Mollusken
Mon, 23rd Aug '04, 3:49pm
Here are today's Neverwinter Nights 2 forum highlights, collected by NWVault (http://nwvault.ign.com) from Obsidian Forums (http://forums.obsidianent.com/index.php?showforum=21). Please take into account that these are only single parts of various threads and should not be taken out of context. Bear in mind also that the posts presented here are copied as-is, and that any bad spelling and grammar does not get corrected on our end.
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial" color="#cc6600">Feargus Urquhart, CEO</font>
Prestige Classes ('http://forums.obsidianent.com/index.php?showtopic=7852&hl=')
I just watched the interview again - I did a lot of interviews in the course of about 24 hours. I think Ryan was assuming that by going back to 1st level that we wouldn't offer Prestige Classes. Then when I answered the question I didn't address that part of it. So, to answer it better here - Prestige Classes are currently on the list of things that we are going to do.
Icewind Dale ('http://forums.obsidianent.com/index.php?showtopic=8185&hl=')
Ok I will ask you this question then Grommir: What would you have done?
You are being told that you are going to have to lay off 50% to 75% of your employees. Some of which have worked for you for six years, some of them you have worked with even longer. Do you do nothing and let them get layed off, or do you move ahead with a product that you know is going to be very difficult to get done? And as for all the marketing stuff - I just read that interview and I was wrong in what I said. There were ads, I'm not sure what I was thinking at the time in the interview. I'll need to get that corrected. But, that does not change the fact that it was not marketed very well at all.
More: Yep, I've been around more. Partly it has been because we haven't had a lot of information to release about the game, so I'm trying to answer what questions I can. The other reason, and this may seem strange, I'm actually working more right now than I was around the KOTOR2 launch so going up on the boards is kind of a break from the other stuff I'm doing. Well, usually a break.
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial" color="#cc6600">Feargus Urquhart, CEO</font>
Prestige Classes ('http://forums.obsidianent.com/index.php?showtopic=7852&hl=')
I just watched the interview again - I did a lot of interviews in the course of about 24 hours. I think Ryan was assuming that by going back to 1st level that we wouldn't offer Prestige Classes. Then when I answered the question I didn't address that part of it. So, to answer it better here - Prestige Classes are currently on the list of things that we are going to do.
Icewind Dale ('http://forums.obsidianent.com/index.php?showtopic=8185&hl=')
Ok I will ask you this question then Grommir: What would you have done?
You are being told that you are going to have to lay off 50% to 75% of your employees. Some of which have worked for you for six years, some of them you have worked with even longer. Do you do nothing and let them get layed off, or do you move ahead with a product that you know is going to be very difficult to get done? And as for all the marketing stuff - I just read that interview and I was wrong in what I said. There were ads, I'm not sure what I was thinking at the time in the interview. I'll need to get that corrected. But, that does not change the fact that it was not marketed very well at all.
More: Yep, I've been around more. Partly it has been because we haven't had a lot of information to release about the game, so I'm trying to answer what questions I can. The other reason, and this may seem strange, I'm actually working more right now than I was around the KOTOR2 launch so going up on the boards is kind of a break from the other stuff I'm doing. Well, usually a break.