Rarebit wrote:

The email had the wrong date, but we didn't realize the mistake until I'd been logged in and waiting for players for some time. Since my schedule for next week is already full, postponing wasn't possible, and we just had to go forward with it as best we could. LESIG tried contacting everyone who had been on the original mailing list, but it was last minute and not all of them could be reached. 

...and then we came and took ya down! Yayz!

sorry, I can hardly contain myself these last days for some reason

Zeac wrote:

deimoslvov wrote:

Zeac wrote:

wait i thought the bluepill thing was to prove yourself and the 13th is for getting hired or something. eris was given no date to my knowledge, just that we'd need to talk to unese first but then I never saw her.

Oh man... Eris was Unese's boss, the one we were told to take down. In order to do that, we had to befriend Unese first and get hired by her, so that she'd show us the way to Eris.

ya i understood that, but now is the email I got saying we have to be at this meeting to get hired on the 13th still happening?

Dunno. Maybe yes, maybe not. If it is, we'll just get an occasion to kill Unese. The primary objective is completed anyway.

azarazamataz wrote:

all those cq were sexeh

Most fun ive had in a while with area hax

Ah, you with your codebombing!

So Unese did show up. IntegratedOne delivered an epic double-fail by telling her she's going down and by not making it happen thereafter.

But what's interesting: she said she was now working for someone else, not Eris.

cloudwolf wrote:

Synapse777 wrote:

cloudwolf wrote:

I hope the org restrictions are taken off somewhere down the line storyline wise. So like the Archive missions we can, in hindsight, appreciate all sides of the story.

Hm, I'm not with you there Cloudwolf. I appreciate that there's things I have to ask my "spies" in Zion about

Yeah, when its all current and relative but so many months down the line it won't matter anymore and there'll be no point in denying 1/3rd of the theoretical player base 2/3rds of the content and/or story. Still restrict the rewards, sure, but have us able to run the story side of things. 

All I'm saying is these story quests should be archived in a similar fashion to how the Archive missions are now, unlocked a chapter at a time.

I agree with Cloudwolf wholeheartedly. And I'd like to ask Rarebit to consider this request if I may. 

I'd really like it if we could have a discusson with Rare (or at least a reaction) about the possibility to archive the 11.3 quests. I guess it's obvious that a lot of players support the idea to get them archived without the quest-related loots...

odj wrote:

psilody wrote:

However, my point is that there are plenty of words. Somewhere in there I thought I saw excuses about how hard it is to generate a handle.

That might have been from other people, never said that was my exscuse for such a ab-normal handle. Mine was that it had aready been made for filming (where a handle means nothing) and saw no reason to go through the process and make another one.

I understood you created it for the meeting and were going to delete it thereafter. You said yourself:

"Considering the characters are getting deleted after the meetings (as I am limited on alt spaces) there is no need for me them to be 'creative' with them."

Hydrazine wrote:

The time doesnt work for me either.  I know most of the people that were at the Zion meeting and only 1 was from the UK and he went AFK to eat some fried chicken and then logged off midway through the meeting. 

 

Well, I was there and you probably don't know me, so listen: 2 p.m. MCT is at midnight for me, ok? And yet I didn't complain (as I almost never do about timings) and just did what I could to attend the meeting. I hope this brings some variety to your picture.

It was my first MxO party and I had a great time - even though I only stayed for an hour and a half. Simply enjoyed it.

I guess it's time to announce those details and the party location, huh?

Anyway, I'd like to bring up the following questions again: are the reports of all the three meetings and the upcoming party be posted in the "Live Events" section? If not - why? I can't see any reason why this could not be made... We have no more story summaries, Rarebit didn't say anything on the idea to actually archive the 11.3 quests... Don't tell me that even the LE section itself will be abandoned?!

odj wrote:

Vinia wrote:

...and that he may change his methods based on reactions by players this first time round.

If he had listened to some players when the New Approach first appeared and changed his methods then we wouldnt be in this idiotic position. But no, he stuck to his guns, look where thats got us, one month subscription down the drain.

