cosmetics; I don't think it would be something people would miss if we are not able to buy new skins for cash on the day of launch. But don't let us wait for the cosmetics we have already paid for with pre-order packs 😎

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