Posted by Nabu Lapse

Not even that, the place is a essentially a flying shopping mall. They could have made it so much better.

I agree. Honestly, I think Zone should be taken off for a while to be revamped.  

Posted by viy

I agree. Honestly, I think Zone should be taken off for a while to be revamped.

Same...  

LOL.
Remember when I said all this shît 2 years ago ?

Gg  

Posted by Cookie Xanadu

Basically what's happening is that content is being imported from Era and Classic while a large amount of focus is being put towards holiday content and levels. Like, a LARGE bit of focus. Instead of lasting and meaningful content.

This. The staff are under an illusion that holiday content will make 'memorable content' that people can look back on, when in reality they ruined that with the trade tables. They messed up so many times, I quite the day they made tradeable hats.  

Good news tho. Unlimited ammo was removed so now a lot of top tier guns are going to drop because they chew thrpugh ammo very quickly.  

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Posted by Ghettoicedtea

Good news tho. Unlimited ammo was removed so now a lot of top tier guns are going to drop because they chew thrpugh ammo very quickly.

I forgot about unlimited boolets. It's nice to know people will consider the weaker and less used weapons now. Unlimited removes any kind of punishment for wastefullness  

nope never mind it back  

Posted by fsh

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This is oddly entertain able.

Things to make Zone a better place;
1-Remake the whole tile set as a start
2-Place strict rules on staff and monitor them and document everything
3-Balance every gun, starting from a starter gun. Remake the whole thing if needed.
4-Organize the map, tidy things up
5-Create new updates that are sustainable not temporary as holiday shops.  

this thread is just getting started

Spoiler

 

Server needs more goopas

srsly tho, miss the time when jwd was manager and his focus was just making it a star wars esq server and actually had a timeline and plan laid out to follow. Ahh good times.  

Posted by Jester Lapse

Server needs more goopas

srsly tho, miss the time when jwd was manager and his focus was just making it a star wars esq server and actually had a timeline and plan laid out to follow. Ahh good times.

I agree. Not so much to bash on Tashkin but Managment has deteoriated and become horrible lately.  

Posted by Rotaruc

LOL.
Remember when I said all this shît 2 years ago ?

Gg

wow bro you must be psychic or something, could you drop some hints on the next president for us while you're at it.  

Posted by Jester Lapse

Server needs more goopas

srsly tho, miss the time when jwd was manager and his focus was just making it a star wars esq server and actually had a timeline and plan laid out to follow. Ahh good times.

The reason why I left was because I wanted to stay true to space combat, keep focusing on PvP and generally make it a really great PvP game. That, sadly, was not what Stefan wanted.

I wanted to attract brand new players by creating a great online PvP shoot em up, following up with a marketing plan such as great demo videos when new features were released, sending out to the various iPhone gaming blogs.

I had tonnes of plans for gameplay. Events were meant to be seamlessly integrated with the theme, none of this warping to some separate place throwing plant pots as fast as possible. I wanted to progress into dog fighting and interstellar travel too. There was loads of stuff that I could chew your ear off with but I don't want to bore anybody. Would be happy to make a document if people are interested in hearing the full plans (provided I can remember all the details).

Jester is right. I asked all the team to think about and perhaps watch popular SciFi films so as to translate that feeling into the game. Consistent themes are important, which I had to learn on the job.

What stopped me and made me jack it in? Stefan, and all the credit to him he had revenue expectations to meet, wanted to add uncreative and tried-and-tested social elements popular on Era and Classic with the goal of attracting players from those servers as opposed focusing on PvP (which I thought had a lot of potential - I played Zone a hell of a lot to get a feel for what was needed, which I totally recommend current staff should do). I was overruled.

Life caught up with me, half the team at work got fired and I was inundated with work since my assistant was one of em. The stress of necessary workload and the stress of not being able to realise the exciting ideas I had planned for ages meant I had to make a choice.

Few months later I was told that Zone was going to become a "era post-apocalypse". Glad that didn't happen.

I've tried to return to help push servers along a few times but the passion isn't there any more, not with 2 babies and still-stressful day job. Not when I'd risk putting myself into that position again - creative control is a very big motivator.

My advice would be to, as before, focus on the damn PvP because that could be ridiculously awesome. Play the game, don't get out of touch with the players. Mostly though, don't spread yourself too thin, which perhaps is what's happening here.

Giving regular, positive feedback to staff is also great idea. It's all voluntary and is based on an intrinsic motivation to help out. That should be fostered and grown for a good voluntary team.  

Posted by Jester Lapse

srsly tho, miss the time when jwd was manager and his focus was just making it a star wars esq server and actually had a timeline and plan laid out to follow. Ahh good times.

jstr y u nostalgic