Oh please... There will always be those who like change and those who are disappointed with it. Every time you change things you'll have to deal with that.

psilody wrote:

K so... I start all my posts that way... get used to it

I too, was inititially quite dissapointed in the meeting. Like Darminian, sometimes i just want to throttle everyone for having the most Whacked out ideas about whats going on in the story. Otherwise, didnt agree with him much.

however, in looking through some of Rare's responses to the machine meeting thread, he has clearly openly stated that he was there to get feedback on operatves Ideas about the story, what interests them, etc. This is the FIRST Chapter of this new approach. Rare has claimed that he wants a more OPEN storyline, that is less-linear.... Do we expect him to accomplish that by coming in and telling us what the story is?

I think what I saw is Rare establishing an opening move... come in and ask questions. Now that hes got some answers, we may see responses in the Cinematic and Missions on the next Update. I would also like to think that we will return to a certain number of LE's over the course of the next update. And I expect that, if we look closely, Those events will address exactly the things that we discussed in the meeting.

Guess I'm saying, don't throw in the towel yet people. But i too hope that this is just the initial phase... if we go a month or two with the same basic approach, Im just gonna reduce my presence and become an occasional show up and PvP player.

Waiting to see....

Well, if it turns up to be true, I'll give it to thumbs up and reconsider what I said about my dissapointement. Honestly.

Darminian wrote:

Sort of like the Neo RSI - hologram - which to my knowledge only became a hologram yesterday when rarebit said it was one.

Oh yeah, that part was odd. I wasn't there yet when all the Neo RSI story was going on, but I understood the "body" in Gracy was assembled from his RSI fragments. And all of a sudden I hear Niobe saying it's just a hologram.... *shrug* 

Well, I guess I just have to say that: I feel rather disappointed about the meeting. Not because of the formula itself though - it has every right to exist if you ask me. But the fact that we obtained literally no answer at all, learned nothing new or at least substantial leads me to the question: was the meeting necessary at all? I sure like chatting with Niobe, but given it's practically the only live event we get in one month, I think it should provide at least some story development. That was not the case.

The Zion meeting is the first "big" thing I'm disappointed with in the whole "New Approach" though. But it's an important point. So I hope Rarebit will find a way to improve this part of the gameplay.

Outlaw wrote:

I am really not expecting much from this meeting honestly...like other people have said, if people don't like this meeting, people won't be staying in the game much longer, it's a make or break event now...

Personnally, I really do enjoy the way the things are since the update so I expect this meeting to be interesting too. But even if it's not, it certainly won't make me leave the game.

I tend to agree with most of the suggestions but the idea to force all the 3 orgs to collide for a PvP event. Sometimes the story just does not justify a three-side conflict.

Fen wrote:

I'm sorry, but I'd take the comics as more canonical than this game... 

I wouldn't go as far as that. For example, the story "Goliath" (Comic Volume 1) is really in contradiction with the Matrix Universe as a whole. MxO is at least NO LESS canon as the comics to me.

If I can dare to hope then I'll hope there will be more than 3 missions in the 12.1 quest. Like... 5, maybe?

*looks imploringly at Rarebit*

Tell me it's a bad joke. Please, tell me it's a bad bad joke...

First of all - thank you!

I'm not really a veteran for this game since I'm playing only about one year, but I already had so much great moments in this game it's hard to even count. The story you were telling kept me interested more than I ever was in any video game, and I was eagerly looking forward to every big update to know where you'll take us next.

The more I learned though this one year about what you do for the game, the more I was astonished by your devotion and the amount of things you do for us, players. Honestly, even though I have not seen the "gold times"of the MxO, I still think you did an awesome job. And I am very much grateful to you for giving me personnally one full year of excitement. I needed this at the time I first tried this game man, and I'll never find the words to tell you how much you will be missed.

I don't know if anyone (if we really have someone) could take your place to keep the things you worked on alive. I guess we'll need that, too. To you, I wish plenty of good luck in whatever you're going to do next in your life. A childish part of me is so tempted just to say "please don't go!', even though I realise it would be a very selfish thing to say...

I will miss you. 

NavMatrix wrote:

I still find it strange that there has been more activity within the last week or so than there's has been in quite a while and Rarebit actually leaves.

What's the point of an update and a EPN Live Event if everything's going to hell? The counter logic to that is maybe someone or maybe a group of people may be taking over.

For example, the recent appearance of old Liaisons may indicate something. As well as the end of the EPN event, which clearly hints there's way more to be done.

I dunno if I'm right about it, but it seems to me like Rarebit himself didn't expect to leave just now. It looks like a really fresh decision. But that's just my impression.

