Pathfinder 1E Questions about the Pathfinder Online MMO for Ryan Dancey, Mark Kalmes, or Lisa Stevens?

[TarionzCousin]

Will players be able to play solo indefinitely, or will they be required to group up to advance?

 

[Ratinyourwalls]

a.) Why the River Kingdoms? I can't think of a more boring part of Golarion that I would want to play a MMO in. =/

b.) Will there be dinosaurs?

c.) What will character creation be like?

 

[trancejeremy]

A lot of these questions are answered in the KS. It's a sandbox, so no quests or story (or at least they are minimized) and that's why they picked an empty part of the world to set it in. It's essentially trying to be a fantasy version of Eve, so forget about solo-ing. There aren't using the Pathfinder rules.

My question is, If this KS fails, will you put up another one, this time for a lower goal? $500,000 maybe. Considering this was just meant to speed up development, why did you have a goal in the first place?

 

[Obryn]

Subscription MMOs are pretty well dying, being replaced by free-to-play games with micro-transactions. Why do you think there will be a market for such a thing in 2+ years, when even major studios are abandoning this model?

 

[Sonny]

Considering EverQuest Next has announced it's also going to be a sandbox MMO, and will likely be out before Pathfinder, not to mention have better financial support, and a very experienced development crew. What do you feel Pathfinder can offer players that EQ Next can't, even if you both end up with a very similar feature set?

There must be something you feel only your company can offer if you're willing to take the risk of developing a new MMO at a time where most new ones have failed.

 

[Wednesday Boy]

For those interested, Fear the Boot recently interviewed Mark Kalmes about this.

http://www.feartheboot.com/ftb/index.php/archives/3018
http://www.feartheboot.com/ftb/index.php/archives/3030

 

[Fiddleback]

Goblinworks just announced they are using the Unity Engine for the game. Why?

Does this mean the game is going to browser based?

 

[Morrus]

Goblinworks just announced they are using the Unity Engine for the game. Why?

Does this mean the game is going to browser based?

Ah, sorry - I should have posted! I sent the list of questions off to Paizo this morning.

 

[Fiddleback]

Ah, sorry - I should have posted! I sent the list of questions off to Paizo this morning.

I see how it is....

Guess I'll just harass them myself.

Cheers.

 

[Ratinyourwalls]

...are we ever going to get answers?