For this game it's like for a child to lose his father. I can compare the experiences, and MxO-wise this news really makes me feel a bit like an orphelin...

JEasy wrote:

QuiDormit wrote:

CraftyZee wrote:

laters

mxo be offline soon then

I see it this way:

As long as enough people are subbed to keep this game afloat, it's not going anywhere.

So it really will come down to us. While the lack of an updated story, the absolute death of LE's, and lack of additional content will be rough, there will be many who have no intent to leave until the servers are shut down.

I put myself in this category, and hope that the story will continue in some form.

Completely seconded.

ZippyTheSquirrel wrote:

Asna wrote:

With Ben's departure, we are seeing the end of the Matrix story. The story that hundreds upon hundreds of people helped to realize on film, in three video games, in comics and in the printed word. The Wachowski Brothers handed stewardship of their universe over to Chadwick, who then passed the torch to Ben, and now Ben is putting it down, its flame exhausted.

Overreacting, much? I'm sure that the bigwigs are aware of MxO's main goal in its existance. There will be a replacement.

So be it!

Asna wrote:

I think it is self-evident that there are no plans to replace Rarebit at the present time. Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Self-evident? What makes it self-evident? As far as I can understand, Rare's departure is fresh news. Give SOE at least a little time to react.

azarazamataz wrote:

deimoslvov wrote:

Asna wrote:

I think it is self-evident that there are no plans to replace Rarebit at the present time. Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Self-evident? What makes it self-evident? As far as I can understand, Rare's departure is fresh news. Give SOE at least a little time to react.

We have given them about 2 years to react you think they're just gonna start doing stuff now? lol

Do not indulge in thinking! (c) Carlos Castaneda

Fen wrote:

When was the last time SOE replaced a developer for the Matrix Online? 

A developer is one thing. The developer is another.

Can we bring this long dead suggestion back to life please?

Paschendale wrote:

Ic3b3rg wrote:

In hind sight the events could have done without the PBs and the accellerated machs though.

completely disagree.. this is standard procedure for all vector events

This is how a procedure kills the creativity: people don't even see the possibility of going to an event without that stuff nowadays.

Plus the hidden Constructs (the ones we have a folder for in our hardline list)!

nah, I don't mean the archive constructs, I mean the others

DucKKeRR wrote:

but, why the mechs and mervs has to help two good looking women and we, zionites have to help a... well, a bald person with mustache and glasses...

I love you for that comment man!  

Rarebit wrote:

Warm-ups:

 

Seeing these makes me wanna go "Rarebit please don't lea..."

Well, nevermind.

This battle will be rememebered for all time.

I will definitely be there on Vector. The timing couldn't be better for me.

Bayamos wrote:

I was asked to post this clue come today.

"Press the green button."

Wut?

Villemar_MxO wrote:

провали́лся

He speaks the language!  

Ogham wrote:

So it may be a bit harder . What I do know is:

- If the server gets disconnected and the client doesn't realize this you get to walk around in the environment, but you can't interact with anything

Most of the development time of a game is spent in the game mechanics and graphics... both of which already exists for MXO, so it's just a conversion project from client-server to "client-client". Rip out the network stuff from the server, make into a single player thing.

Let's do the math... Suppose SOE doesn't want to outsource it and do it inhouse.... let 1 of the last MXO developers work on a conversion for a year full-time (making some small extra stuff: more rapid leveling, more info, clothes shop, ...)... don't advertise the game, just make a pre-order button on amazon and send all old-subscribers an e-mail when the game is ready (no Steam, no copy protection, send the DVD in a plain white box). Suppose 10.000 people would buy the game as lower limit, I would expect all people in the game the last 2 months to buy a copy. Treat it as a high end-game... 40euro a piece... 400K euro income as lower limit.

That's a no-brainer... pretty easy ROI... and instead of 10.000 customers use the number of active people in the last 2 months of MXO. Ongoing franchise without a lot of cost, more positive people on SOE...

Well, I would definitely buy such a thing - even just for the sake of having it. 

Man it looks epic! Can't wait till it comes to cinemas in Ukraine.

Oh, by the way, does someone know what's the song playing during this trailer?

Phrack wrote:

deimoslvov wrote:

Oh, by the way, does someone know what's the song playing during this trailer?

Nine Inch Nails - The Day The World Went Away

Oh thank you. Already downloaded. A really good song.